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Andre Jackson gets first big league win as Pirates sweep Royals with 4-1 victory

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:13:54 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Andre Jackson pitched two-hit ball into the sixth inning in his first major league win, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Wednesday night for a three-game sweep.Jackson (1-1) struck out a career-high seven and walked two in 5 2/3 innings. The 27-year-old right-hander, who made his big league debut in 2021 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, allowed one run in his 20th major league appearance.“We saw in the fourth and fifth his velo started to tick down,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. ”But the changeup still played. He was able to execute some pitches.”Jackson became the first Pirate to strike out the first five batters in a game since Bruce Kison in 1979. But the last part of his outing was more difficult.“I felt like I started out strong and then kind of lost a little steam,” he said. “I tried to get ahead of guys. I battled.”Bryan Reynolds and Jack Suwinski homered for the Pirates (61-73), and Vinny Capra hit an...

Vines’ strong outing in big league debut leads Braves past Rockies 7-3

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:13:54 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Darius Vines pitched six strong innings to win in his major league debut and Marcell Ozuna homered for the second time in as many games as the Atlanta Braves beat the Colorado Rockies 7-3 on Wednesday night to complete a season sweep.Kevin Pillar and Orlando Arcia also homered for the Braves, who finished 7-0 against the Rockies for their third season sweep of Colorado. Atlanta outscored Colorado 64-20 over the season sweep.The Braves went 6-0 against Colorado in 2003 and 13-0 in 1993, the first year of the Rockies’ existence. Atlanta has won its last eight game at Coors Field against the Rockies, who lost for the ninth time in 10 games. The Braves are a major league-best 87-45, and have won 17 of their last 22.Alan Trejo homered for Colorado off reliever Michael Tonkin in the bottom of the seventh. Nolan Jones doubled twice, the first dropping in right-center in the bottom of the fourth when Ronald Acuña Jr. appeared to lose the ball in the lights. An inning later wit...

WNBA says playoff teams would have to fly commercially under certain scenarios

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:13:54 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA’s pledge to provide private planes for all postseason air travel has a few caveats, according to a memo sent to teams this week.The memo, obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday night, outlined certain scenarios under which teams would have to fly commercially.WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced in April and repeated many times during the season that the league would provide charter flights for all postseason games where air travel was necessary. Last season, the league paid for charters for the WNBA Finals.The league memo specified that teams can’t take charter flights for multiple trips in between playoff rounds. That means a lower-seeded team that sweeps its best-of-three first-round series would have a choice: either charter home or to the site of the next round. If the team chose to charter home, it would have to fly commercially to the next site.Such a scenario isn’t extremely likely, but it’s possible. The league ...

Albert Rusnák scores a go-ahead goal in the 90th minute, Sounders beat Austin 2-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:13:54 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Albert Rusnák scored a go-ahead goal in the 90th minute and the Seattle Sounders beat Austin FC 2-1 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game winless streak.Seattle (11-9-7) picked up its first win since topping Vancouver 3-2 on July 8. Austin (9-12-5), which has lost three straight games, is 1-3-2 in six meetings with Seattle.Jordan Morris scored his team-leading 10th goal of the season to open the scoring in the 48th minute for Seattle. He flicked in a free kick from Nicolás Lodeiro, who became the fifth player in league history with six seasons of 10 or more assists.Sebastián Driussi tied it a 1-all in the 72nd for Austin by sending home Gyasi Zardes’ glancing header. Seattle returns home to host the Portland Timbers on Saturday. Austin travels to play the New England Revolution on Saturday.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerSource

Colorado cannabis workers mixed on proposed reclassification

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:13:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Federal officials could soon be easing restrictions on marijuana under new recommendations issued this week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.HHS has recommended reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance, saying it has a moderate to low potential for dependence and a lower abuse potential. How you can trade your gas guzzler for an EV rebate in Colorado “I’m glad to see that people are finally realizing that cannabis is not as dangerous as cocaine and fentanyl," said Sam Taylor, CEO of The Grow Off. "It's a step in the right direction, but I don't think it's far enough."Still, Taylor and others in Colorado's marijuana industry have concerns about the change and how it could impact local producers and dispensaries.“Big money has always been around cannabis, and I think this opens the door for even bigger money to come in, and I think most of that money will go to multi-state operators, the big guys. And that’s going ...

