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Jim Kaat uses offensive nickname for Nestor Cortes of the Yankees during the game

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Minnesota Twins broadcaster Jim Kaat made an offensive comment as he described New York Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes on the air Thursday, marking his second comment in the last year. Kaat declared the Twins 3-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Thursday and posed to Cortes while Chris Archer struck out Miguel Cabrera. “Nestor the …

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Jim Kaat uses offensive nickname for Nestor Cortes of the Yankees during the game

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Minnesota Twins broadcaster Jim Kaat made an offensive comment as he described New York Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes on the air Thursday, marking his second comment in the last year. Kaat declared the Twins 3-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Thursday and posed to Cortes while Chris Archer struck out Miguel Cabrera. “Nestor the …

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An inmate shot dead, killed during chase on foot after possibly killing 1 adult and 4 children in the Houston area, according to TDCJ

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CENTERVILLE, Texas – Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) officials say convicted killer who escaped from police custody in Leon County and possibly killed an adult and four children in the Houston area has been killed a shots. The update came on Thursday night. Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was reportedly shot dead during a walk with …

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Ukrainian forces have had some success in Sievierodonetsk, says Zelenskiy

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy watches as he is surrounded by the Ukrainian military as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 4, 2022. REUTERS / Marko Djurica / Photo d ‘file Register now for FREE and unlimited access to Reuters.com Sign up June 2 (Reuters) – …

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COVID in California: coronavirus hospitalizations in the state have increased by more than 50% in the last two weeks

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Alameda County will reinstate the inner mask mandate Alameda County is the first in the Bay Area to regain its inner mask mandate, which expired in February as the rise in the winter omicron slowed, and officials cited a sharp increase in hospitalizations for COVID-19 during the last month. County health officials announced that masks …

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Amber Heard said she lost the right to “speak freely,” but experts say the Johnny Depp case “was not a matter of free speech but a matter of credibility.”

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Johnny Depp and Amber Heard.Getty / Getty A Virginia jury found Wednesday that Amber Heard and Johnny Depp were both responsible for defamation. While Heard denounced the verdict as a First Amendment censorship, legal experts disagreed. “This is not really a matter of freedom of speech, it’s really a matter of credibility,” a former prosecutor …

Amber Heard said she lost the right to “speak freely,” but experts say the Johnny Depp case “was not a matter of free speech but a matter of credibility.” Read More »