Corey Seager didn’t question the San Francisco Giants’ strategy of avoiding the National League’s most dangerous hitter. He just made sure it backfired. Seager had three of his four hits and three of his four RBIs following intentional walks to Cody Bellinger, and the Los Angeles Dodgers went on to beat the Giants 7-2 on […]
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On the heels of the black arts movement of the 1980s, Iniva (The Institute of International Visual Arts) was founded to create a space for black artists ignored by the mainstream art world. The core of Iniva as an arts organisation is the Stuart Hall Library. Named after the renowned British-Jamaican cultural theorist, the Stuart
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A man has been convicted of murder in a drug-related robbery killing in Las Vegas after initially being identified as a suspect because a friend of the victim thought to check and preserve a Snapchat message. Interested in Snapchat? Add Snapchat as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Snapchat news, video,
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A look at what’s happening around the majors Sunday: KEEP IT COOL Royals right-hander Glenn Sparkman pitches against the White Sox at Kauffman Stadium — in his last outing, he was ejected for hitting Chicago sparkplug Tim Anderson in the helmet with a pitch. Sparkman was tossed in the second inning on May 29 in
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Tony Rodham, Hillary Clinton’s youngest brother, who helped the Clintons in their presidential endeavors but also drew unwelcome controversy, died on Friday. Mrs. Clinton announced his death on Twitter on Saturday, but no other details were given. “It’s hard to find words, my mind is flooded with memories of him today,” wrote Mrs. Clinton, the
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Image copyright Adam Fradgley/ DKMS Image caption Gary Hodges and Karen Scoldock call each other brother and sister, after she donated the stem cells which saved his life Blood cancer is the fifth most common type of cancer in the UK with someone being diagnosed every 20 minutes, according to charity DKMS. Only a third
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Image copyright Aitor Throup As 21st Century rock ‘n’ roll names go, they don’t come much bigger in the UK than Serge Pizzorno. Over the past 15 years his tub-thumping band Kasabian have been selling out stadiums and headlining festivals like Glastonbury. The guitarist/singer’s name has also been synonymous with wonder goals at Soccer Aid
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Everybody loves Warren: At the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting If what goes up, must come down, it stands to reason that a professional stockpicker can’t get it right all the time. Sooner or later, the fairy dust evaporates, as Neil Woodford found out this week when he was forced
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In the small Japanese town of Otsuchi, 2,000 residents were lost in the tsunami in 2011. One resident, who had already been grieving his cousin before the tsunami hit, had the idea of placing an old phone booth at the bottom of his garden with a disconnected rotary phone. He would ring his cousin’s number
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New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and wife Brittany are battling a California jeweler over the value of diamonds they claim they purchased for more than $15 million as an investment. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports the diamonds were displayed when trial of the couple’s lawsuit against Vihad Moradi and CJ Charles jewelers began Thursday.
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