The Los Angeles Dodgers needed a one-game playoff to win the NL West last year. That appears to have been an aberration. After six straight victories, the Dodgers now lead the division by 13 games, and that’s a little more in line with their norm of late. Los Angeles has won the last six NL […]
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There is “absolutely no evidence” Russia influenced the Brexit result using Facebook, the company’s vice-president, Sir Nick Clegg, has said. The former deputy PM told the Today programme the company had carried out analyses of its data and found no “significant attempt” by outside forces to sway the vote. Instead, he argued that “the roots
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Santa Anita’s troubled racing season has come to a close after the deaths of 30 horses at the Southern California track rattled the industry and led to Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer being banned when four of his horses were among the casualties. There were no incidents during morning training hours or in the
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Chinese and U.S. trade negotiators are in contact on ways of resolving disputes ahead of an expected meeting between their heads of state at the G-20 summit in Japan later this week, a Chinese official said Monday. The sides were seeking to “consolidate the important consensus reached between the two leaders” in a telephone call
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Yesenia D’Alessandro loaded a GPS tracking app on her cellphone and trudged into a remote Hawaii forest, joining more than 100 other volunteers looking for a missing hiker. She climbed through muddy ravines, crossed streams and faced steep drop-offs in the thick tangle of trees and ferns where her college friend Amanda Eller vanished last
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J.P. Crawford felt his trade to Seattle would give him the opportunity to be an everyday shortstop — hopefully as part of what the Mariners hope to build long-term. His recent performance is backing up Seattle’s belief in the 24-year-old. “I like his demeanor, how he’s carrying himself on the field. He’s been really good,”
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Will Smith had seen fellow Los Angeles Dodgers rookies Matt Beaty and Alex Verdugo deliver walk-off homers during their weekend series against the Colorado Rockies. Hours after being called up from the minors on Sunday, it was Smith’s turn to join the fun. The rookie catcher connected for a pinch-hit, three-run homer with two outs
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• The White House unveiled the economic portion of its Middle East peace plan, pledging to improve the lot of the Palestinians. The 38-page plan sets ambitious goals, but there are no concrete dollar commitments from the United States. • President Trump on Saturday delayed plans for nationwide raids to deport undocumented families, but he
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Shares were wavering in Asia on Monday as investors watched for movement in the China-U.S. trade dispute ahead of a meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping planned for later this week in Osaka, Japan, at the Group of 20 summit. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index gained 0.2% to 21,302.38 while in Hong Kong the
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Image copyright Deborah Feingold Image caption Judith Krantz’s memoir, Sex and Shopping, was published in 2000 The author Judith Krantz, who found success by writing about “sex and shopping”, has died in California aged 91. Krantz wrote her first novel, Scruples, at the age of 50. The nine that followed all embraced a similar formula
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