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Alonso and McNeil provide power, Bickford saves the Mets as they hand the Cubs a costly 4-3 loss

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:40 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso launched yet another homer against the Chicago Cubs, and Jeff McNeil hit a tiebreaking shot that sent the New York Mets to a 4-3 victory Wednesday night. With the bases loaded in the ninth inning, Phil Bickford struck out No. 3 batter Ian Happ to save it for New York.It was a costly defeat for Chicago, locked in a crowded National League playoff race. The Cubs lost for just the sixth time in 22 games and fell 2 1/2 games behind first-place Milwaukee in the NL Central.Christopher Morel and Seiya Suzuki homered for the Chicago, bunched with several teams fighting tooth-and-nail for the league’s final wild card.Jonathan Araúz added an RBI single and the Mets got strong work from their shaky bullpen to take two of three games from the Cubs, who won their previous six series.Bickford entered with two on in the ninth and earned his second major league save — first for the Mets since being acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers for cash at last week’s trade...

Torkelson, Cabrera lead Tigers to 9-5 win over Twins

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:40 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Spencer Torkelson homered twice and the Detroit Tigers had 17 hits in a 9-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night.“I wasn’t seeing the ball well the last week or so,” said Torkelson, who struck out in his first two at-bats. “I just tried to get back to basics, and after he got me the first two times, I was able to put a good swing on a couple pitches.”Miguel Cabrera went 3-for-4, giving him 3,145 career hits and moving him past Robin Yount into sole possession of 19th place on the career list. Cabrera, who is hitting .331 in his last 40 games, received a standing ovation after being replaced by a pinch-runner after his third single.Matt Vierling, Zach McKinstry and Eric Haase also had three hits for Detroit.“We had a really good approach tonight and we got some results,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said.Bailey Ober (6-6) took the loss for Minnesota, which has lost two in a row after a five-game winning streak.“You don’t anticipate having two ...

¿Quién era Fernando Villavicencio, el candidato presidencial asesinado en Ecuador?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:40 GMT

(CNN Español) — Fernando Villavicencio, candidato presidencial de Ecuador, fue asesinado en un atentado este miércoles durante un mitin de campaña en Quito, a pocos días de las elecciones previstas para el 20 de agosto en las que buscaba convertirse en el próximo mandatario del país.Villavicencio, de 59 años, se presentó a las elecciones con la premisa de enfrentar la violencia causada por el narcotráfico en el país. Antes de encabezar la candidatura del Movimiento Construye, el político fue integrante de la Asamblea Nacional hasta su disolución este año, donde presidió la Comisión de Fiscalización.Matan a Fernando Villavicencio, candidato presidencial de Ecuador, en un atentadoEra periodista y crítico del correísmo y del Gobierno de Lasso. Fue uno de los personajes más visibles de denuncias de corrupción en los ámbitos petrolero, energético, de telecomunicaciones y de estructuras criminales, según su perfil de la Asamblea Nacional de Ecuador.Aseguraba que Ecuador se había con...

Children take cover in basement as tornado rips home apart

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:40 GMT

YUMA COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — The three children who scrambled to safety in their home near Yuma said it sounded like a bomb exploded as the twister ravaged their home Tuesday.Their parents were at a nearby hospital when they saw a storm chaser's live video of the tornado heading for their home. They ran out of the hospital, where they were visiting a relative, and headed for their children hiding in the basement. Photos: Tornado damage in Yuma County “We were watching that live feed.  And I was watching him drive, because we know the roads out here real well, and I was like, dude that's coming by our house. I called my kids, 'Go get your helmets,'" Clint Monk said“We got a phone call from my daughter, and we heard the house just cracking and creaking. So my husband and I busted out of the hospital as fast as we could,” Amanda Monk said.A tornado in Yuma County, Colorado on Aug. 8, 2023 (Credit: twitch.tv/stormchaserirl)Tornado 'was like a bomb exploding'Kennadee Monk, 16, and ...

