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Sports and gambling are once again in the spotlight in the wake of the Los Angeles Dodgers firing Ippei Mizuhara, the interpreter and close friend of newly acquired star player Shohei Ohtani
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel, on the final stop in his sixth urgent trip to the region since the start of the war
Russia has attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant, causing widespread outages
Former President Donald Trump launched his social media platform, Truth Social, in early 2022, after he was banned from major sites such as Facebook and the former Twitter following the Jan. 6 insurrection
This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Beyoncé's “Act ll: Cowboy Carter,” a Amazon Prime docuseries about BTS member J-Hope and “Madu,” a documentary about a Nigerian boy who dreams of being a professional ballet dancer
The women’s NCAA Tournament field is set and now the fun begins, with 64 teams trying to win the national championship
Star couple Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden say they are “blessed and grateful” to have welcomed a baby boy
The attack on a Moscow concert hall in which armed men opened fire and set the building ablaze, killing at least 133 people, was the latest in a long series of bombings and sieges that have unsettled and outraged Russians during Vladimir Putin’s nearly quarter-century as either prime minister or president
The attack on a Moscow-area concert hall that killed scores of people has dealt a major blow to President Vladimir Putin's image as a tough guy who is able to defend Russia from all threats
The fast-food chain Chick-Fil-A backtracked from its decade-old “no antibiotics ever” pledge intended to help prevent human antibiotic resistance linked to the rampant use of the drugs in livestock production
Aid groups that visited a packed Gaza hospital have described an “unimaginable” situation in which large open wounds were left untreated
The numbers have been drawn for the estimated $800 million Powerball jackpot that has grown so large thanks to nearly three dozen consecutive drawings without a winner of the top prize
Hamas has rejected the latest cease-fire proposal, accusing Israel of ignoring its core demands, which include an end to the war and a full withdrawal from Gaza
A world shipping association says there have been at least 35 major bridge collapses worldwide from 1960 to 2015 due to ship or barge collision with a total of more than 340 killed
Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic is two-stepping out of Texas to the Philadelphia area
Officials say that six people remain unaccounted for after the bridge collapse, and that all are believed to have been working on it at the time
The Biden administration greenlit the seventh large offshore wind project in the United States Tuesday
The first three days of the NCAA Tournament attracted record ratings, only to see the momentum stifled due to Sunday’s games being blowouts
A Delta flight over the weekend was cut short after a panel behind one of the engines fell off the plane
Around 30 rockets were launched from Lebanon toward northern Israel on Wednesday morning, according to the Israeli military
After the Dodgers and Padres soft-launched the 2024 MLB season with a two-game series in Seoul, South Korea last week, the league's other 28 teams are set to begin the season Thursday
Martin Scorsese will host, narrate and produce an eight-part docudrama for Fox Nation where he examines the evolution of eight men and women beatified as saints
A series of Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon has killed at least 16 people, including paramedics
A media freedom organization says that Russian authorities have detained six journalists across the country
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says he hopes the sport’s gambling investigation of Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani will be short but he isn’t sure
Rep. Nancy Mace says she is considering a run for South Carolina governor
Stellantis will move forward on plan to build new midsize truck in Illinois
US crude inventories likely fell last week, products seen up
SLB's Russian assets valued at $600 million in 2024, unchanged from 2023
Google wins UK injunction over YouTube block on Russian broadcasters
Mexico has not agreed to accept non-Mexican US asylum seekers, says president
Mike Tirico will be lead play-by-play announcer when NBC begins its NBA coverage next season
Carlos Beltrán is on the verge of Hall of Fame induction, and next year's ballot is wide open
Puma launches cost-cutting drive after 2024 net profit disappoints