It was not long ago that the baseball world cast an eye of confused suspicion on the Yankees. That was before the 32-13 start that’s caused the haters to clam up. But an offseason without any superstar acquisitions felt peculiar, especially as the Yankees could have, theoretically, taken their pick of any of the available…
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By Nora Neus and Melissa Alonso, CNN An 11-year-old survivor of the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, feared the gunman would come back for her so she smeared herself in her friend’s blood and played dead. Miah Cerrillo spoke exclusively to CNN about her horrific experience that day inside the classroom where the…
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY | The Associated Press Twitter shareholders have filed a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of engaged in “unlawful conduct” aimed at sowing doubt about his bid to buy the social media company. The lawsuit filed late Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California claims the billionaire Tesla CEO…
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[Breaking news update, 12:36 p.m. ET] While a gunman slaughtered children inside locked adjoining classrooms in a Texas elementary school, a group of 19 law enforcement officers stood in a hallway outside and took no action as they waited for more equipment, a state law enforcement official said Friday. “The on-scene commander at that time…
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New research by a team of San Francisco scientists is raising questions about the usefulness of a new omicron-specific COVID vaccine for next fall, as the virus quickly evolves and the risk of illness is likely to soar. The study, published in the journal Nature, offers growing evidence that federal policymakers must make a tough…
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Despite point guard Kyle Lowry being limited by a balky hamstring and despite a shooting slump by guard Max Strus, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said after his team’s morning shootaround that there would be no lineup change for Friday night’s Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals at TD Garden. “These are tough decisions.…
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ST. PETERSBURG — It’s like reunion week for the Yankees. A day after promoting one-time top prospect Manny Banuelos, the Bombers signed Shane Greene, who was their 2013 Minor League Player of the Year, to a minor league deal on Thursday. Greene had a decent rookie season in pinstripes, but was a cornerstone in the…
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“Mailbag” offers insight into comments and emails I get from my readers — good, bad or in-between — and my thoughts about their feedback. Inbox: Readers think I’m missing a big piece of the highest-in-four-decades inflation story: politics. The feedback runs from “the real root cause of this hellish inflation is due to the policies…
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LOS ANGELES — An active-duty Camp Pendleton Marine is expected to plead guilty Friday to federal charges alleging a “sextortion” campaign to obtain sexual images of women from his former hometown of Torrance. Johao Chavarri, 25, of Oceanside, has agreed to enter his plea to three counts of stalking, which carries a total sentence of…
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Eric Garcetti’s parents are trying to get him a job. There’s nothing wrong with that, but the situation here is unusual, because Eric Garcetti is the mayor of Los Angeles, and he has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as ambassador to India. That’s the job Garcetti’s parents, former Los Angeles District Attorney…
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