San Diego — The St. Louis Cardinals won consecutive games in San Diego this week, beating the Padres 2-1 on Thursday when Jordan Walker doubled and scored on Masyn Winn’s seventh-inning triple, and then recording a 6-0 victory on Friday behind Michael McGreevy and two relievers in a one-hit shutout. The...
Los Angeles: Actors Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley are set to reunite in filmmaker Benh Zeitlin's outlaw-romance film 'Hold on to Your Angels', officials said on May 8. Production is scheduled to begin in February, and the project is expected to be presented at the Cannes market for potential buyers...
Miami: Florida entered preliminary talks this week with the Trump administration to close Alligator Alcatraz, a remote ICE detention center in the Everglades, according to a New York Times report published Thursday. State officials say the site, opened last summer, was intended as temporary; federal and state representatives are discussing...
St. Louis — Circle K offered a temporary 40-cent-per-gallon discount at its stations on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., drawing drivers who filled up as local pump prices briefly fell below four dollars and customers reported relief; AAA reported the national average at about $4.56 per gallon the...
Washington — The U.S. Labor Department reported on Friday that employers added 115,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in April, with the unemployment rate holding at 4.3%. Hiring gains were concentrated in healthcare (37,000) and transportation and warehousing (30,000), while manufacturing lost 2,000 jobs and prior months’ figures were revised. Economists this week...
Montgomery, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers on Friday approved legislation enabling new U.S. House primaries if courts permit the state to use different congressional districts, and the bill was sent to Republican Gov. Kay Ivey; the move followed a U.S. Supreme Court decision in a Louisiana case that changed Voting Rights...
New York. Union Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh delivered India’s national statement at the International Migration Review Forum on Thursday, May 8, and publicly urged an inclusive, humane framework to address irregular migration and trafficking; he also presented India’s digital migration platform and arrived in New...
Washington: On May 8 a bipartisan group of U.S. senators led by Senator Chris Coons introduced a resolution that names China the "foremost rival and strategic competitor" of the United States, saying Beijing has the intent and capacity to undermine U.S. and allied security and prosperity. The measure accuses China...
Washington — On Thursday, May 8, 2026, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled 2-1 that President Donald Trump’s temporary 10% global tariffs, invoked under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974, were unlawful after small businesses and other plaintiffs challenged their statutory basis. The decision...
DETROIT — Cade Cunningham scored 25 points, including 12 in the fourth quarter, and added 10 assists Thursday as the Detroit Pistons defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 107-97, giving Detroit a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. The game took place at Little Caesars Arena, and the win followed...
