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There's been a lot of cyber ink spilled about Dodgers reliever Daniel Hudson of late.Thankfully, it's all been for positive reasons.The veteran right-hander began a minor league rehab assignment last week and has made three scoreless appearances since then.According to manager Dave Roberts, Hudson is getting a little antsy and is expected to move on from the rookie level Arizona Complex League and advance to Triple-A shortly.

After struggling through the first three starts of his MLB career, Gavin Stone was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City prior to the Los Angeles Dodgers' matchup against the Washington Nationals on Tuesday.Stone allowed a combined 17 runs (16 earned) on 23 hits and seven walks in just 10 innings pitched.

The Los Angeles Dodgers bullpen has been overworked in recent days because their starting pitchers have failed to pitch deep into games for various reasons, including injuries and poor performances.Between short outings from Dustin May, Clayton Kershaw, Noah Syndergaard and Julio Urías, along with an extra-innings game, the Dodgers bullpen had to cover 26 innings over their previous four games entering Friday.

A large mass of rock slid down a mountainside above a Swiss village that was evacuated last month, stopping just short of the settlement, authorities said Friday.Brienz, in the southeastern Graubuenden region of Switzerland, was evacuated on May 12 after geology experts warned that the Alpine rock looming over the village could break loose.

A German parliamentary delegation canceled plans Monday for a visit to fruit farms in a drought-hit region of southern Spain, after a campaign in Germany to discourage consumers from buying drought berries sparked political controversy.The cross-party visit by nine German lawmakers this week was meant to include a stop in the Donana national park in Andalusia, home to some of Europe's most important wetlands.

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The Los Angeles and Long Beach port docks were humming Thursday after the longshore workers union and employers reached a possible labor deal after months of increasingly contentious talks.The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Assn., which represents shipping lines and terminal operators, said late Wednesday that they had tentatively agreed to a new six-year contract covering 22,000 workers at 29 West Coast ports.

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West Coast dockworkers have reached a tentative deal with employers, the two sides announced Wednesday, potentially ending months of port labor strife that could have threatened the nation's economic outlook.In a joint statement, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Assn., which represents shipping lines and terminal operators, said the new six-year deal covers workers at all 29 West Coast ports but did not release further details.

In an unusual, wide-ranging interview with war correspondents and military bloggers, President Vladimir V. Putin on Tuesday portrayed the Russian military as standing firm against the long-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive and suggested that the conflict was fulfilling the goals he set initially.

In the meeting, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries didn't reject the idea outright, but senior Democrats tell POLITICO that leadership is not in favor of forcing members to skip constituent meetings back home when there are no concrete plans to vote.The push by some Democrats to remain in Washington comes despite Jeffries' own efforts to tamp down frustration among Democratic lawmakers over what they see as a messaging void from the White House.

President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet on Monday afternoon in an effort to revive talks to avert a default on the nation's debt after negotiations faltered over the weekend.The meeting, which is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the White House, comes after negotiators clashed over Republicans' demands to cut spending in exchange for raising the debt limit.

President Joe Biden gestures after speaking during a Juneteenth concert on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 13, 2023.Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images On Tuesday night, hours after former President Donald Trump was indicted on charges relating to his improper removal of government documents from the White House to his Mar-a-Lago estate, Fox News ran a chyron at the bottom of its screen calling current President Joe Biden a "wannabe dictator" who used his powers in office to have his "political rival arrested."

Ukrainian forces have suffered losses in heavy equipment and soldiers as they met greater than expected resistance from Russian forces in their first attempt to breach Russian lines in the east of the country in recent days, two senior US officials tell CNN.One US official described the losses which include US supplied MRAP armored personnel vehicles as significant.

Ukraine has cultivated a network of agents and sympathizers inside Russia working to carry out acts of sabotage against Russian targets and has begun providing them with drones to stage attacks, multiple people familiar with US intelligence on the matter told CNN.US officials believe these pro-Ukrainian agents inside Russia carried out a drone attack that targeted the Kremlin in early May by launching drones from within Russia rather than flying them from Ukraine into Moscow.

The US Secret Service implemented tougher disciplinary measures after preliminary findings from an internal investigation found agents missed an intruder at national security adviser Jake Sullivan's home in part because they were using their personal phones, people briefed on the matter said.Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle in recent days ordered increased penalties for employees who violate policies on duty, including the use of personal devices while on the job.

The PGA Tour said Tuesday night that Jay Monahan, its commissioner, was recuperating from a medical situation and that two of its other executives would oversee the tour's day-to-day operations for the time being.The tour's four-sentence statement came one week after Monahan, 53, announced that the tour had reached a partnership deal with Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, which bankrolled the LIV Golf league that has clashed with Monahan's circuit for more than a year.

