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CINCINNATI, OH - SEPTEMBER 24: Manager David Bell #25 of the Cincinnati Reds instructs one of his ... [+] batters in the sixth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at Great American Ball Park on September 24, 2019 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Milwaukee defeated Cincinnati 4-2. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images) Getty Images Starting the season at their home at the Great American Ball Park, as is the usual custom, there was a shred of hope around the Cincinnati Reds heading into the 2023 MLB season. In 2022, a giant offseason sell-off of talent and serious cost-cutting endeavours left the big league club with a slightly better farm system, but also a dearth of immediate talent. A hodgepodge of still-untraded veterans, third-tier prospects and recently-released players from other franchises looking to stay in the show, made for a team that accurately reflected the tear-down nature of its construction. It is hard for a fanbase to get too excited about the prospect of watching a team comp

When companies lay off or fire employees, they often include nondisparagement provisions as a standard part of any separation agreement. If you’ve ever been in that vulnerable position and agreed to a severance package that included a nondisclosure agreement , you are all too familiar with the scary silencing effect that this language can have. But this month, the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency in charge of protecting private sector employees’ rights, clarified that there’s a limit to how much an employer can make you keep quiet. Advertisement In a February ruling involving McLaren Macomb Hospital in Michigan, the NLRB said that furloughed workers had been asked to sign severance agreements with nondisparagement clauses that were overly broad, as those agreements violated the employees’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act to talk about their working conditions. Making very broad nondisparagement clauses has been a general and intentional pra

In the wake of a Manhattan grand jury’s indictment of former President Donald Trump , several Fox News personalities spoke openly about violent reactions they expected from viewers. While some cautioned against a physical response, others seemed to relish the idea. The network’s star anchor Tucker Carlson said during his prime time slot Thursday night that the combination of Trump’s indictment and the White House defending the humanity of trans people felt like a provocation. Advertisement “It almost feels like they’re pushing the population to react,” Carlson said. ”‘We think they’re demoralized and passive, let’s see if they really are.’ At what point do we conclude they’re doing this in order to produce a reaction?” His guest, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, concurred. “If you’re skating on thin ice, you don’t take a hammer to that thin ice and crack it.” The assumption that a critical mass of Americans is ready to spring into violent action ove

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Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit is letting go of almost its entire work force with the satellite launch company finding it difficult to secure funding three months after a failed mission By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer March 31, 2023, 7:34 AM Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit is letting go of almost its entire work force with the satellite launch company finding it difficult to secure funding three months after a failed mission. The company, headquartered in Long Beach, California, will cut 675 jobs, about 85% of its workforce, according to a Friday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Earlier this month Virgin Orbit said that it was pausing all operations amid reports of possible job cuts. At the time the company confirmed that it was putting all work on hold, but didn’t say for how long. In January, a mission by Virgin Orbit to launch the first satellites into orbit from Europe failed after a rocket’s upper stage prematurely shut down. It

President Joe Biden has launched a three-week, 20-state tour touting his alleged economic achievements. Observers see this as an unofficial campaign excursion for Biden’s 2024 reelection bid. But this episode of What’s Ahead discusses the three reasons why Biden will be forced out of the race. As for Vice President Kamala Harris, her embarrassing performance in office means she will be pursuing new opportunities after 2024. Follow me on  Twitter .  Send me a secure  tip .  View the rest of the story here

Yellowjackets producers are once again making their Emmys submissions for Season 2! Breakout star Sophie Nélisse , who plays the teen version of Shauna, will now be joining in a new category. Melanie Lynskey and Christina Ricci were both nominated for lead Actress and Supporting Actress last year, respectively, along with the show receiving several writing, casting and directing nominations. There are also some new cast members being submitted this year. Click through the slideshow to see how producers will be submitting each of the Yellowjackets stars for Season 2, including the change for Sophie Nélisse… Continue Here » Just Jared on Facebook [embedded content] [embedded content] Photos: Brendan Meadows/SHOWTIME Posted to: Christina Ricci , Elijah Wood , Ella Purnell , Jasmin Savoy Brown , Juliette Lewis , Kevin Alves , lauren ambrose , Liv Hewson , Melanie Lynskey , Samantha Hanratty , Sophie Nelisse , Sophie Thatcher , Steven Krueger , Tawny Cypress , Television

FUJISAWA, Japan (AP) — A busy company owner for the early part of his life, Seiichi Sano began anew at 80 by climbing Mt. Fuji. Apparently not challenged enough by Japan’s highest peak, he almost immediately took up surfing. Sano turns 90 later this year, and after being recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest male to surf, he’s ready for other tests. Advertisement “Maybe I’ll try bouldering,” he said, suggesting he might do it first in a gym. “Outside it might be a bit dangerous.” He ruled out bungee-jumping. “Too scary,” he said. Or maybe he’ll just stick with what he knows. “I think it would be interesting to try to surf until I’m 100,” Sano said. “I think I take better care of myself when I have goals like this. Even now, I take better care of myself than I did before.” Sano lives about 20 minutes from Yokohama and gets out most weekends on the black-sand beach near Enoshima, the small island that hosted sailing for the recent Tokyo Olympics, and wa

