(Photo credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images) Left-hander Patrick Sandoval and the Boston Red Sox reached agreement on a two-year, $18.25 million contract, ESPN reported on Friday. Sandoval, 28, is coming off Tommy John surgery in June and could return for the second half of the 2025 season or be ready at the onset of the 2026 campaign. He was non-tendered by the Los Angeles Angels last month after posting a 2-8 record
India has lodged a strong protest with Dhaka over a now-deleted social media post by a key aide of Bangladesh's interim government that claimed certain areas of Indian territory should be part of that...
Murat Karakas left his home armed with a rounders bat when he heard his son was being chased by a motorcyclist and crashed into him head-on.
(Photo credit: Katie Stratman-Imagn Images) The Athletics reached an agreement with free agent third baseman Gio Urshela, multiple outlets reported Friday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Urshela, 33, hit .250 with nine homers and 52 RBIs in 128 games with the Detroit Tigers and Atlanta Braves in 2024. He is a career .273 hitter with 73 homers and 332 RBIs in 792 games with seven teams since 2015, including a thr
TOPEKA (KSNT) - A committee formed to study the trend of fewer attorneys working and living in Kansas found the problem has become a "crisis". The Kansas Rural Justice Initiative Committee was formed to study the legal needs of Kansans in rural communities. The committee said the attorney-to-resident ratio is two or less per 1,000 [...]
Before Season 1 is coming to an end today (Friday, December 20). The 10-episode atmospheric, character-driven psychological Apple TV+ thriller follows Eli, a child psychiatrist who, after recently losing his wife, Lynn, encounters a troubled young boy who seems to have a haunting connection to Eli’s past. While the show was billed as a limited [...]
Archaeologists have found 188 medieval reliquaries during excavations at a square in Berlin. Some of them still contain human bones of people considered to be saints or holy.
Big Lots initially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September
Households are being told they can stop mould and condensation using a single 65p item.
Across the pond, the U.K. is tackling its gender funding gap head on, through a government-backed taskforce which has just raised £255 million ($320M).
Everton have yet to reach a breakthrough in their negotiations with Dominic Calvert-Lewin on a new contract.
Читать дальше...
Donald Trump and JD Vance tanked a bipartisan bill to keep the government lights on through the new year—and are somehow accusing Democrats of political gamesmanship.
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Friday it filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America (BofA) and Wells Fargo for failing to protect consumers from alleged “widespread fraud” on payments platform Zelle.
Читать дальше...Russia had been one of the key backers of Syria's ousted Assad regime
India has made significant strides in reducing malaria cases and deaths, exiting the WHO's high-burden group. Community health workers, primarily women, have been instrumental in reaching remote populations. While progress is being made, global efforts continue, with a focus on equitable access to prevention and treatment, especially for vulnerable populations.
President Joe Biden is expected to soon secure the 235th judicial confirmation of his presidency. That's an accomplishment that exceeds his predecessor’s total by one as Democrats put extra emphasis on the federal courts following Donald Trump’s far-reaching first term when he filled three seats to the Supreme Court. Biden and Senate Democrats placed particular focus on adding women, minorities and public defenders to the judicial ranks. About two-thirds of Biden’s appointees are women and a solid majority of appointees are people of color. Читать дальше...
The two Beatles then launched into a medley of timeless hits, including electrifying renditions of "Helter Skelter" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
By the time Londoners are readying their party horns, it’s 2pm on January 1 somewhere across the world
President Biden signed off on yet another student debt forgiveness package Friday, giving $4.28 billion to nearly 55,000 public service workers.
Kyle MacLachlan parodying Lorde's Instagram selfies, or the Kyle MacLachlan headphones meme, are photos of the actor mimicking singer Lorde's photos from an early 2024 Instagram post. The random imitation amused fans who were surprised MacLachlan followed Lorde, let alone closely enough to replicate her photos.
Читать дальше...