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Dodgers activate OF Mookie Betts from paternity list

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:08:40 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers activated outfielder Mookie Betts from the paternity list Thursday and recalled right-hander Andre Jackson from Triple-A Oklahoma City.Right-hander Evan Phillips was placed on the paternity list, and infielder Yonny Hernández was optioned to the team’s top farm club.Betts’ wife gave birth to their second child Tuesday. He missed two games before rejoining the Dodgers ahead of a four-game series against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.With infielders Miguel Rojas and Chris Taylor hampered by injuries, manager Dave Roberts put Betts at shortstop after he reached on a pinch-hit single in the top of the seventh. It was the first career appearance at the position for the 30-year-old Betts, a six-time Gold Glove winner in right field.Luke Williams started at shortstop for Los Angeles. Williams was promoted Tuesday and made his third career start at shortstop in a 5-3 loss to the New York Mets on Wednesday.Michael Grove was on the mound ...

Desalojan a la princesa italiana Rita Jenrette Boncompagni de una mansión en Roma con un Miguel Ángel y Caravaggio originales

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:08:40 GMT

(CNN) — La princesa Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi —antes conocida como Rita Carpenter y exesposa del representante republicano de EE.UU. John Jenrette— fue desalojada de la casa que alguna vez compartió con el difunto príncipe Nicolo Boncompagni, luego de una disputa con sus hijos por la herencia.La princesa Rita confirmó a CNN su desalojo de la histórica mansión bautizada Casino dell’Aurora, ubicado en el centro de Roma, este miércoles. La casa cuenta con una pintura original de Caravaggio en el techo, la única obra de este tipo que se conoce del artista, y una estatua de Miguel Ángel descubierta recientemente en el jardín.Sale a la venta una villa de US$ 547 millones con el único mural de techo de Caravaggio en el mundoA Rita la escoltaron fuera de su casa junto con sus perros este jueves. “He estado despierta durante 72 horas: me están desalojando brutalmente de una casa que cuidé con amor durante los últimos 20 años”, tuiteó en la madrugada de este jueves.La pri...

Woman killed by rock thrown at car in Jeffco; 'truck of interest' not involved

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:08:40 GMT

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Investigators say they are still looking for whomever was involved in a string of crimes Wednesday night that resulted in the death of a 20-year-old after she was struck and killed by a large rock while driving.While the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office originally said they had located a Dodge pickup truck that may have been involved, they said just before 10 p.m. Thursday that they "positively confirmed" that the truck and its owner "are not involved in the crime series related to the death of Alexa Bartell."The crimes occurred on Wednesday night starting at 10 p.m., according to the Sheriff's Office. Bartell, 20, of Arvada, was driving northbound near the 10600 block of Indiana Street. JCSO believes the suspects threw a large rock either from a vehicle or the side of the road at Bartell's car. Warning: Picking up folded money could be dangerous Investigators say the rock hit Bartell, and she was killed. Moments before she was killed, Bartell wa...

Toews scores winner, Avs rally to tie series with Kraken

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:08:40 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Devon Toews scored with 7:01 remaining to complete Colorado’s rally from two goals down as the Avalanche beat the Seattle Kraken 3-2 on Thursday night to even their first-round series at a game apiece.Trailing 2-0 in the second period, Artturi Lehkonen and Valeri Nichushkin scored 48 seconds apart to tie the game. It set the stage for Toews, who knocked in a rebound for the defending Stanley Cup champions. Denver Nuggets go 2-0 in playoffs for first time in 14 years Justin Schultz and Brandon Tanev scored for a Kraken team that once again got off to a flying start after winning 3-1 in Game 1.Alexandar Georgiev was tested all night and finished with 27 saves. One of his top stops was in the closing seconds of the second period with Seattle on a 3-on-1 break. A pass was sent over to Jordan Eberle, but a sprawled-out Georgiev prevented the score with his extended right leg.Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is Saturday in Seattle.Philipp Grubauer stopped 38 shots agains...

‘To Catch a Killer’ satisfying & suspenseful police procedural

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:08:40 GMT

MOVIE REVIEW“To Catch a Killer”Rated R. At the AMC Boston Common and suburban theaters.Grade: B+In what could be the first of several films, Shailene Woodley stars as Baltimore Police Officer Eleanor Falco, a deeply troubled, not very well-educated young woman who finds herself in the middle of a giant manhunt when she is chosen by leader Geoffrey Lammark (Ben Mendelsohn) to help head the operation. The target is an unknown man, who has murdered 29 people near the harbor with a Vietnam-era sniper rifle, using the noise of fireworks to cover up his shots and his location. Eleanor has scars on her wrists. She lives alone with a cat and finds release and relief swimming laps in a local pool. Using laser technology, the police later locate the residence the sniper used as a lair. The place then blows up.Eleanor was rejected by the Bureau for being “aggressive and addictive.” Lammark, who is brilliant and has enemies, is married to Gavin (Michael Cram, “Flashpoint”) and has heart problem...

