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Mexico's incoming president announces top posts but her new cabinet includes familiar faces 07/04/2024 03:40pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s incoming president announced her appointees for top posts Thursday, but hopes for a fresh approach were dashed by the re-appearance of old faces in the new cabinet. President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum announced that Rosa Icela Rodríguez, who headed outgoing President Eric Gagné returns to Dodgers' mound on the 20th anniversary of his 84 consecutive saves streak 07/03/2024 11:31pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — With “Welcome to the Jungle” blaring like the old days, Eric Gagné took the mound and fired a strike Wednesday night on the 20th anniversary of recording his 84th consecutive save for the Los Angeles Dodgers. “Every time I step on this field, it’s like a church to me,� Erick Fedde pitches 6 strong innings, Martin Maldonado has 3 RBIs and White Sox rout Guardians 8-2 07/03/2024 10:32pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Erick Fedde allowed one run in six innings, Martin Maldonado homered and had three RBIs, and the Chicago White Sox routed the AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians 8-2 on Wednesday night. Fedde (6-3) retired the final 12 batters he faced, giving up three hits while striking out t Russian missiles and drones strike eastern Ukraine's Dnipro in a daylight attack that kills 5 07/03/2024 10:16pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile and drone attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Wednesday killed five civilians and injured 47 others, including a 14-year-old girl, authorities said. Blasts blew out some windows of a shopping mall, raining shards onto the street, photos publishe Japan issues new yen banknotes packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting 07/03/2024 09:44pm • TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued its first new banknotes in two decades Wednesday, yen packed with 3D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida praised as historic the state-of-the-art anti-counterfeit traits of the new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills. “I hope California man convicted of murder in 2018 stabbing death of gay University of Pennsylvania student 07/03/2024 09:01pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California man was convicted of murder with a hate crime enhancement Wednesday for the 2018 stabbing death of a gay University of Pennsylvania student. Samuel Woodward, 26, was found guilty of first-degree murder plus the enhancement in the killing of Blaze Bernstein, a GM will pay $146 million in penalties because 5.9 million older vehicles emit excess carbon dioxide 07/03/2024 06:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — General Motors will pay nearly $146 million in penalties to the federal government because 5.9 million of its older vehicles do not comply with emissions and fuel economy standards. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a statement Wednesday that certain GM v Clyburn's discussion of a 'mini-primary' fuels more talk of whether Biden should end his campaign 07/03/2024 06:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — He is often credited as the man who delivered the Democratic nomination to Joe Biden with a pivotal endorsement four years ago. But on Wednesday, Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., sent a resounding message to the president and elected officials across the nation that it may be time to Federal Reserve minutes: Inflation is cooling, but more evidence is needed for rate cuts 07/03/2024 04:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials at their most recent meeting welcomed signs that inflation is slowing and highlighted data suggesting that the job market and the broader economy could be cooling. Both trends, if they continued, will likely lead the Fed to cut its benchmark interest rat Trump, for now, is ceding the spotlight to Biden as the president's campaign reels from bad debate 07/03/2024 04:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump likes to be the one in the spotlight. But in the days since President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance, the presumptive Republican nominee has kept a low profile, leaving the focus on the drama engulfing the Democratic Party as he and his campaign revel in a s Lamont Paris looking to mold South Carolina into another SEC contender and NCAA Tournament team 07/03/2024 03:46pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The best part of South Carolina men's basketball coach Lamont Paris' rise from forgotten in the SEC to the school's first NCAA berth in seven years was the tight bond built among players with little or no connections. Paris hopes to forge a similarly tight-knit team since hi Review: Eddie Murphy brings 'Beverly Hills Cop' back to comedic form in nostalgic 4th installment 'Axel F' 07/03/2024 02:03pm • After rescuing “SNL” and sharing the big screen with Nick Nolte in “48 Hrs.” (1982) and Dan Aykroyd in “Trading Places” (1983), Eddie Murphy became a blockbuster leading man as the fast-talking Axel Foley in “Beverly Hills Cop” (1984). Directed by Martin Brest, the fish-out-of-wa It's considered the first American novel, but this 1789 book isn't quite summer beach reading 07/03/2024 01:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country's first president, a Boston-based printer quietly launched another American institution. William Hill Brown's “The Power of Sympathy,” published anonymously by Isaiah Thomas & Company, is wide A simple recipe for Caesar salad on its 100th birthday 07/03/2024 01:10pm • It's 100 years since the Caesar salad was invented, it's said, on the Fourth of July at a restaurant in Tijuana, Mexico. And it's had staying power. The original is credited to Italian immigrant Caesar Cardini, who tossed it in the dining room of his restaurant, Caesar's Place, in 1924. Since then, From 'latte makeup' to 'girl dinners,' TikTok has launched tons of trends. Will its influence last? 07/03/2024 08:56am • NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok and its bite-sized videos arrived in the United States as a global version of the Chinese app Douyin. Less than six years later, the social media platform is deeply woven into the fabric of American consumerism, having shortened the shelf life of trends and revamped how peop