Apartment complex power restored after nearly 4 days

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:13:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The power was restored to a local apartment complex Wednesday evening after being off since Sunday, but residents and business tenants are still frustrated by how the ordeal was handled.The electrical system at 1515 Flats near Sloan's Lake was damaged severely by water. They were able to get the power back on around 6 p.m. Wednesday using generators. Renters now have more rights in Colorado Sofia Johnson, a 1515 Flats resident, spoke with FOX31 about some of her frustrations prior to the restoration."The garage is not secured, the door is open. There have been non-residents loitering in the garage, which is a concern, and there's no air conditioning. There's no hot water."She said she understands things happen but feels there was a lack of communication and outreach to residents."What’s going to be done to really rectify it for the residents, you know? Rent in Denver is expensive, and we have a lot of great amenities, which are of course a privilege. But I think we...

Impaired driving crackdown ahead this Labor Day weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:13:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Thousands will travel to visit family and friends or enjoy restaurants and bars to celebrate the Labor Day weekend.Colorado State Patrol released numbers that show impaired driving was the biggest cause of deadly crashes last year. Polis calls IRS proposal on taxing TABOR refunds ‘absurd’ Cases related to driving while drunk increased by 6% since 2021. Three holidays tied for first place in 2022 as the deadliest: St. Patrick’s Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day each saw 23 crashes.CSP spokesperson Gary Cutler told FOX31 that while most arrests involved drunk driving, the number of cases of driving while high on marijuana and drugs is rising.“This is not acceptable. People are dying and getting injured on our roadways," Cutler said. While downtown areas will be packed with partiers, law enforcement will cast a wide net, also monitoring unincorporated areas closely.“Jefferson County, for instance. We have a good portion of Littleton that is unincorporated, so we patro...

‘Holler, Child’ profound story collection about Black lives

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:13:54 GMT

LaToya Watkins has surpassed the high bar set by her beautifully crushing debut novel, “Perish,” with a collection of short stories titled “Holler, Child.” Heavily rooted in west Texas where the author grew up, the 11 fictional pieces focus on Black lives — and the huge range of people and relationships within — to form a profound collection.In the namesake short story, which includes some of the most brutal scenes in the book, the bloodied face of the narrator’s son reminds her of the day she was raped and beaten — “Holler, Child” being what she commanded her 17-year-old self to do way back then, but couldn’t. Now, confronted with the possibility that her son may have raped someone, she has a chance to handle things differently.Its ending is completely unexpected — a battlefield of conflicting logic and emotion that’s hard to fathom, but also strangely sensical.While many of the pages are about mothers and wives, some are from a male perspective, like “Dog Person.” The narrator con...

Editorial: Someone needs to have a hard talk with Mitch McConnell

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:13:54 GMT

Lawmakers who serve their constituents for years on end are to be applauded, to a large extent, for their dedication to public service.But eventually the question must be asked: When is it time to exit the stage?As The Hill reported, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) appeared to freeze up while taking questions in Kentucky Wednesday, the second time in recent weeks that he paused while talking to reporters.A reporter asked McConnell, 81, for his thoughts about running for reelection in 2026.The Senate GOP leader twice asked the reporter to repeat the question, then responded “that’s a,” before freezing and looking ahead for roughly 30 seconds, according to a video posted on X by MSNBC.At one point during the freeze-up, an aide walked up to McConnell and asked “did you hear the question, senator, running for reelection in 2026?” To which McConnell replied with a word that was inaudible.“Alright, I’m sorry you all, we’re gonna need a minute,” the aide said.President Biden...

Moore: COVID lockdown leaders won’t admit they were wrong

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:13:54 GMT

COVID mania just won’t go away. The deadly strains of the virus have been gone for two years now, and yet the recent outbreak of a mild flu-like variant is again stoking panic on the Left.Nearly 100 universities are requiring masks this fall.Lionsgate movie studios in Los Angeles and Atlanta-based Morris Brown College this week stated they are reinstating mot just mask mandates but social distancing measures and contact tracing.CNN, which led the panic in 2020 and 2021 — causing manic school, restaurant and business shutdowns and vaccine mandates — recently put out a headline on its website that encouraged its readers not to go outside without a mask on. Really? The latest evidence finds this is less dangerous than a normal flu virus and tracking data suggest that the wave has already peaked.What’s even more disturbing here is that the leftist medical community and the media aren’t renouncing their calls for mitigation strategies that were catastrophically wrong in...