MLB to enforce rules around first and third base coach boxes to combat pitch tipping

MLB heard allegations throughout 2025 — including during the World Series — that coaches were trying to sneak a peek at pitchers’ grips.
Major League Baseball

Base coaches box, guidance for obstruction call among new rules for '26 season

Challenge System is the biggest rule change for the 2026 MLB season, two other minor but notable changes in umpire guidance were approved by owners Thursday. The coaches’ boxes outside the first- and ...

Here are the best new trees, shrubs, and roses of 2026

A boxwood alternative that blooms, a willow with silvery foliage, and another slew of new-twist hydrangeas are among the most interesting trees and shrubs debuting in the 2026 growing season. Growers, ...
House Digest on MSN

Prune boxwood shrubs in February for healthier foliage that you can shape

Boxwood shrubs can make for an easy plant to shape to your heart's content. But you should be careful about trying to prune it outside of February.
WVXU

As box tree moths spread, Ohio tree nurseries pour funds into stopping invasive insect

The destructive insect has been destroying boxwoods in many parts of Ohio. One landscape nursery said it has been pouring ...
Apartment Therapy

Walmart Shoppers Say This Topiary Adds “Instant Style” in Any Space: “They’re Huge”

Porches and patios are begging to be spruced up in time for the great defrost in March, so it makes sense that Walmart is ...
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Gardeners urged to avoid 2 popular bird foods this nesting season – they could quietly put chicks at risk

As nesting season arrives across the UK, experts warn that two favourite garden bird foods can turn dangerous for hungry chicks. Which simple feeder swaps will actually help, not harm? Across the UK, ...

North Port boys soccer stuns Plant to advance, Venice, Booker fall

The Panthers were far from done. But it was Smyk to the rescue as he made multiple saves on two Panther rushes. Knight was ...
GMA Network

New species of pitcher plant, rare orchid, more box jellyfish species found in PH

New discoveries have highlighted the Philippines' rich biodiversity, including a newly identified pitcher plant species in Palawan, the rediscovery of a rare orchid, and new records of box jellyfish ...
MLive

‘Little plant with a big heart’: Saginaw GM workers raise money to give out 120 holiday food boxes

SAGINAW, MI -- More than 100 households will have food for the holidays thanks to UAW Local 668. The union, comprised of workers from the GM Saginaw Metal Casting Operations plant, held its annual ...
Nanowerk

Ball milling with plant compounds turns liquid metal into record-setting water purifier and power generator

Ball milling liquid metal with natural plant compounds produces a black powder that purifies seawater and generates electricity using only sunlight. (Nanowerk Spotlight) A silver droplet of ...
Naharnet

Israeli troops cross Blue Line, plant booby-trapped boxes

An Israeli force made a 600-meter incursion Tuesday into the southern border town of Dhayra, planting booby-trapped empty ammunition boxes in the al-Sari neighborhood, the state-run National News ...