Eyes red and voice soft, Drew Rasmussen stood in front of his locker. “Failure sucks. And to be this close, it's really, really hard,” the Tampa Bay Rays pitcher said. “That's the best team I've played at the major league level.” Predicted by many to finish at or near the bottom of the AL East, t...
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LUBBOCK — Nearly a year into his tenure as Texas Tech chancellor, Brandon Creighton was still making the case that he was the right man for the job. To convince the crowd at a recent Lubbock Chamber of Commerce luncheon that his loyalties now lay with scarlet red and black, not t...
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Hong Kong leader John Lee apologized Thursday and said his housing secretary resigned after an investigation into the city’s deadliest fire in decades found inadequate regulatory oversight. The massive fire that broke out last November engulfed seven buildings in an apartment com...
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Israelis on Thursday waited for final election results to confirm what they see taking shape: No majority of parliament seats for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies, or for the array of parties seeking to unseat him. Difficult decisions lie in the weeks ahead, inclu...
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Asian shares and U.S. futures were mixed Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve held rates steady . Markets are awaiting the outcome of a meeting of the European Central Bank later Thursday. The Bank of Japan is expected to stand pat when it wraps up its policymaking meeting on ...
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Episode: 2646 J. B. S. Haldane’s “On Being the Right Size.” Today, on being the right size.
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A woman's body was found in a home that caught fire in Hitchcock, but investigators don't believe her death was related to the fire.
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Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, a three-time presidential candidate and one of Mexico's most important modern political voices, died Wednesday at 92, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said. An undisputed leader of the Mexican left, Cárdenas was the son of one of the country’s most popular...
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The Texans are in a major hole and searching for answers after a dismal 2-5 start to their NFL regular season and now they’re dealing with another significant setback with the loss of wide receiver Jaylin Noel. The Texans announced Wednesday that Noel was being placed on injured ...
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North Korea launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Thursday, South Korea’s military said, days after the North threatened to resume front-line propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts and deploy new weapons along the rivals’ tense border. The launches also fo...
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Venezuela's flag draped around him, flashing a wide smile and filled with pride, William Contreras was willing to boast. “I don’t want to offend any of the other catchers in the league. The last thing I want to do is offend any of them,” he said, speaking through a translator. “B...
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The small-ball Milwaukee Brewers playing in the smallest market in the majors are World Series champions for the first time in franchise history.
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Ivan Livingston pleaded guilty to killing Treasure Burton on her birthday in 2023. Her mother tells FOX 26 that his 10-year sentence is not enough.
