The Washington Nationals turned a bullpen day for one of their aces into a postseason game day, and they may run more starters out for spot stints as a bridge to their unreliable relievers. Max Scherzer took an unexpected turn in relief during Washington’s 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night, helping […]
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WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture jointly proposed new rules on Friday that would increase ethanol consumption at the expense of oil refineries to help corn and soybean farmers buffeted by President Trump’s trade wars. The plan would overhaul the system of quotas for ethanol, a fuel that is made
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sia is usually known for being secretive about her life, and regularly covers her face with wigs and headgear Australian pop star Sia has revealed that she suffers from a neurological disease that gives her chronic pain. In a tweet, the singer-songwriter said she had Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a
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Lu Yingxin has been singing “My People, My Country” for the past week. An earnest propaganda anthem from 1985, the song typically wouldn’t stand a chance against Taylor Swift, K-pop and other modern tunes the 18-year-old college student and her friends like to listen to. Then, on Sunday, Ms. Lu and her roommates saw a
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Magic Johnson might actually miss the Los Angeles Lakers if he wasn’t always checking up on them. Johnson quit as the team’s president of basketball operations at the end of the last season, leaving him out of a gym, but not out of the loop, as Los Angeles opened training camp. “I’m working like I’m
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WASHINGTON — The former State Department special envoy for Ukraine told congressional investigators that Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer, demanded that Ukraine specifically commit to investigate involvement in the 2016 election and a firm tied to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. During testimony behind closed doors on Thursday, the special envoy,
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Salesforce founder Marc Benioff runs a $130 billion software empire from the tallest skyscraper in San Francisco. But he is deeply troubled by what his industry has done to worsen an economic divide and other issues polarizing people down on the streets. So he’s urging his fellow CEOs to help fix a “train wreck” of
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“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert eagerly picked apart Vice President Mike Pence’s role in Ukraine-gate during his monologue Friday. He’s convinced that if Donald Trump is “going down, he’s bringing a ‘Plus One’” — Pence. Pence has admitted pressing Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to ferret out corruption. The vice president also had to know about the
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Last weekend, Randy Dobnak got married in Maryland. This one, he’ll pitch a playoff game at Yankee Stadium. Pretty nice little Saturday planned — two of them, actually — for an undrafted rookie who never expected to be in this position. Just find No. 68 of the Minnesota Twins on Twitter, where he mentions his
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Welcome to the Impeachment Briefing, a special edition of the Morning Briefing that explains the latest developments in the House impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Sign up here to get the briefing by email every weeknight. I’m Noah Weiland, and I’m here to catch you up on the day’s news, along with insights from the
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