UPDATE SATURDAY: J.C. Escarra already is back with the Yankees after being optioned to Triple-A after Friday’s game because Austin Wells was placed on the 10-day injured list with cervical headaches.

The New York Yankees have been on the hunt for a right-handed catcher since last winter. Having two lefty backstops on the roster just isn't practical. It's even less practical when you consider that ...

The woman whose interaction with Florida police went viral after she was written a ticket alleging she was driving while holding her phone in her nonexistent right hand has opened up about her ...

The innumerable differences between people are what make humanity one of nature's most compelling and spellbinding tapestries. But why do the vast majority of us share certain characteristics, such as ...

The vast majority of people alive today use their right hand for everything from writing and throwing to eating to brushing their teeth. But why? Humans are the only primate species with such ...

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Around 90% of people—across cultures and throughout recorded history—are right-handed. That fact may seem ordinary, yet it remains one of the deepest puzzles in human evolution: how does a single ...

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Nine out of ten people favor their right hand. They write with it, eat with it, throw with it, greet strangers with it, and build tools around the assumption that most other people will do the same, ...

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