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Astros tee off on Oakland pitchers in record fashion, hand hapless A’s 11th straight loss

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:37:28 GMT

OAKLAND – A small positive for Oakland A’s right-hander Luis Medina as he continues to gain experience at the Major League level is that he’s only allowed 28 hits through his first 27 2/3 innings pitched.The bad news for the 24-year-old Medina is that 10 of those hits have been home runs, including the three he gave up Sunday in the A’s 10-1 loss to the Houston Astros before an announced crowd of 8,809 at the Coliseum.Medina allowed home runs to Jake Meyers, Chas McCormick, and Jose Altuve as the Astros swept the three-game series and handed the A’s their 11th straight loss, their longest losing streak in close to three decades. Meyers’ homer was a three-run shot in the fourth inning, and McCormick and Altuve hit back-to-back solo shots in the top of the seventh.The A’s allowed an Oakland record seven home runs in all, with Yordan Álvarez hitting two, and José Abreu and Jeremy Peña each connecting on one.Abreu took Sam Long deep in the eighth inning for his first homer of the season...

Varner birdies last hole to win LIV Golf at Trump National

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:37:28 GMT

STERLING, Va. (AP) — Harold Varner III won his first LIV Golf event Sunday when he two-putted from about 35 feet for birdie on the par-5 18th hole at Trump National in LIV Golf-DC.Varner won by one shot over Branden Grace of South Africa, who moments earlier holed about a 20-foot birdie putt on the tough par-4 second hole, his last of the shotgun start. Grace closed with a 66.Mito Pereira, the 36-hole leader, shot 71 and finished third.Varner won for the first time on American soil. He never won on the PGA Tour before signing on with the Saudi-funded league. His previous two professional wins were the Australian PGA Championship and the Saudi International.“I’m getting better at golf,” he said. “That’s always been my goal. I think big things are coming.”Varner, who opened the 54-hole event with a 64, started the final round one shot behind Pereira. But the Chilean bogeyed his first two holes.Varner holed a bunker shot for birdie at the 11th, and he made about a 12-foot b...

Coca-Cola 600 postponed until Monday due to wet weather

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:37:28 GMT

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Motor Speedway has announced the Coca-Cola 600 has been postponed until Monday due to wet weather.The Cup Series race will begin at 3 p.m. ET. NASCAR has moved the Xfinity Series up to an 11 a.m. start on Monday. The Xfinity Series race had been scheduled to run Saturday but was previously postponed.Cup Series points leader William Byron will start on the pole for the Cup Series race after qualifying was rained out Saturday night.It marks the first time the race has been moved to Memorial Day due to weather since 2009.___AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Biden espera ser reelecto con la asistencia de sus amigos y aliados

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:37:28 GMT

Tiene 80 años. Tiene un trabajo diurno exigente. Y, para empezar, nunca fue el activista más electrizante del mundo. Para ganar la reelección, el presidente Joe Biden planea aprovechar una gran cantidad de amigos y aliados para ir a donde él no puede, decir lo que no quiere y ser lo que nunca será. Los sustitutos de campaña no son nada nuevo. William McKinley desplegó 1,400 mientras hacía campaña por la Casa Blanca en 1896 mientras saludaba principalmente a sus seguidores desde el porche delantero de su casa en Ohio. Techo de la deuda: qué incluye y qué no el principio de acuerdo Biden nomina a la experta en cáncer Monica Bertagnolli para dirigir los Institutos Nacionales de Salud Pero la incipiente campaña de reelección de Biden ha invertido temprano, incluso antes de tener una sede y antes de lo que hizo el expresidente Barack Obama en 2012, en lo que los agentes veteranos dicen que es una operación inusualmente sólida para apr...

Milan beats Juventus 1-0 to secure spot in Champions League

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:37:28 GMT

MILAN (AP) — AC Milan secured its spot in next season’s Champions League by winning 1-0 at Juventus on Sunday — barring any off-field developments.Olivier Giroud’s goal late in the first half was enough for Milan to secure a spot in the top four in Serie A as it left the Rossoneri six points above fifth-place Atalanta with just one match remaining.Milan also moved eight points above Juventus. However, the Bianconeri could still appeal the 10-point penalty it was given for false accounting.Coming into the match, Juventus was the only side that could possibly replace Milan in the top four in the Italian league.But its hopes had imploded last week after the points deduction and a 4-1 loss at Empoli.Milan knew a point would be enough and both sides had chances before Giroud broke the deadlock, five minutes before the break, when he peeled away from his marker to head Davide Calabria’s cross into the far bottom corner.Juventus almost snatched an equalizer late on as Danilo’s volley from ...

