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Editor’s Note: Meg Jacobs teaches history at Princeton University. Follow her on Twitter @MegJacobs100. The opinions expressed in this commentary are hers. Read more opinion on CNN. CNN  —  President Joe Biden stands accused of playing politics with petroleum. His opponents say the reason he is releasing millions of barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is to bring prices at the pump down before the midterm elections. They might be right. As public opinion polls reveal, the economy appears to be the top issue for voters. As we approach the midterms, more and more candidates, especially in the…

The Kansas City Royals have made a hire. Kansas City announced Sunday that they’ve hired Matt Quatraro as their 18th full-time manager in franchise history. Quatraro, 48, has previously been the assistant hitting coach for the then-Cleveland Indians and was hired to be the Rays’ third base coach after the 2017 season before being promoted to bench coach after the 2018 season. Quatraro will be inheriting a team that went 65-97 in 2022 and hasn’t made the playoffs since winning the World Series in 2015. The hire means that the only managerial job that is still available is the White…

Under-fire Suella Braverman has scratched Rishi Sunak’s back so he scratched hers – the new Prime Minister is just as guilty of unforgivably awful judgement Imagine for one moment the howls of Conservatives demanding resignations had a Labour Prime Minister and Home Secretary jeopardised national security. And you know what? They’d have been right to call for heads where recklessness is clear. Liz Truss is gone as PM yet her successor Rishi Sunak is guilty of unforgivably awful judgement in returning sacked Suella Braverman to the Home Office. From the security breach that saw her fired to ignoring official advice…

PC Philip Hunter allegedly sent the woman a string of inappropriate texts in 2017, and left the force in July 2019 after being found guilty of gross misconduct in relation to another woman A vulnerable woman has hit out at the Met Police for refusing to take action after an officer allegedly sent her inappropriate texts. PC Philip Hunter came into contact with the woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, as a victim of domestic abuse who was suffering mental health problems. He allegedly texted her saying she could “be as naughty” as she liked with him, and sent sexually…

Lewis Hamilton said he had ‘so much love for Mexico’ despite the boos he received from some of the crowd.The Mercedes man had been jeered by some of the spectators over the course of the weekend, with at least some of the antipathy likely because of the home support for Sergio Perez. Mexican driver Perez rides for Red Bull, the team of world champion Max Verstappen, a long-standing rival of the seven-time world champion.Mexican Grand PrixVerstappen: ‘We’ll try’ to add to record-breaking F1 season with more GP wins2 HOURS AGOVerstappen is champion once again and secured another victory on Sunday…

A change in New York law has made it tougher to put parolees back behind bars when they are accused of a new crime, critics say. Flaws in the “Less is More” act – signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul last year — have been exposed by several recent high-profile crimes involving suspects on parole who were re-arrested for heinous acts, only to then be freed again thanks to the so-called reforms, according to critics. “Before, if someone was on parole and they got arrested, they would have to go back to jail and finish their sentence. Now parolees…

Max Verstappen hopes to extend his record-breaking 14 wins in a Formula 1 season.There are two more races to come in the 2022 campaign, and Verstappen made it 14 after another victory on Sunday at the Mexican Grand Prix. The two-time champion held off a spirited challenge from rival Lewis Hamilton, whose Mercedes team are finishing the season with stronger performances than at any other point of the competition this year.Mexican Grand PrixHamilton plays down Mexico GP boos after coming ‘so close’ to first win of season5 HOURS AGOHamilton suffered with porpoising early in the season after an overhaul of…

Stock futures were flat on Sunday evening ahead of the final day of October, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average poised to clinch its best month in decades.Dow futures ticked down 3 points, or less than 0.1%. Those for the S&P 500 was also marginally lower, while Nasdaq 100 futures dipped 0.1%.The Dow is up 14.4% in October, which would be its best month since 1976. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are also up for the month, putting Wall Street on track to snap a two-month losing streak.The gains have come despite a mixed third-quarter earnings season from major…

Three children and one adult died in a house fire on Sunday morning in the Castle Hill neighborhood of the Bronx, according to the FDNY. The fire broke out on the first and second floors of the three-story building around 6:00 a.m. Two children were pronounced dead at the scene, while one child and an adult succumbed to their injuries at a local hospital later on Sunday morning. Two other victims were being treated for serious injuries.  A neighbor, 60-year-old Merlyn Persaue, told the New York Post that she could see the residents clamoring to escape the flames. “They were screaming, the children,…

A Yonkers police sergeant who did little to stop two men from pummeling a victim as he slumped to the ground has been placed on modified duty, the city’s police force revealed Sunday. In a series of tweets, Yonkers police condemned the apparent lack of action from sergeant Amy Kielb while two brothers punched, kicked and grappled with another man Oct. 25 — all caught on surveillance video.The footage, obtained by The Post, shows Kielb getting out of a double-parked cruiser and saying something to the brothers, but not physically intervening. “The Yonkers Police sergeant who initially responded has had…