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Blinken says a multinational force is needed to help Haiti's National Police restore order

United States State Secretary Antony Blinken said Wednesday that a multinational force is needed to help Haiti’s National Police restore order, echoing recent appeals made by United Nations officials who warn that the country’s insecurity is worsening. Blinken briefly spoke about Haiti and other issues during a one-day trip to Trinidad and Tobago, which hosted a three-day conference held by the 15-member Caribbean trade bloc known as Caricom. Caribbean leaders have been meeting regularly about the situation in Haiti. Caricom Chair and Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit noted that the group supports Haitian-led solutions

Blinken says a multinational force is needed to help Haiti's National Police restore order
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Russian missile attack on Lviv, Ukraine, kills 3 people and wounds more, mayor says

A Russian missile attack in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, killed three people and wounded eight, the mayor said Thursday. Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said around 60 apartments and 50 cars in the area of strike were damaged. Emergency service workers are searching in the debris for more people trapped. Sadovyi addressed residents in a video message, saying the attack was the largest on Lviv’s civilian infrastructure since the beginning of the full-scale invasion last year. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian war refugees have sought safety in Lviv from other areas to the east.

Russian missile attack on Lviv, Ukraine, kills 3 people and wounds more, mayor says
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Canada's government to stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram after Meta says it will block news

Canada’s government said Wednesday it would stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram, in response to Meta’s decision to block access to news content on their social platforms as part of a temporary test. Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government’s decision at a news conference. Canada’s move is the latest episode in a dispute that started after Trudeau’s administration proposed a bill that would require technology companies to pay publishers for linking to or otherwise repurposing their content online. Meta promised at the time to block Canadian news content on its Facebook and

Canada's government to stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram after Meta says it will block news
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Cowser a hit in his MLB debut as Kremer pitches the scuffling Orioles past the Yankees 6-3

Touted prospect Colton Cowser hit an RBI single in his major league debut and scored the go-ahead run when fellow rookie Jordan Westburg followed with a two-run triple, sending Dean Kremer and the Baltimore Orioles past the New York Yankees 6-3 on Wednesday night. Kremer (9-4) struck out a career-high 10 in seven innings of four-hit ball. Ryan O’Hearn lined a two-run homer in the ninth, and All-Star relievers Yennier Cano and Félix Bautista combined to get the final six outs as the second-place Orioles won for only the second time in eight games. Josh Donaldson

Cowser a hit in his MLB debut as Kremer pitches the scuffling Orioles past the Yankees 6-3
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Cincinnati Reds rookie Elly De La Cruz homers after umpires had him remove knob piece from bat

Cincinnati Reds rookie Elly De La Cruz pointed at the knob of his bat after hitting a 455-foot homer at Washington on Wednesday night in a reference to the removal of a covering earlier in the game. Before De La Cruz led off the second inning, umpires had the slugger remove a white or clear object from the end of his bat. It looked as if it was an empty covering designed to hold a sensor that takes measurements at the plate. Nationals manager Dave Martinez talked to plate umpire Quinn Wolcott about the knob piece before

Cincinnati Reds rookie Elly De La Cruz homers after umpires had him remove knob piece from bat
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Father of the bride, teen who tried to save friend among 5 killed in Philadelphia shooting

A father who was preparing to walk his eldest daughter down the aisle. An aspiring actor who appeared as an extra in the “Creed” movie franchise. A teenager who tried to help a wounded friend. These are the stories of those killed in the all-too-familiar thrum of another mass shooting. Five people in a working-class neighborhood of Philadelphia were gunned down Monday in what became the deadliest among a rash of U.S. shootings that occurred around the July Fourth holiday. A gunman in a ski mask and body armor appeared to fire on people at random while

Father of the bride, teen who tried to save friend among 5 killed in Philadelphia shooting
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Cameraman at Yankee Stadium injured by wild throw from Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson

