American League powerhouses square off when Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees host Yordan Álvarez and the Houston Astros in the opener of a highly anticipated four-game series Thursday night

Amid the bloody stalemate in Ukraine's east, Britain predicted that Russia's war effort could soon lose steam due to depleted resources.

Most are essentially caretaker arrangements that represent, for both sides, bets on normalization, with Russian buyers bearing much of the risk.

Wednesday Sports in Brief

Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado hit two-run homers as the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-4 and moved into first place in the NL Central

The National Hockey League has taken significant strides in recent years to improve diversity in a sport that has long been predominantly white

Reckitt would be a logical buyer for GSK’s consumer health spinoff Haleon. But the consumer goods giant should be in no rush. 

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has told The Associated Press that the West shouldn’t underestimate Russia’s military capabilities in Ukraine and that President Vladimir Putin’s forces are in it for the long haul

A tsunami of oil and gas from the technique called fracking has made the US the world’s biggest producer of both, giving the country the energy independence its leaders have sought for decades and upending the geopolitics of the world energy trade. Now, with the world crying out for more oil and gas, American frackers are theoretically in a position to provide it. Instead, they are riding the brakes, having changed their business models to focus on generating profits for investors rather than in

The billionaire-run platform’s support for distressed peers looks more like a sticking plaster than a credible backstop.

Okinawa is marking the 77th anniversary of the end of one of harshest World War II battles fought on the southern islands

The Fed chair seems to think the dial on financial conditions is at an appropriate setting. Investors are wise not to try to adjust it.

Shohei Ohtani struck out a career-high 13 over eight dominant innings of two-hit ball, and the AL MVP also reached base three times in the Los Angeles Angels’ 5-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals

Currency wars flare up from time to time, usually during moments of economic tumult. They typically involve countries jockeying for a competitive export edge by driving down their currencies. What’s less common is a so-called reverse currency war. But it’s possible that one could be brewing, whether as the result of deliberate policies or as a side effect of steps central banks are taking to fight inflation. In particular, the sharp rise in the value of the dollar as the US Federal Reserve pursu

The NextGen package will be much more expensive than when it was launched, testing the solidarity of the bloc’s political leaders.

Survivors are digging by hand through villages in eastern Afghanistan reduced to rubble by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people

The inside scoop on D.C.-area weather

Jesse Winker homered for the second straight day, Cal Raleigh also connected and the Seattle Mariners won consecutive games for the first time in more than two weeks by routing the Oakland Athletics 9-0

Orioles’ Hays hits for cycle in 6-inning win over Nationals

A recession is coming within 12 to 18 months as the Fed focuses on curbing inflation.

Asian stock markets are mostly higher after the Federal Reserve chairman said the U.S. central bank wants to avoid causing a recession but one is possible as it raises interest rates to cool surging inflation

Millions of Americans who rely on their cars for work are changing their habits, signing up for carpools or even ditching their cars for bicycles as gas prices recently hit $5 per gallon for the first time ever

Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper took one question during his postgame media session

Nazem Kadri scored at 12:02 of overtime — perhaps with too many Colorado players on the ice — and the Avalanche beat Tampa Bay 3-2 on Wednesday night in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final to move within a victory of dethroning the two-time defending champion Lightning

One of the most difficult academic years in the nation’s history was also one of the most violent

Over the past few years, the world has experienced an escalating series of trade disruptions -- the US-China trade war, the Covid-19 pandemic and the supply-chain disruptions it caused, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the dueling sanctions and export controls that followed. Their cumulative impact has called into question the vision of a globalized economy. In response, some US officials are pushing “friend-shoring” -- a happy-sounding label for a world divided between free-market democracies a

Prosecutors say British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell should spend at least 30 years in prison for her role in the sexual abuse of teenage girls over a 10-year period by her onetime boyfriend, financier Jeffrey Epstein

Thursday, June 23, 2022 I All episodes of Season 1 of the "Gordita Chronicles" air on HBO Max.

Kadri, still recovering from thumb surgery, beat Andrei Vasilevskiy in overtime for a 3-2 win in Game 4, giving the Avalanche a 3-1 lead in the Stanley Cup finals.

A bloodhound named Trumpet has won the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

Oscar Gonzalez tied the game with a two-run single and scored on Owen Miller’s go-ahead sacrifice fly as the Cleveland Guardians rallied for four runs in the ninth inning to stun the Minnesota Twins 11-10

Corbin lasted just four innings and the game lasted just six because of rain in a 7-0 defeat to the Orioles.

Yordan Álvarez homered twice off Carlos Carrasco as the Houston Astros jumped on him early and held on for a 5-3 win over the New York Mets

Austin Hays became the sixth player in Orioles history to hit for the cycle, completing the feat in the midst of a steady shower and shortly before play was halted for good in Baltimore’s rain-shortened 7-0 victory over the Washington Nationals

Authorities in Los Angeles County say a woman and two dogs found dead on a path were struck by lightning

Across the world, people are increasingly embracing the subculture of “mermaiding.”

Ayo Akinola scored twice and Toronto FC beat Montreal 4-0 on Wednesday night to advance to the Canadian Championship final

Across the world, people are increasingly embracing the subculture of “mermaiding.”

The Jan. 6 committee will hear from former Justice Department officials who faced down a relentless pressure campaign from Donald Trump over the presidential election results

People have compared the survival of a teenage boy in one of the deadliest collapses in U.S. history to the Bible story of Jonah and the whale

Aaron Judge hit his major league-leading 26th and 27th home runs, Jose Trevino delivered a two-run shot that put New York ahead in the eighth inning and the Yankees beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4

A U.S. Senate candidate in Colorado, Joe O’Dea, is a rarity in the Republican Party as a supporter of abortion rights

McCarthy’s bet to exclude the pro-Trump GOP perspective from the Jan. 6 committee could prove costly to his potential speakership bid.

“To be honest, I’ve been writing about these guys for 20 years,” Andrei Soldatov said. “It’s always changed for the worse, never the better."

Rob Refsnyder hit a two-run homer in the third inning and the Boston Red Sox posted their third series sweep of the season, powering past the Detroit Tigers 6-2

After two dates, they're having a good time and great conversation but the kissing lands with a "thud."

Reader thinks their boyfriend’s ex may be taking advantage of his financial generosity.

Since the US and its allies decided to stop buying Russia’s oil, there’s been little sign that the measure is inflicting the kind of pain that might force President Vladimir Putin to rethink his war in Ukraine. Plenty of other countries are still buying Russian crude, and a surge in prices has softened the blow from the sanctions by bringing Moscow enough revenue to stave off economic collapse. So the US is pushing a new idea: make Russia sell its oil so cheaply that it can no longer afford to w

Trumpet was the first bloodhound winner of the competition, besting a French bulldog named Winston and five other finalists.

The solution is simple. Developed nations should unleash the flood of pent-up capital to help emerging economies fund their decarbonization efforts.