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“The Dodgers are aware of media reports and are gathering information. The team can confirm that interpreter Ippei Mizuhara has been terminated. The team has no further comment at this time,” a statement from the team released early Thursday said. The scandal was first reported Wednesday by The Los Angeles Times and ESPN. According to ESPN, the interpreter’s … Read more

One nervous traveler touches the outside of the airplane while boarding and prays before takeoff. Another brings anti-anxiety medication. A third has been watching YouTube videos narrated by pilots to understand what happens during flights.  Such rituals have helped anxious passengers overcome their fear of flying. But in recent months, several travelers said, news of … Read more

Two teenagers were arrested after a woman was discovered dead in a duffel bag in a New York City apartment last week. The woman was identified as 52-year-old Nadia Vitel. Earlier this month, she went to check on her late mother’s Manhattan apartment, which had been empty for months, according to two senior law enforcement … Read more

An Alabama clinic at the center of a legal battle that sparked fears nationwide about the future of in vitro fertilization is quietly rescheduling embryo transfers. It had paused IVF procedures in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling in February that frozen embryos can be considered children.  Two patients at the Center for … Read more

Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Puerto Rico early Friday afternoon to embark on her first visit to the U.S. territory since being sworn in three years ago. According to her office, the purpose of the trip is to highlight President Joe Biden’s “commitment to supporting Puerto Rico’s recovery” following hurricanes, earthquakes and the Covid-19 … Read more

At least two people are dead and several others were injured when a school bus carrying pre-K students was involved in a collision and rolled over in rural Texas on Friday, authorities said. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Deon Cockrell said two people involved in the collision in Bastrop County, along State Highway 21 … Read more

A hot air balloon accident Wednesday along a highway in Rochester, Minnesota, sparked a brush fire nearby, authorities said. Rochester police said they responded to reports of a hot air balloon accident on Highway 63, between 40th and 48th streets SE, around 6:50 p.m. Wednesday. While the balloon was trying to land in a field, … Read more

An Idaho inmate who led police on a two-day manhunt was described by a former prosecutor as a “bright individual” who came out of his first prison sentence with neo-Nazi tattoos on his face and body. “I was actually disappointed that he had fallen into that group, but I wasn’t shocked,” said Stan Holloway, a … Read more

JACKSON, Miss. — A judge sentenced two former Mississippi sheriff’s deputies from a self-described “Goon Squad” to federal prison Thursday for the torture and abuse of two Black men in a racist attack. Brett Morris McAlpin, 53, was ordered to serve 327 months, which is more than 27 years. And Joshua Hartfield, 32, the final … Read more

It wouldn’t be March without a little madness. The NCAA basketball tournament got underway Thursday and like every year, the upsets followed. Perennial powerhouse Kentucky went down to Oakland in Pittsburgh, Pa., 80-76. The Wildcats went in with a 3 seed but couldn’t get past No. 14 Oakland University, which hails from Oakland County, Michigan. … Read more