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Walker homers to back Montgomery, Cardinals beat Reds 7-4

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:17:44 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Rookie Jordan Walker homered and had a career-best three hits, Jordan Montgomery pitched six scoreless innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-4 Friday night.Nolan Gorman and Nolan Arenado also homered for St. Louis, which has won two straight after dropping five in a row.“It feels great,” Arenado said. “Monty’s a competitor, and we feel good with him on the mound. We feel like we have a chance to win ballgames when he’s pitching. As long as we support him and play good defense behind him, good things will happen.”Montgomery (3-7) allowed three hits and struck out six to win for the first time since April 8 at Milwaukee. The Cardinals had lost Montgomery’s previous 10 starts.“This guy’s given us a shot plenty of times,” Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. “We just haven’t come through for him. Tonight, he did a really nice job again. He established the fastball in, got a ton of swing and misses on the changeup, buried...

Video shows good Samaritans rescue man from burning car

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:17:44 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Good Samaritans came to the rescue of a man trapped in a burning vehicle Friday in the Mission Valley area, authorities said.The fire occurred around 3:30 p.m. in front of The Legacy International Center, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department (SDFD).Video obtained by FOX 5 shows several people gathered around a car that is spewing white smoke.One of the good Samaritans told FOX 5 that he and about two other men pulled over after seeing a car in flames. That's when they realized there was a person stuck in the vehicle, the good Samaritan said. Hiker who fell to death at Three Sisters Falls identified The video shows the good Samaritans begin to try and open the doors, but fail to do so. That's when two men attempt to smash the windows of the vehicle with metal objects. The man, seated in the driver's seat, can be seen struggling to escape from the burning vehicle. Another person who had a wrench was able to break the back window of the car to access the m...

Rent prices continue to rise in San Diego County, study shows

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:17:44 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- We have all been feeling like we are paying more for everything including rent.Real estate group CoStar found rent prices are up across San Diego County. Real estate experts have said people are looking to rent over buying, when more people rent, the more prices go up.CoStar's found of all the cities in California, a recent study found San Diego has the fastest-growing rent."It's way too high, it's ridiculous," said Anastasiya Rudenko, a renter in Serra Mesa.Rudenko and her roommate rent a two-bedroom, one-bath for $2,700 in Serra Mesa."We don't even have in-unit laundry, we don't have updated appliances or anything. It's not the worst apartment you've ever seen, but it's definitely not worth $2,700 a month," Rudenko explained. "We were ideally shooting for something that's like $2,000 but there was literally nothing, this was the cheapest option we could find."CoStar looked into rent trends for the Mission Valley/North Central region. This area includes Mission Valley,...

This school reopened quickly after COVID. Kids’ reading was still behind

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:17:44 GMT

COLUMBUS, Kan. (AP) — Students spread out in their rural Kansas classroom, answering questions with a partner about invaders atop elephants attempting to sack Rome more than 2,000 years ago.“Do you want to read?” one of the third graders, Parker, asked his partner after the lesson on the Punic Wars. “Because I’m not really good.”Bekah Noel told her students to jot down answers for their partners if they needed extra help writing or spelling. Halfway through the school year, with some of her students reading nearly 200 words per minute and others struggling to sound out around 10, she has had to make a lot of tweaks like this.Exiting from the pandemic, the assumption might be that Noel’s students should be among the least scathed. The tiny, 900-student school system in Columbus pivoted to remote learning briefly in March 2020 before going back in person that fall, initially without masks. While some U.S. students spent a year or more learning online, pandemic school in rural Kansas w...

Nuggets in command of NBA final, top Heat 108-95 for 3-1 series lead

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:17:44 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — The mission for the Denver Nuggets was clear: Come to Miami, get two wins and head back home with a chance to finally become NBA champions.It’s officially there for the taking.The 47-year wait for Denver might be over as soon as Monday, with Nikola Jokic and his Nuggets now just one win away from getting the title that he’s wanted for so long. Aaron Gordon scored 27 points, Jokic added 23 and the Nuggets beat the Miami Heat 108-95 on Friday night to take a 3-1 lead in the NBA final..“We haven’t done a damn thing yet,” Nuggets coach Michael Malone said. “We have to win another game to be world champions.”Bruce Brown scored 21 off the bench for the Nuggets, who won their fifth straight road game to grab complete command. They’ll have three chances to win one game for a title. Two are in Denver and a raucous atmosphere is expected in Monday’s Game 5.Jamal Murray of Kitchener, Ont., had 15 points and 12 assists — his fourth consecutive double-digit assist ...

