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The Chicago White Sox reinstated outfielder Everson Pereira from the seven-day concussion injured list on Monday. Pereira, 25, sustained the injury on June 17 after crashing into the wall following a leaping catch at Yankee Stadium. He is batting .232 with four doubles, three home runs and seven RBIs in 21 games this season with the White Sox. Chicago optioned outfielder Junior Perez, 25, to Triple-A Charlotte in a corresponding […]

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, July 27 (Reuters) – The head of the National Transportation Safety Board on Monday urged Congress to resolve a months-long standoff over competing aviation safety measures and approve significant reforms. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said the board had “provided a clear roadmap to improve aviation safety and reduce the risk of another catastrophic midair collision. Now it’s time for action that was promised months ago.” The […]

BEIRUT (AP) — The United Nations’ human rights chief said Monday that Israel must end its occupation of large areas of southern Lebanon and halt the demolition of homes, days before Lebanese and Israeli officials are set to hold another round of direct talks. Volker Türk spoke to The Associated Press as he wrapped up a visit to Lebanon, his second in just over a year. He met with government […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A new platform from a progressive group that’s notched several recent primary victories is becoming fodder for Republican attacks, as the GOP looks to frame Democrats as extremists and communists ahead of November’s midterm elections. Although the Democratic Socialists of America’s Workers Deserve More platform doesn’t necessarily line up exactly with the candidates’ own agendas, prominent Republicans over the weekend decried it. The DSA platform proposes […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday demanded that Senate Majority Leader John Thune cancel the chamber’s upcoming August break until senators pass a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill, even as Republicans lack the votes to advance it. Trump has repeatedly urged Thune to scrap the legislative filibuster, which effectively sets a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in the 100-member Senate, or find another workaround to pass the voting bill, […]

A man fatally shot his wife and their six children, then himself, before they all were found in their burning Michigan home last week, investigators said Monday. Kristopher and Amanda Karolkiewicz and their six children, aged 5 to 15, died Friday in their home in Grand Haven Township, on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. Authorities were summoned for a fire and then discovered the bodies. The Ottawa County Sheriff’s […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey urged a judge on Monday to throw out federal charges against him, arguing that a photo of seashells arranged on a beach he posted on social media was not a call to violence against President Donald Trump but protected political speech. Comey’s lawyers argue the government cannot prove the Instagram photo of seashells in the numerical arrangement of “86 47″ constituted a […]

(SRN NEWS) – A new political platform tied to the Democratic Socialists of America is drawing sharp condemnation from GOP leaders, who say it proves Democrats have moved closer to an extremist agenda than voters were led to believe. The dispute comes as Republicans seek an edge going into November’s midterm elections by framing Democrats as radical—using language Republicans commonly associate with communism and major ideological overhauls. At the center […]

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, July 27 (Reuters) – The former JPMorgan Chase banker whose lurid sexual harassment lawsuit went viral added new claims and defendants on Monday, saying the largest U.S. bank’s acceptance of racism and sexual coercion irreparably destroyed his career. Chirayu Rana said racism was ingrained in the culture of his otherwise all-white leveraged finance team, where his South Asian heritage “became the punchline for a stream […]