There’s something about a City Series game that brings out the best in everyone. A good-natured rivalry, the availability of $14 beers and Chicagoans’ love of a spirited argument always seem to put fans in the right mood. “You’ll see maybe one fight in the outfield and the bleachers once in a while,” White Sox…
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By TOM MURPHY COVID-19 vaccines and tests for the virus continue to boost CVS Health and the health care giant raised its annual forecast after yet another strong quarter. The drugstore chain and pharmacy benefit manager also processed more prescriptions and added customers to its health insurance business in a better-than-expected performance. The company said…
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London is taking the Giants back to face the Pack. The Giants will take on Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers on Oct. 9 at 9:30 a.m. ET at Tottenham Stadium, a source tells the Daily News. The Packers will be the home team. This will be the Giants’ third ever trip to London and their…
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With many analysts nationally categorizing the 2022 season a “prove-it” season for Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, any failure of his to prove whatever “it” is could reinsert the Dolphins into pursuit of a quarterback next offseason. The Dolphins took a hard stance this offseason of backing Tagovailoa after previously flirting with the Houston Texans…
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By CHINEDU ASADU MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic extremist rebels have killed at least seven people in an attack in northeast Borno state in Nigeria, witnesses told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The rebels attacked Kautukari village in the Chibok area of Borno on Tuesday evening, said residents. The attack happened at the same time…
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By JILL LAWLESS and PETER MORRISON BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Ever since Northern Ireland was founded as a Protestant-majority state a century ago, its governments have been led by unionist politicians who defined themselves as British. But if opinion polls are right, an election Thursday will see Sinn Fein, an Irish nationalist party that…
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By JON GAMBRELL and CARA ANNA LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces pounded targets across Ukraine, taking aim at supply lines for foreign weapons in the west and intensifying an offensive in the east, as the European Union moved Wednesday to further punish Moscow for the war with a proposed ban on oil imports. The…
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The basketball pedigree is as a Texas Longhorn. But had there been a move in another sporting direction, P.J. Tucker apparently would have been embraced as a Clemson Tiger. At least that’s the impression created amid these Eastern Conference semifinals by Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney. No sooner had Tucker’s relentless hustle as an undersized…
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At that hour, John Bradish figured the phone call from his son, Kyle, could only deliver one of two extremes — relaying good or bad news that couldn’t wait — and both possibilities played through his mind. That’s the role of a parent, hoping for the best yet tensing for the worst. So when the…
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Q: Ira, I wasn’t one of those ready to run off Duncan Robinson because of the success we have had with him in the lineup. And I’m not now. I know he has his flaws, but he deserves his minutes. – Steve. A: But so do several players who have had to make such sacrifices…
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