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BOSTON (AP) — Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban with a horseshoe mustache and a mesmerizing windup who took the Red Sox to the brink of winning the World Series and put himself on the brink of the Baseball Hall of Fame, has died. . He was 83 years old.major league baseball announced his death In a post by X on Tuesday, the Red Sox confirmed that he died at his home in Maine.”This is a very sad day,” Boston and California teammate Fred Lin wrote in a post on X. “He was a big-time pitcher, a funny, genuine guy who…

SEA ISLAND, Ga.—The head of the National Security Agency said Sunday that China’s hacking of three major telecommunications companies is under investigation, but it is still “premature” to discuss the matter.Air Force Gen. Timothy Ho said the command would work closely with other government agencies and private companies “to truly understand what happened.””I think it’s too early to talk about this specific case. We’re really in the early stages,” Ho told a small group of reporters at a conference hosted by security website Cipher Brief. . “I think we’re in the early stages of an investigation,” he said of reports…

My grandmother first came to the United States as a young German girl in 1964 as a Girl Scout camp leader. My grandmother still tells me this every time I tell her I’m a visiting student at Duke University. It was one of the greatest adventures of her life, and the United States represented everything she wanted to be. They defeated the Nazis and liberated Germany, and just four years after the end of the war, they were supplying the capital (and my hometown) with the Berlin Airlift during the Berlin Blockade. As I prepared for Duke University, I realized…

Editor’s Note: The story below contains explicit language CNN  —  In his new book, legendary journalist Bob Woodward offers a remarkable look behind the scenes at President Joe Biden’s blunt, profanity-laced assessments and interactions with the world leaders who have shaped his presidency, from Benjamin Netanyahu to Vladimir Putin. “That son of a bitch, Bibi Netanyahu, he’s a bad guy. He’s a bad fucking guy!” Biden declared privately about the Israeli prime minister to one of his associates in the spring of 2024 as Israel’s war in Gaza intensified, Woodward writes. “That fucking Putin,” Biden said to advisers in the Oval Office not…

The NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning are the first to leave Florida. hurricane milton to practice the rest of the week.The Bucks depart on Tuesday and relocate to New Orleans to face the Saints on Sunday. The Lightning departed for Raleigh, North Carolina, on Monday night to continue preparing for Friday night’s season opener against the Carolina Hurricanes.Milton is now a Category 5 hurricaneis expected to make landfall. in the Tampa Bay area on Wednesday night.The Lightning’s home opener against Carolina is scheduled for Saturday night and will proceed as scheduled for now.This is the third…

Hurricane Milton approached its maximum known storm strength limit Monday night, with wind gusts exceeding 200 mph at one point. The sheer force of the second-strongest storm ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico has prompted calls for a new Category 6 designation. Hurricane Milton’s projected path as of 10 a.m. ET Tuesday. NOAA “This was nothing short of astronomical,” Florida meteorologist Noah Berggren said, as Milton reached sustained winds of 180 mph and “gusts over 200 mph.” “There are no meteorological words to describe the small size and intensity of this storm,” he marveled. “This hurricane approaches the mathematical…

Former President Trump announced Tuesday that he would hold a campaign rally in Aurora, Colorado, on October 11th, where he said he would highlight the “flood” of immigrants to the city.The rally comes after President Trump has spent weeks criticizing Colorado’s immigration situation, claiming that about 43,000 illegal immigrants have flown into nearby Denver and Aurora. His campaign also highlighted the takeover of several apartment buildings by the Torren de Aragua gang.“Aurora, Colorado has become a ‘war zone’ due to an influx of violent Venezuelan prison gang members from Torren de Aragua. Since December 2022, approximately 43,000 migrants have been…

Far-right Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is facing criticism after some conspiratorial comments during the aftermath of Hurricane Helen that appeared to suggest she believed the U.S. government could control the weather. .the U.S. congressman from Georgia wrote in a post shared with his 1.2 million X followers last week. It would be foolish for anyone to lie and say it is impossible. ”Greene did not specify who she was referring to, but she has a history of promoting conspiracy theories about the federal government and other entities.She seemed to double down on those comments in a post on Saturday, sharing…

Americans expect more from political debate than we usually feel. This year is quite an exception. I watched the first Indiana gubernatorial debate on October 2nd with great interest. Just minutes into the hour-long debate, which featured Democratic Sen. Jennifer McCormick and Republican Mike Braun, it felt like this was going to be a good outcome. Democratic Party Night. After just a few minutes, I realized I was disappointed to learn that this important moment would not be seen by as many Hoosier voters as I had hoped. Both presidential debates, at the very least, showed sharp contrasts between the…

British broadcaster Channel 4, led by chief executive Alex Mahon, forecast a 9% decline in UK advertising revenue in 2023 amid what some are calling a sharp and “prolonged” advertising recession. It reported a record full-year loss of 52 million pounds ($68 million). This is due to post-coronavirus boom adjustments, as well as a “strategic decision” to continue spending on digital transformation and continued investment in original content. But in its annual report and associated press conference, the public broadcaster said it expected the deficit to narrow in 2024 and return to breakeven “in the medium term,” while also touting…