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Venezuela beats US 3-2 on Suárezâs 9th-inning double to win first World Baseball Classic title
MIAMI (AP) — Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning lead to beat the United States 3-2 Tuesday night on Eugenio Suárez’s tiebreaking double in the ninth.Maikel Garcia’s third-inning sacrifice fly and Wilyer Abreu’s fifth-inning homer off rookie Nolan McLean built a 2-0 lead before a roaring pro-Latin America crowd. Meanwhile, left-hander Eduardo Rodríguez and lights-out relievers limited the Americans to two hits through the seventh.
Bobby Witt Jr. walked with two outs in the eighth and Bryce Harper... Read More
Japan records trade surplus as export growth balances out weak China demand
TOKYO (AP) — Japan recorded a trade surplus of 57.3 billion yen ($360 million) in February, according to government data released Wednesday, reversing from a deficit a month earlier.Exports grew at a better-than-expected 4.2% in February to 9.57 trillion yen, the Finance Ministry’s seasonally adjusted preliminary data show.
Imports grew 10.2% on-year to 9.51 trillion yen following a 2.5% contraction in January.
Japan posted a 1.15 trillion trade deficit that month.
Import costs are likely to rise as the effective closure of the Strait of... Read More
Illinois Lt. Gov Juliana Stratton wins Democratic primary for US Senate
CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton won Tuesday's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, edging out two sitting members of the U.S. House to advance to a November general election against Republican nominee Don Tracy, former state party chair.The retirement of U.S. Sen Dick Durbin, the Senate’s longtime No. 2 Democrat, triggered a competitive campaign on the Democratic side, drawing as candidates Stratton and U.S. Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly, among others. Furious fundraising and sharp elbows marked the race, which tested the influence of Democratic... Read More
China ignores Trumpâs Hormuz request as the Iran war deepens and his Beijing trip slips
WASHINGTON (AP) — China won't help the United States reopen the Strait of Hormuz as requested by President Donald Trump, but it is probably welcoming the delay in Trump's highly anticipated trip to Beijing as the U.S. risks getting bogged down in the Middle East, analysts say.The latest developments are unfolding as Trump's Iran war, in its third week, is faced with mounting pressure as oil has stopped moving through the strait and U.S. allies have refused to step up to secure the strait. That has produced concerns that China, the United States' biggest geopolitical rival,... Read More
Gunman killed and employee hospitalized after a shooting at a Georgia VA clinic, police say
JASPER, Ga. (AP) — There was a shooting Tuesday at a Department of Veterans Affairs clinic in a small town at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains in Georgia, and the gunman was shot and killed, police said.A Veterans Affairs employee was taken by helicopter to a hospital after the gunfire Tuesday afternoon, VA spokesman Peter Kasperowicz said.
Jasper police responded to the scene around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, the city said in a statement. Outside the VA clinic, the officers confronted the gunman, who was shot and killed, authorities said.
The gunman was from... Read More
Top Stories
- Venezuela beats US 3-2 on Suárezâs 9th-inning double to win first World Baseball Classic title
- Illinois Lt. Gov Juliana Stratton wins Democratic primary for US Senate
- Gunman killed and employee hospitalized after a shooting at a Georgia VA clinic, police say
- Iran launches barrage of missiles after Israel kills 2 of its top officials
- A prolonged and unusual March heat wave is gripping cities across the West
- Flight cancellations and delays continue after US storms dump snow in the Midwest and head east
- Republicans are launching a voting bill debate that could last days or even weeks
- Attorney General Pam Bondi subpoenaed to answer questions from Congress about the Epstein files
- Vatican appeals court declares mistrial in the 'trial of the century' against a cardinal
- Rubio calls for new Cuban leaders as latest blackout underscores deepening economic crisis
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