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Blake Snell reportedly has joined his former team's biggest rival. After opting out of his Giants contract and entering MLB free agency this offseason, Snell has agreed to a five-year, $182 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers pending a physical, ESPN's Jeff Passan and Jorge Castillo reported Tuesday, citing sources. Snell seemingly confirmed the news with a post on his Instagram account. It's no surprise Los Angeles was able to land the two-time Cy Young Award winner. The Dodgers have shattered free-agency expectations in recent offseasons, inflating their payroll and even deferring millions of dollars to future years so they can sign stars including Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman -- the list goes on. It paid off for San Francisco's NL West rivals in 2024, as Los Angeles won its eighth World Series title last month when it defeated the New York Yankees in five games. And they appear to be taking the deferred money route with Snell, as they did when they signed Ohtani last winter. Snell's lone Giants campaign started off rocky after the ace endured an offseason without spring training while searching for a home in free agency. But after a rough first half to the 2024 MLB season, Snell quickly rounded into Cy Young form, even pitching a no-hitter for San Francisco on Aug. 2 against the Cincinnati Reds. His hot second half led Snell to opt out of the remaining year on his Giants contract, making him the best available pitcher on the open market. This time, negotiations with MLB teams didn't last as long. Because the Dodgers, as usual, swooped in. Download and follow the Giants Talk PodcastBy Aldgra Fredly Contributing Writer President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, for tax and firearm charges has been described by President-elect Donald Trump as a “miscarriage of justice.” The decision also drew criticism not only from Republican politicians, but also from some Democrats. “Does the pardon given by Joe to Hunter include the J-6 Hostages, who have now been imprisoned for years? Such an abuse and miscarriage of justice!” Trump stated in a Truth Social post on Monday. The term “J-6 hostages” refers to people imprisoned for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, which occurred as Congress was certifying Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory over Trump. More than 1,488 people have been charged with crimes related to the breach as of August, according to the Department of Justice. The outgoing President Biden said on Sunday that he had signed “a full and unconditional pardon” for his son, sparing him from any federal crimes and their associated legal penalties. “There has been an effort to break Hunter — who has been five and a half years sober, even in the face of unrelenting attacks and selective prosecution,” Biden stated. “In trying to break Hunter, they’ve tried to break me — and there’s no reason to believe it will stop here.” Hunter Biden was charged with nine counts of federal tax evasion to the sum of $1.4 million between 2016 and 2019, to which he pleaded guilty in September. He was also convicted of federal gun charges for illegally purchasing a firearm in 2018 while addicted to drugs. Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, said that he disagreed with the president’s claims that Hunter Biden’s prosecution was a result of “politically motivated” reasons. “I respect President Biden, but I think he got this one wrong,” Stanton stated on X. “Hunter committed felonies, and was convicted by a jury of his peers.” Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, stated on X that he was shocked by Biden’s decision, considering the president’s previous pledge that he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, said that Biden’s move will not only tarnish his reputation but also set a “bad precedent” that could be exploited by future presidents. “While as a father I certainly understand President Joe Biden’s natural desire to help his son by pardoning him, I am disappointed that he put his family ahead of the country,” Polis stated on X. Polis said that no one is above the law, “not a president and not a president’s son.” ‘Warranted’ Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a Monday X post that the pardon was warranted and that no U.S. attorney “would have charged this case given the underlying facts.” “After a five-year investigation the facts as discovered only made that clear,” Holder said. “Had his name been Joe Smith the resolution would have been — fundamentally and more fairly — a declination.“ Hunter Biden was scheduled to face sentencing on Dec. 12 for gun charges and Dec. 16 for tax charges, but these sentencing hearings are now likely to be canceled. Melanie Sun contributed to this report.

