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Another victory for Twins, and a milestone for Carlos Correa

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:32 GMT

Choosing the Twins’ player of the game after Tuesday afternoon’s 9-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals would have been a daunting task. So many of them played large roles in the team’s fourth victory in five games.Right fielder Max Kepler, for instance, drove in four runs and broke the game open with a two-out, three-run homer off Zack Greinke in the third inning. Starter Kenta Maeda gave up one earned run and struck out nine in a season-high seven innings.Byron Buxton and Donovan Solano each went 3 for 4 with a solo homer and three runs scored. Alex Kirilloff hit a two-run single to cap the Twins’ scoring in the seventh.And then there was Carlos Correa, who finished with just a single in five at-bats. That single to right, however, was the 1,000th base hit of his career and earned him a ceremonial trophy in a postgame ceremony.“We gave him a ball that I know he’ll keep,” manager Rocco Baldelli said.Since a closed-door, players-only meeting after the team was swept in a three-game...

New citizens sworn in at Revolutionary War battle site on July 4

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:32 GMT

STILLWATER, N.Y. — (NEWS10) 20 immigrants became American citizens at the USCIS’ annual Independence Day naturalization ceremony. From Bangladesh to Brazil to Jamaica and Guyana, immigrants from all over the globe were sworn in at Saratoga National Historic Park. MORE NEWS from NEWS10Today is America’s birthday and this is one of its many celebrations. The class of twenty might have hailed from continents apart but were united in a common goal, making America their home. “I made it! I made the American dream!” said Georgianna Goulbourne, who emigrated from Jamaica.The beautiful for spacious skies were full of rain, but it held up in time for the ceremony. Even if it didn't, the new Americans like Georgianna overcame much more to stand here today. “It’s been a long journey and I’m happy that I was able to be granted my citizenship on this day” she said. While many of us are thinking about fireworks and cookouts on The Fourth, Goulbourne had this special day at the forefront of her mi...

Woman and children killed, 1 child survives St. Ann shooting

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:32 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A woman and two of her children were shot dead Monday evening in St. Ann, and a fourth shooting victim hospitalized.According to a spokesperson for the St. Ann Police Department, the shooting happened around 9 p.m. inside a home on Jane Avenue, not too far from the police station.Police arrived to find the suspected shooter barricaded inside the residence. Once police entered the home, they discovered a dead teenage boy and a man with a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound. The man was taken to a local hospital but was pronounced dead. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Breaking News SIGN UP NOW A young girl had suffered a gunshot wound to her hand. She was brought to a hospital.An adult woman was found dead in the garage. A 5-year-old girl...

Rockies lose ninth consecutive road game after falling 4-1 at Houston

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:32 GMT

Move over June swoon. It’s time for a July to make Colorado fans cry.That’s assuming, of course, they have any tears left to give.After Houston handed Colorado a third straight loss to begin the month Tuesday afternoon inside Minute Maid Park — a 4-1 defeat — the Rockies are back on track to submit the first 100-loss season in franchise history.At 33-54, they now have a .379 win percentage after delivering a dud on the Fourth of July holiday — a pace that would result in a 61-101 finish.Left-hander Kyle Freeland, the staff ace by virtue of the raft of injuries that’s hit Colorado’s rotation, battled in his 17th start of the season.The control issues that derailed Freeland’s last outing, when he gave up five walks and six runs in a 9-8 Colorado win over the Dodgers, weren’t as pronounced Tuesday. But his velocity was still lacking as the lefty threw 56 of 91 pitches for strikes and finished with four runs, nine hits, two walks and three strik...

PHOTOS: Park Hill Parade, 13th annual 4th of July celebration

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:32 GMT

People marched in the 13th annual Park Hill Parade celebrating Independence Day along 23rd Avenue from Dexter Street to Krameria Street in Denver, on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. 

