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New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to have season-ending Tommy John surgery
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will have season-ending Tommy John surgery on his right elbow on Tuesday.The Yankees said the 34-year-old right-hander was examined Monday by Dr. Neal ElAttrache at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles. ElAttrache, the Dodgers’ head team physician, will operate.“This isn’t the news any athlete wants to…
Stocks’ sell-off worsens as Wall Street wonders how much pain Trump will accept for the economy
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market’s sell-off cut deeper on Monday as Wall Street questioned how much pain President Donald Trump will let the economy endure through tariffs and other policies in order to get what he wants.The S&P 500 dropped 2.7% to drag it close to 9% below its all-time high, which…
Attempt to make s’mores blamed for wind-driven brush fires that swept across area of Long Island
NEW YORK (AP) — Multiple brush fires that burned across a wooded area of Long Island over the weekend were accidentally caused by a family’s attempt to make s’mores, Suffolk County police said Monday.Commissioner Kevin Catalina said detectives traced the cause to a home in Manorville and a morning attempt to make the campfire dessert…
Elon Musk claims X being targeted in ‘massive cyberattack’ as service goes down
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business WritersHours after a series of outages Monday that left X unavailable to thousands of users, Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform was being targeted in a “massive cyberattack.”“We get attacked every day, but this was done with a lot of resources,” Musk claimed in a…
Jets and QB Justin Fields agree to a 2-year, $40 million deal, AP source says
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football WriterJustin Fields was passed over by the New York Jets four years ago in the NFL draft. Now he’s expected to be their No. 1 quarterback.Fields and the Jets agreed Monday to a two-year contract worth $40 million, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated…
Canada’s next prime minister managed the financial crisis, then Brexit and now Trump’s trade war
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s next prime minister has helped run two Group of Seven economies in crisis before and now will try to steer Canada through a looming trade war brought by U.S. President Donald Trump, a threat of annexation and an expected federal election.Former central banker Mark Carney will become prime minister after the…
Pope following Vatican’s spiritual retreat from afar as he recovers from pneumonia in hospital
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is participating in the Vatican’s weeklong spiritual retreat from a Rome hospital as he continued his recovery on Monday from double pneumonia and looks ahead to the 12th anniversary of his election amid questions about what the future of his papacy might look like.Francis followed the opening of the retreat…
Firefighters knock down wind-driven brush fire on Long Island
Fire officials say the Westhampton fire is 100% knocked down as investigators continue their search for the fire’s origin. The fires burned about 400 acres. Ninety fire departments and more than 600 emergency service personnel were on the scene as the fire raged over the weekend. Gov. Hochul declared a state of emergency Saturday after…
Armed man shot by Secret Service near White House while Trump out of town
WASHINGTON (AP) — An armed man believed to be traveling from Indiana was shot by U.S. Secret Service agents near the White House after a confrontation early Sunday, according to authorities.No one else was injured in the shooting that happened around midnight about a block from the White House, according to a Secret Service statement.…
Avalanche acquire Brock Nelson from the Islanders on the eve of the NHL trade deadline
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Colorado Avalanche made a big splash on the eve of the NHL trade deadline late Thursday night by getting center Brock Nelson from the New York Islanders.The move came hours after the Western Conference rival Vegas Golden Knights reacquired winger Reilly Smith in a deal with the New…
Seven charged in $20M money laundering scheme
Seven men have been arrested in Nassau County in an alleged $20 million money laundering scheme that targeted hundreds of people across multiple states. The suspects mainly targeted older people sending computer pop-ups telling them their information had been compromised The victims were instructed to buy Home Depot and Lowe’s gift cards to avoid being…
Lindenhurst Tutor Time’s operational license pending revocation
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services has notified Tutor Time in Lindenhurst that its license to operate is pending revocation following an inspection that revealed 10 violations.An employee the day care was arrested last week for allegedly abusing a toddler in her care.