A look at what’s happening around the majors Thursday: BACK AT IT The Dodgers and Phillies are facing a tight turnaround after a lengthy rain delay pushed the end of Wednesday’s game close to 2 a.m. early Thursday. First pitch of the series finale is set for 12:35 p.m., and then the Dodgers are set […]
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will send an additional 1,100 active-duty troops and 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard to assist in securing the United States border with Mexico, the Defense Department announced on Wednesday, in a move that would significantly expand the American military presence there. The deployment would increase the number of American
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The series made stars of the cast, which included Blake Lively (third left) and British actor Ed Westwick (far right) Popular teen drama Gossip Girl is being rebooted for a new generation and will be set eight years after the original series ended. The 10 one-hour episodes have been
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Claudia Peresman, who will turn 63 on Sunday, moved from Stonington, Conn., to San Miguel de Allende in central Mexico in November. On her first night there, she tripped in the bathroom, hit her face on a wall and split her lip. Her neighbors helped her get a cab to a 24-hour emergency room at
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The Latest on the G-7 finance ministers’ meeting (all times local): 12:05 p.m. Top finance officials from the Group of Seven rich democracies are warning that cryptocurrencies like Facebook‘s Libra should not come into use before “serious regulatory and systemic concerns” are addressed. The chairman’s concluding summary from the G-7 meeting in Chantilly, France, on Thursday
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Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr called out the Republican Party on Wednesday, saying the GOP had “sold its soul” to President Donald Trump. The eight-time NBA champion also offered some advice for the eventual 2020 Democratic presidential nominee: I believe the vast majority of Americans want a unifying, moral leader.The GOP has sold
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The letter was signed by Representatives Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey, who chairs the House Energy and Commerce committee; Bobby L. Rush of Illinois, who chairs that panel’s subcommittee on energy; Nita M. Lowey of New York, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee; and Marcy Kaptur of Ohio, who chairs that panel’s subcommittee on
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Japan’s exports declined in June as shipments of goods were hit by trade disputes between China and the U.S., the Finance Ministry reported Thursday. The data released by the Finance Ministry on Thursday show exports fell 6.8% in June from a year earlier, the seventh straight month of decline, while imports fell 5.2%. The trade
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Image copyright Reuters The UK will fall into recession next year if there is a no-deal Brexit, the country’s spending watchdog has said. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said economic growth would fall by 2% by the end of 2020 if it left the bloc without an agreement. This would effectively forgo about 18
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Atlantic City’s boom-and-bust cycle has been in motion for decades now, with new casinos and restaurants sowing high hopes for revitalization, followed by mass closings, and then the whole thing happening on repeat. The key to enjoying this seaside New Jersey city, where the beach is often a secondary consideration, is to revisit old favorites
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