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One of baseball’s cheapest teams isn’t living by that principle, with Athletics president Dave Kaval going after the Giants’ attendance at Oracle Park when Oakland visited San Francisco this week. Kaval, who is effectively the face of the Athletics as John Fisher slowly recedes into the background (the Reds’ Phil Castellini comes to mind), seems very willing to play the Grover Dill to Fisher’s Scut Farkus. MORE: ‘Yankee letter,’ explained: What’s revealed in early release of letter...

U.S. officials clamped a tight lid on the incident. They said only that U.S. Army S/Sgt. Frank Ronghi of Niles, Ohio, was charged with premeditated murder and indecencies to a minor. The Army has moved him to Germany pending a pretrial inquiry to decide if he will face a court-martial. Ronghi himself has made no public comment, but his friends and family say there must be some mistake. Their Frank was a gentle, decent guy, not a killer....

In an instant he knew exactly what the next year of his life was going to be like, and it wasn’t pretty. “Only 3 percent of glioblastoma patients survive five years–and that’s the good news,” he says. “More than two thirds die in a year, according to the Central Brain Tumor Registry.” Twenty years of medical advances have done little to alter that. But for the first time in decades, scientists are now daring to hope that a series of experimental new therapies could one day meaningfully extend patients’ lives–not by weeks, but by months and even years....

To understand Argentina’s ardor for Pitt is to understand not only the actor’s celebrity but also the paucity of movie stars who ordinarily pass through. As executive producer David Nichols puts it: ““Anthony Quinn was mobbed here a couple of years ago.’’ (Madonna, as we know, barely made it out alive.) In September, Pitt flew into Buenos Aires International, where there was pandemonium despite the best intentions of the Ministry of the Interior....

Lawmakers in the South Dakota House of Representatives passed House Bill 1267, legalizing the prescription of ivermectin by doctors, according to the Grand Forks Herald, 40-28 in favor. The drug gained major traction amongst conservatives and members of the anti-vaccination movement as an alternative treatment for COVID-19. Following this vote, it will now head to the state Senate. Despite the bill passing successfully, it was already legal in South Dakota, and the rest of the country, for doctors to prescribe ivermectin to patients for any reason....

Do Something, Regis! The mourning period has begun: on Aug. 1, the “Live With Regis and Kathie Lee” Fan Club will cease to exist as we know it. Information about the show’s schedule and its irrepressible cohosts will still be available on a fan Web site. But the personalized birthday cards, the newsletter and other priceless perks will end. Organizers say the club, with 5,000 members, grew too big to serve so personally....

B_The Night Manager_b JOHN LE CARRE 429 pages Knopf $24 The cold war over, John le Carre has seen his way clear to becoming what he’s plainly yearned to be for ages: the new Ian Fleming. In “The Night Manager” he checks his “I’m not just writing a spy novel” high-mindedness at the door and settles in to have some fun. The result is the best James Bond novel in 30 years....

What wrinkle in the Zeitgeist put toe rings front and center? One popular theory is that they’re the newest incarnation of the haute hippie look–a fashion trend that spawned everything from $4,000 feathered jeans to Indian-inspired designer bindi dots on foreheads. (Like bindi dots, toe rings originated in India, where they are called bichiyas and were traditionally worn by women as a symbol of marriage.) But vanity probably plays a big part too....

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Intel officials receive a steady stream of threat traffic, much of which is unreliable. Why did Sakr’s warning get their attention? Two days before the deadly Casablanca bombings on May 16, he predicted “good news” coming from “Morocco,” according to Homeland Security documents obtained by NEWSWEEK. It’s unclear where Sakr is based. He has claimed in his Internet communications that he operates out of a Qaeda camp in Sudan. Officials haven’t confirmed this....

Traditionally, tourniquets were reserved for the worst bleeding to keep the patient from developing shock. Applying a tourniquet in the civilian world used to be seen as a last resort. It was thought that they made sense for soldiers because combat wounds are severe and a fighter needs to fight. It was a risk worth taking went the theory. A tourniquet can be applied and ignored. That doesn’t mean tourniquets don’t work....

Having started Friday six shots behind the leader, the world No. 1 — a winner in two of his previous three starts — fell further off the pace courtesy of bogeys on the third and sixth holes. MORE: Jordan Spieth, PGA Tour leaderboard at Colonial | McIlroy makes happy talk After a birdie at No. 8, McIlroy carded four bogeys on the back nine together with a double bogey on No....

The second album from the late R&B and hip-hop artist, who died in a plane accident on August 25, 2001 when she was 22 years old, was first released in 1996 by Blackground Records, the label founded by her uncle Barry Hankerson. One in a Million, which includes 17 originally tracks, was produced by Timbaland and Missy Elliott, who are also among the featured artists on the album. The tracklist for the latest release on streaming services also includes the bonus track “Hot Like Fire” (Timbaland’s Groove Mix)....

Aaron Dean, 38, resigned from the Fort Worth Police Department and was charged with murder two days after killing 28-year-old Jefferson through a window in October 2019 while responding to a call about an open door. Dean’s trial has been repeatedly postponed, but begins on Monday after attorneys and the judge agreed on the final selection of 12 jurors and two alternates on Friday, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported....

The deal comes with three years left on Donald’s existing contract, but prior to the Super Bowl and after the Rams victory, which was the first of Donald’s career, rumors continued to emerge that Donald was mulling retirement if he and the Rams couldn’t rework his deal. Unsurprisingly, with Donald being potentially the best ever at his position, the Rams and Donald were able to come to an amiable agreement: Pay Donald well for the next two years and give him an out if he chooses to take it....

Hicks made one of the best catches those fans will ever see as he secured a wild 14-12, 10-inning Yankees victory Tuesday. The former Twins center fielder sprinted into the left-center field gap, dived and snagged Max Kepler’s two-out, bases-loaded drive, which likely would have won the game for the home team had it fallen. MORE: Watch live MLB games all season long on fuboTV (7-day free trial) The play ended a five-hour, three-minute epic that included the Yankees and Twins trading comebacks in the eighth and ninth innings, six combined home runs (including a go-ahead shot by Hicks in the ninth) and 35 combined hits....

What else can you say? Rodgers, 38, and the Packers agreed to a four-year extension worth $200 million that will keep the four-time MVP in Green Bay through the 2026 season. Rodgers has been the leading offseason storyline the last two seasons because of a tumultuous relationship with the Packers’ management. This decision is arguably the largest offseason domino, and Rodgers’ decision to keep playing will have a wide-ranging impact on the rest of the NFL....

Both for off the field exploits and commercials and for his on the field play, Rodgers certainly knows how to make headlines. Thursday’s Week 8 matchup against the Cardinals was no different. MORE: Packers hand Cardinals first loss of the season Rodgers took a late hit that was eventually called as roughing the passer against the Cardinals, which resulted in this photo of Rodgers’ reaction to the hit going viral....