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It is the end of a wild career for MLB umpire Angel Hernandez, who announced his retirement late Monday night. Hernandez last worked on May 9, and now, it seems to make sense why he had been off the field for nearly three weeks before suddenly calling it a career. Reports say that Hernandez and Major League Baseball reached a …

Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti is in the same boat as Gordon Hayward – the trade for the NBA veteran did not go as planned. Presti spoke at an end-of-season news conference on Tuesday following his team’s loss to the Dallas Mavericks in the second round of the NBA Playoffs, where he took the blame for the trade he …

Tyronn Lue recently wrapped up his fourth season as head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers. After finishing the 2023-24 regular season with 51 wins, the most under Lue, the team was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for a second consecutive season. But Lue appeared to remain highly respected within the Clippers organization. Shortly after the Clippers …

China will send two young giant pandas to Washington, the National Zoo said on Wednesday, months after the zoo returned three of the bears amid heightened tensions between the two global superpowers. The announcement follows increased engagement between Washington and Beijing that has put ties on a steadier footing since relations hit historic lows last year. China’s ambassador to the …

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised to institute a national service requirement should the Conservative Party win the general election on July 4. “The appeal of the idea is particularly geared to more right wing voters who might have been leaning to vote for the Reform Party and may now switch back to Conservative,” Alan Mendoza, co-founder and executive …

World War Two U.S. Army veteran Jake Larson is 101 years old and a survivor of D-Day, history’s largest amphibious invasion on June 6, 1944, and he is heading to France for the 80th anniversary to honor the brothers-in-arms who did not make it home. Sitting in his home in Martinez, California, alongside photos and mementos from his years in …

Riley Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer, has been outspoken about transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sports. Gaines, an OutKick contributor who hosts the “Gaines for Girls” podcast and is the director of the Riley Gaines Center at the Leadership Institute, spoke with a group of middle school girls who recently pulled out of a track and field competition due to …

Another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone went down in Yemen, images purported to show Wednesday, as Yemen’s Houthi rebels continued attacks on shipping around the Red Sea over the Israel-Hamas war. The Houthis released footage they said showed the aircraft being targeted with a surface-to-air missile in a desert region of Yemen’s central Marib province. It marked the third-such downing this …

The top U.S. health official said on Wednesday it would be “tragic” for the world to miss out on key reforms to the global pandemic response and that a treaty deal was within reach, with no major differences between negotiators. Health officials are meeting in Geneva this week to try to wrap up more than two years of negotiations on …

Tempers reached a boiling point during a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants Wednesday. During one plate appearance, Bryce Harper became visibly upset after he was buzzed by a pair of fastballs. Players emerged from their respective dugouts after Giants pitcher Kyle Harrison threw back-to-back fastballs high and inside. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM …