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New Jersey Transit issues warning for riders ahead of potential rail strike
New Jersey Transit urged riders to reach their destinations before the end of the day Thursday or risk being stranded as talks continued in a bid to avert a rail strike by train engineers that ...
Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe and politics: Baseball and the real world collide more often than we think
The legends of pastoral fields. The detailed history and meticulous attention to continuity. The sight of kids playing ball. The hush that descends when you walk into the Hall of ...
Walmart says it will raise prices due to tariff costs after posting solid first quarter sales
Walmart’s first-quarter profit slipped, and it said it must raise prices due to higher costs from tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump. The nation’s largest retailers ...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers plan to press Cassie about infidelity during cross-examination
Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs say they’ll question R&B singer Cassie on Thursday about how infidelity fueled the combustible, nearly 11-year relationship between the ...
Dick’s Sporting Goods to buy struggling shoe chain Foot Locker for $2.4 billion
Dick’s said Thursday that it expects to run Foot Locker as a standalone unit and keep the Foot Locker brands, which include Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, WSS and Japanese sneaker brand atmos.
US applications for jobless benefits hold firm as layoffs remain low despite tariff uncertainty
U.S. applications for jobless benefits held steady last week as layoffs remain low despite uncertainty over how President ...
US wholesale prices dropped 0.5% last month despite President Trump’s tariffs
U.S. wholesale prices dropped unexpectedly in April for the first time in more than a year despite President Donald Trump’s sweeping taxes on imports. The producer price index — ...
China blasts new US rule banning use of Huawei’s Ascend advanced computer chips
China has blasted a new U.S. rule against use of Ascend computer chips made by Huawei Technologies anywhere in the world, chafing Thursday against the limitations of a temporary truce in the trade ...
Eurovision favorites KAJ fly the flag for Sweden and make saunas all the rage at the contest
There’s one word you hear more than any other in Basel during the Eurovision Song Contest: Sauna. The northern Swiss city isn’t known as an epicenter of steamy ...
In a shift for the festival, Cannes bars actor from premiere over sexual assault allegations
The Cannes Film Festival barred French actor Théo Navarro-Mussy from attending the premiere of the competition entry “Case 137,” in what’s believed to be a first ...
Americans are divided over DEI programs on college campuses, an AP-NORC poll finds
As President Donald Trump seeks to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices on college campuses, a new poll suggests that while the concept of DEI is divisive, some of the ...
Rwanda’s army and its rebel group ally have killed dozens and abducted thousands, Congo says
Congolese authorities have accused Rwanda’s army and the M23 rebel group it backs of murdering dozens, kidnapping thousands ...