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Jesse RogersApr 3, 2026, 07:00 AM ETCloseJesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com.Multiple AuthorsIN THE HISTORY of Major League Baseball, there have been 670 World Series games and just four have featured three catchers appearing for the same team. But only once in all those years and all those contests have all three catchers also produced a hit and RBI — and it happened in one of the most famous Fall Classic games ever played.Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon entered Game 7 of the 2016 World Series against the Cleveland Indians with a script, and…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has started the deportation process for an alleged MS-13 gang member from El Salvador who had been released into the United States a decade ago and was considered a “non-criminal” alien despite being wanted for a pastor’s murder in his home country.Danny Granados-Garcia was arrested by the FBI last month, and Fox News Digital has learned that he is now in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody facing imminent removal.”Thanks to ICE, this MS-13 gang member wanted for murdering a pastor in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! JERUSALEM: Israel’s Parliament, the Knesset, on Monday passed a law mandating the death penalty for Palestinian terrorists convicted of deadly acts of terrorism, sparking anger from European countries and an Israeli opposition leader.Lawmakers voted 62-47 in favor of far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s legislation to prescribe the death penalty by hanging. Ben Gvir and his party, Otzma Yehudit, proposed the measure.Otzma Yehudit lawmaker Tzvika Foghel, who chairs the National Security Committee and advanced the bill through the committee under his leadership, told Fox News Digital that Israelis are fed up…

U.S. employers added jobs in March, reversing the losses from the month before. Health care and hospitality were among the sectors adding workers. Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America The U.S. labor market showed signs of life in March, as restaurants, factories and hospitals all added workers, despite economic jitters tied to the war with Iran. A report from the Labor Department Friday shows employers added 178,000 jobs last month — much more than forecasters had expected — and reversing big job losses in February. The unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% in…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Easter baskets have gotten a social media–driven makeover this year, with viral treats and visually over-the-top sweets popping up across TikTok and store shelves.From luxury chocolate upgrades to lower-sugar swaps, 2026 trends lean into retro nostalgia, indulgence, interactive experiences and “better-for-you” options.COSTCO’S $140, 10-POUND EASTER BUNNY HAS SHOPPERS QUESTIONING PRICE AND INSTRUCTIONS TO SMASH IT APARTHere are five Easter treats and trends expected to dominate baskets this season — and what they reveal about shifting consumer tastes.1. Freeze-dried candyFreeze-dried sweets — including Skittles, Jolly Ranchers and other familiar favorites — are surging…

NPR’s A Martinez asks Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California about the future of the House Oversight Committee’s Epstein inquiry, now that Attorney General Pam Bondi is out.

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian aerial attacks on civilian areas of Ukraine killed two people and injured at least three others, officials said Thursday, as the warring countries work on a prisoner exchange for Easter.Periodic prisoner exchanges have been one of the few positive outcomes of otherwise fruitless monthslong U.S.-brokered negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv. The talks have delivered no progress on key issues preventing an end to Russia’s invasion of its neighbor, now in its fifth year.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered a ceasefire for the Easter period, but Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier this week that Moscow wants a lasting…

Derek Chisora takes on Deontay Wilder this weekend, as a mouthwatering heavyweight clash plays out in London.The main event at the O2 Arena will pit a British icon against an American one, as Chisora fights for the final time as a professional (or so he says), while Wilder’s own boxing future may be on the line.AdvertisementThe end has long seemed near for Chisora, 42, yet he has continued to fight on, but he swears this bout with Wilder will herald his retirement. Meanwhile, Wilder has looked a faded force in recent years, following his long, dominant reign as WBC champion,…

WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday accused China of “bullying” by detaining or holding up dozens of Panama-flagged ships — though for a short period of time — after the Central American country seized control of two critical ports on the Panama Canal earlier this year from a subsidiary of a Hong Kong-based company.China denies the allegations. Panama has been caught in a broader rivalry between the United States and China after U.S. President Donald Trump accused Beijing last year of running the Panama Canal. The Trump administration sees the critical maritime trade route as strategically…

VATICAN CITY — As Leo XIV approaches his first Easter as pope, a new era of American military might cloaked in religious righteousness is presenting him with a challenge: How to confront a vision of God being articulated by the Trump administration and its supporters that sounds radically different than the view of the Vatican, spiritual epicenter of the world’s largest Christian faith.