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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Pat Murphy doesn’t sound like the manager of a team with the best record in the major leagues as he discusses what the Milwaukee Brewers have accomplished thus far. “I don’t think we’ve played great,” the two-time reigning NL manager of the year said Wednesday, one day after the Brewers beat the Seattle Mariners 22-0 to match the most lopsided shutout win in modern MLB history. “We […]

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, have decided to return to the United Kingdom, but they won’t resume their roles as working members of the royal family, Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper reported. King Charles III was alerted to the decision on Sunday and wasn’t told about it during the couple’s visit to the UK last month. The Telegraph – which broke the story – reports that Harry […]

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Wednesday to significantly expand the scope of the country’s landmark law to protect women from violence. Legislation that was for two decades applied to domestic incidents, as in many other nations including the United States, can now be triggered outdoors. Brazil’s top court also decided that the attackers should be put on trial even if they have no family or […]

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Army said Wednesday it will resume Apache helicopter training missions after a brief pause prompted by a crash in Texas last week killed two soldiers. The cause of the Aug. 12 crash near Fort Hood remains under investigation by the Combat Readiness Center in Fort Rucker, Alabama. Military officials temporarily halted Apache training flights on Aug. 14. The decision to resume the training […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has allowed new U.S. House districts backed by President Donald Trump to be used in the November elections, rejecting a bid by to put the Republican-friendly districts to a statewide vote of the people. The ruling Wednesday by Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green is a victory for Republicans seeking to hold onto their slim majority in the U.S. House. But the […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri court has rejected a request to let voters decide in November whether to erect some of the nation’s strongest protections for laws and constitutional amendments passed by citizen initiative. Citizen initiatives are placed on the ballot in Missouri if voters collect enough signatures. The secretary of state can reject measures that he deems violate the constitution. The ruling Wednesday by a Cole County […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The national debt surpassed a record $40 trillion on Wednesday, a staggering milestone as defense costs, social programs like Social Security and Medicare and interest on the burgeoning deficit make up an enormous share of federal spending. The milestone figure was recorded just five months after the U.S. hit a record $39 trillion debt in March. It reached $38 trillion five months before that, in October. The […]

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) – The U.S. Education Department has issued guidance urging schools to stop what it calls “racial balancing” in student discipline policies, prompting concerns that the Trump administration is making it harder to address longstanding racial disparities in school discipline. Federal civil rights data has shown Black students are disciplined at disproportionately high rates. An Education Department report released in 2023 found Black public preschool children received out-of-school […]

Pentagon Considers Pulling Forces From Persian Gulf After Iranian Attacks   By The Media Line Staff   The Pentagon may decide to reduce US military presence in the Middle East, including a possible withdrawal from the Persian Gulf, after repeated Iranian attacks damaged American bases across the region, The Washington Post reported, citing eight sources. The Defense Department is assessing whether forces should remain at major installations in the Gulf and how extensively […]