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Phillies slugger Harper expected to return to lineup Tuesday

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:34:40 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper is expected to return to the lineup on Tuesday, 160 days after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his right elbow.The two-time National League MVP indicated on Instagram that an appointment with Dr. Neal ElAttrache on Monday went well and that he was cleared to return.The Phillies arrived in Los Angeles overnight to begin a three-game series against the Dodgers on Monday. ESPN was the first to report that Harper was cleared.The timing of the return would complete a stunning recovery for Harper. The Phillies said when Harper had surgery on Nov. 23 that he was expected to return around the All-Star break in mid-July.It also comes at a great time for the Phillies, who have won seven of their last nine games. They took two of three from Houston over the weekend in a rematch of last year’s World Series.Harper started taking on-field batting practice on April 5. He has been facing live pitching the past couple of weeks, along wit...

Oklahoma AG files motion seeking to stop Glossip execution

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:34:40 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s attorney general asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to grant death row inmate Richard Glossip a stay of execution, saying there were enough problems with Glossip’s conviction that he deserves a new trial.In an unusual move for a prosecutor, Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed his motion agreeing with defense attorneys that Glossip deserves a stay.Drummond said that while he doesn’t believe Glossip is innocent, he didn’t receive a fair trial. Specifically, Drummond said the key witness against Glossip lied on the stand about his psychiatric condition and his reason for taking the mood-stabilizing drug lithium.When combined with other problems with the state’s prosecution, including the destruction of evidence, the state believes “Glossip’s trial was unfair and unreliable,” Drummond wrote.Glossip is scheduled to be executed May 18 for the 1997 murder-for-hire killing of Glossip’s former boss, Barry Van Treese. Anothe...

Giants’ Crawford, Yastrzemski placed on injured list

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:34:40 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — The San Francisco Giants placed shortstop Brandon Crawford and outfielder Mike Yastrzemski on the 10-day injured list Monday before the start of a series against the Houston Astros. Crawford, who has a strained right calf, was injured in the fourth inning of San Francisco’s 16-11 loss to San Diego Saturday night in Mexico City. His stint on the IL is retroactive to Sunday.The 36-year-old Crawford has struggled this season, hitting .169 with four homers and 10 RBIs.Yastrzemski was shelved with a left hamstring strain. He was injured in Sunday’s 6-4 loss to the Padres while diving to try and catch a ball hit by Matt Carpenter in the eighth inning. A grandson of Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, Mike is batting .292 with five homers and 14 RBIs.The Giants recalled outfielders Cal Stevenson and Brett Wisely from Triple-A Sacramento.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

MLB lefty batting average up, game time down 28 minutes

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:34:40 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Batting average for left-handed hitters was up 13 percentage points through the first full month of the season, an impact of baseball’s new rule changes.The biggest noticeable impact has been when games are ending. Average time of a nine-inning game is 2 hours, 37 minutes, down from 3:05 at the same point last year.Clubhouse staff and players are getting home while their families are still awake.“It definitely makes life easier,” Cleveland’s Shane Bieber, the 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner, said Monday.Boosted by new rules designed to speed play and increase action, stolen bases rose 40% to their highest level in nearly a quarter-century and scoring increased by 1.1 runs per game.Pitch clock violations averaged 0.74, and the New York Mets topped the major leagues with 17 while the Los Angeles Dodgers and Detroit tied for the fewest with four each. Of 313 clock violations, 204 were by pitchers, 91 by batters and four by catchers. In addition, there were fiv...

DC mayor calls plan to nix K Street project a ‘downtown killer’

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:34:40 GMT

A battle is brewing in D.C. over how to pay for free Metrobus service in the nation’s capital. This comes after a proposal last week by Ward 6 Council member Charles Allen, which calls for “pausing” the K Street Transitway project in downtown D.C. and using that money to cover bus fares.“Let me be clear, this will kill the project,” said D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser at a news conference Monday, during which she took issue with Allen’s proposal.The K Street Transitway, which has been in the works since before the pandemic, includes adding dedicated bus lanes and bus platforms that are separated from traffic. Bowser said having the dedicated bus lanes will improve Metrobus service not only downtown, but citywide.“Even people who love buses don’t love buses when they are stuck in traffic and are not reliable,” Bowser said. “Even if they’re free.”The mayor said not moving forward with project would be a “downtown killer.”In attendance at the news conference was Ward 2 Council me...

