Justin Verlander is still getting the job done. The soon-to-be 43-year-old right-hander is coming off a solid 2025 campaign with the San Francisco Giants that saw him post a 3.85 ERA in 29 regular-season starts. Any team that potentially signs Verlander would likely be doing so to round out the final spot in their starting…
When I was in college, in between my English and creative writing classes, I would race a few blocks downtown to volunteer at an animal shelter on the east side of Manhattan. Getting lost in books and spending time with shelter dogs were the twin pillars that held together the chaos of my twenties, and…
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during the annual “March for Life” in Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 23, 2026. Aaron Schwartz | Reuters House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday said he believes he has the votes to end the partial government shutdown by Tuesday, with the House set to take up a Senate-approved spending…
The NFL will discuss using video review to assess penalties for player safety-related violations that are missed by officials, the league said Friday. Non-calls are currently not reviewable, but penalties such as grabbing the facemask, unnecessary roughness, roughing the passer and hip-drop tackles could be subject to review. It will be an offseason topic for…
Democrat Christian Menefee won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election Saturday that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority, telling President Donald Trump that the Democratic district “topples corrupt presidencies.” Menefee, the Harris County attorney, prevailed in a runoff against Amanda Edwards, a former Houston City Council member. He will replace the late Rep….
Investors need to get ready for a deluge of corporate results this week. More than 110 companies in the S & P 500 are set to report, making it the busiest week of the fourth-quarter earnings season. Among the companies scheduled to post their latest financials are Amazon, Google-parent Alphabet and Disney. The season thus…
Aaron Judge has 46 career multi-home run games at the MLB level. He’s now gone yard multiple times in another way. It was announced on Tuesday that Judge is the cover athlete for “MLB The Show 26,” marking the second time in the New York Yankees’ superstar’s career that he has been on the cover…
Guests at the Fendi Dallas Highland Park Village Boutique in Dallas, Texas. Rick Kern | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images In today’s K-shaped economy, lower-income consumers headed out to shop may be hitting Dollar General or a post-bankruptcy Big Lots, but affluent Americans are increasingly headed for the shopping center private club. Membership clubs are…
Heightened political risk might become the backdrop for U.S. stocks for the foreseeable future. January saw the U.S. attack Venezuela and President Donald Trump attempt to annex Greenland , threatening new tariffs on eight European allies. By the end of the month, the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group was sailing toward Iran after Trump signaled…
The race is on to make humanoid robots. Elon Musk announced Wednesday that Tesla is shutting down production of two electric car models and converting a California plant to build the Optimus robot . But while Tesla tries to get up to speed, rivals in China have already ramped up deliveries and entered talks for…
