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3 minor league players suspended

TheRepublic.com 

NEW YORK — Three minor league players have been suspended following their violations of the minor league drug prevention and treatment program. The commissioner’s office announced the penalties Friday. Orioles minor league outfielder Markel Jones, who is on the roster of the Class A Aberdeen IronBirds of the New York-Penn League, has received a 50-game

Hill Democrats weigh strategies to link GOP to Trump’s controversial ‘both sides’ comments

GantDaily.com 

Congressional Democrats plan to relentlessly hammer President Donald Trump’s controversial comments arguing that “both sides” were responsible after a protest led by white supremacists in Charlottesville resulted in the death of a young women and ignited a national firestorm. Republican lawmakers across the ideological spectrum have publicly criticized the President. But Democrats are pushing efforts […]

Anticipating protests, Boston hopes to prevent another Charlottesville

PBS.org 

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HARI SREENIVASAN: Echoes of last weekend’s protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, continued to reverberate today.

Counterprotesters took to the streets in Durham, North Carolina, even before a rumored white supremacist march got under way there. And in Boston, police and city officials are preparing the city for a self-titled free speech demonstration slated for tomorrow.

John Yang takes it from here.

JOHN YANG: Thanks, Hari.

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Driver critically burned in car outside Bronx Zoo

New York Post 

An upstate man is in critical condition after his truck went up in flames in front of the Bronx Zoo, police sources said Friday. The 29-year-old victim, from Carmel, was in his 2005 Chevrolet alone at the zoo’s front entrance on Fordham Road when the truck went ablaze just after 8 p.m. Thursday. He suffered...

Chicago Cubs place Jon Lester on disabled list

United Press International (UPI.com) 

The Chicago Cubs placed left-hander Jon Lester on the 10-day disabled list Friday with left lat tightness and shoulder fatigue, but the injury is not expected to be season-ending.

Low Price Is the Only Winner in Retail

WSJ.com 

It might seem like the most basic retail maxim, but the second-quarter drilled it home for investors: low prices matter. The only winners in an otherwise bleak retail landscape were the ones offering the lowest ones.

Weigh-In Results: Crawford 140, Indongo 139

Bad Left Hook 

We're good to go for an undisputed title unification!

Terence Crawford and Julius Indongo just hit the scales ahead of tomorrow night's 140lb undisputed unification match. The fight will be aired live on ESPN starting at 10pm ET and on Sky Sports across the pond. Both fighters hold two of the four major titles and tomorrow's fight is for all the marbles.

Julius Indongo hit the scale first and weighed-in at 139 pounds even. Terence Crawford was up next and weighed-in at 140 on the button. Читать дальше...

‘Conjuring’ Universe Surpasses $1 Billion at Global Box Office

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

New Line Cinema’s “Annabelle: Creation” has taken the “Conjuring” universe past the $1 billion benchmark at the global box office, the studio announced Friday. “We are thrilled with the success of ‘Annabelle: Creation’ and enormously proud to continue bringing this hugely popular ‘Conjuring’ franchise to theaters everywhere,” said Sue Kroll, president of worldwide marketing and distribution at Warner Bros. “We congratulate our colleagues at New Line Cinema, our astute marketing and distribution teams... Читать дальше...

Tree-dwelling cannibals thought they were only humans on Earth

New York Post 

These incredible images reveal Indonesia’s tree-dwelling cannibal tribe who had no idea other people existed until the 1970s. The pictures show the Korowai people of West Papua in Indonesia building their treehouses, marching off to hunt and carrying their children in huge nets over their shoulders. Other striking shots show one tribesman with an enormous...

Calif. mass murderer escapes death penalty

United Press International (UPI.com) 

The man responsible for Orange County, Calif.'s, deadliest mass shooting avoided the death penalty because of prosecutorial misconduct allegations.





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