By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer It’s the inflation you’re not supposed to see. From toilet paper to yogurt and coffee to corn chips, manufacturers are quietly shrinking package sizes without lowering prices. It’s dubbed “shrinkflation,” and it’s accelerating worldwide. In the U.S., a small box of Kleenex now has 60 tissues; a few months
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By Lilit Marcus, CNN Global mobility company ECA International has released its annual list of the world’s most expensive cities to live in, and once again Hong Kong has landed at the top of the list. The company calculates the list based on several factors, including the average price of household staples like milk and
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By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The New York Yankees brushed off a rare rough start by Jameson Taillon to beat the Minnesota Twins 10-4 for their seventh straight victory. Anthony Rizzo hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning to crack open a close game. Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton
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CNN By Maeve Reston, CNN Iowa Democrats delivered an upset on Tuesday night by rejecting a onetime star in the party, former Rep. Abby Finkenauer, in her bid to take on veteran GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley in November. Following Finkenauer’s recent blunder — where she almost failed to qualify for the ballot when a judge
Continue Reading By RICH ROVITO Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Alec Bohm and Matt Vierling homered off Josh Hader in the ninth inning as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to defeat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-2 for their fifth straight win. Milwaukee held a 2-1 lead in the ninth with its All-Star closer on the mound. Hader hadn’t blown
Continue Reading By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alek Manoah scattered six hits in six scoreless innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 7-0. Alejandro Kirk had four hits and scored a run for Toronto, and Bo Bichette reached base five times — including three walks. The Blue Jays
Continue Reading By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Michael Kopech pitched six innings of one-hit ball, pinch-hitter AJ Pollock delivered a two-run double against his former team and the Chicago White Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0. Pollock’s clutch swing off the bench sparked a four-run sixth that sent the White Sox to their
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout was removed from a game against Boston with left groin tightness, but he isn’t concerned about possibly being sidelined. The three-time MVP grimaced in the third inning while running to first base after hitting a double off Red Sox
Continue Reading By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning delivered on a promise to play with a greater sense of urgency, storming back in the Eastern Conference finals against the New York Rangers and keeping their bid for a third straight Stanley Cup title alive. Nikita Kucherov scored on a
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The government says Japan’s economy contracted in the first quarter though at a slower rate than expected. The Cabinet Office said the world’s third-largest economy contracted at a 0.5% annual rate, smaller than the 1.0% contraction in the preliminary estimate for Japan’s real gross domestic product.
Continue Reading CINCINNATI (AP) — Graham Ashcraft pitched six shutout innings to extend his impressive debut run, Joey Votto led an early homer barrage and the Cincinnati Reds beat the slumping Arizona Diamondbacks 14-8. Votto hit a three-run homer in the first inning, and Brandon Drury and Matt Reynolds added two-run drives within the first three innings
Continue Reading SAN DIEGO (AP) — New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso is out of the game in San Diego after getting hit by a pitch and falling awkwardly leading off the second inning. The pitch from Padres starter Yu Darvish hit Alonso on the right hand. Alonso appeared to swing, but the Mets challenged and it
Continue Reading By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Taylor Walls hit a three-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the St. Louis Cardinals 4-2. Walls sent a 2-2 pitch from Drew VerHagen into the right field seats. St. Louis loaded the bases with no outs
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso city staff is reviewing a code of conduct complaint against city Mayor Oscar Leeser. The complaint was filed Monday by city Rep. Peter Svarzbein, who says the Mayor physically threatened him during an incident in council chambers after a meeting in February. Rep. Svarzbein says he approached the Mayor
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By Rob Frehse, CNN A 30-year-old man has been arrested after a video shows him allegedly grabbing a woman on a Bronx subway platform and brutally throwing her onto the subway tracks, the New York Police Department announced Tuesday. Theodore Ellis faces multiple charges in connection with the attack, including attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment
Continue Reading By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Cedric Mullins and Trey Mancini hit successive homers, sparking a power surge that carried the Baltimore Orioles past the Chicago Cubs 9-3 on a rainy. Jorge Mateo, Austin Hays and Ramón Urías also connected for the Orioles, who beat the Cubs for the first time in seven
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu had 26 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to help the New York Liberty rout the Minnesota Lynx 88-69. The Liberty’s No. 1 draft pick in 2020 had 13 points, seven assists and six rebounds in the first half, including hitting a shot
Continue Reading Oscar Holland, CNN The horrifying photograph of children fleeing a deadly napalm attack has become a defining image not only of the Vietnam War but the 20th century. Dark smoke billowing behind them, the young subjects’ faces are painted with a mixture of terror, pain and confusion. Soldiers from the South Vietnamese army’s 25th Division
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The “Napalm Girl” photo of Vietnamese children fleeing an errant aerial attack on their village has rightly been called “a picture that doesn’t rest.”
Continue Reading Kim Phuc Phan Thi was photographed running from her village after being burned in a napalm attack during the Vietnam War. 50 years later, she and photographer Nick Ut share the story behind the picture and what it means to them today.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Gabriel Vasquez wins Democratic nomination for U.S. House in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District.
Continue Reading MIAMI (AP) — Jazz Chisholm Jr. homered twice, including a grand slam, and had a career-high six RBIs as the Miami Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 12-2. Nick Fortes and Jorge Soler also went deep while Avisaíl García had three hits for the Marlins. Rookie right-hander Edward Cabrera allowed one run in six innings. In
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Free falling toward a dreadful bit of team history, the Angels fired manager Joe Maddon on Tuesday and appointed third base coach Phil Nevin to the role on an interim basis. Los Angeles had lost 12 straight games entering Tuesday night’s contest against Boston, one shy of the franchise record. The
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La Policía de Colombia considera que los autores intelectuales del asesinato del fiscal paraguayo Marcelo Pecci podrían estar ya fuera del país. “Tenemos elementos de información que determinadores (autores) de este crimen podrían estar en otro país” dijo el general Jorge Luis Vargas, director de la Policía Nacional de Colombia,
Continue Reading By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Guillermo Heredia gave Atlanta the lead with a home run to lead off the seventh, Ronald Acuña Jr. hit two homers and the streaking Braves beat the reeling Oakland Athletics 3-2. Kyle Wright recovered from a rough first inning to allow two runs in eight innings
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Mark Ronchetti wins Republican nomination for governor in New Mexico primary election.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas- With the temperatures staying in the 100s for the first week of June, The City of El Paso is looking to help cool people off. Splash pads and parks are open all over the city, many free of charge. ABC-7’s was at the Braden Aboud Memorial park to get the reaction of
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El gobierno de Colombia dio a conocer este lunes imágenes actuales de los restos del galeón San José, en las que se pueden observar los tesoros que han quedado en las profundidades. Entre los hallazgos de esta nueva expedición se encontraron lingotes de oro, espadas, vasijas, maletas y otros tesoros.
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The destruction caused by the largest wildfire burning in the U.S. has been devastating for thousands of residents and their lives have been forever disrupted and altered, New Mexico’s governor said Tuesday after touring the damage in one county. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham met with
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By Jamiel Lynch, CNN Reality TV stars Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley have been found guilty of conspiracy to defraud banks out of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. The Chrisleys and their accountant, Peter Tarantino, were also convicted of several tax crimes, including
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