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Padres face the Diamondbacks leading series 2-1

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:27:54 GMT

San Diego Padres (11-12, third in the NL West) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (12-10, first in the NL West)Phoenix; Sunday, 4:10 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Yu Darvish (0-2, 3.44 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 20 strikeouts); Diamondbacks: Drey Jameson (2-0, 2.25 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 15 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Padres -146, Diamondbacks +124; over/under is 9 runsBOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres take a 2-1 advantage into the next game of the series against the Arizona Diamondbacks.Arizona is 12-10 overall and 6-4 in home games. The Diamondbacks have the fourth-best team batting average in MLB play at .265.San Diego is 6-4 on the road and 11-12 overall. The Padres are 7-2 in games when they scored at least five runs.Sunday’s game is the sixth meeting between these teams this season. The Padres have a 3-2 advantage in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS: Corbin Carroll leads the Diamondbacks with four home runs while slugging .506. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. is 13-for-44 with four doubles, a...

Reds enter matchup against the Pirates on losing streak

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:27:54 GMT

Cincinnati Reds (7-14, fifth in the NL Central) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (15-7, second in the NL Central)Pittsburgh; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Hunter Greene (0-0, 4.24 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 24 strikeouts); Pirates: Vince Velasquez (2-2, 5.12 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 17 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Pirates -110, Reds -108; over/under is 8 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Cincinnati Reds aim to break a five-game losing streak with a victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates.Pittsburgh has a 15-7 record overall and a 6-3 record at home. The Pirates have the seventh-ranked team on-base percentage in the NL at .330.Cincinnati is 1-8 in road games and 7-14 overall. The Reds have a 4-8 record in games when they record at least eight hits.The teams square off Sunday for the seventh time this season. The Pirates lead the season series 4-2.TOP PERFORMERS: Bryan Reynolds leads the Pirates with a .294 batting average, and has five doubles, a triple, five home runs, five walks and 18 RBI. Co...

Garcia ready to get back to work after suffering first loss

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:27:54 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ryan Garcia has already put the first loss of his career in the rearview mirror.After being stopped in the seventh round by a vicious liver shot from Gervonta Davis (29-0, 27 KOs) in a lightweight bout Saturday night that was billed as the year’s best fight to date, Garcia (23-1, 19 KOs) said he was disappointed and sad. But he planned on getting right back in the gym and returning whenever he can.“I’m already looking past it,” Garcia told The Associated Press. “You know, it’s all good. Lost today, but ready to get back into it whenever I can, which is in like three months. So from that, get right back into it.”Easier said than done, since Garcia will have to temporarily wear the tag of someone who appeared to get right out of the fight by taking a knee after Davis’ wicked left-handed dart to his body.It was a shot that solidified Davis as one of the sport’s pound-for-pound best fighters, and sent Garcia back down boxing’s ladder.Though one of the hardest things for...

Daily horoscope for April 23, 2023

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:27:54 GMT

Moon Alert: There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Gemini.Happy Birthday for Sunday, April 23, 2023:You like to be accommodating and cooperative with others. You are modern and forward-looking. You are also a traditionalist. This is a year of learning and teaching for you. Take time to renew your spiritual or religious beliefs. Explore new ideas and philosophies to give your life richer meaning.ARIES(March 21-April 19) ★★★★Relations with others are friendly and warm today. Meanwhile, you might have clever, moneymaking ideas, and you intend to do something. Tonight: Action! This Week: Financial surprises might be good or bad.TAURUS(April 20-May 20) ★★★★You have a lot of energy today to focus in the direction that you want. You might wrap up old business or be involved with people from your past. Go get ’em tiger! Tonight: Smart ideas. This Week: You’re empowered.GEMINI(May 21-June 20) ★★★★★Research today in any subject will pay ...

Dear Abby: I can’t prove anything, but his wives’ deaths are suspicious

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:27:54 GMT

DEAR ABBY: My best friend, “Laura,” had an affair with a married man for 20 years. Now she’s married to him.He had been married twice before, and both wives died. He’s only 50, so I find it odd that both of his previous wives died.His second wife passed while Laura was his mistress. She is able to be married to him only because of the second wife’s death — he was never going to leave her.I don’t trust this man, but I feel I must because Laura is married to him and so happy. I’m suspicious that he may have had something to do with his wives’ deaths, but I don’t know how to prove it. Am I overly suspicious for thinking this?I’m happy for my friend because she is very happy now. They are both retired and enjoying their lives. I’m just hoping he’s honest and truly loves her.I’m not sure how to feel about this cheater, but it does take two — and Laura stayed with him for 20 years as his mistress. Pl...

