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NEW YORK (AP) – The Los Angeles Dodgers have been fined an unprecedented $103 million this year, eclipsing Major League Baseball’s record of nine teams paying luxury taxes, including a fine of $97.1 million to the New York Mets. The dollar bill has raised the total tax bill under high-spending owner Steve. Mr. Cohen is worth about $229 million.of World Series Champion Dodgers You will have to pay taxes for 4 consecutive years. The Dodgers’ $353 million tax bill includes $1,032,454 in non-cash compensation for Shohei Ohtani, whose contract requires the use of Dodger Stadium’s game suite and an interpreter.The…

This year, we’ve been blessed (or cursed) with two competing Christmas movies that are basically based on the relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. “Lifetime Christmas in the Spotlight” and Hallmark’s “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.” I decided there was no better way to waste my three precious pre-holiday hours than by watching these movies in quick succession and deciding if both or either were worth my time. did. Christmas in the spotlight The film begins with Bowin Sykes, Taylor Swift’s equivalent, working on a new Christmas album, which is also about her failed love life. Sadly, she…

Damage from Cyclone Chido shattered corrugated metal huts and thousands of lives on the island. Mayotte It was both immediate and long overdue.residents of Mayotte, one of the 12 small overseas territories What remains of one of the great world empires, decades of neglect by bureaucrats In France. On December 19, 2024, damage is seen in the Kaweni slum on the outskirts of Mahmouds on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte in the aftermath of Cyclone Chido. (AP Photo/Adrian Surprenant) On December 19, 2024, damage is seen in the Kaweni slum on the outskirts of Mahmouds on the French…

For immediate release ACUSHNET — Superintendent Dr. Paula Bailey and Principal Leah Chesney are proud that Acushnet Elementary School has been ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s Best Schools. U.S. News released its rankings of the best elementary and middle schools in November. Acushnet Elementary School ranked 104th out of 1,560 elementary schools in the state, putting it in the top 7%. Click here to see Acushnet Elementary School’s complete rankings. U.S. News ranks schools based on state-required test scores, graduation rates and how well students are prepared for high school. Elementary, middle school, and high school students will…

President Biden was reportedly so mentally exhausted that he missed a call from the chairman of the powerful House Armed Services Committee ahead of the disastrous US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Biden, the oldest president in U.S. history, has been incredibly difficult to contact, even by members of his own party, as his aides have tried to tightly contain his apparent mental and physical decline. This was revealed in a shocking report in the Wall Street Journal. This inaccessibility turned out to be a crucial outcome for one of the administration’s biggest upheavals, which jeopardizes the remainder of Biden’s presidential term.…

Exclusive: Virginia’s Republican lieutenant governor, Winsome Sears, could make history next year by becoming the nation’s first black woman to win the gubernatorial election.She will also make history as Virginia’s first female governor.But Sears said in an exclusive national interview with FOX News Digital: “I’m not running to make history. Like I said before, I’m going to leave it better than I found it. “And I am,” he said emphatically. I want everyone to have the same opportunities that I had. ”Mr. Sears was born in the Caribbean island of Jamaica and immigrated to the United States at the age…

Editor’s note: The Capital Chronicle has launched a $10,000 year-end fundraising campaign to ensure we can continue our top-notch reporting next year. Much is at stake, with a long Congress ahead in 2025. We rely entirely on tax-deductible donations. please contribute to us If possible. As he prepares to retire from Congress after a 50-year career in politics, Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer is confident he made the right choice. The 76-year-old Portlander is known in his home state and Washington, D.C., for his uniform of bow ties and brightly colored biker pins, and for his focus on livability issues, but…

One person was killed and 10 others were injured in four districts due to debris from Russian missiles, Kiev’s military government said in a statement. A Russian hacker group also attacked Ukraine’s critical digital infrastructure on Thursday, as Russian ruler Vladimir Putin’s all-out offensive shows no signs of slowing down. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed on Wednesday that the attack on Kiev was a “reaction” to a Ukrainian missile attack on a factory producing fuel for Russia’s Iskander missile in the Rostov region. The latest Russian attack also damaged the embassies of Albania, Argentina, Palestine, Macedonia, Portugal and Montenegro, which were…

Bloomingdale’s announced that it will close its flagship store in San Francisco Center, San Francisco’s largest shopping mall, in April. The 330,000-square-foot store, owned by Macy’s Inc., occupies five floors in the mall, but has remained largely vacant since the coronavirus pandemic. Bloomingdale’s will join Nordstrom, which will close its mall flagship after 35 years in 2023. Managed by a trustee after previous owners Unibail-Rodamco Westfield and Brookfield Properties exited in 2023, San Francisco Center was set up for public auction last year, but has been sold twice. It has been postponed. Bloomingdale’s lease extends through 2046, but it remains…

The Class 6A level of Texas high school football is the Lone Star State’s largest and consistently the most competitive. Teams with Division I talent are the norm, with some rosters loaded with talented recruits.So when Southlake Carroll High School outside Dallas-Fort Worth faced Westlake High School outside Austin in the 2020 6A Division I state championship game on January 16, 2021, it was a big deal. And not just because it was a clash of two-decker, powerful programs. There was a family tie to this game, with a father (Westlake’s Todd Dodge) coaching a son (Carroll’s Riley Dodge). They…