A cameraman was injured Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium when he was hit in the head by a wild throw from Baltimore Orioles rookie shortstop Gunnar Henderson. Positioned right next to the New York Yankees’ dugout on the first-base side, Pete Stendel of YES Network was struck by a hurried throw from Henderson, who fired high to first as he tried to complete a double play in the fifth inning. The game was delayed about 17 minutes as the Yankees’ athletic training staff and medical personnel tended to Stendel in the camera well. Baltimore players came

Cameraman at Yankee Stadium injured by wild throw from Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson
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Jenson Brooksby tells the AP he accepted a provisional ban for allegedly missing 3 doping tests

American tennis player Jenson Brooksby accepted a provisional suspension from the International Tennis Integrity Agency on Wednesday after being accused of missing three doping tests in a 12-month period, he told The Associated Press. “Taking the provisional suspension is the best decision that we have to make right now,” Brooksby, a 22-year-old from Sacramento, California, said in a telephone interview. “I’ve never failed a drug test. I’ve never taken any bad substances.” He plans to go to arbitration. Under antidoping rules, athletes can be penalized without failing a test if they have three “whereabout failures” within a year’s span. Brooksby

Jenson Brooksby tells the AP he accepted a provisional ban for allegedly missing 3 doping tests
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Toxic gas leak in South Africa kills 16 people, including three children, police say

At least 16 people, including three children, died when toxic gas leaked from a cyclinder near Johannesburg, South African police said Wednesday. Emergency services said that as many as 24 people might be dead. It wasn’t immediately clear why there was a discrepancy in the death toll. Search and rescue teams were still working through the area trying to ascertain the extent of the casualties. The incident happened in an informal settlement in the city of Boksburg on the eastern outskirts of Johannesburg, the South African Police Services said. Emergency services spokesman William Ntladi said the deaths

Toxic gas leak in South Africa kills 16 people, including three children, police say
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Meta takes aim at Twitter with the launch of rival app Threads

Meta unveiled an app to rival Twitter on Thursday, appearing to target users looking for an alternative to the social media platform owned — and frequently changed — by Elon Musk. Called Threads, the new offering is billed as a text-based version of Meta’s photo-sharing app Instagram that the company says provides “a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations.” The app is live in Apple and Google Android app stores in more than 100 countries including the U.S., Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan. Users will get a Twitter-like microblogging experience, according to screenshots provided

Meta takes aim at Twitter with the launch of rival app Threads
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White Sox All-Star Luis Robert Jr. says he will participate in baseball's Home Run Derby

Chicago White Sox All-Star Luis Robert Jr. plans to participate in baseball’s Home Run Derby in Seattle on Monday. Robert made the announcement Wednesday on Instagram, with a highlight video and a caption saying “The Panther is ready for the Home Run Derby! #homerunderby2023.” “I’m pretty sure I’m going to feel very happy during those two days,” Robert said. “It’s going to be very special for me.” Robert will now be participating in another showcase event after being selected to his first All-Star team. He was second in the American League behind Shohei Ohtani with 25 homers,

White Sox All-Star Luis Robert Jr. says he will participate in baseball's Home Run Derby
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Mike Trout has surgery on his broken left wrist; timetable for return unknown

All-Star center fielder Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels had surgery on his fractured left wrist Wednesday, two days after he was injured fouling off a pitch. “I just talked to Mike; he just got out of surgery. He feels great,” manager Phil Nevin said before the Angels finished a series against the San Diego Padres. “The surgery went well. We spoke to the doctor a minute ago, but it sounds like everything went great.” Also Wednesday, two-way All-Star Shohei Ohtani was in the lineup as the designated hitter a day after coming out the

Mike Trout has surgery on his broken left wrist; timetable for return unknown
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Strong demand drives US new vehicle sales higher in the first half of the year

