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Peralta delivers winning hit against old team, Dodgers top Dbacks 2-0 as Arizona drops 8th straight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:25 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — David Peralta’s two-run single against his former team broke a scoreless tie in the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-0 on Wednesday night.The win was the fourth in a row for Los Angeles while Arizona has lost eight straight. The loss dropped them under .500 for the first time since they lost the home opener to the Dodgers on April 6 to go 3-4.Arizona led the NL West by a half-game over the Dodgers at the All-Star break. Since then, the Dodgers are 16-8 and the Diamondbacks are 5-19.With two outs in the eighth, Freddie Freeman greeted lefty Kyle Nelson (5-3) with his MLB-leading 42nd double. Will Smith was walked intentionally and Max Muncy drew a walk to load the bases for Peralta, who played his first nine seasons for Arizona. He lined a single to right to score Freeman and Smith.Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts decided not to send up right-handed Kiké Hernández to hit for the veteran outfielder.“They had (right-hander Miguel)...

Shohei Ohtani gets his 10th mound victory of the season in the Angels’ 4-1 win over the Giants

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:25 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani left the mound muttering to himself after his 97th and final pitch ended the sixth inning. He even unleashed a yell of frustration when he reached the dugout steps.On a night that drained him physically and mentally, the Angels’ two-way superstar fought through fatigue to victory — and even made one more bit of baseball history.Ohtani allowed one unearned run over six innings of three-hit ball, and he earned his 10th victory of the season after Mike Moustakas hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in Los Angeles’ 4-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night.Ohtani (10-5) surpassed Babe Ruth in yet another measure of two-way transcendence at the Big A, becoming the first player in major league history to have multiple seasons with both 10 victories and 10 homers. He’s also the only player to record 10 mound wins and 40 homers in the same MLB season.The achievements barely registered to Ohtani, who acknowledged he was tired...

Detienen a seis personas en relación con el asesinato del candidato presidencial Fernando Villavicencio

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:25 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Ecuador informó este jueves a través de un comunicado que seis personas fueron detenidas durante allanamientos efectuados en las zonas de Conocoto y San Bartolo, en Quito, en el contexto del asesinato de Fernando Villavicencio.La Fiscalía añadió que Medicina Legal procedió con el levantamiento del cuerpo de Fernando Villavicencio de la casa de salud y lo trasladó para la respectiva autopsia.#ACTUALIZACIÓN | Medicina Legal procedió con el levantamiento del cuerpo de #FernandoVillavicencio de la casa de salud y lo trasladó para la respectiva autopsia. Los familiares de la víctima se encuentran en el lugar a la espera de que culmine ese proceso. pic.twitter.com/LnHYEkgnRU— Fiscalía Ecuador (@FiscaliaEcuador) August 10, 2023La institución agregó que los familiares de Fernando Villavicencio se encuentran en el lugar a la espera de que culmine dicho proceso.Noticia en desarrollo.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner B...

Raleigh hits go-ahead homer, Hancock shines in MLB debut as Mariners beat Padres 6-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:25 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh put the Mariners ahead with a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, Emerson Hancock allowed just two hits in his major league debut and the Seattle Mariners beat the San Diego Padres 6-1 on Wednesday night for their seventh straight win.Raleigh’s 450-foot homer came against Padres reliever Steven Wilson (1-1), and started a five-run inning for the Mariners. Ty France drove in another run in the inning with an RBI double, and later scored on a bloop single by Cade Marlowe. Hancock allowed just one run in five innings, combining with five relievers on a four-hitter. Ha-Seong Kim walked to lead off the game against Hancock, stole second and third, and scored on a soft grounder by Juan Soto. Kim also singled in the third to extend his career-best hitting streak to 15 games. Seattle tied it 1-1 in the third inning, when J.P. Crawford drove in Marlowe on a sacrifice fly to right field against Yu Darvish, who allowed one unearned run on six hits ov...

1 dead, 3 hurt in North County crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:25 GMT

OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- One person is dead and three others were taken to a hospital after a multi-vehicle collision on Interstate 5 Wednesday evening in the Oceanside area, authorities said.The crash occurred around 9:20 p.m. on I-5 north, just north of State Route 78, according to Mark Keyes with California Highway Patrol.Authorities say a red sedan was parked on the side for unknown reasons, when a high-speed red Corvette was passing on the right shoulder and slammed into the red sedan. The crash caused the red sedan to push into the number four lane (slow lane), where an 18-wheeler collided with that sedan, per CHP.The driver of the Corvette then left the car on foot and ran up a nearby hill. Officers were able to locate the corvette driver and arrested him, Keyes confirmed. All evacuation orders lifted for ‘Bunnie Fire’ in Ramona A passenger in the red sedan was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.The right lanes on northbound I-5 at State Route 78 and westbound SR-78...

