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Giants win on Yaz’s tiebreaking double in 8th, top Mets 5-4

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:51:33 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Joc Pederson scored from first base on Mike Yastrzemski’s one-out double in the eighth inning, sending the San Francisco Giants to a 5-4 win over the New York Mets on Sunday.Activated off the injured list before the game, Pederson drove in the Giants’ first run with a single in the first and then started the winning rally with a walk against Drew Smith (1-1).Yastrzemski followed with a line drive into right-center, and a sliding Pederson beat the relay to the plate.Thairo Estrada hit his fourth home run for the Giants. San Francisco, which entered with the third-lowest winning percentage in the National League, won its second straight against New York to split the four-game series.Touted rookie Francisco Álvarez hit his second major league home run and first this year, which marked the first extra-base hit by a Mets catcher this season.Scott Alexander (2-0) worked a perfect eighth and Camilo Doval struck out his first two batters in a 1-2-3 ninth for his second ...

NASCAR Cup Series GEICO 500 Results

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:51:33 GMT

SundayAt Talladega SuperspeedwayTalladega, Ala.Lap length: 2.66 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (17) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 196 laps, 40 points.2. (5) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 196, 35.3. (10) Chris Buescher, Ford, 196, 34.4. (4) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 196, 33.5. (20) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 196, 32.6. (24) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, 196, 31.7. (18) William Byron, Chevrolet, 196, 37.8. (6) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 196, 29.9. (22) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, 196, 29.10. (28) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 196, 27.11. (38) JJ Yeley, Ford, 196, 0.12. (29) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 196, 44.13. (27) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 196, 33.14. (32) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 196, 23.15. (33) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 196, 24.16. (13) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 196, 21.17. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 196, 23.18. (37) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 196, 19.19. (26) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 196, 18.20. (36) Riley Herbst, Ford, 196, 0.21. (11) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 196, 24.22. (2) Aric Almirola, Ford, 196, 25.23. (23) Ross Chastain,...

Lilia Vu wins 1st major at Chevron in playoff over Angel Yin

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:51:33 GMT

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Lilia Vu birdied the first playoff hole to win her first major at the Chevron Championship after fellow American Angel Yin hit her approach shot into the water on Sunday.Yin’s second shot came up short and left and splashed into the pond guarding the par-5 18th hole, and Vu hit her approach just over the green. Vu went with putter from off the green and came up well short, but she converted from about 10 feet for the victory.The 25-year-old Californian won for the second time on the LPGA Tour and took a celebratory leap into the pond, a tradition borrowed from this tournament’s former venue at Mission Hills in the California desert.Vu birdied her last two holes for a 4-under 68 and a four-day total of 10-under 278 at Carlton Woods, then waited as other contenders — including Yin — faltered.But Yin, after bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes, birdied the 18th to force the playoff.Unable to find a sponsor willing to add to the half-century run at Mission Hills...

Ataque armado en carretera de México deja al menos cuatro muertos y dos heridos

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:51:33 GMT

(CNN Español) — Al menos cuatro personas murieron y dos más resultaron heridas este domingo en un ataque armado perpetrado contra un vehículo en una carretera del centro de México, según un comunicado de la Mesa Estatal de Construcción de Paz de Zacatecas.Según el documento, la agresión se registró en el municipio de Villa de Cos, cuando un “grupo de la delincuencia organizada” abrió fuego contra el auto, sobre la carretera federal 54, que conecta a los estados de Zacatecas con Coahuila.La Mesa Estatal dijo que los lesionados fueron trasladados para recibir atención médica, pero no se indicó su destino o condición.Agrega que los cuerpos de seguridad se movilizaron para dar con los responsables del ataque, aunque no han reportado detenciones.La Fiscalía General de Zacatecas investiga el incidente y trata de determinar la identidad de las víctimas, indicó en el comunicado de la Mesa Estatal.Varios policías que llegaron al lugar del ataque dijeron a un equipo de CNN q...

Club Q announces plans to reopen, honor shooting victims

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:51:33 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) -- Club Q leaders are working to rebuild after the senseless shooting on Nov. 19, 2022, that killed five people and wounded 17 others.  Founding owner Matthew Haynes said the club wasn’t going to let hate win. “It just became apparent that Club Q needed to reopen,” Haynes said. “We needed to make it very clear to this community, the nation, the world, that we will not be broken by hate.”  Brewery to fulfill merch orders made after Club Q mass shooting Now plans to build a permanent memorial are underway. Courtesy: Club QCourtesy: Club QCourtesy: Club Q"This is not about forgetting what happened and just getting the business open,” Haynes said. “This is about remembering what happened and always being able to tell that story.”  Vice President of Operations Michael Anderson remembers that night vividly.  “The shooting was the most horrific moment of my life and to have somewhere we can go to reflect, remember, process...

