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Zunino hits 2-run homer, Gaddis gets 1st win, Guardians beat White Sox 3-0 to end slide

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:14:43 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie Hunter Gaddis pitched six strong innings for his first major league win and struggling Cleveland catcher Mike Zunino connected for a two-run homer, sending the Guardians over the Chicago White Sox 3-0 on Monday night.Gaddis (1-1) was recalled from Triple-A Columbus and gave the Guardians a badly needed quality start after they were swept over the weekend in New York, losing all three to the Mets by one run.The right-hander gave up just two hits, combining with four relievers on a three-hitter and ending Chicago’s modest three-game winning streak.Zunino, a free-agent signing who has been a target of criticism because he’s not been hitting, hit his third homer — and first since April 28 — in the seventh off Gregory Santos. The shot to right scored rookie Gabriel Arias, who walked with one out.Sam Hentges, Nick Sandlin and Trevor Stephan combined for two scoreless innings before Emmanuel Clase worked a perfect ninth for his 16th save in 21 chances.Th...

Denver weather: Smoke to start clearing on Tuesday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:14:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay warm into Tuesday with high temperatures close to 80 degrees. The smoke will finally decrease on Tuesday, with only a 10% chance of an isolated shower. Weather tonight: Smoky and dryTemperatures will dip into the low 50s tonight with smoky skies. The Front Range will be dry overnight. Smoke will begin to improve on Tuesday morning. Weather tomorrow: Less smoke The wildfire smoke from Canada will shift northeast on Tuesday, bringing better air quality to Denver with less smoke. Where miller moths hide during the day Most of the Front Range will stay dry on Tuesday, with only a 10% chance for an isolated shower or storm. High temperatures will reach the upper 70s in Denver, running about 5 degrees above average for this time of year. Looking ahead: Storms returnStorm chances will go up on Wednesday and Thursday, with a 60% chance each day. Some storms could turn severe and bring large hail and strong winds to the Eastern Plains. Temperature...

Ex-Denver schools administrator criticizes disciplinary system

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:14:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A former high-ranking Denver Public Schools safety administrator said the district needs to change the way it disciplines students to keep classrooms and teachers safe.Melissa Craven was an interim chief in the DPS Department of Climate and Safety. She said the current discipline model protects offenders but puts all other students and staff at risk.Craven spoke at a Parent Safety Advocacy Group, PSAG, news conference near East High School Monday.PSAG has been calling for improved security measures at Denver Public Schools ever since the shooting that took the life of 16-year-old Luis Garcia in March in front of East High School.At the time, Craven was the DPS Department of Climate and Safety interim chief of support services for the district. Craven said the district’s discipline matrix needs a major overhaul.“DPS protects the offender while abandoning the good students,” Craven said. She was let go from the district in April. Woman arrested in active shooter thr...

Debt ceiling explained: Why it's a struggle and how the impasse could end

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:14:43 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met Monday after a weekend of on again, off again negotiations over raising the nation's debt ceiling and mere days before the government could reach a “hard deadline” and run out of cash to pay its bills. The two sides are working to reach a budget compromise before June 1, when Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said the country could default. Ex-Denver schools administrator criticizes disciplinary system Speaking to reporters after Monday's meeting, McCarthy said the two sides had not yet reached an agreement but the meeting was “productive.” In his own statement following the Oval Office sit-down, Biden echoed those sentiments.“We reiterated once again that default is off the table and the only way to move forward is in good faith toward a bipartisan agreement,” Biden said. Their handpicked negotiators will continue to meet. McCarthy and Republicans are insisting on spending cuts in exchange for raising t...

Celtics look to pull off the impossible, as Heat stand on brink of making NBA Finals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:14:43 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Blown out in Game 3, facing elimination in Game 4, tasked with engineering the sort of comeback that no team in their league has ever pulled off before.This may sound familiar to Boston fans.Yes, what the Red Sox did to the New York Yankees in 2004 was discussed around the Boston Celtics on Monday. A day after a debacle in Miami to fall into a 3-0 deficit in these Eastern Conference finals — “embarrassing,” Boston forward Jaylen Brown said — the Celtics will try to extend the series and at least delay a Heat celebration in Game 4 on Tuesday night.“We still believe we’re the better team,” Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon said Monday. “We have not played like it in any of the three games. But, you know, there is always a first.”No NBA team has rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win a series; it’s happened only once in Major League Baseball, when the Red Sox shook off a 19-8 drubbing in Game 3 to win four straight and top the Yankees in that 2004 AL championship series.Of co...

