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The Martian returns: Yanks call up Domínguez for Little League ClassicThe Martian returns: Yanks call up Domínguez for Little League Classic
The Martian returns: Yanks call up Domínguez for Little League Classic August 18th, 2024 Bryan Hoch @BryanHoch Brent Maguire @bmags94 Share share-square-167852 WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Believe it or not, Jasson Domínguez said that his otherworldly skills were not immediately apparent as a Little Leaguer; in fact, growing up in the Dominican Republic, the future “Martian”
The Super-Wealthy Have A Problem
Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The less self-congratulatory camp of the super-wealthy understand the pressure cooker of inequality and unfairness is going to blow unless they relinquish some of their unearned gains generated by Fed policies. The cultural consensus holds that the super-wealthy always manage to come out ahead in any spot
GOPer John Lee seeks to flip key volatile Nevada Congressional seat
MESQUITE, Nevada — A veteran pol who could be relaxing at the massive Sun City retirement community here to view sunsets over the mesas is instead out stumping for votes to try to flip a volatile key district red again. John Lee, 69 — a former state legislator and ex-North Las Vegas mayor — was
Water rescues needed after Connecticut flash floods wash out roads, cause mudslides
Originally Published by: Ernesto regains hurricane strength bringing impacts to Atlantic Canada Watch: Hurricane Camille radar loop in 1969 Volcanic ash rains down on Russian village Significant rainfall totals nearing a foot across southwestern Connecticut caused the National Weather Service to issue a Flash Flood Emergency on Sunday as law enforcement worked multiple water rescues across the region. Thunderstorms
Nevada bandit with scary full-face tattoo among 3 busted for armed robbery after 4-hour standoff: cops
Stagecoach robbers don’t look like they used to. A trio of alleged Nevada bandits are behind bars after an armed robbery — including one with a frightening full-face tattoo that could cower the wildest desperado in the West. The suspects were busted Saturday in Stagecoach — a community in western Nevada, not the Old West’s
Atlanta hospital allegedly loses 28-square-inch chunk of man’s skull — and bills him $19K for replacement: lawsuit
What a headache. A Georgia man is suing an Atlanta hospital after staff allegedly lost a nearly 28-square-inch piece of his skull after a routine procedure — and then billed him for a synthetic replacement when they couldn’t find it. Fernando Cluster checked in to Emory University Hospital Midtown in September 2022 for an intracerebral
Don Lemon shocked by deep blue New Jersey voters’ support for Trump in 2024
Originally Published by: Colorado man charged after attack on 15-year-old boy at In-N-Out Burger over splashing water Former 'Jeopardy!' host Mayim Bialik receives hyperbaric chamber treatment Texas girl dies after parents attempted to treat life-threatening injuries with smoothies Former CNN host Don Lemon appeared to be surprised by historically deep blue New Jersey where voters
Legal NY weed sellers want 1,000-foot buffer zone to stay, poll shows: ‘Market is way too fragile’
An overwhelming number of legal-pot-shop owners and licensees oppose loosening the buffer zone that bars cannabis stores from being located within 1,000 feet of each other, according to an industry poll. The survey, conducted by the 300-member New York Cannabis Retail Association, found that 94% of respondents objected to changing the “proximity protection” rule. The state
‘Hypocritical’ NYC union wants to ban hotel outsourcing — even though it uses outside contractors, too
A powerful city union that is pushing legislation to ban Big Apple hotels from contracting out certain front-line jobs outsources work all the time to manage its Manhattan headquarters — including to some non-union firms, records show. The Hotel Trades Council spent more than $700,000 in contracts with outside firms over the past 10 years
NY weighs charging oil firms billions of dollars to fuel new climate change fund
Gov. Kathy Hochul will soon decide whether to approve a controversial bill that would force oil, natural-gas and coal companies to fork over billions of dollars to the state for contributing to climate change. Backers liken the plan — the proposed Climate Change Superfund — to the federal Superfund program that has been trying to