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Kennedy, 39, conceded to 74-year-old Markey after a contentious race that saw him painted as a more moderate alternative to the incumbent. Markey was endorsed by several prominent figures from the progressive wing of the Democratic party, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Markey congratulated Kennedy for a “fierce” campaign after the victory, while remarking that he hopes to work with him “to make the lasting, meaningful change that I know that we are both committed to....

The Republican lawmaker cited “partisan gridlock” with his Monday announcement that he would not seek a third Senate term, which reportedly came as a surprise to many GOP colleagues. Some analysts speculated that Portman’s decision came due to concerns over the direction the Republican Party is headed. But the GOP senator appeared to push back against those suggestions in a Tuesday interview with Fox News. “The differences [within the Republican Party] are not irreconcilable at all because they’re based on policy and they’re based on ideals and those remain the same,” Portman told the hosts of America’s Newsroom....

Ron Hextall: Fired as general manager after 4½ middling seasons. Dave Hakstol: On a white-hot seat and his uncertain coaching fate in the hands of the new GM. And then a breakdown that has become too familiar for the Flyers: Blowing a two-goal lead in the third period to Ottawa in front of a fed-up crowd. “Everything we touch, it just doesn’t work,” Flyers forward Jake Voracek said. Brady Tkachuk had the magic tough for the Senators....

How To Play Wordle As a quick note: while there are loads of copycats and clones of Wordle, the original version is hosted on the New York Times Games site or the New York Times Crossword app. This is the original version; it was created by the developer behind powerlanguage and purchased by the newspaper giant back in February. This article is all about the NYT version, and other Wordles will have different answers and might have slightly different rules....

The games leaving Xbox Game Pass on September 15 were leaked ahead of the official announcement, but now fans know for sure which games will be getting removed. September 15 will be the last day that Xbox Game Pass subscribers can play A Plague Tale: Innocence, Aragami 2, Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling, Craftopia, Final Fantasy 13, Flynn: Son of Crimson, I Am Fish, Lost Words: Beyond the Page, Mighty Goose, SkateBird, and The Artful Escape....

Williams, competing at Indian Wells for the first time since 2001, claimed a 7-5, 6-3 victory over the Swiss 27th seed. The powerful American served seven aces and broke five times on her way to winning in 1 hour, 25 minutes on the hard courts at the WTA Premier event. “I’m just happy that I was able to get through that and still be alive in this tournament when I haven’t clearly been the Serena that we all know,” Williams said, according to The Associated Press....

Rome, May 15 (IANS): World No. 1 Serena Williams beat Andrea Petkovic 6-2, 6-2 in the second round of the Italian Open Wednesday to march on towards a possible semi-final collision with Maria Sharapova. Williams showed no ill effects of the left thigh injury that forced her to withdraw before her Madrid quarterfinal last week in beating Petkovic, according to Xinhua. Williams went ahead by 4-0 in the first set....

The 21-time Grand Slam singles champion took some time away from the court to give us her personal twerking instructional video. Just listen to Williams and you’ll be shaking up a storm like a tennis legend. MORE: A look back at Serena’s illustrious career Step 1: Squeeze the glutes. Step 2: Engage the quads. Step 3: Take a wide stance. Step 4: Back of the palms, slowly slide down. Step 5: Relax....

After losing the final at the All England Club to Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday , Williams was ready to look ahead. “I didn’t know a couple of months ago where I was, where I would be, how I would do, how I would be able to come back. It was such a long way to see light at the end of the road, kind of,” said Williams, who gave birth to a daughter last September, then dealt with complications involving blood clots....

See is set on Earth centuries after a deadly virus wiped out almost all of humanity. The few that survived have lost their sight over time, but two children born with the ability to see change the landscape of the survivors’ way of life. Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard return for the dystopian drama series while big hitters Dave Bautista and Tom Mison join the cast for the new episodes, available on Friday, August 27....

The clip starts as an unidentified officer stops his patrol car and rolls down his passenger-side window. “You having a good day today?” the officer says to the protester filming the video. “Not really, you’re around,” the man replies. The officer then says: “Well, I’m sorry for that. But don’t worry man, cause guess what? I’m leaving. You guys won.” He adds: “F**king two months baby, I’m out.” “You’re about to resign?...

Randal Woolery was arrested on Thursday at 12:23 a.m. and released less than 30 minutes later, according to King County jail records. Seattle Municipal Court documents show the 53 year old was arrested on suspicion of sexual exploitation, and no complaint was filed by the Seattle City Attorney’s Office. Woolery was not charged. Sexual exploitation is known as patronizing a prostitute in other parts of Washington state. Sergeant Sean Whitcomb said in a statement, according to The Seattle Times, that a 53-year-old Seattle Police Department employee was arrested on Thursday “in an undercover Vice operation in North Seattle....

Al Gore’s curse isn’t dullness; it is his utter reliability. He is the soul of propriety. There is no wildness in him, at least not publicly (privately, he has a great cackle of a laugh that hints at an ironic sensibility). Even his grand passions, ecology and technology, seem safe. This dependability has made him an anchor for the Democratic Party faithful–especially the high-fiber, low-cholesterol, National Public Radio, National Council of Churches liberals–throughout the tempest-toss’d moments of the Clinton administration....

Manning and his NORD-Uptown teammates traveled to Baton Rouge, La. that summer for a national tournament and beat a squad from Santa Fe, N.M. 16-6 on Aug. 5. NORD-Uptown coach Don Albro gave Manning some ink after the game. “Albro said he was very pleased with the hitting of Parker, Graffagnini and Tillette, and with the leadership of second baseman Peyton Manning,” the State Times Advocate wrote. MORE: 18 Manning career milestones | Next for Manning?...

As well some changes have been made to the Assassin’s Creed 3 multiplayer — some for balancing purposes and others to correct problems with changing game states. All the bases are covered, but not necessarily all the problems are fixed. For the single player side of things, Ubisoft has fixed many of the glitches that would prevent icons from showing up in the game world, as well as those that would impact 100% completion of a task....

Two months ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the $3 trillion Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act, and that now awaits debate on the Senate floor. The first batch of federal funds released under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act faced backlash for excluding millions of Americans, such as older high school students and the spouses of some immigrants. However, because the HEROES Act will have a broader definition of a dependent, about 26 million more people will be eligible for federal aid this time around....

In a blog post, Capcom announced that the beta’s issue appeared immediately after the beta went live. Despite launching the multiplayer trial earlier than planned in an effort to optimize the experience, fans have reported that Street Fighter 5’s beta has been struggling to find matches against other players. Capcom employee and professional fighting game player, ComboFiend had this to say about the beta’s struggles: Problems with the first Street Fighter 5 beta were so severe that Capcom was forced to take it down earlier than planned and relaunch it at a later date....

Hours later, many details of the fatal encounter remain unclear, including who the intruder was, why he was at the ambassador’s home and why the incident resulted in a fatal shooting. Here’s what we know so far. What Happened? Shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, the U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division was called to the 3000 block of Garrison Street Northwest in D.C., Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee III said at a briefing....

That was six months ago. Next week, at the Detroit Auto Show, Nissan plans to raise the curtain on its much-anticipated road rocket. Artists’ renderings of the new Z-car show a low-slung beauty with fat wheels, triangular headlights and a huge rear window that slopes toward a raised tail. Although the performance specs remain top secret, Nakamura has promised a “pure sports car”: fast, nimble and, like the original 240-Z that established Nissan’s image as a cutting-edge car company in the 1970s, a “poor man’s Jaguar” built for a mass audience....