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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it had opened an investigation into 63,000 Tesla Model S cars after reports of media-control unit failures that led to the loss of the use of touchscreens. The auto safety agency said the preliminary evaluation, covering 2012-2015 model year vehicles, comes after it received 11 complaints alleging premature …
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Russian planes breached the Alaskan air defense zone on Tuesday night and came within 32 miles of Alaskan shores, the Pentagon said, and the U.S. military scrambled F-22 Raptors to intercept two separate Russian formations before they reached sovereign American airspace. In a statement Wednesday morning, North American Aerospace Defense Command said the Russian incursion …
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“Scrubs” co-stars Zach Braff and Donald Faison opened up about their close friendship during heightened racial tensions throughout the US, saying that white people should put more effort into understanding issues that plague minority communities. Braff, 45, said on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” on Monday that while he feels he had a “leg up in …
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The Mets already know they have a fighter in Eric Orze, the right-handed pitcher the organization drafted in the fifth round of the 2020 MLB Draft on Thursday. The 22-year-old pitcher out of the University of New Orleans was unable to compete in part of the 2018 season and all of the 2019 season as …
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The Yankees completed their abbreviated 2020 MLB Draft on Thursday night by selecting second baseman/outfielder Trevor Hauver and right-handed pitcher Beck Way. In the third round of the draft, which was reduced from 40 rounds to five because of the global coronavirus pandemic, the Yankees took Hauver with the No. 99 pick. The Arizona State …
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Being drafted for a second time by the Yankees and a lot higher than the first stab flushed any thought of returning to college out of Austin Wells’ head. The Yankees’ first-round pick in Wednesday night’s draft was asked Thursday on a conference call if the strong possibility of not having minor league games to …
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History repeated itself on Wednesday night when the Yankees drafted Austin Wells 28th overall in the 2020 MLB Draft. But for Wells, who the Yankees originally drafted in the 35th round in 2018, two years made a world of difference. After emerging as top prospect in the summer of 2017, Wells hurt his elbow and …
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Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Mets’ first-round pick in the 2020 MLB Draft on Wednesday night, is from a family that is no stranger to the big stage. Both of Crow-Armstrong’s parents are actors, with his mom playing a role in a well-known baseball movie. His mom, Ashley Crow, played Billy Heywood’s mom Jenny in “Little Big …
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For the second time in three years, the Yankees used their first pick in Wednesday evening’s 2020 MLB Draft to take a catcher. With the 28th pick in a draft reduced from 40 rounds to five because of the coronavirus, the Yankees selected left-handed hitting Austin Wells from the University of Arizona and Las Vegas …
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Pete Crow-Armstrong’s Houdini-like qualities endeared him to the Mets as much as any of the traditional tools. The 18-year-old center fielder can run, throw and projects as a top-of-the-order hitter, but also possesses an “it” factor that attracted him to the team’s talent evaluators. “All spring I called him the left-handed magician in center field,” …
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it had opened an investigation into 63,000 Tesla Model S cars after reports of media-control unit failures that led to the loss of the use of touchscreens. The auto safety agency said the preliminary evaluation, covering 2012-2015 model year vehicles, comes after it received 11 complaints alleging premature …
