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Braves play the Giants after Rosario’s 4-hit game

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:11:48 GMT

San Francisco Giants (64-59, second in the NL West) vs. Atlanta Braves (80-42, first in the NL East)Atlanta; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Jakob Junis (3-3, 4.10 ERA, 1.37 WHIP, 81 strikeouts); Braves: Max Fried (4-1, 2.57 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 39 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Braves -250, Giants +204; over/under is 9 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Atlanta Braves play the San Francisco Giants after Eddie Rosario’s four-hit game on Saturday.Atlanta is 80-42 overall and 42-20 at home. The Braves have hit 234 total home runs to lead the NL.San Francisco has a 29-31 record in road games and a 64-59 record overall. The Giants have a 37-8 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents.The matchup Sunday is the third time these teams meet this season.TOP PERFORMERS: Ronald Acuna Jr. has 29 doubles, two triples, 28 home runs and 74 RBI for the Braves. Ozzie Albies is 16-for-45 with a double, four home runs and 14 RBI over the past 10 games.LaMonte Wade Jr h...

Mets play the Cardinals after Lindor’s 4-hit game

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:11:48 GMT

New York Mets (58-66, fourth in the NL East) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (54-70, fifth in the NL Central)St. Louis; Sunday, 2:15 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Mets: Carlos Carrasco (3-6, 6.40 ERA, 1.63 WHIP, 62 strikeouts); Cardinals: Dakota Hudson (4-0, 4.03 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 25 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Cardinals -147, Mets +125; over/under is 10 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets take on the St. Louis Cardinals after Francisco Lindor had four hits on Saturday in a 13-2 win over the Cardinals.St. Louis is 54-70 overall and 27-37 at home. Cardinals hitters are batting a collective .257, the seventh-best team batting average in MLB play.New York has gone 27-38 in road games and 58-66 overall. The Mets are 25-9 in games when they did not give up a home run.The teams match up Sunday for the seventh time this season. The Mets are ahead 4-2 in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS: Nolan Arenado leads St. Louis with 26 home runs while slugging .511. Tommy Edman is 12-for-39 with fo...

Muere Lolita, una querida orca del Miami Seaquarium que iba a ser liberada en el océano

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:11:48 GMT

(CNN) — Lolita, una ballena orca que había vivido en cautiverio en el Miami Seaquarium desde 1970, murió el viernes por la tarde, según informó el acuario.Lolita comenzó a mostrar “signos graves de incomodidad” en los últimos días, según una publicación de Instagram del Miami Seaquarium. Después de ser tratada “inmediata y agresivamente” por un equipo médico, murió de “lo que se cree que es una afección renal” el viernes por la tarde, dijo el acuario.“Toki fue una inspiración para todos los que tuvieron la fortuna de escuchar su historia y especialmente para la nación Lummi que la consideraba su familia”, se lee en la publicación. “Aquellos de nosotros que hemos tenido el honor y el privilegio de pasar tiempo con ella recordaremos por siempre su hermoso espíritu”. La Nación Lummi es una tribu nativa americana con sede en la costa del estado de Washington y el sur de la Columbia Británica, cerca de las aguas donde capturaron a Lolita.La ballena de 57 años, a veces l...

Hilary weakens to Category 1 hurricane as storm moves within striking distance of Mexican peninsula

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:11:48 GMT

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Hilary moved closer to the coast of Mexico early Sunday on a continued path to the Baja California peninsula as a weakened but dangerous Category 1 hurricane, which the National Weather Service said was likely to bring “catastrophic and life-threatening” flooding to the region and cross into the southwestern U.S. as a tropical storm. The National Weather Center in Miami said in the most recent advisory at 2 a.m. that the storm was about 30 miles (45 kilometers) south of Punta Eugenia, Mexico, and 385 miles (625 kilometers) from San Diego, California. The maximum sustained wind speed remained unchanged at 85 mph while spreading “heavy rains” northward over the peninsula.Meteorologists warned that despite weakening, the storm remained treacherous.One person drowned Saturday in the Mexican town of Santa Rosalia, on the peninsula’s eastern coast, when a vehicle was swept away in an overflowing stream. Rescue workers managed to save four other peop...

The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon.

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:11:48 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s robot lander the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after it had spun into uncontrolled orbit, the country’s space agency Roscosmos reported on Sunday.“The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the moon,” read a statement from the agency.Roscosmos said it lost contact with the spacecraft on Saturday after it ran into trouble while preparing for its pre-landing orbit after reporting an “abnormal situation ” that its specialists were analyzing. “During the operation, an abnormal situation occurred on board the automatic station, which did not allow the maneuver to be performed with the specified parameters,” Roscosmos said in a Telegram post.The spacecraft was scheduled to land on the south pole of the moon on Monday, racing to land on Earth’s satellite ahead of an Indian spacecraft. The lunar south pole is of particular interest to scientists, who believe the permanently shadow...