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy maintained its resilience from October through December despite rising interest rates, growing at a 2.6% annual pace, the government said Thursday in a slight downgrade from its previous estimate. But consumer spending, which drives most of the economy's growth, was revised sharply down. The government had previously estimated that the economy expanded at a 2.7% annual rate last quarter. The rise in the gross domestic product — the economy’s total output of goods and services — for the October-December quarter was down from the 3.2% growth rate from July through September. For all of 2022, the U.S. economy expanded 2.1%, down significantly from a robust 5.9% in 2021. The report suggested that the economy was losing momentum at the end of 2022. Consumer spending rose at a 1% annual rate last quarter, downgraded from a 1.4% increase in the government's previous estimate. It was the weakest quarterly gain in consumer spending since COVID-19 slam

U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose last week but remain at historically low levels despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy and the job market in its fight against inflation. Jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending March 25 rose by 7,000 to 198,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week moving average of claims, which evens out some of the week-to-week fluctuations, rose by 2,000 to 198,250, remaining below the 200,000 threshold for the tenth straight week. Applications for unemployment benefits are broadly seen reflective of the number of layoffs in the U.S. Last week, the Federal Reserve extended its year-long fight against high inflation by raising its key interest rate by a quarter-point, despite concerns that higher borrowing rates could worsen the turmoil that has gripped the banking system. Fed Chair Jerome Powell stressed that the central bank remains focused on fighting high inflation, which could requir

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Former President Jair Bolsonaro arrived back in Brazil on Thursday after a three-month stay in Florida, seeking a new role on the political scene as authorities in the capital braced for the far-right populist’s return. Bolsonaro left Brazil just before the end of his presidential term. In so doing, he broke with tradition by declining to hand the presidential sash to his successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who won the October election with the narrowest finish since Brazil’s return to democracy over three decades earlier. Advertisement While in the U.S., Bolsonaro mostly kept a low profile , although he delivered several speeches to Brazilian expats and conservatives , including at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland. For the first time in 30 years, the lawmaker-turned-president does not hold elected office. “I’m without a mandate, but I’m not retired,” Bolsonaro told television network Jovem Pan on Monday. The Federal

A conservative former federal judge has warned what may happen if former President Donald Trump successfully overturns the 2024 election, if he runs for the White House for a third time and loses. In a podcast interview with conservative commentator Charlie Sykes, J. Michael Luttig recalled his previous analysis of how Trump and his allies have waged a war on democracy to undermine institutions and the rule of law and “are poised to attempt to overturn the 2024 election if he were to lose.” “If he were to do that, then I believe that we would be on the verge of a civil war,” warned Luttig, who in 2021 advised former Vice President Mike Pence on rejecting Trump’s attempts to throw out Joe Biden ’s 2020 victory. Last week, the former judge warned in an address at the University of Georgia Law School how “the institutions of our democracy and law are under vicious, unsustainable, and unendurable attack from within.” Luttig elaborated on the comment to Sykes. “Factually

Hollywood is filled with fascinating movies that were never made , as it’s part of the filmmaking business to drop some ideas when they prove too hard to execute, or too ambitious to ensure profit. However, once in a while, the stars align to make a previously abandoned project relevant again. That would be the case of Mike Flanagan ’s Clayface movie, which would fit like a glove in the new DCU DC Studios’ co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran have been building for the past few months. In an episode of the podcast Script Apart released earlier this month, Flanagan was invited to break down his beloved adaptation of Stephen King ’s Doctor Sleep . During the episode, Flanagan revealed he had actually reached out to Warner Bros. to discuss the possibility of directing a DC movie. On the top of his priority list was a Clayface film pitch, where he could use his horror expertise to make the Batman villain justice. Flanagan said, “I went into Warner Bros. to have the meeting about DC. I

Congress is taking another look at creating a new no-fly list for unruly passengers By The Associated Press March 29, 2023, 12:30 PM WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate and House members proposed a new no-fly list for unruly passengers on Wednesday, an idea that was pushed by airline unions but failed to gain traction last year. The legislation would let the Transportation Security Administration ban people convicted or fined for assaulting or interfering with airline crew members. It would be separate from the current FBI-run no-fly list, which is intended to prevent people suspected of terrorism ties from boarding planes. The number of incidents involving unruly passengers dropped sharply last year after a judge struck down a federal requirement to wear masks on planes. However, incidents serious enough to be investigated by federal officials remained more than five times higher than before the pandemic. “The violent incidents have not stopped,” Cher Taylor, a Frontier Airl

WASHINGTON ― A bipartisan group of senators have introduced legislation that would give regulators more power to confiscate bonuses from executives at failed financial institutions like Silicon Valley Bank. The bill follows a recommendation from President Joe Biden that Congress change the law to claw back executive pay from failed bank bosses and make it easier for the government to ban them from the banking industry. Advertisement Executives at Silicon Valley Bank, which regulators closed after it was unable to honor withdrawal requests from panicked depositors who realized the bank was in trouble, reportedly sold $84 million worth of stock in the last two years. And financial disclosures show that Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker sold millions in stock shortly before the bank failed. (BuzzFeed, HuffPost’s parent company, banked with SVB.) On Wednesday, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) file