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Texas homecoming for Griner in WNBA star’s 1st game there since Russian release

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:16:28 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Brittney Griner had a Texas homecoming, in private, out at dinner and on the court with the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA star’s home state six months after her release from a Russian prison.Even before the first of consecutive games against the Dallas Wings, Griner was getting shouts of encouragement while out eating with teammates. Less than two hours before Wednesday night’s game, she met in private with members of the women’s basketball team from Baylor, the campus 100 miles away where she was part of a 40-0 national championship in 2012.“We went to eat yesterday and we walk in and everybody’s (shouting) Brittney Griner, Brittney Griner,” said Mercury forward Brianna Turner, like Griner a Houston native. “It’s been really exciting, the warm welcome she’s received and everyone coming up and being like good luck, so happy you’re home.”The Mercury were on the road for only the second time this season. It is the first time fo...

Brewers’ Adames returns less than 2 weeks after getting hit in head with liner while in dugout

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:16:28 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers shortstop Willy Adames returned to action less than two weeks after getting hit on the head by a foul ball while sitting in a dugout.Adames started at shortstop and batted second on Wednesday night against Baltimore after getting activated earlier in the day. Adames homered in his first at bat with a 400-foot drive over the center-field wall.“Obviously it was a little scary — scary time — but thank God everything went well,” Adames said before the game. “It could be way worse.”The Brewers optioned second baseman Brice Turang to Triple-A Nashville.Adames was standing on the steps behind the railing of the Brewers’ dugout during the second inning of a 15-1 loss to San Francisco on May 26 when a line drive from teammate Brian Anderson struck him on the head. Adames said the liner hit him on the left side, around the temple.He was taken to a hospital later that night and placed on the 7-day concussion list the next day.“It was pretty shocking,” Adames ...

Reds’ De la Cruz hits 1st big league homer, then triples

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:16:28 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Reds newcomer Elly De la Cruz hit his first major league homer with a 458-foot, two-run drive off the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Noah Syndergaard on Wednesday night and then tripled.With fellow rookie Matt McLain on second base, De la Cruz hit an 0-1 fastball that left the bat at 114.8 mph and landed into the last rows of the right-field stands at Great American Ball Park. A day after making his big league debut, the 21-year-old switch-hitter had the second-hardest-hit home run by a player 21 or younger since Statcast started tracking in 2015, behind only Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. at 115.9 mph on Aug. 21, 1920.De la Cruz tripled on a curveball in the third, a drive that went to the wall in right-center on four hops.He reached third in 10.83 seconds, the fastest time in the major leagues this season, according to Statcast. It was the second-fastest since the start of the 2020 season behind 10.75 seconds for Arizona’s Corbin Carroll last ...

Encuentran restos humanos de un desaparecido de la dictadura en un batallón del Ejército de Uruguay

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:16:28 GMT

(CNN Español) — El grupo de antropólogos forenses que investiga en busca de cuerpos de los detenidos-desaparecidos de la última dictadura de Uruguay (1973-85) encontró, entre este martes y este miércoles, huesos que creen que pertenecen a una de las víctimas de los militares.Según la jefa del equipo de antropólogos, Alicia Lusiardo, el cuerpo hallado estaba a unos 40 centímetros de la superficie, boca abajo, totalmente cubierto de cal, y encima tenía una capa de cemento. Los antropólogos no encontraron ropa en el lugar ni signos visibles de violencia en el cuerpo, cuyo sexo por ahora se desconoce.Encuentran restos humanos de un desaparecido de la dictadura en un batallón del Ejército de Uruguay.En la mañana de este martes, los antropólogos anunciaron el hallazgo, cuando encontraron un cráneo y los primeros restos en una serie de excavaciones que venían realizando desde hace meses en el Batallón 14, en el departamento uruguayo de Canelones. A partir de ese momento el trabajo se...

Solve It 7: Gas Meter Mix-Up

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:16:28 GMT

When a local woman got a gigantic gas bill, she was left fuming. So she contacted Solve It 7. Brandon Gunnoe has the story.Tereana Perkins was thrilled to call this recently renovated apartment — home.“It was a one family then it turned into a two family. I felt like it was perfect,” Tereana said. Everything inside was brand new — and her stove, hot water and heat all run on gas. Her monthly bill was about $65 a month.But recently Tereana learned, for about a year, there was a gas meter mix-up with her neighbor.“I get a call from my landlord, and she told me there were crossed meters and how she was paying my bill, and I was paying her bill, and I was like OK,” Tereana said. When the gas company uncrossed the meters, it discovered Tereana wasn’t charged for all the gas she used. So she was billed $1900. “I was really upset.  Like I don’t want to have to pay...

