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What Americans can learn from the French protests

On Monday, France’s Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez admitted that police have “lost control” as some cities continue to see massive waves of looting and mayhem. Social media brims with images of stores being ransacked, cars burning, and mask-wearing goons running wild. In Limoges, the ...

This needs to be our last oil shock

The last few months of conflict with Iran have exposed an uncomfortable truth: despite becoming the world’s largest oil producer, the United States remains remarkably vulnerable to the whims of the global oil market. Our reliance on imported oil has fallen, but our vulnerability to gasoline and diesel price shocks has not. Higher domestic oil production helps, but it can only do so much. In a globally connected market, disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz or attacks on Russian refineries still send prices soaring. Domestic oil production will remain critical for ...

Brewers-Rays World Series matchup opens tonight

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Miz will try to whiz his famous fastball by batters on baseball's biggest stage, opening a new-look World Series between teams guaranteed to produce a first-time champion. Jacob Misiorowski brings his record-setting heat to the mound for the Milwaukee Brewers ...

Field prep for Steelers’ game in Paris began months ago

PARIS (AP) — Work on preparing the grass field for Sunday's NFL game at Stade de France began months ago at an Italian farm near Milan. So when the Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints run out of the tunnel, the hope is that the surface will feel much like those back home. "A ...

Silvos, Penguins blank Panthers 4-0

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh's Arturs Silovs stopped 25 shots to spoil the history-making debut of Florida counterpart Cooper Black as the Penguins beat the Panthers 4-0 on Thursday. Black, who at 6-foot-9 became the tallest goalie ever to appear in an NHL regular season game, made 18 saves but it wasn't enough to stop the Panthers from dropping their second game in as many nights. Nick Robertson scored twice for Pittsburgh. Hendrix Lapierre and Evgeni Malkin both finished with a goal and an assist as the Penguins shook off a miserable Western Conference road trip in which they ...