A look at what’s happening around the majors today: BACK IN ACTION Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander takes the mound for the first time since throwing his third career no-hitter Sunday at Toronto. Verlander struck out 14 and walked one in the 2-0 victory over the Blue Jays. He is 7-1 with a 1.76 ERA […]
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A lot happened on the presidential campaign trail this week. Here’s our weekly catch-up on the 2020 election and the Democratic field, which is still 20 candidates strong. We got a climate debate, sort of The Democratic National Committee refused to hold the climate-focused presidential debate that Gov. Jay Inslee of Washington and several other
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Doug Shipsey’s 21-year-old daughter Bethany died after taking an overdose of diet pills containing dinitrophenol (DNP) in 2017. The BBC’s Adina Campbell accompanied him to Ukraine, where it’s not illegal to produce or sell DNP. He wanted to confront the man who he believed sold her the drugs online. DNP is a highly toxic fat-burning
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Filmmakers Esteban Bravo and Beth David hoped to honor Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in colorful style with their latest project. A straightforward homage, however, didn’t seem appropriate. Working with Universal Music’s Dave Rocco, the pair reimagined Mercury’s song “Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow” as an animated short that tells an allegorical, queer-inclusive love story. Released Thursday
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Serena Williams lost her temper and then lost the match when she played for last year’s U.S. Open championship. She gets another chance Saturday night, again seeking a record-tying 24th Grand Slam singles title when she faces 19-year-old Canadian Bianca Andreescu. The 37-year-old Williams has lost all three major finals she has reached since returning
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The son of the man who first created mysterious crop circles has spoken about his father’s legacy and how he discovered the truth. Despite conspiracy theorists being convinced that aliens were behind the phenomenon, the crop circle mystery was finally solved in 1987. The tricksters who spent 10 years making them in the 70s and
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If the chorus of “Fly! Eagles! Fly!” or “E-A-G-L-E-S” chants become too overwhelming for any fan with sensory needs at Lincoln Financial Field, the Philadelphia Eagles took a big step to make sure they don’t have to leave the game or event. The Eagles partnered with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and nonprofit KultureCity in the
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Meghan McCain and former “Baywatch” star Pamela Anderson went head-to-head in a heated exchange over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on “The View” Friday. McCain blasted Assange as a “cyber terrorist” while Anderson staunchly defended the man she has become close to. She instead attacked questionable actions by the America military that Assange exposed in his
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Ann Bryant’s phone rings all season long. She has four phones, actually, in her Homewood, Calif., home office, and they ring 24 hours a day. “Sometimes all at once,” says the executive director of the Bear League, a community-based nonprofit that aims to educate the human public about their animal neighbors. Its tagline: “People living
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Following a 13th defeat in 22 games, Cleveland manager Terry Francona decided to deliver a brief pep talk before taking the road for a pivotal series in Minnesota. With time running out in this race, the Indians responded to the skipper’s address and took one back from the first-place Twins. Roberto Pérez hit a two-out
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