The Oakland Athletics entered Saturday on pace for 116 losses, which would be the fifth-most in MLB history – and plays like Luis Medina’s are why. The A’s are in the nation’s capital to face the Washington Nationals, hardly world beaters in
Catholic Bishop warns of college students leaving the faith, launches effort to send freshmen Bibles
A Catholic Bishop has launched an effort to send Bibles to first-year college students all across the United States to combat the staggering amount of young people who leave the faith when they head to college. According to the Pew Research Forum,
El Salvador’s congress recently approved new legislation that paves the way for mass trials of alleged gang members, aiming to expedite the processing of tens of thousands of cases arising from the government’s crackdown on street gangs. These actions have led to
The nearly 50 remaining long-finned pilot whales that beached themselves on a southwestern Australian coast were euthanized Wednesday, despite days of attempted rescue efforts. Nearly 100 pilot whales were left stranded on the beach Tuesday and volunteers worked frantically to attempt to
Several veteran NFL running backs reportedly started a group chat to discuss why their market is disappearing and how they can improve the situation. Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler has reportedly set up a Zoom call with other backs to
Five European Union countries will extend their ban on Ukrainian grain imports to protect their farmers’ interests, their agriculture ministers said Wednesday, but food can still move through their land to parts of the world in need after Russia pulled out of
The British government offered millions of public sector workers pay raises Thursday in a bid to end an array of strikes that have crippled trains, health care and other services for more than a year amid the biggest cost-of-living crisis in generations.
Greece is ready to “reset” relations with neighbor Turkey in an effort to bypass decades-old disputes between the two NATO members, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Wednesday. Mitsotakis held an hourlong meeting Wednesday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines
Netherlands, Indonesia welcome return of hundreds of cultural artifacts in global restitution effort
The Netherlands and Indonesia on Monday hailed the return of hundreds of cultural artifacts taken — sometimes by force — during colonial times as a major step forward in restitution efforts worldwide. The items, ranging from valuable jewels to 13th-century temple carvings,
Environmental advocates have recently been protesting at sporting events across the United Kingdom. Wimbledon, this year’s third Grand Slam tennis tournament, is set to begin on July 3, 2023. Event coordinators have already increased the security plans for Wimbledon in an effort