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SF Giants place Joey Bart on injured list in another road block for young catcher

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:48:05 GMT

NEW YORK — Already facing a flurry of competition at the catching spot, the road for Joey Bart only became more difficult Sunday, as the Giants announced that the former first-round pick had been ruled out until at least midway through their upcoming homestand.Bart, 26, was placed on the 10-day injured list before San Francisco’s Sunday series finale against the Yankees. After being scratched Saturday when his back tightened up in batting practice, an MRI revealed a “very small” strain in his mid-back, manager Gabe Kapler said.“We don’t expect it to be a long-term thing,” Kapler said. “It feels more short-term.”Bart said he was feeling better Sunday morning, and Kapler said the club discussed a timeline of 7-10 days, so they are hopeful he will be able to return after his 10 days on the IL are up. With the move retroactive to Friday, Bart will be eligible to return for next Monday’s series opener against the Dodgers.In the meantime, th...

Fremont names its first female fire chief

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:48:05 GMT

(KRON) -- The Bay Area's fourth largest city recently named its first female fire chief. Zoraida Diaz will take on the job starting April 7. Prior to working for the City of Fremont, Diaz spent 18 years in the City of Oakland's fire service where she promoted through the ranks to assistant fire chief.Zoraida Diaz joined KRON4's Stephanie Lin to talk about her plans for the role moving forward.

Police: 3 killed, 3 injured in shooting at Oklahoma City bar

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:48:05 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Three people were killed and another three wounded in a shooting inside an Oklahoma City bar Saturday night, according to police. One person was in critical condition and two others suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the shooting around 9 p.m. at the Whiskey Barrel Saloon in the city’s southwest, Lt. Jeff Cooper, a spokesperson with the Oklahoma City Police Department, said Sunday. The three individuals who were killed were pronounced dead at the scene, he said. Authorities did not immediately identify those were were killed or wounded. Cooper said investigators did not yet have any information on a suspect or what prompted the shooting.“It’s too early,” he said. “As of now, we don’t have anything.” Source

Russian media say a famous military blogger has been killed in an apparent bombing attack at a cafe in St. Petersburg

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:48:05 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russian media say a famous military blogger has been killed in an apparent bombing attack at a cafe in St. Petersburg.Source

Benzema nets 7-minute hat trick, Madrid beats Valladolid 6-0

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:48:05 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Karim Benzema scored a hat trick in a seven-minute span as second-place Real Madrid crushed Valladolid 6-0 in the Spanish league on Sunday.Rodrygo, Marco Asensio and Lucas Vázquez also scored for second-place Madrid, which now trails leader Barcelona by 12 points after the Catalan club won at last-place Elche on Saturday.Madrid increased its gap to third-place Atletico Madrid to eight points. Atletico hosts fifth-place Real Betis later Sunday.Coach Carlo Ancelotti used Benzema and several other regular starters despite Madrid’s upcoming match against Barcelona in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey at the Camp Nou Stadium on Wednesday. Madrid lost the first leg 1-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.Benzema, who hadn’t scored in the league since February, netted his first goal with a close-range header after a cross by Vinícius Júnior in the 29th minute. The Frenchman added another goal with a shot from outside the area in the 32nd, and got his third with a volley w...

Twitter pulls check mark from main New York Times account

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:48:05 GMT

Twitter has removed the verification check mark on the main account of The New York Times, one of CEO Elon Musk’s most despised news organizations.The removal comes as many of Twitter’s high-profile users are bracing for the loss of the blue check marks that helped verify their identity and distinguish them from imposters on the social media platform.Musk, who owns Twitter, set a deadline of Saturday for verified users to buy a premium Twitter subscription or lose the checks on their profiles. The Times said in a story Thursday that it would not pay Twitter for verification of its institutional accounts. Early Sunday, Musk tweeted that the Times’ check mark would be removed. Later he posted disparaging remarks about the newspaper, which has aggressively reported on Twitter and on flaws with partially automated driving systems at Tesla, the electric car company, which he also runs. Other Times accounts such as its business news and opinion pages still had either blue or g...

