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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market is drifting toward the brink of another record. The S&P 500 was 0.4% higher in early trading and just 0.5% below its all-time high, which was set in February. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 207 points, or 0.5%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.4% higher. McCormick, the seller of cooking spices, helped lead the way and rallied 5.3% after delivering a better-than-expected profit report. The company also gave a forecast for profit over its full fiscal year that…

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By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon’s top leaders doubled down Thursday on how destructive the U.S. attacks had been on Iran’s nuclear facilities and described in detail the study and planning behind the bombing mission. In a rare Pentagon news briefing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, worked to shift the debate from whether the nuclear targets were “obliterated,” as President Donald Trump has said, to what they portrayed as the heroism of the strikes as well as the extensive research and preparation that went…

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While dramatic improvement on the ice is never a certainty, the Kings clearly catapulted themselves in terms of front-office transparency, with new general manager Ken Holland covering the draft, free agency and well beyond during a lengthy media session on Wednesday. Here are the main takeaways from his nearly 40-minute Q&A session. Defense first Holland said that the defense corps was his top priority, with pending unrestricted free agent Vladislav Gavrikov being foremost among his personnel matters. Though outgoing GM Rob Blake had expressed considerable confidence in re-signing Gavrikov, it appears he will hit the open market when free agency…

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DENVER — It took an act of God to get Yoshinobu Yamamoto some run support. Yamamoto and Colorado Rockies rookie Chase Dollander took an un-Coors-ian scoreless pitchers’ duel into the sixth inning on Wednesday night when a thunderstorm arrived in the Denver area, announcing its presence with lightning visible in the distance. Heavy rain started falling during the Dodgers’ half of the sixth inning. With two on and two outs, Max Muncy lofted a high pop-up into the wind and thick raindrops – at least one the size of a baseball. Second baseman Thairo Estrada and first baseman Michael Toglia…

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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — The Galaxy are still searching for momentum, but there was none to be found on a stormy night in the Rocky Mountains. Djordje Mihailovic and Calvin Harris scored four minutes apart in the first half and the Colorado Rapids handed the Galaxy their MLS-worst eighth shutout loss of the season, 2-0, on Wednesday night in a game that was delayed for two hours due to weather. Colorado (7-8-4, 25 points) snapped a three-game losing streak and and scored multiple goals for the first time in its past 10 games, while the Galaxy (1-13-5, eight points) lost…

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The Trump administration may need to hand over photos, internal reports and other documents related to its use of the California National Guard and military in Southern California amid its ongoing immigration enforcement efforts. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer is considering a discovery request from Gov. Gavin Newsom in the continuing legal battle over President Donald Trump’s federalization of the state’s National Guard and deployment of troops to Southern California, as large protests have broken out in opposition to the administration’s immigration operations. In the discovery request, attorneys for the state said it would “largely be seeking discovery on enforcement actions…

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INGLEWOOD — With contract decisions looming and an already hefty payroll, the Clippers steered clear of splashy trades on Wednesday night and selected Penn State center Yanic Konan Niederhauser with the 30th and final pick in the first round of the NBA draft. Niederhauser is an unheralded Swiss-born, 6-foot-11, 240-pound post player who transferred to Penn State last season after two seasons at Northern Illinois. He averaged 12.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.3 blocked shots per game, while shooting 61% from the field last season, leading the Big Ten in block percentage and ranking in the top 10 in rebound…

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By STEVE PEOPLES and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE NEW YORK (AP) — The stunning success of Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old self-described democratic socialist, in the race for New York City mayor has exposed anew the fiery divisions plaguing the Democratic Party as it struggles to repair its brand nearly half a year into Donald Trump’s presidency. A fresh round of infighting erupted among Democratic officials, donors and political operatives on Wednesday, a day after Mamdani’s leading opponent, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, conceded the Democratic primary. Mamdani appears on a glide path to the nomination, though ranked choice vote counting will…

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PASADENA — The last 2025 FIFA Club World Cup contest west of the Mississippi River concluded the intercontinental tournament’s six-match run at the Rose Bowl on Wednesday night. Mexico’s CF Monterrey showed that before the competition permanently moved to the east coast for the conclusion of the group stage and forthcoming knockout rounds that it was happy to cover long distances. Three first-half goals in a 10-minute span, including bangers from 36 and 24 yards out, pushed the Liga MX powerhouse into the Round of 16 with a 4-0 victory over the scrappy but out-gunned Urawa Red Diamonds from Saitama,…

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By CLAIRE SAVAGE The federal agency charged with protecting workers’ civil rights has terminated a New York administrative judge who opposed White House directives, including President Donald Trump’s executive order decreeing male and female as two “immutable” sexes. In February, Administrative Judge Karen Ortiz, who worked in the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s New York office, called Trump’s order “unethical” and criticized Acting Chair Andrea Lucas — Trump’s pick to lead the agency — for complying with it by pausing work on legal cases involving discrimination claims from transgender workers. In an email copied to more than 1,000 colleagues, Ortiz…

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