Ben Rice’s ugly stretch hits low point in loss to Red Sox: ‘He’s grinding a little bit’

BOSTON — Ben Rice has spent most of the season looking like an MVP candidate.  But the past six games have been much more pedestrian, magnified by the rest of the Yankees offense going through a cold stretch with him.  Coming off a breather Friday, the slugging first baseman went 0-for-4 in Saturday’s 4-1 loss to the Red Sox. He is batting just 2-for-23 with a .174 OPS over his past six games, of which the Yankees have lost four.  “No doubt he’s grinding a little bit right now,” manager Aaron Boone said. “But that’s part of it, man. Even…

Hakeem Jeffries slammed for embracing Mamdani-backed candidates ‘with open arms’ after Dem primary sweep

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries publicly embraced a new crop of congressional nominees Saturday, including three Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates whose primary victories have fueled fresh debate over the Democratic Party’s leftward shift ahead of the 2026 midterms. The powerful New York lawmaker’s post highlights the challenge facing the…

Climate change is driving capuchin monkey mothers to abandon their infants

Plants, insects, and larger animals, like the forest’s white-faced capuchin monkeys, are well adapted to these changes. But in 2015, during an abnormally severe drought influenced by the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Perry, an evolutionary anthropologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, observed behaviors that once seemed impossible.Under normal…

Dems cut ties with scandal-plagued Graham Platner, warn of ‘civil war’ in party

Top Democratic officials and lawmakers are breaking with Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner as his past blunders and online history stack up.  Platner’s ascendency to the top of the ticket in Vacationland broke with the Democratic establishment in Washington, D.C., and since Maine Gov. Janet Mills exited from the race, questions…

Trump boasts perfect endorsement record in 118 GOP primaries so far in 2026

WASHINGTON — President Trump is the undisputed GOP kingpin. The 79-year-old is reveling in a perfect endorsement track record across 118 Republican House, Senate, and gubernatorial primaries this cycle, illustrating how his influence within the party is stronger than it’s ever been. “After years of weak globalists and elitists leading our…

Another Hollywood star breaks cover to back Spencer Pratt for LA mayor

Hollywood star Dennis Quaid has come out in support of Spencer Pratt for Los Angeles mayor — in another sign Hollywood is coming around to his candidacy. The actor, who starred in “Far from Heaven,” “The Big Easy” and “The Substance,” backed the independent candidate in a Fox News interview…

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