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Atlanta Braves and St. Louis Cardinals play in game 2 of series

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:19:29 GMT

Atlanta Braves (3-1) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (2-2)St. Louis; Tuesday, 7:45 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Dylan Dodd (0-0); Cardinals: Steven Matz (0-0)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Cardinals -137, Braves +116; over/under is 9 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves meet the St. Louis Cardinals leading the series 1-0.St. Louis went 93-69 overall and 53-28 at home last season. The Cardinals averaged 8.5 hits per game last season while batting a collective .252 and slugging .420.Atlanta had a 101-61 record overall and a 46-35 record in road games last season. The Braves averaged 3.4 extra base hits per game, including 1.5 home runs.INJURIES: Cardinals: Lars Nootbaar: 10-Day IL (thumb), Paul DeJong: 10-Day IL (back), Wilking Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Adam Wainwright: 15-Day IL (groin)Braves: Max Fried: day-to-day (hamstring), Huascar Ynoa: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kolby Allard: 60-Day IL (oblique), Tyler Matzek: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Wright: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Raisel Iglesias: 15...

Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets play in game 2 of series

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:19:29 GMT

New York Mets (3-2) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (3-1)Milwaukee; Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Mets: Max Scherzer (0-0); Brewers: Wade Miley (0-0)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Mets -162, Brewers +139; over/under is 8 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Milwaukee Brewers bring a 1-0 advantage into the next game of the series against the New York Mets.Milwaukee had an 86-76 record overall and a 46-35 record at home last season. The Brewers slugged .408 as a team last season with 3.0 extra base hits per game.New York had a 101-61 record overall and a 47-34 record on the road last season. The Mets slugged .412 as a team last season with 2.9 extra base hits per game.INJURIES: Brewers: Justin Wilson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Luis Urias: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Aaron Ashby: 15-Day IL (labrum), Adrian Houser: 15-Day IL (groin), Tyrone Taylor: 10-Day IL (elbow), Jason Alexander: 60-Day IL (shoulder)Mets: Justin Verlander: 15-Day IL (teres major), Stephen Ridings: 15-Day IL (lat), Edwin Diaz: 60-Day IL (knee),...

Cubs enter matchup against the Reds on losing streak

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:19:29 GMT

Chicago Cubs (1-3) vs. Cincinnati Reds (3-1)Cincinnati; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Hayden Wesneski (0-0); Reds: Luis Cessa (0-0)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Cubs -132, Reds +112; over/under is 9 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs are looking to end their three-game skid with a victory against the Cincinnati Reds.Cincinnati went 62-100 overall and 33-48 at home last season. The Reds averaged 7.8 hits per game in the 2022 season with 2.5 extra base hits per game.Chicago had a 74-88 record overall and a 37-44 record in road games last season. The Cubs averaged 2.8 extra base hits per game, including 1.0 home run.INJURIES: Reds: Jose Garcia: day-to-day (hamstring), Joey Votto: 10-Day IL (bicep/shoulder), Nick Senzel: 10-Day IL (toe), Tony Santillan: 15-Day IL (back), Justin Dunn: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Tejay Antone: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lucas Sims: 15-Day IL (back), Luke Weaver: 15-Day IL (forearm), Vladimir Gutierrez: 60-Day IL (elbow)Cubs: Brandon Hughes: 15-Day IL (k...

Rights groups welcome Malaysia’s move on death penalty

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:19:29 GMT

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Human rights groups on Tuesday applauded Malaysia’s move to scrap the mandatory death penalty as a major step forward in the push for the abolition of capital punishment in Southeast Asia. Instead of the death penalty, lawmakers on Monday approved bills to give courts the option of imposing prison sentences of between 30 and 40 years and caning not less than 12 times. Previously, courts had no choice but to mandate hanging as punishment for a range of crimes including murder, drug trafficking, treason, kidnapping and acts of terror.Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch said Malaysia’s progressive stance could help “break the logjam on forward movement towards abolition of the death penalty” in the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations. “Far too many ASEAN states like to brandish the death penalty as some sort of big stick to scare criminals, but that tactic is not really working. Singapore has gone on an execution spree, Vietnam pu...

