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Brewers end 6-game skid with 7-3 victory over Giants

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:28 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Willy Adames and William Contreras each hit two-run home runs and the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the San Francisco Giants 7-3 on Sunday to end a six-game losing streak.Contreras opened up the scoring for the Brewers with a two-run home run in the second inning. The Giants tied it in the second inning. Brett Wisely drove in Blake Sabol one day after hitting his first career home run. LaMonte Wade Jr. singled in Austin Slater.Adames’ sac fly scored Christian Yelich in the third to give the Brewers a 3-2 lead.Adames homered in the fifth for his 100th career home run to make it 5-2.Yelich and Adames added RBI singles in the ninth. Adames finished with two hits and four RBIs. Thairo Estrada homered in the ninth for the Giants, who ended a four-game winning streak.Adrian Houser pitched 4 2/3 innings, allowed seven hits and two runs and struck out five in his first start of the season. Joel Payamps (1-0) earned the win in relief. He struck out three in 1 2/3 innings.Ro...

La policía cubana reprime a manifestantes que protestan por la escasez generalizada

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:28 GMT

(CNN) — Decenas de manifestantes salieron a las calles el sábado por la noche en el aislado pueblo de Caimanera frente a la base naval estadounidense en Guantánamo y exigieron mejores condiciones de vida y libertad.Los videos publicados en las redes sociales mostraban a una multitud de personas organizando una protesta frente a los edificios del gobierno y luego a la policía antidisturbios cubana que llegaba para arrestar a la fuerza a varios manifestantes.El sitio web de medios estatales Cubadebate dijo el domingo que “la manifestación inusual” fue “iniciada por un incidente que involucró a un pequeño grupo de personas ebrias”. El artículo culpó a los “medios contrarrevolucionarios” en EE.UU. por tratar de presentar las protestas como el comienzo de un levantamiento a gran escala contra el gobierno comunista.La Embajada de Estados Unidos en La Habana condenó la represión de los manifestantes.“Fuerzas de seguridad cubanas respondieron anoche con violencia a manifestaciones pac...

SUV driver hits crowd at Texas bus stop near border; 8 dead, multiple hurt

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:28 GMT

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (KVEO) - An eighth person has died after a driver ran over a group of people waiting at a bus stop in Brownsville, Texas on Sunday. The victims were at a bus stop in front of the Ozanam Center, a shelter for migrants and homeless people in the Texas border city, at 8:30 a.m. when they were hit. The collision does not appear to have been accidental, police said.Seven people died at the scene, Lt. Martin Sandoval said Sunday morning. An eighth person died Sunday evening, Brownsville Mayor Trey Mendez confirmed to Nexstar's KVEO. Shelter director Victor Maldonado said he reviewed the shelter’s surveillance video on Sunday morning after receiving a call about the crash.The city bus stop is across the street from the shelter and is not marked. There was no bench, and people waiting there were sitting along the curb, Maldonado said. He said most of the victims were Venezuelan men.“What we see in the video is that this SUV, a Range Rover, just ran the light that was abou...

Tiger Woods accused of sexual harassment by ex-girlfriend, according to court document

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:28 GMT

(CNN) — Erica Herman, who was a longtime girlfriend of professional golfer Tiger Woods, has accused the 15-time major champion of sexual harassment, according to a court filing by Herman’s attorney in Florida on Friday.Woods is accused of pursuing a sexual relationship with Herman while she worked for him and then forcing her to sign a non-disclosure agreement or she’d be fired from her job, according to the document.Herman was an employee at his South Florida restaurant, The Woods Jupiter, at the time.“Tiger Woods, the internationally renowned athlete and one of the most powerful figures in global sports, decided to pursue a sexual relationship with his employee, then — according to him — forced her to sign an NDA about it or else be fired from her job,” the Friday court document said. “And, when he became disgruntled with their sexual relationship, he tricked her into leaving her home, locked her out, took her cash, pets, and persona...

Passing showers, then sunshine returns

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:28 GMT

After some nice weekend weather, showers are heading into New England for the overnight.Around midnight, showers will move over the area and are expected to last about 3 hours. In total 0.05-0.25″ of rain is expected, so generally light rain with a few pockets of heavier showers pushing a few locations above .2″. By mid-morning on Monday, skies clear out with sunshine returning for the rest of the day. Temperatures will range from the 70s inland, to 60s along the coast.

