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Larry Stone: A year after jumping trade market, M’s face similar complex decisions

On June 27, 2022 — exactly one year ago Tuesday — the Mariners jumped the trade market by acquiring veteran first baseman/designated hitter Carlos Santana from the Royals for two minor-league pitchers.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023

Tigers get bad news on Matthew Boyd's elbow injury

ARLINGTON, Texas — It took Matthew Boyd a little more than 12 months to heal and rehab his way back from flexor tendon surgery in 2021.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023

Bobby Osborne, bluegrass pioneer, dies at 91

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Bobby Osborne, a mandolin player who with his brother Sonny Osborne formed the bluegrass music duo The Osborne Brothers, has died. He was 91.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023

Ivanka Trump freed from New York’s $250 million fraud suit against family

NEW YORK — New York state’s $250 million fraud lawsuit against Donald Trump, his company and three of his children is still on track for a civil trial in October but now has one less defendant: Ivanka Trump.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023

Quarterback Derek Carr says Raiders made his wife cry

LAS VEGAS — Had the Raiders done an about-face at the end of last season and reached back out to Derek Carr to remain as their starting quarterback, Carr isn’t so sure he would have agreed to return.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023

Florida Supreme Court justice should recuse himself on key abortion case, says ex-chief justice

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Barbara Pariente, a former chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court, said Tuesday that one of the current justices, Charles Canady, should recuse himself from the case before the court that will decide if state efforts to sharply reduce access to abortion are constitutional.

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023

Mets GM Billy Eppler not making drastic changes despite disappointing start to season

NEW YORK — The Mets are skidding to the end of one of the worst months of play in the Steve Cohen era. General manager Billy Eppler, the person tasked with building the most expensive roster in North American sports history, conveyed a message to the fans: Everything is going…

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023

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Trump is the only living president whose family didn’t own slaves, report says

Tribune News Service · Jun 28, 2023

Texas may reach temperatures hotter than 99% of the world as dangerous heat wave persists

DALLAS — Large swaths of Texas are forecast to be hotter than 99% of the world Wednesday as Dallas’ stretch of scorching hot days was expected to reach a peak of 107 degrees, according to meteorologists.

Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2023

Who is Catherine Eagles, the judge presiding over North Carolina’s abortion lawsuit?

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s 12-week abortion ban has its first day in court Wednesday — but it isn’t the judge’s first time presiding over a case on abortion.

Tribune News Service · Jun 27, 2023