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Giants center fielder Harrison Bader, who has been on the injured list due to plantar fasciitis in his left foot since May 30, further injured the same foot in a scooter incident, the team announced earlier this week. Amid an investigation, the Giants said late Friday that they are temporarily withholding Bader’s pay.”Over the weekend, Harrison Bader was involved in an accident that has delayed Harrison’s prior treatment timeline for plantar fasciitis and, unfortunately, his return to the field,” Giants president Buster Posey said in a statement on Friday. “We are still investigating the circumstances of the accident, but will…

Warner Music Group COO and CFO Armin Zerza is stepping down from his role, the company announced on Friday, noting that the executive has decided to leave for “personal reasons.” Warner Records COO Tom Corson will replace Zerza WMG’s as COO, and the company is starting a search for its next CFO. Zerza “will remain available to the company through the end of the fiscal year to ensure a seamless transition,” WMG said. Louis Dickler, WMG’s SVP, Global Controller and Chief Accounting Officer will serve as interim CFO while the company looks for a replacement. It’s a sudden departure for…

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reaffirmed that there is no going back on the ban of small volume alcoholic drinks in the country. The NAFDAC Zonal Director, South-east, Festus Ukadike, made the vow in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Friday. Mr Ukadike said the crackdown had already began targeting manufacturers and distributors of small sachet alcoholic drinks. He said the next stage after the enforcement was to mop up the remaining alcoholic products currently in the market. He also said that businesses would not be affected…

An F-35B fighter jet crashed near a US Marine Corps base in San Diego on Friday morning, sparking a small fire that first responders doused.The pilot, who has not been publicly identified, sustained non-life-threatening injuries, according to a statement from the Marine Corps Miramar air base. “The pilot ejected, was transported to a local medical facility in stable condition for evaluation and treatment of non-life-threatening injuries,” the Marine Corps said in an updated statement.It’s unclear what led to the crash, which officials characterized as a “Class A mishap”. That’s the most severe mishap category, used when the damage totals more…

Washington, DC – A Senate committee hearing this week has once again shone a spotlight on the political divisions over the United States government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.Wednesday’s hearing, held by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, continued years of criticism, mainly from Republicans, against immunologist Anthony Fauci, who led the government’s response to the pandemic.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listSpearheaded by committee chair Rand Paul, several Republicans rehashed claims that the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, emerged from an infectious disease lab in Wuhan, China, and did not naturally transfer from animals to humans.Stephen Morrison,…

U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro on Friday moved to dismiss an indictment charging U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn with vandalizing the Reflecting Pool of the Lincoln Memorial, writing in a court filing that damage to the pool’s sealant was the result of a “flawed installation.”Pirro, in a court filing in D.C. Superior Court, said her office received information and evidence after the charges were filed that “significantly undermine the evidentiary basis for the indictment.”Hearn had been charged with felony destruction of property in early July, with Pirro saying at a press conference that he “violently” ripped up part of…

The cosy house-sorting sim has become a much-loved staple of the PC indie scene. Titles such as Unpacking, A Little to the Left and Momento charm players with their detailed interiors and quiet narratives of lives lived and shared within the same four walls. For Clean Start, Polish developer Serious Sim has taken a different approach – here you play as domestic cleaner, Lena, an immigrant who has arrived in an unspecified western country with little knowledge of the local language, and a family to support back home.From here, you’re tasked with cleaning a series of houses and apartments, polishing…

Three western states in the United States would take less water from the Colorado River under a federal proposal to stave off a crisis in the beleaguered waterway.On Friday, the US Bureau of Reclamation issued a proposal that would spare four other states from facing mandatory cuts for now.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listIt is meant to be flexible, allowing deeper cuts in drier times while giving the states more time to collectively agree on how to manage the dwindling resource that flows through dams to produce hydropower.The Lower Basin states of Arizona, California and Nevada could together…

July looks like it will be one of the warmest on record for much of the UK.The Met Office’s provisional statistics up to 30 July show Wales on course for it warmest July for mean temperature, which is the average across each 24-hour period.By the same measure, England looks on course for its joint warmest July and Northern Ireland its third warmest.Scotland is not on course for mean July temperatures within its top 10.Whilst maximum temperatures have not set records, July’s high so far being 35.5C at Wisley in Surrey on the 9th, compared to July’s record of 40.3C set…

The Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF) has announced a 14-man Junior Yellow Greens squad for the 2028 ICC U-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Africa Qualifier Division 2, with the team set to battle for a place in the next stage of the qualification campaign in Rwanda. The continental qualifying tournament will take place from 9 to 15 August, during which Nigeria will compete against Uganda, Ghana, hosts Rwanda, Mozambique, and Sierra Leone for promotion to Division 1 and to keep alive their hopes of reaching the ICC U-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup. The squad will be captained by Rahmon Ali, who…