HOUSTON (AP) — Tyler Herro scored 27 points before being one of six people ejected after a fight in the final minute of the Miami Heat's 104-100 victory over the Houston Rockets on Sunday night. Herro was thrown to the ground by the Rockets' Amen Thompson with 35 seconds left and the Heat leading 99-94. Players and coaches from both benches then came onto the court. Both players were thrown out along with Rockets guard Jalen Green, coach Ime Udoka and assistant coach Ben Sullivan. Terry Rozier was also ejected for Miami. Houston led 92-85 after Fred VanVleet's layup with 8:10 to play, but the Rockets missed their next 11 shots, allowing Miami to tie the game when Herro found Haywood Highsmith for a 3-pointer with 4:47 to play. Herro’s jumper with 1:56 to play put the Heat on top for good. Heat: Playing the second night of a back-to-back and missing Jimmy Butler for a fifth straight game, Nikola Jovic finished with 18 points, seven rebounds, and six assists for the Heat. Highsmith added 15 points. Rockets: After blowing a 15-point, fourth-quarter lead against the Wolves, Houston struggled offensively in the fourth quarter, shooting just 6 for 24 from the field. Dillon Brooks scored 22 points after missing the last three games with a right ankle effusion. Jovic’s 3 with 47 seconds left put Miami up 98-94. Miami outscored Houston, the NBA’s best offensive rebounding team, 15-9 in second-chance points. The Rockets host Dallas on Wednesday and the Heat host New Orleans on Wednesday.Squid Game Season 2 Trailer Sets Up Bigger Games Than EverLenses of liberation: African photojournalists documenting change

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Nico Iamaleava passed for four touchdowns and Dylan Sampson rushed for 77 yards and set a school-record for TDs as No. 11 Tennessee rolled to a 56-0 victory over UTEP on Saturday afternoon in Knoxville, Tenn. Sampson scored on a 14-yard TD run early in the second quarter for the game's first points to deliver his 22nd TD of tje season to break the Tennessee single-season mark set by Gene McEvers in 1929. Iamaleava was 15 of 20 for 173 yards for Tennessee (9-2), while Bru McCoy caught a pair of TD passes and Squirrel White and Ethan Davis each had a TD reception. Tennessee moved its all-time record to 2-0 against the Miners, also having blanked the Conference USA school 24-0 in 2018. Jermod McCoy and John Slaughter had interceptions for the Volunteers, while Dominic Bailey recovered a fumble to set up a score. Skyler Locklear was 10-of-19 passing for 50 yards with an interception for UTEP (2-9), while rushing for 37 yards on eight carries. JP Pickles also had a turn at QB for the Miners and was 10 of 15 for 72 yards. Kenny Odom had eight receptions for 70 yards. Both defenses set the tone in the first quarter. The UTEP defense allowed just one first down to the Southeastern Conference team in three ugly series in the opening quarter and only 22 yards. In the second quarter, Sampson ended a 68-yard drive by dashing up the middle for 14 yards for the record-setting score to take a 7-0 lead with 13:22 remaining before halftime. After Bailey's fumble recovery, Iamaleava flipped a screen pass that White took 9 yards to the end zone nearly six minutes later. Davis put the Volunteers up 21-0 when he grabbed a short pass for a 1-yard TD. Iamaleava then found Bru McCoy from 18 yards with eight seconds left in the second quarter for a 28-0 halftime lead. McCoy caught his second TD and Peyton Lewis rushed for a pair for a 49-0 lead in the third quarter, but the biggest roar from Volunteers fans came when it was announced Florida beat No. 9 Ole Miss 24-17, to enhance the Volunteers' College Football Playoff hopes. Cameron Seldon's 3-yard run capped the scoring as the Volunteers finished the season undefeated at home for the second time in four years. --Field Level MediaWeek 12 TNF: Steelers-Browns Preview, Props & Prediction

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Mumbai/Ranchi, Nov 23 (PTI) The BJP on Saturday pulled off a stunning performance in Maharashtra winning a record number of seats to propel the party-led ruling Mahayuti alliance to a landslide victory while the INDIA bloc stormed back to power in Jharkhand on the back of a spectacular showing by the JMM. As speculation mounted on who would be the next CM face from the Mahayuti alliance--which also includes the Shiv Sena faction of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the NCP (Ajit Pawar)--and the three allies put up a united front after the "historic" victory, the focus quickly shifted to Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who is being seen as a strong contender to occupy the top post for the third time. Such was the BJP's dominance that helped the Mahayuti alliance to get a three-fourths majority and continue the winning momentum after its recent historic hat-trick in Haryana, 128 of the 149 candidates fielded by the saffron party won. Four BJP candidates were also leading. "Maharashtra has broken all records, it is the biggest win for any party or pre-poll alliance in the last 50 years," Prime Minister Narendra Modi told BJP workers at party headquarters to a thunderous applause late in the evening. The prime minister also asserted that the message from the Maharashtra elections is that of unity and it is also an endorsement of the "ek hai toh safe hai" (united we are safe) slogan. The BJP's stellar showing also came just months after it was written off in Maharashtra by some political pundits owing to its poor showing in the politically significant state in the Lok Sabha polls. In the first assembly elections in Maharashtra since the split in the Shiv Sena and the NCP, Shiv Sena(Shinde) bagged 56 and led in one and the NCP(Ajit Pawar) 40 and ahead in one. The majority mark in the 288-member Assembly is 145. The Shiv Sena(Shinde) fought from 81 seats and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP in 59 constituencies. The BJP's highest tally in Assembly elections in Maharashtra was in 2014 when it bagged 122 seats after which Fadnavis became the chief minister for the first time. In 2019, it got 105 seats. The extent of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) decimation can be gauged from the fact that the Congress won just 13 and was ahead in three, the Shiv Sena(UBT) in 20 and the NCP(Sharad Pawar) in 10. The Congress had fielded 101 candidates, Shiv Sena(UBT) 95 and the NCP(SP) 86. