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Thursday evening provided us with a moment that baseball does better than any other sport—taking two things that used to be special but now almost seem mundane, and then slamming them together in an alchemist’s fever dream. This particular moment came when Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies, owner of baseball’s 21st four-homer game in history and the third this year, …

Facebook Tweet Email Link London  —  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s comments at Jackson Hole Friday hinting at the possibility of an upcoming interest rate cut should have been music to President Donald Trump’s ears. Yet days after Powell delivered one of the most important speeches in the financial calendar, the Fed chair was digesting news of the latest twist …

On Thursday, Xbox announced it’s widely rolling out cross-device play history. With the new update, even if you’re on a different Xbox console, Ally handheld, or PC, your recently played game list will remain the same, so you can jump right back in where you left off. The change, which first started testing with Insiders last month and is now …

PHILADELPHIA — Months ago, the popular sitcom “Abbott Elementary” pitched an episode that would be staged inside Citizens Bank Park. They wanted a Philadelphia Phillies player to guest star, and Kyle Schwarber agreed to do it because whenever anyone here needs something, they go to Schwarber. He is dependable. He is steady. And, at 32, he is having a career …

Kyle Schwarber boosted his MVP campaign with some MLB history on Thursday. The Philadelphia Phillies’ slugger posted MLB’s 21st four-homer game in a 19-4 blowout of the Atlanta Braves. He joins Eugenio Suarez and Nick Kurtz in accomplishing the feat in 2025, marking the first time the league has ever seen three four-homer games in one season. Advertisement It’s also …

“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 2015, a paleoanthropology team discovered jaw remains of a roughly 42,000-year-old Neanderthal in France. Over the next several years, the team, led by Ludovic Slimak, found more of the Neanderthal’s remains and began to analyze …

Alamy 5. Ceremony Lawrence Alma Tadema, A Foregone Conclusion, 1885 The sense of suspenseful ceremony is skilfully acknowledged and manipulated in London-based Dutch artist Lawrence Alma Tadema’s charming enactment of the moments immediately preceding a proposal. Though the outcome of the ensuing encounter may be “a foregone conclusion”, as the painting’s title assures, the work cleverly captures both the anxious …

The Baltimore Ravens have made Kyle Hamilton the highest-paid safety in the NFL. They reached an agreement with Hamilton late Tuesday on an extension that will keep the 24-year-old in Baltimore for the foreseeable future. The deal is worth $100.4 million over four years, including $82 million guaranteed, eclipsing the four-year, $86 million pact the Detroit Lions and safety Kerby …

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“KPop Demon Hunters,” the animated phenomenon of the summer, is now the most-streamed movie in Netflix history. The film about a K-pop girl group who track down mythical monsters when not filling stadiums and arenas has overtaken “Red Notice,” an action comedy with Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot, as the most-watched film on the service. “KPop Demon Hunters” …