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Blinken opens second day of talks in Beijing on mission to ease soaring US-China tensions

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened a second and final day of critical meetings with senior Chinese officials as the two sides expressed willingness to talk but showed little inclination to bend on hardened positions that have sent tensions soaring. Blinken was meeting Monday morning with China’s top diplomat Wang Yi and an encounter with President Xi Jinping was still in the cards before he departs in the late evening. Neither Blinken nor Wang made any comment to reporters as they greeted each other and sat for their discussion. In the first round of talks

Blinken opens second day of talks in Beijing on mission to ease soaring US-China tensions
World

McIlroy gets big break at US Open but ice-cold putter costs him the title

Rory McIlroy got the sort of break most players need to win a U.S. Open. If only he could’ve made a putt or two to go with it. The golf gods, to say nothing of the golf rulebook, gave McIlroy a chance to save par after his approach shot on the 14th hole came up short and embedded in the deep grass above a greenside bunker. But McIlroy missed the putt — a common theme on Sunday — and made his only bogey of the day. That single shot cost him in a one-stroke loss to

McIlroy gets big break at US Open but ice-cold putter costs him the title
World

Wyndham Clark plays big and becomes a major champion at the US Open

Wyndham Clark always carried the message from his late mother to “play big.” Nothing was bigger than Sunday when he held off Rory McIlroy with one clutch shot after another to become a U.S. Open champion. The final act was two putts from 60 feet on the 18th hole at Los Angeles Country Club, and the 29-year-old Clark pumped his fist when it settled a foot away. He tapped that in for an even-par 70 and a one-shot victory over McIlroy and so many other stars. Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world, couldn’t

Wyndham Clark plays big and becomes a major champion at the US Open
World

Wyndham Clark plays big and becomes a major champion at the US Open

Wyndham Clark always carried the message from his late mother to “play big.” Nothing was bigger than Sunday when he held off Rory McIlroy with one clutch shot after another to become a U.S. Open champion. The final act was two putts from 60 feet on the 18th hole at Los Angeles Country Club, and the 29-year-old Clark pumped his fist when it settled a foot away. He tapped that in for an even-par 70 and a one-shot victory over McIlroy and so many other stars. Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world, couldn’t

Wyndham Clark plays big and becomes a major champion at the US Open
World

Australia's Senate votes for holding referendum on Indigenous Voice to Parliament within 6 months

Australia’s Senate voted Monday to hold a referendum this year on creating an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, an advocate aiming to give the nation’s most disadvantaged ethnic minority more say on government policy. Dozens of mainly Indigenous people stood up the public galleries and clapped when senators passed the referendum bill 52 votes to 19. The Senate vote means the referendum must be held on a Saturday in a two-to-six-month window. While the Voice would advocate for Indigenous interests, it would not have a vote on laws, and debate for and against the elected body has

Australia's Senate votes for holding referendum on Indigenous Voice to Parliament within 6 months
World

Rickie Fowler fades in final round after bounce-back US Open

From his electric opening-round 62 to his neon-orange Sunday ensemble, Rickie Fowler showed off just about everything during the 123rd U.S. Open that once made him one of the most compelling figures in golf. Unfortunately, that also included another painful fade from title contention after he took a share of the lead into the last round. Fowler stumbled to a 75 Sunday, finishing in a three-way tie for fifth at Los Angeles Country Club. After 18 holes alongside eventual champion Wyndham Clark, Fowler ended up five shots back with the worst final round among the top

Rickie Fowler fades in final round after bounce-back US Open
World

Slumping Pirates calling up 2021 top draft pick catcher Henry Davis from the minors

The Pittsburgh Pirates are calling up heralded prospect Henry Davis. the top pick in the 2021 draft, to help the team that has lost six straight games and tumbled from the top spot in the NL Central. Pirates manager Derek Shelton said after Sunday’s 5-2 loss to division-leading Milwaukee that Davis, who has played catcher and outfield, will join the team at PNC Park on Monday for the start of a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs. “I’m excited,” Shelton said. “He deserves to be here. I think he’s shown that. We’ll probably talk more about it

Slumping Pirates calling up 2021 top draft pick catcher Henry Davis from the minors
World

US beats Canada 2-0 to win CONCACAF Nations League on goals by Balogun, Richards

Folarin Balogun and Chris Richards scored their first international goals, both off assists from Gio Reyna, and the United States beat Canada 2-0 on Sunday night for the Americans’ second straight CONCACAF Nations League title. Richards scored in the 12th minute from a corner kick and Balogun, who debuted in Thursday’s 3-0 win over Mexico after choosing to play the U.S. over England, doubled the lead in the 34th. The Americans were again led by interim coach B.J. Callaghan, who took over May 30 and also will run the team in the CONCACAF Gold Cup starting

US beats Canada 2-0 to win CONCACAF Nations League on goals by Balogun, Richards
World

Stock market today: Asia follows Wall St lower as US, Chinese foreign ministers meet

Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Monday after the top U.S. and Chinese diplomats agreed to cooperate during a meeting held at a time of friction over an array of conflicts. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul retreated. Sydney gained. Oil prices fell by almost $1. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.4% on Friday after the Federal Reserve held its benchmark lending rate steady but warned last week it might be raised later if needed to cool inflation. On Sunday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang held what the

