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Marcano’s first slam, Ortiz’s first win power Pirates past Rangers 6-4

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:14:39 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tucupita Marcano hit his first career grand slam, rookie Luis Ortiz pitched into the eighth inning and earned his first major league victory and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the AL West-leading Texas Rangers 6-4. Ortiz (1-2) allowed two runs and five hits in 7 2/3 innings for the win in his eighth career start, including four this season. The 24-year-old right-hander struck out four and walked two in a 93-pitch effort.Marcano’s slam to straightaway center field off Joe Barlow capped a five-run seventh inning and put the Pirates ahead 6-1.Earlier in the inning, Carlos Santana singled to drive in Bryan Reynolds with the go-ahead run with two outs on a play that was overturned after a video review. Reynolds was originally called out on right fielder Adolis Garcia’s throw to home plate, a play that would have ended the inning.Texas rookie Josh Jung hit a two-run homer — his 10th of the season — off closer David Bednar in the ninth inning, pulling the Rangers within 6-4....

Siri, Arozarena, Raley homer, Rays beat Blue Jays 6-4

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:14:39 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jose Siri, Randy Arozaena and Luke Raley homered, and the major league-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat the sliding Toronto Blue Jays 6-4 on Monday night.Tampa Bay (35-14) leads the major leagues with 94 home runs. The Rays opened a three-game lead over Baltimore in the AL East.After opener Trevor Kelley pitched two scoreless innings, Josh Fleming (1-0) allowed two runs and five hits over the next six as the Rays improved to 22-4 at home.The announced crowd at Tropicana Field was a season-low 8,857. Tampa Bay started the day averaging 18,045, 10th in the American League.Toronto’s Chris Bassitt (5-3) pitched 28 consecutive scoreless inning before the Rays scored three times in the second. He allowed six runs — two earned — and seven hits over 6 1/3 innings.Whit Merrifield and Daulton Varsho homered for the Blue Jays (25-23), who have lost seven of eight and dropped 9 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay.Varsho hit a solo homer in the ninth against Zack Littell, who...

Junta escolar del condado Prince George’s demanda empresas de redes sociales

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:14:39 GMT

La junta escolar del condado Prince George’s entabló una demanda en contra de algunas empresas que administran las populares redes sociales, ya que aseguran que las mismas han causado efectos negativos en la salud mental de sus estudiantes.Philip Federico, el abogado representante del distrito escolar, detalló que la demanda es contra Meta (matriz de Facebook, Instagram y Whatsapp), Google (matriz de YouTube), ByteDance (propietaria de TikTok) y Snap Inc (compañía dueña de Snapchat).Reiteró que la demanda se presentó “porque están dañando a nuestros niños y su salud mental”.“Queremos conseguir que remedien su forma de ejercer, que cambien su práctica empresarial, crear nuevos algoritmos que sean menos adictivos, y diseñar características que sean menos perjudiciales para los niños y su desarrollo mental”, dijo Federico.Según el abogado, en las escuelas del condado Prince George’s, los problemas de salud mental han aumentado en la última década dramáticamente como resultado de la epi...

Air traffic controller shortage could delay flights this summer

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:14:39 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The Federal Aviation Administration told FOX31 a ground stop at Denver's airport Sunday morning was caused by lack of air traffic controllers. The delay ended by 9 a.m. "I've had two flights canceled: one on Frontier, one on United,” passenger Rose Hooley said of the Sunday impacts. Soon, you can buy this dino-themed license plate for your car More delays may be possible, according to aviation expert Carmen Reale, an adjunct professor of air traffic control at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. “Because of the controller shortage and the weather, there’s going to be more delays coming up in the summertime," Reale said. The FAA said because of the pandemic, the agency shut down its training academy for four months in 2020 and paused training for eight months. Reale said delays or ground stops are designed to maintain safety standards as the agency works to train and hire more controllers. “They have to put a delay in so they don’t get overworked," Reale sa...

LeBron sets personal best with 31-point first half in Lakers' elimination game

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:14:39 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James set a personal record with 31 points in the first half of Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on Monday night while his Los Angeles Lakers attempted to avoid playoff elimination.In his NBA-record 282nd career playoff game, the 38-year-old James dropped 21 points in a dynamic first quarter. The top scorer in NBA history added 10 more in the second while playing nearly the entire half of this do-or-die game against the top-seeded Denver Nuggets, who lead the series 3-0. Are Nuggets tickets for the NBA Finals on sale yet? James made 11 of his 13 shots and hit four 3-pointers without a miss. It was the highest-scoring playoff half of his career, which began in 2003 and has included four NBA championships.James added four rebounds and four assists, and he also got a technical foul after a physical exchange with Aaron Gordon when the two got locked up on the Lakers' end of the court.James had struggled from distance previously in the series, going 3 f...