Runway closed at Tokyo’s Haneda airport after 2 planes bump into each other

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:17:44 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Two passenger planes bumped into each other on a runway at a major Tokyo airport Saturday but no injuries were reported, Japanese media reports said.A Thai Airways International jet headed to Bangkok accidentally hit an Eva Airways plane headed to Taipei at Haneda airport and the runway was subsequently closed and some flights were delayed, the reports said.Footage broadcast by TBS TV News showed two commercial jets stopped on the same runway.The airlines, the airport and Japan’s Transport Ministry were not immediately available for comment and did not answer repeated calls.The cause of the accident was not clear.A winglet on the Thai Airways plane appeared to have been damaged, according to photographs and media reports. Winglets are the vertical projections on the tip of the wing that reduce drag.The Associated Press

IQF frozen Whole Raspberries and Antioxidant Blend recalled for norovirus risk

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:17:44 GMT

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for two kinds of Alasko brand IQF frozen fruit due to a possible norovirus contamination.The recall covers IQF Whole Raspberries and IQF Antioxidant Blend in one and five kilogram packages.The affected raspberries have a best before date of Aug. 15, 2024, and the Antioxidant Blend’s best before date is Oct. 11, 2023.The frozen fruit was distributed throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario.There have been reports of illnesses linked to the fruit, and the CFIA is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products.The agency notes that people with norovirus illness usually develop symptoms of diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach cramps within 24 to 48 hours, but possibly as early as 12 hours.This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 10, 2023.The Canadian Press

Cracked floors, bowed walls: Many warnings but no action at Iowa building before deadly collapse

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:17:44 GMT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — So many people knew something wasn’t right at the 116-year-old Davenport apartment building.The structural engineer who documented the shaky wall. The head of a masonry company who wouldn’t let his workers onto the site. The city inspector who threatened to close some units. A downtown official who called 911 and asked firefighters to take a look. And tenants who told of cracks in their floors and walls.But no one ordered residents out, and it was only when a section of the six-story brick, steel and concrete building tumbled to the ground on the afternoon of May 28 that everyone seemed to connect the dots. Three men were dead, about 50 tenants were left homeless without their possessions and the city was faced with one of its taller buildings at risk of crumbling in the heart of its downtown.Asked days after the collapse why residents hadn’t been warned, Davenport Mayor Mike Matson said, “I don’t know that anyone can anticipate a building collapsing.” Tenant...

Nebraska Legislature as reality TV, featuring filibuster and culture war drama

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:17:44 GMT

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Mention televised legislative debates, and what may come to mind are stuffy, policy-wonk discussions broadcast by C-SPAN. This year’s Nebraska Legislature was more like a reality TV show, with culture-war rhetoric, open hostility among lawmakers, name-calling, yelling and more. Many Nebraskans couldn’t get enough of it. “It was addictive,” said Jamie Bonkiewicz, 41, of Omaha. “If I wasn’t there, I was streaming it every day, just to hear what would come out of those senators’ mouths.”Watching on television, streaming on computers and phones, following along in their cars, Nebraskans seemed captivated by what was easily one of the body’s most acrimonious sessions on record.“Watching the Nebraska Legislature is like watching the worst train wreck that won’t end and the hits just keep coming,” Megan Moslander of Omaha tweeted when lawmakers triggered a constitutional challenge by combining restrictions on abortion and trangender health care into a...

Pride is back in Boston as parade returns after quarrel over inclusivity

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 22:17:44 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The biggest Pride parade in New England returns to Boston after a three-year hiatus Saturday, with a fresh focus on social justice and inclusion rather than corporate backing.About 10,000 marchers signed up before registration was shut down, according to organizers. Employee groups are welcome to march, but corporations aren’t. “We really did start by looking forward to how we could best serve the LGBTQ community in greater Boston and really all across New England,” said Jo Trigilio, vice president of Boston Pride for the People.One of the oldest Pride events in the country, this year’s parade will travel a bit shorter route than in past years, beginning at Copley Square and ending at Boston Common with a festival for families, teens and older community members. A second event for the over-21 crowd will take place on City Hall Plaza and include alcohol, a disc jockey and dancing.This marks Boston’s first Pride parade since 2019. The hiatus began with ...