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray called the poll results completely unexpected and incomprehensible. Thackeray said the results reflect that there was a "tsunami rather than a wave." Of the three Congress big guns in the state--Nana Patole, Balasaheb Thorat and Prithiviraj Chavan--Thorat and Chavan lost. Patole was trailing by a narrow margin. The poll outcome could also lead to a situation where the state Assembly might not even have a Leader of the Opposition. Prime Minister Modi earlier in the day lauded the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's(NDA) massive victory in Maharashtra as a win for "development and good governance", assuring people of the ruling bloc's continued work for the state's progress. In posts on X, he also congratulated the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha(JMM)-led alliance for its win in Jharkhand, while stressing that his party will always be at the forefront to champion people's issues. He tagged Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who led the INDIA bloc coalition in the state, in his post. Union Home Minister Amit Shah expressed gratitude to the people of Maharashtra for the "historic victory" of the Mahayuti alliance and said that by giving such a huge mandate to the NDA, people have shut shops of "fake well-wishers of the Constitution". Shah also thanked the people of Jharkhand for blessing the BJP with the highest percentage of votes. With the Mahayuti walking the road towards power in a runaway win that went ahead of what exit polls had predicted, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said, “People have rejected politics of hatred and revenge, accepted politics of welfare and development.” “People took election in their hands to give the Mahayuti a landslide victory." As Shinde's alliance colleagues attributed the stunning win to targeted welfare schemes such as the the 'Ladki Bahin Yojana', on the other side of the spectrum was Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut, who alleged there was a "big conspiracy" and something was "fishy". Voters in Maharashtra, which sends 48 MPs to the Lok Sabha and gave the MVA a decisive 30 seats, clearly decided to go against the trend of that parliamentary victory just five months ago. The BJP's stellar showing just ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections came as a big boost to help it overcome some of its reverses in the general elections where it bagged 240 seats, short of the 272 majority mark in the Lok Sabha. The focus in Maharashtra shifted to Fadnavis, the architect of BJP's stunning victory. "Leaders of Mahayuti parties will decide (on next CM)," Fadnavis said on his part. "Today's verdict shows that the entire community stands united behind Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The 'ek hai toh safe hai' slogan has been a success, particularly for ladki bahins (dear sisters) who benefit from this scheme, receiving Rs 1,500 per month," he said. The RSS' active role in the poll campaign was also cited by political analysts for BJP's sweep. The Congress continued its losing spree posting its worst-ever show in Maharashtra and ending up a distant junior partner to the ruling JMM in Jharkhand, further diminishing its role in the opposition bloc as other allies perform better. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hailed the INDIA bloc's victory in Jharkhand as one for the protection of the Constitution as well as of water, forest and land, even as he described the Maharashtra results as "unexpected" and said his party will analyse the election outcome in the state in detail. Sops such as the monthly income support scheme 'Mukhya Mantri Ladki Bahin Yojana', which transfers Rs 1,500 per month to accounts of women between 18 and 60 whose annual family income is below Rs 250,000, appeared to have paid rich dividends for the winning alliance. The BJP aggresively playing the Hindutva card in Maharashtra and resorted to slogans such as 'ek hai toh safe hai' and 'batenge toh katenge' (divided we fall) in an attempt to send a veiled message of Hindu unity across the caste divide to counter the Opposition's charge that it wanted to end reservation. In Jharkhand, the JMM-led alliance stormed back to power for the second consecutive term winning 56 seats in the 81-member assembly. The majority mark in the assembly is 41. The BJP-led NDA, which was confident about its prospects in the state after an aggressive campaign, won 23 seats and was leading in one. JMM won 34 of the 43 seats it contested, the Congress in 16 of the 30 seats, the RJD four of the six seats, while the CPI(ML) Liberation won two of the four seats. Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who is out on bail in a money laundering case, expressed his gratitude to the people of the state for the INDIA bloc’s impressive performance and said it had passed the "exam of democracy." “We have passed the exam of democracy," Soren, Jharkhand's youngest chief minister who has had a turbulent but resilient political career, marked by legal battles and internal party struggles, told a press conference in Ranchi. The BJP's poll plank was driving out "infiltrators" from the Santhal Parganas region, but it seemed to have fallen flat in front of the 'Adivasi' card played by the JMM, which also sought the people's sympathy over the arrest of Soren. PTI VT ND PR MR NAM SAN KR SKU BJ SKC ASK DV MIN GSN GSN GSN (This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)Week 12 TNF: Steelers-Browns Preview, Props & PredictionVideo shows 'avalanche' of sea lions tumbles into waters near Monterey Harbor

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