Police: Palestinian stabs 2 Israelis near army base

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:19:29 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian suspect stabbed two Israelis near an army base south of Tel Aviv on Tuesday, police said, in the latest incident in a yearlong spate of violence that shows no sign of abating. The Magen David Adom paramedic service said first responders treated two men for serious and light stab wounds in the incident on a highway near the Tsrifin military base. The men were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment their injuries. Israeli media identified the two victims as soldiers. Police said that civilians at the scene apprehended the suspected attacker, who was taken into police custody for questioning. Israeli-Palestinian violence has surged over the last year, as the Israeli military has carried out near-nightly raids on Palestinian cities, towns and villages and as Palestinians have staged numerous attacks against Israelis.On Monday, Israeli troops killed two Palestinian gunmen during an arrest raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. At least 88 Palestin...

Progressive Conservatives win big in P.E.I. : In The News for April 4

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:19:29 GMT

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 4 …What we are watching in Canada …P.E.I. Premier Dennis King’s decision to go to the polls early paid off with a massive win for his Progressive Conservatives on Monday night.The party captured 55.9 per cent of the popular vote and won 22 of the province’s 27 seats, leaving the Liberals with just three seats and the Greens with two.King told supporters in Charlottetown that the results were a vindication for “positive politics,” and he promised to stay positive as his re-elected government faces challenges in health care, housing, education and climate change.For the Green Party, it was a sobering shift in fortunes from the election four years earlier when the party formed the official Opposition — a first for the Greens in any province.King called the election six months befor...

‘A beautiful community:’ Universities open lounges for Black students

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:19:29 GMT

TORONTO — Spaces designated for students from marginalized backgrounds are spreading across Canadian universities, as officials say they are a necessary and overdue response to decades of racism on campus. Toronto Metropolitan University officially opened a space late last month for students who self-identify as Black.Cheryl Thompson, an associate professor at the university, said the need for such lounges became increasingly clear following the death of George Floyd, whose 2020 killing by a white Minneapolis Police Department officer sparked protests worldwide. “Something did shift in 2020 institutionally … when the world witnessed the inhumanity in that George Floyd video,” Thompson said about the Black man who was seen in a video using his last few breaths telling the officer kneeling on his neck, “I can’t breathe.”“The demands Black students have been making for decades have finally been heard.”Eboni Morgan, a spokesperson for TMU&...

Head of Canadian Museum of History looks to move past a tumultuous few years

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:19:29 GMT

GATINEAU, Que. — Caroline Dromaguet first started working at the Canadian Museum of History as a summer guide, where as a student she fell in love with the world of museums. Over the years she saw the exhibits change, with her life experience changing, too. The museum is where she got her first “grown-up job,” and 25 years later, she has climbed to the top.In December she was appointed president and CEO of the Canadian Museum of History Corp., a federal Crown corporation responsible for both the history museum in Gatineau, Que., and the Canadian War Museum on the Ottawa side of the river, after serving as interim CEO for two years.“I just feel extremely lucky,” Dromaguet said in a recent interview with The Canadian Press, describing her appointment as “quite unexpected.”Her predecessor, Mark O’Neill, resigned in 2021 following allegations of workplace harassment. He had been on medical leave since the summer of 2020, when an independent inve...

Battle looms between Canadian defence officials, decision-makers after federal budget

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:19:29 GMT

OTTAWA — A battle is brewing between Canadian defence officials and federal decision-makers as the Trudeau government looks for ways to save billions of dollars over the next few years.Experts say last week’s budget and the delays in a planned update to the defence policy are signs of this pending conflict, with ramifications for Canada’s military and its international reputation.The budget contains virtually no new defence funding, but does include several cost-cutting measures, notably an order for departments and agencies to identify ways to cut spending by three per cent over the next few years.And while the government says the Canadian Armed Forces will be excluded from such cuts, it remains unclear the degree to which the exemption will extend to the Department of National Defence, which controls the military’s budget.“Regarding the reduction in eligible spending by departments and agencies, as indicated in Budget 2023, the reduction will not impact the...

Federal Court to hear further arguments against government’s use of Emergencies Act

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:19:29 GMT

OTTAWA — The Federal Court is slated to hear more concerns today about the Liberal government’s use of the Emergencies Act to quell “Freedom Convoy” protests early last year.Counsel for the Canadian Constitution Foundation and other parties are expected to appear in Ottawa before Justice Richard Mosley on the second day of the three-day hearing.On Monday, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association said the government did not clearly spell out proper legal justification for its use of the emergency measures last February.The government contends the extraordinary steps taken to deal with the emergency situation were targeted, proportional, time limited and compliant with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.The Public Order Emergency Commission, a mandatory inquiry held last fall, found the government met the very high threshold for using the law.Now the legal arguments for and against the decision are being heard in a court of law.This report by The Canadian Pr...