Putin needs money to fund the Ukraine war. The US and its European allies are helping him to make it

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:25 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and its European allies are importing vast amounts of nuclear fuel and compounds from Russia, providing Moscow with hundreds of millions of dollars in badly needed revenue as it wages war on Ukraine.The sales, which are legal and unsanctioned, have raised alarms from nonproliferation experts and elected officials who say the imports are helping to bankroll the development of Moscow’s nuclear arsenal and are complicating efforts to curtail Russia’s war-making abilities. The dependence on Russian nuclear products — used mostly to fuel civilian reactors — leaves the U.S. and its allies open to energy shortages if Russian President Vladimir Putin were to cut off supplies. The challenge is likely to grow more intense as those nations seek to boost production of emissions-free electricity to combat climate change.“We have to give money to the people who make weapons? That’s absurd,” said Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Washington-based Nonproliferation...

Commission approves €350 million Finnish scheme to promote sustainable forest management

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:25 GMT

The European Commission has approved, under EU state aid rules, a €350 million Finnish scheme to support sustainable forest management. The aim of the scheme is to help private forest owners implement economically, ecologically and socially sustainable forest management and use techniques to (i) promote the growth of forests, (ii) adapt forests to climate change, (iii) protect biodiversity, (iv) promote water protection in forestry, and (v) maintain the forestry road network.Under the scheme, which will run until 31 December 2029, the aid will take the form of direct grants to private forest owners. In particular, the direct grants will support: (i) remedial fertilisation, (ii) peatland forest management plans, (iii) forest nature management plans, (iv) water protection measures, including road embankment construction, (v) forest road construction, (vi) prescribed burning, as well as (vii) the compensation for income losses of private forest owners resulting from the implementation ...

TikTok video captures man lurking near women's legs in Burbank bookstore

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:25 GMT

Social media personality Michaela Witter started a series on TikTok called “Solo Dates” — meant to showcase outings and activities that people can do alone, especially women.But what happened to the 28-year-old at Barnes & Noble bookstore in Burbank made her feel stalked and violated.What started as a trip to the bookstore to relax turned into an unnerving experience for Witter. Shortly after she arrived at the store, she says a stranger began following her before finally invading her space.“It felt like anywhere I moved, he kept following me,” she recalled. “So I recorded just in case he was trying to say anything or do anything to me, but I definitely did not expect him to do this.”In the video, the man is seen crouching down low and getting extremely close to Witter’s legs. He is later seen doing the same thing to another woman browsing nearby.“I was so freaked out,” she said. “He was literally under me, so freaking close to me, so I decided to tell the front desk.”A TikTok v...

Family remembers 3 victims of deadly plane crash in San Bernardino County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:25 GMT

Family members who lost loved ones in a deadly plane crash in San Bernardino County late last month are speaking out and remembering those taken too soon.  According to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson, the single-engine Beechcraft P35 crashed during departure at Cable Airport in Upland on the morning of July 30, killing all three people on board. "I’m still in shock,” Kelly Hitchins, who lost three family members in the crash, told KTLA. “I have holes in my heart.” Hitchins lost her husband, Craig, her son Blake Epperson and her brother, Jeff, who was piloting the plane.  “At first, I just didn’t believe it,” said Trever Epperson, Blake’s older brother. He told KTLA that Blake was in town from his home in Maine for a family birthday party and a camping trip. “He was just a very dedicated father, brother, friend,” Trever said.  “He was hilarious. Everybody loved Blake,” Kelly added.  Blake and the others had gotten up early that Sunday morning and p...

Josephine and the Time Machine at Hotel Cafe

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:06:25 GMT

Josephine and the Time Machine at Hotel Cafe: Great Scott! Mother/daughter duo, Josephine & the Time Machine (Helen Hudson) are performing at Hotel Café on Thursday.According to a statement from the band, “Both are songwriters and multi-instrumentalists. Josephine, kicked off 2023, by producing two-diverse EPs: ‘Paradise,’ and ‘Lost?’ Her eclectic inspirations include James Blake, Father John Misty, Frank Ocean, and Françoise Hardy. She experiments with pop, electronic, jazz and folk motifs to create a soundscape wrapped with strikingly philosophical lyrics.”“The Time Machine, Helen Hudson, is an award-winning songwriter with TV and film placements” they continue. “She’s worked with artists from Billy Crystal to Don Mclean and was Campus Entertainer of the Year, solo artist, in the 1980’s. She’s also in the Guinness Book of Sports Records for being the first person to sing the national anthem at every major league baseball st...