Marlins outfielder JT Riddle wiped out two months of frustration with one swing of the bat. Riddle hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning, Zac Gallen was effective in his major league debut and Miami beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-6 on Thursday night. Brian Anderson also went deep and drove in two runs […]
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U.S. home sales jumped 2.5% in May, as lower mortgage rates appeared to help buyers overcome affordability challenges. The National Association of Realtors said Friday that existing homes sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.34 million last month, up from 5.21 million in April. The recent gains likely came from reduced borrowing costs
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Image copyright Bradford Literature Festival Image caption The Bradford Literature Festival is due to begin on 28 June Six authors have pulled out of a literature festival after discovering the event received funding from a government counter-extremism scheme. Bradford Literature Festival receives money from the Home Office’s Building a Stronger Britain Together project. Poet Suhaiymah
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The Bank of England’s governor has explained how Facebook’s plans for a new digital currency could be controlled. Mark Carney told Today that the major banks and financial institutions would need to have “direct regulatory oversight”, and it couldn’t be owned by Facebook or a group of technology companies. Facebook unveiled details about Libra this
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In Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s Barcelona, the well-trodden capital of Spain’s Catalonia region, there is still much to discover beneath the surface. “Treasures beneath the noise” are how the best-selling novelist, whose books present a vivid portrait of his native Barcelona, describes frequent haunts in his hometown. ImageCarlos Ruiz Zafón, the Barcelona-born, best-selling novelistCreditIsolde Ohlbaum The
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British Prime Minister Theresa May’s office suspended Foreign Office Minister Mark Field on Friday while an investigation takes place into his treatment of a climate change protester at the gala Mansion House dinner. The City of London Police, the Cabinet Office and the governing Conservative Party are all investigating the incident that took place Thursday
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After being chosen first by the New Orleans Pelicans, as expected, the former Duke star got emotional. Cause, well … Mom. “My mom sacrificed a lot for me,” a tearful Williamson said in an ESPN interview, below. “I wouldn’t be here without my mom. She did everything for me. I just want to thank her.
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionHow vaccines and herd immunity works Vaccines have saved tens of millions of lives in the past century, yet a huge worldwide study revealed there is a growing hesitancy against vaccination. Experts warn public mistrust of vaccines means the world is taking a step backwards in the
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Trainspotting’s sequel was filmed in Edinburgh in 2016 Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle has ruled out a third instalment of the Trainspotting films “at the moment”. The original 1996 movie, based on Edinburgh author Irvine Welsh’s novel, was followed up by a sequel in 2017. At the Scottish premiere of
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Image copyright ardenpersonnel_jobs/Instagram Image caption Meet Penny and Champ, a West Highland White Terrier and a Maltese/miniature Poodle mix You know why you clicked on this link. You are here because you want to see some funny pictures of dogs looking serious and standing on keyboards. Well, we have got them, but we have also
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