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Pitcher Shane Bieber is headed to the Toronto Blue Jays in a deal with the Cleveland Guardians.Bieber, who is working his way back from Tommy John surgery in April 2024, has made five rehab starts. His most recent outing was Tuesday for Double-A Akron, in which he allowed one run on three hits and struck out seven in four innings. His next rehab start was scheduled for Sunday.The Guardians are getting right-hander Khal Stephen from the Blue Jays.Bieber had spent his entire career in Cleveland, including winning the AL Cy Young Award in 2020. He has a career record of…

The new agency vetting name, image and likeness deals in college sports reached an agreement Thursday that relaxes standards on player agreements with third-party collectives and avoids taking the issue back to court after years of legal wrangling.The College Sports Commission said it will now consider a third-party company that seeks to pay a player to have a “valid business purpose” if the deal “is related to the promotion or endorsement of goods or services provided to the general public for profit.”It did away with the concept that collectives established simply to pay players did not have a valid business…

If Palmer Luckey wants to lean into the real-life Tony Stark comparisons, you might expect him to be listening to “Back in Black” by AC/DC.Instead, he seems to be more of a Hilary Duff guy.Luckey cofounded Anduril Industries, the defense tech company that produces drones, surveillance systems, and autonomous weapons technology. His recently revealed Spotify account reveals a softer side, with songs like Avril Lavigne’s “Sk8er Boi” and Vanessa Carlton’s “A Thousand Miles” among his “Best Music Ever” playlist.”Like most olds, I jam to the music I grew up with,” Luckey wrote in an email to BI. “Around my peers…

On Saturday, I attended X Takeover, a gathering for fans of Tesla, electric vehicles, and SpaceX.The Tesla Owners Club of Silicon Valley ran the event. I’m not a member, but I drive a Tesla Model 3 Performance, and my house has a Powerwall battery that’s fed by solar panels.I love my Model 3, and I’ve been fascinated by the Cybertruck ever since the daring, divisive design came out. Given the debate over Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s political activities this year and the hit to sales, I went along to the fanfest to see how the Tesla faithful are holding up.I…

The AI talent wars are burning hot, and the tech salaries being dished out for top talent are even hotter.Thanks to data from federal filings, we have a window into tech companies’ salary ranges during a heated moment in Silicon Valley’s talent wars.The data comes from filings that companies must submit to the Labor Department when hiring foreign workers through the H-1B visa program, which allows them to bring in specialized workers annually through a lottery system.Since companies rarely disclose salary data, the data offers a rare glimpse into what candidates are fetching in this job market.The numbers reflect only…

One person is dead and at least 22 people have become sick from a Legionnaires’ disease cluster in New York City since last Friday, health officials said.The New York City Health Department provided an update on Thursday into its investigation of a community cluster of Legionnaires’ disease in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City and the surrounding communities.MORE: Man sentenced to time served for trying to open plane door, stab flight attendant in neck“People who have been in the affected area since late July with flu-like symptoms, fever, cough, or difficulty breathing should seek immediate medical attention,” the New…

TUAM, Ireland (AP) — This story begins with a forbidden fruit.It was the 1970s in this small town in the west of Ireland when an orchard owner chased off two boys stealing his apples.The youngsters avoided being caught by clambering over the stone wall of the derelict Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home. When they landed, they discovered a dark secret that has grown to haunt Ireland.One of the boys, Franny Hopkins, remembers the hollow sound as his feet hit the ground. He and Barry Sweeney pushed back some briars to reveal a concrete slab they pried open.“There was just…

A person has died and nearly two dozen people have fallen ill as part of a Legionnaires’ cluster in Harlem, according to city health officials.The disease was initially detected on on July 25; since that time, one person has died and 22 have been diagnosed, the New York City Health Department said Wednesday.There were no details immediately available regarding the person who died as a result of the illness.Legionnaire’s, a type of pneumonia, is caused by the bacteria Legionella, which grows in warm water. The cases from the cluster have been found in five Harlem ZIP codes: 10027, 10030, 10035,…

SINGAPORE (AP) — Léon Marchand of France is out to break his own world record in Thursday’s 200-meter individual medley at the swimming world championships in Singapore.If you missed it, Marchand only set the record on Wednesday in the semifinals at the worlds — 1 minute, 52.69 seconds. That shattered the old mark of 1:54.00 held by American Ryan Lochte since 2011.Of course, Marchand’s victory is almost assured. The only question is by how much. A four-time gold medalist a year ago in the Paris Olympics, Marchand will share the stage on Day 5 with Canada’s Summer McIntosh.McIntosh will go…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas police charged a 28-year-old schoolteacher in the killing of a married couple who were hiking with their children at Devil’s Den State Park, finding him in a nearby city after a five-day search and public pleas for trailgoers to look through their photos. State Police arrested Andrew James McGann at a barbershop in Springdale, said Col. Stacie Rhoads, commander of the department’s criminal investigation division. He was charged with two counts of capital murder and was being held Thursday in the state’s Washington County jail. Police announced the arrest at a Wednesday night news…