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Here's how long Jon Stewart plans to stay on as Monday host of ‘The Daily Show'
Jon Stewart isn’t done skewering the news — he’s signed on to continue hosting “The Daily Show” on Mondays through the end of next year. Paramount announced Monday that Stewart would continue hosting the Comedy Central series once a week, as he’s done through much of 2024 in the runup to the U.S. presidential election. The Emmy winner hosted “The...
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Yankees vs. Dodgers: Who are the starting pitchers for World Series Game 3?
It’s Clarke Schmidt vs. Walker Buehler in a battle of former first-round draft picks who came from SEC schools.
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Freddie Freeman's World Series grand slam sparks a joyous family moment in a difficult year
Freddie Freeman scooped up his youngest son and held him tight, planting kisses on the blond head of 3-year-old Maximus. The slugger’s wife, Chelsea, corralled their other two sons for a family photo on the Dodger Stadium field where Dad had just created an indelible moment in baseball lore.
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Boston College to honor Gaudreau brothers and Tony Voce during the season
Boston College will honor former hockey players Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau and Tony Voce with uniform patches, a sign on the boards in front of the team bench and other tributes this season. All three died this summer: The Gaudreau brothers were hit by a car while bicycling in New Jersey the day before their sister’s wedding. Voce, a member...
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Maine workers make progress in cleanup of spilled firefighting foam at former Navy base
Firefighting foam in a hangar at Brunswick Executive Airport has been been removed, and mitigation is underway on four retention ponds following Maine’s biggest accidental spill of the fire suppressant on record, officials said Monday. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention advised the public not to consume or to limit consumption of freshwater fish from four nearby...
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Tech magnate Mike Lynch's body found in sunken superyacht wreckage, officials say
The Italian coast guard says the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered off the coast of Sicily from the wreckage of a superyacht.
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NWSL reaches new collective bargaining agreement that ends draft and guarantees contracts
The National Women’s Soccer League and its players have reached a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement that eliminates the draft, guarantees all contracts and more.
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Tina Charles climbs to No. 2 on WNBA's all-time scoring list
Tina Charles passed Tina Thompson to become the second all-time leading scorer in WNBA history during the Dream’s win over the Mercury on Wednesday.
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Spanish woman believed to be the oldest person in the world has died at age 117
The family of Maria Branyas, considered the world’s oldest person at 117 years old, posted on X that the American-born Spaniard died in “her sleep, at peace.”
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Oklahoma State football players to wear QR codes on helmets for NIL fundraising
Oklahoma State football players will wear QR codes on their helmets this season to assist with fundraising for the program’s NIL money pool.