Live Updates: Southgate has no advice for England ahead of Women’s World Cup final against Spain

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:11:48 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — The Latest from the Women’s World Cup final between England and Spain:___Gareth Southgate, coach of England’s men’s soccer team, said he had “no advice” for women’s counterpart Sarina Wiegman ahead of the Women’s World Cup final against Spain. “You’re doing a brilliant job, so that’s the first thing, and of course there is no advice because you’ve done more than us already, and you know what is needed to win,” Southgate said in a nearly seven-minute star-studded video posted to the Lionesses’ social media account ahead of Sunday’s game. The video featured multiple British celebrities wishing the team luck as England tries to win its first Women’s World Cup title, and first World Cup for the nation since the men’s team won in 1966. “All that remains is to wish you the very best for the final, and we hope you can bring that trophy back. Good luck everybody,” Southgate said. Other celebrities featured in the vide...

Zelenskyy vows retaliation for Chernihiv attack that killed seven people and wounded over a hundred

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:11:48 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed Sunday a stern retaliation to the Russian missile strike in the center of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv that killed seven people and wounded over a hundred others the day before. “I am sure our soldiers will respond to Russia for this terrorist attack. Respond tangibly,” Zelenskyy said in a video address published in the early hours of Sunday at the end of a visit to Sweden, his first foreign trip since attending a NATO summit in Lithuania last month.He named a six-year-old girl, Sofia, as among the dead in the attack and confirmed that the wounded included 15 children.The governor of the Chernihiv region, Vyacheslav Chaus, said Sunday that the total number of people wounded had risen to 148.Further east, Russian forces shelled the city of Kupiansk on Sunday morning, seriously wounding a man, according to Kharkiv regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov.Meanwhile, in Russia, five people were wounded when a Ukrainian ...

Minnesota State Fair 2023: The Chicks, Brandi Carlile and Duran Duran on tap to play the Grandstand

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:11:48 GMT

This year’s Minnesota State Fair Grandstand offers the most star-studded lineup in recent memory, with four shows already sold out or close to it: The Chicks, Keith Urban, Brandi Carlile and the Jonas Brothers.With that wattage comes some steep prices, with top seats going for $159 (the Black Keys), $197 (the Chicks, Duran Duran), $199 (Brandi Carlile) and $207 (the Jonas Brothers).Tickets are available through Etix, by phone at 800-514-3849 and in person at the State Fairgrounds Ticket Office. All concerts start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.Here’s a look at what’s on tap.The Black Keys perform at Target Center on September 28, 2019 in Minneapolis. (Photo courtesy by David A. Sherman)The Black Keys with the VelveteersAug. 24: Garage rock duo the Black Keys will perform their first Twin Cities concert in four years. Guitarist/vocalist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney met as kids in Akron, Ohio, and began making music together as teens. They released their...

Pakistan arrests opposition leader accused of exposing official secrets, harming national interest

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:11:48 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top investigation agency has arrested an opposition leader, who is a close aide of convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan, for exposing official secrets and harming state interests, according to case documents revealed Sunday.It’s the latest development in a standoff between the administration of outgoing Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his predecessor Khan, who was jailed earlier this month on graft charges. Shah Mahmood Qureshi, a two-time foreign minister, was arrested Saturday night at his Islamabad home by the Federal Investigation Agency on charges of exposing a letter last year to claim that Khan was ousted from power by the U.S. The letter has not been made public but was apparently diplomatic correspondence between a Pakistani ambassador to Washington and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad.Cricketing hero Khan was booted out of parliament in April 2022 in a no-confidence vote. He insists his removal was engineered by Washington, S...

Russian spacecraft crashes into the moon

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:11:48 GMT

The first Russian lunar mission in nearly half a century ended with a bang.The Luna-25, which left earth on August 10, crash-landed on the moon nine days later after an incident involving the pre-landing maneuvers malfunctioned, Russian space agency Roscosmos said late Saturday on its Telegram channel.According to Roscosmos, the last communication with the spacecraft was at 2:57 p.m. Moscow time (13:57 CEST) on Saturday. Efforts after that to get back in contact with the craft did not produce any results, the agency said. A specially formed commission will now look at why the Luna craft malfunctioned, Roscosmos said.Russia’s Luna-25 mission was sent to scope out the lunar south pole, where scientists believe there is a plentiful supply of water locked in ice in the perpetual shade of mountain ridges. Firming up water reserves is a critical requirement for supporting life on the moon with breathable oxygen, drinking water and even rocket fuel, which would then help space-faring...