Adrian Kraus/Associated PressThe New York Yankees welcomed back Domingo German to the organization ahead of spring training after the starting pitcher served an 81-game suspension from Major League Baseball for violating the league's domestic violence policy. German missed the entirety of the 2020 season, and fellow pitcher Zack Britton didn't seem enthused to see him returning to…
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Jae C. Hong/Associated PressFigure skating coach Peter Oppegard, who won the 1988 Olympic pairs bronze medal, is under investigation for allegations of abuse. Christine Brennan of USA Today reported the U.S. Center for SafeSport is investigating an allegation Oppegard bit a teenage female skater on the arm in 2013 and threw hot water and coffee at skaters during his time coaching…
(Bloomberg) — Australian lawmakers have launched an inquiry into the climate change stance of financial firms and the impact on major fossil fuel exports, after banks, insurers and pension funds began restricting support for coal.Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Trade and Investment Growth will also examine the impact of regulatory guidance that’s warned of the…
A Joe Stack statement has surfaced online, allegedly a suicide note by the pilot of the Austin plane crash today.Local newspaper The Austin Statesman tweeted a link to the statement as an "Internet note left by Joe Stack, the man linked to today's plane crash."Stack, also known as Joseph Andrew Stack III in records, begins…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to wait a month for a call from President Biden, and while Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman got a call Thursday, it came not from Biden but from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.The big picture: Biden, Austin, Secretary of State Tony Blinken, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and national security…
DALLAS — Ashley Archer, a pregnant, 33-year-old Texas financial adviser, and her husband have been cautious about the coronavirus. They work from home, go out mostly just to get groceries and wear masks whenever they are in public. But when a friend lost power amid the winter storms that have […]
The IRS could base your next stimulus check on either your 2019 or 2020 tax return. Sarah Tew/CNET In an attempt to finalize President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package by the middle of March, the House Budget Committee is set to begin marking up the proposal on Monday, Feb. […]
This landing animation from NASA depicts its next-gen Mars rover touching down in Jezero Crater. NASA NASA’s ambitious, next-gen Perseverance rover, a 1-ton mobile science laboratory, was slowly lowered to the surface of an ancient lakebed on Mars on Thursday on afternoon. The landing occurred at 12:55 p.m. PT on […]