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Engine defect prompts Nissan to recall over 443,000 vehicles
Engine defect prompts Nissan to recall over 443,000 vehicles

FRANKLIN, Tennessee: Hundreds of thousands of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles are being recalled across the United States due to a potential...

Dynamo extend M Jack McGlynn through 2028
Dynamo extend M Jack McGlynn through 2028

(Photo credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images) The Houston Dynamo extended midfielder Jack McGlynn's contract through 2028 with a club...

Flyers D Cam York inks $25.75M extension
Flyers D Cam York inks $25.75M extension

(Photo credit: Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images) The Philadelphia Flyers are signing defenseman Cam York to a five-year, $25.75 million...

Royals look to kick-start playoff push against Pirates
Royals look to kick-start playoff push against Pirates

(Photo credit: Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images) The Kansas City Royals are nearing the point in the season where they need to make a sustained...

Guardians have work cut out trying to end skid vs. hot Astros
Guardians have work cut out trying to end skid vs. hot Astros

(Photo credit: Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images) The torrid Houston Astros completed a three-game road sweep of the reigning World Series...

Reds, Marlins head into series looking to continue improvement
Reds, Marlins head into series looking to continue improvement

(Photo credit: Rhona Wise-Imagn Images) The Cincinnati Reds return home one last time before the All-Star break and will take on...

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Congress weighs Medicaid cuts, sparking alarm in small-town hospitals
Congress weighs Medicaid cuts, sparking alarm in small-town hospitals

OMAHA, Nebraska: With Congress considering cuts totaling around US$1 trillion to Medicaid over the next decade, concerns are rising...

Gas station blast injures 40 in Rome, kids narrowly escape
Gas station blast injures 40 in Rome, kids narrowly escape

ROME, Italy: Quick thinking by emergency responders helped prevent greater devastation after a gas station explosion in southeastern...

Weapons pause by Trump signals shift away from foreign wars
Weapons pause by Trump signals shift away from foreign wars

WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Donald Trump is drawing praise from his core supporters after halting key arms shipments to Ukraine, a...

Moscow removes Taliban from banned list, grants official status
Moscow removes Taliban from banned list, grants official status

MOSCOW, Russia: This week, Russia became the first country to officially recognize the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan since...

Netanyahu vows 'No Hamas' in postwar Gaza amid peace talks
Netanyahu vows 'No Hamas' in postwar Gaza amid peace talks

CAIRO, Egypt: This week, both Hamas and Israel shared their views ahead of expected peace talks about a new U.S.-backed ceasefire plan....

US sends message by publicizing visa ban on UK punk-rap band
US sends message by publicizing visa ban on UK punk-rap band

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Trump administration has made public a visa decision that would usually be kept private. It did this to send...

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