LOS ANGELES — Travis d’Arnaud broke an eighth-inning tie with his first home run of the season, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Dodgers 6-4 on Sunday for their first three-game Freeway Series sweep since 2010. With the score 4-4, d’Arnaud homered off left-hander Anthony Banda (3-1) for his...
Storms and Tornadoes Across Central US Kill Dozens and Damage Homes
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Officials in Kansas and Texas were evaluating damage on Monday after tornadoes touched down overnight, just days after more than two dozen people were killed in storms that swept through parts of the Midwest and South. Kentucky was hardest hit by last week's storms. A devastating...
CBS News President McMahon to Step Down, Memo Shows
(Reuters) - Wendy McMahon, the president and CEO of CBS News, will step down from her position, as the company and her have differing views on the path forward, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Monday. McMahon, president and CEO of Paramount Global-owned CBS News and Stations and...
Republicans Hope to Nudge Trump Tax Cuts Toward Passage Despite Divisions
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans who control the U.S. House of Representatives will try to nudge President Donald Trump's sweeping tax bill toward passage this week, despite a running battle over spending cuts and tax breaks that threatens to shatter their fragile majority. They pushed ahead even after Moody's agency stripped...
RFK Jr. Pledged Not to Upend US Vaccine System, but Big Changes Are Underway
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clinched the political support needed to become the nation’s top health official by pledging to work within the decades-old federal system for approval and use of vaccines. Yet his regulators are promising big changes that cloud the outlook for what shots might even be...
Former US President Biden Diagnosed With ‘Aggressive’ Prostate Cancer
(Reuters) - Former U.S. President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an "aggressive form" of prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, his office said in a statement on Sunday. Biden, 82, was diagnosed on Friday after experiencing urinary symptoms, and he and his family are reviewing treatment options...
Wall Street Drops, Treasury Yields Rise After Moody’s Downgrade
(Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes slipped on Monday, with technology stocks falling as Treasury yields spiked after Moody's downgraded the U.S. sovereign rating, sharpening focus on its mounting debt. Moody's cut the United States' sovereign credit rating to "Aa1" from "Aaa" late on Friday owing to concerns about its...
Trump Speaks to Putin Amid ‘Impasse’ on Ending War in Ukraine
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump spoke to Russia's Vladimir Putin on Monday about peace in Ukraine after Washington said there was an impasse over ending Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two and that the United States may have to walk away. President Putin sent thousands of troops into...
Netanyahu Says Israel Will Control Gaza as Aid Trucks Prepare to Enter
JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday Israel would control the whole of Gaza despite mounting international pressure that forced it to lift a blockade on aid supplies which has left the enclave on the brink of famine. The Israeli military, which announced the start of a new...
The Secret to Restaurant-Style Chicken at Home
The best-tasting chicken results when you don't take it too far from itself, when you let the chicken taste like chicken. For that, you might start with the bird, and look to "the chicken whisperer" — more specifically Mike Charles, founder and CEO of LaBelle Patrimoine. Charles grew up around...