SAN JOSE, Calif. — The U.S. hopes a blowout win over the world’s 100th-ranked team can start to lessen the pessimism created by the Americans’ longest losing streak since 2007. Malik Tillman scored twice and Diego Luna had a pair of assists in a 5-0 rout of Trinidad and Tobago …
Read More »Infant among 3 people fatally shot at Utah carnival after argument
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Three people, including an 8-month-old infant, were fatally shot at a Utah carnival after two groups got into an argument, police said. Police officers working at WestFest at Centennial Park in West Valley City saw the two groups Sunday night. “As they approached to break …
Read More »Up to $20K reward offered amid ongoing search for 2 escaped N.J. detainees
Federal officials continue Monday to search for two detainees who went missing from an immigration detention center in New Jersey last week and are offering a reward up to $10,000 for the arrest of each. A total of four initially escaped Newark’s Delaney Hall facility, where ICE has been holding …
Read More »Supreme Court orders reconsideration of religious objection to N.Y. abortion care requirement
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to take a second look at a religious challenge to a New York state requirement that employers provide health care plans that include abortion coverage. The justices said the case should be reviewed again in light of their ruling …
Read More »Shohei Ohtani will pitch for the Dodgers after a nearly two-year absence from the mound
LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani is going to be the starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night against San Diego, 21 months after the two-way star had elbow surgery. The Dodgers made the announcement after Sunday night’s 5-4 win over San Francisco. Ohtani likely will be used …
Read More »Trump attends G7 summit in Canada amid trade tensions
Share Trump anticipating ‘a few new trade deals’ at G7 Summit Trump said on Sunday that he anticipates announcing new trade deals at the summit, suggesting to reporters ahead of his departure to Canada yesterday that it’s just a matter of sending letters laying out the framework of the economic …
Read More »Britain’s MI6 spy agency gets its first female chief
OTTAWA, Ontario — Britain’s real-life spies have finally caught up with James Bond. MI6 has appointed its first female chief. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Sunday that Blaise Metreweli will be the next head of the U.K.’s foreign intelligence agency, and the first woman to hold the post since its …
Read More »How Trump went from opposing Israel’s strikes on Iran to reluctant support
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump had opposed Israeli military action against Iran, favoring negotiations over bombing. But in the days before the strikes began, he became convinced that Israel’s heightened anxiety over Iran’s nuclear enrichment capabilities was warranted. After a pivotal briefing from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of …
Read More »Trump, in reversal, may exempt farms and hotels from immigration raids
President Donald Trump said on social media Thursday that he is willing to exempt the agriculture and hotel industries from his nationwide immigration crackdown. The surprise move came after executives in both industries complained to Trump about losing reliable, longtime immigrant workers in immigration raids and struggling to replace them. …
Read More »Suspect who terrorized Minnesota’s political leaders after deadly shooting found crawling in rural field
The suspect wanted in the slaying of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband, as well as in the injury shooting of a state senator and his wife, was found Sunday night armed and crawling in a field in a sparsely populated stretch of Minnesota, authorities said. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz …
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