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The gold and silver mining company posted revenue of $59.2 million in the period. _____ This story Pete Crow-Armstrong and Shohei Ohtani star as NL MVP race moves to another level 08/05/2026 07:50pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong was terrific once again. Same for Shohei Ohtani. It was quite a day in an increasingly compelling race for the NL MVP award. Crow-Armstrong homered twice and drove in four runs to help the Chicago Cubs beat Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-6 on Wednesday for The Latest: Trump talks up the economy at a Las Vegas casino 08/05/2026 07:50pm • Ahead of November’s midterm elections, President Donald Trump is making a rare appearance in Nevada on Wednesday to sell voters on his handling of the economy against a backdrop of high interest rates, a national housing shortage and gasoline made more expensive by the Iran war. He is seeking to s Manulife: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/05/2026 07:42pm • TORONTO (AP) — Manulife Financial Corp. 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