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Colorado Rockies New York Yankees Adam Ottavino

MLB News

Yankees agree to deal with reliever Ottavino

NEW YORK (UPI) -- The New York Yankees and relief pitcher Adam Ottavino agreed to a contract on Thursday, bolstering the team's stout bullpen. Sources told The Athletic and ESPN that it's a three-year contract worth $27 million. Ottavino has a pending physical before the deal becomes official. The 33-year-old pitcher joins Zach Britton, Dellin Betances, Chad Green, Jonathan Holder, Tommy Kahnle and Aroldis Chapman in the Yankees' bullpen. Ottavino played for the Colorado Rockies last season and rebounded from […]

todayJanuary 18, 2019 101

Austin FC MLS

Entertainment

Austin FC to join MLS as 27th club, will play in 2021

AUSTIN (UPI) -- Austin FC will join Major League Soccer as the league's 27th club, MLS commissioner Don Garber said in a statement Tuesday. Austin FC will become the third MLS team in Texas, joining the Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas. Garber announced the news alongside Austin FC chairman and CEO Anthony Precourt and Austin mayor Steve Adler. "Austin is a thriving metropolitan city -- the personification of what we mean when we say MLS is a 'League for a […]

todayJanuary 16, 2019 74

Netflix

Entertainment

Netflix announces price increases for all plans

LOS GATOS, Calif. (UPI) -- Netflix announced Tuesday it is raising subscription prices for roughly 58 million customers in the United States and some 40 Latin American countries. The changes are coming to all three of Netflix's plans, increasing the price of its standard and most popular plan from $11 to $13 per month, NBC News reported. Standard plan users can stream shows in high-definition on two screens and download videos on two phones or tablets. Netflix's basic plan will […]

todayJanuary 15, 2019 35

Illinois food stamps SNAP

Business & Lifestyle

Illinois to issue February food stamp benefits this week

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Those on food stamps in Illinois should get next month's benefits by the end of the week, but leaders in Springfield are warning people to make them last. The Federal government is releasing February's food stamp benefits, officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program (SNAP), early. The partial Federal government shutdown will leave the United States Department of Agriculture without the authority to spend money next month. In Illinois, Department Of Human Services […]

todayJanuary 15, 2019 21

citizenship U.S. Census question

National

Federal judge rejects citizenship question on 2020 census

NEW YORK (UPI) -- A Federal judge ordered Tuesday that the Trump administration remove a question about U.S. citizenship on the 2020 census. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman said Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross exceeded his authority under Federal law by adding the question to next year's census. "Secretary Ross's decision to add a citizenship question in the 2020 census -- even if it did not violate the Constitution itself -- was unlawful for a multitude of independent reasons and must be […]

todayJanuary 15, 2019 80

Saints

National

Saints survive Eagles, advance to NFC Championship

NEW ORLEANS (UPI) -- The New Orleans Saints demoralized the Philadelphia Eagles during the second half of a comeback win Sunday in New Orleans, earning a spot in the NFC title game. New Orleans used an 18-play, 112-yard drive to take up 11:29 of the third quarter of the 20-14 triumph at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The drive ended with a Drew Brees touchdown pass to Michael Thomas, giving the Saints the go-ahead score and a 17-14 edge. "Obviously, we didn't […]

todayJanuary 14, 2019 72

Lambert St. Louis

Business & Lifestyle

Two-alarm fire prompts temporary evacuation at Lambert Airport

ST. LOUIS (UPI) -- Firefighters in St. Louis extinguished a fire at Lambert International Airport that prompted evacuations Sunday morning. The blaze began at 7:30 a.m. at the Southwest Airlines cargo terminal in the top copper layer and the underlying concrete structure in the roof of Terminal 1 of the airport, Jeff Lea with the St. Louis Lambert International Airport said, according to Missouri news station KMOV. Lea added the area was evacuated of all passengers and staff for about […]

todayJanuary 13, 2019 109

Donald Trump government shutdown

Governmental Watchdogs

Polls: Majority oppose border wall, blame Donald Trump for shutdown

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The majority of Americans oppose additional funding for the border wall along Mexico and blame President Donald Trump for the subsequent partial government shutdown, according to separate CNN and ABC/Washington Post polls released Sunday. As the shutdown enters its 23rd day -- the longest in history -- 55 percent said Trump is more responsible for the shutdown compared with 32 percent who say the blame rests mostly with the Democrats, according to CNN poll. Nine percent say […]

todayJanuary 13, 2019 76

Tesla

Automotive News

Tesla missed their 2018 sales target, but does it matter?

Despite the fact the electric vehicle sales were up by more than 300 percent in California this last quarter, that wasn’t enough to help Tesla exceed its sales target. The company, based in Fremont, reported earlier this week that it had missed its sales estimate by around 1.5 percent, spooking investors who firmly believed that once the firm overcame its production issues, its sales would soar. Tesla is starting to realize that getting ahead in the automobile industry is no […]

todayJanuary 11, 2019 38

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