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In the span of a week, the New York Yankees' lineup could get a complete makeover with the addition of American League home run leader Edwin Encarnacion and the healthy return of outfielders Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge. Encarnacion, acquired from the Seattle Mariners, was in the lineup Monday night against the Tampa Bay Rays as the Yankees return home from a road trip for what is setting up as an explosive homestand. Batting fifth as New York's designated hitter, he went 0-for-4 in the Yankees' 3-0 win.

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:52:13 -0400

A man and his pregnant fiancée said Monday that they want Phoenix to fire the officers who pointed guns and yelled profanities at them after their 4-year-old daughter took a doll from a store. Dravon Ames and Iesha Harper, who are both black, said at a news conference that they don't accept the apologies of the city's police chief and mayor and have not received a face-to-face apology since a bystander's video emerged and drew outcry. The video released Friday shows officers aiming guns and yelling profane commands at a man and a pregnant woman holding a baby.

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:38:20 -0400

China's new home prices rose 0.7% month-on-month in May, picking up the pace slightly from a 0.6% gain the previous month, Reuters calculated from National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data published on Tuesday. On a yearly basis, average new home prices in China's 70 major cities increased 10.7% in May, unchanged from the growth rate in April. China's real estate market has shown signs of resurgence in recent months as some smaller cities quietly loosened curbs, and confidence has been lifted by Beijing's call on banks to beef up lending and lower interest rates.

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:36:40 -0400

President Donald Trump said on Monday that U.S. authorities will begin next week removing millions of illegal immigrants in the United States. "Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States," Trump tweeted, referring to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:35:19 -0400

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg pulled himself off the presidential campaign trail on Monday after the fatal shooting of a black man by a white police officer in his hometown forced him to confront issues of race and policing. The Democrat canceled several days of campaign events after returning to South Bend, where he spent the day meeting with community members and faith leaders following the shooting of 54-year-old Eric Jack Logan early Sunday. Sgt. Ryan O'Neill had been responding to a call about a suspicious person going through vehicles when he spotted Logan leaning inside a car, St. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter said.

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 21:35:08 -0400