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Michael Kay laid the wood to the New York Yankees. Speaking on “The Michael Kay Show” on ESPN New York, Kay lambasted the team after mental conditioning coach Chad Bohling distributed a clip to players using the Yankees’ 3-0 collapse against the Red Sox from the 2004 ALCS as motivation when they were facing a sweep against the Astros. “How in baseball God’s name can you be so tone deaf as an organization, as if to do that?” Kay asked. “How can you be that tone deaf? I mean talk about bad optics. Are you out of your mind? I…

MAUMERE: The death toll after a boat carrying hundreds caught fire in eastern Indonesia has risen to 17, officials said on Tuesday (Oct 25). The KM Express Cantika 77 erupted into flames off the coast of Timor island in East Nusa Tenggara province on Monday, prompting desperate passengers to jump overboard. The boat’s top deck set alight as it sailed from provincial capital Kupang to the town of Kalabahi on Alor island. The head of a local search and rescue agency, I Putu Sudayana, said the death toll had increased from 14 after three bodies were found at sea a…

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has signalled a willingness to pump more oil if the global energy crisis worsens, while describing this month’s decision by the Opec+ cartel to cut crude supply during a period of high prices as a “mature” decision.Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said the move to produce less oil from next month, which has caused a rift with the US, was necessary to provide a bigger spare capacity buffer if sanctions on Russian exports, or any other unforeseen events, led to a major drop in global supply.“You need to make sure you build a situation where if things…

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The spooky season has arrived, which means 980 CFPL’s annual Halloween house map is back for another year. London-area residents have been decking out their yards with ghoulish goodies and spine-tingling sights, and 980 CFPL has compiled all of them onto one handy map, complete with photos and descriptions.Some of the Halloween haunts are for a good cause, including a home on Aponi Crescent in support of the CMHA Thames Valley, and a haunted manor on Cranbrook Road raising funds for the Humane Society of London and Middlesex. Know of a haunted display or house that isn’t included on our…

Made.com, the online furniture retailer, is facing financial collapse just over a year after an initial public offering that valued it at £775mn.The group, which sells sofas, bean bags and antique brass lamps to younger shoppers, said in an update to investors on Tuesday that it had failed to find a buyer or secure emergency funding after it launched a “strategic review” looking at options last month.It warned that if it cannot raise extra funds or secure an offer for the company before its remaining cash reserves are depleted, “the board will take the appropriate steps to preserve value for creditors”.Made…

An 8-year-old boy in Texas was killed after being accidentally shot by his 10-year-old brother with a shotgun found in the home, officials said. The two boys and their brother, 13, were home alone when the shooting occurred Monday afternoon around 3 p.m., Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a press conference. The eldest brother called 911 and the sheriff’s office responded to the one-bedroom apartment unit at the Bear Creek Crossing Apartments in the 5500 block of Timber Creek Place, Gonzalez said. The sheriff said only one shot was fired and it is believed the child was hit in the upper…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. Confession: There have been quite a few fall trends this season that we have no interest in replicating, but the cargo pant look has intrigued Us. In fact, we love that these practical bottoms are in style again — they can be seriously comfortable and useful thanks to all of the pockets throughout the design! If we’re running errands and don’t want to carry a purse, these are definitely a win. If you haven’t tried out the fresh take on cargo pants yet,…

Rishi Sunak, Britain’s third prime minister in seven weeks, took office on Tuesday with a pledge to fix the “mistakes” of predecessor Liz Truss and tackle a “profound economic crisis.” The task won’t be an easy one, he acknowledged. “This will mean difficult decisions to come,” Sunak said in his first speech from No. 10 Downing Street. The United Kingdom was already sliding towards a recession when Truss took office in September, as soaring energy bills ate into spending. Now, Sunak has another headache: He must restore the government’s credibility with investors after Truss’ unfunded tax cuts sparked a bond…

London, England, Tuesday 25th October 2022 – Sustainable crypto project IMPT.io has raised more than $9 million for its innovative carbon-offsetting platform. IMPT is the access token for the platform, and strong buyer demand has led to 84% of the 1st stage of the presale being sold at a price per token of  $0.018. At the time of writing $9,138,000 of $10.8 million has now been raised in the current stage, before the price increases to $0.023 in the 2nd stage of the presale.510.4 million IMPT tokens have now been sold out of the 600 million available to investors in the first…