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Playoff-chasing Marlins routed by Mets 11-2 in first game of doubleheader

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:49:40 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — No matter the field conditions, the New York Mets have dampened Miami’s playoff chances all season.Pete Alonso was 4 for 4 with a homer, Francisco Lindor also went deep and drove in four runs, and the Mets pounded the Marlins 11-2 in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday.Braxton Garrett (9-7) was tagged early in a costly defeat for the Marlins, who began the day a half-game behind the Cubs for the final National League wild card. Chicago played later at NL East champion Atlanta.The game was a makeup after the series opener was postponed Tuesday night because of unplayable field conditions. The infield at Citi Field wasn’t covered with a tarp for at least some portion of last weekend, when rain from Tropical Storm Ophelia began pelting New York City for four straight days. The tarp was on the field Tuesday, but when showers finally subsided in the late afternoon and the tarp was removed, the messy field was too soggy to play. That forced a doubleheader Wedn...

Cabrera hits 511th homer as Tigers lead Royals 4-0 in a game suspended until Thursday by rain

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:49:40 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Cabrera hit his 511th home run to help the Detroit Tigers take a 4-0 lead in a game that was suspended by rain after four innings on Wednesday night.Cabrera, who is retiring after the season ends this week, tied Mel Ott for 25th place all-time. It was Cabrera’s 378th homer for Detroit, tying Norm Cash for second place in franchise history behind Al Kaline’s 399.The game, which was delayed for 80 minutes, will be resumed Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m. before the scheduled series finale.Edward Olivares doubled to start the second, but Skubal struck out the next two batters and escaped the inning. The offense quickly rewarded him, as Cabrera led off the bottom of the inning with a line drive that would have hit the out-of-town scoreboard before this season’s renovations lowered the fence in right-centerfield.Cabrera singled in the fourth – his 3,170th hit – took second on Andy Ibanez’s double, and scored on Tyler Nevin’s pinch-hit three-run homer.Most of...

Former Montgomery Co. school administrator sentenced for ‘one of the worst financial crimes to ever victimize’

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:49:40 GMT

The former director of the Montgomery County Public Schools Department of Transportation has been sentenced to three years of supervised probation and 200 hours of community service after pleading guilty to misconduct in office, connected to the misuse of MCPS-issued “purchasing cards” within his department.Todd Watkins, 56, entered a guilty plea to the misdemeanor charge in June.Watkins, who oversaw the MCPS Department of Transportation’s purchase of electric school buses, had worked with the contractor American Truck & Bus to create an “off-the-books” account, according to court records.Watkins failed to “properly manage the contract for the purchases of school buses and the use of purchasing cards” in his department, according to prosecutors. Watkins was placed on leave in 2021 and later resigned.Some of the MCPS employees in the transportation department had access to the cards, referred to as “P-Cards” in an inspector general’s report, that allowed them to buy items, exclud...

OEA llama al diálogo entre República Dominicana y Haití por el caso de los recursos hídricos fronterizos

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:49:40 GMT

(CNN Español) –– La Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) hizo un llamado al diálogo entre República Dominicana y Haití para resolver el desacuerdo que mantienen ambos países por el uso de los recursos hídricos del río Dajabón o Masacre, que en parte divide la frontera.A través de un comunicado, con fecha de este martes, la organización señala que la situación no beneficia a ninguna de las partes, ya que dada las necesidades de los habitantes, “especialmente en el actual contexto de sequía”, los recursos naturales resultan vitales para ambas naciones y su uso debe ser asegurado “conforme al Derecho Internacional y los tratados vigentes”.Gobierno de Haití afirma que debe construirse el canal en el río fronterizo con República DominicanaEn busca de aportar a un desenlace, la OEA ofreció su colaboración para concertar una reunión, a la mayor brevedad posible, entre las autoridades de los dos países.Según le dijo a CNN el portavoz de la presidencia de Repú...

Palmer, Johnston ready to step up for Chargers after Williams’ season-ending injury

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:49:40 GMT

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Joshua Palmer stepped up in the four games veteran wide receiver Mike Williams missed for the Los Angeles Chargers last year.With Williams out for the season with a torn left ACL, Palmer will be counted on again.“It’s another chance to go out and show them again that they can trust and believe in me,” Palmer said Wednesday as the Chargers prepared for Sunday’s game against the Las Vegas Raiders.Not all the pressure will be on Palmer. First-round pick Quentin Johnson and fellow rookie Derius Davis, a fourth-round selection, will also see their playing time increase.The Chargers (1-2) are second in the league in total offense (416.7 yards per game) and third in passing yards (308.7 per game).“I think you just have to rely on the guys behind him to step up and do their job. Thankfully, we’ve got a ton of reps with them so far,” quarterback Justin Herbert said. “I’m looking forward to seeing those guys compete.”Palmer was second on the Charger...

