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Ex-ambassador, investment CEO Carla Sands seeks Pennsylvania Senate seatVideo
HARRISBURG — Carla Sands, former President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Denmark, announced Tuesday that she will join the crowded Republican primary field for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat. She brings possibly significant personal wealth to the race, as well as ties to Trump in a race where such ties may...
No relay: Banned sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson left off Olympic team
Banned sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was not on the Olympic roster released Tuesday by USA Track and Field, a decision that means the American champion’s positive test for marijuana will cost her a chance at running on the relay team in Tokyo, in addition to her spot in the 100-meter individual...
Police: Georgia golf pro Eugene Siller slain because he came upon crimeVideo
KENNESAW, Ga. — Investigators believe a golf pro was shot to death on the course at his country club in the Atlanta suburbs because he witnessed a “crime in progress,” police said Tuesday. It does not appear that golf pro Eugene Siller was targeted, but rather was gunned down because...
S&P 500 sees 1st decline after 7 straight gains; oil falls
Banks and energy companies helped pull stocks mostly lower Tuesday on Wall Street, ending the S&P 500’s seven-day run of record high closes. The benchmark index fell 0.2% after having been down 0.9%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.6%. Tech stocks rose, helping the Nasdaq to a modest gain...
New U.S. rules to protect animal farmers expected soon
OMAHA, Neb. — The Biden administration plans to issue a new rule to protect the rights of farmers who raise cows, chickens and hogs against the country’s largest meat processors as part of a plan to encourage more competition in the agriculture sector. The new rule that will make it...
Regulator halts Iowa amusement ride after accident kills boyVideo
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A regulator on Tuesday ordered an Iowa amusement park not to restart a popular boat ride pending an investigation into an accident that killed an 11-year-old boy and left his brother in critical condition. Iowa Labor Commissioner Rod Roberts signed an order barring Adventureland Park from...
Officials: Storm lashing Florida strengthens into hurricaneVideo
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A storm that has lashed the Caribbean and the Florida Keys with pounding rain and gusty winds and complicated the search for survivors in a deadly condominium collapse has strengthened into a hurricane. The National Weather Service said Tuesday that Hurricane Elsa was packing winds as...
Bucks upgrade Giannis Antetokounmpo to questionable for NBA Finals opener
PHOENIX — The Milwaukee Bucks have upgraded Giannis Antetokounmpo’s status to questionable for Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night. The change in the injury report Tuesday afternoon gives more hope that the two-time MVP can return from a hyperextended left knee to face the Phoenix Suns. Antetokounmpo...
‘Crazy’ Canadiens familiar with staring down adversity
MONTREAL — During a season that has been anything but normal for Dominique Ducharme, the Montreal Canadiens interim coach finds it somehow apt his team is flying into a potential hurricane for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. “It’s no surprise anymore,” Ducharme said Tuesday before the Canadiens boarded...
Atlanta Motor Speedway plans resurfacing of patched-up track
HAMPTON, Ga. — After 24 years, Speedway Motorsports officials could no longer allow drivers to have the final word in delaying the inevitable repaving of Atlanta Motor Speedway. Sunday’s NASCAR race will be the final event for the battered and heavily patched track surface. Construction will begin immediately on the...
Chicago police: 100 shot, 18 homicides over holiday weekend
One hundred people — including two police officers — were shot in Chicago over the long Fourth of July weekend, including 18 homicides, the city’s police department said Tuesday. Among those injured were at least a dozen children. None of them had died as of Tuesday morning, but at least...
Union will defend teachers in ‘critical race theory’ fights
One of the nation’s largest teachers unions on Tuesday vowed to defend members who are punished for teaching an “honest history” of the United States, a measure that’s intended to counter the wave of states seeking to limit classroom discussion on race and discrimination. In prepared remarks obtained by the...
Wildlife, air quality at risk as Great Salt Lake nears low
The silvery blue waters of the Great Salt Lake sprawl across the Utah desert, having covered an area nearly the size of Delaware for much of history. For years, though, the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi River has been shrinking. And a drought gripping the American West could...