Stock market today: Asia follows Wall St lower as US, Chinese foreign ministers meet
Political

More than 1 million dropped from Medicaid as states start post-pandemic purge of rolls

More than 1 million people have been dropped from Medicaid in the past couple months as some states moved swiftly to halt health care coverage following the end of the coronavirus pandemic. Most got dropped for not filling out paperwork. Though the eligibility review is required by the federal government, President’s Joe Biden’s administration isn’t too pleased at how efficiently some other states are accomplishing the task. “Pushing through things and rushing it will lead to eligible people — kids and families — losing coverage for some period of time,” Daniel Tsai, a top federal Medicaid official recently told reporters.

More than 1 million dropped from Medicaid as states start post-pandemic purge of rolls
Arts

What if things could turn out differently? How the multiverse got into our heads and didn't let go

“Let’s do things differently this time.” Those are the first words you hear at the beginning of this month’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” an otherworldly meditation on multiple realities and how our lives might unfold. The message is clear from the get-go: We have choices. Things could be malleable. You are you, sure. But wait — you might also be you and you and you. The world is a stressful, sometimes lonely place — and more so at a moment when “It wasn’t supposed to be this way” has become a not-uncommon mantra. But what if things could turn out

What if things could turn out differently? How the multiverse got into our heads and didn't let go
Political

20 years after invasion, Iraqis still waiting to come to US

Ammar Rashed has a stack of letters from U.S. troops attesting to his work during some of the most dangerous days of the Iraq War. But six years after he applied to immigrate to the United States under a program for interpreters who helped America, he is still waiting. “You don’t have to keep me and my family suffering for, for years waiting,” said Rashed during a Skype interview from Jordan, where he lives. “It’s really frustrating.” Rashed is among thousands of Iraqis, many of whom risked their lives by working closely with Americans during the war

20 years after invasion, Iraqis still waiting to come to US
Political

Trump, other Republicans conjure a familiar enemy in attacking Democrats as 'Marxists,' 'communists'

Lashing out after his arraignment on federal charges last week, Donald Trump took aim at President Joe Biden and Democrats with language that seemed to evoke another era: He was being persecuted, he said, by “Marxists” and “communists.” Trump has used the labels since he first appeared on the political scene, but it lately has become an omnipresent attack line that also has been deployed by other Republicans. The rhetoric is both inaccurate and potentially dangerous because it attempts to demonize an entire party with a description that has long been associated with America’s enemies. Experts

Trump, other Republicans conjure a familiar enemy in attacking Democrats as 'Marxists,' 'communists'
Arts

Captivated by the multiverse and alternate realities? Here's a handy guide to some good stuff

Loved “Everything Everywhere All at Once?” Can’t get enough of “The Flash” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” this month? Then this list is for you. We’ve compiled a non-exhaustive sampler of fiction about alternate universes and multiverses — from movies to TV to comics to books. It’s a great starter kit if your media tastes run to asking: What if? MOVIES: — “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946): In this Christmas classic, family man George Bailey grows increasingly frustrated as opportunities pass him by, and it takes an angel-in-training — on Christmas Eve — to dump him into a universe where

Captivated by the multiverse and alternate realities? Here's a handy guide to some good stuff
Political

Biden to hold 4 fundraisers in San Francisco area as he revs up 2024 campaign

President Joe Biden ramps up his reelection effort this week with four fundraisers in the San Francisco area, as his campaign builds up its coffers and lays strategic foundations for 2024. In the back half of June, Biden’s campaign will have over 20 fundraisers involving the president, Vice President Kamala Harris, first lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, according to a person involved in Biden’s travel plans who insisted on anonymity to discuss the schedule. More than half of the fundraisers are with the president, who will also be traveling to New York, Maryland and

Biden to hold 4 fundraisers in San Francisco area as he revs up 2024 campaign
World

Verdict in Oregon wildfires case highlights risks utilities face amid climate change

A jury verdict that found an Oregon power company liable for devastating wildfires — and potentially billions of dollars in damages — is highlighting the legal and financial risks utilities take if they fail to take proper precautions in a hotter, drier climate. Utilities, especially in the U.S. West, are increasingly finding themselves in a financial bind that’s partly of their own making, experts say. While updating, replacing and even burying thousands of miles of powerlines is a time-consuming and costly undertaking, the failure to start that work in earnest years ago has put them on

Verdict in Oregon wildfires case highlights risks utilities face amid climate change
World

Amazon, Marriott and other companies vow to hire thousands of refugees in Europe

Multinational companies including Amazon, Marriott and Hilton pledged Monday to hire more than 13,000 refugees, including Ukrainian women who have fled the war with Russia, over the next three years in Europe. Just ahead of World Refugee Day on Tuesday, more than 40 corporations say they will hire, connect to work or train a total of 250,000 refugees, with 13,680 of them getting jobs directly in those companies. “Every number is a story of an individual family who left everything, seeking safety, seeking protection and wanting to be able to rebuild as quickly as possible,” said Kelly Clements, U.N. deputy

