Month: June 2024

By Associated Press CLEVELAND — The game between the Kansas City Royals and AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night was postponed due to thunderstorms in the forecast. No rain had fallen at Progressive Field when the game was called off roughly two hours before its 6:40 p.m. start time. The Royals and Guardians had

By Associated Press HOUSTON — Nolan Arenado homered, Alec Burleson added an RBI double to back up a solid start by Miles Mikolas and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Houston Astros 4-2 on Wednesday. Burleson’s hit made it 3-0 in the fifth inning and Arenado added an insurance run in the sixth after the

By Associated Press NEW YORK — Walmart is offering new perks for its hourly U.S. workers, ranging from a new bonus plan to opportunities to move into skilled trade jobs within the company. The perks program announced Wednesday comes as the nation’s largest private employer says it’s seeing a decline in worker turnover. But Walmart,

By Jean Lantz Reisz University of Southern California The Conversation via AP Immigration is a top issue in the upcoming presidential election – and President Joe Biden’s new executive orderrestricting migrants’ ability to apply for asylum is likely to further elevate the subject in national politics. The number of undocumented migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border

By Associated Press NEW YORK — Wall Street barreled to records Wednesday as its frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology keeps sending stocks higher. The rally sent the total market value of Nvidia, which has become the poster child of the AI boom, above $3 trillion for the first time. The S&P 500 climbed 1.2% to top

By Associated Press GENEVA — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called Wednesday for a “windfall” tax on profits of fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming, calling them the “godfathers of climate chaos.” Guterres spoke in a bid to revive the world’s focus on climate change at a time when elections,

By Associated Press CAPE CACAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Boeing launched astronauts for the first time Wednesday, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for NASA. A pair of NASA test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule for the International Space Station, the first to fly the new spacecraft. The trip by Butch Wilmore

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — YouTube is changing its policies about firearm videos in an effort to keep potentially dangerous content from reaching underage users. The video sharing platform owned by Google said Wednesday it will prohibit any videos demonstrating how to remove firearm safety devices. In addition, videos showing homemade guns, automatic weapons and

By Associated Press WESTPORT, Conn. — Kate Bulkeley’s pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first. She watched the benefits pile up: She was getting excellent grades. She read lots of books. The family had lively conversations around the dinner table and gathered for movie nights on weekends. Then, as sophomore

By Wealth of Geeks via AP According to a 2023 study by Pew Research Center, 12% percent of all restaurants in the United States serve Asian food. Nearly four in ten of those (39%) serve classic dishes from China’s various sub-cuisines, from Sichuan and Shandong to Cantonese and Huaiyang. The study also found specifically Chinese

By Metro Creative Tradition figures prominently in many weddings, but one notable custom is perhaps losing steam among modern couples. According to The Knot 2023 Real Weddings Study, which surveyed nearly 10,000 couples across the United States who tied the knot in 2023, 56% of couples did a first look on their wedding day. The

By Metro Creative When preparing dinner, savvy cooks know to look for combinations that boost flavor but also create a well-rounded meal. For example, the fish and potatoes in the following recipe for “Mild Fish Stew With Potatoes” from Ruta Kahate’s “5 Spices, 50 Dishes” (Chronicle Books) complement each other very well, creating a meal