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Los Angeles Times
13 hours ago
- Sport
- Los Angeles Times
Mookie Betts dealing with fractured toe, won't start against Yankees this weekend
Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts will not start in any of this weekend's games against the New York Yankees after sustaining a fractured toe this week, but the team is hopeful he will be able to avoid a stint on the injured list. Betts told the Times on Friday night that he fractured his toe at home this week, after the Dodgers returned from a road trip on Wednesday night. 'I was just going to the bathroom in the dark and hit my toe on a wall,' he said. The Dodgers were originally still planning to have Betts in the lineup Friday for their series opener against the New York Yankees, but he was ultimately scratched after his toe continued to give him problems before the game. 'Putting on a shoe today was difficult for him,' manager Dave Roberts said. Despite the diagnosis, Roberts and Betts said they were confident the former MVP wouldn't be out more than a few days. 'I know it's at the tip of his toe, so it's going to be one of those situations [that is] per his [pain] tolerance,' Roberts said. 'I don't expect an IL. We'll probably have him down for the series and hopefully he'll be available to hit in a big spot. And then we'll kind of see. But I think for me right now it's just day to day.' 'It's just pain,' Betts added. 'Get the swelling out, it'll be all right.' Betts had started in each of the Dodgers' past 20 games, and appeared in each of their last 51 overall, having not missed any time since recovering from a two-week stomach virus at the start of the season. While his defense had been much-improved during his second season as the club's everyday shortstop, the 32-year-old was struggling at the plate, batting just .254 on the season with eight home runs, 31 RBIs and a .742 OPS. In Betts' absence on Friday, veteran Miguel Rojas took over at shortstop. Tommy Edman and Hyeseong Kim are also options to fill in for Betts at shortstop over the rest of the weekend. 'I'm gonna be all right,' Betts said. 'It is what it is.'
CNET
17 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CNET
Today's NYT Mini Crossword Answers for May 31
Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today's Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles. Today's NYT Mini Crossword has a couple of fun ocean-related clues and answers. It's the extra-long Saturday version, of course. Need some help with today's Mini Crossword? Read on. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips. The Mini Crossword is just one of many games in the Times' games collection. If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET's NYT puzzle hints page. Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword Let's get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers. The completed NYT Mini Crossword puzzle for May 31, 2025. NYT/Screenshot by CNET Mini across clues and answers 1A clue: This one and that one Answer: BOTH 5A clue: Ballet-inspired fitness class Answer: BARRE 6A clue: Mississippi ___ (rich chocolate dessert) Answer: MUDPIE 7A clue: Sea creature with the scientific name Monodon monoceros ("one tooth, one horn") Answer: NARWHAL 8A clue: Like some soccer shots Answer: ONGOAL 9A clue: Strict in tone Answer: STERN 10A clue: Place for a "For Sale" sign Answer: YARD Mini down clues and answers 1D clue: $#!&, e.g. Answer: BADWORD 2D clue: Harry Potter, Annie or Bruce Wayne Answer: ORPHAN 3D clue: ___ and error Answer: TRIAL 4D clue: Dog trainer's "Walk next to me!" Answer: HEEL 5D clue: Hot dog alternative Answer: BURGER 6D clue: Relative of a stingray Answer: MANTA 7D clue: All up in one's business Answer: NOSY How to play more Mini Crosswords The New York Times Games section offers a large number of online games, but only some of them are free for all to play. You can play the current day's Mini Crossword for free, but you'll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.
Spectator
20 hours ago
- Politics
- Spectator
Why shouldn't vegans be catered for in an apocalypse?
You know you've arrived when professors start thinking about how to look after you during a major emergency. As a vegan, I was thrilled to read in the Times this week that Professor Tim Lang, a professor of food policy, has told the government that us meat-dodgers must be catered for in any 'food apocalypse'. Speaking at the Hay Festival, Lang said that if a cyber attack or military strike from Russia destroyed Britain's 'vulnerable' food chain, the contents of ration packs would need to bring comfort to a shaken public. We'd all be 'in psychological shock', he explained, so we'd need to have food that we're 'familiar and comfortable with'. In the face of 'explosions' and 'energy outages' he wouldn't want vegans to 'have to eat meat'. Well, if mushroom burgers are on the menu as the mushroom cloud goes up, then I'm feeling better about Armageddon already. Lang's remarks are just the latest step in veganism's move to the mainstream.
