It was only a matter of time until a pitcher failed a spot check in MLB’s new foreign substances crackdown, and that time has come.  Seattle Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago was ejected on Sunday afternoon after umpires checked his glove in the fifth inning and presumably found something that shouldn’t have been there.  While Santiago’s frowny face reaction is pretty great, the best part of that video is the bagging of the suspicious glove. If they plan on sending that glove to a lab so it… Source link

An Arkansas police officer was pronounced dead on Saturday after he was run over and dragged by a fleeing vehicle. Around noon, Officer Kevin Apple approached a driver in Benton County when a suspect rammed a police cruiser and drove over the law enforcement veteran in Benton County, according to Arkansas Online. Two suspects have since been arrested, Shawna Rhae Cash, 22, and Elijah Anadoloza Sr., 18, one of whom faces capital murder charges, while the other faces attempted capital murder… Source link

Reuters Macron rolls out red carpet to JPMorgan, global CEOs in post-Brexit push President Emmanuel Macron will declare that Paris is back on the map of global finance on Tuesday when he inaugurates JPMorgan’s new trading hub in the French capital which he hopes will attract more bankers leaving post-Brexit Britain. The U.S. bank’s chief executive, Jamie Dimon, will be one of almost 120 international CEOs travelling to Versailles on Monday for Macron’s now traditional “Choose France” summit… Source link

LOS ANGELES — Not many players walked away from Game 4 of the Western Conference finals with an efficient scoring night. It was an ugly, brick-shooting affair the Los Angeles Clippers and Phoenix Suns were embroiled in on Saturday night at Staples Center. But the difference-maker was one of the rare players who had a dominant evening as it was big man Deandre Ayton who led the Suns to an 84-80 win to give his team a commanding 3-1 series lead. Ayton recorded 19 points on 8-for-14 shooting, a… Source link

Kelly Danielpour, founder of the website VaxTeen.org, in Los Angeles, June 16, 2021. (Jessica Pons/The New York Times) Teenagers keep all sorts of secrets from their parents. Drinking. Sex. Lousy grades. But the secret that Elizabeth, 17, a rising high school senior from New York City, keeps from hers is new to the buffet of adolescent misdeeds. She doesn’t want her parents to know that she is vaccinated against COVID-19. Her divorced parents have equal say over her health care. Although her… Source link

President Joe Biden discusses a proposed infrastructure bill, at the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2021. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times) WASHINGTON — It was all going according to President Joe Biden’s tightrope plan to pass the most ambitious economic agenda in generations. Right until the moment that Biden, a politician with a history of rogue comments, veered off script. After weeks of closed-door negotiations, Biden strode to the cameras on the White House driveway… Source link

Former Attorney General William Barr bluntly dismissed some of former President Donald Trump’s election fraud allegations as “bulls***” in new interviews published Sunday in the Atlantic. “My attitude was: It was put-up or shut-up time,” Barr recalled at one point. “If there was evidence of fraud, I had no motive to suppress it. But my suspicion all the way along was that there was nothing there. It was all bulls***.” The comment was part of multiple interviews Barr did this spring… Source link

Serena Williams earned a spot at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, but she’s decided she won’t be using it.   On Sunday at the All-England Club, the day before play begins at Wimbledon, the four-time Olympic gold medalist told reporters that she’s not going to Tokyo to compete for a fifth.  “I’m actually not on the Olympic list, not that I’m aware of,” Williams said via ESPN. “If so, then I shouldn’t be on it.” Williams declines to explain her decision Williams, 39, was asked why she decided to… Source link

The Trade Desk, which went public in September 2016, helps other companies buy ads across the internet. Photo: CHRISTOPHER GALLUZZO/NASDAQ June 27, 2021 10:00 am ET The Trade Desk TTD 0.18% … Source link

Google’s “Downtown West” proposal is Google’s fist mix-used campus, comprising of 80 sprawling acres in downtown San Jose. Sitelab Urban Studio Google‘s path to its massive tech campus planning in San Jose began with activists chaining themselves to chairs inside City Hall over the city’s decision to sell public land to the tech giant. It ended with some of its biggest opponents signing its praises. Last month, the San Jose City Council approved Google’s plan for a mixed-use megacampus that… Source link