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The Royals, making their first playoff appearance since winning the World Series in 1985, have mowed through the playoffs with a 4-0 record that includes beating Jon Lester and Oakland in the wild-card game and sweeping the Angels, who were large -200 favorites, in the ALDS. The Orioles last made the ALCS in 1997, losing 4-2 to Cleveland, and haven’t been to the World Series since 1983, Cal Ripken‘s second full season....

Hutchins was killed on the set of the film on October 21, 2021, after Baldwin handled a prop gun that was believed to be unloaded. The gun discharged and fatally shot Hutchins and injured writer-director Joel Souza. Hutchins’ family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in February, and on Wednesday, it was announced that the settlement was reached. “We have reached a settlement, subject to court approval, for our wrongful death case against the producers of Rust, including Alec Baldwin and Rust Movie Productions, LLC....

The Suns were already being blown out by the Jazz late in the fourth quarter Monday night, then Alec Burks had to add insult to injury by throwing down a vicious slam on Leuer’s head. (After you’re done watching the dunk a few times, check out the reaction from Utah’s bench.) MORE: Why positions still matter in the NBA | Kobe Bryant lists his toughest opponents Is that a dunk?...

Jones was subpoenaed on Monday along with five other Donald Trump allies, including Roger Stone, as part of the inquiry into the storming of the Capitol. The committee accused Jones of helping to organize the protests which took place prior to the mob of Trump supporters attacking the Capitol as well as “implying he had knowledge” about the former president’s plans on January 6. In a statement posted on his InfoWars website, Jones described the committee of being a worse “witch hunt” than the campaign led by Republican senator Joseph McCarthy, who falsely claimed hundreds of Communists had infiltrated a number of areas within the U....

The 36-year old quarterback Smith suffered a compound fracture in his right leg nearly two years ago, during the 2018 season. After a lengthy comeback, Smith was elevated to No. 2 on Washington’s depth chart ahead of Week 5 behind Kyle Allen. When Allen left Sunday’s game with an injury, Smith took the field. Smith completed the first pass he threw upon his return, a 6-yard pass to J.D. McKissic....

Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat representing New York’s 14th congressional district, was attending a protest organized by Representative Cori Bush of Missouri’s 1st district when the video was captured. The video, shared on Twitter by Breitbart News, has now been viewed more than 140,000 times. It shows Ocasio-Cortez sitting on the steps of the Capitol with other protesters and preparing for a group photo. Ocasio-Cortez is not initially wearing a mask as the group of people gets ready for the photo but she begins to pull a mask toward her face and can be heard saying: “Oh, Cori had to run do a… she had to run do a hit....

“CBP is detaining American citizens,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a tweet, sharing a story published by Dallas Morning News on the incident. “How would you feel trapped in a border camp, where guards wear face masks because the human odor is so strong? When we allow the rights of some to be violated, the rights of all are not far behind.” The New York politician’s words of warning came as the Trump administration announced that it would be vastly expanding the authority of immigration officers to deport migrants without giving them the chance to appear before a judge....

In an attempt to disrupt the Congressional certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral college win, supporters of former President Donald Trump breached the Capitol building. Some lawmakers were forced to go into hiding or shelter in place. Many observers have blamed Trump’s continued baseless claims that the election had been manipulated by Democrats as part of the reason for the riot. Ocasio-Cortez said that an individual actually entered her office, forcing her to take refuge inside her bathroom after her legislative director Geraldo Bonilla-Chavez told her to “hide, hide, run and hide....

“My DMs haven’t worked in 3 months,” she wrote, with an emoji of an unimpressed face. “@TwitterSupport pls help.” She also added that she wouldn’t be able to send a direct message to Twitter support, because of her problem. “Sorry to do it like this but… I can’t DM ya,” the congresswoman noted. Some folks joked about how AOC’s down DMs was the reason there was radio silence for those trying to contact her....

