Mallex Smith still has things to learn about being an everyday center fielder in the major leagues. But a sure sign that the lessons are starting to sink in came Friday night. The 26-year-old speedster hit a sharp single up the middle with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to score Kyle […]
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WASHINGTON — President Trump lashed out at a leading African-American congressman on Saturday, calling him “a brutal bully” and denouncing his Baltimore-based district as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” where “no human being would want to live.” Mr. Trump singled out Representative Elijah E. Cummings, a Democrat from Maryland and chairman of the
Gender reveal parties are everywhere these days, but when writer Jenna Karvunidis and her husband threw one 10 years ago to announce the gender of their baby, it was a relatively new idea. The cake-cutting party, which revealed Karvunidis was having a girl, went viral after she blogged about it, even earning a write-up in
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France is pushing ahead with a landmark tax on tech giants like Google and Facebook — despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of retaliatory tariffs on French wine. After Trump slammed the “foolishness” of the tax in a tweet Friday and promised reciprocal action, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said “France will implement” it
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The red-hot San Francisco Giants keep playing — and winning — extra-inning games. Pablo Sandoval homered with two outs in the 11th and the Giants beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 Friday night for their 18th victory in 22 games. Sandoval’s drive on a 1-2 pitch from Logan Allen (2-3) just cleared the wall in
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The Netflix highlight: “Orange Is the New Black,” Season 7. What’s up: This is the final season of “Orange Is the New Black,” one of Netflix’s first Original shows to earn massive popularity and Emmy nominations. In this season, the show’s initial protagonist, Piper Chapman, reckons with life outside of jail, while still maintaining ties
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Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc posted the fastest time in the final practice session for the German Grand Prix ahead of qualifying later Saturday. Leclerc finished .168 seconds clear of Red Bull driver Max Verstappen and .264 in front of Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel as temperatures dropped following a heatwave in recent days. It was a
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When Christine Lagarde was nominated by the European Council to be the next president of the European Central Bank, the first woman to hold the position, critics wondered if the move was indicative of the “glass cliff” — the phenomenon in which women seem more likely to be put in charge of an organization at
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A train became stuck between stations in flood water near Mumbai, India, after a river near the tracks overflowed because of heavy rains. Boats, divers and helicopters were dispatched to rescue around 700 people who had been on the train since Friday night. Flood water had reached the floor of the coaches when rescuers arrived.
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The head of Britain’s leading charity funding scientific research has written to new Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning about the threat to science if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal. Wellcome Trust chair Eliza Manningham-Buller wrote that barriers to global collaboration must be minimized in Europe, where Britain’s “closest and most extensive science
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