A look at what’s happening around the majors today: GETTING GOING, PART I Dallas Keuchel says he doesn’t expect to need much time tuning up in the minors before he joins his new team, the Atlanta Braves. The club confirmed Friday night that the 2015 American League Cy Young Award winner had agreed to a […]
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With 23 candidates in the Democratic presidential race, it can be hard to keep track of their policy proposals. This week alone, we’ve covered Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s climate change plan, Cory Booker’s housing plan and Elizabeth Warren’s economic plan in depth. But we’re also trying a new approach: a weekly roundup of proposals you
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The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4:00 p.m. Stocks are rising for a third straight day as investors hope U.S. and Mexican officials can reach a deal that avoids tariffs on goods from Mexico. One report said the U.S. could delay the tariffs, set for June 10, but there was no
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Lyon’s rampant form in the Champions League immediately carried over into France‘s first game of the Women’s World Cup. Friday’s 4-0 home win against South Korea saw the blue shirts of France run riot, just like many of them had done last month when Lyon crushed Barcelona 4-1 to win the Champions League for the
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Some people have switched to private policies, though that is unlikely to account for much of the change, according to Carolyn Kousky, executive director of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Risk Center and an expert on flood insurance. Last fall, Dr. Kousky convened FEMA staff, along with insurance representatives and state officials, to talk about
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To President Trump, tariff “is a beautiful word indeed.” Just in the last few weeks, he increased tariffs on billions of Chinese imports and threatened Mexico with big new tariffs. His enthusiasm as trade-warrior-in-chief, though, has not been mirrored by the public. At least that is the conclusion to draw from opinion polling, which shows
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Rates Rooms from 154 euros, or about $175. The Basics A 16th-century noble family’s home in booming Lisbon sat empty for decades until H10 Hotels transformed it into an 83-room hotel. After an extensive refurbishment, the One Palácio da Anunciada opened in February, cascading theatrically up the hill behind the street, with sumptuous rooms, staircases
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Major automobile manufacturers urged the Trump administration and California on Thursday to restart negotiations over vehicle mileage standards to prevent a lengthy legal battle, warning that moving ahead with two sets of standards would create instability in the auto market. “What works best for consumers, communities, and the millions of U.S. employees that work in
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Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in the wedding party as Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil tied the knot on Friday. State-run Anadolu news agency said Erdogan and his wife, Emine, were legal witnesses for Ozil, who married model, actress and former Miss Turkey Amine Gulse in Istanbul. Secular Turkish weddings require a witness each for
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FUKUOKA, Japan — The icy relationship between the United States and China over trade showed no signs of easing on Saturday, as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called on Beijing to return to talks and follow through on its commitments or face more tariffs from President Trump. The comments came on the first day of the
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