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Orioles reset: Baseball’s latest pitching craze is sweeping through Baltimore

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:49:07 GMT

Ryan Mountcastle doesn’t remember the first time he heard the term “sweeper,” but he hasn’t forgotten the first one he faced.“It was just, like, the craziest thing I’d ever seen,” the Orioles first baseman said.Normally, for Mountcastle to decide a breaking ball was going to make its way to a hittable area, he would see whether it started between him and the strike zone. But when then-Tampa Bay Rays right-hander Chaz Roe deployed his sweeper against Mountcastle during spring training in 2020, he had to look far more inside.“I’d have to have it start at my butt,” he said. “It was bizarre.”The name “sweeper” has gained prevalence of late, but in truth, the pitch that carries the name has existed for years. Baseball Savant, Major League Baseball’s hub for Statcast data, reidentified thousands of sliders over the past decade as sweepers, a slower variant of that classic breaking ball with far more ...

Granite State voters too independent for Trump, Shaheen says

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:49:07 GMT

New Hampshire’s former governor and senior U.S. Senator says that Granite State voters are tired of the 45th President’s legal woes and perpetual falsehoods about the 2020 election, which he repeated last week during a campaign rally in Manchester.“I think, fundamentally, people disagree with him on the issues that he supported as president and continues to support,” U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said.The Granite State’s 78th governor was speaking with WCVB hosts Sharman Sacchetti and Ed Harding for the pair’s Sunday politics show On the Record, when she said former President Donald Trump’s recent remarks in the Queen City reflect his own beliefs and ideology much more than they do those of the historically independent minded voters of the first-in-the-nation primary state.“New Hampshire believes that women should have our own control of our bodies and that reproductive rights should be the decisions of women. Donald Trump doesn’t believe that,” she said. “People in New Hampshire believe...

Lucas: Climate vandals miss the mark with Beacon Hill SUV attack

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:49:07 GMT

If Eddie Markey were a true Green New Deal warrior, he would have deflated a few Beacon Hill SUV tires himself.He might have even led the mob of climate change vandals—called Tyre Extinguishers—who deflated the tires of 43 SUVs a week ago that were parked tightly overnight on streets adjacent to the State House.But perhaps the 76-year-old junior U.S. Senator was too busying holding an Earth Day press conference with Rep.  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the reintroduction of the Green New Deal Resolution.“The Green New Deal isn’t just a resolution,” Markey said, “it is a revolution.”Perhaps the vandals heard him. These left-wing loonies called the SUVs “massive killer vehicles,’’ which even in their wildest dreams showed that they never came across a U.S. M1 Abrams tank.So, in the middle of the night, the group stealthily went after SUVs parked on Mt. Vernon Street, Pickney Street, Brimmer Street, Cedar Stret, Otis Place and David G. Mugar Way.They posted flyers on the vehicles which sa...

UN envoy says Sudan’s warring sides agree to negotiate

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:49:07 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s warring generals have agreed to send representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia, the United Nations’ top official in the country told The Associated Press on Monday, even as the two sides clashed in the capital despite another three-day extension of a fragile cease-fire. The talks would initially focus on establishing a “stable and reliable” cease-fire monitored by “national and international” observers, Volker Perthes said. A string of temporary truces over the past week has de-escalated fighting only in some areas, while in others, fierce battles have continued to drive civilians from their homes and push the country into a humanitarian crisis.Perthes cautioned that logistics for talks were still being worked out. So far, only the military has announced it is prepared to join negotiations, with no public word from its opponent, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Any talks would be the first major sign of progress since fighti...

Sixties Scoop drama ‘Little Bird’ among May streaming highlights

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:49:07 GMT

Here’s a roundup of standout TV series and films debuting on subscription streaming platforms in May:“Little Bird”Named Esther Rosenblum when she was adopted by a Jewish family as a young child, Bezhig Little Bird still remembers a life years earlier with her birth family. Now in her 20s, some memories of her past are faint and traumatic. But as her wedding day approaches, she feels an urgency to trace her roots. Leaving behind her fiancé, she embarks on a journey that leads her from Quebec to the Canadian prairies as she seeks answers on how her familial ties were cut by the federal government as part of the Sixties Scoop. Unflinching and sometimes brutally violent in how it portrays the treatment of Indigenous peoples by Canadian police and foster care, this six-episode drama is likely to stoke conversations and serious reflection. Following the final episode on June 30, Crave and APTN Lumi will release “Coming Home,” a documentary film with historical context on the Sixties...