When Tom Wambsgans outmaneuvered the Roy siblings, getting himself named as the U.S. executive running Waystar Royco for GoJo at the end of a rollicking finale of the HBO series Succession, it likely came as a shock to many of the viewers at home.But to fans of baseball's early days, and internet conspiracy theorists, the signs were there for Tom to come out on top, besting three competitors at the same time.

It wasn't even 8 a.m. and Captain Fritz, a Ukrainian infantry officer, had already smoked a half-dozen cigarettes.He's 24, but his pale blue eyes seemed older than his years, reflecting the weariness of war but also maybe something else, perhaps a flicker of mischief.He crouched in a trench, head cocked.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint news conference with Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.Efrem Lukatsky/AP KYIV, Ukraine Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday gave his first formal confirmation that Ukraine's long-awaited offensive was underway against Russian troops.

In a photo taken from video released by the Ukrainian Presidential Office, water surges through a break in the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine.Ukraine and Russia are both accusing each other of blowing up the dam, which also destroyed an attached hydroelectric power station.Ukrainian Presidential Office via AP KYIV, Ukraine A major dam near a nuclear power plant suddenly collapsed overnight in southern Ukraine, creating the likelihood of widespread flooding and posing an additional risk to an already troubled nuclear plant.

Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference at the European Political Community (EPC) Summit in Bulboaca, near Chisinau, Moldova, Thursday, June 1, 2023.Carl Court/AP KYIV, Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia's war, now in its 16th month, has killed at least 500 Ukrainian children.

The battle for the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is essentially over, for now.After 10 months of brutal artillery duels, frantic troop advances and thousands of Russian and Ukrainian casualties, Moscow's formations are in control of the industrial hub, while Kyiv's troops are trying to put pressure on the city's flanks.

Russia's claim of victory in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut suggests that the brutal urban combat that marked the deadliest battle of its war in Ukraine might be over.But what comes next is far from clear.While Moscow is trumpeting a Mission Accomplished moment in its war, Ukraine even as it insists Bakhmut has not completely fallen sees an opening to seize the initiative from the city's outskirts if Russian forces are no longer pressing forward inside the city's center.

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Dave Roberts sat in the dugout, scanned the Cincinnati Reds' lineup and tried to devise a late-game plan.At the start of their recent six-game trip, the Dodgers had a three-run lead with nine outs to get at Great American Ball Park.Roberts knew the three relievers he wanted to use.

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This certainly isn't what the Dodgers had in mind for Bobby Miller 's big-league debut.The club's top pitching prospect has only eight career triple A outings, including just four this season after starting his season late.His stuff is still somewhat a work in progress, too, trying to find the right complement of secondary pitches to pair with his near-triple-digit fastball.

Skip to content Continue reading the main story Miami's Duncan Robinson has been more aggressive in getting to the rim during the playoffs.Credit...Photo by Kyle Terada, Pool/Getty Images Not so long ago, the Heat's Duncan Robinson had a well-worn reputation as a spot-up 3-point shooter.That was more or less the extent of his game as a floor-stretching, 6-foot-7 forward, and it was enough to warrant him a five-year, $90 million contract in 2021 the most lucrative deal ever for an undrafted player.

Former President Donald Trump listens as he speaks with reporters while in flight on his plane after a campaign rally in Waco, Texas, on March 25.Evan Vucci/AP Former President Donald Trump says he has been indicted as part of the special counsel probe into alleged mishandling of government secrets and obstruction.

Ukrainian forces mounted a major attack in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday, taking the offensive against the invading Russians in multiple places in the east and south, but there was no indication of a breakthrough in an operation that carries high stakes for Kyiv and its Western allies.

President Biden was set to meet with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain at the White House on Thursday to discuss economic cooperation, the rise of artificial intelligence and the war in Ukraine.Mr. Biden and Mr. Sunak have met several times at diplomatic events in recent months, but the prime minister's two-day visit to Washington is a high-profile engagement, including a bilateral meeting and a planned afternoon news conference.

More than 400 active wildfires were burning across Canada on Tuesday night, according to the authorities, exacerbating a wildfire season that has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, created a sense of anxiety across the sprawling country and triggered air quality alerts hundreds of miles south in the United States.

An amateur astronomer has spotted a once-in-a-decade supernova that scientists hope will shed light on how dying massive stars give birth to strange objects such as neutron stars and black holes.On May 19 seasoned supernova discoverer Koichi Itagaki spotted something strange in a spiral galaxy called M101: a bright new pinprick of light.

