A look at what’s happening around the majors Monday: EVEN MORE FREE All-Star starter Dallas Keuchel and imposing closer Craig Kimbrel, the last two top free agents on the market, can sign without their new teams having to forfeit amateur draft picks as compensation. Both turned down $17.9 million qualifying offers in November, Keuchel from […]
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is the latest Democratic presidential hopeful to make a controversial pilgrimage in the primary race: headlining a Fox News town hall event. While some of her rivals for the nomination, like Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, have refused to appear on Fox News because they believe it vilifies Democrats,
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SAN FRANCISCO — Stewart Butterfield, chief executive of the workplace collaboration app Slack, once offended Robert De Niro at an awards event with an irreverent comment, prompting the actor to curse at him from the stage. On another occasion, Mr. Butterfield bought a snarky full-page newspaper ad to taunt a rival, Microsoft. And he has
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Image copyright PA Image caption There was no Glastonbury Festival in 2018 A band criticised for calling on members of the Conservative Party to be killed have had their Glastonbury Festival booking cancelled. Killdren were invited to appear at Glastonbury’s Shangri-Hell International TV stage on 28 June. One of their songs is called Kill Tory
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The San Francisco Giants and Evan Longoria came to Camden Yards looking to break out of extended slumps. Having accomplished that objective at the expense of the horrid Baltimore Orioles, both the team and its veteran third baseman headed out of town seeking to extend this good fortune deep into June. Longoria homered and drove
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On Wednesday, Mr. Mueller said he was not interested in taking the witness stand. The report, he said, was “my testimony” and if called, he would not deviate from its contents. But Democrats believe that Mr. Mueller would have a hard time refusing a subpoena. “There is value in him just saying out loud and
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The Latest on the NASCAR race at Pocono Raceway (all times local): ——— 4:15 p.m. Martin Truex Jr., the 2017 NASCAR champion, had his No. 19 Toyota forced to the garage in the closing laps of the second stage of the NASCAR race at Pocono Raceway because of engine trouble. Truex had won three of
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Despite the vast differences, the cases underscore just how important and competitive college admissions have become. The F.B.I. said it does not confirm or deny the existence of investigations and declined to comment. The Landrys did not respond to a request for comment. The Landrys and T.M. Landry’s board chairman, Greg Davis, have told parents
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Image copyright Getty Images More than 278,000 tickets were sold over the 11 days of the Hay Festival, up 5,000 on last year, organisers say. Book sales also rose by 2.5% with Heroic Failure by Fintan O’Toole and Matt Millz by Harry Millz most popular. Maxine Peake, Joanna Lumley and Stephen Fry were among stars
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Former All-Star outfielder Jay Bruce says he has been traded to Philadelphia by the Seattle Mariners, a deal that will cost the Phillies just $2.75 million over the next 1½ seasons. As part of the trade finalized Sunday, Seattle agreed to pay the Phillies $18,567,204 next Jan. 15, offsetting most of the $21,317,204 remaining in
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