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- Braves Veteran Backstop Cut From New Roster After Just 1 Game
The longtime Atlanta Braves catcher enjoyed a strong season debut with his new team before an unfortunate roster move.
- Delta Air Lines Proves Travel Itch Trumps High Fuel Prices
High demand for travel experiences, including World Cup games, enabled a Delta profit despite high fuel costs.
- Phillies Executive Breaks Ranks In Criticism Of New MLB Draft Proposal
The Philadelphia Phillies’ front office rarely voices concerns while the owners negotiate a new CBA.
- Trump Fires Commissioners Of Bipartisan Federal Election Body
The White House said the fired members will be “replaced,” but any new appointments by Trump will need to be approved by the Senate.
- U.S. Treasury has borrowed $155 billion every month of this fiscal year—and is now paying $24 billion a week in interest on its debts
Interest payments on the debt are now so large that the spending is higher than the outlays for the Departments of Defense, Commerce, Homeland Security, Education, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Small Business Administration, and the U.S. Coronavirus Refundable Credits scheme—combined.
Technology
- Wally Funk, last of Mercury 13 and oldest woman in space, dies at 87
"I have been waiting a long time to finally get up there..."
- Is an air-conditioning revolution coming to Europe?
The AC culture wars may be solved by advances in environmentally friendly technology.
- Rocket Report: "Panic" over Transporter availability; Isar to launch from Canada
"We are delighted to actively help shape the ramp-up of the Ariane 6."
- Like a cheat code for your car: We investigate ECU tuning
Now it's an arms race between OEMs locking down chips and tuners trying to crack them.
- Sperm donors need limits, says a European fertility group
Ties van der Meer doesn’t know how many siblings he has. The 47-year-old was conceived at a private fertility clinic in the Netherlands using sperm provided by an anonymous donor. After the Netherlands banned anonymous donation in 2004, the doctor who ran the clinic destroyed records that might have identified those donors, he says. He…
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