Who is cutting the tails off these horses?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:40 GMT

KEN CARYL, Colo. (KDVR) — Megan Morrison loves to spend loving moments with Eleanor, her 5-year-old Holsteiner and partner in hunter/jumper competition. "Just a peace, the calm that they bring," Morrison said. Colorado teen among sick at World Scout Jamboree in South Korea The condition of a horse’s tail can affect a rider's standing in competition, so Morrison carefully cares for Eleanor’s appearance. “We all want a nice full, long tail, especially with a hunter jumper discipline that I do," Morrison said. When Morrison visited the Ken Caryl Equestrian Center this week, she was shocked to discover someone had cut a large portion of Eleanor’s tail off during the night.Horses rely on their tails“Horses, they communicate by their behaviors, and mostly their ears and their tails, and you’re taking that away from them. So it just hurts you to the core knowing that's happening to someone, something that you love and you’ve invested a lot of time and money into," Morrison said. A horse ...

Neighbors on edge after knife-wielding tenant is allowed to stay

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:40 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — At the Modera Art Park apartments in Denver's River North Art District, boarded-up windows and shards of glass still line the street, the result of a Sunday night rampage, according to tenants.Video and photos show a man throwing rocks through windows and slashing tires in the apartment garage. But tenants say this wasn't just any random person — instead, a tenant who's still being allowed to live at the complex. Who is cutting the tails off these horses? "It's just become a nightmare," Lacey Enlow said. "How he is still allowed to come here is baffling."Records show the man has been arrested multiple times since mid-July on counts including burglary, assault and felony menacing. Denver Police are declining to comment because of pending cases.A broken window at the Modera Art Park apartments in Denver on Aug. 9, 2023. (KDVR)A media contact for the apartment complex said the man has been issued a "three-day notice to quit," meaning he has three days to vacate the pr...

United Way of Broward hosts backpack giveaway for military vets and their families

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:40 GMT

The United Way of Broward County held its annual backpack giveaway for military veterans and their families.The gear handed out at Wednesday afternoon’s distribution in Fort Lauderdale was provided by area businesses.https://twitter.com/UnitedWayBC/status/1689401112552419328?s=20Volunteers distributed more than 750 bags filled with school supplies to prepare children for the upcoming school year.

No global security without net zero, Grant Shapps warns Tories

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:40 GMT

LONDON — There can be no global security unless the world hits its climate targets, the U.K. Energy Secretary has said, as he announced plans to host an international summit on energy security next year.Grant Shapps told POLITICO that the London conference on energy security, penciled in for spring 2024 to coincide with the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, will focus on averting another global energy crisis like that experienced in 2022 or the oil shocks of the 1970s.It will also include discussions about the need to “diversify from fossil fuels,” he said.“We can’t have global security without net zero,” Shapps said. “There’s no global security if millions of people are having to uproot because of weather patterns.”His comments will reignite tensions within the ruling Conservative Party about the wisdom of Britain’s 2050 carbon neutrality target, which has been the subject of much internal debate following a parliamentary by-election l...

Chianti, steak and a windfall tax fiasco: How Italy botched its raid on banks

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:40 GMT

On Sunday evening, the two cantankerous populists at the top of Italy’s government met in a Tuscan trattoria for dinner, with their families in tow. Over glasses of Chianti and rare Florentine steak, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her garrulous deputy, Matteo Salvini, put on a show of unity intended to demonstrate that their frequent arguments were not serious and that the government was heading serenely into the summer break. The next day, everything blew up. In a late-night press conference on Monday, Salvini shocked international markets and his own colleagues by announcing a 40 percent windfall tax on banks’ profits, which have rocketed amid soaring interest rates. In the hours that followed, investors balked, bankers howled in protest as their share prices nosedived, and analysts warned that the knock-on impact on Italy’s precariously-placed economy could be severe. A day later, Meloni’s government was forced into a humiliating climbdown as it tried ...

Luis Severino struggles out of bullpen as Yankees lose series to White Sox

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:11:40 GMT

A move to the bullpen proved to be no relief for the Yankees’ Luis Severino.The right-hander struggled through yet another rough outing in Wednesday night’s 9-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox, surrendering four runs on five hits over two-plus innings.The Yankees opened the road game with reliever Ian Hamilton, hoping that using Severino out of the bullpen would take pressure off the 29-year-old after back-to-back brutal starts.But Severino ran into immediate trouble when he entered in a scoreless game to begin the second inning. He allowed three runs in that frame — including two on a 430-foot home run by Oscar Colas — before serving up an RBI double to Yoan Moncada in the third inning.Severino issued a leadoff walk in the fourth inning and was removed from the game. The two-time All-Star fell to 2-7, while his ERA inflated to 8.06.“I’m just having the worst year of my life in baseball,” Severino said afterward. “I have to continue. I&#...