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Federal Reserve raises rates for 11th time to fight inflation but gives no clear sign of next move 07/26/2023 07:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate Wednesday for the 11th time in 17 months as part of its ongoing drive to curb inflation. But it provided little guidance about when — or whether — it might hike rates again. Wednesday's move raised the Fed’s benchmark short-t FACT FOCUS: No head trauma or suspicious circumstances in drowning of Obamas’ chef, police say 07/26/2023 06:47pm • The drowning death of former President Barack Obama’s personal chef on Martha’s Vineyard this week is sparking a frenzy of false claims on social media, as users share conspiracy theories and baseless speculation about what happened. Many are suggesting, without evidence, that Tafari Campbell di José Ramírez homers twice, drives in three to lead Guardians past Royals 8-3 07/26/2023 05:52pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — José Ramírez hit a two-run homer in the first inning and a solo shot in the fourth, leading the Cleveland Guardians past the Kansas City Royals 8-3 on Wednesday. Ramírez has 22 multi-homer games in his career, including two this season. He homered into the right field seats in Heirloom corn in a rainbow of colors makes a comeback in Mexico, where white corn has long been king 07/26/2023 02:30pm • IXTENCO, Mexico (AP) — On the slopes of the Malinche volcano, Juan Vargas starts the dawn routine he’s had since childhood, carefully checking stalks of colorful native corn. For years, Vargas worried that these heirloom varieties — running from deep red to pale pink, from golden yellow to dar Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/26/2023 02:09pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Typhoon Doksuri leaves at least 6 dead and displaces thousands in the northern Philippines 07/26/2023 01:32pm • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Typhoon Doksuri lashed northern Philippine provinces with ferocious wind and rain Wednesday, leaving at least six people dead and displacing thousands of others as it blew roofs off houses, flooded low-lying villages and triggered dozens of landslides, officials said. On Israel's top court will hear challenges to a law that weakens its power, escalating political crisis 07/26/2023 01:32pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's highest court said Wednesday it will hear legal challenges to a divisive new law that weakens its power, putting the country's top justices in the position of defending their own independence and escalating a political crisis that has unleashed the country's biggest prote Store owner charged with murder in Black teen's killing fights warrant over business records 07/26/2023 01:25pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A lawyer for a store owner in South Carolina facing a murder charge after police said he chased and shot a Black 14-year-old who he had falsely accused of stealing water has asked a judge to stop a search warrant for his business records. Cyrus Carmack-Belton was fatally shot Residents are at a loss after newspaper that bound community together shuts in declining coal county 07/26/2023 12:45pm • WELCH, W.Va. (AP) — Months after Missy Nester ended The Welch News’ 100-year run, she can barely stand to walk through the office doors of the newspaper her mother taught her to read with growing up in West Virginia’s southern coalfields. It’s too painful. The Welch News owner and publisherâ Residents are at a loss after newspaper that bound community together shuts in declining coal county 07/26/2023 12:44pm • WELCH, W.Va. (AP) — Months after Missy Nester ended The Welch News' 100-year run, she can barely stand to walk through the office doors of the newspaper her mother taught her to read with growing up in West Virginia's southern coalfields. It’s still too painful. The Welch News owner and publishe Check Point: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 07/26/2023 05:07am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP) on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit of $202 million. On a per-share basis, the Tel Aviv, Israel-based company said it had net income of $1.70. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, we Alonso has a big night and Verlander pitches the Mets past the Yankees 9-3 in the Subway Series 07/26/2023 12:12am • NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso and the New York Mets have a few more days to get back on track before the trade deadline. They know it, too. Alonso homered twice and drove in a season-high five runs, Justin Verlander pitched six shutout innings and the Mets beat the crosstown-rival New York Yankees 9 Lionel Messi shines again in first Inter Miami start, scores twice in 4-0 win over Atlanta 07/25/2023 10:54pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Inter Miami co-owner Jorge Mas has one lasting memory from Lionel Messi’s debut: the image of Messi running to embrace his family after delivering the game-winning free kick and cementing a new era for the club and Major League Soccer. "That was for the fans. This co Israel's government has passed the first part of its legal overhaul. The law's ripples are dramatic 07/25/2023 10:30pm • The Israeli government has passed the first major piece of legislation in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the country’s legal system — part of a broader plan that has triggered nationwide protests, divided the country and rattled the powerful military and influential busin Israeli doctors walk off the job, and more strikes may loom after a law weakening courts passed 07/25/2023 10:12pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israeli doctors walked off their jobs, labor leaders threatened a general strike and senior justices rushed home from a trip abroad on Tuesday, a day after the government's approval of a law that weakens the country's Supreme Court. Critics say the legislation will er