SEATTLE — Andrew Benintendi has seen it from the other side. The Yankees’ new outfielder was on the field at Yankee Stadium celebrating clinching the American League East — and the AL Division Series — in 2018 with the Red Sox. Friday, however, will be the first time he heads back into Fenway Park to face…
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In high school, Emi Nietfeld won writing awards that earned her local press coverage. From there, it was on to Harvard and then a job as a software engineer at Google. It sounds great on the surface, but the story as she writes about it was anything but. Nietfeld’s parents split when she was young,…
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Though Los Bukis disbanded more than quarter century ago, their music continues to provide a vibrant soundtrack for generations of Latino families who still play the band’s songs at weddings, backyard parties, on road trips and at just about any other type of family gathering. In 2021, the regional Mexican band announced that it would…
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As many continue fretting about Francisco Lindor’s batting average — which is also trending upward — the Mets’ indefatigable shortstop has shown up to the ballpark every single day and reclaimed his spot as one of the best all-around players in baseball. Lindor finally gets a break on Thursday, as a Mets’ off day is…
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By Patrick Clark | Bloomberg US mortgage rates rose back above 5%, ratcheting up pressure on the cooling housing market. The average for a 30-year loan increased to 5.22% from 4.99% last week, Freddie Mac said Thursday in a statement. That’s the first increase since July 21. This year’s rise in borrowing costs has started…
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The Chicago Cubs are playing out the string in the 2022 season, just as they were doing this time last yea after selling off their stars. It’s something fans are getting used to again after six straight years of watching contending teams, and something most fans expect will happen again next August. So what’s the…
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Prices at the wholesale level fell from June to July, the first month-to-month drop in more than two years and a sign that some of the U.S. economy’s inflationary pressures cooled last month. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that the producer price index — which…
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By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and FAY ABUELGASIM | Associated Press BEIRUT — A Lebanese man with a shotgun took up to 10 employees and customers hostage at a Beirut bank Thursday and threatened to set himself on fire with gasoline unless he was allowed to withdraw some of his trapped savings to pay his father’s medical…
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I was recently asked to identify a bug that I had not personally seen before. This led me down an internet rabbit hole where I learned all I wanted to know about the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB). Now I feel like I should share my newfound knowledge with my readers. The brown marmorated stink…
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When it comes to making homes more environmentally friendly, there’s a growing catalog of resources and financial incentives to help property owners install solar panels, tear out lawns or add charging stations for electric vehicles. Nearly half of the homes in California now are rentals, though. And experts say complex legal, practical and political issues…
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