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UConn’s star point guard Paige Bueckers tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee on Monday and will miss the 2022-23 women’s …
Continue readingSwitzerland, a leader in gold refining, bans Russian gold imports.
Switzerland on Wednesday banned imports of Russian gold and gold products, on the heels of similar moves by the European Union and the United …
Continue readingThe U.S. Senate is poised to vote to accept Sweden and Finland into NATO.
WASHINGTON — The Senate was expected to give final approval on Wednesday to a treaty that would expand NATO to include Finland and Sweden, with …
Continue readingWelcomed by Taiwan, Pelosi Leaves Rising Tensions With China in Her Wake
After weeks of silence ahead of a high-stakes visit to Taiwan, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was anything but understated on Wednesday during a day of …
Continue readingWith Scully in the Booth, California Baseball Took Root
At the end of the 1957 baseball season, Brooklyn Dodgers management packed up for a long-threatened move across the continent. Into the …
Continue readingRichard Tait, Co-Inventor of the Board Game Cranium, Dies at 58
Richard Tait, an entrepreneur, business executive and venture capitalist who helped invent the board game Cranium, a familiar part of American …
Continue readingYour Thursday Briefing: Tensions Rise as Pelosi Leaves Taiwan
We’re covering a severe drought in Mexico and China’s response to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Nancy Pelosi, the U.S. House speaker …
Continue readingUkraine Builds a Case That Killing of P.O.W.s Was a Russian War Crime
ODESA, Ukraine — Five days after an explosion at a Russian prison camp killed at least 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war, evidence about what …
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