With 40% of the 2023 regular season in the books, here are three things we'll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world throughout the day today:
1.How serious is Alvarez's injury?Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez exited yesterday's loss to the Blue Jays after the first inning with what was termed right oblique discomfort.

White House and House GOP negotiators are racing to finalize a deal to raise the nation's debt limit with time running perilously short and the risk of a first-ever US default growing.There have been some signs that talks have progressed in recent days, and negotiators are hoping to announce an agreement as soon as Saturday, according to a person familiar with the matter.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said this week that he did not believe Republicans and Democrats were anywhere close to a deal on raising the debt ceiling.President Biden said little in public.As the risk of default drew closer, Republicans got together and auctioned off a tube of used cherry lip balm, which sold for six figures.

They come from far corners of the globe, speak different languages, span the ideological spectrum and range in age from 43 to 80.But one thing President Biden and the other leaders of the Group of 7 meeting in Japan this weekend have in common?They're not all that popular at home.For Mr. Biden and his counterparts from the world's leading industrial powers, it is an age of democratic discontent when electorates seem perpetually dissatisfied with the presidents and prime ministers they have chosen.

Barcelona have said Lionel Messi turned down their proposal because he wants to "compete in a league with fewer demands" after the forward confirmed he will join MLS side Inter Miami.Messi, whose contract with Paris Saint-Germain expires on June 30, revealed on Wednesday he would not return to Barca because he could not wait any longer to see if they would be able to register his contract with LaLiga.

A number of municipalities in the Greater Toronto area are warning residents not to light any open-air fires as dry weathers persists in Ontario.Provincial fire restrictions are in effect for much of the province, covering most of northern Ontario and stretching south into the Muskoka District and Haliburton County.

Ron DeSantis's decision to send migrants from near the Mexico border to the capital city of California is at first glance the latest in a series of escalating clashes between the Florida governor and his Democratic counterpart, Gavin Newsom.But the performative gambit in the early days of Mr. DeSantis's 2024 presidential run is better understood as an opening bid to prove to Republican primary voters that he can be just as much a provocateur, and every bit as incendiary, as former President Donald J. Trump.

In his first public appearance since officials in California accused him of orchestrating recent charter flights that carried groups of migrants from Texas to Sacramento, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida did not address whether his state was responsible for the transports.Instead, at what his office had billed as a news conference in Wildwood, Fla., Mr. DeSantis signed a bill on Tuesday morning that he said would give consumers more control over their online presence and then walked off the stage without taking questions from reporters.

The body of one of three men missing after the partial collapse of an apartment building in Davenport, Iowa, has been recovered a week after a section of the six-story structure collapsed, a spokeswoman for the city said on Sunday.The spokeswoman, Sarah Ott, said in an email that the body of Branden Colvin Sr., 42, was found on Saturday.

Eviction cases are piling up in Los Angeles County courtrooms, especially now that the county's COVID protections have ended.Landlords almost always show up with attorneys, while tenants tend to represent themselves.Reporter: David Wagner, LAist
Sacramento Rushes To Aid Migrants Flown Into State
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg says he's proud of the way community groups and local officials are stepping up, to aid the dozens of bewildered migrants who've arrived in his city by chartered jets in recent days.

(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Southern California dockworkers disrupted cargo activity Friday at the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports - major entry points for the country's imports - after contract talks deteriorated in recent days, causing the ports to shut down.The Pacific Maritime Assn., which represents shipping companies and port terminal operators, said the International Longshore and Warehouse Union "is staging concerted and disruptive work actions that have effectively shut down operations" at several terminals in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Tacoma and Seattle.

Journalists at two dozen Gannett Co.-owned newspapers across the country staged a walk-out Monday and Tuesday to protest pay and working conditions.The NewsGuild noted their ranks have been decimated by cuts required to finance a merger with another major newspaper company four years ago.Richard Drew/AP Hundreds of journalists are walking off the job Monday and Tuesday at two dozen newspapers owned by the Gannett company.

The Atlanta Braves return home on Sunday evening into Monday after a lengthy trip to Oakland and Phoenix.While things didn't go well in Oakland, Sunday's grand slam from Eddie Rosario led to a series victory over the Diamondbacks, and the Battery Power Podcast turned on the microphones just minutes later.

After another tough loss Friday, the Atlanta Braves will try to get back on track Saturday night when they continue a three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks.The Braves were once again unable to generate much offense in a 3-2 loss in the opener continuing a trend that has plagued them for the last couple of weeks.

Mayor Brandon Johnson feels an affinity for the biblical Joseph.We learned this from a rather personal address he made at an interfaith breakfast before his inauguration: He noted that he is the youngest of his many siblings, at times feeling like he is metaphorically "in a pit," and has now been elected to lead one of America's greatest cities.

