OAKLAND, Calif. — Domingo Germán of the New York Yankees pitched the 24th perfect game in major league history Wednesday night, retiring every Oakland batter in an 11-0 victory over the Athletics. It was the first perfect game since Seattle Mariners ace Félix Hernández threw one against the Tampa Bay …
Read More »DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that if elected president he would seek to close four federal agencies as part of an effort to reduce the size of government. “We would do education, we would do commerce, we’d do energy, and we would do IRS,” DeSantis said in in an …
Read More »Passenger falls off 10th deck of Royal Caribbean cruise ship
A Royal Caribbean passenger was rescued this week after falling overboard from the 10th deck of a cruise ship near the Dominican Republic, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Officials were alerted to the rescue of the 42-year-old woman, an American citizen, at about 5:44 p.m. Sunday, according to a …
Read More »Dwyane Wade says his daughter physically hid from him when she came out to the family
Dwyane Wade says that when his daughter Zaya came out to him as transgender, it caused him to re-evaluate his parenting and his relationship to masculinity. In a talk at the Creative Artists Agency Amplify event in Ojai, California, on Tuesday, the former NBA player sat down to talk with …
Read More »Ex-NFL player Ryan Mallett dies in apparent drowning at Florida beach
Former pro football player Ryan Mallett died in an apparent drowning in Florida on Tuesday, officials said. Mallett, 35, was pronounced dead at a hospital after he was pulled unconscious from the water in Destin, the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office said. Sheriff’s spokesperson Michele Nicholson said the drowning victim is …
Read More »In a post-presidency audio recording, Trump discusses classified docs
In an audio recording recently obtained by NBC News, Donald Trump appears to discuss a sensitive military document and acknowledges he did not declassify it while president, consistent with a partial transcript included in his indictment by federal prosecutors this month. Trump has claimed in media interviews after his indictment …
Read More »Concertgoer appears to throw ashes at Pink during performance
A fan tossed what appeared to be a bag containing the ashes of their dead mother on stage at a weekend Pink concert for the British Summer Time Festival in London. The 43-year-old performer appeared stunned and paused singing to address the unidentified fan. “This is your mom?” asked Pink …
Read More »Hundreds of flights canceled as severe weather slams East Coast
Millions across the country are waking up to more severe weather Tuesday, with hundreds of flights in and out of the East Coast canceled overnight after thunderstorms struck the region and a deadly heat wave smothered the South. More than 715 flights in, to and out of the United States …
Read More »Prosecutors will pursue death penalty in slayings of 4 University of Idaho students
Prosecutors will pursue the death penalty against the man charged in the quadruple murder of four Idaho college students, according to court documents filed Monday. In the filing, the prosecuting attorney for Latah County pointed to the “aggravating circumstances” in the Nov. 13 killings, describing them as “especially heinous” and …
Read More »Judge in Trump docs case denies special counsel’s request on witnesses
A federal judge on Monday rejected a request from special counsel Jack Smith to keep secret a list of 84 potential witnesses in the prosecution of former President Donald Trump over his handling of classified documents. Federal prosecutors had asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, to keep …
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