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The Biden administration is reeling from gasoline prices that crested to $5 per gallon in June and are still historically high. So are millions of drivers. But relief may be on the way. During a briefing for reporters on July 12, senior White House officials said a drop in wholesale gas prices suggests retail prices could drop by 50 cents per gallon or so in coming weeks. “We’ve seen the price of oil fall to a range of $100 per barrel, and we have not yet seen gas prices at the pump fall… Source link

This article is part of our Yahoo DFS Baseball series. A doubleheader between the White Sox and Guardians propels us to 16 games across baseball Tuesday. There are some big-name pitchers scheduled to take the mound, including Gerrit Cole for the Yankees. Chris Sale is also expected to make his season debut for the Red Sox against the Rays. The Braves will send their strikeout machine Spencer Strider to the hill in Atlanta in what is a big start against the Mets. With so many pitchers… Source link

Much of the NBA’s summer business is done, save for the whole Kevin Durant thing. One of the 15 greatest players in the history of basketball requesting a trade as free agency opens has a tendency to muck up the process, but everyone else still plunged forward with billions of dollars worth of contracts. All-Stars Bradley Beal, Devin Booker, Darius Garland, Nikola Jokic, Zach LaVine, Ja Morant, Karl-Anthony Towns and Zion Williamson signed deals that could net them a combined $2 billion by… Source link

Don’t expect Mickey Rourke to ever play Tom Cruise‘s wingman. The Wrestler actor, 69, was asked about Cruise’s recent billion dollar box office success with Top Gun: Maverick and gave his honest opinion about his “irrelevant” peer. “That doesn’t mean s*** to me,” Rourke said on Piers Morgan Uncensored. “The guy’s been doing the same effing part for 35 years, ya know? I’ve got no respect for that.” Rourke went on to say, “I don’t care about money and power. I care about when I watch Al Pacino… Source link

Chris Hemsworth has a favorite superhero — and it isn’t Thor! On Monday, the Thor: Love and Thunder star, 38, posted a sweet tribute to his daughter India Rose, 10, lovingly referring to her as his “favorite superhero.” “Here’s two pics of me and my daughter,” he captioned the pair of photos. “One was the first time she was on set 11 years ago, the other is the most recent on Thor: Love and Thunder. She’s my favorite superhero.” In the first picture, baby India is seen sitting next to her… Source link

Starbucks (SBUX) has teamed up with Amazon (AMZN) Go to deliver its second Starbucks Pickup to consumers in New York City. The cashier-less concept dubbed Starbucks Pickup with Amazon Go store is set to open to the public on Tuesday, July 12 at 6 a.m. ET. The new location is located on 620 Eighth Avenue at The New York Times Building between 40th Street & 8th Avenue. The retail experience uses the order-ahead feature on the Starbucks app and Amazon Go’s Just Walk Out technology to create a… Source link

The premiere of Claim to Fame ended in a scandalous fashion on Monday. The series challenges mystery contestants to guess the famous relatives of the other contestants. And right out the gate, there was an unexpected twist at the end of the episode. Contestants are not allowed to have personal phones, because it would make it much too easy to cheat. During the first elimination, Kevin Jonas and Frankie Jonas revealed that one of the contestants cheated by using their phone. The guilty party… Source link

Paolo Banchero‘s Summer League is done. Orlando Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley told reporters on Monday that he’s seen enough of the No. 1 pick and wants to put his minutes to use elsewhere. “I want to give these other guys an opportunity to play, to kind of be able to show what they’re capable of doing,” Mosley said, per the Associated Press. “That’s the point of Summer League, you know — give them a chance … an opportunity for these other guys to see what they’re capable of… Source link

Olympic champion Mo Farah revealed on Wednesday that he was trafficked from Somalia to the United Kingdom as a child and forced into domestic servitude for a London family. He also announced that Mo Farah is not his real name. “Most people know me as Mo Farah,” he told BBC. “But that’s not my name or it’s not the reality. The real story is I was born in Somaliland, north of Somalia as Hussein Abdi Kahin.” Farah made the revelation for a BBC documentary scheduled to air on Wednesday. BBC… Source link

Former Michigan and Detroit Lions head coach Gary Moeller died Monday, the university announced. He was 81. Details of his death are not yet known. Moeller spent five seasons leading the Wolverines from 1990-94, and compiled an impressive 44-13 record while picking up a share of the Big Ten title three times and earning Big Ten Coach of the Year honors twice. He won four of five bowl games and won 19 straight conference games at one point, which set a then-Big Ten record. Moeller first joined… Source link