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  • SportAssociated Press

    Ohtani gifts Roberts a toy Porsche after tying club record for most homers by a Japanese-born player

    Dave Roberts recently joked that Shohei Ohtani should gift Roberts a Porsche when Ohtani breaks his Dodgers' record for most home runs by a Japanese-born player. Ohtani obliged, just maybe not in the way Roberts imagined. Before Friday's game against the Atlanta Braves, the Dodgers' slugger gifted Roberts a purple toy model Porsche in his office.

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  • ScienceThe Guardian

    The new ‘space race’: what are China’s ambitions and why is the US so concerned?

    As China launches its Chang’e-6 mission to the far side of the moon, US officials have expressed alarm at the pace of its advancements

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  • NewsAssociated Press Videos

    President Putin joins faithful at Orthodox Easter mass at Moscow cathedral

    Worshippers including President Vladimir Putin packed Moscow's landmark Christ the Savior Cathedral for a night-time Easter service late on Saturday. Most Western churches observe Easter on March 31, but the Russian Orthodox Church follows a different calendar and celebrates on May 5.

  • NewsThe Daily Beast

    The Mounting List of Global VIPs Who Detest Elon Musk

    Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty ImagesElon Musk is flying high across the world stage making business deals, getting high profile photo-ops, and making enemies out of world leaders along the way.Musk, the billionaire chief executive of Tesla and owner of X, jetted off to China earlier this week to meet with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in a bid to get self-driving cars approved in the country. The multi-billionaire went on a walk-and-talk with Qiang, and had a sit-down photo

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  • SportAssociated Press

    White Sox wait out 3-hour rain delay in 10th inning to beat Cardinals 6-5

    Tanner Banks came on after a three-hour rain delay to strike out pinch-hitter Iván Herrera in the bottom of the 10th inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5 on Saturday night to snap a four-game losing streak. White Sox manager Pedro Grifol said. Tommy Pham drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the top of the 10th and the White Sox were an out away in the bottom half when crew chief Dan Iassogna stopped play and called out the grounds crew after John Brebbia thr

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  • NewsThe Daily Beast

    Kristi Noem Killed Her Dog—Then Ruined This GOP Fundraiser

    Mandel Ngan/GettyA GOP fundraiser in Colorado that was supposed to be headlined by Kristi Noem has been scrapped because of threats triggered by the revelation that she shot a dog she “hated” years ago.In a statement posted to social media, Jefferson County Republican Party Chair Nancy Pallozzi said the group thought “the timing was perfect” when the South Dakota governor agreed to appear at the May 4 event just before her book’s publication.But then The Guardian reported that the memoir contain

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