Road preparations ahead of heavy snow expected this week

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:51:33 GMT

EVERGREEN, Colo. (KDVR) -- Residents along the Front Range are preparing for a significant shift in temperatures.“The roads are fine, but they’re going to look icy,” Julius said while filling up his gas tank.The Colorado Department of Transportation keeps 23,000 lane miles of highways cleared. When warm weather shifts to snow and freezing temperatures the pavement expands and contracts.Drivers should be prepared for sudden changes, especially in the high country where snow and ice may cover potholes. Pinpoint Weather Alert Day: Tuesday, Wednesday for heavy rain, snow “Stay in the slow lane, just go slow,” one commuter said.CDOT fights against freezing water on the road by sending out plows at the start of the storm. Liquid deicer is usually applied once the snow starts to fall.Snow plows work around the clock on the most traveled routes. CDOT reminds drivers to give them plenty of room, especially when the trucks are traveling in tandem.Governor Jared Polis signed a bill into la...

Neighbors concerned after boy shot in drive-by

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:51:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Denver Police said a juvenile male was shot in a drive-by in the Clayton neighborhood Sunday morning. The shooting happened in the 3300 block of Saint Paul Street around 11:30 a.m., the Denver Police Department said. Car crashes into house in West Wash Park Police said the juvenile has non-life-threatening injuries.Neighbors react to shootingResidents in the Clayton neighborhood said they're concerned about what this shooting could mean for the area.One resident Matt Kamel said, "Anytime something like that happens in your neighborhood it's concerning." He continued, "This is my first time ever hearing about anything like that, we’ve been in this neighborhood for three years and we love it, so it’s unfortunate.” Another neighbor, Adam Ludwicka, said, “I pulled up and I saw a bunch of cops in front of my house and didn’t really know what was going on. I called my landlord and said 'do you know what's...

Patient at Kissimmee hospital arrested after slamming into ER

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:51:33 GMT

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (WSVN) — Police arrested a patient at a Central Florida hospital after, they said, she went on a crash course, slamming her car into the emergency room.According to Kissimmee Police, 31-year-old Natalia Wiltshire drove through the sliding glass doors at HCA Florida Osceola Hospital on Thursday night.The police report she had been discharged shortly before the crash happened after she refused service at the hospital.Wiltshire told police she just wanted her medicine.Police body camera video showed the security guard at the hospital as he described his interaction with the patient.“I told her, I said, ‘Listen, you gotta get out of here. You’re being arrested,'” he said.Officers said Wiltshire walked away after the crash and refused to comply with an officer, so he had to use an arm bar to bring her to the ground.Body camera video shows Wiltshire being taken back into the hospital.“We’re going back inside, OK? We’re going ...

US military ships dock at Port Everglades as Fleet Week kicks off in Broward

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:51:33 GMT

Sailors and other members of the U.S. Navy saluted onlookers as dozens of military vessels docked in Port Everglades to kick off Fleet Week in Broward County.The anchors dropped on Sunday for the annual weeklong event highlighting the U.S. military and servicemen with Fort Lauderdale as their backdrop.“We’ll be here for an entire week, with the crews out in the community helping out: one in the schools, two helping out around town in the veteran centers with nursing homes,” said U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Tom Williams, “and also hopefully to get out and help out in the community and clean up after some pretty tough flooding last week.”In port this year is the USS Cole. It’s a homecoming for the guided missle destroyer, which was commissioned at Port Everglades in the late 1990s. A short time later, the ship would survive a terrorist attack in 2000.Also docked is the USS New York forged with close to seven tons of steel from the World Trade Center.Aso bre...

Pause the proposal on PPWR

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:51:33 GMT

Dear President Metsola,Dear President Michel,Dear President von der Leyen,For several months we have followed, with increasing concern, the progress of the proposal on a packaging and packaging waste regulation (PPWR). We are businesses from a wide cross-section of the European economy – generating billions of euros for the EU economy and millions of jobs. While we fully support the overall goals of the Green Deal, we are worried about the unintended consequences of the proposed PPWR legislation for the environment, the economy, food safety and consumers.It is because of these concerns that we have decided to join forces to create a new cross-sector alliance: Together for Sustainable Packaging.While the Commission has conducted an initial impact study, we feel it currently lacks depth and in particular does not consider economic and food safety aspects. However, there are now several high-level independent studies, conducted by highly recognised experts such as Kearney, and Ra...