Pentagon cancels disputed JEDI cloud contract with Microsoft
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Tuesday it is canceling a cloud-computing contract with Microsoft that could eventually have been worth $10 billion and will instead pursue a deal with both Microsoft and Amazon. “With the shifting technology environment, it has become clear that the JEDI Cloud contract, which has long...
Bruce Springsteen’s daughter makes Olympic equestrian team
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The daughter of rock icon Bruce Springsteen and singer-songwriter Patti Scialfa has been selected as one of four riders on the U.S. jumping team that will compete at the Tokyo Olympics. U.S. Equestrian announced Monday that Jessica Springsteen would be making her Olympic debut. The 29-year-old has...
Resilient Vasilevskiy gives Lightning edge moving forward
No team has been more resilient in the NHL playoffs than Andrei Vasilevskiy and the Tampa Bay Lightning, who have a knack for rebounding from losses and closing out opponents standing between them and a Stanley Cup title. The defending champions are 14-0 in games following a postseason loss over...
Montreal out as 2026 World Cup site; FIFA to pick in 2022
MONTREAL — Montreal has withdrawn its bid to be a site of the 2026 World Cup, leaving Edmonton, Alberta, and Toronto as the only Canadian cities. Montreal said Tuesday that the Quebec provincial government had withdrawn its support. Eighteen U.S. stadiums in 17 areas are bidding for the event, with...
Grizzly bear attacks, kills camper in western Montana
HELENA Mont. — A grizzly bear attacked and killed a person who was camping in western Montana early Tuesday, after previously wandering into the campsite, the Powell County sheriff said. The attack happened between 4 and 5 a.m. in the area of Ovando, a town of fewer than 100 people...
U.S. left Afghan airfield at night, didn’t tell new commander
BAGRAM, Afghanistan — The U.S. left Afghanistan’s Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years by shutting off the electricity and slipping away in the night without notifying the base’s new Afghan commander, who discovered the Americans’ departure more than two hours after they left, Afghan military officials said. Afghanistan’s army showed...
Demon-obsessed teenager convicted of murdering U.K. women
LONDON — A 19-year-old British man was convicted Tuesday of murdering two sisters as they celebrated a birthday in a London park, a crime driven by the deluded belief that the killings would help him win a lottery jackpot. A jury at London’s Central Criminal Court deliberated for eight hours...
10 things to know about the NBA Finals matchup between Bucks, Suns
Make way for something new in the NBA Finals. Milwaukee hasn’t been to the NBA Finals since 1974 and Phoenix hasn’t been to the NBA Finals since 1993, two stats that have been repeated so often over the last few days that the Bucks and Suns probably wouldn’t mind if...
Tokyo Olympics shaping up as TV-only event with few fans, if any
TOKYO — The pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics are shaping up as a TV-only event with few spectators — if any — being allowed when they open in just over two weeks. Japan’s Asahi newspaper, citing multiple unidentified government sources, said Tuesday the opening ceremony at the 68,000-seat National Stadium is likely...
U.S. service sector grows, albeit slightly slower in June
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Growth in the services sector, where most Americans work, slowed in June following record expansion in May. The Institute for Supply Management said Tuesday that its monthly survey of service industries retreated to a reading of 60.1, following an all-time high reading of 64 in May....
Searchers at Florida collapse site ‘not seeing anything positive’
SURFSIDE, Fla. — Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse sounded increasingly somber Tuesday about the prospects for finding anyone alive, saying they have detected no new signs of life in the rubble as the death toll climbed to 36. Crews in yellow helmets and...
Thailand seizes 315 kilograms of heroin bound for Australia
BANGKOK — Customs officials in Thailand made their biggest seizure of heroin this year, about 315 kilograms (700 pounds) worth up to $29 million, bringing the total confiscated so far this year to 2 tons, officials said Thursday. They did not say where the drugs originated, but the seizure comes...
