Happy, happy tag team: Cubs’ Maddon sees no evil, White Sox’ Renteria hears none
The two managers are very different people, but they’re similar in at least one regard: Nobody cheers on his team the way these guys do.
The two managers are very different people, but they’re similar in at least one regard: Nobody cheers on his team the way these guys do.
We're used to seeing video of police shooting either unarmed or non-threatening persons — not with this one.
What a difference a few hours make. When the fight world awoke on Friday morning, UFC 223 was headlined by a tantalizing lightweight title fight between the Dagestani destroyer Khabib Nurmagomedov (25-0) and UFC featherweight champion Max Holloway (19-3). Now, No. 11 ranked Al Iaquinta is going to be fighting Nurmagomedov in a five-round main...
Conor McGregor was arraigned in a Brooklyn courtroom Friday on four charges related to an attack on a bus a day prior at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Republican Representative Blake Farenthold of Texas, who announced in December that he would not seek reelection, abruptly resigned amid misconduct allegations.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Embattled Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt met with President Donald Trump on Friday to lay out his case for why he should remain in his post amid a stream of questions about his ethical standing.
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U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, a Republican of Texas, has resigned, effective Friday. Farenthold had been under scrutiny over allegations of sexual harassment and reports that he used $84,000 in taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment claim by a former communications director filed in 2014. He had declared last year he would not seek reelection this year.
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Considering that so many ’90s shows, beauty looks and toys are back in vogue, it’s not much surprise that parents-to-be are turning to the decade of grunge for their baby-name inspiration as well. Читать дальше...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas National Guard says it is preparing to deploy to the U.S.-Mexico border in response to a call from President Donald Trump. The Texas Military Department, the umbrella agency over the Texas' National Guard branches, said on its Twitter account that it would hold a Friday night news conference on the deployment. Further details were not immediately available. Trump told reporters Thursday that he wants to send between 2,000 and 4,000 National Guard members to the border... Читать дальше...
Pete Vuckovich’s consistency contributed to his American League Cy Young Award season in 1982. Teammate Gorman Thomas had a consistent remark for Vuckovich after each of his victories that season. After Vuckovich went the distance in the Brewers’ 4-3, 11-inning victory over the Boston Red Sox on September 20, Thomas uttered the same remark to Vuckovich for the 18th time that season: “You’re the worst, Vukie. You’re the worst.”1
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According to the Washington Post, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulled off the largest single workplace raid on illegal aliens in a decade last night. Federal officials arrested 97 immigrants at a meat-processing plant in rural Tennessee late Thursday in what civil rights organizations said was the largest single workplace raid in a decade and […]
Читать дальше...It is common for people to remove their false teeth at night – but Jayne Hardman takes off her nose. After her dog jumped up and knocked its head into her face, the injury led doctors to diagnose a rare and potentially deadly auto-immune disease. They had no option but to remove her nose and...
FAYETTEVILLE (KFSM) — A Level 3 sex offender who disappeared from Northwest Arkansas last summer has been arrested in Mexico, according to U.S. Marshals. Stephen D. Morais was wanted for failure to register as a sex offender and violating probation. He had been missing since July 2017. Morais pleaded guilty in 2011 to two federal counts of downloading child pornography. He was sentenced to 97 months in prison followed by a life time of supervised release, according to federal court documents. […]
RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Richmond The Water Heater Experts Ford Fusion -- CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE SEASON SO FAR? “It’s been a good year for our team. I think Ford, in general, obvious has a ton of speed. It’s nice to be in that camp. We’d like to get a win on the Penske side. When Ford is winning it’s helping everybody. We’re really close. We just need to close that little bit of a gap to beat the best cars out there. We’re getting there. I thought we had potential in first practice today. We’ll see where we’ll qualify. Читать дальше...
World champion Marc Marquez shrugged off the showers to set the best time in Friday practice for the Argentina MotoGP.
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If you ever think there's nothing to dance to, you aren't looking hard enough.
Читать дальше...Kimi Raikkonen tops the leaderboard ahead of Ferrari teammate Sebastian Vettel in the second practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unwilling to yield, President Donald Trump and China's government escalated their trade clash Friday, with Beijing vowing to "counterattack with great strength" if Trump follows through on threats to impose tariffs on an additional $100 billion in Chinese goods. Trump made his out-of-the-blue move when China threatened to retaliate for the first round of tariffs planned by the United States. But for someone who has long fashioned himself as a master negotiator, Trump left it unclear... Читать дальше...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unwilling to yield, President Donald Trump and China's government escalated their trade clash Friday, with Beijing vowing to "counterattack with great strength" if Trump follows through on threats to impose tariffs on an additional $100 billion in Chinese goods. Trump made his out-of-the-blue move when China threatened to retaliate for the first round of tariffs planned by the United States. But for someone who has long fashioned himself as a master negotiator, Trump left it unclear... Читать дальше...
A real estate trust that has a nearly 50 percent stake in 666 Fifth Avenue, the beleaguered Manhattan tower largely owned by Jared Kushner’s family business, has a “handshake” deal to sell its stake to Kushner Cos., Bloomberg reported Friday.
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A Mathieu Debuchy own goal earned 10-man Paris Saint-Germain a fortuitous 1-1 draw against a Saint-Etienne side that had the measure of the runaway Ligue 1 leaders for much of Friday's frantic encounter at the Stade Geoffrey-Guichard.
Читать дальше...U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened tariffs on an additional $100 billion worth of Chinese goods, on top of the $50 billion in import taxes he already has proposed against Beijing. Though none of the tariffs have taken effect, it's the latest posturing in a trade dispute that some fear could escalate into a trade war. How did this all start? For decades, Trump has complained about China's trade practices. One of his main complaints is what he calls Beijing's theft of U.S. intellectual property. Читать дальше...
Cherah is just a few days old, but she is already a favorite at the Denver Zoo.
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Here's today's Friday news dump: Blake Farenthold, the embattled Republican Congressman famous for his harassment of staffers and duckie PJs, has decided to leave Congress immediately rather than waiting for the midterms.
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