Rookie Will Smith hit his first career grand slam, and Clayton Kershaw passed Sandy Koufax on the Dodgers’ career strikeouts list while throwing six strong innings in Los Angeles’ 8-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday night. Cody Bellinger hit his first homer in two weeks and added a two-run double for the […]
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Here’s a question for economy watchers: Is American economic policy in 2019 more like ouroboros, the ancient Egyptian symbol of a snake eating its own tail, or maybe more like an M.C. Escher painting in which a series of stairs wrap around a room in mind-bending ways? Both seem like decent approximations of the strange
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Asian stock markets plunged Friday after President Donald Trump‘s surprise threat of tariff hikes on additional Chinese imports. Tokyo’s main market index fell 2.5% and Hong Kong’s benchmark lost 2.3%. Markets in Shanghai, Sydney and Seoul also declined. Trump’s announcement of 10% tariffs on $300 billion of Chinese goods, due to take effect Sept. 1,
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The sidewalks surrounding Ahmed Al Barak’s corner market in one of San Francisco’s roughest neighborhoods are filled with cardboard, used syringes and homeless people who have nowhere safe to go at night. But Al Barak says it’s an improvement from a year ago, before the city posted a portable toilet across the street from his
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Image copyright Sarfraz Manzoor Image caption Sarfraz Manzoor met Bruce Springsteen at a film premiere in 2010 The writer of a film inspired by his teenage love of Bruce Springsteen is hoping to bring his idol to the town where it is set. Blinded By The Light is based on Greetings from Bury Park, Sarfraz
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Japan’s Cabinet on Friday approved the removal of South Korea from a “whitelist” of countries with preferential trade status, a move sure to fuel antagonism already at a boiling point over recent export controls and the issue of compensation for wartime Korean laborers. The decision expanding controls over exports of sensitive materials takes effect on
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The Atlanta Braves were eager to show off their new relievers. They weren’t needed, thanks to Max Fried and a line of severe thunderstorms. Fried pitched six strong innings before the rain hit, giving the Braves a weather-shortened 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night. Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer in the
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EL PASO — Representative Will Hurd of Texas, the only black Republican in the House, announced Thursday that he would not seek re-election next year, adding to a wave of departures that has unsettled party leaders as they hope to reclaim the majority in 2020. Mr. Hurd, who is also the only Republican to represent
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HuffPost may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Hero Images via Getty Images It’s 5 p.m on a hot summer day and you’re rummaging through the fridge to find something to serve for dinner ― and inevitably, your young kiddos are at their wits end. Do you turn on the
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The head of CBS on Thursday defended the network’s decision to continue airing the show “Bull” ― despite sexual harassment allegations against star and executive producer Michael Weatherly from actress Eliza Dushku ― by citing the legal drama’s popularity. “It’s a show that does very well,” CBS Entertainment president Kelly Kahl said at the network’s presentation
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