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Orioles to face Rangers in ALDS after Texas sweeps Tampa Bay in wild-card round

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:42 GMT

The Orioles have known for almost a week that they would have home-field advantage in the American League Division Series. Now, they know who’s coming to visit.Baltimore will face the Texas Rangers in the best-of-five ALDS, which begins at 1 p.m. Saturday at Camden Yards. Game 2 and, if necessary, the winner-take-all Game 5 will also be at Oriole Park, but first-pitch times have not yet been announced.After coming short of the AL West title on a tiebreaker with the Houston Astros, the Rangers (90-72) swept the Tampa Bay Rays (99-63) in the best-of-three wild-card series, which finished Wednesday afternoon. The Rays led the Orioles (101-61) in the AL East into late July but never recaptured sole possession of first place as Baltimore won the division for the first time since 2014, winning its most games since 1979.The Orioles and Rangers split their six regular-season meetings, all of which came before the end of May. Baltimore closed its first road trip of the season with a s...

Newcomers Jevon Carter and Torrey Craig are eager to bring an edge to the Chicago Bulls: ‘That’s what this team is missing’

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:42 GMT

The best way to identify a team’s weaknesses is to ask its opponents. And after years of facing the Chicago Bulls, newcomers Jevon Carter and Torrey Craig feel comfortable identifying two key areas of improvement.Both players are familiar with the Bulls after Carter played for the Milwaukee Bucks last season and Craig played for the Phoenix Suns. They felt challenged by the team’s defensive pressure and the individual talent of DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine.But when he faced the Bulls with the Suns, Craig said he was surprised by the team’s inability to finish off close games despite fielding a talent-rich team.“I told Coach (Billy Donovan), the amount of games they would be in and not finish, it’s just that little bit of edge you’ve got to have, that competitive edge you’ve got to have to finish out games,” Craig said. “That was one of the reasons I decided to come here because I knew I could bring that extra edge and t...

SDSU places seven fraternities on interim suspension

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:42 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Seven fraternities at San Diego State have been placed on an interim suspension, university officials confirmed on Wednesday.The measure is a temporary hold that requires all organization activities to pause until the university conducts an investigation, according to SDSU's Office of the Dean of Students.The suspension impacts half of the 14 chapters in the Interfraternity Council including: Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Kappa Alpha Order, Pi Kappa Alpha, and Delta Sigma Phi.All were placed on the interim suspension regarding "alleged violations of the Student Organization Code of Conduct" during the current school year, SDSU officials said. However, none have been sanctioned at this time."Interim suspensions are put into place as part of an effort to address behavioral concerns within a recognized student organization while the concerns are investigated," the office added. "SDSU prioritizes the health and safety of our campus communit...

Judge orders central Indiana school shooter’s release into custody of parents

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:42 GMT

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A judge Wednesday approved the release of a teenager who opened fire at a central Indiana middle school in 2018, wounding another student and a teacher, a prosecutor said.The judge approved the 18-year-old’s release from juvenile detention into the custody of his parents because he is now an adult and could no longer be legally held for crimes he committed while a minor, Hamilton County Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Joshua Kocher told The Indianapolis Star.The teenager will be on home detention with a GPS monitor and bound by restrictions including no guns or drugs, no computers unless monitored by probation officials, limited time on electronic devices, and no visits to schools or college campuses without prior approval.Those limits are in place “to ensure the safety of the community,” Kocher said. Kocher didn’t say when the teenager would be released from detention.Hamilton Superior Court Judge Michael A. Casati on Aug. 14 ordered the teenager to...

What you need to know about ‘rent abatements’ in Ontario

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:42 GMT

Ontario’s Rental Tenancies Act (RTA) says that if a tenant is not being provided with all the services stipulated in a rental lease or their rights are violated in some way, they may be eligible for a ‘rent abatement.’An abatement is reimbursement of a portion of rent paid back to the tenant to compensate for what amounts to a breach of contract by the landlord, explains Elysha Roeper, staff lawyer at West Toronto Community Legal Services.“For example, an illegal entry by the landlord without justifiable cause, harassment, discrimination, breaches in maintenance and repair issues — so if the landlord’s not taking sufficient action to repair something that is their responsibility,” she says.A rent abatement is a formal order from the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB). A tenant must apply to the board in order to request and receive one, using either a T2 or a T6 form after which a hearing will be scheduled. Roeper suggests that tenants contact ...

