The bulldozers are warming up in the bullpen. Sometime in June, construction will begin on the Athletics ballpark on the Las Vegas Strip. At least that’s the plan, and what could possibly go wrong?

Because someone apparently tried it and got the group shut down, here are your afternoon links: Elena Ferrante cover redesign, Zohran Mamdani is holding a big rally in Brooklyn, go look at a tree ...

The Trump administration is launching investigations into Harvard University and Harvard Law Review after receiving reports of race-based discrimination.

Hinchey’s Rides and Amusements will not be making an appearance at the Cape Breton Exhibition in North Sydney this summer.

Kamloops’ smallest library is getting bigger hours. Effective Thursday, the Aberdeen Tiny Library branch will have its weekly hours double from 16 to 32 — and the branch will be open six days ...