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Washington Nationals owner Ted Lerner has died at age 97 after complications from pneumonia, a team spokesman said via Yahoo! Sports. Lerner was the founding principal owner of the Nationals and helped bring baseball back to the nation's capital. The real estate mogul and lifelong baseball fan died at his home in Chevy Chase, Maryland. "I very much appreciate Ted's impact on his hometown and the game he loved," commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement via MLB.com. "On behalf of Major League Baseball, I extend my condolences to all of Ted's family, including Annette Lerner, Mark Lerner and Judy…

13 September 2014image source, Pennsylvaniacaption, It is the first case of this type approved in Brazil.For the first time in Brazil, a judge allowed a baby with two mothers and one father to be registered.The judge of the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul Rafael Pagnon Cunha explained that the biological parents of the baby and the female partner of the biological mother requested that the birth certificate be changed.The women got married two months ago and the child's father is a friend who helped raise the child.The judge defended "the decision to adapt the baby's civil registry to…

TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey State Senator Samuel Thompson said Monday that he is leaving the Republican Party and plans to seek re-election this year as a Democrat.Thompson, 87, said in a telephone interview that he decided to leave the Republican Party after party leaders questioned his fitness for office because of his age."The betrayal of so many of my friends, that was too much for me," he said. “I am not leaving my party. The leadership of my party has left me”.Thompson's departure would extend the Democrats' lead in the state Senate from 24 to 25 seats in the…

Patrick Mahomes wasted no time heading to the "Happiest Place on Earth" after winning Super Bowl LVII with the Kansas City Chiefs. Mahomes, his wife Brittany and their two children, daughter Sterling and son Patrick Lavon "Bronze" Mahomes III, were seen at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., on Monday following the 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, where Mahomes was appointed. Super Bowl MVP for the second time in his career. It was the first time the Mahomes family had shown their son's face since he was born in November. "Welcome to the happiest place on earth, Bronze and Sterling!" Mahomes…