Mookie Betts could be the final piece needed for the Dodgers to finally claim their first World Series title since 1988. The Dodgers just hope they get more than one shot at it with the superstar outfielder. Coming off 106 regular-season wins and a seventh straight NL West title, the Dodgers are again a title...
A US Army soldier died during a non-combat related incident in Afghanistan, the Department of Defense announced Thursday. Spc. Branden Tyme Kimball, 21, of Central Point, Oregon, died Wednesday during an incident at Bagram Airfield, the largest US military base in Afghanistan. The incident remains under investigation, military officials said. Kimball had been assigned to...
BERLIN — A German man’s marriage proposal got a bigger audience than he had planned after it showed up on an aerial picture used by Google Maps. The German news agency dpa reported Wednesday that 32-year-old part-time farmer Steffen Schwarz used a machine to plant a field of corn in such a way that the...
Tesla’s share price hit the brakes Thursday after the electric-car maker said it plans to sell about $2 billion in additional stock. Tesla shares had dropped 3.3 percent in premarket trading to $741.80 as of 9:09 a.m. after the Silicon Valley-based company announced the new common stock sale. Tesla said it will use proceeds from...
The first NCAA Tournament committee rankings were released last weekend as we move quickly toward Selection Sunday. Fans and experts alike anticipate that moment each year, but bettors generally should ignore rankings of these types. Teams’ true strengths and capabilities of winning a national championship are better reflected in the title odds offered by sportsbooks...
President Trump and Michael Bloomberg traded sharp jabs on Twitter Thursday, with the commander in chief ripping the Democratic presidential candidate as a “loser,” prompting the former Big Apple mayor to describe him as a “barking clown.” “Mini Mike is a 5’4” mass of dead energy who does not want to be on the debate...
The protagonist is a two-timing jerk.
A defensive Joe Biden insisted in a phone call with supporters that his current standing in the Democratic primary remained strong — despite his disappointing showings in the first-in-the-nation contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, according to a report. “I want you to know that things haven’t changed in terms of responses we’re getting, in...
The Liev Schreiber drama will either come back for a few final episodes or a movie to lay the characters to rest, Page Six can reveal.
TAMPA — Add Aroldis Chapman to the list of officially aggrieved — and suspicious — pinstriped parties. The Yankees’ closer, speaking publicly for the first time since the night that he surrendered Jose Aluve’s pennant-winning homer last October, shares many of the doubts and pains that many teammates already have voiced. Start, naturally, with that...
It’s mass hiss-teria. Cat owners in China have shared photos in social media of their felines sporting makeshift masks to ward off the deadly coronavirus. The World Health Organization has said there is no evidence to indicate that the virus – which has killed more than 1,300 people and infected well over 50,000 – can...
UFC legend BJ Penn is being investigated for possible drunk driving after flipping his car at high speed in Hawaii, according to police. The troubled Hall of Famer was driving alone when he flipped his black Toyota Tacoma truck into an embankment off a highway in Hilo last Friday night, Hawaii Island Police revealed Wednesday....
"Now he understands how to use the full powers of the presidency," Bannon added. "The pearl-clutchers better get used to it."
Jameis Winston wants to see his future as clearly as possible. The 26-year-old Buccaneers quarterback underwent LASIK surgery to repair his vision ahead of free agency, with spokesperson Denise White telling ESPN on Tuesday: “Jameis did not want to count out any options that he had that could possibly help him with the game he...
Dr. Van Koinis advocated for homeopathic remedies, say cops, and "it was well known that people opposed to vaccination could go to him.”
A defect in the device can cause dosing errors and lead to seizures or even death.
Oh, baby! Does your child have what it takes to be the cherubic face of Gerber? For the 10th year in a row, the childhood nutrition giant is searching for its national “spokesbaby.” “Parents or legal guardians of children from birth to 48 months are encouraged to submit their little one’s photo and story on...
As a result of an apparent computer glitch, officials thought centenarian Giovanni Palmiero was a 1-year-old toddler.
A man slashed a 19-year-old girl in the head during an unprovoked attack on a Bronx subway car, cops said. The teen was on a northbound 6 train at 138th Street in Mott Haven at around 10 p.m. Wednesday, when she noticed the man acting erratically and staring at her, police said. Uncomfortable, she got...
The American boss of one of Britain’s biggest banks is being investigated over his ties to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, it emerged Thursday. Barclays chief executive Jes Staley, 64, insists he only had a “professional relationship” with Epstein — but maintained contact with him for several years, even after he was convicted of having sex...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed Democratic presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg's response to leaked audio from a 2015 speech where he unapologetically defended his controversial "stop-and-frisk" policy, which targeted young men of color.
Coronavirus is spreading rapidly on the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan — with 44 more people diagnosed with the infectious disease, authorities confirmed Thursday. A total of 218 people are confirmed infected on the ship, out of the 713 people tested since it entered Yokohama Port on Feb. 3 —...
China accounted for more than three-quarters of last year's growth in global oil demand and, before the deadly outbreak, was expected to drive over a third of this year's expansion.
The company plans to reemerge as a privately held company.
Some of the coronavirus testing kits distributed to state labs around the US do not work properly, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.