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LOS ANGELES (AP) — For the week of July 18-24, the top 20 prime-time shows, their networks and viewerships:
1. Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fox, 7.51 million.
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More than 1,000 Lufthansa flights have been canceled because of a one-day strike by the airline's German ground staff. The strike is affecting tens of thousands of passengers in the latest travel turmoil to hit Europe. About 134,000 passengers had to change their travel plans or cancel them altogether on Wednesday. German news agency dpa reported that at least 47 connections had already been canceled on Tuesday. Lufthansa’s main hubs in Frankfurt and Munich were most affected, but flights were also canceled in Duesseldorf, Hamburg, Berlin, Bremen, Hannover, Stuttgart and Cologne. The Lufthansa strike is set to end early Thursday. A union is seeking higher salaries for about 20,000 employees of logistical, technical and cargo subsidiaries of the airline.
Skylar Diggins-Smith and Nneka Ogwumike face off in a matchup of two of the league's best scorers when Phoenix and Los Angeles take the court. Thursday's game is the fourth meeting of the season between the two teams. The Sparks won the previous matchup 78-75. Phoenix is 5-10 against the Western Conference, and Los Angeles is 6-9 against conference opponents.
Seattle visits the Connecticut Sun after Tina Charles scored 27 points in the Storm's 82-72 victory against the Atlanta Dream. The teams meet Thursday for the third time this season. Connecticut is 9-4 at home, and Seattle is 6-6 on the road.
Minnesota comes into the matchup with Atlanta as losers of three straight games. Thursday's game will be the second meeting of the season between the two teams. The Dream won the last matchup 84-76. Atlanta is 6-7 at home, and Minnesota is 4-9 on the road.
Washington visits the Dallas Wings after Elena Delle Donne scored 25 points in the Mystics' 78-69 victory over the New York Liberty. The teams meet Thursday for the third time this season. Dallas is 5-8 at home, and Washington is 8-7 on the road.
Amnesty International says the Taliban's “suffocating” crackdown on the rights of Afghan women and girls is destroying their lives. The London-based watchdog said in a new report that since the Taliban took control of the country nearly a year ago, they have violated women’s and girls’ rights. The Taliban have banned girls from attending school from seventh grade, imposed all-covering dress that leaves only the eyes visible and restricted women’s access to work. The report released Wednesday reveals how women who peacefully protested these oppressive rules have been threatened, arrested, detained, tortured, and forcibly disappeared. The report says rates of early and forced marriage are surging under Taliban rule.
The Rockies doubled up on their misery Tuesday night at Coors Field.
Cal Raleigh homered in the seventh inning, lined an RBI double in the ninth and scored the winning run on Carlos Santana’s sacrifice fly, and the Seattle Mariners rallied for a 5-4 win over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. Seattle won its seventh straight over the Rangers and its ninth consecutive game decided by one run. Since losing to Oakland on July 1, the Mariners are 16-3 with the only three losses coming last weekend to Houston. Santana hit a fly ball to center field that was deep enough for Raleigh to score the winning run.
OAKLAND — The A’s continued their impressive play since returning from the All-Star break by beating the Houston Astros 5-3 at the Coliseum on Tuesday night, powered by a third-inning grand slam from Chad Pinder.
Luis Garcia hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and the last-place Washington Nationals rallied past the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-3 for their second straight win against the NL West leaders. Garcia’s shot into the right-field seats with two outs against Los Angeles left-hander Garrett Cleavinger was his third home run of the season and brought home Josh Bell, who reached first on a throwing error by Dodgers second baseman Gavin Lux. Washington scored four more times against Cleavinger in the ninth, improving their major league-worst record to 34-65. The Dodgers have baseball’s second best record at 64-32.
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Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street lower as traders prepare for a possible sharp interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve to cool inflation. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul declined. Tokyo advanced. Oil prices were little changed, staying below $100 per barrel. Wall Street tumbled after Walmart warned inflation that has spiked to a four-decade high of 9.1% is hurting American consumer spending. The Fed is expected to announce a rate hike of up to three-quarters of a percentage point, triple its usual margin. Investors worry aggressive action by the Fed and central banks in Europe and Asia to cool inflation might derail global economic growth.
The bacon, egg and cheese sandwich is a staple in many a New Yorker's diet. It's easy to make, easy to eat on the go and cheap — although not as cheap as it used to be. To keep up with today’s levels of inflation due to the pandemic and Russia’s war with Ukraine, bodega owners are faced with no choice but to raise the prices of their famously low-priced breakfast sandwiches. Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that inflation climbed 11.3% and producer prices surged nearly 18% for goods compared with June 2021.
Christian Walker hit a three-run homer off a frustrated Carlos Rodón and the Arizona Diamondbacks handed the San Francisco Giants their sixth straight loss, 7-3. The Diamondbacks won for the fifth time in eight games against the Giants this season after winning just twice in 19 meeetings last year. San Francisco, which won 107 games a year ago, fell below .500 for the first time this season. The Giants are 11-22 since reaching their season high of 10 games over .500 on June 18. Walker’s 23rd homer broke a 2-2 tie in the third against Rodón, who only gave up three hits in six innings.
