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WEST SACRAMENTO –– Thanks to their MLB-best record and all-but-insurmountable 12 ½ game lead in the National League West, the Dodgers have some luxuries with how they navigate the rest of this regular season. Exhibit A came on Wednesday, when they went with a pitching plan never likely to work. After pushing back Shohei Ohtani’s originally scheduled start a couple of days to give the two-way star an extended break on the mound, the Dodgers rolled out a bullpen game against the Athletics that transformed into a sacrificial bulk-relief outing from triple-A call-up Charlie Barnes. Not familiar with that name?…

The strange explanation surrounding NPR’s erroneous story about Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s retirement has raised more questions about the journalism debacle. NPR was forced to retract a story Tuesday by legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, who wrongly reported that Alito was retiring. NPR published the story headlined, “Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, retires,” but quickly replaced it with an editor’s note insisting it was “erroneously published.” NPR top editor Thomas Evans issued a statement calling the botched report a “misunderstanding” and said Totenberg would appear on “All Things Considered” to explain how the…

Iowa Democrats seek to flip US Senate seat FOX Business correspondent Grady Trimble reports on state Rep. Josh Turek and state Sen. Zach Wahls competing for the chance to challenge the GOP U.S. Senate candidate in a key race on ‘Special Report.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The race to succeed Iowa’s retiring Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is on track to be one of the closest Senate contests in 2026. Ernst, the first woman senator to represent the Hawkeye State, won by 6.5 points in 2020, and President Donald Trump carried it by 8 points that year and…

Boston police officer charged with manslaughter in carjacking incident Boston Police Officer Nicholas O’Malley is charged with manslaughter after shooting a carjacking suspect. District Attorney Kevin Hayden asserts body cam footage and witness statements contradict O’Malley’s self-defense claims, sparking controversy. Former Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson offers a critical perspective on the DA’s decision, calling it an unprecedented move that undermines law enforcement’s ability to act in dangerous situations. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Virginia police officer was arrested this week after allegedly assaulting a person he knew while off duty, authorities said.Vincent Baglio, 31, of…

New Yorkers are gonna be hot to trot. NYC is getting roasted over the next four days, with sweltering humidity that will have a 110-degree feel coming just in time for Fourth of July weekend.  Amidst a World Cup knockout match at MetLife Stadium, a potential Swift-Kelce nuptials at Madison Square Garden and citywide America 250 celebrations this weekend, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a warning to people to stay safe in the heat. Yesterday, Mayor Mamdani activated a coordinated Heat Emergency Plan across all five boroughs to ready New Yorkers for historically high temperatures, which includes activating hundreds…

Credit: CBS Emily Wickersham Character: Eleanor “Ellie” Bishop When They Exited: Season 18, Episode 16 Whether They’ll Return: During an August 2024 episode of the “Off Duty: An NCIS Rewatch” podcast, Emily Wickersham hinted that her exit from the series is permanent. “I left the show, I found out I was pregnant a month later … So it was a combo of decompressing and trying to really relax and figure out how things were going to be without work,” she explained of when it hit her that her NCIS stint was over. “It’s all consuming. Your life is all NCIS…

Adversity has come very early for St. John’s — several months before the Johnnies’ first game of the 2026-27 season. Donnie Freeman, the Red Storm’s projected starting power forward, will miss all of next year after suffering a torn Achilles tendon injury during a workout, coach Rick Pitino announced on X on Wednesday afternoon. Access the St. John’s beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Zach Braziller about the inside buzz on St. John’s. TRY IT NOW It was a noncontact injury for the highly regarded, 6-foot-9 Syracuse transfer. He has already…

Conservative podcaster Tucker Carlson intends to start a new political party after disavowing President Trump and the Republican Party over the Iran war.  “I’m going to help build a third party,” Carlson said in an interview with the Columbia Journalism Review published Wednesday. “There should be a good-faith effort to figure out what benefits the country.” The former Fox News host argued that when it comes to the two issues he views as most consequential for Americans – “war and finance” – Democrats and Republicans “are in lockstep solidarity with each other.” “That’s not a democracy,” he said. “That’s a…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was reportedly found “unconscious” in his Washington, D.C. home last month before being taken to the hospital, as his condition and timetable to return to the Senate remain a mystery.Audio from an emergency dispatch from a call on June 14, the day McConnell was sent to the hospital, released Wednesday by reporter Desirée Townsend and later reported by PunchBowl News revealed that the longtime Senate Republican was “unconscious,” and that the dispatcher requested an Advanced Life Support (ALS) response.McConnell, 82, has been absent from the Senate ever since,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two suspected shoplifters were arrested at a Costco location Sunday after allegedly attempting to use fraudulent credit cards to steal merchandise, authorities said.The incident occurred around 3 p.m. in South Windsor, Connecticut, the South Windsor Police Department (SWPD) said Monday.Police said the pair are suspected serial Costco shoplifters and identified them as 35-year-old Brittany A. Howard of the Bronx, New York, and 34-year-old Kasheem M. Williams of Brooklyn.”Officers responded to Costco (1220 Tamarack Ave) for reports of two shoplifters actively stealing from the store and attempting to pay at the self-checkout with…