Yahoo
21 hours ago
- Health
- Yahoo
Elon Musk Was Allegedly Taking Large Quantities Of Drugs, Including Ketamine And Adderall, While Advising Trump, According To A Bombshell NYT Report
He forcibly and potentially illegally gained access to wildly sensitive government data that he hired a bunch of unvetted 20-somethings to oversee ― and he was potentially blitzed out of his mind at the same time. Just days after tech billionaire Elon Musk officially left his role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump, the New York Times reported that the tech mogul was consuming large quantities of drugs around the same time he became a fixture on the campaign trail. Related: 18 Major Global Events That American Media Is Ignoring Right Now, And Why They Actually Matter To Us Citing private messages obtained by the Times and interviews with Musk's associates, the outlet reported that Musk took ketamine, ecstasy, psychedelic mushrooms, Ambien, Adderall, and other drugs, and traveled with a daily medication box that held about 20 pills. The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla reportedly took so much Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic known to induce schizophrenia-like symptoms, that it affected his bladder function. The report is bolstered by a January 2024 Wall Street Journal investigation in which sources close to Musk said they'd witnessed or had direct knowledge of him using LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms, and ketamine. Musk's attorney Alex Spiro told the Journal at the time that his client is 'regularly and randomly drug tested at SpaceX' and has 'never failed a test.' It's unclear how, or whether, Musk's consumption habits changed once he became a federal bureaucrat with an office in the White House complex. He didn't address the claims directly at a Friday afternoon press conference in the Oval Office, instead attacking the credibility of the New York Times itself. Related: "MAGAs Are The Dumbest People On This Planet": 26 Tweets About The Sad State Of Politics This Week But he's continued drawing attention for unusual antics, including a chainsaw-wielding appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference and a Nazi-like hand gesture at Trump's inaugural rally. In April, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) introduced a bill that would require Musk and his hires at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to undergo regular drug testing, though the bill has gone nowhere in the Republican-majority House. 'Donald Trump has given billionaire Elon Musk the keys to our government, and with it, access to highly sensitive information — from Treasury and Social Security data to even our most guarded military plans,' Sherrill wrote in a press release. 'Those with access to sensitive information must be thoroughly vetted, clear-eyed, and exercise good judgment.' Asked Friday if he was concerned about drug use by Musk, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller was dismissive ― but notably didn't rule it out. 'The drugs that we're concerned about are the drugs running across the southern border,' he told reporters. The eccentric billionaire has openly discussed his ketamine use in the past. In a 2024 interview with Don Lemon, he said he took 'a small amount' every other week ― but got miffed when Lemon pushed him on it. 'If you've used too much ketamine, you can't really get work done, and I have a lot of work,' he told the journalist at the time. An Atlantic article describing the drug's effects on the body found people build tolerance to it very quickly, requiring ever larger doses to achieve the same high and leading to long-term impaired cognition, including 'delusional thinking, superstitious beliefs, and a sense of specialness and importance.' Those would seem to strike a chord with Sam Harris, a public intellectual and former friend of Musk, who publicly broke with the world's richest man in a post earlier this year. 'Any dispassionate observer of Elon's behavior on Twitter/X can see that there is something seriously wrong with his moral compass, if not his perception of reality,' he article originally appeared on HuffPost. Also in In the News: An Ad Against Far-Right Voters Is Going Viral For Being Both Terrifying And (Kinda) Accurate Also in In the News: Miss USA's 2024 "National Costume" Has Been Revealed, And It's Obviously An Interesting Choice Also in In the News: One Body Language Expert Spotted Something Very Telling When Donald Trump "Held His Own Hand" At His Recent Press Conference
Buzz Feed
21 hours ago
- Politics
- Buzz Feed
NYT: Musk's Drug Use While Advising Trump Revealed
He forcibly and potentially illegally gained access to wildly sensitive government data that he hired a bunch of unvetted 20-somethings to oversee ― and he was potentially blitzed out of his mind at the same time. Just days after tech billionaire Elon Musk officially left his role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump, the New York Times reported that the tech mogul was consuming large quantities of drugs around the same time he became a fixture on the campaign trail. Citing private messages obtained by the Times and interviews with Musk's associates, the outlet reported that Musk took ketamine, ecstasy, psychedelic mushrooms, Ambien, Adderall, and other drugs, and traveled with a daily medication box that held about 20 pills. The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla reportedly took so much Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic known to induce schizophrenia-like symptoms, that it affected his bladder function. The report is bolstered by a January 2024 Wall Street Journal investigation in which sources close to Musk said they'd witnessed or had direct knowledge of him using LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms, and ketamine. Musk's attorney Alex Spiro told the Journal at the time that his client is 'regularly and randomly drug tested at SpaceX' and has 'never failed a test.' It's unclear how, or whether, Musk's consumption habits changed once he became a federal bureaucrat with an office in the White House complex. He didn't address the claims directly at a Friday afternoon press conference in the Oval Office, instead attacking the credibility of the New York Times itself. But he's continued drawing attention for unusual antics, including a chainsaw-wielding appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference and a Nazi-like hand gesture at Trump's inaugural rally. In April, Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) introduced a bill that would require Musk and his hires at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency to undergo regular drug testing, though the bill has gone nowhere in the Republican-majority House. ' Donald Trump has given billionaire Elon Musk the keys to our government, and with it, access to highly sensitive information — from Treasury and Social Security data to even our most guarded military plans,' Sherrill wrote in a press release. 'Those with access to sensitive information must be thoroughly vetted, clear-eyed, and exercise good judgment.' Asked Friday if he was concerned about drug use by Musk, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller was dismissive ― but notably didn't rule it out. 'The drugs that we're concerned about are the drugs running across the southern border,' he told reporters. The eccentric billionaire has openly discussed his ketamine use in the past. In a 2024 interview with Don Lemon, he said he took 'a small amount' every other week ― but got miffed when Lemon pushed him on it. 'If you've used too much ketamine, you can't really get work done, and I have a lot of work,' he told the journalist at the time. An Atlantic article describing the drug's effects on the body found people build tolerance to it very quickly, requiring ever larger doses to achieve the same high and leading to long-term impaired cognition, including 'delusional thinking, superstitious beliefs, and a sense of specialness and importance.' Those would seem to strike a chord with Sam Harris, a public intellectual and former friend of Musk, who publicly broke with the world's richest man in a post earlier this year. 'Any dispassionate observer of Elon's behavior on Twitter/X can see that there is something seriously wrong with his moral compass, if not his perception of reality,' he wrote.
