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Baseball umpire Jen Pawol made history Saturday in Atlanta as she became the first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball regular season game. Pawol worked at first base in Game 1 of the Atlanta Braves’ doubleheader against the Miami Marlins at Truist Park. Advertisement Making her big league debut in front of 35,664 fans, Pawol was grinning ear to …

In brief The SEC officially closed its legal dispute against Ripple Labs Inc. on Thursday. Avid supporters group the XRP Army are now celebrating what they believe is confirmation that they are on the “right side of history.” The mantra comes from a 2020 blog post from Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse. In the wake of the U.S. Securities and Exchange …

Growing up, my father and I never saw eye to eye. We were always engaged in an ideological war, as my passion for creativity clashed with his cold focus on making money and putting food on the table above all else. There was a cultural divide between us that took me nearly two decades to understand. While I was born …

2025 US Open prize money sets record for largest purse in tennis history  US Open Tennis 2025 US Open prize money  ATP Tour U.S. Open singles winners will get a record $5 million each  NBC News U.S. Open makes tennis history with $90 million announcement  Yahoo Sports US Open prize money pool increases to record $90M, largest in tennis history  USA Today Source link

Now official  ©TM/IMAGO After 25 years with Bayern Munich, Thomas Müller will continue his career in Canada with the Vancouver Whitecaps. The 35-year-old has joined the Major League Soccer club on a free transfer and has signed a two-season deal. Müller will initially sign on a max Targeted Allocation Money deal that can be converted to a Designated Player deal …

Poland’s new president is positioned to make history — or rewrite it  The Washington Post Nationalist Nawrocki sworn in as Polish president, in blow for Tusk  CNN Poland’s new president draws battlelines with government over constitution  Reuters Trump-backed candidate Karol Nawrocki becomes Polish president and could steer a more nationalist course  CBS News Polish president attacks rivals’ ‘propaganda and lies’ as he is sworn …

The story of human evolution has undergone a distinct feminisation in recent decades. Or, rather, an equalisation: a much-needed rebalancing after 150 years during which, we were told, everything was driven by males strutting, brawling and shagging, with females just along for the ride. This reckoning has finally arrived at language. The origins of our species’ exceptional communication skills constitutes one …

NEW YORK (AP) — Jen Pawol is set to become the first woman to umpire in Major League Baseball when she works games this weekend between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves. Pawol will work the bases in Saturday’s doubleheader at Truist Park and the plate on Sunday, MLB told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Pawol, a 48-year-old from New …

Destiny 2 is currently all over the place as it attempts to figure out its power gains and loot systems which have been overhauled for the launch of its new “era” and its Edge of Fate expansion. One consistent refrain I’ve always said about Destiny is that more than not, it should be overly generous with its rewards and loot. …

Eighty years ago this week, the world passed into a terrifying new age. In Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, mushroom clouds announced that humans not only could slaughter each other in staggering numbers – but now also possessed the means to raze civilization as we know it. Despite its defining nature, this dreadful event that led to the end of WWII …