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“You know we’re all engaged every time he comes to the plate”, Lovullo said. Interleague finaleBoston’s final interleague game of the season is scheduled for 1:35 this afternoon.

The rookie lefty was tagged for seven runs and failed to get out of the second inning as the contending Yankees handed the surging Red Sox an emphatic 13-8 defeat at Fenway Park. He joined Hall of Famers Willie Mays (10) and Mike Schmidt (11) and Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez...

The author, who helped explain several oddities in the brain to the world, died of cancer in his New York City home, New York Times reports. Sacks’s 1973 book Awakenings inspired the 1990 film, starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams (below). According to the Times,...

US Federal Reserve vice-chairman Stanley Fischer joined the European Central Bank vice-president Vitor Constancio and Bank of England governor Mark Carney on Saturday on a panel at the Kansas City Fed’s annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, dedicated to discussing...

The sell-off adds to what has been a hard few weeks for United States and worldwide markets.

ASIA’S DAY: The Shanghai Composite Index posted its first gain in six days, bouncing back from losses that triggered worldwide selling and wiped almost 23 percent off its value over the past week.

The usually reserved St. Louis outfielder celebrated in grand fashion after his two-run, tie-breaking double in the seventh inning keyed a five-run rally that helped the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Washington Nationals 8-5 on Monday night. Or, more correctly, Ryan Zimmerman put...

Following a six-year run-up in U.S. stocks that has pushed major indexes to all-time highs, investors worry the economy could falter if the Fed raises rates too soon, chocking economic growth.

The computer outage impacted flights to and from New York and Washington, D.C. She said and it is unclear when flights will return to normal.

North American stock markets seesawed once again on Wednesday as investors couldn’t decide whether to be encouraged by China’s recent move to stimulate its economy or anxious that Beijing thinks it needs stimulus in the first place.

Stocks jumped on Wednesday as global markets showed tentative signs of regaining their footing after an extended rout fueled by growth concerns.

The Shanghai Composite Index, whose steep drop in recent days triggered worldwide selling, gained 5.3 per cent to close at 3,083.59 points, bouncing back from losses that wiped some 20 per cent off its value over the past week.

U.S. stocks rebounded in afternoon trading Wednesday after slumping for six straight days on concern that growth in China was slowing more quickly than previously thought.

Trading was more volatile on China’s smaller Shenzhen Composite, which opened higher, but then shed as much as 3% before mounting a recovery.

Robert Kleinhenz, chief economist with the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp., agreed.