GUADALAJARA, JaliscoΒ βΒ Before the World Cup, critics and fans of the Mexican national team debated whether Javier Aguirreβs third stint as head coach was the right decision. Two games later, the coach has led Mexico to the tournamentβs knockout round. Thursdayβs 1-0 victory over South Korea at Guadalajara Stadium made the World Cup co-host the first…
The Dodgers put right-handed reliever Blake Treinen on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation before Saturdayβs game against the Baltimore Orioles. Treinen was the winning pitcher in the Dodgersβ 6-5 walk-off victory Friday, after retiring the side in order in the top of the ninth. It was not immediately clear, when the Dodgers…
PARISΒ βΒ Thereβs a present-day answer to the question that was posed in verse by the French medieval poet and street brawler FranΓ§ois Villon: βWhere are the snows of yesteryear?β Theyβre right here, in high summer, on Parisβ oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, where an enormous art installation, a trompe lβoeil inflatable snow-clad mountain range, has arisen…
Seen through algae-laden green water, a tear in the recently applied sealant can be seen on the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 18, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Oliver Contreras | Afp | Getty Images PresidentΒ DonaldΒ TrumpΒ on Saturday announced that federal authorities had made “multiple arrests” of people he said were vandalizing theΒ Reflecting…
Just days after the Trump administration completed millions of dollars in renovations on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to make it American flag-blue, residents and online users noted it had turned a phosphorescent green. Hereβs why: The calm, still waters of the Reflecting Pool make it an ideal nursery for algae growth. Algae need nitrogen…
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix”> Weβll never know, of course, but it wouldnβt surprise me if Yoshinobu Yamamoto was relieved to lose the no-hitter in the ninth inning so that Mookie Betts wouldnβt have to bear the stigma of spoiling a perfect game. Yamamoto is a 100% class act. Jay JamesPico Rivera Thereβs only one MLB club that…
Two of the biggest box-office standouts of 2026 so far were not made by established studio directors or built on franchise IP. βObsessionβ and βBackroomsβ β horror films from internet-native directors in their 20s β have outperformed far more expensive studio releases. The breakout success of these films has ignited debate across Hollywood about what…
A tarp covers the newly removed name of US President Donald Trump from the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, June 13, 2026. A federal appeals court rejected the Trump administrations last-minute bid to keep the presidents name on the Kennedy Center as a Friday removal deadline neared. Bloomberg | Bloomberg…
After Gov. Gavin Newsom announced this week that the U.S. Department of Justice may be investigating his wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, media and pundits pounced on millions in charity payments he has solicited for nonprofits, including ones she is involved in. Those donations, known as βbehested payments,β arenβt illegal in California, but, long before Newsom…
Dalton Rushing was frustrated. He just chased a slider in the dirt β again. And this time, the game was on the line. The Dodgers were down to their last out. He was down to his last strike. So he took a moment, took a breath, and looked to the Dodgers dugout. The first person…