CLEVELAND — Bo Naylor connected for a pinch-hit, three-run homer in the sixth inning to give the Cleveland Guardians a 5-4 win over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday and another home series win for the AL Central leaders. Stepping in for Austin Hedges, Naylor connected with two outs off...
Masoud Pezeshkian: From Heart Surgeon to Iran’s President
Following the death of the country's president in May, voters in Iran elected their new leader Friday. And the educated, centrist leader has a background of tragedy. Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's new president, is a former heart surgeon and health minister known for his integrity and humility, as reported in a...
Scammers are Swiping Billions from Americans Every Year. Worse, Most Crooks are Getting Away with It
The scammers are winning. Sophisticated overseas criminals are stealing tens of billions of dollars from Americans every year, a crime wave projected to get worse as the U.S. population ages and technology like AI makes it easier than ever to perpetrate fraud and get away with it. Internet and telephone...
Is College Worth It? Poll Finds Only 36% of Americans Have Confidence in Higher Education
Americans are increasingly skeptical about the value and cost of college, with most saying they feel the U.S. higher education system is headed in the "wrong direction," according to a new poll. Overall, only 36% of adults say they have a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in...
Searing Heat Wave Grips Large Parts of the US and Causes Deaths in the West
DEATH VALLEY — After causing deaths and shattering records in the West over the weekend, a long-running heat wave will again grip the U.S. on Monday, with hot temperatures also predicted for large parts of the East Coast and the South. The dangerous temperatures caused the death of a motorcyclist...
Dozens are Killed as Russia Bombards Ukraine. Among the Buildings Hit was a Kyiv Children’s Hospital
KYIV, Ukraine — A major Russian missile attack across Ukraine on Monday killed at least 31 people and injured 154, officials said, with one striking a large children's hospital in the capital of Kyiv, where emergency crews searched the rubble for victims. The daytime barrage targeted five Ukrainian cities with...
Texas Residents Told to Expect Power Outages, Flooding as Beryl Moves Closer to Landfall
MATAGORDA, Texas — Beryl began lashing coastal Texas with rain and intensifying winds Sunday as residents boarded up windows, left beach towns under evacuation orders and prepared for the powerful storm that has already cut a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. Beryl remained a tropical storm...
Yelich, Perkins Power Brewers to Victory Over Dodgers
LOS ANGELES — Christian Yelich and Blake Perkins both homered, had three hits and drove in three runs as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-2 Sunday to snap a seven-game losing streak at Dodger Stadium. Eric Haase had a two-run homer in the fifth inning for the...
Israeli Forces Push Deeper into Gaza City in Pursuit of Militants. Thousands Flee Again
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces advanced deeper into the Gaza Strip's largest city in pursuit of militants who had regrouped there, sending thousands of Palestinians fleeing on Monday from an area ravaged in the early weeks of the nine-month-long war. The incursion into Gaza City comes as Israel...
Biden Tells Hill Democrats He Won’t Step Aside Amid Party Drama and “It’s Time for It to End”
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, in a letter to congressional Democrats, stood firm against calls for him to drop his candidacy and called for an end to the intraparty drama that has torn apart Democrats since his dismal public debate performance. Biden's Efforts to Unify the Party Biden's efforts to...