Pinch-hitter Paul Goldschmidt grounded into a game-ending double play with two runners on the base and the NL Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals fell short during a ninth-inning rally, losing to the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-7 Wednesday. The Cardinals began the day with a 2 ½-game lead over Milwaukee in the division. By the end of the […]
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A majority of Americans have long opposed impeaching President Trump. Whether that will change, and what happens if it doesn’t, are some of many factors that will shape the political consequences for both parties. The risk to Democrats had been straightforward: With impeachment so unpopular, pursuing it would turn the nation’s attention to a rare
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Millennials are a burned-out bunch. Millennial workers are more likely than older generations to report being burned out at work, according to a 2018 Gallup study. The gig economy, the temptations of social media and the high expectations millennials have of themselves contribute to this trend, behavioral finance experts say. Add to that record student
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Producer Naughty Boy is best known for working with some of the world’s biggest music artists. Last week his mum received a diagnosis for dementia after having a stroke in 2017. As part of BBC Music Day, he spoke to the Victoria Derbyshire programme for the first time about its impact and how music is
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Image copyright Joanna Sim Image caption Joanna Sim is part of a passionate Peloton tribe Joanna Sim is a self-confessed member of the Peloton cult. She gets up at 05:00 for the company’s classes. She writes about them on her blog for working parents. She doesn’t just like Peloton, she says, she loves it. “It’s
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There are far fewer nuclear weapons now than at the height of the Cold War and the major nuclear powers have all signed up to the principle of disarmament. But there are other countries that possess nuclear weapons which have not signed up to any arms control treaties. And with fears of a renewed nuclear
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SEATTLE — Alexa has already made herself at home in kitchen and living rooms. Now Amazon is trying to get her in your ears. And on your face. And in your bathroom. And maybe — someday — on your dog. In a flurry of announcements on Wednesday, Amazon unveiled the latest additions to the growing
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Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán’s administrative leave under Major League Baseball‘s domestic violence policy has been extended through the World Series. Germán was placed on leave for seven days last Thursday. MLB and the players’ association agreed to the extension on Wednesday, which ends Germán’s season. Germán is being investigated for an alleged domestic violence incident
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In 1961, he and Tad Szulc of The Times were the only two reporters who accompanied Walter Reuther, the president of the United Auto Workers, to Cuba when he was sent there by the White House to negotiate a prisoner exchange after the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion. The reporters were given a tour of
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Ashton Kutcher is keeping his mouth shut when it comes to ex-wife Demi Moore’s upcoming memoir ― at least to some degree. Even as Moore has been talking about “Inside Out” ― including its revelations about Kutcher’s infidelity, the former couple’s threesomes, a devastating miscarriage and their eventual breakup ― Kutcher has maintained his silence. Until Tuesday, when the
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