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The Frenchwoman suffered back-to-back first-round losses prior to featuring in Russia, defeats she called a “great lesson”, and Mladenovic once again took an early tumble in a 6-2 2-6 6-2 reverse to the world number 100. Sasnovich broke her opponent twice in a one-side opening set. Mladenovic’s defence improved to level the match, but she was found wanting in the decider. Coco Vandeweghe, seeded second, suffered a similar disappointment as the American slumped to a 7-5 1-6 6-2 defeat to Lesia Tsurenko....

Representatives from the league and the MLB Players Association have been drafting the language for a potential agreement, according to ESPN. And while a deal is not believed to be imminent, the report said the two sides are making a “good faith effort” and talks have been progressing. MORE: MLB’s active home run leaders | Season-ticket holders sue MLB, demand protective netting A new proposal would need to gain approval from the players before it goes into effect....

From now until October, baseball will consume your life, and if it is going to do so, you will want to be prepared. What better way to tackle baseball in 2015 than with a comprehensive directory of all the best MLB-related Twitter accounts? You see, wile the game still evokes tradition, the consumption of the game is anything but that. Sporting News combed the interwebs to put together the most comprehensive list of writers, reporters, analysts, stat junkies, bloggers, historians, and good ole fashion baseball funnypersons....

RELATED: Attack on Titan: The 10 Most Powerful Titans In The Series, Ranked With there being so many stunning locations in Attack on Titan, Minecraft players have recreated their favorite ones so they too can walk down the streets of Shiganshima, the Capitol city, and more. Whether you play Minecraft and want to join in the fun, or you just want to be blown away by the detail and art that was put into these maps, keep scrolling!...

There are all different ways to deal with them. Many players try to give them a taste of their own medicine, firing a crossbow or bow at them from far away. Others just try and get a good sword and spam attack them until they all die. There are always new techniques to try when fighting difficult mobs. However, this Minecraft Redditor might have come up with the most unique way to kill Pillagers....

Recently, a Redditor named ‘u/EStoorm’ posted a photo of a simple plains biome where loads of passive mobs spawned on a small hill. The original poster was completely confused by the spawning mechanics of the biome and questioned it. Though the picture was taken from far away, several passive mobs like cows, sheep, pigs, etc., can be seen on one particular hill alone. Surprisingly, the region surrounding the hill had no visible mobs....

Runners KiRyuKoe and Korbanoes took part in a best-of-three Quarterfinals match for the RSG 1.14 Tournament today, hosted on the MinecraftJavaSpeedrunnning Twitch account at 12:00 a.m. UTC. Both were in the Stronghold that opens up to Minecraft’s endgame, the Ender Dragon boss fight, around 42 minutes into the third round when KiRyuKoe’s side of the stream was interrupted by an advertisement for Trojan condoms. RELATED: Twitch Trolls Viewers With Ads During PPS5 Price Reveal Stream...

This would mirror the original iPhone SE’s iPhone 5 design and iPhone 6s internals. Also for Q1 is apparently a new iPad Pro with a 3D time of flight sensor on the rear camera array to better invest in AR. This is backed up with Kuo’s claim that later in the year Apple will finally release its long-rumoured AR device – but it’s unknown what form it’ll take and whether it’ll be a headset or glasses....

Minnesota added 699 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to its total on Sunday, as well as 22 new deaths. There have been 15,668 confirmed cases of coronavirus so far, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Health. More than 700 people have died in the state as a result of the virus, with the majority of deaths in long-term care or assisted living facilities. The state’s health department says approximately 150,605 tests to confirm COVID-19 have been carried out so far....

Maddie Freese, an avid fisher at 11 years old, regularly participates in kids fishing tournaments, ranging from lakes and rivers to ice fishing. The Freese family from St. Michael was on a family day out to Lake Minnetonka when Maddie spotted the huge fish near to where they were in the shallows. “She started running through the water, chasing it. And then she dove under, grabbed it by the tail, and it swung around to get away from her, and it got away,” Maddie’s mother Diana Freese told Fox 9....

The reality was something else. From first pitch to the final out was a blast, but the time between games was filled with anxiety. His meager signing bonus wasn’t delivered until after his first season ended. In the meantime, he needed money for rent, cleats, bats, car payments, food and more — an impossible amount to cover on his $1,100 per month salary. Then he hurt his back, was cut 16 months after he signed, and left baseball with a couple thousand dollars in credit card debt....

According to the study’s findings, minority patients tend to have a lower incidence of amyloid plaques in the brain on PET scans—and having those plaques is often necessary to qualify for specific Alzheimer’s treatments. The researchers also noted that the cognitive impairment of patients in these groups is more likely to be caused by other forms of dementia that may not be related to amyloid plaques. Marc Gordon, MD, the chief of neurology at Zucker Hillside Hospital and a professor of neurology and psychiatry at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, told Verywell that amyloid plaques are groupings of misfolded proteins (like beta-amyloid peptides) that form in the spaces between nerve cells in the brain....

Terrance Cox III, who founded Diversity Motorsports Racing and has protested what he calls racial injustice in NASCAR, has sued the sanctioning body for $500 million, according to ESPN. The suit was filed last week in U.S. District Court in New York. MORE: Winners & Losers at Chicago: Harvick not happy Cox claims that NASCAR and sister company International Speedway Corp., which owns a majority of the sport’s tracks, have not done enough to encourage sponsors to support an African-American team....

The increase in cases brings the rate there to 110 people per 100,000—the second-highest in the country, behind Louisiana. In recent weeks the state has seen vaccine rates leap in response to the rise in cases, but state health department figures as of August 13 show that just 36 percent of the state’s total population have been fully vaccinated despite this. The same figure for the whole of the U....

Odis Latham, 47, and Russell Sparks, 48, of Columbus, were detained by officers from the Flowood Police Department on Monday morning after officials from the Mississippi Lottery Corporation said the pair went to its headquarters to claim the winnings, The Clarion-Ledger reported. Police were contacted around 9:20 a.m. after staff quickly identified the scratch-off ticket as fake. Officials said it was far from convincing. “It ended up being a counterfeit ticket, it’s what the industry calls a cut-and-paste,” Jay Ledbetter, director of security at the Mississippi Lottery Corporation," told local media outlet WAPT....

If Tuesday’s election results hold and Democrats end up securing full control of the executive branch and both houses of Congress, they will be in a position to immediately deliver the $2,000 survival checks President-elect Joe Biden promised people would receive if the party won the two Georgia senate races. Democrats would also have the power to do what Republicans did four years ago: invoke a law that lets lawmakers immediately repeal recent rules enacted by the outgoing administration....

“[Capito]’s led several of our colleagues in literally exhaustive efforts to put a bipartisan deal within reach,” the Kentucky Republican said on the Senate floor on Wednesday. “An agreement requires that actually each side is willing to give up some of what it wants, and as we learned yesterday, President Biden is unwilling to let go of some of the most radical promises he made to the left wing of his party....

Only 1 percent of nearly 15,000 bills have been enacted into law between January 3, 2019, and now, a new report from watchdog group Common Cause shows. “The House of Representatives passed nearly 10 democracy reform bills, often with bipartisan support, this session, but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked debate and markups on all of these bills and refused to allow a vote,” Common Cause’s director of legislative affairs, Aaron Scherb, said....