Man who lost wife, son in Texas mass shooting tells story as search continues

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:49:07 GMT

CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — Wilson Garcia hadn’t even asked his neighbor to stop shooting his gun.People in their rural town north of Houston are used to people firing their weapons to blow off steam, but it was late Friday night, and Garcia had a month-old son who was crying.So, Garcia said, he and two other people went to his neighbor’s house to “respectfully” ask that he shoot farther away from their home.Mass shooting survivor Wilson Garcia sheds a tear as he talks about his wife and son, who were killed in Friday's shooting, Sunday, April 30, 2023, at a vigil for his son in Cleveland, Texas. The search for a Texas man who allegedly shot his neighbors after they asked him to stop firing off rounds in his yard stretched into a second day Sunday, with authorities saying the man could be anywhere by now. The suspect fled after the shooting Friday night that left multiple people dead. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)“He told us he was on his property, and he could do what he wanted,” Garcia ...

Week starts with sunshine, ends with storms

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:49:07 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- After not one but three severe weather events last week, this week will start much quieter (& warmer!)We start the new work week with afternoon highs in the mid-80s under a mainly sunny sky. Humidity will gradually begin to increase as our winds spin more out of the southeast, but dry skies can be expected areawide.Tuesday and Wednesday will be one in the same - partly sunny, warm and muggy. It's possible we see fog developing in the morning hours, but temperatures will still return to the 80s each afternoon.By Thursday, our first in a series of disturbances will roll in. Showers and storms will be possible Thursday afternoon with the potential of a severe risk late day. Details are still fuzzy at this point in time but be sure to stay with KXAN as we fine tune the forecast.Rain chances will continue through the upcoming weekend, and although no day looks like a total washout, it'll be a good idea to keep the umbrella on standby.Late week rain chancesMay is typi...

Court unseals search warrant affidavits in T. Denny Sanford child pornography investigation

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:49:07 GMT

Investigators found that images of nude underage girls were transmitted on an email account they linked to billionaire South Dakota philanthropist T. Denny Sanford, documents unsealed Thursday showed, but they were unable to prove who sent them or where that person was at the time.Sanford’s attorney said in a statement that the newly released documents contain only allegations and “various individuals had documented access to the electronic devices at issue, including signs of hacking.”Sanford, South Dakota’s richest man and a University of Minnesota alumnus, was not charged after the state attorney general’s office said its investigation into child pornography allegations found no prosecutable offenses within its jurisdiction.Sanford’s attorneys fought to keep the affidavits used to issue search warrants sealed, but the Sioux Falls Argus Leader and ProPublica argued they should be made public and the state Supreme Court ruled this month that they would be unsealed.Sanfo...

Flooding closes multiple roads in Canajoharie

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:49:07 GMT

CANAJOHARIE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- According to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, several roads have been closed due to flooding in Canajohaire. Mapletown Road, Shunk Road, and White Road are all closed. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Divers are asked to use an alternate route. Stick with NEWS10 as more information becomes available regarding when the roads will re-open.

98.3 TRY Social Dilemma: Can I Tell My Neighbors To Stop Skinny Dipping?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 23:49:07 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Today's 98.3 TRY Social Dilemma has to do with what's appropriate in your backyard. Here's the email: Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Hi Jaime. I'm having a problem with my neighbor and I don't quite know how to handle it. My neighbor has a very nice pool in their backyard, which they recently opened. It's heated and yes, they've already been in it. So you're thinking what's the problem? Well, they like to skinny dip in their pool. And there is no real barrier that keeps my family from seeing them do that. I mean there is a fence, but it's a chain link fence, and if I'm on my deck, I can see everything if you know what I mean. And so can my children. There are no shrubs or trees between our property. I'm very close to going over and asking them to stop skinny dipping as my kids can see them. My neighbors on the other side of my home say it's none of my business what they do in their yard, but I thin...