Sacrebleu! A tennis star at the U.S. Open in Queens, New York, Tuesday insulted a referee for being French. (See the video below.) No. 8 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece was already ticked at being cited for receiving coaching from the stands during his match against Andrey Rublev. Then, in the fourth set, umpire Damien […]
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Purdue Pharma and the thousands of state and local governments suing the maker of OxyContin over the nation’s deadly opioid crisis are negotiating a $10 billion to $12 billion settlement under which the Sackler family would give up ownership of the company, according to published reports. Under the proposal, the Sacklers would contribute $3 billion
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The kids had a pretty firm opinion on that in a “Conan” clip posted Tuesday (watch it above). But what really got ’em going was when the late night host proposed an even crazier real estate scenario. Trump has been firmly rebuffed in his efforts to purchase the territory, but O’Brien nevertheless has taken it upon himself
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The best gadget that I bought this year cost less than a week’s worth of groceries. After my smartphone, it’s my most frequently used piece of tech. It was also released four years ago. Can you guess what it is? The mystery gizmo is a used Kindle e-book reader from 2015, which I bought on
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Aaron Judge provided the perfect start to a night where Masahiro Tanaka knew he was going to be in the spotlight. Judge delivered. So did Tanaka. Judge became the third-fastest player in baseball history to reach 100 home runs, Tanaka threw seven sharp innings and outpitched Yusei Kikuchi in a showdown of Japanese starters, and
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The Labour leader said the prime minister needed to be “held to account by Parliament” and must not be allowed to shut it down. Jeremy Corbyn has written to the Queen to protest about the PM’s plan, saying it was “not acceptable” and “not on”. He asked what Boris Johnson was “so afraid of”, and
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Growing wild in the fields of the Wabanaki and Penobscot tribal nations in Washington County, Maine, wild blueberries have become synonymous with the state. And these small berries represent not only a symbol of Maine’s identity, but also larger metaphors of identity and changing populations in the United States today. Fruit picking, as an industry,
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Image copyright Michael Palmer Image caption N’Faly Kouyate’s kora was made to his design in France A musician says his specially made instrument was badly damaged after he was forced to put it in a plane’s hold. N’Faly Kouyate says his electric kora, also known as an African harp, was designed so that it could
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Walker Buehler had another dominating performance against the San Diego Padres, and catcher Russell Martin looked good on the mound, too. Buehler struck out 11 and allowed only four hits in six innings, and Joc Pederson homered to lead the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers to a 9-0 victory Tuesday night. It was such a
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It could be lights out for tiny toiletries. Marriott International, the world’s largest hotel chain, said Wednesday it will eliminate small plastic bottles of shampoo, conditioner and bath gel from its hotel rooms worldwide by December 2020. They’ll be replaced with larger bottles or wall-mounted dispensers, depending on the hotel. The move follows a similar
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