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Top-ranked Jannik Sinner and women's No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka win titles in Cincinnati 08/19/2024 11:08pm • MASON, Ohio (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner and women's No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka earned straight-set victories in the finals of the Cincinnati Open on Monday, the first titles at the tournament for both players. Sabalenka defeated Jessica Pegula 6-3, 7-5 for her first title since the Australian Open DeJong hits 2-run shot, Lugo tosses 7 strong innings as Royals beat Angels 5-3 for 5th straight win 08/19/2024 11:06pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Paul DeJong hit a two-run homer, Seth Lugo once again looked like the pitcher whose brilliant first half made him an All-Star, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 on Monday night to extend their winning streak to five games. Lugo (14-7), who had been Steer and Friedl helps the Cincinnati Reds beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 08/19/2024 10:47pm • TORONTO (AP) — Spencer Steer hit a tiebreaking RBI double in Cincinnati’s four-run sixth inning, and the Reds beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Monday night to stop a three-game slide. TJ Friedl hit his 10th homer and finished with three hits for Cincinnati in the opener of a seven-game trip. Ty Blinken says Israel OKs a plan to break the cease-fire impasse and urges Hamas to do the same 08/19/2024 10:18pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza, and he called on Hamas to do the same, without saying whether concerns cited by the militant group had been addr Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald looking for defensive improvements ahead of final preseason game 08/19/2024 09:30pm • SEATTLE (AP) — Fresh off a four-day trip to Nashville that featured a series of joint practices and a 16-15 loss on Saturday against the Tennessee Titans, Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald made it clear that his team has a lot of room for growth. With a chuckle, he admitted that might be a nice w Libya’s powerful central bank governor is fired as country's deep divisions persist 08/19/2024 08:56pm • CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya's dueling authorities unilaterally fired the country's powerful central bank governor in an abrupt move that is likely to inflame tensions in the divided North African country. The presidential council in the capital of Tripoli, which is allied with the government of Prim 6 Reasons to Switch Banks 08/19/2024 08:00pm • Inflation and financial pressure may lead you to examine your bank accounts closely and not like what you see. It pays to make a switch if you're not happy with your current bank's interest rates, fees or accessibility. Explore reasons why switching banks might be a good move, whether you want to ea 7 Best EV Stocks to Buy 08/19/2024 08:00pm • The great electric vehicle revolution has run into serious challenges in 2024. Circumstances have conspired to hold back this industry, including factors like higher borrowing costs, fragile economic growth, consumer preference for hybrids over fully electric cars and subsidy cuts in Europe. EV stoc Things You Can Rent Out For Cash 08/19/2024 08:00pm • There are certainly good reasons to rent things out for cash: Not only can you make extra money, it can be good for the environment when people buy and consume less. If you're searching for ideas on what you might want to rent out, look around your home and consider renting out these 13 items and se 7 Best Cheap Dividend Stocks to Buy Under $10 08/19/2024 08:00pm • A quarterly dividend payment from a high-quality stock may be as close to a sure thing as an investor can find on Wall Street. Even during periods of broad market weakness, the lower a stock's price falls, the higher its dividend yield rises. Unfortunately, companies often cut their dividend payment 8 Signs of a Money Pit House 08/19/2024 08:00pm • The average U.S. home value today is about $363,000, according to Zillow. That's a 3.3% increase from just a year ago. When you're looking at paying more for a home, the last thing you can afford is unwanted surprises. With that in mind, here are some key signs that the home you're about to buy is a Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre, has died 08/19/2024 07:30pm • Phil Donahue, whose pioneering daytime talk show launched an indelible television genre that brought success to Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, Ellen DeGeneres and many others, has died. He was 88. NBC's “Today” show, citing family members, said Donahue died Sunday after a long illness. Dubbed DNC panelists discuss war in Gaza as Harris tries to ease tension with pro-Palestinian activists 08/19/2024 07:28pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic Party has been riven for months by the war in Gaza, giving rise to a protest movement that threatened President Joe Biden's electoral coalition. But with Biden gone from the race and Vice President Kamala Harris now leading the party, there were some indicators at th Floods from 'training thunderstorms' lead to dramatic rescues and 2 deaths in Connecticut 08/19/2024 07:20pm • OXFORD, Conn. (AP) — Torrential rains turned streets into raging rivers in parts of Connecticut and New York's Long Island, trapping people in cars and a restaurant, covering vehicles in mud, and sweeping two women to their deaths, authorities said. Dramatic rescues unfolded as a foot (30 centimet DC man says he was beaten up after kissing partner at Dupont Circle Shake Shack 08/19/2024 06:50pm • A D.C. man says he and his partner were attacked by employees of a Shake Shack restaurant in Dupont Circle because they are gay. Christian Dingus, 28, said it happened Saturday evening after a store employee told them to stop kissing. “He kind of interrupted us and said, ‘Hey, stop. Yo