Astros ‘pretty pissed off’ about boos, low attendance in Game 1 loss to White Sox

The White Sox took Game 1 in Houston, but all the team could talk about after was their fans – or lack thereof, apparently. The Astros heard the boo birds during their 6-3 loss at Dalkin Park, where the announced crowd was 34,011 — about 21 percent below a sellout for the playoff game.  Reliever Bennett Sousa called the fan base “definitely spoiled,” having made the ALCS seven times straight from 2017-23. The Astros have the worst record of any playoff team (81-81) in MLB history, having snuck into the playoffs after winning the floundering AL West. “As a team…

Don’t believe the Jaxson Dart questions behind J.J. McCarthy move

Some situations are layered in messaging and mystery, difficult to fully decipher. Some are not. Some situations are fairly obvious and transparent, and despite those who want to uncover some deep, convoluted meaning, are what they actually are. The reason the Giants traded for J.J. McCarthy is easy to figure…

Jonquel Jones regains dominant MVP form at perfect time for Liberty

This was Finals MVP Jonquel Jones, reappearing on the playoff stage right on time for a Liberty team suddenly with the mojo to add another piece of hardware to its collection. Owning the boards and playing bully ball. Stepping out to hit 3s. Dishing underhanded assists on the break, for…

China’s AI agents can lie and scheme – just like their US rivals

Chinese-powered AI agents have learned to deceive, circumvent restrictions and conceal failure, showing the kind of traits in autonomous artificial intelligence that have raised global alarm about US models, research documents and experts say. In one case this year, agents powered by models from China’s Alibaba, DeepSeek and Moonshot lied about their…

Yankees bench Jazz Chisholm Jr. in Game 1 after up-and-down season

For the second straight year, Jazz Chisholm Jr. expected to be in the Yankees lineup for Game 1 of the AL wild card series. For the second straight year, he was not. With the Red Sox opening the series with lefty Payton Tolle on the mound, Aaron Boone started the…

Three in five Americans favor stronger oversight of social media companies: poll

A bipartisan majority of Americans support more government rules for how social media companies conduct business, including a requirement of age-verification tools to keep younger children off social media, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. The poll, which was conducted over the six days ended Aug. 3, comes as companies like Meta Platforms and Google’s YouTube face…

OceanSound expands at SL Green’s 450 Park Ave.

OceanSound, a subtenant at SL Green’s 450 Park Ave., has expanded from less than 22,000 square feet to more than 32,000 sf under a new, direct lease. SLG leasing director Steven Durels said the deal typifies activity at the 33-story tower that was recently upgraded. Other prominent tenants include Banco…

State-of-the-art One Grand office tower to rise in Hudson Square

With a mere 12 million square feet, Hudson Square might be the city’s most in-demand subdistrict. In the former printing-house zone bounded roughly by Clarkson and Canal streets to the north and south and between West Street and Sixth Avenue, leasing volume soared from under a half-million square feet in…

French ‘smart bra’ could help detect early signs of breast cancer

Bra-vo for this uplifting news. Breast cancer cases are consistently on the rise, accounting for about 30% of all new female cancers annually and affecting more than 320,000 people this year alone. A piece of wearable technology, though, could hold the key to earlier detection for one of the most common and…

Inter Miami pays tribute to Lionel Messi’s dad after death

Inter Miami paid tribute to Lionel Messi’s father before — and during — its match Saturday, with Messi away from the team after Jorge Messi died Friday night in Rosario, Argentina following an illness. He was 68 years old. Inter Miami, the MLS squad that Messi has played for since…

California’s rich paying M to escape state for New Zealand’s Southern Alps

Some of California’s wealthiest residents are fleeing the Golden State’s punishing policies for the snow-capped Southern Alps in New Zealand. A surge of wealthy Americans, particularly Californians, are snapping up “golden visas,” where they pay at least NZ$5 million — roughly $2.9 million — to secure the right to live,…

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