Celtics' White, Colorado local, makes buzzer-beating shot

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:37:28 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Derrick White, the Boston Celtics player that made a last-minute shot to force a Game 7 against the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, has deep ties to Colorado and the Denver metro.White was born and raised in Parker and graduated from Legend High School in 2012. He went on to play three seasons at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs and one season at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Idle Nuggets hold light practice, waiting for Celts and Heat to decide NBA Finals foe In 2017, he was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs and played there before being traded to the Celtics in 2022.White's high school alma mater honored him back in February by inducting him into its athletics hall of fame as its first-ever member.White also hosts a basketball camp in his hometown called Nothing But Net Basketball: Derrick White Academy. Celtics star Derrick White returns to Colorado for high school Hall of Fame induction White's buzzer-beating shot kept the...

BSO: Man charged in 2-year-old’s fatal shooting in Pompano Beach left gun unattended

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:37:28 GMT

A man charged in connection to the shooting death of a toddler left a gun unattended inside a Pompano Beach apartment, authorities said.Thirty-three-year-old 33 year old Lius Appolon appeared before a Broward County Circuit judge on Sunday.The suspects faces one count of manslaughter other than by vehicle.“I do find probable cause,” said the presiding judge.Broward Sheriff’s Office detectives said Appolon left the firearm unattended inside a unit at an apartment complex along the 500 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.BSO deputies and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the shooting, just after 1:45 p.m., Saturday.Paramedics airlifted the 2-year-old victim to an area hospital, where the patient was pronounced dead.Appolon was later taken into custody and placed under arrest.Investigators said it remains unclear how and whether the suspect knew the child or who pulled the trigger.Representatives with BSO’s Child Protective In...

Venice authorities investigate after canal turns fluorescent green

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:37:28 GMT

Rome (CNN) — Venetian authorities are investigating after a patch of fluorescent green water appeared in the famed Grand Canal on Sunday morning.“This morning a patch of phosphorescent green liquid appeared in the Grand Canal of Venice, reported by some residents near the Rialto Bridge. The prefect has called an urgent meeting with the police to investigate the origin of the liquid,” Veneto regional president Luca Zaia wrote on Twitter.The local prefect spokesperson told CNN that they immediately took water samples, reviewed CCTV surveillance tape and asked local gondolier pilots and boat drivers if they saw anything suspicions, before calling an emergency meeting to investigate the cause of the green water, noting that no environmental group had claimed responsibility.The verdant blob was first noticed around 9:30 a.m. CET (3.30aET) and grew slowly, according to multiple images posted on social media, which showed gondolas, water taxis and water bus boats skimming through the emera...

Here’s what’s in the debt ceiling deal

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:37:28 GMT

(CNN) — After several weeks of tense negotiations, President Joe Biden and House Republicans have reached an agreement in principle to raise the debt ceiling and cap spending.The drama is by no means over. Congressional leaders in both parties have to convince enough of their members to vote for the agreement, which contains provisions that lawmakers on each side of the aisle don’t support.Not all the details of the agreement are available yet. And the information made public Saturday evening shows some discrepancies. The bill text is scheduled to be released on Sunday.Here’s what we know about the deal, based on a fact sheet circulated by House Republicans and a source familiar with the negotiations.Raises the debt ceiling: The agreement would increase the debt limit for two years.Caps non-defense spending: Under the deal, non-defense spending would remain relatively flat in fiscal 2024 and increase by 1% in fiscal 2025, after certain unspecified adjustments to appropriat...

Kelly strikes out 10 in Diamondbacks’ 4-2 win over Red Sox

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:37:28 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Merrill Kelly struck out 10 while pitching effectively into the seventh inning and Corbin Carroll hit a two-run homer, helping the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Sunday.Carroll hit a two-run homer off Tanner Houck (3-4) in the first. Geraldo Perdomo added a solo shot in the second to stake Kelly to a 4-0 lead.Kelly (6-3) matched a career high by striking out six batters looking, one short of the Diamondbacks’ record. He allowed a run and four hits in 6 1/3 innings.Justin Turner hit a solo homer for Boston in the eighth inning against Kyle Nelson, but Miguel Castro worked around an infield single in the ninth for his fifth save in six chances.Arizona had three hits in a 2-1 loss to Boston on Saturday night, but it got to Houck right at the start.Ketel Marte hit a hard single to extend his on-base streak to 27 games — tied for third-longest in Arizona history — in the first inning and Carroll followed with his eighth homer. Josh Rojas added a ...