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Here are Thursday's minor league notes:

• The Red Sox had a few interesting draft picks this year, but arguably none have a more fascinating background than fourth-rounder Noah Song. Song told Joon Lee of ESPN that he intends to sign with the Red Sox and play with the Lowell Spinners this summer. He will then attend flight school in November to start training as a naval flight officer. 

• Lowell's season begins on Friday, and the projected roster is available on... Читать дальше...

A study of postmenopausal women in China has found that those at highest risk for metabolic syndrome were those with low levels of estrogen and vitamin D.

1. Tory leadership: How the wrangling for votes is likely to play out  The Times
2. Tory latest: ‘Boris’s opponents will FOLD in favour of a sweet job in his cabinet!’  Express.co.uk
3. Tory leadership contest: 10 rivals face first ballot of MPs  BBC News
4. Andrea Leadsom and Esther McVey out of race to be Tory leader  The Guardian
5. Boris Johnson comfortably wins first ballot of Tory leadership contest  Sky News
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1. Rory Stewart will 'bring Boris Johnson down' if he suspends parliament  The Times
2. Tory leadership rivals discuss alliance to stop Boris Johnson  The Guardian
3. Boris Johnson tops first ballot in Tory leadership contest  BBC News
4. Boris Johnson beliefs: What does Boris Johnson stand for? Is Boris going to be next PM?  Express.co.uk
5. A no-deal Brexit would be a lunacy wrapped up in a stupidity  Financial Times
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The maybe actual final installment in the Toy Story saga surprises and satisfies.

Thompson spun child stardom into a record-breaking tenure on *Saturday Night Live.* Is he finally preparing for his exit?

SKDC to be first of three councils to sign statement of common ground

College Avenue will soon look a bit different without the familiar silver chrome façade of Ye Olde College Diner.

1. West and its Gulf allies will point finger at Tehran  The Times
2. Gulf of Oman tanker attacks: US blames Iran for explosions  BBC News
3. Two oil tankers attacked in Gulf of Oman  The Guardian
4. The Guardian view on the US and Iran: on a collision course  The Guardian
5. Gulf of Oman tanker 'attacks': Crews rescued amid rising tensions  BBC News
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Karim Zidan delves into the ongoing relationship between Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov and UFC champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, as well as the potential for the dictator to use him for political gain.

The Leicester City playmaker has been linked with a move to their Premier League rivals

Victory over Scarlets was a highlight of the season but Tigers simply lacked consistency in Europe

Above all else, the one thing Toy Story 4 needed to do was make itself worthy of the title “Toy Story.” That’s a name with a grand tradition in animation. A name that promises excellence, not some by-the-numbers cash-grab. And while it’s certain to grab a lot of cash, the movie somehow lives up to that high standard.…

There is a lengthy and extremely classy list of contenders to choose from.

Despite close to a decade since the last movie in the franchise, "Toy Story 4" is as fun and emotionally touching as the first three movies.

1. Why Macron is the most important man in British politics  The Times
2. I am in this leadership race to win – and I'm not going anywhere  Telegraph.co.uk
3. Boris Johnson: How many languages does Boris Johnson speak? The number may shock you  Express.co.uk
4. Boris Johnson has an unfair advantage in the leadership race … there’s two of him  The Guardian
5. Would Boris Johnson be able to stitch Brexit coalition together?  BBC News
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The series’ latest, and maybe last, lesson is about how love defines us.

The Never Forget the Heroes Act would extend the fund through 2090.

A day after Jon Stewart blasted Congress for their failure to support 9/11 first responders, the full House Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to pass a bill extending the 9/11 compensation fund.

The Never Forget the Heroes Act will extend the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund through 2090. The fund was first created in 2001 to support those who were injured or killed in the terrorist attack or while removing debris. Читать дальше...

The latest addition to the Pixar series justifies its existence by using a new character to ask fascinating questions about the nature of consciousness.

1. The best moments from the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs  NHL
2. Blues bettor turns $400 into $100K after refusing to hedge  Yahoo Sports
3. Blues’ Stanley Cup victory, Jordan Binnington reinforce the importance of franchise goaltenders  The Washington Post
4. Young Blues Fan Laila Anderson, Battling Rare Disease, Celebrates With Stanley Cup  CBS Boston
5. Blues prevail in Game 7, capture first Cup title  NHL
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Last season of Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. ended on a moving and bittersweet note: Phil Coulson was dying, but he and Melinda May left the team to spend his final weeks (or possibly months) alive together on a remote beach, the romance they had put off for so long. By the time season six began a year later, she…

Actual research shows that sex is anything but binary

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Stop. Look around you. I can almost guarantee that you will see some form of plastic. It is everywhere – from the visible plastic bag blowing on the side of the road to the invisible plastic – in our clothing,...

In the summer of 2010 I was standing on a street corner with a sign that read: “Honk For Chuck E.!” The last name of the capitalist tycoon I was crusading for, Cheese, was left out for artistic reason. But my fragile ego was burdened with more than the cross of a cardboard pizza box encrusted in glitter and gel pen.…