NEW YORK — Longtime umpire Ángel Hernández, who unsuccessfully sued Major League Baseball for racial discrimination, is retiring immediately. During a career that lasted more than three decades, the 62-year-old Hernández was often derided by players, managers and fans for missed calls and quick ejections — some in high-profile situations....
Brett Wisely Drives in a Pair of Key Runs as Giants Hold off Phillies
SAN FRANCISCO — Brett Wisely doubled in a key insurance run in the sixth inning after an earlier RBI single, Patrick Bailey hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the fifth, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 8-4 on Monday. Up Next RHP Zack Wheeler (6-3, 2.53 ERA)...
T-Mobile to Buy Almost All of U.S Cellular in Deal Worth $4.4 Billion with Debt
T-Mobile is buying U.S. Cellular's wireless operations and certain spectrum assets in a deal valued at $4.4 billion, further consolidating the industry. T-Mobile would get more than 4 million new customers and control of U.S. Cellular’s wireless operations and about 30% of spectrum assets across several spectrum bands. T-Mobile will...
Still Hurting From Violence, Mexican Priests and Families Hope for Peace Ahead of Elections
CHIHUAHUA, México — José Portillo Gil, the gang leader known as “El Chueco” — the Crooked One — lowered his gun. The Rev. Jesús Reyes then spoke what he feared might be his final words: Please, don’t take my brothers’ corpses away. Next to him, at the altar of his...
A Woman Could Lead Mexico, While Millions of Domestic Workers Remain in the Shadows
MEXICO CITY — Concepción Alejo is used to being invisible. Alejo, 43, touches her face up with makeup on a Tuesday morning, and steps out of her tiny apartment on the fringes of Mexico City. She walks until the cracked gravel outside her home turns into cobblestones, and the campaign...
Armenians, Hmong and Other Groups Feel US Race and Ethnicity Categories Don’t Represent Them
The federal government recently reclassified race and ethnicity groups in an effort to better capture the diversity of the United States, but some groups feel the changes miss the mark. Hmong, Armenian, Black Arab and Brazilian communities in the U.S. say they are not represented accurately in the official numbers....
25 Dead Across U.S. After Weekend Tornadoes; Texas Faces New Storms
Strong storms with damaging winds and hail pummeled north Texas on Tuesday morning as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 25 people during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Nearly 600,000 Lacked Electricity in Texas Widespread power outages were reported in the region,...
Allies Debate Using Frozen Russian Assets as Ukraine Loses Ground
FRANKFURT, Germany — Ukraine's allies are wrestling with how to squeeze money out of frozen Russian assets to support Kyiv's war effort, a debate getting more urgent as Russia gains territory on the battlefield and as the outlook for Ukraine’s state finances looks shakier. At the top of the agenda as finance officials from...
Watchdog: Iran Increases Near Weapons-Grade Uranium Stockpile
VIENNA — Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, according to a confidential report on Monday by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog, the latest in Tehran's attempts to steadily exert pressure on the international community. Iran Seeks Lessened Economic Sanctions Iran is seeking to...
RIP, Basketball and Broadcasting Great, Supreme ‘Deadhead’ Bill Walton, 71
Bill Walton, who starred for John Wooden's UCLA Bruins before becoming a Hall of Famer for his NBA career and one of the biggest stars in basketball broadcasting, died Monday, the league announced on behalf of his family. Walton, who had a prolonged fight with cancer, was 71. He was...