St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas fought through 128 pitches Tuesday, and was one strike away from throwing the second solo no-hitter of the MLB season. Yet on what would have been the last pitch of the night, Pittsburgh Pirates rightfielder Cal Mitchell spoiled the moment. Mitchell, with two outs and a pair of strikes, hit a deep shot to centerfield that bounced once before hopping the fence at Busch Stadium. That ground-rule double killed the no-hitter at the last possible moment. The… Source link

(Warning: This story contains allegations of sexual misconduct.) HOUSTON — As the depositions in the Deshaun Watson case continue to unfold, the trenches being dug by each legal camp are becoming more defined. Few exchanges may have been more revealing than last week’s lengthy questioning of Houston Police Department detective Kamesha Baker, whose 230-page deposition has been obtained by Yahoo Sports. Baker is one of two officers previously assigned to investigate 10 criminal complaints… Source link

Brittney Griner’s pretrial detention was extended by 18 days on Tuesday, which will keep her in Russian custody until at least July 2, a state news agency said via The New York Times. This marks the third time the Phoenix Mercury star’s pretrial detention was extended by a Moscow court, something that is reportedly typical in Russia. This latest extension was granted at the request of investigators, per the report. Griner was arrested Feb. 17 after officials claimed they found vape… Source link

NBC Sports has picked former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett to replace Drew Brees as an analyst on “Football Night in America,” the network announced Tuesday. Brees departed NBC after one season of working as a Sunday night analyst and color commentator for Notre Dame games. His exit was reported last month and confirmed earlier this week by NBC Sports chairman Pete Bevacqua, who said Brees wanted to spend more time with his family in retirement. Garrett has been working for NBC as an… Source link

Let’s start this post with some raw truth: Google has not created robots that are sentient (or, put another way, have feelings). But don’t cast your worries aside just yet. The allegation that Google has made a sentient robot came up after Blake Lemoine, a Google engineer, claimed he had profound discussions with the tech company’s artificial intelligence system LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications).  Lemoine was reportedly placed on paid leave Monday for violating Google’s… Source link

Ozzy Osbourne is “doing well” after undergoing major surgery, according to his family. In a statement posted to Twitter on Tuesday, Sharon Osbourne said her husband is recovering. “Our family would like to express so much gratitude for the overwhelming amount of love and support leading up to Ozzy’s surgery! Ozzy is doing well and on the road to recovery,” the message reads. On Monday, the 73-year-old Black Sabbath rocker had “a very major operation.” “It’s really going to determine the rest of… Source link

* FedEx jumps after lifting quarterly dividend by more than 50% * Oracle rises as sales, profit top estimates on cloud boom * Continental Resources jumps on buyout proposal from founder (Updates to mid-afternoon, changes byline) By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, June 14 (Reuters) – The S&P 500 ended lower on Tuesday as the index was unable to bounce from a sharp sell-off in the prior session with a key policy statement from the Federal Reserve on deck that will reveal how aggressive the central… Source link

Etsy’s (ETSY) stock has struggled this year so far, declining more than 66% this year to date. The entire tech sector’s been getting pummeled amid the broader bear market, but Etsy’s stock has been among the hardest hit. Snap (SNAP), Netflix (NFLX), and Shopify (SHOP) are among the other companies that have seen massive declines amid inflation, the war in Ukraine, rising gas prices, and escalating interest rates. Shares of Etsy, where crafters can sell their wares online, collapsed more than… Source link

That loud sucking sound we hear is the stock market digesting the work of a hawkish Fed that’s trying to fight unexpectedly sticky inflation. “We expect a tumultuous year, and our plan was not to sell into extreme whooshes — I would say we are in an extreme whoosh,” Canaccord Genuity Chief Market Strategist Tony Dwyer said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “I would say if you are looking to cut back exposure because money availability and the outlook isn’t so great, I would love to do it… Source link

If you were using Google Maps on Tuesday morning to look for anything on the Williamsburg strip of Bedford Avenue, you were met with a surprise: It’s Maple Avenue now. Get used to it! The Williamsburg Whole Foods is listed as 238 Maple Avenue, and the Bedford is now that bar on the corner of Maple and North 11th. WTF is Maple Ave?@googlemaps has renamed Bedford Avenue. The entire length of the… Source link