Home

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s RBI double in 9th lifts Blue Jays past Mets 2-1

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:12:48 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a go-ahead RBI double in the ninth inning, leading the Toronto Blue Jays past the New York Mets 2-1 on Saturday.Guerrero’s big hit came three pitches after Blue Jays manager John Schneider was ejected for arguing balls and strikes. Home plate umpire Charlie Ramos called the first pitch of Guerrero’s at-bat, which appeared to land low and out of the strike zone, a strike. Schneider shouted at Ramos from the dugout and was tossed before coming out and arguing at the plate.“Just wanted to give him a little bit of a deep breath there,” Schneider said with a grin.With Cavan Biggio — a .181 hitter who pinch-ran for designated hitter Brandon Belt in the eighth — in the on-deck circle and first base open, Mets manager Buck Showalter chose to have closer David Robertson (2-1) pitch to Guerrero, who fell behind 1-2.“‘Robbie got ahead of him, thought he could expand the zone on him a little bit,” Showalter said. “We just didn’t have much margin for err...

Search continues for man missing in Grand County

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:12:48 GMT

GRAND COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- Several dog crews from around the state were used in an ongoing search for a man missing for a week. On Saturday, search teams focused on the area of Byers Canyon and downstream toward Parshall to find Ari Harms, a white man in his 30s. The Eagle County Sheriff's Office said a river closure was issued and went into effect on Saturday morning for the part of the Colorado River from CR 50 to Kemp Breeze. Body of minor recovered from Colorado River following rafting accident GCSO had to implement short-term traffic closures in Byers Canyon while the dogs worked along Highway 40 on Saturday. "As we close out another day, we have still been unsuccessful in locating Ari Harms. Sheriff Schroetlin will be working with Ari’s family on determining the next steps in our quest for a resolution to this unfortunate incident," the sheriff's office posted on Twitter. Campers said Harms was going kayakingThe Pioneer Park campground host reported on May 29 that Harms'...

Stormy weather batters South Florida, causes roof damage at 2 Pembroke Park homes; 2 families displaced

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:12:48 GMT

Stormy weather that moved across South Florida forced two families out of their homes after strong gusts ripped the roof off a home and also caused roof damage to the home next door.Heavy wind, hail and torrential rain left parts of the region drenched and homes damaged on Saturday.Among those impacted by the soggy conditions was Pembroke Park resident Jennifer St. Pierre. “I was so scared, I was screaming,” she said.St. Pierre said she was inside her home along Southwest 31st Street when parts of her roof were ripped off.She showed the damage to a 7News crew.“The whole building was shaking,” she said.Not long after, St. Pierre said, the ceiling in her son’s room caved in on top of him, leaving him bruised.Then the water began gushing in.“I decided to hide in the closet and call 911 because we didn’t know what to do,” she said.The home located next door to St. Pierre was also impacted by the strong winds.“At that moment, I just t...

3rd suspect arrested in Hollywood Broadwalk shooting, 2 at large ID’d; parents of 1-year-old victim speak out

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:12:48 GMT

Police have made a third arrest and continue to search for two more suspects in connection to a Memorial Day shooting on the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk that left nine people injured, as the parents of the youngest victim opened up about the traumatic incident.Hollywood Police on Saturday confirmed that U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force officers took Jordan Burton into custody.Burton faces an attempted first-degree murder charge, as well as eight counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of carrying a concealed firearm .Authorities also identified the two suspects who remain at large as Ariel Cardahn Paul and Lionel JeanCharles Jr.Earlier this week, Keshawn Paul Stewart and Morgan Deslouches, both 18 years old, were arrested in connection with the crime. Stewart has since bonded out of jail.Investigators said the group of suspects got into an argument along the crowded beach promenade and started to shoot shortly before 7 p.m. on Monday.Police said four children between t...

AG: Man found dead after killing toddler daughter, her mother, injuring 5-year-old in NH triple shooting

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:12:48 GMT

Authorities say man fatally shot his 1-and-a-half-year-old daughter and her mother, and also wounded the woman’s 5-year-old daughter in a horrific triple shooting in Franklin, New Hampshire on Saturday that set off an hourslong manhunt that ended with the discovery of his body near the Merrimack River.Officers responding to a reported shooting at a home on Elkins Street around 12 p.m. found Nicole Hughes and her daughter, Ariella Belle, dead from gunshot wounds, according to the New Hampshire Attorney Generals’ Office. Her 5-year-old daughter was also suffering from a gunshot wound and was taken to the hospital.The triple-shooting sparked a manhunt for the toddler’s father, Jamie Bell, 42, who police warned should be considered armed and dangerous.Around 5:30 p.m. Bell was found dead on the banks of the Merrimack River with a self-inflicted wound to his neck. Investigators say he had an intimate relationship with Hughes but declined to discuss the nature of their r...

