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Turns out NL East has 1 good team, not 4
Before the 2019 regular season started there were 30 teams who had at least some optimism. In the NL East, that included the Atlanta Braves, Washington Nationals, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets. As spring training ended, all four of those teams appeared to have a shot at the division....
Trump signs order imposing new sanctions on Iran, warns U.S. restraint is limitedVideo
President Trump, warning that U.S. “restraint” has limits, signed an executive order Monday imposing additional economic sanctions on Iran in apparent retaliation for the downing of a U.S. drone last week. Trump said the new “hard-hitting” sanctions will deny Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and other top officials access...
6 ways to celebrate Anthony Bourdain on Bourdain Day
It started with an Instagram post. Two of the world’s most prominent chefs, Éric Ripert and José Andrés, stood smiling on camera to proclaim a new holiday. “On June 25, we all are going to celebrate the birthday of our dear friend and beloved Anthony Bourdain,” Ripert says in the...
Kardashian-Jenners’ social media accounts have eclipsed TV show
Since its inception, social media has served as a dumping ground for even the most fleeting of feelings. Snapchat stories and the Instagram equivalent present an opportunity for people to vent on camera and then forget that it ever happened a mere 24 hours later. Facebook’s status update box prompts...
When that ‘rock’ is actually a horseshoe crab and the beach becomes a respite from the city
DEWEY BEACH, Delaware - It’s become a rite of summer, at least for children who have grown up near one of Washington, D.C.’s best-known dives. For the past 22 years, Bill Duggan, the owner of Madam’s Organ, has been rounding up kids - and now the kids of kids who...
Trump struggles to balance looking tough on Iran with reticence to involve US in conflicts abroad
President Donald Trump considered military strikes against Iran and then called them off at close to the last minute Thursday evening - but it’s not clear he ever really wanted to go through with the attack. The on-again, off-again airstrikes were perhaps the most visible sign yet of the tension...
Winners and losers from NBA Draft
NEW YORK — A trade-heavy NBA draft officially is in the books. Here’s a rundown of the winners and losers from Thursday’s festivities, which saw the New Orleans Pelicans select Zion Williamson with the top pick, Oregon Ducks center Bol Bol flee the green room after he slipped to the...
How does ‘Toy Story 4’ rate among all Pixar sequels?Video
Although sequels have dominated the Pixar slate for the past decade — seven of the studio’s 11 most recent movies have been franchise follow-ups — its filmmakers do not take each return to existing properties lightly. In the case of “Toy Story 4,” for instance, director Josh Cooley knew he...
‘Cinderella’ gets spot on the National Film RegistryVideo
Mary Walsh arrived in Washington, D.C., this week not only as the head of Disney’s immense animation research library. She also attended the ball at the Library of Congress as an ambassador for “Cinderella.” On Thursday evening, Walsh received the honor from Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in an official...
NRA sidelines its top lobbyist in latest sign of internal turmoil
WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association has sidelined its top lobbyist, Chris Cox, after accusing him in court documents of participating in what it called a failed extortion scheme to rid the organization of its top executive. Cox, the NRA’s second-in-command and leader of its powerful political arm, was placed...
Roy Moore, who fell short in Senate bid in 2017, says he will run again for Alabama seatVideo
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans greeted Roy Moore’s entry Thursday into Alabama’s next Senate race by vowing to block the former judge, whose Senate bid in 2017 fell short amid allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls in the 1970s. From the party leader to former presidential candidates, Republicans said Moore...
Joe Biden faces backlash over comments about ‘civility’ of his past work with racist senatorsVideo
Joe Biden faced a growing backlash Wednesday from prominent Democrats — and a bit of second-guessing within his own campaign — over comments in which he proudly described his history of working hand in hand in the Senate with avowed racists. Biden’s remarks, which came at a fundraiser Tuesday night...
