Wednesday’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Houston Astros did not have the drama of Tuesday’s possible headhunting and bench clearance, but the bad blood of a World Series won by cheating was still evident. It was never clearer than when Dodgers’ affable color commentator Orel Hershiser dropped …
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Darth Vader kills Luke Skywalker (more or less) in Star Wars # 5 preview
Star Wars # 5 from Marvel Comics focuses on Luke Skywalker’s quest to learn the secrets of the Jedi and dominate the Force, and Newsarama now has an exclusive preview of the inside pages of the theme drawn by Jesus Saiz, which you can see here. later its launch on …
Read More »UPS shares skyrocket to best day of all as surprisingly strong consumer demand yields big profits
Shares of United Parcel Services Inc. soared to their best day ever on Thursday as surprisingly strong consumer demand in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic offset the weakness in business demand and helped prepare the giant for delivering packages for the upcoming peak shopping season. Christmas came early for …
Read More »The Senate hearing contrasts Mike Pompeo’s defense of President Trump
Mike Pompeo, the longest serving member of President Donald Trump’s national security cabinet, is also his fiercest advocate, a tactic that has helped keep him in power within the administration for nearly four years, even when that loyalty sometimes leaves him alone on the battlefield. Pompeo returned to that role …
Read More »Trump aims for extension of student loan relief
It was not immediately clear if Trump was referring to the executive action he would take or if he would ask Congress to extend relief on the CARES Act student loan, which expires on September 30. Key context: A White House spokesman said last week that Trump is focused on …
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