WASHINGTON DC, DECEMBER 7, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez prepares to address a crowd during a rally ... [+]
Getty Images The parody Twitter account of New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, which had attracted tens-of-thousands of new followers as well as Elon Musk's attention was shut down on Friday.

Outside a children's clinic-turned-bomb shelter in Kyiv, a huddle of passers-by wrestled with a question that has haunted Ukraine's capital for over a day: Who is to blame for their neighbors' deaths?Three people, including a woman and her child, were killed in an explosion around the entrance of their neighborhood shelter early Thursday morning, having been locked out in the middle of an air raid.

Dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured this week in northern Kosovo when they clashed with ethnic Serbs, raising fears of a larger escalation between Serbia and Kosovo.The violence came after Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leadership sent heavily armed security forces to take control of town municipal buildings, the latest turn in a dispute that has roots going back to the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s.

E rik ten Hag has pledged to fight for further Manchester United improvements this summer as he develops a plan for more growth despite the ongoing takeover uncertainty.The Red Devils have enjoyed a hugely encouraging first season under their popular Dutch boss, returning to the Premier League's top four and next season's Champions League courtesy of a third-placed domestic finish.

The striker returned from illness to come off the bench and score in a 4-1 thumping of Chelsea on Thursday, but both Antony and Luke Shaw had already been withdrawn to add to Erik ten Hag's concerns.The pair will now be assessed, but join Marcel Sabitzer, Lisandro Martinez, Phil Jones and Donny van de Beek on the absentee list.

Chelsea are next on their agenda with the England striker at least having a few days to recover from a bout of illness for Thursday's meeting.The Red Devils had enjoyed some positive news on the injury front before beating Bournemouth, with Raphael Varane back ahead of schedule along with Scott McTominay.

Home sales plunged by a quarter in April compared with the same month a year earlier, according to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures.Across the UK, 82,120 transactions were estimated to have taken place in April, marking a 25% drop compared with the same month last year.Residential property sales were also 8% lower in April than in March.

BERLIN Germany's coalition government was always an awkward trio of center-left Social Democrats, climate-conscious Greens and pro-business Free Democrats.Yet in the heady days after their election victory in 2021, the parties vowed to stick to a tradition of consensus-driven politics, keeping the drama behind closed doors.

Spaniards are voting in regional and municipal polls that will serve as a gauge of the political mood ahead of December's general election, and which come after a bitter and fractious campaign marred by a row over the defunct terrorist organisation, Eta, and by allegations of electoral fraud.Sunday's elections, in which 12 regional governments and 8,000 municipal councils are up for grabs, are likely to be a closely fought race between the governing Spanish Socialist Workers party (PSOE) and the opposition conservative People's party (PP).

The Yankees were trailing 4-5 in the bottom of the seventh Monday night, but they had a rally in their bones.After a favorable call, Gleyber Torres was ahead in the count against newly-minted Baltimore bullpen ace Yennier Cano, and he punched a grounder hard up the middle for a single.Aaron Judge moved him over with a groundout, and though Torres had a good jump on a bloop Anthony Rizzo single, the Yankees held him at third.

For eight total innings yesterday, things were good for the Bronx Bombers: Nestor Cortes was dealing, Gleyber Torres and Isiah Kiner-Falefa lit up Baltimore pitching, and across those frames, they may have come away with a dominant 5-1 victory that set them up for the sweep.Unfortunately, Major League Baseball rules do not allow us to ignore the seventh inning, and because of this, the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles will instead face off in the rubber match between two of the American League's top four teams.

Two Nepali Sherpas are taking one-upmanship to an extreme on top of the world.Pasang Dawa Sherpa and Kami Rita Sherpa, decorated mountain guides and friends, have been scaling Mount Everest in rapid succession in recent days in pursuit of the record for most ascents of the world's highest peak.It is a grueling competition with monetary rewards and abundant dangers, turning what is a once-in-a-lifetime experience for most climbers into a repeat performance for the veteran Sherpas.

Mutaqee Akbar, the president of the Tallahassee branch of the NAACP, talks about the organization's travel advisory for Black tourists visiting Florida.MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Let's head to Florida now, a state for which the NAACP has just issued a travel advisory.It cites Florida Governor Ron DeSantis', quote, "aggressive attempts to erase Black history."

Russia's claim of victory in Bakhmut suggests that the brutal urban combat that marked the deadliest battle of its war in Ukraine might be over.But what comes next is far from clear.While Moscow is trumpeting a Mission Accomplished moment, Ukraine even as it insists Bakhmut has not completely fallen sees an opening to seize the initiative from the outskirts if Russian forces are no longer pressing forward inside the city limits.