Report: Lions’ Matthew Stafford played with broken bones in backVideo
Matthew Stafford has started 128 consecutive games for the Detroit Lions, a streak surpassed in NFL history by only five quarterbacks: Brett Favre, Eli Manning, Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers and Matt Ryan. But according to a writer for the team’s official website, he played at least a few of those...
Man caught at JFK smuggling 34 finches in hair curlers
In another life, Francis Gurahoo might have pursued a career as a hairstylist. But the three dozen-or-so plastic hair rollers stashed in his carry-on luggage weren’t meant for luscious curls. Instead, authorities found 34 colorful finches inside those rollers - each capable of producing songs worth thousands of dollars. If...
‘The Detour’ is one of TV’s best arguments for family
In the first episode of “The Detour,” Nate Parker (Jason Jones) accidentally gulps down some fresh urine after having a bottle of the warm stuff tossed in his face by a Good Samaritan who thinks he and his wife, Robin (Natalie Zea), have kidnapped their own two children. She thinks...
House Democrats will question Hope Hicks about hush money, Russian contacts
WASHINGTON — House Democrats are intent on questioning one of President Trump’s most trusted former advisers about potential obstruction of justice, Russian attempts to woo Trump associates during the 2016 campaign and hush-money payments to women alleging affairs with Trump. Hope Hicks, the onetime White House communications director who is...
Donations to charity dropped, despite strong economy, follow tax law change
Donations to charity dropped an inflation-adjusted 1.7% in the United States last year, despite a strong economy, according to a new report, highlighting changes to federal tax law and continuing trends in who makes charitable gifts. The estimated $427.71 billion donated to U.S. charities in 2018 represented a growing share...
Trump is about to face his biggest test yet on the economy
WASHINGTON — President Trump faces a number of major decisions on trade and the budget in the coming months just as the U.S. economy faces the biggest head winds of his tenure, forcing him to decide whether to recalibrate as recession fears mount for next year. Trump has threatened to...
McConnell: I don’t know why Jon Stewart is ‘all bent out of shape’ on 9/11 victims fundVideo
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., responded Monday to comedian Jon Stewart’s criticism of his handling of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, saying that he didn’t know why Stewart was “all bent out of shape.” McConnell’s comments, made in an interview with “Fox & Friends,” were made one day...
Babe Ruth Yankees jersey sells for record $5.64 million
Babe Ruth is still producing eye-popping numbers 84 years after his baseball career ended. A Yankees jersey said to have been worn by him during the team’s “Murderers’ Row” period of the late 1920s fetched $5.64 million at an auction over the weekend. That set a record, by more than...
Suicide bombers kill at least 30 in northeastern Nigeria
DAKAR, Senegal — Suicide bombers killed at least 30 people and injured dozens more in northeastern Nigeria late Sunday, unleashing the deadliest blasts this year in a region plagued by extremist violence. Two women and a man detonated explosives in a tea hall where people had gathered to watch soccer...
Women can’t park cars, men can’t change diapers: Britain bans ads depicting stereotypes
The question was plastered throughout London’s subway system, and so was the model doing the asking. Clad in a tiny yellow bikini, her rib cage clearly visible, the woman squinted her eyes, pursed her lips and mused, “Are you beach body ready?” The ad peddling a weight-loss product got a...
Magician, yet to resurface from Ganges River trick, feared dead
Sitting on a boat on the Ganges River in West Bengal, India, magician Chanchal Lahiri had others bind him in ropes and chains and prepare to barricade him in a cage down in the water. He turned to fans. “If I can open it up, then it will be magic,”...
A guide to a winning wedding gift
I have always appreciated the one-year rule of wedding gifting; etiquette dictates that you have 365 days from the wedding date to send the couple a present. (If only more items on my to-do list had as much leeway.) Such temporal luxury means you can save and budget for the...
Trump campaign cuts ties with 3 members of polling team after grim numbers leakedVideo
President Trump’s campaign is cutting ties with three members of his polling team after grim numbers showing him trailing former vice president Joe Biden in several battleground states were leaked to the media last week, according to several officials with knowledge of the matter. Days ahead of Trump’s official launch...
