Yoshinobu Yamamoto is starting to give the Dodgers that feeling. The one where, every time he takes the ball, the team will get a quality start. Where, whenever he ascends the mound, a string of zeros will follow. Where, most importantly, the days he pitches means the Dodgers should be positioned to win. “You start to have that feeling like, ‘It’s Yamamoto’s day,’” manager Dave Roberts explained with a smile before first pitch. “This is win day.” Tuesday was yet another of those days, with Yamamoto dazzling in an eight-inning,...

CHICAGO (AP) — Dylan Cease is back in Chicago this week. And he’s apparently much happier than the last time he was here. Cease, who spent his first five major-league seasons with the White Sox after being drafted by the Cubs out of high school, said his final season with the South Siders “wasn’t enjoyable in really any way.” The ace right-hander had a tough year, and the team struggled. He’s having a much better time with the San Diego Padres, his new team, which is visiting the North Side...

South Korea experienced its hottest April since comprehensive records began in 1973, the state weather agency said Tuesday, with average daily temperatures more than 2.5 degrees higher than in previous years.

"The highest average national temperature for April (is) 14.9 degrees Celsius (58.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in 2024", the Korea Meteorological Administration said, adding it was the highest recorded in April since the national weather observation network was established in 1973.

Shohei Ohtani has spoken out amid the investigation into the gambling allegations involving his former interpreter. After Ippei Mizuhara was charged with felony bank fraud this week after allegedly stealing $16 million from Ohtani to cover gambling debts, the Japanese superstar opened up about the process. The Dodgers’ designated hitter said he’s “grateful” with where things are going but hopes to keep the focus on baseball going forward. “I’m very grateful for the Department of Justice’s investigation,” Ohtani said in Japanese on Friday, according to the Los Angeles Times. “For...

China Feels Boxed In by the U.S. but Has Few Ways to Push Back China seeks to project military power in the seas around its coastline, yet also faces pressure to mend relations with neighbors for the good of its economy. President Biden with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan at the White House on Thursday. Yuri Gripas for The New York Times President Biden’s effort to build American security alliances in China’s backyard is likely to reinforce the Chinese leader Xi...

NewJeans are reportedly turning to the federal courts in California for help finding the identity of an anonymous YouTube user who's allegedly spreading defamatory statements about them. According to court documents obtained by the and , the K-Pop group is asking the court to order Google to release the identity of user @Middle7, who has allegedly made defamatory statements about them and engaged in "name-calling or other mocking behavior." If the request is granted, it would allow the "Super Shy" singers to sue the YouTube user in South Korea for...

Ippei Mizuhara , the former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani , is facing allegations of bank fraud after he was accused of "unlawfully transferring more than $16 million from a Major League Baseball player's bank account," the U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO) said on Thursday, April 11. According to a press release issued by the USAO , Central District of California, Mizuhara, 39, is accused of transferring the funds from 29-year-old Ohtani's account "without the player's knowledge or permission" in an effort to "pay off his own substantial...

The amount of money that Shohei Ohtani’s longtime interpreter Ippei Mizuhara misappropriated from the Dodgers slugger is allegedly much more significantly than previously realized. Mizuhara has been charged with bank fraud by federal investigators after allegedly transferring over $16 million from Ohtani’s bank account to fund his illegal gambling, U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada announced Thursday. It had previously been alleged that Mizuhara siphoned $4.5 million from Ohtani to cover gambling debts. “At this point Mr.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii had a strong influence on South Korea’s first President Dr. Syngman Rhee, who spent more than a third of his life in the islands. But his legacy is not without controversy. HNN visited Ihwajang in Seoul, South Korea -- Rhee’s private residence and the birthplace of Korea’s first democratic government as the Republic of Korea. Rhee is considered the George Washington of South Korea because he was its first president. We met his adopted son In-soo Rhee and his son’s wife Hye-ja Cho, who explained how...

North Korea on Monday tested an intercontinental ballistic missile that has the capability to reach anywhere in the U.S., according to government officials in Japan and South Korea. South Korean government officials said it was a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), likely referring to North Korea’s Hwasong-18 ICBM, which has solid propellants that make it harder to detect than liquid-fueled weapons, The Associated Press reported.