China diplomat under fire in EU for questioning sovereignty of ex-Soviet countries

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:27:54 GMT

France and the Baltic states of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia are asking Beijing for answers after China’s top envoy to France questioned the independence of former Soviet countries like Ukraine. Lu Shaye, China’s ambassador to France, said in an interview on Friday with French television network LCI that former Soviet countries have no “effective status” in international law.Asked whether Crimea belongs to Ukraine, Shaye said that “it depends how you perceive the problem,” arguing that it was historically part of Russia and offered to Ukraine by former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.“In international law, even these ex-Soviet Union countries do not have the status, the effective [status] in international law, because there is no international agreement to materialize their status as a sovereign country,” he said. The comments sparked outrage among Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia — three former Soviet countries. Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs said i...

Suspect arrested in German gym attack that left 4 wounded

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:27:54 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — A suspect has been arrested over last week’s stabbing attack at a gym in the western German city of Duisburg in which four people were seriously wounded, authorities said Sunday.Prosecutor Jill Mc Culler said the man, a 26-year-old Syrian citizen, was arrested shortly after midnight, German news agency dpa reported. He was to be brought before a judge on Monday to determine whether he can be kept in custody pending possible charges.Further details weren’t immediately available.Police on Friday had released pictures of a man sought in the attack after obtaining footage from a surveillance camera located near the John Reed Fitness studio where the attack took place late Tuesday. Authorities offered a reward of 2,000 euros ($2,200) for information leading to his arrest. Officials have said the attacker appeared to have targeted the most seriously injured victim, a 21-year-old man. The other victims, also men, were two 24-year-olds and a 32-year-old.The Associa...

Governments race to rescue diplomats, citizens from Sudan

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:27:54 GMT

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The U.S. military airlifted embassy officials out of Sudan on Sunday and international governments raced to evacuate their diplomatic staff and citizens trapped in the capital as rival generals battled for control of Africa’s third-largest country for a ninth straight day.Fighting raged in Omdurman, the city across the Nile from Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, residents reported. The violence came despite a declared truce that was to coincide with the three-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.“We did not see such a truce,” said Amin al-Tayed from his home near state television headquarters in Omdurman. He said heavy gunfire and thundering explosions rocked the city. “The battles did not stop,” he said.Thick black smoke filled the sky over Khartoum’s airport. The paramilitary group battling the Sudanese armed forces claimed the military unleashed airstrikes on the upscale neighborhood of Kafouri, north of Khartoum. There was no immediate comment from the army. A...

Train hits car at crossing in Germany, 3 killed

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:27:54 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — A train hit a car at a crossing in northern Germany early Sunday, killing all three people in the car, police said.Police said that the regional train hit the car at full speed near Neustadt am Ruebenberge, outside the city of Hannover, German news agency dpa reported. The car’s 22-year-old driver was killed along with two women who were with him in the vehicle, aged 21 and 22. There were 38 passengers and four railway employees on board the train, and one person was slightly injured. The car apparently drove onto a crossing although the barriers, which didn’t cover the whole width of the road, were closed.The Associated Press

By HUD counts, St. Paul’s apartment construction permits fell 48% after rent control. Was it temporary?

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:27:54 GMT

National apartment construction hit record highs last year not seen since the early 1970s, but the same did not hold true in Minnesota’s capital city.When it comes to construction of duplexes, triplexes and other forms of multi-family housing, St. Paul’s building permits plummeted by 48% last year compared with the year before, according to HUD, the federal department of Housing and Urban Development. The numbers of permitted units ended the year roughly on par with the city’s 10-year average, which was weighed down coming out of the Great Recession a decade ago. That’s fair, bad or really bad, depending upon how you slice it.Minneapolis, on the other hand, registered an average to above-average construction year, with a 16% increase in permitted multi-family housing units from the year before. That’s fair, good or really good by the same standards.“The slowdown is real,” said St. Paul City Council member Chris Tolbert, who chairs the city&#...