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Mookie Betts homers twice, goes 4 for 4 with 4 RBIs and leads Dodgers to 9-3 win over Royals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mookie Betts homered twice off big league debutant Alec Marsh, finishing 4 for 4 with two walks and four RBIs as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Kansas City Royals 9-3 on Friday night.Jason Heyward added three hits and two RBIs for the Dodgers, whose hot bats that produced a season-high 18 hits the previous night in Colorado kept sizzling at Kauffman Stadium, where the temperature was 97 degrees at first pitch. Los Angeles had 11 hits to go with nine walks, and seven different players crossed the plate, giving Bobby Miller (4-1) more than enough support. The right-hander pitched into the sixth inning and allowed three runs on five hits and a walk.Bobby Witt Jr., Nick Pratto and Freddy Fermin drove in runs for Kansas City, which has lost eight of its last nine against the Dodgers.Marsh (0-1), the fourth Royals player to make his major league debut this season, threw 95 pitches before he was lifted with two aboard and nobody out in the fifth. He allowed five r...

Soroka wins first home start since 2020, Olson homers twice and drives in 5 as Braves crush Marlins

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Soroka won his first home start in nearly three years, Matt Olson homered twice and drove in five runs and the National League-leading Atlanta Braves won their sixth straight game with a 16-4 rout of the Miami Marlins on Friday night.“It’s very fun to watch,” Soroka said. “It’s the best offense I’ve ever seen.”Ronald Acuña Jr., Eddie Rosario, Austin Riley and Sean Murphy also went deep to give the Braves 153 homers, by far the most in the majors. They hit 61 in June to set an NL record for a single month, eclipsing the 57 that the Los Angeles Dodgers established in August 2020.“It’s a pretty stout lineup, and guys are having good at-bats,” Olson said. “When you have that kind of depth, you’re going to have good results.”Soroka (1-1) took the mound in a home game for the first time since Aug. 3, 2020, when he tore his Achilles tendon for the first of two times. It marked his first game in front of fans at Truist Park si...

Patrick Bailey hits a 3-run homer in the 8th to lift the Giants past the Mets, 5-4

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Bailey hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning to help the San Francisco Giants beat the reeling New York Mets 5-4 on Friday night.The Mets opened June by completing a three-game sweep of Philadelphia, then went 6-19 the rest of the way, losing 15 games in the NL East standings to first-place Atlanta and falling nine games behind the Giants in the race for the final wild card.“I dwell on trying to win that ballgame tonight and those numbers and mathematic (facts) — I understand they mean a lot in our game, trust me, but it’s about trying to figure out a way to win the next game and string some things together,” Mets manager Buck Showalter said.“Tougher things have been overcome. I tell you one thing: I wouldn’t doubt these guys. I can tell you that. Someone’s going to make a mistake if they do.”The Mets took a 4-2 lead into the eighth, but Pete Alonso — who snapped his bat over his knees after popping out to strand Jeff McNeil at second in the fifth — misp...

A’ja Wilson, who helped the Las Vegas Aces win their 1st WNBA title, signs a 2-year extension

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A’ja Wilson didn’t want to waste the time of other team’s as a free agent when she knew she didn’t want to leave Las Vegas.The two-time MVP signed a two-year contract extension with the Aces, the team announced Friday.“The minute they drafted me, they took a chance on me,” Wilson said. “They wanted me to build this program, to build around me and to help us grow. I was super grateful for that.”Wilson, who led the team to its first WNBA championship last season, has helped the Aces to a 14-1 record this year.“One of the best, if not the best basketball player in the world,” Aces coach Becky Hammon said at practice Friday. “As good as she is as a basketball player, she’s that good as a person and as a leader. To have that skill set and personality all wrapped up in one is a special gift. We’re certainly happy she chose to stay with us.”Wilson signed a two-year rookie-scale extension prior to last season and was scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent at...

Canadian authorities issue criminal charges against Indian agent in fake college admission scam

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

By: Kaitlyn Smith, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterAn immigration consultant in India is facing criminal charges in Canada for providing dozens of international students with fraudulent college admissions letters to secure study permits in Canada. In a statement on Friday evening, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced it is charging Brijesh Mishra under the Immigration and Refugee Act  for allegedly misrepresenting himself as a licensed immigration consultant and offering advice. “Following information provided to the CBSA concerning Mr. Mishra’s status in Canada, as well [as] his alleged involvement in activities related to counseling misrepresentation, the Agency launched an investigation,” reads the statement.   These charges were announced a week after federal immigration minister Sean Fraser assured international students who were facing deportation that those who have been scammed will be allowed to stay in Canada until their cases are...

