Nation and World
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Baseball players are staying mindful on the diamond with barefoot walks in the grass
Jul 12, 2023 1:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Shoes off and dropped near the visitor's dugout in San Francisco, Christian Walker begins his barefoot stroll through the perfectly manicured grass ...
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G7 pledges security deals with Ukraine as its NATO membership remains elusive
Jul 12, 2023 1:00 am - VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed fresh commitments of weapons and ammunition to fight Russia's invasion even as he expressed di...
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3 dead and 14 injured in Illinois crash involving Greyhound bus and tractor-trailers, police say
Jul 12, 2023 1:00 am - HIGHLAND, Ill. (AP) — A Greyhound passenger bus crashed into three tractor-trailers parked along a highway exit to a rest area early Wednesday in southern Illinois, kill...
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From airfares to used cars to groceries, slowing US inflation eases pressure on households
Jul 12, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - After two years of painfully high prices, inflation in the United States has reached its lowest point in more than two years - 3% in June compared with...
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Queen Camilla attends Wimbledon, a week after Princess Kate made an appearance
Jul 12, 2023 1:00 am - WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - A week after Princess Kate graced Centre Court at Wimbledon by taking a seat in the Royal Box, Queen Camilla made an appearance at the Grand Sl...
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Prosecutors rest sexual assault case against Kevin Spacey in London court
Jul 12, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Prosecutors rested their sexual assault case against Kevin Spacey in a London courtroom Wednesday after four men testified in the past two weeks that the O...
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Pence would ban abortions when pregnancies aren't viable. His GOP rivals won't say if they agree
Jul 12, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In a Republican presidential field full of candidates opposed to abortion rights, Mike Pence stands out in his embrace of the cause. The former vice pres...
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Milan Kundera, renowned Czech writer and former dissident, dies in Paris aged 94
Jul 12, 2023 1:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Milan Kundera, whose dissident writings in communist Czechoslovakia transformed him into an exiled satirist of totalitarianism, has died in Paris. He was 94...
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Raging conflict in Sudan displaces around 3.1 million people, UN says
Jul 12, 2023 1:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - A raging conflict in Sudan has driven around 3.1 million people from their homes, including more than 700,000 who fled to neighboring countries, the United ...
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With its own Major League, cricket looks for a foothold in the United States
Jul 12, 2023 1:00 am - George Bernard Shaw asserted "the English are not very spiritual people so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity." It has been a long game, traditiona...