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TheRepublic.com 

Twins put Sano on DL with shin injury, recall Vargas

CHICAGO — The Minnesota Twins have placed All-Star third baseman Miguel Sano on the 10-day disabled list with a stress reaction in his left shin bone. First baseman Kennys Vargas was recalled Monday from Triple-A Rochester for the fifth time this season to fill Sano’s spot. The Twins also designated left-hander Nik Turley as their

RT (Daily news) 

Fast and furious: Chess regains popularity with intense, quicker games

Interest in chess has been growing in the US and Russia since the intense showdown between Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin, says Russian grandmaster Alexander Riazantsev. He talked to RT about the future of the mind sport and the players to watch.
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New York Post 

Man eats Domino’s every day for a year and loses weight

When you want to lose weight the first thing you think to cut from your diet is fast food. Forget the pizzas, burgers, fizzy drinks and sugary cakes for a while — not if you want to hit that target on the scales. But one guy decided to buck the trend and took on the...

Yahoo! News 

Americans cheer as rare total solar eclipse marches across country

By Lee van der Voo and Harriet McLeod SHERIDAN, Oregon/CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - The moon blacked out the sun on Monday as the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in the United States in nearly a century began over the West Coast, while millions of Americans looked skyward in wonder through protective glasses, telescopes and cameras. After weeks of anticipation, the sight of the moon's silhouette passing directly in front of the sun, blotting out all but a halo-like solar corona and causing a precipitous drop in temperature... Читать дальше...

International Business Times 

Trump's Making Secret Service Go Broke With Extended Security, Family Vacations

President’s Donald Trump’s large family and multiple residences are reportedly responsible for depleting funds necessary to pay “hundreds of agents” needed to protect the family and the properties. Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles said there’s nothing to be done about the high cost of maintaining the Trump family’s security, as the Secret Service’s “responsibility is required in law.”