Cubs manager Craig Counsell thinks a Major League Baseball rule that allows the Los Angeles Dodgers to carry 14 pitchers because of Shohei Ohtani is “bizarre.” Major league teams are allowed to have a maximum of 13 pitchers on their active 26-man roster from opening day through Aug. 31. From Sept. 1 through the end…
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 17, 2026. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters U.S. Senate Republicans voted on Thursday to advance a $70 billion plan to fund the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agencies for the next three years, ignoring demands from Democrats for guardrails on immigration enforcement agents and their…
An Iranian salesperson sits beside a portrait of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at his fruit shop in the Shahid Boroujerdi residential complex in southern Tehran, Iran, on April 14, 2026. Morteza Nikoubazl | Nurphoto | Getty Images The war in the Middle East is plunging Iran’s already fragile economy into freefall. Tehran’s…
Anthropic is ramping up a push to secure European data center deals to power its AI models, as it looks to hire a role for negotiating compute capacity in the region. U.S. hyperscalers’ AI infrastructure expenditure is set to top $600 billion in 2026. Anthropic is looking to capitalize on the boom and has announced…
LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for singer D4vd are pushing to have prosecutors quickly and publicly present the evidence they have against him in the killing of Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a 14-year-old girl from Lake Elsinore, California. The 21-year-old whose legal name is David Burke returns to a Los Angeles court for a hearing Thursday, just…
The Dodgers’ backup catcher moonlighted as their designated hitter for a game on Thursday, doing his best Shohei Ohtani impression by smashing a 412-foot grand slam to help sweep the Mets. Another time, he was their first baseman, filling in while Freddie Freeman was on the paternity list and launching two more home runs. Dalton…
Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at CNBC CONVERGE LIVE in Singapore on April 23, 2026. CNBC Canadian companies are turning towards making deals with China because of economic coercion from the U.S., according to former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Speaking at CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE in Singapore on Thursday, Trudeau described a time…
Treasury yields ticked higher on Thursday as investors await updates on the resumption of U.S.-Iran peace talks and the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index print for April, due later in the day. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note — the key benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — was up more than 2 basis points…
LOS ANGELES — It looks like a freeway on-ramp as it hovers over Wilshire Boulevard, but people behind the new building anchoring the Los Angeles County Museum of Art define it with aquatic imagery. The free-flowing sections of the David Geffen Galleries housing the museum’s permanent collection are named for the Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic…
Bookmakers note that, because information is king when it comes to the NFL Draft, it’s difficult for them to win the day. This also means that analysts and fans who’ve been paying close attention, or have an inside scoop, could be in a good position when wagering on how many players from each major…
