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Inflation pressures remain persistent as consumers pull back 04/29/2023 07:46am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Key measures of prices and wages remained high in March, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates next week for the 10th time since March of last year in its drive to defeat high inflation. An index that is closely followed by the Fed, which excludes volatile Judge out of Yankees lineup after tests on captain's hip 04/28/2023 11:59pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The New York Yankees finished their game Friday night still uncertain about the status of captain Aaron Judge after tests on his sore right hip. Judge didn't play in the Yankees' 5-2 loss in Texas, and manager Aaron Boone said afterward that they were still waiting for team Jokic, Nuggets embrace underdog status against Durant, Suns 04/28/2023 06:30pm • DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic galloped around the practice court and bounced off Nuggets teammates in celebration of winning a shooting contest. A day later, Kevin Durant light-heartedly — and insightfully — held court on a variety of topics, including his new lifetime deal with Nike. Just the ca Stock market today: Wall Street rises to cap a winning April 04/28/2023 04:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out a winning April with gains Friday after more companies said their profits at the start of the year weren’t as bad as expected. The S&P 500 rose 34.13, or 0.8%, to 4,169.48. Despite some sharp swings this week, it still clinched a second straight winn Khris Davis took the hits to become ‘Big George Foreman’ 04/28/2023 01:34pm • Khris Davis did not know who he was auditioning for when he first got the lines for an untitled project about a boxer. They didn’t even tell him it was based on a true story at first. But he liked that there was a character arc – it’s more than actors often get early in auditions. Somewhere al Today in Sports - Bo Jackson picked #1 overall in NFL Draft 04/28/2023 10:00am • April 29 1901 — His Eminence, ridden by Jimmy Winkfield, wins the Kentucky Derby by 1 1/2 lengths over Sannazarro in the only Derby ever raced in April. 1961 — ABC’s “Wide World of Sports,” debuts. 1963 — LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Augusta CC: Marilynn Smith beats Mic Europe's economy barely grows as inflation pinches consumers 04/28/2023 09:41am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European economy scraped out meager growth in the first three months of the year, barely gaining momentum as stubborn inflation raises the price of groceries and erodes people’s willingness to spend paychecks that are failing to keep pace. Friday’s less-than-stell PGE announces major clean energy storage project in Portland 04/28/2023 09:15am • Portland General Electric, the utility serving Portland, Oregon, announced Friday it is putting in the second-largest battery storage installation in the United States, at 400 MW of power. The significance of such projects is they diminish the need for power plants that burn fossil fuels that warm t Commanders take CB Emmanuel Forbes at No. 16 in NFL draft 04/28/2023 04:19am • ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Already boasting a defense that can wreak havoc on opposing quarterbacks, the Washington Commanders wanted to find someone early in the NFL draft who could take the ball away. They believe they got that in Mississippi State cornerback Emmanuel Forbes. Washington selected Breaking down players selected in 1st round of NFL draft 04/28/2023 12:03am • The players chosen in the first round Thursday of the NFL draft: 1) Carolina Panthers — Bryce Young, QB, 5-foot-10, 200 pounds, Alabama Scouting report: Poised leader and creative playmaker, who excels at buying time while seeing the entire field. Elite combination of instincts and intellige The vet bill is $5,000. Now you have decisions to make 04/27/2023 08:00pm • As a pet owner, some of the most agonizing decisions you're faced with involve medical procedures for your beloved companion. Vet bills are expensive -- and getting more so. In 2022, government data shows their prices have increased by 10%, the biggest spike in two decades. When costs are extreme Kentucky Derby entrant Wild On Ice euthanized after injury 04/27/2023 06:17pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Wild On Ice was euthanized Thursday after dropping out of the Kentucky Derby with a left hind leg injury following a morning workout at Churchill Downs, his owner said. The Texas-bred gelding breezed five furlongs in 1:01.40 before being pulled up while galloping down the ba Business Highlights: Amazon results; CinemaCon 04/27/2023 04:45pm • ___ Amazon stocks surge after Q1 revenue, profit wins NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon on Thursday reported a slowdown in its cloud computing unit AWS, but stronger-than-expected revenue and profits for the first quarter sent its stocks higher in after-hours trading. The Seattle-based company said it pulled Powerful new obesity drug poised to upend weight loss care 04/27/2023 04:22pm • As a growing number of overweight Americans clamor for Ozempic and Wegovy — drugs touted by celebrities and on TikTok to pare pounds — an even more powerful obesity medicine is poised to upend treatment. Tirzepatide, an Eli Lilly and Co. drug approved to treat type 2 diabetes under the brand nam Contee says DC police chief job 'weighs on me every day' 04/27/2023 03:27pm • Speaking frankly and in personal terms, D.C. Police Chief Robert Contee addressed the public Thursday, explaining his decision to step down from the police department after more than 30 years on the force, including two years as chief. "The job weighs on me every day," Contee said. "You carry