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Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.Cristopher Sanchez of the Philadelphia Phillies will start Tuesday’s MLB all-star game at 8 p.m. ET in his home ballpark, taking the mound for the National League against Dylan Cease of the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays announced Sunday that Cease will be the American League’s starter. Dave Roberts of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who is managing the NL, said Sanchez is his starter. Cease is 6-4 with…

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Darline Graham Nordone, who was appointed to serve the remaining months of the Senate term that her late brother, Lindsey Graham, left behind when he died over the weekend, hasn’t been in office before. But through her brother’s decades of public service, Nordone has been by his side, supporting him in speeches, appearances and even campaign ads. Besides being a frequent attendee at Graham’s political events, Nordone is woven deeply into her brother’s personal and political biography. After both of their parents died in just over a year, Graham, then age 22, became legal guardian for his…

Fish and chip shops in the Maritimes are shouldering the burden as haddock prices skyrocket in the region. Fisheries and Oceans Canada reduced haddock fishing quotas by more than 50 per cent in areas of southwestern Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick this past spring due to declining stocks.Since then, the cost of haddock has risen dramatically, and fish and chip shops are struggling to turn a profit.“In a matter of a week or two, it went up 40 per cent. Our supplier maintained the price for about a week, so now, this week it’s skyrocketed,” said Faizal Junus, the…

Idaho voters will decide whether to roll back the state’s abortion ban, the secretary of state told the group behind the initiative in a letter Monday, joining three other states where abortion will be directly on the ballot on Nov. 3. Voters in Virginia and Nevada – both states where abortion is already legal through at least 24 weeks of pregnancy – are considering state constitutional amendments to create a right to abortion. And in Missouri, which in 2024 became the first state to use a constitutional amendment to undo an abortion ban, voters are being asked to override that…

The 2026 Home Run Derby takes place tonight at 7pm Central as part of the 2026 All-Star festivities in Philadelphia. The field of eight consists of… This year’s format will be notably different than in recent years, as laid out by MLB.com. The timer format has been replaced by a swing-based system. The opposite switch occurred in 2015. Participants will have 20 swings in the first round, then 15 in the following rounds. If a player homers on his final swing, he can keep going until a swing doesn’t result in a home run. The first round will be an…

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed the sister of Sen. Lindsey Graham to temporarily fill his Senate seat after his sudden death Saturday night. Darline Graham Nordone will be sworn into the U.S. Senate on Wednesday. She will serve in the Republican majority for the remaining five months of Mr. Graham’s fourth Senate term. “Lindsey has always been there for me, and now I will be there for him,” Ms. Nordone said during a press conference at the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia. “It is such a privilege to get to finish some of his important work, and I promise…

Maine voters are still grappling with Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner’s dramatic departure from the race.

LONDON — A series of arson and vandalism attacks on Jewish sites in Britain were the work of a proxy group backed by Iran, U.K. government officials said Monday. The government said it is banning the group behind the attacks, the Islamic Movement of the Companions of the Right, or IMCR, also known as Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia. It also banned Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which it said is a threat to national security. The move makes it illegal to support the groups. Committing sabotage on their behalf will be punishable by up to life imprisonment. Parliament must approve…

Sep 27, 2025; Bethpage, New York, USA; Team USA golfer Scottie Scheffler and golfer Bryson DeChambeau on the 11th hole on the penultimate day of competition for the Ryder Cup at Bethpage Black. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-Imagn Images World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is paired with LIV Golf’s Bryson DeChambeau and Tyrrell Hatton for the opening round of the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on Thursday. Scheffler, playing the Open Championship for the sixth time, arrived after missing the cut at the Scottish Open. It was the first time he failed to reach the weekend since the 2022 St. Jude…

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster says he is appointing Darline Graham to finish the term of her late brother, former Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died in office Saturday at age 71. That appointment will last just a few months. Graham was up for reelection this year, and won his Republican primary just last month. Republicans who want to vie for the full term starting next year will run in a special primary election Aug. 11. It is not clear if Graham intends to seek a full term in the Senate to succeed her brother. “Lindsey has…