Seconds after Houston general manager Jeff Luhnow pulled off perhaps the most shocking deal of this trade deadline to bring Zack Greinke to an already stacked Astros rotation he surveyed the stunned room in a bit of a daze. “I can’t believe we just added Zack Greinke to this rotation and this team,” Luhnow said, […]
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Kelly Knight Craft, the United States ambassador to Canada, was confirmed on Wednesday to serve as the next ambassador to the United Nations. More than five months after President Trump announced Ms. Craft as his nominee for the post, the Senate approved the appointment in a 56-to-34 vote largely along party lines, with only five
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Losing a parent feels insurmountable at any age. Our series helps you face it ― from the practical logistics to the existential questions about death and dying today. At 19, writer Julie Hoag met her future husband in college. It was three years after her mother’s death and three years into a deep, pervasive depression
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Image copyright PA Media Image caption Chris Ramsey, Saffron Barker, Emma Barton and David James are the first celebs to be announced Former England goalkeeper David James, EastEnders actress Emma Barton, comedian Chris Ramsey and YouTuber Saffron Barker will compete on the new series of Strictly Come Dancing. Three appeared on The One Show on
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Image copyright SOPA Images Oil firm Royal Dutch Shell’s profits plunged to their lowest since 2016, due to lower oil and gas prices. Shell’s second quarter profits dropped 25% to $3.6bn (£3bn), far below analysts’ expectations of $4.9bn. The oil giant blamed “challenging macroeconomic conditions” in refining and chemicals, as well as falling oil prices.
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The defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox are setting their sights on an AL wild-card berth, and they’re doing it with the players they already have. Red Sox baseball boss Dave Dombrowski conceded on Wednesday that the ballclub doesn’t have a “realistic” hope for a fourth straight AL East title, and said he was
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One month after a wobbly debate performance that reinforced the perceived weaknesses of the ostensible front-runner — Is he too old? Too nostalgically moderate? Too politically brittle to defend himself when challenged? — former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. settled behind his center-stage lectern on Wednesday night and supplied some answers: He is still
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Stocks fell and bond yields rose on Wall Street Wednesday after the Federal Reserve lowered its key interest rate for the first time in a decade but left investors feeling uncertain about the likelihood of further cuts. The quarter-point cut announced by the central bank was widely expected, so investors focused on Chairman Jerome Powell’s
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The Latest on protests by companies denied medical marijuana grower licenses in Utah (all times local): 3:45 p.m. Utah has dismissed appeals from six companies that were denied licenses to grow medical marijuana for the state and argued the state chose unqualified companies. Utah’s Division of Purchasing announced its decision to dismiss all of the
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Ariana Grande is giving a big “Thank U Next” to the idea that your idols will always let you down. On Wednesday, the pop star gushed on Instagram about finally meeting comedy legend Jim Carrey, a personal hero of hers whom she said she’s adored since before she “could speak.” “I’ve been staring at my screen
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