Top StoryThe AL MVP Trophy Pays Yordan Alvarez Nothing. Follow the Money Anyway.
Yordan Alvarez won the AL MVP unanimously and took home the Hank Aaron Award. Neither trophy comes with a check — and the cash flow they set off runs in a direction most coverage ignored.
Tornadoes Today, Snow Friday: The Two Decisions Tomorrow's Weather Should Change — and the One It Shouldn't
The Philadelphia region's storm damage isn't the story. What you do in the next 24 hours is. Here's what tomorrow's forecast actually changes for your money, your time, and your safety.
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The Miles Bridges Trade Didn't Fix the Suns — It Moved the Problem Into Their Cap Sheet
Phoenix traded for the headlines and the headlines said it worked. The part nobody priced in is what a Miles Bridges contract does to a team that already can't afford the luxury tax twice.
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The Nor'easter Snow Map Won't Change Your Week. Two Decisions Will.
The nor'easter forecast everyone is refreshing is a probability map, not a plan. Here are the two decisions it actually changes, the one it doesn't, and how to use WBAL's ZIP-code first-snow records to calibrate your reaction.
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Everyone Now Knows What Selena Gomez Gets Paid. That's the Problem.
TV's biggest salaries are public, and the disclosure matters more than the numbers. Three steps downstream, the scoreboard rewrites who gets hired, who gets blamed, and who quietly disappears from the call sheet.
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The RFK Jr. 'Investigation' Over Samoa Is a Letter, Not a Verdict
A Senate Democrat wants to know whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lied to Congress about measles and Samoa. Before the headline becomes a belief, here's what the claim actually contains — and what it doesn't.
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The Prisoner Swap Is the Whole Point: How the Ukraine Talks Actually Work
Borders get the headlines, but the machinery of these talks runs on small, countable deliverables. Here's why the swap deal matters more than Putin's territorial demands — and what to watch next.
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The Pistons Are Trending. The Evidence Isn't About Them.
Detroit's rise is being sold as proof the East is wide open. The week's actual box scores say something different — and the team doing the proving plays in Oklahoma City.
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Pegula Lost the Match. Follow the Money and It Barely Moves.
Gauff beat Pegula at the WTA Finals, but the real story is who signs the checks: a sovereign wealth fund, a brokerage app listing doubles props, and the IRS.
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Vance Didn't Get Demoted — He Got Moved to the Revenue Side
Trump pulled J.D. Vance off the Iran talks and pointed him at a domestic fraud campaign. Follow the ledger: Iran was a cost center with no scoreboard, fraud enforcement mails checks, and the people who cash them aren't the ones giving speeches.
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