South Boston family searching for missing statue containing ashes of two family members

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:16:28 GMT

A family in South Boston is asking for help after they say someone stole a statue from their lawn which holds the ashes of two family members. Speaking with 7NEWS, Jessyca Doyle said the statue was in her family’s yard for close to 10 years. It was moved next to their house about one year ago while some work was being done. Now, the family believes someone stole the statue over the weekend. “I had just got over their grief,” Doyle said. “And it felt like, when they took it, it was as if it had reopened that whole wound.”Doyle said the statue was 3-4 feet tall, containing her father and grandfather’s ashes in a green pole.She continued, saying whoever took the statue probably took it without knowing how sentimental it is to her family.Doyle said her father painted the statue. Her family then decided to put his ashes in it when he died in 2018. “[T]hen my grandfather died in 2020 and we put his ashes with my father so they could rest in peace together,” Doyle said. ...

1 killed after car slams into Subway restaurant in Smithfield, RI

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:16:28 GMT

One person was killed and several others were injured Wednesday when a car crashed into a Subway location in Smithfield, Rhode Island, officials said. The car slammed entirely into the building before slamming into a back wall, leaving behind a trail of destruction in the Subway while also damaging a Planet Fitness gym. Deputy Fire Chief Steven Quattrini said crews arriving at the scene found two people trapped under the car. Quattrini said six people were taken to area hospitals.In a statement, Smithfield police said they responded to the scene off Putnam Pike shortly before 3 p.m.Dan Silva and his wife belong to the Planet Fitness that was also damaged. “We were just coming back home and my wife asked ‘Is the gym going to be open tomorrow’ and I said ‘Well let’s take a quick ride and find out,’” he said.Silva said he’s seen people speeding in the area around the crash site before.  “It’s a straightaway, people tend to maybe go a little too fast,” he said.Offici...

Justice Dept. moves closer toward possible indictment of Trump in classified documents investigation

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:16:28 GMT

By ERIC TUCKER (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury investigating Donald Trump in Florida heard from at least one additional witness Wednesday amid signs that the Justice Department was moving toward a possible indictment over the former president’s mishandling of classified documents.In the last week, his lawyers have met with Justice Department officials to argue against an indictment; Trump has issued social media posts in which he suggested he anticipated that he might be charged; and a former top aide appeared before a grand jury in Miami — an indication, legal experts said, that prosecutors had settled on Florida rather than Washington as an appropriate venue for charges.In addition, several media reports Wednesday evening said prosecutors had recently issued the Trump legal team a target letter, which is often but not always a precursor to criminal charges. The Justice Department defines a target as someone whom prosecutors have substanti...

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde ejected for arguing balls and strikes vs. Brewers

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:16:28 GMT

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde was ejected in the fifth inning of Wednesday night’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers for arguing balls and strikes.Home-plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt tossed Hyde after Ryan O’Hearn struck out looking with one out in the fifth inning as the Orioles trailed 4-0.Hyde appeared to chirp at Wendelstedt from the dugout after O’Hearn was rung up. After he was ejected, Hyde went out to home plate to argue with the 25-year veteran umpire, who received criticism for his strike zone in Friday’s game between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers. The low-and-in cutter that O’Hearn struck out on was charted as a strike on Baseball Savant.The ejection is Hyde’s second of the season; the first was April 10 against the Oakland Athletics after center fielder Cedric Mullins was tossed. Hyde has been ejected 11 times in his five years as Orioles managerThis story will be updated. ()

City Council OKs digital kiosks to be installed downtown

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:16:28 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego City Council has approved plans to install interactive kiosks throughout downtown to help visitors and residents navigate the region. They’re called IKE Smart City, short for Interactive Kiosk Experience.“People, if they're visiting from outside San Diego and/or residents, can access information just with a touch of a fingertip,” Christina Bibler, the city’s economic development director, told FOX 5 on Wednesday.The IKE is a dual-sided, large touch screen that allows users to discover everything from shops, hotels, businesses, restaurants, parks, events, buses and trolley routes -- and, using your smartphone, get the navigation sent to the palm of your hand. ‘An insane loss’: BMX community reacts to Pat Casey’s death “They will also be able to look for a lot of public benefits," Bibler said. "Is there a local shelter nearby? How do you interact with a city? Where can you pay a parking ticket?"Under the agreement, IKE will incur a...