2 killed, 1 hospitalized in Highlands Ranch crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

(KDVR) — Two people were killed and a third was hospitalized in a rollover crash Friday night in Highlands Ranch.It happened just before 9 p.m. near 9600 University Boulevard, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.Three people were ejected from the vehicle, according to sheriff's spokesperson Deborah Takahara. Two were found dead on the scene.The vehicle was traveling eastbound on University when the driver lost control of the car, went over an embankment and crashed into a tree, Takahara said. Speed may have been a factor, witnesses told investigators.Eastbound University was closed for about a block just before Quebec Street.

New Denver Police unit aims to protect against car theft

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — About 39 cars were stolen in Denver every day last year. That's the number reported by the Denver Police Department.Because of that high number of cars stolen, the department created a new unit called DATT, or Denver Auto Theft Team. Denver Police said if you live, work or play in the city, you can register your car in this new pilot program. Drivers hit sinkholes after ignoring road closure signs in Adams County "This is a plan where we're asking the public to register their car, ahead of time, with DenverTrack," Commander Jacob Herrera said.You go online to register your car with the DenverTrack registry, which police said should help protect drivers from thieves."DenverTrack just allows the police to act as your agent to get you to the front of the line with the various car companies that have onboard, telematic or GPS tracking," Herrera said.DenverTrack allows police to trace your carThat tracking allows the auto theft team to trace your car and the thief to a ...

Veteran who wrote over 100 military books named FOX31 Hero of the Month

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

PUEBLO, Colo. (KDVR) — Hard to imagine any author who’s had more work published than Doug Sterner. He’s written well over 100 books.“I currently have more than 50,000 pages in print and I don’t think that can be matched in history. It blows me away. I’m surprised, I would’ve never dreamed I would do this,” Sterner told FOX31. Veteran flies in B-25 bomber like those he serviced during WWII A combat veteran of the Vietnam War, Sterner has a favorite subject: military heroes who went above and beyond in service to their country. FOX31 first met him two years ago in his basement, surrounded by boxes and files — the result of decades of research. He’s made it his life’s work to make sure heroes get the recognition they deserve, especially those who earned medals and commendations they never received.He often spends up to 16 hours a day at his home computer, researching the back stories of military heroes. Those stories wind up in his books. His most recent is a 500-page epic called “Be...

Parliament’s liberals set out to ‘save’ struggling EU nature law

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

BRUSSELS — The leader of the European Parliament’s liberal Renew Europe group said he will try to rescue a key chunk of the Green Deal that was nearly struck down amid fierce pushback by conservative lawmakers.Three Parliament committees, including the crucial environment committee, rejected the Commission’s proposal to restore 20 percent of degraded habitats this decade, and lawmakers could sign its death warrant at a plenary in Strasbourg in mid-July.Stéphane Séjourné, a top French MEP, told POLITICO in an interview that he will propose a compromise text that will be “a way to save the law.”“We’re going to take the lead in the heart of my group to propose a new, more balanced version which guarantees the unity of my group and at the same time can convince the [center-right European People’s Party] and [the Socialists & Democrats] to possibly find a majority on this text,” he said.He gave few hints about what could truly differ in his version ...

Editorial: Student loan debt decision a win for taxpayers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:47:42 GMT

The Supreme Court taught college students and grads a harsh fiscal lesson on Friday: When you take out a loan, you have to pay it back.As reported, a once-again divided Supreme Court iced President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel or reduce federal student loan debts for millions of Americans.The 6–3 decision, with conservative justices in the majority, said the Biden administration overstepped its authority with the plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student loan debt. Borrowers have to resume payments in the fall.Reactions from the progressive politicians who pushed this plan were as expected:  Sen. Elizabeth Warren tweeted “More than 40 million hard working Americans are waiting for the help that President Biden promised them, and they expect this administration to throw everything they’ve got into the fight until they make good on this commitment.”Then there’s this post from Rep. Jim McGovern: “It’s no surprise that the same corrupt majority on the Supreme Court ...