Lyubov Sobol was found guilty of forcibly trespassing at an apartment of a relative of Konstantin Kudryavtsev, a Russian security operative who inadvertently released details of Navalny’s nerve-agent poisoning during a recorded phone call last year. In December, Sobol went to the apartment complex where Kudryavtsev reportedly lived and said she merely rang the doorbell in an attempt to reach him. Sobol was arrested at that time for allegedly trespassing, a charge she said was trumped up by Russian authorities out of “revenge,” the Associated Press reported....

There has been growing concern about the health of the Kremlin’s most renowned critic, who has been on a hunger strike since March 31 in protest of the alleged lack of medical treatment he is receiving for acute pain in his back and legs. Independent media outlets in Russia reported that Liudmila Navalnaya had visited her son on Tuesday at the prison in Pokrov in the Vladimir region, east of Moscow, where he is serving a two-and-a-half-year sentence....

Crazy Alexis call backfires on Wenger The Chile international’s future remains uncertain, with his contract expiring at the end of next season and the Gunners’ inability to challenge for the Premier League title - they sit 13 points behind leaders Chelsea - and the Champions League - a 5-1 first-leg defeat to Bayern Munich to be concluded in midweek - could lead to him leaving soon. Although Alexis was forced to watch from the bench as his side slipped to a two goal deficit against Liverpool, he emerged for the second half to set up Daniel Welbeck to pull a goal back within 12 minutes, but a late goal from Georginio Wijnaldum killed off Wenger’s men....

The 29-year-old moved to Old Trafford during the January transfer window in a swap deal which took Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the opposite direction to Arsenal. He has committed to a four-and-a-half-year contract with United and will be 33 by the time that agreement comes to an end. Sanchez has suggested that there is little chance of him extending that stay, with there a desire on his part to head home before slipping into retirement....

Alexis Sharkey was reported missing by her husband on Saturday after the 26-year-old Instagram model didn’t show up for plans with a friend. The same day, Sharkey’s body was found naked on the side of a Houston road, though Sharkey wasn’t formally identified until Monday. To her mother, there’s no reason to believe Sharkey’s death was an accident. “The way in which she was found—my child would never do that to herself,” Stacey Robinault told KPRC, a Houston news station....

Coming into the showpiece match, breakout star Almoez had netted eight goals so far in the finals to tie Iran forward Ali Daei’s single-tournament record from the 1996 edition. And Almoez took just 12 minutes at Zayed Sports City Stadium to take that honour outright with a stunning goal. The forward controlled Akram Hassan Afif’s cross from the left and teed himself up for a sublime overhead kick that clipped the post on its way into the net for his ninth of the tournament....

While promoting her new film Spin Me Round, which she stars in and co-wrote with director Jeff Baena, Brie addressed recent rumors that the beloved show could be closer than ever to getting the movie cherry on top of its six-season sundae. “Recently you were quoted as saying that a Community movie is maybe a possibility—can you say anything else about that?” Newsweek asked her on August 15. Brie’s answer: “I don’t think I can say anything else, but I will double down on what I did say: It’s maybe a possibility....

Alita (Rosa Salazar), now rebooted with a new body, must navigate the throws of adolescence and identity, complicated by a past life she struggles to recall but which leaves her with deadly combat skills. While the premise of reanimating a found brain into an assembled body re-imagines the canonical trope of Frankenstein’s monster, this sense of assemblage is more far reaching than plot alone. The film combines a few creative forces: first there’s Yukito Kishiro, who wrote the original Japanese manga series Gunnm in the 1990s, then producer James Cameron who also wrote the screenplay, and finally Robert Rodriguez, who directed the film....

The world has not scrutinized Patti Smith for a long time. For the past 17 years she has been living far from public view in the quiet lakefront community of St. Clair Shores, raising a family, still writing poems and prose, but working for herself, in private. The last time the world checked on her was in 1988, when she released her only album of the ’80s, ““Dream of Life....

After England won the toss and elected to bat, Cook was welcomed on to the field with a Guard of Honor by Indian players and the umpires as well. Cook announced his retirement from the cricket world after the last match of this five-match series against India. The special thing is that Cook started his Test against India in 2006 with a century in his debut Test played in Nagpur....