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Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas Enters Inner Solar System

Science · United States

Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas Enters Inner Solar System

43% Center coverage: 165 sources

White Sox World Series champion closer Bobby Jenks dies at 44

MLB · United States

White Sox World Series champion closer Bobby Jenks dies at 44

65% Center coverage: 134 sources

Manager Dave Martinez and GM Mike Rizzo fired by the Washington Nationals

Washington Nationals · United States

Manager Dave Martinez and GM Mike Rizzo fired by the Washington Nationals

52% Center coverage: 74 sources

Manager Dave Martinez and general manager Mike Rizzo were fired by the Washington Nationals on Sunday amid their sixth consecutive losing season since winning the 2019 World Series.See the Story

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Cuomo Concedes New York Mayoral Primary After Mamdani Leads First Round

Aaron Judge Gets Struck in the Face by a Toss From Yankees Teammate Anthony Volpe

39% Left coverage: 36 sources

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees star Aaron Judge was struck in the face by a toss from teammate Anthony Volpe as they were coming off the field after the fifth inning of Saturday’s 12-6 loss to the New York Mets. Judge came to bat in the sixth with a small bandage that was still affixed near his right eye after the game. He had a mark right around the eye but said he was fine. Mark Vientos lined out to Yankees second baseman Oswald Peraza to end the fif…Aaron Judge · New York See the Story

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine Signs State Budget, Including $600M for Cleveland Browns Domed Stadium in Brook Park

57% Center coverage: 53 sources

Shortly before midnight, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed the state's two-year budget, including an income tax cut for high earners and $600 million for the Cleveland Browns' new domed stadium. Mike DeWine · Cleveland See the Story

The Newest Toledo Mud Hen Is A Purrfect Midseason Addition

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Paige Lakovic heard the meow first. She'd headed over to Section 103 before the Toledo Mud Hens' game last Thursday. Staffers had been alerted: There was a cat in the seating area. Lakovic was out to find it, but the frightened kitty had already moved. But a little mew was all she needed to suss out his location. "He was so small," she says. "He really looked like a bunny … I was trying to get a look at him first before I just grabbed him. But I…Toledo, Ohio · Toledo Read Article

The Anti-Fascist Power Of Trans Women Wrestling In Nacho Cheese

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

BROOKLYN — The first year, they wrestled in a tub of lube. The second year, it was crushed tomatoes and cooked noodles. The third? Baked beans. But the first I saw of the Twinks vs. Dolls Olympics was that one Instagram story screenshot: a couple dozen people crowded into the backyard of the Brooklyn bar Singers surrounding a smaller circle of smoke-clouded contestants huffing back those darts as fast as they could. “Twinks vs dolls cigarette ra…Instagram · New York Read Article

Are You Team Fiery Sun Death Or Team Lifeless Husk?

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Scientists aren't sure whether Earth will be fully swallowed by the Sun, or merely burned to a crisp. Which sounds better to you?Read Article

Jim Spanfeller Somehow Worse At Writing Than Running A Media Company

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

With last week's sale of Kotaku, the project that was G/O Media is effectively dead. Its media portfolio is now something of a media one-pager: The only website it still owns is The Root, another publication that deserved better. The Nosferatus in Oxford blue shirts at Great Hill Partners, which owns G/O Media, have polished off the blood and will turn to some other victim. In a lengthy statement released on Wednesday—titled "G/O Media Epilogue"…United States · United States Read Article

239th Time's The Charm For Nico Hülkenberg

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

With Wimbledon, the Tour de France, and the 2025 British Grand Prix, the long Fourth of July weekend for Americans has unpatriotically delivered a frantic mishmash of sports and European time zones. Some athletes are referencing the crossover. After easily winning his third-round match in Wimbledon on Saturday, Jannik Sinner was eager to get off court to catch the last few laps of qualifying. He was already planning his Sunday: "I will manage my…British Grand Prix · London Read Article

How Team Tactics Shape The Tour de France, And Vice Versa

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

In yesterday's story, How To Watch Cycling, I wrote offhand that the Tour de France was "poker on two wheels." That poker game is an important element of tactics, but it's not the only one. With the Tour so close and so much more coverage to come, it seemed worth addressing the principles of team tactics a little more thoroughly. How do the teams fight each other? What are they fighting for? And why is that interesting? A team's primary weapon i…Tour De France · France Read Article

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