Month: July 2019

CLEVELAND — It comes with the territory of being a Yankees prospect, and as far as Deivi Garcia is concerned, he’ll pitch in whatever territory will have him. The 20-year-old Dominican right-hander Garcia has enjoyed a breakout 2019, and it took another step on Sunday when he learned he would start the Futures Game forRead moreRead more

Big Tech is being hauled back onto the carpet in Washington. Reps from Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook will testify at a hearing next week before the House Judiciary Committee’s top antitrust panel, according to reports. The tech titans will make the appearance as they are facing unprecedented scrutiny of their business practices by governmentRead moreRead more

Reusable metal straws may be good for the planet, but they can also kill you. The November 2018 death of Broadstone, England, resident Elena Struthers-Gardner has just been ruled accidental. According to the Daily Echo, the 60-year-old woman collapsed in her kitchen while holding a glass — whose 10-inch steel straw drove through her leftRead moreRead more

Throwback to the future. The internet is having a retro romance with “the world’s first cassette player with Bluetooth 5.0 capability.” Dubbed “IT’S OK,” the fresh take on the classic tech has already exponentially surpassed its $12,826 Kickstarter goal, with over 500 backers pledging more than $48,000 to Hong Kong-based NINM Lab‘s project as ofRead moreRead more

The women of the US national soccer team are famous for ­being extraordinary athletes, repeat world champions — and plaintiffs. The team’s lawsuit alleging pay discrimination against the US soccer federation has done much to define its identity. A nearly perfect run through the World Cup has been widely interpreted as vindication of the merits,Read moreRead more

The original Ariel agrees Halle Bailey is fit for life under the sea. Jodi Benson — who voiced Ariel in the 1989 hit “The Little Mermaid” — publicly applauded Disney for casting the black singer in the live-action rendition of the film after racist and hateful comments erupted on Twitter under the hashtag #NotMyAriel. “TheRead moreRead more

Click:block making machine For most people, dreaming about owning a Lamborghini is about as close as they’ll realistically get to having one in their driveway. Supercars are pricey and not terribly practical, but that doesn’t make them any less desirable, so physicist Sterling Backus decided to leverage the power of science to make his dreamRead moreRead more

Somebody get this man his “World’s Greatest Grandpa” mug. Terry Meredith of Uley, Gloucestershire, UK, has built an epic tree house hideaway for his family and friends — complete with a charcoal grill, seating for 10 and vast countryside views to rival a bird’s. The cabin in the canopy was built more than 16 feetRead moreRead more

Lawyers for a Massachusetts woman convicted of involuntary manslaughter last year for pressuring her teenage boyfriend into killing himself are petitioning the Supreme Court to review the case, a report said. The attorneys for 22-year-old Michelle Carter filed the motion with the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking a review of the conviction on First andRead moreRead more

The gun-toting car thief shot by cops in the Bronx had been in prison for nearly 30 years for armed robbery — and had just been paroled in April, police sources said Monday. Suspect Ronnie Cole, 58 — who pressed his pistol against an officer’s chest and snarled, “I have a gun, f–king die’’ whenRead moreRead more