SEATTLE (AP) — All-Star outfielder Jesse Winker and the Seattle Mariners avoided a salary arbitration hearing when they agreed to a $14.5 million, two-year contract. Winker gets $6.25 million this year and $8.25 million in 2023. In the second season, he can earn $400,000 in performance bonuses for plate appearances. The 28-year-old had been scheduled
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By Pedram Javaheri, Taylor Ward and Tara Subramaniam, CNN As countries across Europe contend with a potentially lethal heatwave this week, one area in France has set a new record. On Thursday afternoon, the town of St-Jean-de-Minervois in southern France reached 40° C (104° F), the earliest that the country (excluding Corsica) has ever reached
Continue Reading By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Max Scherzer might be back in the New York Mets’ rotation before long. The three-time Cy Young Award winner threw 50 pitches in a simulated game Thursday at Citi Field as he recovers from a left oblique strain. If he keeps feeling good, the right-hander
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By Clare Foran and Jeremy Herb, CNN The House select committee investigating the deadly January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by a pro-Trump mob presented a series of significant revelations during a hearing on Thursday about conservative Trump attorney John Eastman. The revelations provide new insight into Eastman’s role as a central figure
Continue Reading By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press DENVER (AP) — José Ramírez doubled for his eighth straight game with an extra-base hit and the Cleveland Guardians matched a season high with their fourth win in a row, beating the sloppy Colorado Rockies. Ramírez is the first major leaguer with extra-base hits in eight consecutive games since Cincinnati’s
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Más de 65 millones de personas en más de una docena de estados están bajo alerta de calor este jueves. Desde los valles de Ohio y del Mississippi hasta el sureste, las temperaturas estarán por encima de los 32 °C, con niveles de índice de calor que superarán los 37 °C.
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Bruce Cassidy says becoming the third coach of the Vegas Golden Knights in the franchise’s sixth year was a “no-brainer” from a hockey perspective. After all, Vegas has been one of the NHL’s most successful teams since entering the league in 2017, making the playoffs four
Continue Reading BELMONT, Mich. (AP) — Jennifer Kupcho shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday at windy Blythefield Country Club for the lowest score of her LPGA Tour career and the first-round lead in the LPGA Meijer Classic. With steady wind at 12-18 mph and gusts to 30 mph with the temperature in the mid-80s, Kupcho eagled the
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By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Lyft has agreed to a $25 million settlement with shareholders over allegations that it failed to adequately disclose threats to its reputation and business ahead of going public. The “misstatements and omissions” before its initial public offering include not disclosing the “existential risk” presented by reports of drivers assaulting
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The City of Columbia is offering free Wi-Fi access for the public at Douglass Park in a pilot program through the City’s park system.
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Providers will see patients in Columbia until clinic is ready to open
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By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A bird flu outbreak in the U.S. that led to the deaths of more than 40 million chickens and turkeys and contributed to a spike in egg and meat prices appears to be waning, but experts caution the virus hasn’t disappeared and worry another surge could
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — Un grupo de científicos documentó la existencia de una población de osos polares distintiva genéticamente y aislada que vive en el sureste de Groenlandia. Los científicos determinaron que sobreviven a pesar de tener un acceso limitado al hielo marino, algo que es crítico para los osos polares, y en su lugar
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Prominent Missouri political organizations are throwing their support behind candidates in the Republican race for the Fourth Congressional District.
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN An unofficial challenge coin depicting the infamous image of an agent on horseback confronting a Haitian migrant is being investigated by US Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility, according to agency spokesperson Luis Miranda. The coin, which was on sale on eBay, is inscribed with phrases, like “You will
Continue Reading By Kevin Liptak and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden said Americans are “down” after years of pandemic-era disruptions, telling the Associated Press in an interview on Thursday that mental health struggles are on the rise. “People are really, really down,” Biden said in the interview, which the news service said lasted 30 minutes. “They’re
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Flyers have hired John Tortorella as their new coach, hoping the veteran can help lead them to their first Stanley Cup since 1975. Tortorella coached Tampa Bay to a Stanley Cup title in 2004. He also coached the New York Rangers and Vancouver Canucks.
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN Español) — La foto tardó en llegar, pero finalmente se dio. El presidente de Francia, Emmanuel Macron, y el canciller de Alemania, Olaf Scholz, sentados en la misma mesa que el presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, en Kyiv. Ocurrió este jueves: los líderes de las dos principales economías de la Unión Europea
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson São Paulo (CNN) — Dom Phillips y Bruno Araújo Pereira, veteranos del Amazonas, debían conocer los riesgos a los que se enfrentaban cuando partieron hacia Atalaia do Norte, en el remoto valle del Javari, en la selva brasileña, un viaje que cada vez más parece haber terminado en tragedia, después de que las
Continue Reading By MARK GONZALES Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Joe Musgrove pitched seven effective innings in his third straight win, and the San Diego Padres handed the Chicago Cubs their 10th consecutive loss with a 6-4 victory. Musgrove permitted two runs and five hits, struck out a season-high nine and walked one. The 6-foot-5 right-hander has
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