🎧 Maryland voters head to polls, London records record heat and Juan Soto wins the Home Run Derby. Those stories and more on our daily news podcast.
Maryland voters are choosing candidates in a primary for a big election year in the state. Both Republicans and Democrats have competitive primaries for governor in Maryland this year.
Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered amid a heat wave that has seized swaths of Europe. The national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still Tuesday in a country ill prepared for such extremes. The typically temperate nation was just the latest to be walloped by unusually hot, dry weather that has gripped the continent since last week, triggering wildfires from Portugal to the Balkans and leading to hundreds of heat-related deaths.
In sports, there's a new winner at the Home Run Derby, while on the eve of its All-Star Game, Major League Baseball looks to its future and considers some rules change. And Philadelphia star James Harden turns down a wad of cash to help the Sixers find some guys who can play. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, says he plans to retire by the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January 2025. Fauci, 81, became director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1984 and has advised seven presidents. Fauci said on CNN Monday that he doesn't have a specific retirement date in mind and hasn’t started the process.
Pop artist Claes Oldenburg has died. He was 93. The Sweden-born Oldenburg studied at Yale and the Art Institute of Chicago and gained his initial fame in performance art. But Oldenburg’s lasting fame focused on his sculptures, many of them turning normally ordinary objects like clothespins or baseball bats into huge sculptures in public spaces.
The economy is a bit wobbly, but General Motors CEO Mary Barra isn’t backing off of an audacious prediction: She pledges that by the middle of this decade, her company will sell more electric vehicles in the U.S. than Tesla, the global sales leader.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Home Run Derby 2022: Washington’s Juan Soto wins long ball contestSeattle’s Julio Rodriguez knocked out two-time defending champ Pete Alonso in the semifinal round.
Read more »
Juan Soto thwarts Julio Rodríguez bid for Home Run Derby crownWashington Nationals star Juan Soto won his first Home Run Derby on Monday night, holding off Seattle Mariners rookie Julio Rodríguez 19-18 in the final. FOX13
Read more »
Juan Soto wins Home Run Derby amid trade rumorsSoto beat Cleveland's José Ramírez 18-17 in the first round before getting past 42-year-old Albert Pujols 16-15 to reach the final, which he won 19-18 over Julio Rodriguez.
Read more »
Juan Soto wins the Home Run Derby as his Nats future becomes an all-star focusAhead of the Home Run Derby, Soto addressed reports that the Nationals are open to trading him after he turned down a 15-year, $440 million contract.
Read more »
Nationals' Juan Soto Crowned Winner of 2022 Home Run DerbyA three-Pete was not meant to be for the Mets' Alonso, as Washington Nationals outfielder Juan Soto won the 2022 Home Run Derby after a close battle with Seattle Mariners outfielder Julio Rodrguez
Read more »