As far as Brett Bateman’s concerned, there’s no tangible difference between playing in triple-A and Major League Baseball.

Bateman continued his impressive start to his big league career on Tuesday, driving in two runs on two hits to help the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 5-3 . It improved his batting average to .273 in just his fifth major-league appearance with a .697 on-base plus slugging percentage.

“I mean, it’s baseball

Ernie Clement hit into a fielder’s choice in the sixth inning, giving George Springer enough time to score as the Toronto Blue Jays eked out a 5-3 win over the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday.

Brett Bateman’s RBI double in the third tied the game 1-1 and he tied it again 3-3 in the fifth with a run-scoring single for Toronto (58-63). Charles McAdoo drove in the Blue Jays’ other run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth

Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez are husband and wife.

They married Tuesday in a civil ceremony described by the public relations team that represents the Portuguese soccer star as “a private and intimate moment attended by their five children.”

The ceremony took place in Cascais, a coastal town in western Portugal near the capital Lisbon, the Brunswick Group said in the announcement.

The couple posted a picture on their Instagram accounts showing their rings.

They have been together for the past decade after meeting in Madrid.

The 41-year

Sorry, North America. After winning the cosmic lottery with a pair of coast-to-coast total solar eclipses, now it’s Europe’s turn.

But look skyward anyway Wednesday and, if you’re far enough north in the U.S. and Canada, you might savor a partial eclipse as the moon nibbles away at the sun.

Totality will begin near the North Pole, then streak southward across Greenland, Iceland, Spain and a patch of Portugal. Daytime darkness won’t last more

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.

ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” for officers and agents by March, according to a notice published Monday by the Department of Homeland Security.

The devices are known as the G.L.O.V.E., which stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, and are manufactured by Compliant Technologies

Federal Minister of Health Marjorie Michel has announced $24 million to create the Canadian Cannabis and Brain Health Consortium.

Funded through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the group of 10 research teams from across Canada will work together to study how cannabis affects the brain in people of various ages.

The consortium, announced Wednesday, aims to establish scientific evidence about both potential benefits and harms of cannabis, including its effects on epilepsy, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep, mental health and brain development in youth

Toronto Fire is investigating another incident involving lithium‑ion batteries following a two-alarm apartment fire downtown that injured three people.

Firefighters were called to a fourth-floor unit of Toronto Community Housing building on George Street near Dundas Street East just before 6 a.m. on Wednesday.

Officials say a lithium-ion battery was involved in the fire, but it’s unclear what the battery was being used for.

Toronto Fire Division Commander Paul O’Brien told CityNews three people were injured in the fire. Paramedics