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Taylor Walls’ grand slam off Albert Abreu leads Rays past Yankees in another Stadium slugfest

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:09:18 GMT

The Yankees landed two jabs but whiffed on the knockout blow. Taylor Walls’ fifth-inning grand slam off Albert Abreu salvaged a series split for the Rays who jumped back to eight games in front of the Bombers in the AL East with their 8-7 win Sunday afternoon.Abreu was called on in the fifth to clean up Clarke Schmidt’s mess. Two batters after Harrison Bader’s full extension diving catch limited what would have been a bases-clearing extra-base hit to a sac fly, Abreu entered with the bases loaded, two outs and the game tied at four. The righty hung a 1-2 changeup as only one of the four runs to cross the plate was charged to him. The other three were tagged onto Schmidt’s line which, despite the pink attire across the field for the celebration of Mothers’ Day, was anything but pretty.The 27-year-old tossed 4.2 innings allowing six hits, and three walks while being charged for seven runs. The right-hander’s struggles continue as his season ERA ball...

Charlie Baker’s son, Andrew ‘A.J.’ Baker, arrested and charged with drunk driving: Mass State Police

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:09:18 GMT

Former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s son, Andrew ‘A.J.’ Baker, was arrested and charged with drunk driving Saturday night, according to Massachusetts State Police.Andrew, 29, of South Boston, is accused of driving drunk while heading down Route 95 south in Lynnfield Saturday night.A Mass State Police trooper at 8:15 p.m. responded to the highway, before Walnut Street in Lynnfield, where Peabody police officers had stopped a Volkswagen Jetta after following it from Route 114.Another motorist had told Peabody police that the Jetta was being driven erratically.“Peabody officers on scene told the Trooper they had detected signs of intoxication in the male operator, who was out of the vehicle at the time of the Trooper’s arrival,” a State Police spokesman said in a statement. “The Trooper also observed signs of intoxication during his interaction with the operator.“The Trooper then administered several standardized field sobriety tests...

Ticker: United pilots picket; New drug for hot flashes gets FDA nod

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:09:18 GMT

Just ahead of what could be a record-breaking summer travel season, pilots from one of the nation’s biggest airlines marched in picket lines at major airports as they push for higher pay.The United Airlines pilots have been working without a raise for more than four years while negotiating with airline management over a new contract.The pilots are unlikely to strike anytime soon, however. Federal law makes it very difficult for unions to conduct strikes in the airline industry, and the last walkout at a U.S. carrier was more than a decade ago.The coast-to-coast protests by United pilots come on the heels of overwhelming strike-authorization votes by pilots at American Airlines and Southwest Airlines. United pilots could be the next to vote, according to union officials.Pilots at all three carriers are looking to match or beat the deal that Delta Air Lines reached with its pilots earlier this year, which raised pay rates by 34% over four years.New drug for hot flashes gets FDA nodU.S...

Ex-TikTok exec alleges in suit Beijing had access to data

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:09:18 GMT

A former executive fired from TikTok’s parent company ByteDance made a raft of accusations against the tech giant, including that it stole content from competitors like Instagram and Snapchat, and served as a “propaganda tool” for the Chinese government by suppressing or promoting content favorable to the country’s interests.The allegations were made in a complaint Friday by Yintao Yu, the head of engineering for ByteDance’s U.S. operations from August 2017 to November 2018, as part of a wrongful termination lawsuit filed earlier this month in San Francisco Superior Court. Yu claims he was fired for disclosing “wrongful conduct” he saw at the company.In the complaint, Yu alleges the Chinese government monitored ByteDance’s work from within its Beijing headquarters and provided guidance on advancing “core communist values.”Yu said government officials had the ability to turn off the Chinese version of ByteDance’s apps,...

Two decades later, David Miller’s 2003 win looms over Toronto mayoral race

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:09:18 GMT

The battle lines in Toronto’s upcoming mayoral race may feel familiar to some: A conservative has left office and a wide open race to replace him has taken shape. Candidates lament a city in disrepair and spar over the future of the waterfront.It all resembles 2003, city hall watchers say, when Toronto elected its first – and only – centre-left mayor since amalgamation in 1998.Not since David Miller left office in 2010 has a progressive candidate stood a better chance of winning the mayor’s seat, said Zack Taylor, political science professor at Western University. Progressives running this time can learn from Miller’s first successful campaign, Taylor added.Miller told The Canadian Press that he hears the echoes too.“There was a feeling that the city wasn’t investing in the priorities of the people,” Miller said of his 2003 run. “And I think there’s a parallel today. We do see a lot of services declining.”Miller’...

