NEW ORLEANS — Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will ask a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football of Fame member, former tight end Shannon Sharpe, amid the backdrop of a Mississippi welfare scandal that is one of the state’s largest public corruption cases. … Read more
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at record highs on Monday as investors await key inflation data to provide further clues about whether this year’s market rally is sustainable. Earnings from some major financial giants and consumer companies are also on the docket. The broad market index ended the day up 0.1% at 5,572.85, while the Nasdaq Composite advanced … Read more
South Korea said Monday it’ll withdraw its earlier plan to suspend licenses of striking doctors as part of its efforts to resolve the country’s months-long medical impasse. It wasn’t immediately known whether and how many of thousands of the striking doctors would return to work in the wake of the government’s announcement. Also, the plan … Read more
WASHINGTON — Four additional Democrats in Congress told their lawmaker colleagues during a phone call Sunday that they believe President Joe Biden should step aside to allow someone else to be the party’s nominee for president, according to multiple people on the call and familiar with the discussion. The House Democrats who said Biden should drop … Read more
With more than 59 million people under various heat warnings Saturday, the hot weather was expected to simmer unabated for the next few days. The sweltering weekend conditions impacted cities including Los Angeles, Seattle and Las Vegas in the West, and in Raleigh, North Carolina, Washington, D.C., and New York City in the East. “A … Read more
INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark posted the first triple-double by a rookie in WNBA history to help rally Indiana to an 83-78 victory over New York on Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, snapping the Fever’s nine-game losing streak to the Liberty. Clark finished with 19 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds for Indiana (9-13). The No. 1 … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates— Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday, besting hard-liner Saeed Jalili by promising to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic. Pezeshkian promised no radical changes to Iran’s Shiite theocracy in his campaign … Read more
President Joe Biden said Friday at a campaign rally in the key battleground state of Wisconsin that he’s staying in the 2024 presidential race and expressed confidence that he would beat former President Donald Trump, despite concerns about a disastrous debate performance last week. “You probably heard that I had a little debate last week. … Read more
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The return to Cambodia this week of 14 sculptures that had been looted from the country during a period of war and unrest is like welcoming home the souls of ancestors, Cambodia’s culture minister said Thursday. The items repatriated from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art arrived Wednesday and were displayed to … Read more
The Fourth of July is here and aside from the fun of fireworks, another part of Independence Day is finding the best Fourth of July sales worth shopping. It’s a great time to act fast on deals for bedding, mattresses, outdoor gear and home appliances. Retailers like REI, Home Depot and Wayfair have sitewide sales … Read more