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Los Angeles Angels manager Ron Washington will miss the rest of the season because of an unspecified medical issue, the team said Friday.Washington, the oldest manager in the major leagues at 73, has been sidelined for the past week. He experienced shortness of breath and appeared fatigued toward the end of a four-game series at the New York Yankees that ended on June 19. He flew back to Southern California, underwent a series of tests and was placed on medical leave.Bench coach Ray Montgomery, who had been filling in for Washington, was named interim manager, and infield coach Ryan Goins…

President Trump said Friday he believes a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is possible “within the next week.””I think it’s close,” Mr. Trump told reporters when asked about the prospect of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. “We think within the next week, we’re going to get a ceasefire.”The Trump administration has pushed for a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas for weeks, but a deal has proven elusive so far. Israel and Hamas have not publicly commented on whether a deal is possible soon.Late last month, Mr. Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff proposed a 60-day ceasefire.…

U.S. power equipment maker GE Vernova is exploring the sale of its industrial software business, Proficy, in a deal that could fetch as much as $1 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.Following its independence last year after a three-way split of General Electric, GE Vernova is benefiting from surging domestic power demand. This demand is expected to hit record highs in 2025, driven by rapid expansions in AI and cryptocurrency data centers, as well as increased energy consumption by households and businesses.The asset could be sold for between $900 million and $1 billion, the…

Geoff Schwartz FOX Sports Betting Analyst With the 2025 NFL season just around the corner, it’s time to assess how successful — or how unsuccessful — teams will be this upcoming season.There are two teams whose win totals stood out to me in particular: the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Giants.And based on what we know about these teams from last year and their offseason moves, I’m ready to throw down some cash on these Niners and Giants.Let’s take a look at what I think their regular-season win totals will be.San Francisco 49ers Over/Under 10.5 winsThe 49ers’ schedule,…

The prime minister is set to warn of a “backroom stitch up” between the Conservatives, Reform UK and Plaid Cymru ahead of next year’s Senedd elections.Sir Keir Starmer will address Welsh Labour’s annual conference in Llandudno, North Wales, on Saturday. Voters will head to the polls next May to choose their representatives in Cardiff Bay and recent polls suggest Labour is in third place, behind Reform and Plaid.Labour has been the largest party at every Senedd election since devolution began in 1999.It is understood he will say such a deal would mark a “return to the chaos and division of…

[NEW YORK] Silicon Valley’s favourite tax break may be getting an upgrade. Venture capitalists, along with successful tech founders and early startup employees, already pay no taxes on billions of US dollars of gains annually, thanks to a lucrative and complicated provision called Qualified Small Business Stock, or QSBS. Now the carve-out could get even more generous in changes included in Senate Republicans’ proposed tax and spending Bill moving through Congress. The once-obscure provision is the subject of “every dinner conversation in Silicon Valley,” said Christopher Karachale, a partner at law firm Hanson Bridgett in San Francisco. “It’s already an exceptional…

New York Mets pitcher Griffin Canning had successful surgery on Friday to repair a ruptured left Achilles and will miss the remainder of the season and possibly part of the 2026 season.Canning was injured during Thursday night’s 4-0 win over the Atlanta Braves in New York. Signed to a $4.25 million, one-year contract as a free agent in the offseason, the 29-year-old right-hander was 7-3 with a 3.77 ERA in 16 starts as he bolstered an injury-depleted rotation. Mets teammates comfort Griffin Canning as his hands cover his face. (Photo by Kent J. Edwards/Getty Images) Third baseman Mark Vientos was…

Washington — A federal judge on Friday struck down President Trump’s executive order that sought to punish the law firm Susman Godfrey, ruling that it is unconstitutional and blocking the administration from enforcing it.The decision from U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan caps an unbroken streak of victories for the four major law firms that were targeted by Mr. Trump as part of his efforts to go after his perceived enemies and chose to challenge his directives in court, rather than commit millions of dollars in free legal services, as nine other firms have done.The president’s executive orders aimed to sanction…

[BENGALURU] European stocks closed at an over one-week high on Friday (Jun 27), fuelled by a rally in automakers, as investors took more risks on hopes for a truce in the US-China trade spat.The pan-European Stoxx 600 index closed 1.1 per cent higher, snapping a two-week losing streak and posting its first weekly gain in three.German stocks notched their strongest weekly rally in two months, while France and Spain’s main indices clocked their best weeks in over a month.The Stoxx 600‘s energy sector, however, suffered its first weekly drop in weeks. The sector lost steam as oil prices plunged, after…

Video Details The Eastern Conference of the NBA is wide open following the dismantling of the Boston Celtics. Chris Broussard, Kevin Wildes, and Danny Parkins discuss the teams that people shouldn’t sleep on. 46 MINS AGO・first things first・4:12