Day: April 29, 2022

Major League Baseball has suspended Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer for two full seasons (324 games) without pay, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced Friday. Bauer’s suspension for violating the league’s domestic violence and sexual assault policy is effective immediately, MLB said in a statement. The ban comes after a probe into the Dodgers pitcher by the…

By DAVID KEYTON and INNA VARENYTSIA KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United Nations doggedly sought to broker an evacuation of civilians from the increasingly hellish ruins of Mariupol on Friday, while Ukraine accused Russia of showing its contempt for the world organization by bombing Kyiv while the U.N. leader was visiting the capital. The mayor…

Strength in numbers again will be put to the test for the Miami Heat in the NBA playoffs. In the opening round, it was all for one, with four different leading scorers in five games, and all defensive eyes on Trae Young. Erik Spoelstra’s team ultimately aced that test against the Atlanta Hawks. This time,…

The first round of the 2022 NFL draft was full of surprises, included plenty of trades, and featured a few head-scratching selections. Some of those surprising picks left plenty of the draft’s top-rated players still available for Day 2, which will feature rounds two and three. Here are the best players still on the board…

Launching an airline in the middle of a pandemic? It might sound crazy, but when Andrew Levy was preparing to get Avelo Airlines off the ground a year ago he didn’t see challenges — he saw opportunity. So far, his hunch has paid off. “Right now we have about 30 daily departures and by mid-summer…

In our work as web designers, we’re always looking for ways to streamline our workflows to allow us to finish projects faster without compromising on the quality of our design work and even improving it. That’s a good habit to have, but if we’re not careful, we can spend so much effort looking for ways…

The next playoff challenge for the Miami Heat will be Joel Embiid, James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers. With the 76ers closing out their first-round series with a 132-97 road victory Thursday night over the Toronto Raptors, to take that best-of-seven matchup 4-2, they now move on to a best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal against the…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in morning trading on Wall Street Friday, putting major indexes back into the red for the week after several sharp moves both up and down over the past few days. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% as of 10:19 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average…

In our work as web designers, we’re always looking for ways to streamline our workflows to allow us to finish projects faster without compromising on the quality of our design work and even improving it. That’s a good habit to have, but if we’re not careful, we can spend so much effort looking for ways…

Strength in numbers again will be put to the test for the Miami Heat in the NBA playoffs. In the opening round, it was all for one, with four different leading scorers in five games, and all defensive eyes on Trae Young. Erik Spoelstra’s team ultimately aced that test against the Atlanta Hawks. This time,…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in morning trading on Wall Street Friday, putting major indexes back into the red for the week after several sharp moves both up and down over the past few days. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% as of 10:19 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial Average…

The next playoff challenge for the Miami Heat will be Joel Embiid, James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers. With the 76ers closing out their first-round series with a 132-97 road victory Thursday night over the Toronto Raptors, to take that best-of-seven matchup 4-2, they now move on to a best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal against the…

The first round of the 2022 NFL draft was full of surprises, included plenty of trades, and featured a few head-scratching selections. Some of those surprising picks left plenty of the draft’s top-rated players still available for Day 2, which will feature rounds two and three. Here are the best players still on the board…

The Miami Heat’s second-round playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers apparently will be played in some sort of bizarro universe. Charles Barkley, the former 76ers forward, is going with the Heat. Shaquille O’Neal, the former Heat center, is going with the 76ers. The two offered their takes on TNT’s Inside the NBA postgame show after…

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ NEW YORK (AP) — Exxon Mobil reported $5.48 billion in profits during the first quarter as oil and gas prices rose steadily, more than doubling its profits compared with the same quarter last year. But the oil giant took a huge hit as it abandoned its Russian operations due to the war,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former U.S. Marine was killed fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in the war with Russia, his relatives told news outlets in what’s the first known death of a U.S. citizen fighting in Ukraine. Rebecca Cabrera told CNN her son, Willy Joseph Cancel, 22, was killed Monday while working for a military contracting…

Working with a remote team is all the rage now, not only for established companies, but also for small startups, as well as individuals who are working on their own projects. If you’re working with a team and/or on multiple projects, then a project management tool would be best to help you organize daily tasks…

Two more UCLA men’s basketball players announced their future plans Thursday. David Singleton, a former Bishop Montgomery High standout, announced via social media he’d be returning to play for the Bruins for his fifth year of eligibility. “One more chance at the Big Dance!” read the caption to his announcement video at 10 a.m. One…

Chargers general manager Tom Telesco had a slight hesitation before embracing the benefits of having a Snoop Dogg concert near the team’s draft war room. “Snoop is a coach, so we may have to lean on him a little bit and see who he likes in the first round,” Telesco jokingly said. It will be…

Two more UCLA men’s basketball players announced their future plans Thursday. David Singleton, a former Bishop Montgomery High standout, announced via social media he’d be returning to play for the Bruins for his fifth year of eligibility. “One more chance at the Big Dance!” read the caption to his announcement video at 10 a.m. One…