Baseball’s All-Star Game had a record low television rating. The American League’s 4-3 win over the National League on Tuesday night in Cleveland had a 5.0 rating on Fox, according to Nielsen Media Research. The game was seen by an average of 5.93 million households and 8.14 million viewers. That is down from the previous […]
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WASHINGTON — President Trump is planning to take another step in his ongoing attempt to obtain information about the citizenship status of United States residents by announcing an executive action in the Rose Garden on Thursday, according to a senior administration official familiar with the decision. Mr. Trump said on Twitter that he would hold
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Closing arguments are expected to begin Monday in Oklahoma’s case blaming consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries for the state’s opioid drug crisis. A court spokesman said Thursday that each side will be given two hours to make their arguments before Cleveland County District Judge Thad Balkman. Court spokesman Bob Burke says
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Image copyright Getty Images In his 1973 song Time, David Bowie famously sang of “Billy Dolls”. Now, 50 Golden Years after the release of Space Oddity, a few Changes mean it’s a case of Barbie Dolls. Toymakers Mattel have announced a new collectable doll inspired by his signature Ziggy Stardust fashion. Dubbed Barbie as Bowie,
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The 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci will bring big doings to Paris this fall with the largest-ever and one-stop-only career survey at the Louvre. And New York gets a shot of buzz in advance with the opening at the Met on July 15 of a single-painting show of one of the
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Pluribus learned the nuances of Texas Hold ‘Em by playing trillions of hands against itself. After each hand was done, it would evaluate each decision, determining whether a different choice would have produced a better result. Mr. Brown called this process “counterfactual regret minimization,” and compared it to the way humans learn the game. “One
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In a season of often mundane racing, the one time Lewis Hamilton can hope to grab the attention of home Formula One fans is the British Grand Prix. On Sunday, that will be a whole lot harder. Down in London, England’s cricketers will be contesting their first men’s World Cup final in 27 years. And
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Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts offered an immigration proposal on Thursday that would create new protections for migrants, investigate allegations of abuse under the Trump administration and allow far higher numbers of refugees into the country. Ms. Warren’s plan includes an assertive push for liberal immigration priorities, like decriminalizing unauthorized border crossings. She also pledged
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An early rally on Wall Street that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 27,000 for the first time lost much of its momentum Thursday afternoon. The S&P 500 edged lower, erasing the gains that had briefly propelled the benchmark index above 3,000 for the second day in a row. The Nasdaq composite also turned
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The biggest names in sports attended the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday night to celebrate their many achievements. When it came to red carpet victory, couples were the ones who took the W. Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird attended in matching tuxedo-inspired looks, Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade stunned in a floral mini
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