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It might be a clichΓ© this time of year, how injured players who return after the trade deadline can serve as de facto deadline acquisitions themselves. But in the case of Max Muncy and the Dodgers, the team needed it to be true. Badly. Immediately after Muncy went down with a knee injury in early…
Alfie Wise, who often appeared in films and TV shows with his friend Burt Reynolds, has died. He reportedly died July 22 of natural causes at the Thomas H. Corey VA Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., his longtime fiancΓ©e Stephanie Bliss told the Hollywood Reporter. He was 82. Wise and Reynolds shared the…
A βbrujo,β a βmagician,β βa social arsonistβ and the βfather of Chicano Theaterβ β these are just a few of the monikers that have been bestowed upon Luis Valdez over the course of his decades-long career. The 85-year-old filmmaker and playwright is responsible for βLa Bambaβ and βZoot Suit,β films that raised a generation of…
Peter Mandelson told Jeffrey Epstein he was “trying hard” to change government policy on bankers’ bonuses at his request, months after the convicted sex trafficker had paid thousands of pounds to the then UK business secretary’s husband. Emails released by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday shed new light on the closeness of…
Shane Tamura, the gunman who killed four people and himself in a New York City office building in July, had CTE, a degenerative brain disease linked to head injuries sustained in football and other contact sports. The New York medical examiner βfound unambiguous diagnostic evidence of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, also known as CTE, in the…
Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron’s migrant deal will come into force on Tuesday, with detentions set to begin by the end of the week. The “one in, one out” pilot scheme – which will allow the UK to send some people who have crossed the Channel back to France in exchange for asylum seekers…
Andy Burnham would beat Sir Keir Starmer among Labour members by two to one if there were a leadership contest today, an exclusive poll for Sky News reveals. A poll of 704 Labour members taken a week ago by YouGov found that 62% would back Mr Burnham, and 29% would back Sir Keir. Just 9%…