As Final Four closes, basketball on unpredictable ground

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:48:05 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — The transfer portal. Name, image and likeness deals. Sixth-year seniors. Conference realignment. The ever-shifting prospects of the one-and-done rule.The once semi-predictable ground that underpinned college basketball has been changing at lightning speed over the past 24 months, leaving coaches and their bosses scrambling to adjust to whatever comes next.The NCAA Tournament closes out Monday when UConn plays San Diego State, and will go down as one of the most unpredictable ever. Unanswered is the question of whether the shifting landscape in college sports was the reason for all bracket madness or simply background noise for an event that is always hard to handicap.Either way, things are changing and coaches are trying to adjust on the fly.“These might be some of the greatest challenges we’re facing with the portal and NIL and just lack of direction and rules and regulations,” said Mark Few of Gonzaga, a perennial powerhouse that has reached the Sweet 16 in eight st...

EEUU es el país con más catástrofes climáticas y expertos aseguran que empeorará

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:48:05 GMT

Estados Unidos es el saco de boxeo de la Tierra para el mal tiempo.Se culpa a la geografía de que EEUU se vea afectado por condiciones climáticas extremas más intensas, costosas, variadas y frecuentes que en cualquier otro lugar del planeta, dijeron varios expertos. Dos océanos, el Golfo de México, las Montañas Rocosas, penínsulas que sobresalen como Florida, frentes de tormenta que chocan y la corriente en chorro se combinan para generar naturalmente el clima más desagradable.Eso es solo una parte. La naturaleza le dio una mala mano a EEUU, pero la gente lo ha empeorado mucho más por qué, dónde y cómo construimos, dijeron varios expertos a The Associated Press.Luego agregue el cambio climático y “abróchese el cinturón. Se esperan más eventos extremos”, dijo Rick Spinrad, jefe de la Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica. Miles bajo aviso de tormentas severas luego de un fin de semana de tornados destructivos Tornados azotan varios es...

Lazio tightens grip on 2nd in Serie A with 2-0 win at Monza

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:48:05 GMT

ROME (AP) — Lazio tightened its grip on second place in Serie A with a 2-0 win at Silvio Berlusconi’s Monza on Sunday.Having beaten runaway leader Napoli and Roma in the derby before the international break, Lazio extended its unbeaten streak in the Italian league to six matches.Lazio moved five points ahead of third-place Inter Milan, which was beaten 1-0 at home by Fiorentina on Saturday.Fourth-place AC Milan, which is seven points behind Lazio, was visiting Napoli later.A free kick from Sergej Milinkovic-Savic after the break followed an early goal from Pedro for Lazio.Lazio has kept six consecutive clean sheets for the second time this season.Also, Bologna continued to impress under Thiago Motta with a 3-0 win over Udinese to move up to eighth.Stefan Posch, Nikola Moro and Musa Barrow scored for Bologna.Motta replaced the fired Sinisa Mihajlović in September after Bologna was unable to produce a win in its opening five matches.Salernitana drew 1-1 at Spezia.___More AP soccer: ht...

Motorcyclist killed in Aurora crash

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:48:05 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — A motorcyclist was killed following a crash near the Horseshoe Park neighborhood in Aurora.The Aurora Police Department was investigating a deadly crash between a motorcycle and an SUV at the intersection of East Mexico Avenue and South Helena Street at 8:15 p.m. Friday night.According to investigators, a Kawasaki motorcycle was traveling eastbound on East Mexico Avenue and an Infiniti FX35 was turning left from westbound East Mexico Avenue to go southbound on South Helena Street. The two motorists collided in the intersection. Woman shot, killed near Aurora grocery store The sole rider of the motorcycle was killed. APD confirmed the rider was wearing a helmet. The 18-year-old SUV driver was uninjured.Investigators do not believe alcohol was involved and are working to determine if speed was a factor. According to APD, this is Aurora's 12th traffic-related death this year.