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MLB legend Ken Griffey Jr. joins Seattle Sounders ownership group

SEATTLE (UPI) -- Seattle Mariners legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. has joined the Seattle Sounders' ownership group, the Major League Soccer club announced Tuesday. Griffey joins an ownership group that has undergone significant changes over the past two years. Among other people who form part of the group are Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, his wife and singer Ciara and rapper Macklemore. The Griffey family's ownership stake was finalized earlier this year, before the coronavirus pandemic. […]

todayNovember 19, 2020 17

MLB News

Theo Epstein, Cubs president of baseball ops, steps down

CHICAGO (UPI) -- Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein, the architect of the franchise's World Series-winning team in 2016, has stepped down after nine seasons with the club. The team announced Tuesday that Epstein is walking away from the organization, and general manager Jed Hoyer is being promoted to take his place as president of baseball ops. "Theo and I have been communicating about this possible move for a couple of years, and we have been working together […]

todayNovember 19, 2020 13

Entertainment

Conan O’Brien to end ‘Conan’ in 2021, host new HBO Max show

LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- Conan O'Brien is ending his TBS late-night talk show Conan in 2021. WarnerMedia confirmed in a press release Tuesday that Conan, which premiered in November 2010, will end its run at the end of its 10th season in June 2021. O'Brien's signature travel specials, Conan Without Borders, will continue to air on TBS. Following the end of Conan, O'Brien will begin hosting a new, weekly variety series on HBO Max. WarnerMedia owns both TBS and HBO […]

todayNovember 19, 2020 2

World

South Korea arrests phone scam ring with North Korea ties

SEOUL (UPI) -- South Korean police have arrested eight members of a voice-phishing crime ring based in China after the suspects were found to have used a North Korean malware-installing phone app. Seoul's national intelligence service and the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Monday the malware was sent to more than 200 South Korean victims in the last six months. The suspects were able to steal more than $1.8 million, MBC and local news service Dailian reported. The suspects were all […]

todayNovember 16, 2020 23

Basketball

Lakers to get Dennis Schroder in deal with Thunder

LOS ANGELES (UPI) -- The Los Angeles Lakers are acquiring guard Dennis Schroder from the Oklahoma City Thunder. League sources told ESPN and The Athletic on Sunday that the Lakers will send the player they select with the No. 28 overall pick in this year's NBA Draft and veteran guard Danny Green to the Thunder in exchange for Schroder. The trade can be formally agreed to Monday and finalized after the draft Wednesday night. The Lakers can't outright send their […]

todayNovember 16, 2020 4

Judicial Watch

Former officer charged in Breonna Taylor case sued for alleged sexual assault

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UPI) -- The former Louisville, Ky., police officer charged with endangering Breonna Taylor's neighbors on the night she was shot and killed by police has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting a woman in April 2018. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Jefferson County Circuit Court alleges former Louisville Metro Police Detective Brett Hankison sexually assaulted a woman after leveraging his badge and uniform to form a friendship with her. The suit states that the woman knew […]

todayNovember 12, 2020 1

Business & Lifestyle

ESPN to lay off 300 workers, won’t fill 200 open jobs

BRISTOL, Conn. (UPI) -- ESPN announced Thursday it will lay off 300 employees and will not fill about 200 open positions, marking its largest number of job cuts in five years. The sports network, which is owned by Disney, employs about 6,000 people worldwide, 4,000 of whom are in Bristol, Conn. It laid off 300 employees during a round of cuts in 2015. "Today is hard because ESPN has always been -- and will always be -- fortified by its […]

todayNovember 5, 2020 2

National

Gray wolves stripped of federal endangered species protections

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Thursday it was lifting endangered species protections for gray wolves in the United States, saying the 45-year recovery of U.S. wolves has "exceeded all conservation goals." U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt compared the success of wolves protected in regions of the country under the Endangered Species Act to that of the bald eagle. "Today's action reflects the Trump Administration's continued commitment to species conservation," said Bernhardt in a statement. "After […]

todayOctober 29, 2020 9

World

Study: Future pandemics will be quicker, deadlier without change in strategy

BONN, Germany (UPI) -- International experts in a new scientific study warned on Thursday that pandemics like COVID-19 will emerge more often in the future unless more targeted efforts are made to control them. The 62-page assessment by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) says future pandemics will spread quicker, kill more people and cause greater economic damage than COVID-19 unless there's a "seismic shift" from reaction to prevention. Experts said while pandemics typically originate in diverse […]

todayOctober 29, 2020 18

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