Freshly released minutes of Federal Reserve meetings show officials solidified their resolve in June to keep raising interest rates for longer to prevent higher inflation from becoming entrenched, even if that slowed the US economy. Policy makers increased interest rates by 75 basis points last month and backed hiking them at their next meeting in…
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By MATT OTT | Associated Press WASHINGTON — More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week — and while layoffs remain low, it was the fifth consecutive week that claims topped the 230,000 mark and the most in almost six months. Applications for jobless aid for the week ending July 2 rose to 235,000, up…
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The Food and Drug Administration wants to prevent smoking-related deaths by making cigarettes less appealing. Toward that end, the FDA plans to ban menthol cigarettes and limit nicotine content to “reduce the addictiveness of cigarettes.” Meanwhile, the FDA seems determined to make vaping products, the most promising harm-reducing alternative to cigarettes, less appealing to smokers.…
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Game nights at the Nevin household often became a test of will between father and son, with matchups in Monopoly and Connect Four inducing trash talk as each competitor strived to stay one step ahead of his opponent. “A lot of cat’s games,” Tyler Nevin said. “I’ll put it that way.” A tied result won’t…
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Q: Does this mean that Caleb Martin is our starting power forward? – Eddie. A: I guess on July 7 it does. But we’re still almost three months from the start of training camp, with players such as Kevin Durant, John Collins and Myles Turner, among others, seemingly being dangled. Plus, there still is time…
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There was a general consensus throughout the first four days of Chicago Bulls summer league — Marko Simonović bulked up in the offseason. Simonović’s growth earned him immediate praise from summer league coach John Bryant and the Bulls staff in the first days of training. “I’m so happy to hear that because I’m really working…
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The Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger scores the winning run on an infield single by Mookie Betts as Colorado Rockies catcher Brian Serven waits for the ball during the ninth inning on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Dodgers starting pitcher Mitch White throws to the plate during the first inning of their game…
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A freshly-emboldened Orange County Board of Education once again took aim at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ongoing COVID-19 powers, filing new legal action Wednesday to end the statewide state of emergency. Board members, along with a national organization that opposes vaccine mandates, filed an amended motion to a November lawsuit in an attempt to require Newsom to…
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Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani throws to the plate during the first inning of their game against the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Angels first baseman Jared Walsh can’t hold on to the ball as the Miami Marlins’ Jon Berti is safe at first during the first inning on Wednesday…
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Campaign organizers seeking to recall embattled Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón submitted 717,000 signatures to election officials Wednesday, July 6, hoping to force an election that could oust him after less than two years on the job. A group of sign-waving recall supporters, many of them families of murder victims critical of Gascon’s…
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