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DENVER (AP) — Imagine this inspirational slogan on a T-shirt: Give 70% effort.It’s not quite as catchy as the 110% baseball players have been instructed to exert since Little League. But maybe, just maybe, Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s on to something with his theory that going 70% might be the way to be his best self — and cut down on strained obliques or pulled hamstrings in the process.Only, hustle is woven into the fabric of the game. Nicknames derive from it (Charlie Hustle) and awards are built around it ( Heart & Hustle ).This season, hustle has already come into…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Like Fresno State, Stony Brook and Oral Roberts before them, the Murray State Racers are about to be embraced as the College World Series’ lovable underdogs by local fans looking to adopt a team for the week.Murray State merchandise already is selling fast among folks who are much more likely to identify the southwestern Kentucky school with basketball alums Ja Morant or Popeye Jones than the upstart ballclub making its CWS debut.As a No. 4 regional seed, the Racers (44-15) beat No. 10 national seed Mississippi of the SEC two out of three times on its…

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — This is becoming Leon Draisaitl’s Stanley Cup Final for the Edmonton Oilers.The standout German forward has scored the overtime goal in each of their two wins in the championship series rematch against the Florida Panthers, including Thursday night in Game 4 to pull Edmonton even. He’s just the fifth player in NHL history and first in more than three decades to score twice in overtime in the final. “He’s as clutch as it gets,” goaltender Calvin Pickard said while sitting next to Draisaitl, who also had a pair of assists for a three-point performance. “Always scores…

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) — For a six-lane interstate carving its way through a world-famous golf course, the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Oakmont is surprisingly unintrusive.From an overhead view, the sight is somewhat jarring — a wide expressway and railroad track dividing the course essentially in half. At ground level, however, the road is not much of a distraction. In fact, it can’t be seen from much of Oakmont’s layout.“And honestly, you don’t even really hear it,” Oakmont historian David Moore said. “It’s amazing how quiet it really is.”Moore is an expert on this small stretch of the Turnpike — or Interstate…

Ricki Lake, 56, says she’s gotten a lower face and neck lift after losing 40 pounds.”I don’t want there to be any stigma,” the “Hairspray” star said.Other celebrities, like Kylie Jenner and Barbara Corcoran, have also recently gone public about their plastic surgery.The days of celebrities hiding their cosmetic procedures are long gone, and Ricki Lake, 56, is the latest to speak openly about it.During an appearance on Thursday’s episode of “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen,” the “Hairspray” actor spoke about getting a lower facelift and why she’s being transparent about the procedure.”I’ll reveal this to you. I’ve…

Mark Zuckerberg is making a 28-year-old CEO the lynchpin of Meta’s investment in the AI race.On Thursday, Meta confirmed that it’s buying a 49% stake in Scale AI, giving the company a valuation of over $29 billion. The tech giant is spending about $15 billion for the stake.Scale’s founder and CEO, Alexandr Wang, is joining Meta to work on the tech giant’s AI efforts.Here are five key things to know about Wang.1. He’s an MIT dropout.After his freshman year, Wang dropped out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He and cofounder Lucy Guo had launched Scale AI three years before,…

Meta has rolled out a new internal AI assistant for coding that is powered by multiple AI models, including those from rivals like Anthropic’s Claude.The tool, called Devmate, became available to employees in March and is increasingly being used for more complex coding tasks that another internal AI assistant called Metamate often struggles with, two employees, who requested anonymity for fear of retribution from Meta, told Business Insider.The addition of Claude and other models shows that despite investing tens of billions of dollars into building its own AI models, Meta remains willing to use competitor models when they perform better.”Like…

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida Panthers led 3-0 in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers.But, they lost.Matthew Tkachuk and the stars of the defending champion Panthers smothered the Oilers in the first period. Edmonton’s veterans responded fiercely, scoring four straight goals to take a 4-3 lead. The Panthers rebounded, scoring in the final seconds of the third period to force overtime. But, Oilers star Leon Draisaitl scored 11:18 into OT to give Edmonton a 5-4, series-tying victory Thursday night.What initially looked like an easy victory that would put Florida one win away from clinching…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ananda Lewis, the former MTV and BET host who became a beloved television personality in the 1990s with her warmth and authenticity, has died. She was 52.Her sister, Lakshmi Emory, confirmed Lewis’ death in a Facebook post Wednesday. Lewis had been battling breast cancer.“She’s free, and in His heavenly arms,” Emory wrote. “Lord, rest her soul.”Lewis, a San Diego native, made a name for herself as a host on BET’s “Teen Summit,” which tackled issues facing Black youth and featured community leaders, entertainers and politicians. She landed big interviews with Kobe Bryant, Tupac Shakur and Louis…

On June 11, 2025, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a slate of eight new members to serve on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on national vaccine policy.The announcement, made on the social media platform X, comes two days after Kennedy removed all 17 of the serving committee members. Kennedy called their replacements “a bold step in restoring public trust” rooted in “radical transparency and gold standard science.”However, public health experts decried the removals, pointing to Kennedy’s promise not to change the committee and warning that the move politicizes…