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By KELVIN CHAN and PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writers LONDON (AP) — Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the “breadbasket of the world” and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries. Together, Russia and Ukraine export nearly a third of the
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By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent Among those who love to chase trout with flies made of feathers, just the mention of a certain seven-mile stretch of Utah’s Green River can turn a hardened man rhapsodic. “I’ve guided in New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Alaska,” said Gordon Tharrett, describing his 30-year career guiding elite fly
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, CNN Three people suffered injuries Friday evening at San Francisco International Airport’s departure terminal after a man attacked them with an “edged weapon,” authorities said. The suspect drove to the airport around 6 p.m. local time and walked around the departure terminal before pulling out the weapon and assaulting three men, San
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says Palestinian militants have fired a rocket into southern Israel, shattering a two-month lull in violence at the Gaza-Israel border. That’s in contrast to soaring tensions in the occupied West Bank. The military says aerial defense systems intercepted the projectile early Saturday, which activated warning sirens in the southern
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cleveland manager Terry Francona couldn’t contain his smile after his Guardians defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 in 10 innings Friday night. The Guardians had only one hit after the fourth inning and what could have been two potentially-fatal errors, but they also got clutch
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man with an “edged weapon” attacked passengers inside a San Francisco International Airport terminal on Friday, leaving three with cuts and scrapes before he was arrested, authorities said. The man drove to the airport, went into the International Terminal, “walked around the departure terminal and pulled out an edged weapon”
Continue Reading MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Daniel Lynch had a career-high 10 strikeouts in five innings to win for the first time in nearly two months, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 on Friday night in a matchup of teams with the two worst records in the major leagues.
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The dogs get the spotlight, but the upcoming Westminster Kennel Club show is also illuminating a human issue: veterinarians’ mental health. In conjunction with a first-time Veterinarian of the Year award that will be presented on the show’s final day Wednesday, the club is giving $10,000
Continue Reading By SHANE LANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Robbie Ray lost a no-hitter with two outs in the seventh inning on a grounder that bounced off his own glove in the Seattle Mariners’ 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. Ray’s bid ended when Max Stassi hit a high chopper toward the
Continue Reading By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BEVERLY, Mass. (AP) — An enslaved Black man, the tall tale he inspired and the beach that now bears his name are the focus of new efforts to recognize the role of slavery along Massachusetts’ picturesque North Shore. As the story goes, Robin Mingo was promised freedom by his white
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Taliban-appointed official says explosions and gunfire have ripped through a Sikh temple in Afghanistan’s capital. The spokesperson for the Interior Ministry says a gun battle took place Saturday between the attackers and Taliban forces. Videos posted on social media show plumes of black smoke rising from the temple, known as a
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Cheese-lovers can now wear their favorite dairy product on their fingertips, thanks to Velveeta and British nail polish brand Nails Inc. A limited-edition set of two cheese-scented polishes will cost cheese fanatics $15 on the Nails Inc. website. It includes two shades: “Finger Food,” a bright red, and “La Dolce Velveeta,”
Continue Reading By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The polls were closed in Iowa for less than 48 hours when South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott was shaking hands and posing for pictures with eastern Iowa Republicans at a Cedar Rapids country club last week. Scott, one of the many Republicans testing their presidential
Continue Reading By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Jordan Luplow homered twice to back Madison Bumgarner and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 Friday night. Luplow’s two-run homer in the first and a solo shot in the third, raising his home run total to nine this season with his sixth career two-homer game.
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man with an “edged weapon” attacked passengers inside a San Francisco International Airport terminal on Friday, leaving three with cuts and scrapes before he was arrested, authorities said. The man drove to the airport, went into the International Terminal, “walked around the departure terminal and pulled out an edged weapon”
Continue Reading By Rob Frehse and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A woman who allegedly made anti-Asian remarks and pepper-sprayed four people in New York City last weekend was arrested, police said Friday. Madeline Barker, 47, faces two counts of assault as a hate crime, two counts of attempted assault as a hate crime and four counts of harassment
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Mariners left-hander Robbie Ray lost a no-hit bid with two outs in the seventh inning against the Los Angeles Angels when he let a ground ball bounce off his glove. Max Stassi hit a high chopper Friday night toward the mound that went right over Ray’s head. The reigning AL Cy Young
Continue Reading By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press One by one, several of Donald Trump’s former top advisers have told a special House committee investigating his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection that they didn’t believe his lies about the 2020 election, and that the former president knew he lost to Joe Biden. But instead of convincing Trump’s
Continue Reading By Celeste Noraian and Alta Spells, CNN Inmates at a county jail in Florida are being commended for helping save a deputy who was attacked by another inmate last week, police said. Deputy Lillian Jimenez was attacked on June 7 at Hillsborough County Jail after she was lured to a restroom where the inmate said
Continue Reading By JULHAS ALAM and WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — At least 18 people have died as massive floods ravaged northeastern India and Bangladesh, leaving millions of homes underwater and severing transport links, authorities said Saturday. In India’s Assam state, at least nine people were killed in the floods and 2 million saw
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