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  Trends, insights to watch down the stretch ESPN -  It's a critical time for fantasy managers, and not merely because there are only 46 days, or just under seven weeks, of baseball remaining in which for them to mount a comeback in their league standings. The trade deadline arrives in ESPN leagues in two days, set for Friday at noon ET, and certainly is just around the corner for the majority of formats that either use our League Manager game or play offsite. Contenders need to quickly make their trades to strengthen their rosters for the stretch run, while rebuilders are running out of time to pare off their nonessential parts for future talent.  Both  , too, need to evaluate the talent they have on hand, whether to determine whether players have any remaining value for this season, or where they might stand entering 2024. In any of those scenarios, forecasting ahead is critical, but  especially  so for those evaluating trades. What can we expect to see d...

  Why F-16 jets can't come soon enough for Ukraine CNN -  The depth and frequency of craters across the frontline city of Orikhiv are a blunt example of why Ukraine needs  F-16 fighter jets  urgently. Ukrainian troops amassed around the city have the unenviable task of pushing through minefields towards an enemy that has long anticipated their advance. But their biggest handicap is the one they rarely hear until it is too late. Russian jets fire half-metric-ton bombs that glide in from afar – from outside of the reach of Ukraine’s air defenses – and then devastate Ukrainian positions at will. Sometimes as many as 20 in as many minutes are launched into Orikhiv. Ukrainian radar systems provide some warning, coupled with the brief and ominous roar of an incoming missile. But the eventual target is often obliterated without notice. So when Ukraine says it urgently needs F-16s, it is because Ukrainian troops are dying daily because of Russian air superiority. Despite Wes...

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  🚨IMPORTANTE: Essa entrevista da @AndreiaSadi foi estarrecedora! Saiu dela: 🥇Suspeita de obstrução e coação 🥈Advogado de Jair Bolsonaro entrando em contato com o de Mauro Cid 🥉Revelação da família do tenente-coronel Mauro Cid estar em risco 🥇Advogado claramente nervoso e… pic.twitter.com/BqrOrLFUB8 — PESQUISAS E ANÁLISES ELEIÇÕES 2022 (@pesquisas_2022) August 18, 2023

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  British nurse found guilty of murdering seven babies CNN -  British nurse Lucy Letby was convicted by a jury at a court in northern England on Friday of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at a hospital neonatal unit, according to PA Media. Letby harmed babies in her care by injecting air into their blood and stomachs, overfeeding them with milk, physically assaulting them and poisoning them with insulin, Manchester Crown Court heard. This is a breaking news story, more details to follow. READ FULL STORY

 One "Stranger Things" fan is coming forward with their celebrity romance they believed to be real – until they found out it wasn't. A Kentucky woman named McKala appeared on the YouTube channel "Catfished" and claimed that a scammer convinced her they were the actor Dacre Montgomery, who played Billy on the Netflix hit. McKala recalled meeting the person in an online artists' forum and being initially skeptical over their alleged identity, but she ended up divorcing her husband and sending the impostor $10,000 over the course of the relationship. Neither Dacre himself nor his reps have issued comment on the story. McKala shared why she thinks the scammer was able to dupe her despite her original suspicions and how her personal history played a role. "Love makes you do crazy stupid irrational things, I promise. And trauma does one heck of a thing to a person. If you're someone like me, you're afraid of abandonment and you're a real big peopl...