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Browns trade QB Kenny Pickett to the Raiders, where he'll back up Geno SmithAug 25, 2025 9:32 pm - Kenny Pickett is on the move again. The Browns traded Pickett to Las Vegas on Monday night for a fifth-round draft pick in 2026, giving the Raiders a proven backup quarte...
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Shane Smith gives up 1 hit in a career-high 7 innings, White Sox beat the Royals 7-0Aug 25, 2025 9:09 pm - CHICAGO — Shane Smith allowed one hit in a career-high seven innings, Korey Lee hit a two-run homer, and the White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 7-0 on Monday night. Sm...
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Venus Williams loses in 3 sets at the US Open in her 1st Grand Slam match in 2 yearsAug 25, 2025 9:06 pm - NEW YORK — Even at age 45, even after two years away from Grand Slam tennis, Venus Williams displayed some big serves and powerful groundstrokes at the U.S. Open on Monda...
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Trump fires Fed Governor Lisa Cook, escalating fight for control over central bankAug 25, 2025 8:08 pm - President Donald Trump fired Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook late Monday, a surprise move constituting a sharp escalation in his battle to exert greater control over what has long been considered an institution independent from day-to-day politics.
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House committee subpoenas Jeffrey Epstein’s estate for documents, including birthday book and contactsAug 25, 2025 7:50 pm - The House Oversight Committee subpoenaed the estate of the late Jeffrey Epstein on Monday as congressional lawmakers try to determine who was connected to the disgraced financier and whether prosecutors mishandled his case.
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Another realignment idea: What if new baseball divisions were based on market size?Aug 25, 2025 6:28 pm - Commissioner Rob Manfred caused a bit of a stir recently when he said during an ESPN telecast that expansion and realignment could be on the table soon. That led to a num...
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Daniel Dae Kim is still waiting for his rom-com moment. In the meantime, there’s ‘Butterfly.’Aug 25, 2025 5:19 pm - Daniel Dae Kim’s latest project, “Butterfly,” follows a former U.S. intelligence operative in South Korea whose past catches up with him. It premiered on Amazon Prime in the U.S. and elsewhere earlier this month, but made its Korean debut last week.
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Book Review: Wife digs into husband’s past and finds unsettling things in ‘I Become Her’Aug 25, 2025 4:59 pm - Imogene is returning from a restaurant bathroom break when she sees her new husband, Lev, sitting at their table and appearing to flirt with a beautiful waitress. Is he? So begins “I Become Her,” the latest psychological thriller by veteran author Joe Hart.
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Book Review: Icelandic detective stars in ‘The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer’Aug 25, 2025 4:25 pm - Ragnar Jónasson is a devoted fan of puzzle mysteries and has given an Icelandic police detective the same obsession, so the young detective is thrilled to investigate the sudden disappearance of a best-selling crime novelist in “The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer.”
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Book Review: Elaine Hsieh Chou dazzles in short story collection ‘Where Are You Really From’Aug 25, 2025 4:16 pm - Author Elaine Hsieh Chou dazzles with rich, highly original and sometimes shocking stories in her collection of fiction, “Where Are You Really From.” Chou wanders in and out of a kind of magic realism, exploring our capability for self-deception and cruelty.