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The Rays lose yet another one-run game to the Red Sox

On Easter Fools Day, the Rays dropped their third straight one-run game to the Red Sox. Though it wasn’t for lack of opportunities.

Jake Faria labored in the early going, topping 20 pitches in each of the first two innings, surrendering a single and steal to Mookie Betts in the first, and two walk and another steal in the second. In each frame, he was able to settle things down set the side down without allowing any runs to score. Читать дальше...

Claude Giroux scored his second goal with 1:21 left in overtime and the Philadelphia Flyers recovered from blowing a late lead, beating the Boston Bruins 4-3 Sunday to inch closer to returning to the playoffs after a year absence

BEIRUT (Sputnik) - An estimated one thousand militants of the Failaq al-Rahman radical movement - along with with their families - have left the Syrian town of Douma, a source in a security service told Sputnik on Sunday.

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BEIRUT (Sputnik) - Thousand of militants of the Failaq al-Rahman radical movement with their families have left the Syrian Douma town, a source in a security service told Sputnik on Sunday.

PHOENIX (AP) — A University of Arizona professor is digging into years of data on students' use of their university ID cards and believes examining cardholders' shopping habits, social circles and other characteristics could be used to help lower dropout rates. The Arizona Republic reports Sudha Ram, a professor of management information systems at the Tucson university, believes her preliminary study may have found a better way to predict which freshmen likely will drop out. Student IDs, called CatCards... Читать дальше...

BEIRUT — A rebel faction trapped by government forces outside the Syrian capital agreed to evacuate to northern Syria on Sunday as reports swirled of a larger agreement that would have the government retake full control of the eastern Ghouta region after seven years of revolt. Fighters from the Faylaq al-Rahman group left Douma on buses sent by the Syrian government to the rebel-held province of Idlib, SANA state news agency reported. About 1,300 fighters, activists, and civilians signed up to leave the town... Читать дальше...

Girls who spend the most time on social media at age ten may be unhappier in their early teens than peers who use social media less during the ‘tween years, a UK study suggests.

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• Sen. Lindsey Graham had some tough words for President Donald Trump on Russia, Syria, and North Korea on Sunday.
• He wondered why Trump has not been tougher on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
• Amid talk that Trump might pull all US military support from Syria, Graham said leaving Syria would be "the single worst decision" he could make.
• He also called t for a formal peace treaty between North and South Korea.

Sen. Читать дальше...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — State health officials say a person who started bleeding severely after using synthetic marijuana has died. In a news release, the Illinois Department of Public Health would not reveal the identity of the person or any details about the person's death. The health department says the victim is the 38th person in Illinois to become ill in recent weeks after using what is called K2, Spice or fake weed. Officials say the people have all been hospitalized after coughing up blood... Читать дальше...

Yemen in Crisis: Autocracy, Neo-Liberalism and the Disintegration of a State
Helen Lackner
London: Saqi Books, 2017
Pp. 330

Senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, says President Muhammadu Buhari's administration has done well for Nigerians. He said current administration has invested in people and infrastructure.

In an apparent attempt to shape public opinion in favor of Tehran's involvement in Syria and Iraq, Iranian officials are encouraging athletes to highlight pictures of fallen Iranian soldiers. Ali Alipour, a young and well-known soccer player who plays for the Tehran Derby Persepolis team, pulled up his jersey to show a photo of a fallen Iranian commander when celebrating a goal he scored in a match played during the Iranian New Year holiday known as Norooz. Soccer players of major leagues are... Читать дальше...

JERUSALEM — Israel’s defense minister rejected international calls for an investigation into deadly violence along Gaza’s border with Israel, saying Sunday that troops acted appropriately and fired only at Palestinian protesters who posed a threat. Fifteen Palestinians were killed and more than 700 wounded in Friday’s violence near the Israeli border, according to Palestinian health officials. It was the area’s deadliest violence since a war four years ago. Human... Читать дальше...

ARCADIA, Calif. (April 1, 2018)–Second, just a half length off the lead at the quarter pole, favored Valilika demonstrated a handy turn of foot straightening for home as she easily went on to take Sunday’s $40,000 March Madness Starter Handicap by 1 ½ lengths under Flavien Prat.  Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, the 4-year-old Kentucky-bred filly […]

A lawyer for Chavis Murphy, 26, says tossing out the guilty verdict on second-degree murder would help "avoid injustice."

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has hit western Iran hours before a second quake shook Damavand Province near the capital Tehran, Iranian state media reported on March 31. The state-run IRNA reported that the 5.3 earthquake hit the city of Sarpol-e Zahab in Kermanshah Province. According to the report 54 people were injured and received treatment. Most of the injured have been released. Hours later a second quake of 4.2 magnitude reportedly hit an area 90 km from Tehran. There have been no casualties reported. Читать дальше...

After attacking David Hogg, a gun-control activist who survived the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, Frank Stallone is apologizing.

After attacking David Hogg, a gun-control activist who survived the Parkland, Fla., school shooting, Frank Stallone is apologizing.

SRINAGAR, India — Huge protests against India erupted in several parts of the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir on Sunday amid fierce fighting between rebels and government forces that killed at least 12 militants and three army soldiers, officials said. At least four civilians were killed and dozens injured in the latest round of protests, which broke out after Indian troops launched counterinsurgency operations targeting mainly the southern parts of disputed Kashmir, where rebels... Читать дальше...

Burt Reynolds starred in the classic 1974 'The Longest Yard' and in the Adam Sandler-led 2005 re-make. But Reynolds never saw the Sandler film.

The 25-year-old was shot in the arm about 2:45 p.m. in the 100 block of North Long, according to Chicago Police.

Shohei Ohtani has already flashed 100-mph heat in his debut - and given up his first home run.