“Hinch” is Astros manager A.J. Hinch. MORE: Jersey Confidence Index, MLB edition There’s more than a good chance DeShields is relishing the sweep even more because it was the Astros. Houston drafted him in the first round (eighth overall) in 2010, but left him exposed in the Rule 5 Draft last winter. The Rangers took the 22-year-old, he made the team out of spring training, and now he’s their regular center fielder and leadoff man....
The incident was captured on CCTV outside the home of a Hindu couple who live in Adelaide, Australia, 7News reported. The security footage shows the delivery man knocking on the door and looking down at the Rangoli on the porch. He is then seen shuffling his foot across the artwork, which is made from colored sand, until the swastika is no longer visible. The couple who own the home returned on Sunday night to find the artwork that took hours to create was destroyed....
The Gainesville Sun reports the team's charter plane was grounded Sunday afternoon by maintenance issues. The team was heading to Storrs, Conn., for a Monday night game against the University of Connecticut. A Delta spokesman told the newspaper passengers on Delta Connection flight 5059 were either placed on other flights or given vouchers valid for use on future trips. Team spokesman Denver Parler told the Sun he wasn't aware passengers were displaced....
Israel began allowing groups of vaccinated tourists to enter in May, provided they were tested before boarding flights to Israel and had proof of vaccination. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Israel’s tourism industry suffered as a result of lockdowns, and the country was hoping for some recovery by opening its borders. An increase in infections over the past week made government officials delay the opening, pushing it back a month to August 1....
According to Outbreak.Info, which uses virus sequencing data from the GISAID database, AY.4.2 has now been identified in four states—North Carolina, Massachusetts, Washington and California—in addition to the District of Columbia, as of October 21. At present, the sub-lineage is very rare in the U.S. States. In total, five cases of AY.4.2 have been reported so far in the country—one in each of the states mentioned above and the federal district....
DeRozan, who joined the storied franchise via sign-and-trade in the offseason, is playing at an All-Star level early on in the 2021-22 season. His play is a major reason that the team finds itself atop the Eastern Conference standings at this early juncture of the year. MORE: Heat stand as legitimate contender in East Through his first 11 games with the Bulls, the 13-year veteran has been spectacular, posting averages of 26....
If Republicans win back the House, the Senate, or—God forbid—both, it will plunge the United States right back into the depths of the hell that was former President Donald Trump’s America. This is just one of the many reasons why everyone should vote for the only political party defending democracy: the Democratic Party. Republicans are running on a platform of lies and deceit, and the stripping away of basic rights....
“What he’s doing is running a race for Mike Bloomberg. What they’re doing, the other Democrats, is running a race not for themselves but against other people,” political consultant Hank Sheinkopf told Newsweek. A Bloomberg spokesperson confirmed to Newsweek on Monday that the campaign will be opening a field office in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the next few weeks. So far, the former New York City mayor is the only 2020 Democrat to set up shop in the U....
Senator Chris Coons from Delaware told CNN last night that he did not think there would be enough bipartisan support for the president’s removal from office if articles of impeachment are delivered to the Senate by the end of this year. Speaking to The Lead Tuesday afternoon, the Senate Judiciary Committee member also said public polling on impeachment was “disheartening,” but argued that testimonies from more senior figures in the Trump administration could “move the needle....
The 44-year-old tech entrepreneur launched his White House bid in late 2017 but has become known for a singular aspect of his presidential platform, the “Freedom Dividend.” The plan would give every American $1,000 in basic income each month to combat job loss to automation. The idea of universal basic income has been widely criticized, especially by Republicans. Even other 2020 Democratic candidates have said they’d only support the policy as a last resort....
Speaking to CNN’s Chris Cuomo on Wednesday, Carville said Democrats should “speak plain English” and appeal to all Americans – including those who live in both rural and metropolitan areas. “The nature of being a Democrat is you respect everybody and particularly respect people’s labor. So often, Democrats come across with this metropolitan arrogance or urban smugness that people feel, and it hurts us. And by the way, it even hurts us with people that live in cities that don’t speak this jargony faculty lounge language,” Carville said....
Coons, who is under fire from liberal groups for repeated bipartisan efforts, said he was appalled at Americans, whether they be Washington Nationals or Houston Astros fans, chanting to imprison the president at a “globally televised” event. The Delaware senator told CNN’s John Berman Monday that he is a “traditionalist” and believes people should respect the office of the president, even if Trump’s actions in the past have been at times “despicable....
While all this happens, more mundane matters are unfolding: “Unity task forces” convened by the Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders campaigns are hammering out policy proposals for the Democratic platform across a range of issues, including climate. Compared to Sanders, Biden has been lukewarm at best in his support of a Green New Deal that could match the scale of the climate emergency and the deepest recession since the Great Depression....
With the possible entry of West Virginia’s billionaire Republican governor (and onetime Democrat) Jim Justice into the election fray this week, however, Manchin could be critical to helping Democrats maintain its already slim majority in 2024. Speaking with Metronews Talkline host Hoppy Kercheval Wednesday, Justice said he was “seriously considering” a bid for the United States Senate in 2024, and believed he could win—regardless of who his opponent is....
The proposal for the funds for U.S. roads, rail programs and public transit comes from the Democratic chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Representative Peter DeFazio. Biden has been engaged in rounds of conversations with Capito over infrastructure as Democrats and Republicans debate how to pay for projects. DeFazio said his legislation is a “once-in-a-generation opportunity to move our transportation planning out of the 1950s and toward our clean energy future....
With a month until Election Day, Democrats are poised to win in five of seven battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, New Hampshire, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Recent polling suggests Republicans are still on track to flip Nevada and Wisconsin. Currently, the Senate is split 50-50, but Democrats get the advantage with Vice President Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote. In order to stay in control over the Senate, Democrats need to hold onto 14 Senate seats....
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is due to announce on Wednesday an end to the COVID mitigation measures, according to The New York Times as one public health expert told Newsweek, “it makes sense to have an off-ramp for mandates now.” Thursday will see the expiration of the rule requiring businesses in New York State to demand customers have proof of vaccination and wear masks indoors, except when eating or drinking....
But Democratic operatives zeroed in on another, overlooked warning sign in the poll that could spell long-term trouble for the Party, regardless of its nominee in 2024 and beyond: in a first for the national survey, Democrats received more support from white college-educated voters than they did from nonwhite voters. The finding appears to show cracks in the Obama coalition, the alignment of young, nonwhite and college-educated women and men that propelled former President Barack Obama to the White House and helped elect Biden in 2020....
The match wasn’t what Dempsey would have hoped for. He missed a clear early chance, and his Cottagers never really got going after that on their way to a 3-0 loss to Chelsea. Dempsey has scored against Chelsea on multiple occasions, but on this, likely his final match for Fulham, Dempsey couldn’t conjure any of the familiar magic. He scored zero goals in a loan stint unlikely to be remembered by Fulham fans, or any of Dempsey’s fans for that matter....
Why then do some people—even some decent people—refuse to recognize this historical event? Turkish authorities have done everything in their power to pressure individuals and countries not to acknowledge this genocide. They have done so by threats, extortion, and bribery. For many years these tactics worked. Indeed, it is reported that Hitler, in 1939, used the Armenian genocide as a way of assuring the German people that the world will not react to his planned genocide against the Jews....