Day 2 of former Loudoun Co. schools superintendent’s jury trial: Prosecution rests, defense calls first witness

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:49:40 GMT

Did former Loudoun County Public Schools Superintendent Scott Ziegler retaliate against a public schoolteacher for speaking to a special grand jury, and did he unlawfully discharge her from her position?That’s the question a jury in Loudoun County, Virginia, had to consider as day two of his trial continued Wednesday.Ziegler was indicted on two misdemeanor counts for allegedly retaliating against Erin Brooks, a LCPS teacher who testified to an attorney general’s special grand jury investigating the school system’s handling of sexual assault allegations. Ziegler is accused of firing Brooks unlawfully.Prosecution argues school did not do enough to help BrooksZiegler’s attorney has said Brooks was a probationary employee, and could have her contract not renewed without cause.The special grand jury was empaneled by Virginia Attorney Jason Miyares under an executive order from Gov. Glenn Youngkin to investigate how the school system handled two sexual assaults by ...

United Auto Workers strike includes 2 Colorado locations

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:49:40 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The United Auto Workers union strike against major automakers has expanded to a total of 41 distribution centers across the country, including two in Colorado."As promised, we are expanding the Stand Up Strike in response to the lack of progress in bargaining with General Motors and Stellantis," Shawn Fain, UAW president, announced on Friday. "We will shut down parts distribution until those two companies come to their senses and come to the table with a serious offer." Biden urges striking auto workers to ‘stick with it’ in picket line visit unparalleled in history The UAW first walked out on Sept. 15 in a strike against big three automakers General Motors, Chrysler parent Stellantis and Ford. On Friday, the union expanded its strikes against GM and Stellantis.Some 18,600 workers are now on strike across 21 states, according to the union.UAW strike underway in ColoradoIn Colorado, UAW union members are striking at two Colorado locations in the Denver metro area:GM...

Mother speaks out after 3-year-old accidentally shoots hand with gun left unattended; relative charged with child neglect bonds out

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:49:40 GMT

A South Florida mother is making a plea to other parents after her little girl shot herself with a gun that was left unattended on a couch. Now, a relative is in trouble for what happened.Surveillance video on Sunday showed the moment Serenity ran to the couch and grabbed the gun inside of her family’s apartment in Southwest Miami-Dade.Warneicia Williams, Serenity’s mother, spoke with 7News on Wednesday about the chilling footage“I just kept rewatching it, I just kept replaying it, replaying, it, because I’m like, ‘How can this happen?'” she said. “I’m just grateful my daughter is alive, because if you watch the video, the gun was pointed at her chest.”As Serenity began playing with the gun, she accidentally fired the gun and shot her hand.“The bullet went straight through her finger,” Williams said. “Her hand stopped the bullet. Her hand saved her life.”Serenity on Tuesday was released from the hospital a...

Brother and sister want money from deposit back after apartment’s living room floor caves in

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:49:40 GMT

A young brother and sister wanted to move into their own apartment. They did, and you won’t believe what happened in their new place. It’s why they called Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser. Many people want to move from home and be on their own. Maliyah and her brother Joseph knew what it would take to do that.Maliyah Collins: Work, work. We worked a lot. Over four years, me and my brother were saving. Kept saving, kept saving.”This summer they found an apartment where the property manager wanted them to pay $8,800 to move in.Maliyah Collins: “She told us, since we didn’t have any credit or anything, we had to pay six months’ rent.”They paid it, left their mother’s house and moved in.Maliyah Collins: “We were excited that we really did this big step.”For a month and a half, everything was great.Until things collapsed.Maliyah Collins: “I just heard a big boom, and he called me to come in. He just fell inside the groun...

2 years after being reunited, owner of Yorkie who went missing for 10 years says microchip brought them back together

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:49:40 GMT

Two years after they were reunited, a Southwest Miami-Dade woman described the ordeal to bring her beloved dog home after the pet disappeared for a decade.Killer the Yorkie is living his best life once again. Just last week, he and his owner, Carolina Ramirez, celebrated the second year of their reunion after he was missing for 10 years.Speaking with 7News on Wednesday, Ramirez said someone stole Killer from her mother’s home in Kendall back in 2011.“They picked him up and snatched him from the front of her house, so we looked endlessly for him,” she said.But no luck … until September 2021, when someone dropped Killer off at the Humane Society in West Palm Beach.“They scanned his microchip, and our phone numbers were registered,” said Ramirez.Hours later, they were reunited. Ramirez described the moment.“It was a lot of emotions. It was huge shock at first, but then after, definitely excitement and a lot of nervousness,” she said.And since t...