Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani blasted home runs during the opening frame Friday night as their teams faced off. Judge launched a 446-foot shot over center field for his 19th homer this season. Ohtani answered back with a 417-foot blast on the very first pitch he saw. The crowd of 53,276 fans watched both MVP winners go deep early. Judge joked that Ohtani was copying his swing approach.
Baseball history was made as no reigning MVP winners had ever homered during the same first frame before this game. Ohtani smashed another solo shot during the sixth frame to spark a four-run rally. The Dodgers came back to beat the Yankees 8-5 for their 19th comeback victory this year. Ohtani leads all players with 22 home runs and set a Dodgers record...
PSG faces Inter Milan on Saturday for the Champions League trophy in Munich. The French team was once terrible and almost got kicked out of their league twice before 2011. Qatar bought the club 14 years ago and spent billions on star players. Famous names like Beckham and Messi joined the team over time. PSG won their home league 11 times but never captured the biggest European prize.
The team lost the 2020 final to Bayern Munich and people called them rich kids without real talent. Last summer PSG changed everything and sent away Messi and Neymar. Coach Luis Enrique arrived and built a squad around teamwork instead of superstars. The new approach brought unknown players like Georgian winger Kvaratskhelia. Team chemistry replaced...
Emmy winner Valerie Mahaffey passed away Friday at age 71 after fighting cancer. Her family told news outlets she died at her California home. The actress earned fame through roles on Desperate Housewives and Young Sheldon. Her husband Joseph Kell said America lost a beloved performer. Their daughter Alice posted on social media about losing her mother.
Mahaffey won her primetime Emmy award back during 1992 for Northern Exposure. She also earned a daytime Emmy earlier for her work on The Doctors soap opera. The performer appeared on dozens of TV shows across five decades. Her movie credits featured Sully and Seabiscuit among others. She received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for French Exit during 2020.
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Police search for a woman who used pepper spray inside a St. Petersburg subway station. The attack happened on May 29 around evening time at Nevsky Prospekt station. No riders suffered harm from the chemical spray. Officers confirmed the woman fled after the incident occurred.
Two people started fighting on the train platform that night. The woman pulled out a gas can during their argument. She aimed the spray at another person before running away. Police officers began looking for both people right after the event happened. They want to learn what caused the fight between them.
Another pepper spray attack happened recently at a different subway stop. Two men fought at Moskovskie Vorota station several days earlier. One man used gas...
Three drunk men attacked police officers during a traffic stop on May 28. Officers pulled over a Renault Logan on Ivanovskaya Street for a document check. The driver had no papers and was drunk behind the wheel. His two passengers were also intoxicated. Police started writing violation tickets when all three men jumped the officers.
Police caught the driver right away but the other two ran off. Officers impounded the car and wrote several tickets against the driver. The next day police found the two friends who had escaped. They brought both men to the police station for questioning.
St. Petersburg and Leningrad region police are doing widespread drunk driving checks right after this incident. The Main Directorate press service...
Doctor Elena Solomatina tells people how to drink kvass safely. She works as a nutritionist and general practitioner. Solomatina says buyers should check what goes into their kvass first. Natural kvass works best for your body. Drinks with lots of sugar and fake flavors can hurt you.
Healthy adults can drink one or two glasses each day without problems. Some people should never touch the drink at all. Diabetes patients need to stay away from kvass completely. People with high blood pressure should avoid it as well. Anyone with stomach problems should skip kvass during flare-ups.
Overweight people should not drink large amounts of the beverage. Hot summer days make cold kvass taste great but take small sips. The drink can cause issues...
Russia will start new health checkups for kids. These medical visits will focus on reproductive health. Children will have their first exam at six years old. After that, doctors will check them every year starting at age 13. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko shared this plan at a children's medical center.
Doctor Alena Mintz likes this new program. She works as a gynecologist and supports the idea. Mintz says finding health problems early helps kids stay healthy. Most girls begin puberty around 13 and start having periods. Some reproductive issues can show up before this age happens.
Doctors will use ultrasound machines during these checkups. This technology helps them see inside the body without surgery. Finding diseases early makes...
Workers rush to finish the new Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station before the year ends. Construction crews recently attached subway signs to the front of the building. Teams also placed tiles around the area outside the entrance. The station sits on the Krasnoselsko-Kalininskaya line that connects different parts of the city. Builders hope to complete everything during 2025.
Crews focus on ceiling details inside the main lobby area each day. They mounted special aluminum panels that look like honeycomb patterns. Bright lights spread out from the room's center toward the walls. The ticket hall takes shape as workers add finishing touches. Visitors will see the completed ceiling design when the station opens.
Underground teams work on the...
Russian church leaders surprised everyone when they praised an American cartoon show. Metropolitan Evgeny spoke at a women's conference about family values. He told the crowd that The Simpsons cartoon shows good family life. The show features parents who love each other and care for three kids. Church officials think the cartoon sends positive messages about large families.
The religious leader criticized his country for failing to make similar programs. He said Russian cartoons never show happy married couples with children. American creators have spent 40 years building characters that audiences love. The cartoon family stays together through all their problems. Russian media has not produced anything that compares to this success...