Demand for new SUVs, trucks and cars in the U.S. picked up steam in the second quarter, but the stronger sales kept prices high for consumers. Auto sales rose a healthy 16.8% from April through June to just over 4.1 million, fueled by pent-up demand from nearly two years of short supplies due to factories that were hobbled by the global computer chip shortage. For much of the year, average prices pulled back a bit and automakers raised discounts a little. But in June, those trends began to stall out, said Ivan Drury, director of insights for Edmunds.com. Consumers paid

Strong demand drives US new vehicle sales higher in the first half of the year
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Norfolk Southern says other companies should share blame in fiery Ohio derailment

Norfolk Southern says the owner of the rail car that caused the fiery Ohio derailment in February failed to properly maintain it in the years before the crash, and the railroad wants to make sure that company and the owners of the other cars involved help pay for the costs. The railroad filed a complaint Friday against all the car owners and shippers connected to the hazardous chemicals that spilled in the Feb. 3 derailment. As part of that, Norfolk Southern said GATX didn’t follow the car manufacturer’s recommendations for taking care of the plastic pellet

Norfolk Southern says other companies should share blame in fiery Ohio derailment
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Vermont will pay $16.5M to settle lawsuits by foreign investors in fraudulent ski developments

The state of Vermont has agreed to pay $16.5 million to settle all pending and potential lawsuits from foreign investors in development projects at the Jay Peak resort, the ski area that was shaken by a massive fraud case involving its former owner and president, officials said Wednesday. In 2016, the federal Securities and Exchange Commission and the state alleged that former Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros and former president William Stenger took part in a “massive eight-year fraudulent scheme.” The civil allegations involved misusing more than $200 million of about $400 million raised for various ski area developments from

Vermont will pay $16.5M to settle lawsuits by foreign investors in fraudulent ski developments
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UN records the highest number of 'grave violations' against children in conflicts

Children experienced the highest number of “grave violations” in conflicts verified by the United Nations in 2022, with the conflicts between Israeli and Palestinians and in Congo and Somalia putting the most youngsters in peril, the U.N. children’s agency said Wednesday. UNICEF also expressed particular concern about their plight in Haiti, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Ukraine, where Russia has been put on the U.N. blacklist. “Grave violations” include the recruitment and use of children by combatants, killings and injuries, sexual violence, abductions, and attacks on schools and hospitals. Omar Abdi, UNICEF’s deputy executive director, told the

UN records the highest number of 'grave violations' against children in conflicts
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Sean "Diddy" Combs' dispute with Diageo deepens as court unseals business details

Rapper, producer and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs is asking the New York Supreme Court to enforce a 2021 agreement that requires spirits seller Diageo to treat his DeLeon tequila brand “at least as favorably” as its other tequila brands. Combs signed the agreement with Diageo – which owns more than 200 brands including Guinness beer and Tanqueray gin – after what he says were years of neglect for DeLeon, a brand he established with the London company in 2013. Combs’ lawsuit against Diageo was filed in May. But many details, including the 2021 agreement, were redacted at the time. On

Sean "Diddy" Combs' dispute with Diageo deepens as court unseals business details
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LA County sheriff's department calls video of deputy tackling woman 'disturbing,' opens inquiry

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says a bystander’s cellphone footage showing a deputy violently tackling a woman while she filmed her husband being handcuffed and then pepper-spraying her in the face is “ disturbing,” and community groups on Wednesday called for the department’s new sheriff to hold his agency accountable. The June 24 incident in the city of Lancaster follows several cases that have drawn scrutiny to the department amid allegations of excessive use of force by its deputies. It’s also testing the reform efforts of the new sheriff, Robert Luna, a former Long Beach

LA County sheriff's department calls video of deputy tackling woman 'disturbing,' opens inquiry
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Mental illness played no role in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, prosecution expert testifies

The man who gunned down 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue does not have a psychiatric or neurological disorder, and he was capable of forming the intent to kill, a neurologist testified Wednesday at the killer’s federal death penalty trial. Dr. Ryan Darby, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was called by prosecutors to rebut defense experts who previously testified that Robert Bowers is psychotic and has brain abnormalities. Bowers, 50, a truck driver from suburban Baldwin, was convicted last month of killing members of three congregations who had gathered at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct.