US officials to meet with counterparts in Mexico on drugs, arms trafficking and migration

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:42 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top officials from the Biden administration will visit Mexico on Wednesday to discuss shared security issues, foremost among them trafficking of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, but also arms trafficking and increasing migration.The latest round of the High-Level Security Dialogue brings together Blinken, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, among others, with their Mexican counterparts for two days of talks.Heightened migration flows are expected to be discussed as the Biden administration comes under increasing pressure from Republicans and mayors from the president’s own party to do more to slow migrant arrivals.Blinken was scheduled to discuss migration Wednesday with Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Secretary Alicia Bárcena, as well as the foreign ministers of Colombia and Panama.New York City Mayor Eric Adams was also scheduled to arrive in Mexico City Wednesday...

A Texas neighborhood became a target of the right over immigration. Locals are pushing back

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:42 GMT

CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — Mario Carranza put a mobile home on a $28,000 lot in Colony Ridge, one of the biggest neighborhoods in Texas, lured by cheap land and the chance for his family to escape the crime he says was rampant around their apartment in nearby Houston. “Here, we are good,” said Carranza, 65, who now drives about an hour to his maintenance job in a Houston suburb.But his quiet neighborhood is now in an unwelcome national spotlight. For weeks in Texas, conservative media and GOP activists have been pushing unsubstantiated claims that Colony Ridge has become a magnet for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and that cartels control pockets of the neighborhood.There is no evidence to support the claims, and residents, local officials and the developer dispute the portrayals. The unsubstantiated reports have spread quickly and gained traction among Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is running for president.The attention has a...

Massachusetts shooting claims life of baby delivered after mother was one of several hit by gunfire

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:42 GMT

HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) — A shooting claimed the life of a baby that was delivered after its mother was one of several people hit by gunfire Wednesday on a downtown street in the western Massachusetts city of Holyoke, police said. The Hampden District Attorney’s Office said the woman was shot in the afternoon while in a bus,She was taken to a hospital lin critical condition, and the baby was delivered but did not survive. Authorities said police responded at 12:38 p.m. to the shooting, which they believe stemmed from an altercation. The District Attorney’s Office said all involved suspects were believed to have been identified and taken to hospitals and are in custody.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) — At least three people, including a person riding a bus, were shot Wednesday in the western Massachusetts city of Holyoke following a fight on a downtown street, state police said. Authorities didn’t immediately release the conditio...

Twins complete two-game sweep, eliminate Blue Jays from playoffs

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:42 GMT

The Toronto Blue Jays were eliminated from the playoffs on Wednesday with a 2-0 loss at the hands of the Minnesota Twins in the first round of the American League wild card.Backed by veteran starter Sonny Gray, the Twins stymied the underachieving Blue Jays lineup with nine combined strikeouts en route to the shutout win.Gray picked up the win, going five scoreless innings with two walks and six strikeouts.Toronto managed only one run in the two AL wild-card games, an RBI single from Kevin Kiermaier on Tuesday.Twins shortstop Carlos Correa put his team on the board with a bases-loaded RBI single, leading to a fielders choice RBI a batter later. That’s all the Twins needed to eliminate Toronto in two games.Fans question Schneider’s decision-making in pivotal playoff gameBlue Jays manager John Schneider caught the ire of many fans on social media when he decided to remove starter Jose Berrios from Wednesday’s game after three innings in which Berrios performed well, ...

County agrees to $12.2M settlement with man who was jailed for drunken driving, then lost his hands

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:00:42 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota county agreed to pay a $12.2 million settlement to a man who was jailed on suspicion of drunken driving but ended up losing both his hands and suffering a heart attack, a stroke and skin lesions all over his body, allegedly due to the inaction of officials in the county jail, attorneys said Wednesday.Terrance Dwayne Winborn spent about four months in hospitals, including two months on a ventilator, because Scott County jail officials failed during the 39 hours he was incarcerated to ensure he got the prompt treatment he needed, his lawyers said at a news conference. It’s a case that highlights the vulnerability of prisoners who are dependent on authorities for medical care.The attorneys said the settlement will cover the more than $2 million in medical bills Winborn has already incurred — a sum which they said the county didn’t cover — as well as the millions he’ll need for ongoing care. The county’s insurance plan will cover the sett...