Send for Agent BoJo! Boris Johnson dispatched to Texas to shore up Republican support for Ukraine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:14:43 GMT

DALLAS — Britain might have fallen out of love with Boris Johnson. But Ukraine’s allies in the U.S. reckon the charismatic ex-prime minister is still the perfect messenger to shore up support for the war in wavering Republican heartlands.Pro-Ukraine think tankers on Monday brought Johnson to a private lunch in Dallas, Texas, to meet two dozen of the state’s leading conservative figures, including politicians, donors and captains of industry.The message Johnson was there to deliver was simple: America must stay the course in Ukraine.“I just urge you all to stick with it,” Johnson told those seated in the grand, wood-panelled dining room in downtown Dallas, where POLITICO was also in attendance. “It will pay off massively in the long run.”The former U.K. prime minister flew to Texas as a growing number of conservative lawmakers, candidates and activists have started to question the size of the U.S. support package for Ukraine as it attempts to fight back agains...

Man dies after shooting in Dorchester, police searching for shooter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:14:43 GMT

An investigation was ongoing Monday night as police continued their search for the person behind a deadly shooting in Dorchester. Police said a man was shot while in a car on Columbia Road Monday afternoon near Devon Street. The man was later taken to a hospital where he died. Hours after the shooting, police asked for the public’s help, asking anyone with information on this shooting to reach out. “It happened in the middle of the day,” said Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox. “A lot of people are our here in general. So, we’re asking for the public to help us with this.”SKY7-HD was over the scene around 5:30 p.m., where several Boston police cruisers were visible. Roughly 30 minutes later, the investigation appeared to focus around two cars in the area. The cars were taped off and evidence markers could be seen in multiple spots around the scene. On the ground, police blocked off a large stretch of Columbia Road for hours, working close to Boston’s Frederic...

Woman taken to hospital after multi-vehicle crash in Springfield

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:14:43 GMT

A multi-vehicle crash left at least one woman temporarily trapped inside her car in Springfield Monday morning, according to state police. Police said troopers responded around 8:30 a.m. on I-91 northbound near Exit 8. Once on scene, police said troopers used a cruiser to help stabilize one of the cars involved while crews worked to free the woman trapped inside. State police said the woman, a 29-year-old from Westfield, was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.While an investigation was ongoing, investigators said they believed the woman was stopped in traffic when she was hit from behind.

Milford nips North Quincy in marathon volleyball match

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:14:43 GMT

MILFORD – In an electric battle of premier Div. 2 state title threats Monday night, just about the only thing that could match the red within each teams’ school colors was Milford setter Owen Callahan’s face from how intensely he was flexing and screaming during a dominant fifth set.As part of a thrilling match that saw each team trade large swings of momentum, none came by more force than Callahan’s Scarlet Hawks overpowering reigning state finalist North Quincy in the final frame for a 3-2 (23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 18-25, 15-1) nonleague win.Callahan served on each of the last six points for Milford, adding to a 44-assist performance that helped junior Alex Guerra erupt for 29 kills.It was the first time the Scarlet Hawks (13-4) played the Raiders (15-3) since losing to them in the Div. 2 state semifinal round last year, and much of this episode proved evenly matched.Perhaps the only thing more meaningful than getting that revenge, though, was overcoming a distant loss in the fourth s...

Chicago White Sox are limited to 3 hits in a 3-0 loss to the Cleveland Guardians in the series opener

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 13:14:43 GMT

Andrew Benintendi ripped a double to right. With one out in the fourth inning, the Chicago White Sox had one of their best scoring chances Monday against the Cleveland Guardians.Hunter Gaddis, who entered the game with a 6.86 ERA, struck out Luis Robert Jr. Yoán Moncada got hit by a pitch, but the Sox came up empty when Gavin Sheets popped out to second baseman Andrés Giménez.It was that type of night for the Sox, who lost 3-0 in front of 13,878 at Progressive Field. Gaddis and four relievers limited the Sox to three hits in the opener of the three-game series.The Guardians had only four hits as both teams pitched well.With Mike Clevinger on the injured list, the Sox went with the combination of Jimmy Lambert and Jesse Scholtens for the bulk of the game. The reliever Lambert served as the opener, allowing one hit and a walk in a scoreless first.Scholtens, recalled from Triple-A Charlotte on Monday, allowed one run on two hits with one strikeout and two walks in five i...