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Defending champion Iga Swiatek took a big step towards a third successive French Open title by dismantling teary American third seed Coco Gauff 6-2 6-4 in the semi-final today to match her longest winning streak on clay. Read more
The man, who is in custody pending investigation, had his bail set at $2,000 Read more
China’s exports grew more quickly and for a second month in May, suggesting factory owners are managing to find buyers overseas and providing some relief to the economy as it battles to mount a durable recovery. Read more
Two additional defendants have been criminally charged in New York over a gambling scheme that led the National Basketball Association to ban former Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter for life. Read more
Report: UConn’s Dan Hurley set to meet with Lakers The Los Angeles Lakers are preparing a “massive, long-term contract offer” to Dan Hurley to become their next head coach, and the UConn coach is set to meet with the NBA team’s brass on Friday in Los Angeles, ESPN reported on Thursday. Read more
Kristaps Porzingis returned from a 10-game absence to record 20 points off the bench and the Boston Celtics snuffed a second-half rally to beat the Dallas Mavericks 107-89 tonight in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Read more
Oklahoma became the first program to win four consecutive Women’s College World Series titles, beating Texas 8-4 today to sweep the WCWS Championship Series. Read more
The plaintiff Fiona Harvey has publicly claimed to be the inspiration behind the character Martha, played by actress Jessica Gunning, who shares a physical resemblance and like her is a lawyer in London. Read more
The National Samsung Electronics Union (NSEU), which has about 28,000 members, or more than a fifth of the company’s total workforce, has said it will stop work for a day as part of broader protest measures. Read more
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The first rescue was called in at 8:46 a.m. for a 20-year-old woman who became ill while hiking and was unable to descend on her own. Read more
The company on Thursday announced an expanded roll-out of digital shelf labels that will allow it to update prices on over 120,000 items within minutes. Read more
Courts in Texas and Connecticut have ordered Jones to pay $1.5 billion to the relatives of 20 students and six staff members killed in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Read more
Some 30 million people from Northern California, south through Arizona and east into Texas, were under excessive heat warnings and heat advisories issued by the National Weather Service through Saturday. The same region suffered under weeks of extremely hot weather last summer. Read more
The well is part of the Hawaii County Department of Water Supply’s Laupahoehoe-Kapehu system, which serves the Laupahoehoe area of Hawaii island. Read more
The new animated releases signal Netflix’s increased investment in such family-friendly content as well as adult content. Read more
Benchmark S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose early and reached fresh intraday record highs, but then they retreated as technology stocks dipped. Read more
The rendezvous was achieved despite an earlier loss of several guidance-control jet thrusters, some of them due to a helium propulsion leak, which NASA and Boeing said should not compromise the mission. Read more
The move by the judge, Aileen Cannon, was unlikely to have much impact on the overall trajectory of the case, but it reflected the substantial number of unresolved legal motions she is juggling. Read more
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 229,000 for the week ended June 1, the Labor Department said today. Read more
“Check yourself into a local rehab hunter, this has all got to stop,” Hallie Biden wrote in an October 2018 text shortly after Hunter Biden bought the gun. Read more
Starbucks delivery has been available on DoorDash in the U.S. since last year. It also has tie-ups with Uber Eats and Postmates, the food delivery arms of Uber. Read more
