HOUSTON — The drone attack on one of Saudi Arabia’s most important oil facilities could cripple a portion of Saudi petroleum exports for days or even weeks and send energy prices higher. But experts say that a severe shock to energy markets and the world economy is unlikely. The attack on the Abqaiq processing facility, […]
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“Leaving Neverland” director Dan Reed, who took home a Creative Arts Emmy on Saturday for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special, denounced comedian Dave Chappelle’s jokes about Michael Jackson’s accusers, calling them sickening. “Chappelle is riding on a wave of being contrarian, being controversial, and think this, to me, was revolting,” he said during an interview
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Pitchers Dellin Betances and Jordan Montgomery made their season debuts for the Yankees after lengthy layoffs, and New York finished its longest road trip of the season with a 6-4 loss to Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. Betances, a 31-year-old right-hander, was diagnosed with an impingement in his pitching shoulder after his fourth spring training
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Image copyright TIFF Image caption Jojo Rabbit’s win moves it firmly into the 2020 Oscar race The film Jojo Rabbit has won the influential People’s Choice Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The World War II satire about a young boy in 1940s Germany who discovers his mother is hiding a Jewish
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Mike Trout’s season is over. The Los Angeles Angels say the eight-time All-Star will have surgery on his right foot this week because of Morton’s neuroma, a thickening of tissue around a nerve leading to toes that causes pain. “It wasn’t getting any better,” Angels manager Brad Ausmus said Sunday. We’ve kind of exhausted all
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The Latest on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushing for a ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes (all times local): 2:25 p.m. The largest player in the e-cigarette market says it’s reviewing an announcement from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would ban the sale of flavored e-cigarettes, but agrees there’s a need for
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The United Auto Workers called for a strike against General Motors starting Monday after the union and the automaker failed to settle on a new four-year collective bargaining agreement. If the two sides can’t agree on a contract by midnight, nearly 50,000 UAW members won’t be showing up to work, likely grinding production to a
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Former ski jumper Primoz Roglic comfortably won the Spanish Vuelta for his first Grand Tour title on Sunday, finishing more than two minutes ahead of world champion Alejandro Valverde after the 21st stage. Following custom, riders respected the leader’s lead on the last day when the race made its traditional finish in Madrid. Roglic in
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The Seattle Seahawks will be without three defensive starters as they try to win in Pittsburgh for the first time since 1999. Defensive end Ziggy Ansah (shoulder), safety Tedric Thompson (hamstring) and defensive tackle Poona Ford (calf) are all inactive for Sunday’s game. The Seahawks edged Cincinnati last week despite giving up over 400 yards
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DETROIT (Reuters) – The United Auto Workers (UAW) said on Sunday that its roughly 48,000 hourly workers at General Motors Co facilities would go on strike as of midnight Sunday after U.S. labor contract talks reached an impasse, the first nationwide strike at GM in 12 years. “We do not take this lightly,” Terry Dittes, the
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