By Caitlin Kaiser and Judson Jones, CNN Following an explosive month of dangerous fire conditions, the Southern Plains are under extreme fire risk again beginning today. Critically dry conditions, wind gusts of 50+ miles per hour, and highly-receptive fuels across the Texas/Oklahoma Panhandle and into southern Kansas are “setting the stage for exceptionally volatile fire
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda is investing $40 billion over the next decade in research, especially to realize a major shift to ecological electric vehicles. The Japanese automaker said Tuesday the products and services in the works will account for more than half of its $64 billion research and development
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By David Culver, CNN The distant echo of a megaphone blares most mornings from the narrow laneway where I live in Shanghai, summoning me and my neighbors from our homes for our mandatory Covid test. Mask on and cell phone in hand, I step outside before the volunteers in hazmat suits have time to knock.
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By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — J.T. Realmuto hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and Rhys Hoskins and Didi Gregorius followed with run-scoring doubles that helped the Philadelphia Phillies rally past the New York Mets 5-4. The Phillies trailed 4-0 before they scored five runs against two Mets relievers. Realmuto’s
Continue Reading By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Maikel Franco drove in five runs with four hits, including a two-run homer as the Washington Nationals beat Huascar Ynoa and the Atlanta Braves 11-2. Franco homered to cap a five-run third, then added a three-run double off Tucker Davidson as the Nationals again scored five
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. has ordered all non-emergency consular staff to leave Shanghai, which is under a tight lockdown to contain a COVID-19 surge. Many residents in the city of 26 million have been confined to their homes for up to three weeks as China maintains its “zero-COVID” strategy of handling outbreaks with strict
Continue Reading By TYLER MASON Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Byron Buxton and Luis Arraez each had three hits and Dylan Bundy earned his first win in a Twins uniform as Minnesota won its series finale against the Seattle Mariners by a 4-0 final Monday at Target Field. After Jorge Polanco doubled in Buxton for the first
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — El alcalde de Cali, Jorge Iván Ospina, informó a medios locales que el vehículo en el que viajaba como pasajero el exfutbolista colombiano Freddy Rincón este lunes por la madrugada no respetó la luz roja de un semáforo y se impactó con un autobús alimentador del sistema de transporte Masivo
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By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Starting in May, MSNBC’s highest-rated star Rachel Maddow will be hosting her 9 p.m. Eastern show just one day a week — on Mondays — while she pivots to other projects for parent company NBCUniversal. The new schedule has an end-of-an-era feel for MSNBC, since so much of the channel
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN No player from a historically Black college or university has been drafted into the WNBA since 2002. On Monday night, that finally changed. Ameshya Williams-Holliday, a senior center out of Jackson State University, was selected in the third round, 25th overall, by the Indiana Fever, making her the first HBCU player
Continue Reading By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa appealed for protesters to end the weeks of mass demonstrations that have called for the government to resign over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. Rajapaksa and his brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, have become a focus of the
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — J.T. Realmuto hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and Rhys Hoskins and Didi Gregorius followed with run-scoring doubles that helped the Philadelphia Phillies rally past the New York Mets 5-4. The Phillies trailed 4-0 before they scored five runs against two Mets relievers. Realmuto’s
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — George Springer answered booing fans with a go-ahead, two-run homer and an RBI double, and the Toronto Blue Jays made three sparkling defensive plays to beat New York 3-0 and extend their Yankee Stadium winning streak to five. Alek Manoah allowed one hit over six
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El tráfico comercial en el puente internacional Pharr-Reynosa, un importante punto de entrada para la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México por el que se mueven vehículos comerciales y de pasajeros, está “temporalmente detenido” debido a una protesta en el lado mexicano de la frontera y “no hay movimientos de transportistas
Continue Reading By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Paul Blackburn allowed three hits in five scoreless innings, Seth Brown and Elvis Andrus both hit three-run homers, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays 13-2. It was Tampa Bay’s first loss after opening the season with a three-game sweep of Baltimore. Blackburn struck
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. has ordered all non-emergency consular staff to leave Shanghai, which is under a lockdown to contain a COVID-19 surge. The State Department said the order is an upgrade from the “authorized” departure issued last week that made the decision voluntary. The order covers “non-emergency U.S. government employees and their family
Continue Reading MONTREAL (AP) — Evgeny Svechnikov scored a tiebreaking goal midway through the third period, and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2. Morgan Barron had a goal and an assist and Paul Stastny also scored for Winnipeg. Adam Lowry added an empty-net goal, and Dylan Samberg had two assists. Starting back-to-back games, Connor Hellebuyck
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin has been suspended four games for cross-checking Nashville’s Mark Borowiecki in the face. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the suspension after holding a hearing with Malkin about the play. Malkin was initially given only a four-minute double-minor penalty after striking Borowiecki in
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