Jake Bauers, Aaron Judge and Gerrit Cole — Yankees’ California natives — lead the way in win over Dodgers

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:12:48 GMT

LOS ANGELES — Jake Bauers had never played in a major league game at Dodger Stadium until Friday, but the Yankees outfielder is no stranger to Chavez Ravine.Bauers, a Newport Beach native who starred for Marina High School in Huntington Beach, played for a CIF Southern Section Division 1 championship at the ballpark as a high school senior in 2013. While Marina did not come away with a section title, Bauers called the contest at Dodger Stadium “a great game, and “an emotional one,” according to the Los Angeles Times.Bauers must have felt the same way during Saturday’s game at Dodger Stadium, as he recorded the first multi-homer game of his career with a pair of two-run bombs off Los Angeles starter Michael Grove.The first blast came in the second inning and traveled 414 feet at 107.6 miles per hour. The second landed 409 feet away and left Bauers’ bat at 109.2 mph. He admired both shots to right field, which propelled the Yankees to a 6-3, series-...

Justin Turner steps up as Red Sox split doubleheader against Rays

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:12:48 GMT

Justin Turner is widely renowned as one of baseball’s best teammates and leaders, and on multiple occasions Saturday he demonstrated why.Shortly after arriving at the park Turner attended Rob Refsnyder’s press conference announcing his new contract extension. During his remarks Refsnyder revealed Turner was the only player he confided in while the negotiations were ongoing, and that ever since his arrival from Los Angeles Turner has completely changed the Red Sox clubhouse for the better.A couple of hours later, Turner led the charge as the Red Sox came from behind to beat the first-place Tampa Bay Rays 8-5, delivering the decisive blow with a bases-loaded, three-run double.“He’s a good player, he’s a good influence on the kids,” said Red Sox manager Alex Cora, whose club went on to lose the nightcap 4-2 to split the day-night doubleheader. “We fell behind today and the way we did it wasn’t a good taste, but he kept going in the dugout...

Pedestrian killed in two-vehicle North County crash identified

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:12:48 GMT

VALLEY CENTER, Calif. -- A man who was hit and killed by two vehicles last month in the Valley Center area has been identified, local medical officials said.Richard Vaughn Dye Sr., 32, was announced as the deceased, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office said on its website.The crash occurred on May 17 near Lilac Road, located west of Hideaway Lake Road, according to the California Highway Patrol. Dye Sr. was walking across Lilac Road when he was struck by a Nissan Kicks and Dodge Caravan, per authorities. 2 killed in Mission Bay crash identified Both drivers remained at the scene while waiting for first responders to arrive. Dye Sr. was later pronounced dead.The victim's cause of death was due to blunt force injury and determined as an "accident," according to the medical examiner's office.

China defends buzzing American warship in Taiwan Strait, accuses US of provoking Beijing

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:12:48 GMT

SINGAPORE (AP) — China’s defense minister defended sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of some of the world’s top defense officials in Singapore on Sunday that such so-called “freedom of navigation” patrols are a provocation to China.In his first international public address since becoming defense minister in March, Gen. Li Shangfu told the Shangri-La Dialogue that China doesn’t have any problems with “innocent passage” but that “we must prevent attempts that try to use those freedom of navigation (patrols), that innocent passage, to exercise hegemony of navigation.”U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told the same forum Saturday that Washington would not “flinch in the face of bullying or coercion” from China and would continue regularly sailing through and flying over the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea to emphasize they are international waters, countering Beijing...

16 South American migrants who entered US through Texas flown to California

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:12:48 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sixteen Venezuelan and Colombian migrants who entered the country through Texas were flown to California by chartered plane and dropped off outside a church in Sacramento, Gov. Gavin Newsom and migrant rights advocates said Saturday. The young men and women were dropped off Friday outside the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento with only a backpack’s worth of belongings each, said Eddie Carmona, campaign director at PICO California, a faith-based community organizing group that has been assisting the migrants. The migrants had already been processed by U.S. immigration officials and given court dates for their asylum cases when “individuals representing a private contractor” approached them outside a migrant center in El Paso, Texas, Carmona said. They offered to help the migrants get jobs and get them to their final destination, he said. “They were lied to and intentionally deceived,” Carmona said, adding that the migrants had no idea where they wer...