Guy Ritchie misses the target with ‘The Covenant’

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:08:40 GMT

MOVIE REVIEW“Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant”Rated R. At AMC Boston Common, AMC South Bay and suburban theaters.Grade: C+In a weird throwback to those Chuck Norris “Missing in Action “ films of the 1980s, “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant,” a far better-made effort, is yet another war movie that asks us to feel good about something we should feel bad about. In this case, it is the way that the United States has treated Afghan interpreters and their families, who are now at great risk because visas promised to them have not been made available as promised, and the Afghans and their families are at great risk from the resurgent Taliban. While we were able to drive the Taliban back, the Afghan forces can’t fight the insurgents alone. Our chaotic withdrawal made matters worse.In fact, there was a recent story in the news headlined “Afghans Stranded in Pakistan Are Struggling After Broken Promises from the U.S.” How do we compare this reality with the content of “The Covenant,” a ...

Column: Chicago Cubs can’t keep momentum going in return home, losing to the LA Dodgers 6-2

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:08:40 GMT

The Chicago Cubs returned to Wrigley Field on Thursday on the heels of a 5-1 West Coast trip, looking very much like a team determined to prove its hot start is not a fluke.But they flopped in their first game home, losing 6-2 to the Los Angeles Dodgers on James Outman’s ninth-inning grand slam off closer Michael Fulmer.While it’s easy for fans to get excited about the 11-7 record, how many games will it take for President Jed Hoyer to feel this is who the Cubs really are?“One (hundred) forty,” Hoyer said with a laugh.That would be another 122 games, or well into the playoff race in September. By that point the Bears will be back and hogging the spotlight again, as happens in Chicago even if one or both of the baseball teams are contenders.When Hoyer turned serious, he said the thing that encouraged him most about the start was the fact the team believes in itself and comes into each game prepared to win.“They come in every day prepared, they’re t...

Boys hockey All-Scholastics and league All-Stars

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:08:40 GMT

DREAM TEAMCole Blaeser (St. John’s Prep)Finnegan Burke (Catholic Memorial)Cam Fici (Belmont)Aidan Holland (St. John’s Prep)Josh Iby (Pope Francis)Brady Quackenbush (Marshfield)ALL-SCHOLASTICSAidan Brazel (Hingham)Brady Bullock (St. Mary’s)Drew Coady (Braintree)Drew Damiani (Lynnfield)Jack Dickie (Watertown/Wayland)Aiden Dunphy (Silver Lake)Jason Finkelstein (Walpole)Peter Grace (Belmont)Chris Hanifan (Reading)Maurice Kearney (Pope Francis)Dillan Lowe (Nashoba)Sam Mazanec (Duxbury)Colin McIver (Sandwich)Chase McKenna (Hingham)Pavit Mehra (Hopkinton)Gavin Moynihan (Xaverian)Jackie Murphy (BC High)Ben O’Keefe (Tewksbury)Leo Owens (Canton)Ben Paterson (Franklin)Anthony Patete (West/East Bridgewater)Evan Pennucci (Reading)Cole Pouliot-Porter (Xaverian)Teagan Pratt (Scituate)Jake Russell (Arlington)AJ Thomas (Canton)Will Van Sicklin (St. John’s Prep)Timmy Ward (Norwell)Owen Watson (Catholic Memorial)Brendan Zinck (Malden Catholic)HONORABLE MENTIONKevin Arthur (Medfield)Matthew Cooke (Tewk...

Antoni & Sheppard: Biden’s stall tactics won’t ease inflation

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:08:40 GMT

If you listen to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen or President Joe Biden, it sounds like the country will implode if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling in a couple months. But Biden’s words don’t match his actions.He says hitting the debt limit is an existential threat. But by refusing to meet and negotiate with congressional leaders to discuss it, the Biden administration comes closer to bringing about the very crisis they claim they’re trying to prevent.Even if it seems Biden isn’t paying attention to the debt ceiling and government borrowing, Americans should be concerned. The runaway inflation of the past few years is a natural consequence of the unchecked government spending.Though nominal average weekly earnings are up 9% from January 2021, real earnings are down 5.1% because wages have not risen as fast as prices. The debt ceiling negotiation is an opportunity to put an end to the “inflation tax” that’s cutting into Americans’ paychecks.If Congress declines to rais...

Graham: RFK Jr.’s talk-show politics could take bite out of Biden

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:08:40 GMT

Toward the end of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bravura performance in a ballroom at the Boston Park Plaza on Wednesday, an alarm bell sounded and a robotic female voice announced “a report of an emergency in this building.” The crowd, 2,000 strong, on hand to hear Kennedy formally declare his candidacy, was instructed to evacuate.After a moment of confusion, RFK Jr. told the crowd he’d been informed that there was no emergency and he would press on with his speech. The bell sounded again, and the demanding, automated voice repeated the call to evacuate.“Nice try,” Kennedy quipped. He wasn’t going anywhere.And the crowd went wild.That was the message Kennedy and his team came to Boston to deliver: Joe Biden may want to ignore him, and some Democrats — including some in his own family — may be embarrassed by him, and the media may hate him. But RFK Jr. is going to run for president, and he’s going to run as if he means it.Because he does.Watching him deliver a smart, carefully calibrated s...