“Liberty, equality, fraternity” for all? New riots make France confront an old problem

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:32 GMT

PARIS — “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”: The lofty ideals to which France has long aspired are embossed on coins and carved above school doors across the land. Yet they are the polar opposite of what some French people who are Black or brown saw in a shocking video of a police officer shooting and killing a 17-year-old delivery driver of north African descent during a traffic stop.That kid, some said to themselves, could have been me — or my children, or my friends. Within hours, the first fires of anger and revenge were lighting up the night skies of Nanterre, the Paris suburb where the teenager, Nahel, was declared dead at 9:15 a.m. last Tuesday. His left arm and chest had been pierced from left to right by a single shot fired before the yellow Mercedes he was driving then slammed into barriers on Nelson Mandela Square.From the town on the fringe of the French capital’s high-rise business district, with its disadvantaged housing projects, glaring wealth gaps, and melti...

Trinity Rodman, daughter of Dennis Rodman, could be poised for a breakout in her World Cup debut for the U.S.

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:32 GMT

Trinity Rodman collected the ball just outside the penalty area and needed just one more touch to send it into the lower left corner of the net.About a month shy of her 20th birthday, she’d scored her first goal for the U.S. women’s national team.That was April 2022 in a blowout win over Uzbekistan. Now, a far greater stage awaits at the Women’s World Cup beginning later this month. On a U.S. team that will soon have to embrace a new generation of standouts, Rodman belongs on any list of possible breakout stars in Australia and New Zealand. But with those expectations comes a new kind of pressure. She’s dealt with that in various forms throughout her short career, and now she’s ready for this next challenge.“I’m so honored, proud, and just excited for this opportunity,” she said. “At this age, there’s so much time to accomplish things, but to experience it this early has been so amazing, and I’m just so excited.”The daughter of basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman, Trinity has bec...

1 dead, 3 hurt after plane goes down in Riverside County

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:32 GMT

One person is dead and three others have been hospitalized after a plane went down in southwest Riverside County Tuesday afternoon.The single-engine Cessna 172 crashed just after 2 p.m. after taking off from the county-owned French Valley Airport near Murrieta.Shortly after the crash, Cal Fire confirmed that the plane went down, leaving an undetermined amount of passengers trapped inside.Around 3 p.m., the agency announced that four people were in the plane when it went down. Three were taken to a local hospital by ambulance, but the fourth was pronounced dead at the scene.One person died and several others were hurt after a plane went down near the French Valley Airport near Murrieta on July 4, 2023. (KTLA)The identity of the person who was killed has not yet been released.The crash is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration.A preliminary investigation report is expected to be released Wednesday, the FAA said in a state...

Joey Chestnut shakes off rain delay and defends title at Nathan's Fourth of July hot dog contest

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:32 GMT

Eating superstar Joey “Jaws” Chestnut shook off a rain delay and gobbled his way to another win at Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, downing 62 franks and buns in 10 minutes.Chestnut out ate runner-up Geoffrey Esper and the rest of an international field of 15 competitive eaters by double digits to clinch his 16th title. Esper, of Oxford, Massachusetts managed to ingest 49 hot dogs and buns.In the women's contest, defending champion Miki Sudo forced down 39 1/2 hot dogs and buns to collect her ninth Mustard Belt. But before the men could compete, stormy weather moved over New York City's Coney Island and delayed the competition for two hours.“What a roller coaster, emotionally,” Chestnut said after riding out the rain and wondering whether the famed contest would go on at all. The 39-year-old from Westfield, Indiana first competed for the Nathan's title in 2005 and hasn't lost it since 2015. His best finish was in 2021 when he tallied 76 hot dogs, but Tuesday's ...

How Warriors’ rookie Brandin Podziemski fared in Summer League opener

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:52:32 GMT

Brandin Podziemski’s first action in Warriors threads was a mixed bag.The Golden State Warriors’ 19th overall pick showed flashes of promise as a decision-maker and scrappy guard in the Summer League opener against the Sacramento Kings, a 100-94 loss on Monday night in the first of two California Classic games at Golden 1 Center.Podziemski, 20, passed on some open shots initially, scoring four points through the first three quarters. But he settled into a 12 point with some late scoring, including a three-pointer in the fourth quarter.“The next step with him is we got to find ways as a staff to put him in position so he can be more of a scorer, looking to score,” Summer League head coach Jacob Rubin said. “He’s been good for us getting in the paint and facilitating, we just got to find a way for the ball to find him a little bit more.”What stood out was Podziemski’s playmaking out of the pick-and-roll. He had six assists and was aggressive on the boards with six re...