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Right-hander Simeon Woods Richardson passed through waivers unclaimed after his recent DFA, per Mitch Bannon of The Athletic. He’s been assigned outright to Triple-A Buffalo. Woods Richardson lacks the prior outright assignment or service time needed to reject an outright in favor of free agency, so he’ll remain with the organization as a depth piece. The Jays acquired Woods Richardson early this month in a cash swap with the Twins, who’d designated the right-hander for assignment. He pitched 10 shutout innings across three appearances with the Jays. That might make the subsequent DFA surprising, but Woods Richardson also yielded four…

It turns out readers still want to learn more about President Donald Trump after all. “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump,” the l atest book on the Trump presidency, written by political journalists Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, has sold more than 300,000 copies in its opening week, according to publisher Simon & Schuster. They’re the kind of sales that numerous works about Trump reached during his first term, but had been rare during his second term. Publishers had speculated that the public had tired of Trump books, believing there was little left to know. The total…

By Ryan Woo & Ella Cao Reuters Posted June 30, 2026 2:18 pm Updated June 30, 2026 2:25 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size China said on Tuesday it will impose a 73.5 per cent preliminary tariff on imports of Canadian pea starch from July 1, as part of temporary anti-dumping measures after a more than 10-month investigation. The Ministry of Commerce said its investigation had found that Canadian pea starch was being “dumped” in China, causing “material injury to the domestic industry.” Get breaking National news Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox…

Aug 22, 2025; Bridgeview, Illinois, USA; Chicago Stars FC midfielder Leilanni Nesbeth (13) controls the ball during the first half of a match against the North Carolina Courage at SeatGeek Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Melissa Tamez-Imagn Images Chicago Stars FC and midfielder Leilanni Nesbeth mutually agreed to part ways, the team announced Tuesday. Nesbeth, 24, whose contract was due to expire at the 2026 season, is now free to pursue other opportunities. “We’re grateful for everything that Leilanni has brought to the club during her three seasons in Chicago,” team president Karen Leetzow said. “She has shown the utmost dedication to…

A Florida woman, 31, has died after an alligator bit both her arms while she was wading in shallow river water near Orlando. She was attacked in the Econlockhatchee River in Little Big Econ State Forest, reports NBC News . Her boyfriend called 911 while trying to pull her away from the gator. But she died before rescue workers could get her to a hospital. The woman has not been identified because authorities say they are trying to reach her family, who live out Florida. The victim was hiking with her boyfriend and best friend when they entered the river…

Serena Williams‘ highly anticipated Wimbledon return appears to have come with a few challenges for the highly decorated athlete.     The tennis legend recently expressed deep frustration with the strict drug-testing rules she must follow as she prepares for her highly anticipated singles return. Before officially launching her latest competitive comeback, she had to re-enter the sport’s formal testing program to comply with the regulations. Williams officially returned to competitive play after being inspired to make an iconic comeback by her close friends and family.   Mirrorpix / MEGA The iconic tennis star openly criticized the sport’s anti-doping rules before her upcoming…

Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched issued a progress report on Tuesday, after TSMC successfully manufactured its chip earlier this year. The startup says it has already booked $1 billion in contract orders for its product: full systems powered by those chips. Etched is currently in the process of testing that first product with customers. It calls these systems “frontier inference clusters,” bundles that include the chips along with custom-designed racks and software, all built to help frontier models run inference faster, more cheaply, and with better power efficiency than rivals, Etched claims. (Inference is what happens after a user submits…

Ayoub perdió un ojo, pero hoy llora por los dos. Este martes también perdió su casa en El Becerril de Guía, su pasaporte y los papeles del médico que atestiguan, junto a las cicatrices de su cara, las cinco intervenciones quirúrgicas a las que se ha sometido. “Estábamos esperando a ver qué iba a decir el Juzgado, pero cuando llegaron me largaron sin dejarme coger mis papeles”, dice, entre lágrimas, señalando a la retroexcavadora que puede verse desde la calle Doctor Chil, donde la Guardia Civil expulsó a la prensa, lejos del desahucio, y donde se han ido reuniendo vecinos…

In a blockbuster case, Trump v. Slaughter, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the president could, at will, dismiss appointees to independent regulatory agencies who had already been confirmed by Congress, overturning a nearly 100-year-old precedent that held the opposite. For business leaders, this watershed decision will likely lead to less certainty and consistency for the regulated aspects of their business, with federal rules and their enforcement increasingly determined by political expediency rather than expert analysis.

After a shocking exit from NCIS, Mark Harmon is returning to the prequel — and will be appearing in all episodes in season 3. CBS confirmed on Tuesday, June 30, that Harmon, 74, will reprise the role of present day Leroy Jethro Gibbs. He will appear in all episodes in the upcoming season as “part of a present-day mystery tied to his ‘90s Camp Pendleton days in an action-packed story that unfolds all season long,” the synopsis teased. Harmon previously reprised his role as Gibbs in the prequel’s crossover event with NCIS in November 2025. In the opening scene, a…