Mets trounce rival Braves with unrelenting offensive outburst
ATLANTA — The deep end of the pool may have been just what the Mets needed to prove they can swim. They played three games against the team everyone had chosen to win the National League East, winning two and achieving a much-needed offensive awakening. There were plenty of reasons to like the way things […]
Rival ‘factions’ of ‘young people’ exchange gunfire in crowd of 1,000 gathered for Muslim celebration in Philadelphia: Police
A celebration near a Philadelphia park marking the end of Ramadan, Muslims’ daily fasting month, turned violent when members of rival “sects” began firing at each other despite the crowd. Ta. An estimated 1,000 people gathered in and around Clara Muhammad Square in West Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon for an Eid al-Fitr event. Families pitched […]
AOC rival Martin Dolan demands ‘equal time’ on Stephen Colbert’s show
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic primary challenger for the New York State House of Representatives, submitted a letter to CBS requesting a tie-up time after the game. A sweet interview with “Late Night” host Stephen Colbert On Monday, he will meet with the left-handed incumbent, who is in his third term. Candidate Martin Dolan, who is […]
TikTok Notes app is ‘coming soon’ to rival Instagram with photo, text posts
TikTok Notes, the Beijing-born social media company’s photo and text sharing platform, appears to be the latest swipe on Instagram. The app seems very similar to Instagram’s platform and even has the same name as one of Instagram’s features. Some TikTok users say that when they share a photo post, they receive a pop-up notifying […]
Bitcoin's Nearest Rival Ether Sustains Surge on US ETF Speculation – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Ether has captured the attention of cryptocurrencies with its biggest gain in more than a month. The jump was in conjunction with speculation about the prospects for a U.S. exchange-traded fund (ETF) application to open the token. Most Read Articles on Bloomberg The second-largest digital asset was trading at around $3,710 as of […]
Netanyahu rival offers to help quell mutiny for Hamas hostage deal
A top rival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered to back the beleaguered leader in the event that his government begins to collapse over a hard-right mutiny against a hostage deal with Hamas. “So a hostage deal is doable. It is a difficult deal. This is a deal we might not like, but […]
This Week in Coins: Bitcoin Ends on a Downer as Rival Bitcoin Cash Shines – Decrypt
Illustration by Mitchell Preffer of Decrypt. The market ended the week in the red, with Bitcoin prices underperforming stock prices. old The highest price in 2021 is $69,044. It’s a long way from getting back to last month’s all-time high of $73,737. According to CoinGecko, the price per coin will be $67,957 as the weekend […]
Breed gains another rival in competitive San Francisco mayoral race
Another prominent politician is throwing himself into San Francisco’s mayoral race, shaking up the already competitive contest and making Mayor London Breed’s reelection prospects more challenging. San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin told NBC Bay Area on Wednesday that he was planning on running for mayor. He will make an announcement at a […]
Shohei Ohtani crushes first home run with Dodgers vs. rival Giants
Shohei Ohtani’s first home run for the Dodgers came against Los Angeles’ biggest rival. The two-time MVP hit his first long ball in his new home in the seventh inning of Wednesday night’s game against the Giants, extending the Dodgers’ lead in a close ball game that the Dodgers won 5-4. Ohtani didn’t get off […]
Benny Gantz, Netanyahu’s top rival, calls for early elections after protests in Israel | Israel
As pressure mounts over the Gaza war, Israeli Minister Benny Gantz, a member of the wartime cabinet and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main rival, has called for snap parliamentary elections in September. “We must set an agreed date in September or, if you prefer, on the first anniversary of the war,” Gantz said in a […]