BAGHDAD (AP) — The leader of an Iran-backed Iraqi militia has vowed to retaliate against America for the deaths of four of his men in a U.S. airstrike along the Iraq-Syria border last month, saying it will be a military operation everyone will talk about. Abu Alaa al-Walae, commander of Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, said in … Read more
The fourth overall pick of the 2020 WNBA draft has been suspended, and that may only be the start of the drama on the Atlanta Dream. The Dream announced Monday that guard Chennedy Carter had been suspended for “conduct detrimental to the team.” The Dream provided no additional details on what led to the suspension … Read more
The writer is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a think-tank The ransomware attack that last week brought down Sweden’s second-largest supermarket chain demonstrated yet again how vulnerable advanced economies are to disruption. In this case, a hacker group targeted a US-based IT company and spread malware through its corporate network, including to Sweden’s … Read more
Megill home white The Mets’ three-run seventh inning broke a 1-1 tie and helped give New York a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday. Here are the takeaways… 1. Tylor Megill‘s third major-league start was his best. The righty threw 3.1 scoreless innings before allowing a solo home run to Omar Narvaez, but … Read more
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s state-owned oil company said Monday that a bizarre chain of events, including a lightning storm and a simultaneous gas pipeline leak, set off a strange subaquatic fireball seen last week in the Gulf of Mexico. Petroleos Mexicanos said an intense storm of rain and lightning on July 2 forced the … Read more