Schwarber, Walker lead Phils over Boston 6-1, stop skid at 6

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:28 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber homered after being dropped from leadoff to fifth in the batting order, and the Philadelphia Phillies stopped a six-game skid with a 6-1 victory over the Red Sox on Sunday that ended Boston’s eight-game winning streak.J.T. Realmuto singled twice and drove in two runs for the defending NL champions who won for the first time since Bryce Harper’s return to the lineup on Tuesday. Harper, playing in his fifth game after Tommy John surgery on his right elbow, is batting .368 (7 for 19) with one RBI after going 1 for 3 with a single, walk and two runs.“I thought we played extremely well in all phases,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. “You go into an off day with a win and break a losing streak. It feels really good.”Triston Casas homered for the Red Sox.Taijuan Walker (3-2) rebounded from two consecutive shaky outings, allowing one run and three hits in six innings with six strikeouts and no walks.“I was nibbling too much instead of being aggres...

Police: Townsend woman was under influence when she crashed into building, fled scene

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:28 GMT

A Townsend woman is facing several charges, including operating under the influence, after she allegedly crashed into a building and fled the scene on Sunday afternoon.Officers responding to a reported crash on Main Street around 3 p.m. arrested Deborah Gyles, 61, on charges including operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs, leaving the scene of an accident with property damage, and operating an unregistered motor vehicle, after locating the vehicle at her home, according to Townsend police.Officers investigating the crash located her vehicle at her home.She will be arraigned Monday in Ayer District Court.

An 11-run 2nd inning propels the Chicago White Sox to a 17-4 victory and series win vs. the Cincinnati Reds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:28 GMT

Luis Robert Jr. began Sunday’s second inning with a five-pitch walk.It was an innocent start to a record-breaking inning for the Chicago White Sox.The Sox scored 11 runs in the second, hammering the Cincinnati Reds 17-4 in front of 20,338 at Great American Ball Park.The 11 runs set a team record for a second inning, topping the previous mark of 10 on July 28, 1935, against the St. Louis Browns.“I liked everything about it,” manager Pedro Grifol said of the inning. “(Reds pitcher Graham Ashcraft) is a really good starter, and we were able to shrink the strike zone a little bit, make him pitch, make him come in the zone and put some good swings on it.“And then we just kept tacking on. That’s really important for us, just to keep adding runs. It’s hard to hit, and (Sunday) was one of those days where our guys just shrunk the strike zone.”It’s the first time the Sox scored at least 11 runs in any inning since Sept. 17, 2007, when the...

Baseball great Vida Blue dies at 73

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:28 GMT

Vida Blue, the Oakland Athletics star pitcher who helped lead the team to three straight world championships in the early 1970s, died at age 73, the Athletics announced Sunday.The cause of death wasn’t disclosed.“There are few players with a more decorated career than Vida Blue,” the A’s said in a statement. “He was a three-time champion, an MVP, a six-time All-Star, a Cy Young Award winner, and an Oakland A’s Hall of Famer. Vida will always be a franchise legend and a friend. We send our deepest condolences to his family and friends during this arduous time.”Blue played 17 seasons in the major leagues from 1969-86. He started his career in Oakland, where he was a key contributor to the franchise’s three straight World Series championships from 1972-74 and five straight West Division titles from 1971-1975.In 1971, the left-hander became the youngest MVP in major league history when he achieved the honor at the age of 21. In that season...

School bus driver strike dodged in Framingham, still looming in Westboro and Marlboro

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:56:28 GMT

A school bus driver strike was narrowly averted in the Framingham School District as negotiators agreed on a new contract Sunday evening, but no such consensus was reached in Marlboro and Westboro as of 8 p.m., leaving the scheduled strike Monday morning impending.“We were prepared for the worst but hoping for the best, and it turns out the best has come to fruition,” Framingham Superintendent Robert Tremblay said at a 6 p.m. city press event Sunday.The transportation company for the three school districts, NRT Bus, and representatives from the Teamsters Local 170 union representing the drivers remained in the trenches of contract negotiations Sunday in the wake of the union’s strike vote last week.The sides have been in negotiations since January 2023, according to an NRT statement.Framingham public officials were covering preparations to transport thousands of students to school Monday morning when they received the news that the negotiators reached a deal for a ...