Election count shows Turkey’s Erdogan under threshold needed to avoid presidential election runoff

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:09:18 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Voter support for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dipped below the majority required to win reelection outright with the ballot count nearly completed Sunday, making a May 28 runoff presidential election more likely.With almost 91% of ballot boxes counted, Erdogan had 49.9% of the vote, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. His main challenger, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, had 44.4% as the gap between the two shrank.Meanwhile, the opposition-leaning Anka news agency reported that with 95% of ballot boxes counted, Erdogan had 49% and Kilicdaroglu 45%. If neither candidate secures more than 50%, the two will compete in a run-off vote in two weeks. Turkey’s election authority, the Supreme Electoral Board, said it was providing numbers to competing political parties “instantly” but would not make the results public until the count was completed and finalized. Earlier Sunday, Anadolu and Anka provided different partial results from the cou...

Herders in Kenya kill 10 lions, including Loonkiito, one of the country’s oldest

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:09:18 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — One of Kenya’s oldest wild lions was killed by herders and the government has expressed concern as six more lions were speared at another village on Saturday, bringing to 10 the number killed last week alone.The male lion named Loonkiito was 19 years old and was described as frail by Kenya Wildlife Service spokesperson Paul Jinaro, who said it wandered out of the Amboseli national park into a village in search of food on Thursday night.Six other lions from the same national park were speared by herders after they killed 11 goats in Mbirikani area, Kajiado county. The deaths brought to 10 the number of lions killed by herders last week in escalated human-wildlife conflict that has worried the government.Tourism minister Peninah Malonza met locals in Mbirikani area on Sunday and urged them not to spear wandering lions and to instead reach out to the wildlife service.The government and conservation groups have a compensation program for herders whose livestock is ...

Minneapolis city council brawlers could be expelled from Minnesota Democratic Party

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:09:18 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Democratic Party will consider expelling anyone involved in a brawl that broke out over nominations for a Minneapolis City Council seat.At least two people were injured in Saturday’s confrontation. The head of the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Chair Ken Martin, said on Twitter that he plans to call an emergency meeting later this week to consider banning anyone involved in the assaults from the DFL Party, an affiliate of the national Democratic Party.Video posted on social media showed the disturbance began after supporters of Minneapolis Council Member Aisha Chughtai took the stage, which caused an uproar among supporters of her challenger, Nasri Warsame. Some Warsame supporters then jumped on stage, shouting, banging on tables and waving signs.As supporters of both candidates pushed and shoved each other, a party official repeatedly banged a gavel and tried to quiet the crowd but was ignored.Convention chair Sam Doten called the behavior em...

Moment of silence, bell tolling for Buffalo supermarket mass shooting victims 1 year after massacre

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:09:18 GMT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Standing in the same parking lot where he was shot in the neck a year ago in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket, Zaire Goodman said he was grateful to see the community come together in remembrance Sunday.His family and others affected by the mass shooting gathered with top state and local officials, first responders and religious leaders to remember the 10 people who were killed and three, including Goodman, who were wounded at Tops Friendly Market, which closed Sunday for the one-year anniversary of the shootings.Goodman, who worked at the store and was shot while collecting carts outside, has been back to the. market many times since, even visiting while it was being remodeled in the weeks after the massacre as some questioned whether it should ever reopen.“I just wanted to show people that it’s alright. We don’t need to close the store indefinitely,” he said. “We know the store is still important to people in this area.”Mayor Byron Brown read the 13 vi...

Student loan forgiveness: What to know as the Supreme Court mulls case

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:09:18 GMT

(NEXSTAR) - Within the next month or so - but likely sooner - millions of federal student loan borrowers will know whether or not they’ll see thousands of dollars in debt erased from their accounts. The Supreme Court is expected to make a ruling in two cases that sought to halt President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in federal student loans for over 44 million Americans. As we get closer to the Supreme Court’s decision, here are four things to know.When will SCOTUS make their decision?While there is no firm answer to this as of yet, the decision is expected before the end of June. The Supreme Court typically releases major rulings in May or June. If SCOTUS rules in favor of student loan forgiveness, how many would receive relief?The White House has previously said that roughly 44 million Americans would benefit from Biden’s proposed student loan forgiveness.  $42B in student debt forgiven for public workers: How to qualify for the PSLF program Whil...