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MLB picks 8/1: YRFI & NRFI best bets today | Pickswise

If you aren’t interested in a bet that will take 9 innings, one of the shortest-lasting bets you can make in an MLB game is if a run will be scored in the first inning. All it takes is 6 outs to glory, and one swing of the bat can make or break your bet. There is also a lot of value in these bets because the odds are usually very well-priced, and if you’re not a fan of sweating out your bets for 3 hours then this one will take only about 15 minutes to win or lose. But before we dive in, don’t forget to check out our MLB picks for every game on Tuesday. DraftKings Sports book is currently giving new customers $150 in bonus bets when they bet $5. That’s all there is to it! Grab this amazing sign-up offer by clicking this link.   Detroit Tigers vs Pittsburgh Pirates: NRFI (-113) Available at FanDuel Sports book at time of publishing. When looking for a Game that could see a scoreless first inning, I look for 2 things – above-average pitchers and slow starting offenses. This Game

Nationals vs Mets Prediction - MLB Picks 7/30/23

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New York Mets (49-55) vs Washington Nationals (44-61) Game Info: Sunday, July 30, 2023 at 1:40 pm (Citi Field) Justin Verlander (5-5) (3.24) vs Trevor Williams (5-5) (4.47)

Sheriff's recruit dies 8 months after being struck by wrong-way driver while jogging

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Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recruit Alejandro Martinez succumbed to his injuries on Friday eight months after he was struck by a vehicle while training. A sheriff's recruit who was gravely injured after a wrong- way driver plowed his SUV into a group of dozens of recruit s out for a run in Los Angeles County has died eight months after the crash, authorities said. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department recruit Alejandro Martinez, 27, succumbed to his injuries on Friday, the agency said. In this Nov. 16, 2022, file photo, law enforcement investigate the scene after multiple Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department recruits were injured when a car crashed into them while they were out for a run in Whittier, Calif. Ringo Chiu/Reuters, FILE MORE: Wrong-way driver released after crashing into 25 police recruits out for a run "Surrounded by his family, friends, Sheriff [Robert] Luna, and other department members in support of his family, Alejandro has now gone

Young Chinese opt out of the rat race and pressures at home to pursue global nomad lifestyle

A growing number of young Chinese are moving overseas to escape their homeland's ultra-competitive work culture, limited opportunities and family pressures BANGKOK -- Shortly after China opened its borders with the end of “zero-COVID,” Zhang Chuannan lost her job as an accountant at a cosmetic firm in Shanghai and decided to explore the world. “The cosmetics Business was bleak,” said Zhang, 34, who explained everyone wore face masks during the pandemic. After being laid off, she paid $1,400 for an online Thai course, got an Education visa and moved to the scenic northern Thai city of Chiang Mai. Zhang is among a growing number of young Chinese moving overseas not necessarily because of ideological reasons but to escape the country’s ultra-competitive work culture, family pressures and limited opportunities after living in the country under the strict pandemic policies for three years. Southeast Asia has become a popular destination given its proximity, relatively inexpensive cost

Why Barcelona are allowed to take part in the 2023/24 Champions League

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Barcelona have been cleared by UEFA to take part in the 2023/24 Champions League, news that comes as a major relief to the La Liga side who still find themselves in serious financial difficulty despite winning the Spanish top flight in 2022/23. Having been charged with corruption in March 2023, there was a very real chance that Barcelona could be banned from the Champions League even though they qualified through the league - something that would have been a major sporting and financial blow. They were knocked out of their group last season and then swiftly knocked out of the Europa League, so there is a real focus on getting back into the latter stages of European football's premier club competition. Here's why Barcelona were under the microscope in the first place, and what has led to their guaranteed involvement in the competition in a few months' time. Why were Barcelona almost banned from the Champions League? Barcelona were investigated in connection to payments made

Store owner charged with murder in Black teen's killing fights warrant over business records

A South Carolina store owner who is facing a murder charge after police said he chased and shot a Black 14-year-old customer has asked a judge to stop a search warrant for his business records COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A lawyer for a store owner in South Carolina facing a murder charge after police said he chased and shot a Black 14-year-old who he had falsely accused of stealing water has asked a judge to stop a search warrant for his business records. Cyrus Carmack-Belton was fatally shot in the back on May 28, a killing that sent waves of anguish and grief through the African American community in Richland County, where nearly half the population is Black. A gun was found near Carmack-Belton's body, but investigators have said there is no evidence that the teen ever directed the firearm at Rick Chow or his son, who together had pursued Carmack-Belton on a chase that stretched more than 500 feet (152 meters) past their family's Xpress Mart Shell station in Columbia. A prosecutor on

Mega Millions jackpot is the 8th largest in the US at $820 million

Lottery players now have a shot at a Mega Millions jackpot worth an estimated $820 million, days after someone hit a Powerball prize that topped $1 billion Lottery players will have a shot at an estimated $820 million Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday night, less than a week after someone hit a Powerball prize that topped $1 billion. The huge Mega Millions jackpot is the eighth-largest U.S. lottery prize and follows a $1.08 billion prize won by a player Wednesday in Los Angeles. California lottery officials haven't announced a winner of that prize, which was the sixth-largest in U.S. history. Jackpots in the two lottery Game s grow so large because the steep odds make winning so unlikely, allowing the grand prize to roll over again and again. The last time someone beat Mega Millions' odds of 1 in 203.5 million and won a jackpot was April 18 — that's 27 drawings without a big winner. The Game pays out many more smaller prizes, which start at $2. The overall odds of winning a