Amazon, Marriott and other companies vow to hire thousands of refugees in Europe
World

6 killed, dozens injured in spate of weekend shootings across US

A spate of weekend mass shootings and violence across the U.S. killed at least six people, including a Pennsylvania state trooper, and left dozens injured. The shootings follow a surge in homicides and other violence over the past several years that experts say accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic. They happened in suburban Chicago, Washington state, central Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Southern California and Baltimore. “There’s no question there’s been a spike in violence,” said Daniel Nagin, a professor of public policy and statistics at Carnegie Mellon University. “Some of these cases seem to be just disputes, often among adolescents, and those

6 killed, dozens injured in spate of weekend shootings across US
World

Reds' streak leaves them on doorstep of first place in NL Central

Elly De La Cruz’s arrival gave fans in Cincinnati a reason to be hopeful about the future. Then the Reds started looking like they might be contenders — right now. It helps that they play in the NL Central, where everyone is one great week away from challenging for the division lead. And after eight straight victories, the Reds are only a half-game behind first-place Milwaukee. Cincinnati finished the week by sweeping a three-game series on the road against defending champion Houston. The Reds haven’t had a winning streak this long since 2012. Cincinnati is 10-2 since De La Cruz’s

Reds' streak leaves them on doorstep of first place in NL Central
World

A high-profile French nun is inspiring hope for Catholic women. But can she really bring change?

In her years running Catholic youth programs in France, Sister Nathalie Becquart often invoked her own experience as a seasoned sailor in urging young people to weather the storms of their lives. “There’s nothing stronger than seeing the sunrise after a storm, the flat calm of the sea,” she says. That lesson is especially applicable to Becquart herself as she charts the global church through an unprecedented — and at times, tempestuous — period of reform as one of the highest-ranking women at the Vatican. Pope Francis named the 54-year-old nun as the first female undersecretary

A high-profile French nun is inspiring hope for Catholic women. But can she really bring change?
World

Gunbattle in Jenin: 3 Palestinians killed, 29 others wounded in Israeli raid in West Bank

Israeli troops killed 3 Palestinians, including a minor, and wounded at least 29 others during a massive gunbattle with militants in the streets of the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The fighting was the latest in more than a year of near-daily violence that has wracked the West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified Khaled Asasa, 21, Qassam Abu Sariya, 29, and 15-year-old Ahmed Saqr among the killed and said at least four other were seriously wounded in the shootout. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the

Gunbattle in Jenin: 3 Palestinians killed, 29 others wounded in Israeli raid in West Bank
World

Wyndham Clark's US Open win on Father's Day is also a tribute to his late mom

The U.S. Open wrapped up, as it always does, on Father’s Day. Golf’s newest champion would be the first to tell people he’s always been a mama’s boy. Wyndham Clark’s victory Sunday will be remembered for how a 29-year-old newcomer to the big time held off some of the biggest names in the game to stamp a poignant exclamation mark on a U.S. Open that had been, to that point, kind of hard to love. Clark’s mother, Lise, died of breast cancer in 2013 — a family tragedy that sent him spiraling. The win brought with

Wyndham Clark's US Open win on Father's Day is also a tribute to his late mom
World

Alabama's Brandon Miller tops AP's list of talented 1-and-done forwards in the NBA draft

Brandon Miller rapidly became an elite NBA draft prospect in his lone season at Alabama. He headlines The Associated Press’ list of forwards and could go as high as second overall behind presumptive No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama. There are other one-and-done prospects such as Villanova’s Cam Whitmore, Houston’s Jarace Walker and Central Florida’s Taylor Hendricks as potential top-10 picks. Here’s a look at the top forwards in the draft: BRANDON MILLER, Alabama STRENGTHS: Miller, 20, went from McDonald’s All-American to AP first-team All-American. The 6-foot-9 forward averaged 18.8 points and 8.2 rebounds while shooting 38.4% from 3-point range and

Alabama's Brandon Miller tops AP's list of talented 1-and-done forwards in the NBA draft
World

Stock market today: Asia follows Wall St lower as US, Chinese foreign ministers meet

Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Monday after the top U.S. and Chinese diplomats agreed to cooperate during a meeting held at a time of friction over an array of conflicts. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul retreated. Sydney gained. Oil prices fell. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.4% on Friday after the Federal Reserve held its benchmark lending rate steady but warned last week it might be raised later if needed to cool inflation. On Sunday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang held what the Chinese government called

Stock market today: Asia follows Wall St lower as US, Chinese foreign ministers meet
World

Drivers agree that Palou's 74-point IndyCar lead isn't insurmountable

Alex Palou isn’t taking anything for granted and his competitors aren’t conceding a thing. But someone’s going to have to make a heck of a charge in the second half of the season to prevent Palou from winning his second IndyCar Series championship in three years. Palou has won three of the last four IndyCar events and owns a 74-point lead over Chip Ganassi Racing teammate Marcus Ericsson as the season approaches its midway point. That’s the biggest advantage anyone’s had eight races into the season since 2020, when Scott Dixon led the rest of

Drivers agree that Palou's 74-point IndyCar lead isn't insurmountable

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