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Torpedo bats: a destroyer of worlds or baseball’s long-awaited savior? | MLB

In its brief moment of fame, the torpedo bat has made quite the impression in MLB. Over the weekend, the New York Yankees used the bat, designed by an MIT-educated…

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Entertainment

Children and teens roundup – the best new chapter books | Children and teenagers

Before video games dangled dopamine hits and a sense of agency, there were Choose Your Own Adventure books, where the reader could go through the portal – or turn to…

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Sports

Settlement agreed in Celtic Boys Club sex abuse cases

Lawyers say legal claims of historical abuse at Celtic Boys Club have been settled for a seven-figure sum.About 30 former players had launched a class action against the club for…

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Entertainment

Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan to star in Sam Mendes’ Beatles films

Getty ImagesLeft-right: Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan, Harris Dickinson and Paul Mescal are the new Fab FourPaul Mescal and Barry Keoghan have been confirmed as part of the all-star line-up who…

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Sports

Isco jokes crowdfunding is needed to keep Antony at Betis

Mar 31, 2025, 05:21 AM ETReal Betis midfielder Isco has joked that crowdfunding will be needed to keep Manchester United's loanee Antony at the club for at least next season.Antony…

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Business

UK has best chance to overturn tariffs, says Reynolds

Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has said the UK is best-placed to eventually overturn trade tariffs set to be imposed by President Donald Trump.The UK is expecting to be hit by…

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Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin sellers ‘dry up’ as weekly exchange inflows near 2-year low

Bitcoin (BTC) faces a new “consolidation zone” as exchange inflows tag multiyear lows, new analysis says.In an April 1 post on X, Axel Adler Jr., a contributor to onchain analytics…

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Entertainment

Michelle Buteau's winsome 'Survival of the Thickest' is a natural selection

<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2025/03/31/pchh-survival-thickest-square_sq-b2db282a741bd1f72e28b62a5e2d1e857a920082.jpg' alt='Michelle Buteau in the second season of Survival of the Thickest.'/>The delightful Netflix series Survival of the Thickest is about an up-and-coming stylist whose professional and personal ambitions…

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Sports

Daria Kasatkina says she ‘had no choice’ but to make Australia switch

Kasatkina, the only openly gay woman in the top 100 of singles on the WTA Tour, revealed her sexuality in a video interview in 2022 before leaving Russia, which has…

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Insurance

Federal Judge Orders Halt to Trump Administration Efforts to Dismantle CFPB

A U.S. judge has blocked the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from pursuing efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the latest rebuke from the…

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