NASCAR Cup Series Würth 400 Results

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:34:40 GMT

MondayAt Dover Motor SpeedwayDover, Del.Lap length: 1.00 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (17) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 400 laps, 49 points.2. (14) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 400, 51.3. (3) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 400, 50.4. (8) William Byron, Chevrolet, 400, 52.5. (13) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 400, 47.6. (2) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 400, 36.7. (7) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 400, 33.8. (4) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 400, 36.9. (5) Chris Buescher, Ford, 400, 37.10. (23) Josh Berry, Chevrolet, 400, 0.11. (10) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 400, 28.12. (28) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 400, 25.13. (24) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 399, 29.14. (27) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, 399, 23.15. (9) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 399, 23.16. (11) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, 399, 21.17. (30) Ryan Preece, Ford, 399, 20.18. (29) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 399, 19.19. (12) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 399, 21.20. (31) Harrison Burton, Ford, 398, 17.21. (1) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 397, 16.22. (32) Michael McDowell, Ford, 397, 15.23. (25) Justin H...

VSE: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:34:40 GMT

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — VSE Corp. (VSEC) on Monday reported first-quarter earnings of $9.1 million.The Alexandria, Virginia-based company said it had profit of 71 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 83 cents per share.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 56 cents per share.The supply and logistics company posted revenue of $255.4 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $239.2 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on VSEC at https://www.zacks.com/ap/VSECSource

Polis, Democrats roll out plan to curb property taxes

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:34:40 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- As home values are soaring across Colorado, so could the amount property owners pay in taxes. Gov. Jared Polis announced a plan Monday that would soften the impact of how much people will pay in property taxes in 2024.The state already passed property tax relief in 2022, but this new plan would create a mechanism to provide relief over a longer term. JBS ends contracts with company that hired kids to clean Greeley meat plant Last week, county assessors warned homeowners about valuations that are coming in the mail, as values shot up roughly 33% to 47% across the Denver metro area. The county's valuation of your property is the first step for calculating property taxes. To help you understand how property taxes are calculated, the Problem Solvers used a template from the Bell Policy Center with an example of a home worth $500,000.Colorado already knocks off $15,000 worth of value from your home, because of the property tax relief package in 2022. Polis' proposal wo...

Report: Students drew swastikas after middle school Holocaust presentation

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:34:40 GMT

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (KDVR) -- Cherry Creek School District is sharing resources with families after students at Campus Middle School were reportedly drawing swastikas.A letter from principal Lissa Staal to parents said there was a Holocaust presentation on Friday, and after that is when the swastikas were drawn. From December: FBI says hate crimes have reached historic levels in Colorado "This creates an unacceptable environment of intolerance and exclusion in our school community," Staal said in the letter.Staal said the school was working with the Anti-Defamation League to "interrupt these incidents of racism" in the school.Photos posted online showed the antisemitic symbol drawn on students' skin."We take matters like this very seriously and do not tolerate antisemitic or any hate-motivated actions or words," a spokesperson for the district told FOX31 over email.Campus Middle School will discuss this and other forms of hate speech during an already-planned No Place For Hat...

JBS ends contracts with company that hired kids to clean Greeley meat plant

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:34:40 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The slaughterhouse cleaning company that was found to be employing more than 100 children to help sanitize dangerous razor-sharp cutting equipment like bone saws has continued to lose contracts with the major meat producers since the investigation became public last fall.For its part, Packers Sanitation Services Inc., or PSSI as it is known, said it has taken a number of steps to tighten up its hiring practices but it says the rising number of child labor cases nationwide is likely related to the increase in the number of minors crossing the U.S. border alone in recent years. Colorado identity theft up 70% since 2019 The scandal that followed the February announcement that PSSI would pay a $1.5 million fine and reform its hiring practices as part of an agreement with investigators also prompted the Biden administration to urge the entire meat processing industry to take steps to ensure no kids are working in these plants either for the meat companies or at contr...