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The San Diego Padres acquired Nestor Cortes from the Milwaukee Brewers.
The San Diego Padres acquired Ryan O'Hearn.
The Atlanta Braves were unable to trade Raisel Iglesias.
The Minnesota Twins did not trade Joe Ryan.
Sandy Alcantara remained with the Miami Marlins through the trade deadline.
5 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
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Rafael Flores is a 24-year-old minor league catcher/first baseman.
Since April 19, Bednar posted a 1.70 ERA with 50 strikeouts and eight walks in 39 appearances.
Flores batted .287/.346/.496 with 23 doubles, 15 home runs and 56 RBIs in 87 games at Double-A Somerset.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
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The Suárez trade was the Mariners' second trade of the day and their second in the past week with the Diamondbacks.
ESPN was the first to report the Suárez trade.
In November 2023, the Mariners traded Suárez to the Diamondbacks in a salary-dumping move, saving roughly $11 million.
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Sony had no comment on the project.
No offers have been made to actors and the film is still in the development process.
The sequel's story will focus on how Facebook's own reporting pointed to negative effects its social media was having on teens and kids.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
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Sterling Sharpe was a wide receiver for the Green Bay Packers from 1988 until 1994, when a neck injury ended his career.
Sharpe made his debut on ESPN's "First Take" in August 2023.
Sharpe took a leave of absence from ESPN while the lawsuit was handled.
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Kalshi was pricing in a probability of about 90% that Apple would mention 'China' and 'Tariff' during its third-quarter earnings call.
In May 2025, President Donald Trump said Apple would have to pay a tariff of 25% or more for iPhones not made in the U.S.
Apple's third-quarter earnings call was slated for 5 p.m. ET Thursday following the release of its quarterly results.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
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Judge Raymond Chen questioned whether the trade deficit can be an extraordinary and unusual threat when the US has had trade deficits for decades.
Judge Jimmie Reyna noted that IEEPA does not mention tariffs.
The Cato Institute filed an amicus brief siding with the plaintiffs.
“If the IEEPA is deemed inadmissible, the legal status of the trade deals themselves could come into question,”
JPMorgan economists said in a note that if IEEPA is deemed inadmissible, the legal status of Trump's trade deals could come into question.
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The researchers used high-resolution surface models and satellite data from NASA and the European Space Agency.
The flood occurred in a region where models previously predicted the ice was frozen at the bed.
The study was published in the journal Nature Geoscience.
“Downslope of the fracture zone, an ~6-km2region of the ice surface had been scoured clean. Together, these observations indicate that a substantial volume of water broke up through the ice at this location and flooded across the surface.”
The study explains that a scoured ice surface and fracture zone together indicate a substantial volume of water broke through the ice and flooded across the surface.
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A Google spokesperson said that publishers of web pages have full control over whether they are indexed by search engines.
After creating a link, ChatGPT users could toggle whether or not they wanted that link to be discoverable.
OpenAI said it recently ended an experiment to have chats appear in search engine results if users explicitly opted in when sharing.
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By 2019, about 40% of heterosexual couples had met online, doubling the number of couples who met through friends.
Seven out of 10 online daters say it is common to encounter people lying on their profiles, according to Pew Research.
About 30% of all American adults have used dating apps.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
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EA President Andrew Wilson described the upcoming Battlefield game as a platform for larger growth.
Motive Studios, Ripple Effect, and Criterion are supporting lead developer DICE on Battlefield 6.
Battlefield 6 is set in the year 2027.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
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Denis Villeneuve is set to direct the next James Bond movie.
Steven Knight is the creator of Peaky Blinders.
Amy Pascal and David Heyman are producing the next James Bond film.
3 facts single-source — treat as provisional.
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