NEW YORK — The New York Mets aren’t dead yet.They used an early offensive explosion against Los Angeles Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty and held on late in a 12-6 victory in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series. Game 6 is Sunday night, back at Dodger Stadium.After consecutive home blowouts, the Mets started quickly thanks to Pete Alonso’s first-inning three-run homer. That broke the ice against Flaherty, who had shut them out on two hits over seven innings in Game 1. New York poured it on in a five-run third inning, building leads of 8-1 and 10-2 in the…
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In 2021, my husband Evan and I sold our small urban farm in Louisiana and set out on a continent-spanning adventure that would change our lives.We spent five years on the outskirts of New Orleans, where we taught ourselves how to garden, keep honeybees and raise chickens, selling our honey and eggs. I ran my photography business, and Evan worked as a licensed massage therapist. We liked aspects of our life in the city, but over time, we realized how much we wanted a more rural, self-sufficient existence. We couldn’t afford to do something at the scale we wanted in the…
By Tyler Kepner, Chris Kirschner, Brendan Kuty and Zack MeiselCLEVELAND — For the second night in a row, the New York Yankees scored two runs off Emmanuel Clase, the Cleveland Guardians’ struggling star closer. This time, though, they made the runs stand, taking a thrilling 8-6 victory that gave them a three-games-to-one-lead in the American League Championship Series.Clase, who served up two homers in Game 3, came into Game 4 with a 6-6 tie in the top of the ninth. The Yankees greeted him with singles by Anthony Rizzo and Anthony Volpe, broke the tie on an infield grounder by…
Brian Niccol’s plan to get Starbucks back on track is coming into view. He’s wisely leaning on strategies he used to turn around Chipotle . The stakes are significant. Starbucks added $21 billion in market cap the day Niccol’s hiring as CEO was announced in August, signaling high hopes for his leadership after his success at Chipotle . The stock has held onto all of those gains in the two months that followed. It’s a sign that shareholders like us are willing to be patient as Niccol settles in. But eventually, the clock will start ticking, and promises will need…
On the heels of two of the more riveting weeks of college football in recent memory comes a jam-packed Saturday that features a trio of SEC headliners, including a top-five clash between blue bloods. There’s also multiple rivalry games that feature boots (sort of), and a potential College Football Playoff showcase in Bloomington, Indiana, of all places.Bless this sport.Let’s rank the top 10 games of Week 8, starting with honorable mentions and counting down.Honorable Mention: Oklahoma State at No. 13 BYU, Ohio at Miami (Ohio), Virginia at No. 10 Clemson, Auburn vs No. 19 Missouri, Louisiana at Coastal Carolina, Toledo…
Construction of a KB Home single-family housing development is shown in Menifee, California, on Sept. 4, 2024.Mike Blake | ReutersBoth presidential candidates promise to build more homes. One promises to deport hundreds of thousands of people who build them.Former President Donald Trump’s pledge to “launch the largest deportation operation in the history of our country” would hamstring construction firms already facing labor shortages and push record home prices higher, say industry leaders, contractors and economists.”It would be detrimental to the construction industry and our labor supply and exacerbate our housing affordability problems,” said Jim Tobin, CEO of the National Association of Home Builders. The trade…
It could have come straight from the plot of a Shakespearean tragedy.A king is challenged to a battle by a young pretender, with victory earned only by the destruction of the other. The king emerges triumphant, but there is suspicion that he has acted nefariously in the tussle for the crown. Then a newcomer — a fair maiden from a foreign land — comes forth to vanquish the king. But that isn’t the end of the tale. It is only the beginning…The story behind the controversy at this year’s World Conker Championships, which took place last weekend, has generated plenty of…
People hold sings during a strike rally for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) at the Seattle Union Hall in Seattle, Washington, on October 15, 2024.Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty ImagesBoeing and its machinists’ union have reached a new contract proposal, the union said Saturday, outlining a deal that could end a more than month-long strike that has hobbled the manufacturers’ aircraft production.The ratification vote is set for Wednesday. The new proposal includes 35% wage increases over four years, a higher signing bonus of $7,000, guaranteed minimum payouts in an annual bonus program and higher 401(k) contributions…
Stock picking may be the key to getting exposure to small caps.Rob Harvey, who’s behind the Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF, uses an actively managed approach to buying the group. He’s trying to avoid small caps that are underperforming and dragging down the index.”There’s no reason to hold companies that really are scraping the bottom of the barrel in terms of profitability,” the firm’s co-head of product specialists told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “You remove those from your small cap universe, [and] you can do a lot for boosting returns.”The Russell 2000, which tracks small caps, is up more…
Stay informed on all the biggest stories in Formula One. Sign up here to receive the Prime Tire newsletter in your inbox every Monday and Friday.AUSTIN, Texas — Just outside Circuit of the Americas stands a large, multicolored billboard.On the right side, set on a black background, is the Formula One logo, the dates for Sting and Eminem’s concerts and the logos for the Texas Longhorns and Georgia Bulldogs. Written on the left is a phrase displayed across different parts of Austin this weekend: “The biggest weekend ever.”The United States Grand Prix has taken place during the college football season ever since COTA…
