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(Photo credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports) The Philadelphia Flyers signed defensemen Ronnie Attard and Victor Mete on Wednesday. Attard inked a two-year contract for $1.7 million and Mete landed a one-year, two-way deal for $775,000 at the NHL level. Attard, 24, appeared in 17 games over the last two seasons with the Flyers and tallied two goals and two assists. Philadelphia drafted him in the third round in 2019.

Threads is the newest platform to challenge Twitter, which has upset many users and advertisers under Elon Musk's leadership.

(Photo credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports) Major League Baseball suspended New York Yankees reliever Jimmy Cordero for the rest of the season on Wednesday for violating the league's joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy. Cordero, 31, was placed on the restricted list and will not count against the Yankees' 40-man roster. He will not get paid the remainder of his $720,000 salary for 2023. ML

Chris Skidmore says ministers risk letting others set the agenda on net-zero policies.

Groups hoping to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio’s constitution delivered nearly double the number of signatures needed to place an amendment on the fall statewide ballot, aiming to signal sweeping widespread support for an issue that still faces the threat of needing a significantly increased victory margin.

Auto industry forecasters project industry sales to have increased 16% to 18% during the second quarter compared with a year earlier.

They keep asking where their dad is.

Son of legendary seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher, young Mick raced for Haas for two seasons before being dropped and is now a backup racer for Mercedes

The moderate rainfall since Wednesday morning became more intense as the evening progressed and pelted the city with all its fury at around 6pm, creating traffic snarls, and artificial flooding in low-lying areas of the city, affecting normal life.

Yankees pitcher Jimmy Cordero has been suspended for the rest of the 2023 season by commissioner Rob Manfred for violating MLB’s domestic violence policy.

Almost 900 cases involving former Twitter employees are affected, according to a proposed class action lawsuit.

Former New York Congressman Mondaire Jones is back to fight for his former seat in the Hudson Valley. On Wednesday, Jones announced that he’d be running for New York’s 17th Congressional District in a bid to flip the seat back into Democratic control.

Health organizations in Sudan’s White Nile state said at least 13 children have died over the past week due to a suspected measles outbreak. An official with the Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, said Sudan’s conflict and the approach of the rainy season could make the situation much worse. Officials with the international medical organization MSF say they remain concerned about an increase of suspected measles cases among children in Sudan’s White Nile state. Speaking... Читать дальше...

A court in El Salvador sentenced former President Mauricio Funes to six years behind bars for tax evasion, according to the ruling published on Wednesday, marking the second conviction and prison term doled out to the former leader this year.

Your ex is really going to regret it when they keep getting the hiccups >:)

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While it initially seemed like the Los Angeles Angels had an assortment of fireworks turned and pointed at their dugout on the Fourth of July, perhaps the ensuing updates have provided a very small amount relief. Maybe it should be viewed as a pack of roman candles, instead. Because about six hours after the Angels […]

The arrivals of Conor Coady and Harry Winks, and the drama-free sale of James Maddison, have made for a fine start to the transfer window, but changes are now needed

The Israeli government has sparked a building frenzy of Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The international community has called on Israel not to move forward with these projects. Linda Gradstein reports for VOA from the West Bank. Camera: Ricki Rosen.

As for the next-best edge recruit in this cycle, two other programs appear to be the frontrunners.

WASHINGTON—After examining an unknown substance discovered on White House grounds, the Secret Service told reporters Wednesday that the mysterious white powder found in the West Wing had been identified as President Joe Biden. “Through extensive forensic testing we’ve determined the composition of the white powder to…

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