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Diamondbacks aim to stop road losing streak, face the Braves

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:43 GMT

Arizona Diamondbacks (52-42, third in the NL West) vs. Atlanta Braves (61-31, first in the NL East)Atlanta; Tuesday, 7:20 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Zach Davies (1-5, 6.37 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, 45 strikeouts); Braves: Bryce Elder (7-2, 2.97 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 80 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Braves -207, Diamondbacks +173; over/under is 10 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Arizona Diamondbacks travel to the Atlanta Braves looking to break a four-game road slide.Atlanta is 31-17 in home games and 61-31 overall. The Braves have the highest team slugging percentage in the NL at .491.Arizona has a 52-42 record overall and a 26-18 record in road games. The Diamondbacks have a 40-22 record in games when they record eight or more hits.The teams meet Tuesday for the fourth time this season.TOP PERFORMERS: Ronald Acuna Jr. has 25 doubles, a triple and 23 home runs for the Braves. Sean Murphy is 11-for-34 with three doubles, five home runs and 12 RBI over the last 10 games.Corbin Carroll l...

Marlins try to end road slide, take on the Cardinals

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:43 GMT

Miami Marlins (53-43, second in the NL East) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (41-53, fifth in the NL Central)St. Louis; Tuesday, 7:45 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: TBD; Cardinals: Jordan Montgomery (6-7, 3.23 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 96 strikeouts)BOTTOM LINE: The Miami Marlins will try to stop a seven-game road losing streak when they take on the St. Louis Cardinals.St. Louis has a 20-26 record at home and a 41-53 record overall. The Cardinals have a 28-10 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents.Miami has a 23-25 record on the road and a 53-43 record overall. Marlins hitters have a collective .401 slugging percentage to rank 10th in the NL.Tuesday’s game is the sixth time these teams match up this season. The Marlins are ahead 3-2 in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS: Paul Goldschmidt has a .287 batting average to lead the Cardinals, and has 21 doubles and 16 home runs. Brendan Donovan is 15-for-41 with two home runs and nine RBI over the past 10 games.Luis Arraez ...

Driver of Dodge in bad condition after collision with train signal in NW Miami-Dade

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:43 GMT

The violent rail road crossing wreck impacted the car and sent the train signal on 125th Street and 32nd Avenue, crashing to the ground in Northwest Miami-dade.No train was involved when the blue Dodge Charger was careened into concrete and steel, Monday evening.Osbel Esquijarosa, a witness and co-worker told 7News, the driver of the vehicle is in bad condition after being airlifted to the Jackson Memorial Hospital. “I didn’t have the time to think, I thought he was killed, he is not doing too good,” said EsquijarosaThe railroad support beam was ripped down and slid to the street. The car was left tilted upward, with two wheels off the ground, its airbags deployed and caused a lot of damage.Esquijarosa had blood on his shirt and hands and said he tried to pull him out of the vehicle after the accident. “With rocks trying to break the window,” said Esquijarosa. “He was coming at least 50-60 mph.”Esquijarosa said he was in the red Honda Civic,...

Russia amasses 100,000 troops as it seeks breakthrough in Kharkiv region, Kyiv warns

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:43 GMT

KYIV — Russia has gathered 100,000 troops and is attempting to break through Kyiv’s defenses in the Kharkiv region, according to the Ukrainian army.With Ukraine focusing its counteroffensive efforts on the southern front, Moscow’s forces have been probing Kyiv’s defenses in the east, in the direction of Kupiansk, Ukraine’s Army Command East spokesman Serhiy Cherevatyi said during a national telethon Monday.According to Cherevatyi, Russia has gathered some 100,000 troops, 900 tanks and 555 artillery systems in the area.“They are concentrating everything in order to break through our defense. Our soldiers are firmly on the defensive. They do not allow the enemy to seize the initiative,” Cherevatyi said.Kupiansk, a city in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, was a crucial logistics hub and supply route for Russia’s invading forces in the east, until Kyiv recaptured it during its counteroffensive last fall.Ukrainian Army Land Forces Commander General Oleks...