Mental illness played no role in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, prosecution expert testifies
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JetBlue is dumping its partnership with American Airlines to salvage its purchase of Spirit

JetBlue says it won’t appeal a judge’s ruling against its partnership with American Airlines, effectively dropping the deal in an effort to salvage its purchase of Spirit Airlines. JetBlue Airways said Wednesday that it wind down the deal with American in New York and Boston in the coming months and “turn even more focus” on its proposed $3.8 billion purchase of Spirit. The U.S. Justice Department sued to block both the JetBlue-American deal and JetBlue’s purchase of Spirit on grounds that they would hurt competition. The government said consumers would suffer if Spirit — the nation’s biggest discount airline —

JetBlue is dumping its partnership with American Airlines to salvage its purchase of Spirit
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US gives go-ahead for Orsted's New Jersey offshore wind farm to start construction

The federal government gave the go-ahead Wednesday for New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm to begin construction, clearing the way for the first of at least three — and likely many more — such projects in a state trying to become the East Coast leader in wind energy. The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approved a construction and operations plan for Ocean Wind I, a wind farm to be built by Danish wind energy company Orsted between 13 and 15 miles off the coast of Atlantic City. The wind farm would power 500,000 homes.

US gives go-ahead for Orsted's New Jersey offshore wind farm to start construction
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Suspect in Ukraine detonates explosives at a courthouse, killing himself and wounding 2 officers

A criminal suspect died Tuesday when he detonated explosives inside a court building in the Ukrainian capital, and two police officers were wounded, officials said. The suspect, Ihor Humeniuk, detonated an explosive device inside the Shevchenkivskyi District Court, as he made an abortive attempt to escape, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko told reporters. It wasn’t immediately clear how Humeniuk received the explosives and managed to bring them inside the court building. The two wounded officers belong to a special police unit. Humeniuk has been in custody for eight years on charges of throwing a grenade during a

Suspect in Ukraine detonates explosives at a courthouse, killing himself and wounding 2 officers
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Wisconsin's Democratic governor scales back Republican tax cut, signs state budget

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed off on a two-year spending plan Wednesday after dramatically scaling back the size of a Republican income tax cut that would have moved the state closer to a flat rate. Evers, a Democrat, also used his partial veto power to increase funding for K-12 public schools for more than 400 years unless undone by a future Legislature and governor. The move will increase how much revenue schools can raise per student by $325 a year until 2425. Evers, a former state education secretary and teacher, had proposed allowing revenue limits to

Wisconsin's Democratic governor scales back Republican tax cut, signs state budget
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FIA wonders how it can deny General Motors a spot on Formula One grid, president tells AP

The FIA has received “more than five” expressions of interest from teams interested in joining Formula One, the president of the governing body told The Associated Press on Wednesday, with a decision on expansion expected by the end of the month. The bid that stands out most to Mohammed Ben Sulayem is from Andretti Global and General Motors — a supportive sign that Michael Andretti may indeed get the F1 team he’s been chasing for more than two years. “People have to understand we are here to promote motorsport and we are here to be fair. The Expressions of Interest

FIA wonders how it can deny General Motors a spot on Formula One grid, president tells AP
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Russian journalist sustained a brain injury and fractures during a brutal beating in Chechnya

A prominent Russian investigative reporter has received a brain injury and multiple fractures when she and a lawyer accompanying her were brutally beaten by unidentified assailants in the Russian province of Chechnya, her newspaper said Wednesday. Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov were attacked Tuesday soon after they arrived in Chechnya to attend the trial of the mother of two Chechen dissidents. Just outside the airport, their vehicle was blocked by three cars and a dozen unidentified masked attackers, who beat them with clubs and put guns to their heads. Milashina and Nemova were

Russian journalist sustained a brain injury and fractures during a brutal beating in Chechnya

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