Greta Thunberg is appearing in a Swedish court on a charge of disobeying police at a climate protest

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is appearing in court on Monday on a charge of disobeying police at a protest in southern Sweden last month MALMÖ, Sweden -- Climate activist Greta Thunberg is appearing in court on Monday on a charge of disobeying police at a protest in southern Sweden last month. Local newspaper Sydsvenskan reported that Thunberg and other activists were detained after they stopped traffic in the oil terminal of the port in Malmö on June 19. Thunberg was charge d because she refused to comply with police orders to leave the scene during the protest , according to Swedish Prosecution Authority spokeswoman Annika Collin and a statement from prosecutors. Prosecutor Charlotte Ottosen told the newspaper that the crime of disobedience is typically punishable with fines. Thunberg inspired a global youth movement demanding stronger efforts to fight climate change after staging weekly protest s outside the Swedish Parliament starting in 2018. Source: https://thefoxposts.co

Football transfer rumours: Mbappe's 2023/24 plan; Bayern plot next Kane bid

90min rounds up the latest  transfer news , rumours and gossip circulating around the world... Kylian Mbappe is prepared to sit on the sidelines without Game time for the entire 2023/24 season to leave on a free transfer next summer. Paris Saint-Germain are keen to sell and have left the France captain out of their pre-season touring party. (Sky Sports ) Bayern Munich will reach the €100m mark with their third bid for Harry Kane once Tottenham return from their pre-season trip to Thailand. (Bild) Atalanta 's valuation of €70m plus €10m in add-ons for striker Rasmus Hojlund is still deemed too high for suitors Manchester United . (Sky Sports ) READ MORE FROM 90MIN'S TALKING TRANSFERS TEAM feed Chelsea have expressed an interest in Ajax 's Mohammed Kudus and an agreement over personal terms is close. (Athletic) Newcastle have made a £30m offer for full back Tino Livramento but Southampton want £50m to part with the England youth international. (talkSPORT) Man

Cardinals vs Cubs Prediction - MLB Picks 7/22/23

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Chicago Cubs (46-51) vs St. Louis Cardinals (44-54) Game Info: Saturday, July 22, 2023 at 2:20 pm (Wrigley Field) Michael Fulmer (1-4) (4.43) vs Miles Mikolas (6-5) (4.14)

Missouri Supreme Court orders the GOP attorney general to stand down in fight over abortion costs

The Missouri Supreme Court is ordering the Republican attorney general to stand down and allow an initiative petition to legalize abortion in the state to move forward COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the Republican attorney general to stand down and allow an initiative petition to legalize abortion in the state to move forward. Supreme Court judges unanimously affirmed a lower court's decision that Attorney General Andrew Bailey must approve the cost estimate provided by the auditor, despite Bailey's insistence that the cost to taxpayers of restoring abortion rights could be as much as a million times higher than what the auditor found. Because Bailey refused to approve Republican Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick's cost estimate, the secretary of state has not been able to give the amendment his stamp of approval that is needed for supporters to begin gathering voter signatures to put it on the ballot in 2024. In Thursday's Supreme Court order,

Gunman had 1,800 rounds of ammo as he launched 'murderous barrage of fire' on Fargo police officers

Authorities in North Dakota say a man armed with 1,800 rounds of ammunition and explosives unleashed a “murderous barrage of fire” as he ambushed officers who were investigating a crash A man armed with 1,800 rounds of ammunition, a grenade and other explosives in his car unleashed a " murderous barrage of fire” as he ambushed officer s who were investigating a routine crash, killing one and wounding two before a fourth stopped him and thwarted what authorities described as plans for further mayhem, officials said Wednesday. Mohamad Barakat, 37, shot Officers Jake Wallin, Andrew Dotas and Tyler Hawes from inside his car on Friday, from about 15 to 20 feet away, before they could even reach for their guns, North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley said at a news conference. Wallin was killed while Dotas and Hawes remain hospitalized in critical condition. Wrigley said Barakat also shot and injured a bystander, who was trying to run away when she was hit twice. But Officer Zach

America's forgotten nuclear migration: The Marshallese displaced by US bomb testing face new challenges

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In the past several decades, thousands of Micronesian migrants displaced by the grim conditions in the bomb testing aftermath have been arriving in the United States. Jonithen Jackson remembers the stories his mother and grandmother used to tell him before bed, Marshallese folk stories teaching lessons of hope and kindness. Embedded in these stories, Jackson tried to understand why his people couldn’t live on their home island anymore. “Everybody's sick; they get sick and die young,” Jackson told ABC News. “When the bomb is erupted, the white powder they come to on the water… everybody realize, ‘oh, that's the poison.’” Jackson’s home island is Enewetak Atoll, where the United States tested 43 nuclear bombs from 1948 to 1958. Mushroom cloud forms over Bikini Lagoon in the Marshall Islands, May 1946. AP Photo In the past several decades, thousands of migrants have been arriving in the United States from the South Pacific, a region called Micronesia. They often arrive in search