Hamburger Mary's files federal lawsuit against Florida and DeSantis

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:14:39 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A popular Orlando restaurant that regularly features drag shows filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday, less than a week after he signed a bill that targets drag performances.The lawsuit filed in Orlando federal court by the owner of Hamburger Mary’s Orlando claims the state is depriving the business of its First Amendment rights to free expression. The restaurant is asking the court to temporarily stop the law from taking effect while the case moves forward. Colorado offers safe haven for abortion, transgender care DeSantis has made anti-LGBTQ+ legislation a large part of his agenda as he prepares to seek the Republican presidential nomination. He signed the bill restricting drag performances — along with bills that ban gender-affirming care for minors, restrict discussion of personal pronouns in schools and force people to use certain bathrooms — last Wednesday in front of a cheering crowd at the evangelical Camb...

Bobrovsky gets shutout, Panthers top Hurricanes 1-0 for 3-0 lead in East final

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:14:39 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 32 shots for his first career playoff shutout, Sam Reinhart scored a power-play goal midway through the second period and the Florida Panthers moved one win away from a most improbable trip to the Stanley Cup Final by blanking the Carolina Hurricanes 1-0 on Monday night.Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Bennett had the assists on the Reinhart goal for Florida, which now leads the Eastern Conference final 3-0. The Panthers haven’t played for the Stanley Cup since 1996, but can clinch a trip to the title round with a win in Game 4 on Wednesday.This marks the 205th time that a team has taken a 3-0 series lead in NHL playoff history. Of the first 204, 200 went on to win the series. The Panthers are 2-0 when taking the first three games of a series; the Hurricanes are 0-5 when dropping the first three.It wasn’t a perfect night for Florida, however: Captain Aleksander Barkov left with about 7 minutes left in the first period with a lower-body injury and...

Fishing charter boat rescues 3 men on top of capsized boat in Fort Lauderdale

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:14:39 GMT

A day out fishing for a group of men turned frightening when their boat capsized. They say they feared for their lives, but nearby boaters came to their rescue.Three men on the boat said that it took about three minutes once the water started coming aboard, which almost caused the boat to be completely submerged. They do not know would have happened if the one fishing boat nearby didn’t come to save them. “I saw my life going, but I was tired, I couldn’t do anything else,” Justin Peck said. Cameras captured Peck on the capsized boat exhausted. He and his friends spend the day fishing Monday afternoon when their boat began to take on water about a mile off Fort Lauderdale. “I was trying to bail the water out of the boat with a bucket, and then the bucket came out of the boat, and I jumped out of the boat to get the bucket because we were going to sink without the bucket,” Peck said.The boat ended up flipping and the trio was unable to grab their r...

Not paid and can’t afford an attorney

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:14:39 GMT

He was hired to put together a New Years Eve party for a luxury condo. He put on the party, but they wont pay him, and he can’t afford to hire an attorney to sue them, so he asked Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser to step in.Parties are in Jonathan’s blood. Not going to them, making them happen.Jonathan McCane: “I’ve been doing this for, like, practically my whole life. I mean, I was 12 years old when my aunt would call me, ‘Hey, it’s time. Come pick up some chairs,’ you know?” Jonathan’s family owns La Jolla Ballroom, a well known location for events in Coral Gables..Jonathan McCane: “It’s the nicest, most beautiful venue in this area. And we do weddings, corporate events, and we have our ballroom upstairs.”After growing up in the business, Jonathan decided to also try to open his own business.Jonathan McCane: “I started a new company, Gables Event Design in September.”Last fall, Jonathon thought h...

Deterring Russia? Follow the example of Ireland’s fishing industry

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:14:39 GMT

Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow American Enterprise Institute and advisor at Gallos Technologies.Russia is a country unlikely to pass up an opportunity for menace.Earlier this month, four Russian vessels led by a warship turned up in Ireland’s exclusive economic zone — and stayed there. The ships didn’t just loiter in a random spot, but they remained suspiciously near the undersea cables connecting Ireland with the world. And the Irish Naval Service could do nothing to coax them to leave.Meanwhile, last month, a group of Russian commercial vessels similarly parked themselves off the Irish coast, close to where a new undersea cable connecting Galway to Iceland was recently inaugurated.This is all a crucial reminder to other Western countries that protecting critical national infrastructure doesn’t just begin when a threat materializes — it begins by signaling that such menacing moves won’t be tolerated. And those signals need to involve both the government, the private sector and t...