Raccoon Island, a barrier isle an hour's boat ride off the coast of Louisiana, is one of the few remaining breeding refuges for the iconic brown pelicans. A dozen years ago, there were 15 low-lying islands with nesting colonies of Louisiana’s state bird. But today, just six islands in the state harbor brown pelican nests — the rest have disappeared underwater from subsidence and rising seas from climate change. The vanishing islands threaten one of the last century’s most celebrated conservation success stories — the decades-long effort to bring the pelicans back from the edge of extinction driven by the pesticide DDT.
Chad Pinder hit his second grand slam in two weeks, Frankie Montas pitched five innings in what could be his final outing with Oakland and the Athletics held off the Houston Astros 5-3. Tony Kemp had an RBI double and Stephen Piscotty doubled twice for the A’s. Oakland has won five of six. The A’s were out-hit 7-6 and committed an error that led to an unearned run but beat the major leagues’ best road team for the second night in a row before another small crowd of 5,130. Montas allowed three runs, two earned, and worked around three walks to win for the first time since June 11.
Luis Urías delivered a game-ending sacrifice fly in the ninth inning to bring home Andrew McCutchen as the Milwaukee Brewers edged the Minnesota Twins 7-6. McCutchen started the winning rally with a one-out single off Tyler Duffey, who then walked Kolten Wong and Hunter Renfroe to load the bases. Urías followed with a fly ball, and McCutchen slid home head first well ahead of right fielder Alex Kiriloff’s throw. Urías homered earlier in the game and Renfroe and Wong also went deep. Renfroe has homered in four of the Brewers’ five games since the All-Star break.
Kelsey Plum scored 12 of her 24 points in the first quarter as the Las Vegas Aces raced to an early 23-point lead, then held on for a 93-83 victory over the Chicago Sky to win the second WNBA Commissioner’s Cup championship. Plum, who won the All-Star MVP in Chicago a few weeks ago, hit six of her nine 3-point attempts. Chelsea Gray had 19 points — including nine pivotal ones in the third quarter — and earned MVP of the game. A’ja Wilson had 17 points, 17 rebounds and six blocks as the Aces dominated early, then repelled several Sky runs in the second half. Jackie Young had 18 points. Candace Parker led Chicago with 20 points and Kahleah Copper and Emma Meesseman each added 18.
Small, ancient sculptures that have been gathering dust in an Albuquerque storage box are returning home to Mexico. The dozen items will be given to the Mexican government in a ceremony Wednesday in Albuquerque. The Olmec greenstone sculptures, Zacatecas figure and other objects are intertwined with the identity of Indigenous communities. Private donors gave the artifacts to the Albuquerque Museum Foundation in 2007. The Foundation discovered them five months ago and looked into their origins. Mexican officials say these pieces are important elements of memory and identity. Their return comes as communities push for museums and other institutions to repatriate items that are of historic and cultural value.
Michael Kopech pitched shutout ball into the sixth inning, and the Chicago White Sox topped the Colorado Rockies 2-1. Yasmani Grandal had three hits in Chicago’s third straight win. Yoán Moncada doubled home Adam Engel in the seventh. All-Star closer Liam Hendriks worked a rocky ninth for his 19th save, surrendering Ryan McMahon’s leadoff homer. Colorado wasted a stellar performance by Germán Márquez, who permitted one run and seven hits in six innings.
A congressional candidate in Washington state whose compelling personal story of military valor and unfathomable loss helped him win former President Donald Trump’s support is connected to right-wing extremists. Republican Joe Kent has openly displayed ties to far-right and extremist organizations since announcing his primary challenge to Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler in Washington state. That includes groups that have drawn law enforcement scrutiny over their involvement in the Jan. 6. insurrection. Kent’s campaign says he rejects racism and bigotry. Taken broadly, Kent’s recent relationships and activities reinforce concerns about the GOP’s ties to extremist groups
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A congressional candidate in Washington state whose compelling personal story of military valor and unfathomable loss helped him win former President Donald Trump’s support is connected to right-wing extremists. Republican Joe Kent has openly displayed ties to far-right and extremist organizations since announcing his primary challenge to Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler in Washington state. That includes groups that have drawn law enforcement scrutiny over their involvement in the Jan. 6. insurrection. Kent's campaign says he rejects racism and bigotry. Taken broadly, Kent’s recent relationships and activities reinforce concerns about the GOP’s ties to extremist groups.
U.S. officials say they have little fear that China would attack Nancy Pelosi’s plane if she flies to Taiwan. But the U.S. House Speaker would be entering one of the world’s hottest spots where a mishap, misstep or misunderstanding could endanger her safety. So the Pentagon is developing plans for any contingency. Officials tell The Associated Press that if Pelosi goes to Taiwan, the military would increase its movement of forces and assets in the Indo-Pacific region. They say fighter jets, ships, surveillance assets and other military systems would likely be used to provide overlapping rings of protection.
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