NEW YORK (AP) — Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. Pawol will work the bases in Saturday's doubleheader at Truist Park and the plate on Sunday, MLB told The Associated ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will impose a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely raising the cost of electronics, autos, household appliances and other goods deemed essential for the digital age. "We'll be putting a tariff on of approximately 100% on chips and semiconductors," Trump said in the Oval Office while meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook. "But if you're building in the United States of America, there's no charge." The Republican president said companies that make computer chips in the U.S. would be spared the import tax. During the COVID-19 ...
The man wanted in the killings of the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found abandoned in a front yard in western Tennessee last week has been arrested, police said. Austin Robert Drummond, 28, was taken into custody amid a search on Tuesday, Jackson police said. His arrest came ...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — State Rep. Jim Desana has argued earmarks should be banned from the Michigan budget, but not the kind he's asking for: A $1.75 million grant to renovate a baseball stadium in his district at Taylor's Heritage Park. That's in part because the House has added new layers ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The vast majority of U.S. adults are at least somewhat stressed about the cost of groceries, a new poll finds, as prices continue to rise and concerns about the impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs remain widespread. About half of all Americans say the cost of ...
Today is Tuesday, Aug. 5, the 217th day of 2025. There are 148 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 5, 1962, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was arrested on charges of leaving the country without a valid passport and inciting workers to strike; it was the beginning of 27 years of imprisonment. Also on this date: In 1861, Abraham Lincoln signed the Revenue Act of 1861, which levied the first income tax on Americans (a flat tax of 3% on those making over $800/year) to help fund the Union's Civil War effort. In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Adm. ...
