There was some new drama related to new MLB uniforms Tuesday afternoon when Detroit Tigers left fielder Riley Greene split his pants sliding into home. The uniform mishap happened during Detroit’s ninth-inning rally when Greene was rounding the bases from second. Sliding into home, Greene’s pants appeared to burst open at the seam, revealing his compression pants. The Detroit Tigers’ …
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The Boston Celtics are tied for the most NBA championships in history and on Tuesday they added another chapter in their history against the Milwaukee Bucks. The Celtics became the first team in NBA history to not shoot a free throw during a game. Boston and Milwaukee combined to shoot only two free throws – thanks to Giannis Antetokounmpo’s two …
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New York Yankees legend Mariano Rivera expressed his belief that former President Donald Trump could knock it out of the park if he is elected as president in November, and he endorsed him on Tuesday. Rivera appeared on WABC Radio’s “Sid & Friends” with Sid Rosenberg and said he would vote for his friend in a presumptive race against President …
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Colombia’s influential former President Álvaro Uribe on Wednesday denounced as “political vengeance” a move by national prosecutors to bring him to trial in a case of witness tampering that has shadowed his legacy. Uribe insisted in a video message that there was no evidence against him, a day after prosecutors announced their intention to formally charge Uribe with bribery of …
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GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss government Wednesday announced steps to bolster its “too big to fail” rules aimed at avoiding potentially disastrous fallout from banking sector turmoil after woes last year at Credit Suisse before it was taken over by rival UBS. Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter told reporters that the measures will aim to protect taxpayers — who were briefly …
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President Biden will meet this week with his Philippine counterpart as the nation continues to face increasing tension over territorial disputes with China, with plans to discuss joint patrols of the region. “Joint patrols are something that we’ve already discussed extensively with Japan and the United States,” Philippines Ambassador to the U.S. Jose Manuel Romualdez told reporters in a briefing …
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Scottie Scheffler enters the 2024 Masters Tournament as the world’s top ranked pro golfer and one of the favorites to earn the iconic green jacket on Sunday. His close friend and fellow American golfer Sam Burns will also compete at Augusta National Golf Club this week. While Scheffler won the prestigious tournament in 2022, and Burns’ best finish was last …
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NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly half a century after Francis Ford Coppola won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or, he will return to the French Riviera festival to premiere his self-financed epic “Megalopolis.” The premiere was confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday by a person close to the project who requested anonymity because they weren’t authorized to make the …
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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate and activist Ales Bialiatski marked his 1,000th day in prison in Belarus on Tuesday amid increasing fears about his deteriorating health, his wife said. Natalia Pinchuk told The Associated Press that Bialiatski has remained in solitary confinement for the past half year despite his chronic illnesses. 12 LAWYERS DETAINED AS BELARUS CRACKS …
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A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced three people to up to life in prison for leading people into the woods of northern Russia and murdering them in what were described as satanic rituals, Russia’s Investigative Committee said. A committee statement said Andrei Tregubenko was given a life sentence in connection with three killings. He and a woman, Olga Bolsakova — …
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