TORONTO — Aaron Judge doesn’t want to answer questions about it, but the Yankees slugger has responded to the failed extension talks perfectly. Judge has had a first month of the season that is reminiscent of his Rookie of the Year season in 2017. “I go back to last year, the second half of the…
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By STAN CHOE NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are swinging sharply on Friday, despite a strong report on the U.S. jobs market, as Wall Street’s top worry remains whether the Federal Reserve’s zeal to halt inflation will force the economy into a recession. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower after data showed U.S. employers continue…
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CHICAGO – This time, Noah’s Ark might have deep-dish pizza on the menu. It rained all day Thursday in Chicago, continuing into Friday. With no break in the forecast until late evening, the decision was made to postpone the opening game of the Dodgers’ three-game series with the Chicago Cubs four hours before the scheduled…
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU AIR BASE, Romania (AP) — Delivering good cheer — and 5 gallons of ketchup — Jill Biden thanked U.S. troops deployed to Romania as a check against Russian aggression for their service, as she began a four-day trip to Europe to see first hand the refugee crisis caused by Moscow’s…
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By MARCIA DUNN CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX brought four astronauts home with a midnight splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday, capping the busiest stretch yet for Elon Musk’s taxi service. The three U.S. astronauts and one German in the capsule were bobbing off the Florida coast, near Tampa, less than 24…
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By ELENA BECATOROS and JON GAMBRELL ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — A new international effort raced Friday to rescue more civilians from the tunnels under a besieged steel plant in Mariupol and the city at large, even as fighters holed up at the sprawling complex made their last stand to prevent Moscow’s complete takeover of the…
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Q. Hi Honk: At Fairview Road and South Coast Drive on the edge of Costa Mesa there was a temporary no U-turn sign in the median. The sign was posted by OC 405 Partners. There is a permanent sign allowing a U-turn posted by the city on the traffic-light post; it wasn’t covered at the…
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is set to advance plans for the construction of 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank, the interior minister said Friday. If approved, it would be the biggest advancement of settlement plans since the Biden administration took office. The White House is opposed to settlement growth because it further erodes…
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By AAMER MADHANI, NOMAAN MERCHANT and LOLITA C. BALDOR WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. says it shared intelligence with Ukraine about the location of the Russian missile cruiser Moskva before the strike that sank the warship, a high-profile embarrassment for Russia’s military, but the Pentagon denied Friday that it played a direct role in the…
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The delineation is lost on most. Erik Spoelstra continually stresses that Bam Adebayo can do it all. But the Miami Heat coach also emphasizes that his versatile center doesn’t have to do it all. So when the numbers don’t fill all the boxes, even when Adebayo’s contributions meet all the specific requirements, Spoelstra finds himself…
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