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Big league umpires call roughly 94% of pitches correctly, according to UmpScorecards.

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Robot umpires approved for MLB in 2026 as part of challenge system
Major League Baseball’s 11-man competition committee has approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System in the major leagues in 2026.
apnews.com
September 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The Labor Department on Friday said businesses added just 22,000 jobs in August, the fourth disappointing monthly report in a row. The June numbers were also revised down to show that the U.S. actually lost 13,000 jobs that month — the first time that has happened since December 2020.
September 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The settlement is largest payout in the history of U.S. copyright cases. Anthropic will pay $3,000 per work to 500,000 authors.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/t...
Anthropic Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit With Book Authors
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The first 40 ball of the season belongs to PAIGE BUECKERS 🥶 - View now in the WNBA App - wnba.ope.nstori.es/go/clip/e751...
The first 40 ball of the season belongs to PAIGE BUECKERS 🥶
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August 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM
"This really is our Water-gate," says Stéphane Mandard, who has led investigations at Le Monde newspaper. "It's a combination of industrial fraud and state collusion."
August 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
America will pay the price. Its long expansion is already under strain: first half of 2025 growth underwhelmed and inflation was disappointingly high. Job creation is slowing, and a survey suggests service-sector activity may be close to stalling.

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from The Economist
Donald Trump’s awful trade policy will outlast him
He thinks America is winning. It is not
economist.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Secret meetings, altered records, ignored intelligence: the inside story of the prime minister’s political calculations
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...
How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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June 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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So, a Fox personality calls for ICE to go to Dodger Stadium and then it happens a couple of days later.
Our leaders now just getting their marching orders from right wing media.
June 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Limits on travel and visa appointments have delayed or prevented foreign doctors from entering the country for jobs set to begin in weeks. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/h...
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June 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Israel has a world-leading missile interception system but its bank of interceptors is finite.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/w...
Will Israel’s Interceptors Outlast Iran’s Missiles? The Answer May Shape the War.
www.nytimes.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
SF picked up the whole contract. Sox have bank to spread around as needed.
Perhaps no one can empathize more with Rafael Devers' trade from Boston than Mookie Betts.

So how did he react to his ex-teammate's shocking move to the Giants?

His comments: http://dlvr.it/TLNLPF
June 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Newsom: This Saturday, he's ordering our American heroes, the United States military, and forcing them to put on a vulgar display to celebrate his birthday, just as other failed dictators have done in the past
June 11, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Meiselas: Terry Moran, if you’re listening, we’ve just learned that your agreement has apparently been terminated by ABC. We want you to know—you will always have a place here at The MeidasTouch Network.
June 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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More good news from Pennsylvania!🥳

A federal court permanently dismissed a lawsuit from the conservative 1789 Foundation that sought to remove 277,00 Pennsylvania voters from the rolls.

Paige and I explain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=48Sq...
VICTORY: Court Permanently Dismisses Right-Wing Case to Purge 277k Pennsylvania Voters
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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June 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Senator Ted Cruz posted a dramatic video of LAPD cars on fire with the caption “this… is… not… peaceful.” What he didn’t mention? The footage was from 2020, not 2025. His post on X falsely implied it was current, part of a broader effort to spread lies and manufacture a crisis.
June 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
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Well it appears the orange felon intends to use all of L.A. as his Reichstag Fire. Start fighting back America.
June 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Breaking news: President Trump is mobilizing 2,000 additional National Guard troops to Los Angeles protests, bringing the total to an estimated 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines.
L.A. protests live updates: Trump mobilizes Marines, 2,000 additional National Guard troops
The additional National Guard troops will join the Marines who are deployed to quell clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement after a series of immigration raids in the city.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Our US Civil War 2.0 correspondent has been shot by a non-lethal round.
June 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Newsom: I told the president, just get it over with. Arrest me. Move on. If you need someone’s head to scalp, then do it with me. But stop messing with these kids. Stop messing with four-year-olds. Kids in elementary school
June 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Did the moron just write…”he lies more than I do”? Does anyone know if this is a real post?
June 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Nope!
June 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Toady
Profiles in Courage
June 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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TYRESE HALIBURTON DOES IT AGAIN! 🔥

He hits the go-ahead shot with 0.3 seconds left to lead the Pacers to another comeback win, this time in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/liv...
June 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Marjorie Taylor Greene is the “DOGE Committee Chair.” How embarrassing for her.
June 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM