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It has been more than a year since Cameron Brink suited up for the Sparks, and excitement is building around the return of one of the teamβs biggest stars. Sidelined by a torn ACL and meniscus, Brink has steadily progressed through drills and contact work since training camp. Head coach Lynne Roberts, who spoke with…
Warner Music Group will lay off an unspecified number of employees as part of a months-long restructuring plan to cut costs, Chief Executive Robert Kyncl said in a memo to staff Tuesday. Kyncl said in the memo that the plan to βfuture-proofβ the company includes reducing annual costs by roughly $300 million, with $170 million…
The transformation happened quickly in May 2009. Early into his second year in the majors, a young Clayton Kershaw was enduring a sophomore slump with the Dodgers. Looking for a way to complement his predominantly fastball/curveball mix, he began toying around with a slider in his between-starts bullpen sessions. When Brad Ausmus, the well-traveled 40-year-old…
An enormous shadow hovers over the characters in βJurassic World: Rebirth,β and itβs the same one that has been dogging composer Alexandre Desplat ever since he was a teenager in Paris. That shadow? The music of John Williams. βHeβs such a legend for all of us,β says Desplat, 63, on a Zoom call from London,…
SEOULΒ βΒ They are dive-bombing pedestrians, carpeting hiking trails and making national headlines. Known as βlovebugs,β or Plecia longiforceps, this species of invasive march fly is the talk of South Koreaβs capital, annoying the public and flummoxing government officials, who are trying to keep these βuninvited summer guestsβ β as they have been called by the media…
NBA players make more money than their counterparts in other team sports. NFL and MLB might conjure fields of green, but NBA courts are the equivalent of the WALDIS Ultra safe β the preferred place to stash cash. The reasons involve simple math. NBA rosters are half the size of those in MLB and a…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Building the border wall. Increasing detention capacity. Hiring thousands of immigration agents. The budget bill narrowly approved by the Senate on Tuesday includes massive funding infusions β roughly $150 billion β toward immigration and border enforcement. If passed, the βOne Big Beautiful Bill Actβ will cement Trumpβs hard-line legacy on immigration. The budget bill would…
KhloΓ© Kardashian is setting the record straight β and giving credit where itβs due β about the plastic surgery and cosmetic work sheβs had done after a London-based surgeon rattled off a list of suspected surgeries in honor of the reality starβs 41st birthday. Dr. Jonathan Betteridge had a rather suspicious mind: He told followers…
Caitlin Clark is the best player in the WNBA. At least thatβs what the public seems to think. The Indiana Fever superstar received a record 1,293,526 fan votes for the 2025 WNBA All-Star game. Her fellow players, however, donβt seem to agree. Clark finished in ninth place among WNBA guards in player voting. Nonetheless, Clark…
Labour’s welfare reforms bill has passed, with 335 MPs voting in favour and 260 against. It came after the government watered down the bill earlier this evening, making a dramatic last-minute concession to the demands of would-be rebel MPs who were concerned about the damage the policy would do to disabled people. The concessions could…
