The Twins and Yankees split the first two games of their series. Tap here for pitch-by-pitch updates, a real-time box score and game updates from around the majors.
Holdovers have fueled some of the strong play. But newcomers have also played an outsized role, making this a good time to evaluate just what has happened in the first two months of the season.
The agreement was at the midpoint of the $9.5 million Gary Sánchez had asked for and the $8.5 million offered by the Twins when proposed salaries were exchanged in March.
Portugal's parliament voted for the third time in just over a year Thursday in favor of allowing euthanasia, though like the previous two attempts, the country's Constitutional Court or president could lawmakers' support from becoming law.
An expert group drafted by the World Health Organization to help investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic says further research is needed to determine how COVID-19 first began, including a more detailed analysis of the possibility it was a laboratory accident.
With never-seen video, new audio and a mass of evidence, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will attempt to show the "harrowing story" of the deadly violence that erupted that day and also a chilling backstory as the defeated president, Donald Trump, tried to overturn Joe Biden's election victory.