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Houston Astros manager Joe Espada brought the parents of top prospect Cam Smith into the club house to join in the celebrations. Source link

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) batter Swastik Chikara left his teammates completely bemused with his recent antics in the dressing room. In a video shared by RCB, pacer Yash Dayal and captain Rajat Patidar revealed Chikara, 19, opened franchise icon Virat Kohli’s bag without permission and sprayed a bottle of perfume on himself in the dressing room. That too in front of Kohli. Guessing by Dayal and Patidar’s face, neither of them would’ve even thought about encroaching Kohli’s privacy.”We were sitting in the dressing room after our last game in Kolkata. He went and from Virat Kohli’s bag, took…

Dollar Tree is selling Family Dollar to a pair of private equity firms for $1 billion after a decade trying to make its acquisition of the bargain chain fit. Dollar Tree Inc. acquired Family Dollar for more than $8 billion in 2015 after a bidding war with rival Dollar General, but struggled to make it fit. Last year Dollar Tree announced that it planned to close hundreds of Family Dollar stores. The company also said at the time that it would record a $950 million impairment against the trade name Family Dollar, on top of a $1.07 billion goodwill charge.…

The IPL 2025 game between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings on Tuesday was a high-scoring affair. The new-look Punjab Kings scored a huge 243/5 batting first with skipper Shreyas Iyer scoring 97* off just 42 balls. Gujarat Titans fought till the end but fell short by 11 runs. Iyer was adjudged the ‘Player of the Match’ for his top-scoring performance. However, for Chennai Super Kings player Ravichandran Ashwin the Player of the Match was Vijaykumar Vyshak. The bowler came in as impact sub and bowled three crucial overs under pressure to check Gujarat Titans’ run-flow. He was brought into the…

Along the California coast, sea lions are getting poisoned by toxic algae — causing them to act in a way some describe as “demonic.” Source link

DENVER — As Americans struggle under backbreaking rental prices, builders are turning to innovative ways to churn out more housing, from 3D printing to assembling homes in an indoor factory to using hemp — yes, the marijuana cousin — to make building blocks for walls. It’s a response to the country’s shortfall of millions of homes that has led to skyrocketing prices, plunging millions into poverty.”There’s not enough homes to purchase and there’s not enough places to rent. Period,” said Adrianne Todman, the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under former President Joe Biden.One way…

A destructive Tim Seifert ensured New Zealand made short work of their 129-run target to win the final T20I against Pakistan by eight wickets on Wednesday and take the series 4-1. Seifert, who made an unbeaten 97 off 38 deliveries, set the big-hitting tone in Wellington with 18 off the first over by Jahandad Khan. Fellow opener Finn Allen followed with 14 in the second over from Mohammad Ali. When Jahandad returned in the sixth over Seifert was even more belligerent when he belted 25, including three sixes.Seifert’s rollicking innings included six fours and 10 sixes.Allen compiled a…

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and top Senate Democrats from national security committees wrote a letter to President Donald Trump seeking more information about reports that members of his cabinet used the Signal app to convene a group chat to “coordinate and share classified information about sensitive military planning operations” and mistakenly included The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeff Goldberg.Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is interviewed at the Capitol in Washington, Mar. 14, 2025.Ben Curtis/AP”We write to you with extreme alarm about the astonishingly poor judgment shown by your Cabinet and national security advisors,” the senators wrote, according to a copy of the…

File photo of Mohammed Shami© AFP Indian cricket team fast bowler Mohammed Shami’s sister and her husband have been receiving wages under the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) welfare scheme that guarantees ‘right to work’ in Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha, according to a report by ABP News. The report claimed that documents show Shami’s sister – Shabina – registered as a worker under the scheme and has received money from 2021 to 2024. However, the report did not have any reactions from Shami or his family members.Earlier, Mohammed Shami registered an unwanted record during the Champions Trophy final against…

LONDON — The success of a nascent potential agreement between Ukraine and Russia to pause naval and energy infrastructure attacks will depend on Moscow, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, warning that Kyiv has no trust for Russian President Vladimir Putin after more than three years of full-scale war.”Now, results are needed from Russia,” Zelenskyy said in his evening address on Tuesday. “We do not trust them. And frankly — the world doesn’t trust Russia. And they must prove that they are truly ready to end the war — ready to stop lying to the world, to President [Donald] Trump and…