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Dodgers are in a deep holeFrom Maddie Lee: Blake Snell stood on the mound with his hand on his hip, waiting for Jake Bauers to cross the plate before punching in his pitch call for the next batter.The Dodgers left-hander had just given up the lead on Bauers’ two-run homer in the seventh inning, spoiling what had been a stellar start Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. But Snell was ready to move on.Two pitches later, he watched another ball fly over the fence, this time off Garrett Mitchell’s bat. And with it went the last of the Dodgers’ momentum in…

London — World-renowned Irish author Sally Rooney’s books will no longer be supplied to booksellers in the U.K. due to her public support for Palestine Action, a group banned as a terrorist organization in Britain.Rooney, the bestselling novelist behind «Normal People» and «Conversations with Friends,» both of which have been adapted into television shows, and her publisher Faber have agreed to halt the supply of her books to British retailers, according to a statement from Faber.»Current legislation in the UK has led to circumstances where Faber cannot pass on UK earnings to Sally Rooney for her work. To sell a…

ISTANBUL — A heavy downpour has shut down Istanbul, flooded homes and roads and killed at least two people. Rescuers worked overnight to save hundreds of people stranded at their workplaces, while bystanders helped countless others. The downpour Wednesday night flooded homes and businesses and inundated roads and underpasses, stranding vehicles and causing traffic chaos in Turkey’s largest city.Local media reported two deaths. A 14-year-old was electrocuted after stepping in a puddle at a park in the Fatih district, and a 34-year-old slipped on a sidewalk in the Sariyer district and hit their head.Heavy rain was still falling Thursday morning.The…

Politics / October 14, 2026 In order to build a broad-based coalition, we need to work together—not practice purity politics. Ad Policy New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (C) joins anti-war demonstrators during October 7 vigil organized by Israelis for Peace NYC at Union Square in Manhattan, New York City, on October 7, 2026.(Selcuk Acar / Anadolu via Getty Images) “October 7 is a day that is immensely painful for our city and is a day of mourning,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani explained at a press conference last week. “We know that it brings up the most horrific memories for so…

In the midterm elections, meat is on the menu.As Democrats and Republicans argue over high prices and the Iran war, they’re also having a food fight over who’s the most red-blooded carnivore.The latest example came this week in Mississippi, where Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom released a video with a snippet of Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith saying that if consumers are upset over high beef prices, “you know you have so many proteins to choose from.”The video cuts to a man grilling burgers who says, “Pick another protein? I’d rather pick another senator instead.”The Mississippi race is somewhat unusual because…

Shia LaBeouf’s relationship timeline is full of big names, many of whom he was linked to while acting alongside them. The California native has also been linked to actresses Amber Tamblyn and Carey Mulligan throughout his career — and wooed two of his Transformers costars, Megan Fox and Isabel Lucas. Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. “Look, you’re on the set for six months, with someone who’s rooting to be attracted to you, and you’re rooting to be attracted to them,” LaBeouf said of his time with Fox. “I never understood the separation of work and life in that situation. But…

Throughout the Championship Series, baseball has made some interesting decisions about game times. It doesn’t take a genius to see which of the four remaining teams has the biggest fan base. Baseball doesn’t need to cater to the Dodgers any more than they already do, but from a strictly business standpoint, they should be working to put the Los Angeles market in the best position.The Yankees are the biggest team in baseball, but the Dodgers are right behind them. In no universe would baseball ever let the Yankees play outside of primetime, and you’d think the Dodgers would be the…

CoreWeave, a cloud computing company operating 51 data centers, had a brutal day on the stock and credit markets yesterday, and may indicate troubles coming for the broader AI industry. The trouble started when yields on their corporate debt spiked dramatically. Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya tweeted the following to his 2.4M followers: It didn’t help when Elon Musk replied, “Yikes.” Accompanied by an essay titled “Deep Dive: Is the AI buildout creating a private credit bubble?” The AI buildout is increasingly funded by debt, and private credit is playing a much bigger role than it did even a year ago.…

SK Hynix Inc. signage at the company’s office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA sell-off in global technology hardware stocks deepened Thursday, with Asian chipmakers tracking Wall Street losses as concerns over further Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, financing of artificial intelligence investments weigh on sentiment.South Korean chip giant SK Hynix plunged over 8%, while rival Samsung Electronics fell 7.1%. Other South Korean chip-related stocks also came under pressure. LG Innotek sank 8.1%, Seoul Semiconductor shed 7.7% and Samsung SDI declined 6.8%.In Japan, technology investment giant SoftBank Group tumbled 7.9%.…

HOUSTON — Two handcuffed men were in the backseat of an ICE vehicle Saturday when it struck and injured Miguel Parra Hernandez as he fled on foot in Houston. Advocates are fighting to make sure the men — now potential witnesses — are not deported. At a news conference Wednesday, family members, advocates and attorneys identified one of the men as Luis Delfín Enríquez, 48. 01:14Video appears to show Houston man run over by ICE vehicle00:0000:00Nidia Delfín, Delfín’s sister, said her brother was handcuffed in the backseat of the ICE vehicle when it hit Parra, adding that he was on…