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Want to renew healthy eating habits? Greek monks have a spring playbook
TRIKORFO, Greece (AP) — Can a centuries-old ritual of spiritual renewal rekindle a New Year’s resolution to build healthy eating habits before it fades in the spring?For six weeks every year, millions of Orthodox Christians around the world adopt a largely vegan diet, abstaining from meat, dairy products, eggs, and fish with backbones. Oil and wine also are prohibited on weekdays during the 40-day Lenten period before Orthodox Easter, which often falls later than its Catholic and Anglican counterpart.
The annual adherence to a plant-based, Mediterranean-style meal... Read More
Amsterdam celebrates 25 years since the world's first same-sex weddings
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch capital marked the 25th anniversary of the world's first gay marriages with three same-sex couples tying the knot at City Hall early Wednesday.The celebration, conducted by Mayor Femke Halsema just after midnight, came a quarter of a century after one of her predecessors, Job Cohen, married four couples in a landmark ceremony for LGBTQ+ rights that paved the way for similar legislation in nearly 40 countries around the world.
Same-sex weddings are commonplace now in the Netherlands. Since 2001, more than 36,000 same-sex couples have... Read More
Mariners agree to $95 million, 8-year contract with top shortstop prospect Colt Emerson
SEATTLE (AP) — Colt Emerson and the Seattle Mariners agreed Tuesday to a $95 million, eight-year contract, the largest amount for a minor league prospect yet to make his major league debut.The contract starts this season and includes a team option for 2034. It surpassed outfielder Jackson Chourio's $82 million, eight-year deal with Milwaukee when he was still a minor leaguer in December 2023.
Mariners president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto said the team first engaged in contract discussions with Emerson's agent in spring training, and he was pleased ahead of... Read More
Chang Ung, North Korean ex-IOC member who brokered Olympic joint marches with South, dies
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Chang Ung, a former North Korean member of the International Olympic Committee who once led sports exchanges with rival South Korea including joint marches of their athletes at the Olympics, has died, the IOC announced Wednesday. He was 87.The IOC said on its website that it had learned with “extreme sadness” of Chang’s death on Sunday. It said the Olympic flag will be flown at half-mast for three days at Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland in a show of respect.
The IOC statement didn't describe the cause of Chang's death. North... Read More
Umpire loses track of count, leading to walk instead of strikeout for Astros' Cam Smith vs. Red Sox
HOUSTON (AP) — Plate umpire Mark Wegner acknowledged he lost track of the count during Cam Smith’s nine-pitch walk Tuesday night in the fifth inning of the Houston Astros’ 9-2 win over the Boston Red Sox.In fact, Smith should have been out on strikes after the third pitch.
Smith swung and missed at two cutters from Red Sox starter Brayan Bello to begin the plate appearance. After the second pitch, Joey Loperfido stole second base and Christian Walker scored on the play thanks to a throwing error by catcher Connor Wong. After about 40 seconds, Smith swung and... Read More
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