Police searching for armed home invasion suspects in Brookline

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:43 GMT

An active investigation is underway in Brookline after police say masked suspects broke into a home while armed early Tuesday morning and assaulted the person who lived there.Officers responding to a reported armed home invasion in the area of 45 Warren St. around 2 a.m. learned multiple masked people forced their way into a house and assaulted the person inside, according to the Brookline Police Department.There is evidence that indicates a firearm was discharged during the incident. There is an active search for the suspects.No additional information was immediately available.https://twitter.com/BrooklineMAPD/status/1681219422109802501This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Editorial: Tackle Mass & Cass today

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:43 GMT

When kids can’t play football it’s time to say enough! We’ve reached the point when this state needs to come together to fix all that’s wrong with Mass and Cass.As the Herald reported, needles, human feces and other trash that litter the 8-acre Clifford Park are the driving factor behind the increasing lack of interest from players and parents to participate in a city Pop Warner program. The park is just blocks away from Mass & Cass.Philanthropist hero Ernie Boch Jr., as we first reported, is kicking in $15,000 to rescue the upcoming season for the kids. “The situation – it’s just so difficult,” Boch said, in part. He’s one of Greater Boston’s unsung heroes who make living here a privilege.There is no easy solution to the opioid epidemic. It’s not going to help to point fingers, but when kids suffer it’s time to step up the brainstorming. Mayor Michelle Wu has an opportunity here to jump in and be a leader, but she can&...

Archaeologists in Louisiana save artifacts 12,000 years old from natural disasters and looters

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:43 GMT

VERNON PARISH, La. (AP) — Long buried under the woods of west central Louisiana, stone tools, spearpoints and other evidence of people living in the area as long as 12,000 years ago have become more exposed and vulnerable, due to hurricanes, flooding and looters. This summer, archaeologists have been gingerly digging up the ground at the Vernon Parish site in the Kisatchie National Forest. They have been sifting through dirt to unearth and preserve the evidence of prehistoric occupation of the area.“The site appears to have been continuously occupied throughout prehistory, as evidenced by a wide range of stone tools and pottery dating to each Native American cultural era up to European contact,” the U.S. Forest Service said in an news release. The site was found by surveyors in 2003, according to the Forest Service. After hurricanes Laura and Delta uprooted trees, disturbing and exposing some of the artifacts, Kisatchie National Forest officials used hurricane relief money to begin ...

Belarus arrests a prominent journalist in continued crackdown on dissent

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:43 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus have arrested a prominent journalist working with the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the latest step in a yearslong crackdown on opposition figures, independent journalists and human rights activists.The Belarusian Association of Journalists said Ihar Karnei, 55, was arrested in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on Monday. His apartment was raided, with police seizing phones and computers, Karnei’s daughter, Polina, told The Associated Press. The authorities have offered no explanation for the arrest and the searches. However, RFE/RL has been labeled extremist in Belarus, and working with it or spreading its content is punishable by up to seven years in prison. Karnei has worked with RFE/RL’s Belarusian and Russian services since 2000, but hasn’t been using his byline in recent years. Belarus’ oldest and most prominent human rights group, Viasna, reported that Karnei has been placed in the Akrestina pretrial detention center,...

Thousands died in the Philippines’ ‘war on drugs.’ An international probe will now go ahead

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:43 GMT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Tuesday that an investigation into the Philippines’ so-called “war on drugs” can resume, rejecting Manila’s objections to the case going ahead at the global court.The court’s investigation was suspended in late 2021 after the Philippines said it was already probing the same allegations and argued that the ICC — a court of last resort — therefore didn’t have jurisdiction.The Philippines launched its appeal after judges in January agreed with the court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, that deferring the investigation to Manila was “not warranted.” At the time, judges ruled that the domestic proceedings did not amount to “tangible, concrete and progressive investigative steps in a way that would sufficiently mirror the court’s investigation.”At a hearing Tuesday, Presiding Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut said that the five-judge appeals panel, in a majority decision, agreed and rejected the Phi...

The Biden administration announces a cybersecurity labeling program for smart devices

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:55:43 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and major consumer technology players on Tuesday launched an effort to put a nationwide cybersecurity certification and labeling program in place to help consumers choose smart devices that are less vulnerable to hacking.Officials likened the new U.S. Cyber Trust Mark initiative — to be overseen by the Federal Communications Commission, with industry participation voluntary — to the Energy Star program, which rates appliances’ energy efficiency.“It will allow Americans to confidently identify which internet- and Bluetooth-connected devices are cybersecure,” deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger told reporters in a pre-announcement briefing. She listed Amazon, Best Buy, Google, Samsung and Logitech as among industry participants.Devices including baby monitors, home security cameras, fitness trackers, TVs, refrigerators and smart climate control systems that meet the U.S. government’s cybersecurity requirements will bear the “Cyber...