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Astros’ Altuve homers in first 3 at-bats against Rangers, gets 4 in a row overall

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:09:23 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jose Altuve homered in his first three at-bats for the Houston Astros against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night, starting with a pair off Nathan Eovaldi in the All-Star right-hander’s return from the injured list.Houston’s star second baseman greeted Eovaldi with a leadoff homer, then ended his outing with a one-out homer in the second.Altuve’s third homer — and 15th of the season — came in the third off Dane Dunning, a starter who came out of the bullpen so the Rangers could get Eovaldi his first start since July 18. Eovaldi had been sidelined by a right forearm strain.Altuve had homered in four consecutive at-bats going back to Houston’s 13-6 win in the series opener Monday. The run ended with a groundout against Dunning in the fifth. Altuve homered twice in the series opener, giving him consecutive multi-homer games for the first time in his career. Altuve is the first Houston player with consecutive multi-homer games since Richard...

Solano hits 3-run triple, Twins do late damage, beat Guardians 8-3 to open 7-game lead in AL Central

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:09:23 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jorge Polanco hit a sacrifice fly and Donovan Solano added a three-run triple in Minnesota’s five-run eighth inning as the Twins pushed their lead in the AL Central to seven games over second-place Cleveland with an 8-3 win over the Guardians on Tuesday night.Polanco hit a shot deep enough to right off Trevor Stephan (6-6) to score pinch-runner Joey Gallo and break a 3-3 tie. Later in the inning, Solano’s liner to center skipped past outfielder Myles Straw and rolled to the wall, clearing the bases.By winning the first two games of the critical three-game series, Minnesota moved seven games above .500 for the first time in 2023.More importantly, they probably put away the defending division champion Guardians with just 23 games left.Minnesota’s Christian Vázquez, who homered in the sixth off Guardians reliever Matt Moore to tie it 3-all, led off the eighth with a single and Willi Castro doubled down the left-field line. Gallo came on for Vázquez an...

Sun forward Alyssa Thomas records 6th triple-double and sets the WNBA’s single-season assist record

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:09:23 GMT

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Alyssa Thomas had 27 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists for her sixth triple-double of the season and the Connecticut Sun beat the Los Angeles Sparks 90-76 on Tuesday night.Thomas also set the single season assist mark, passing Courtney Vandersloot’s record of 300 set in 2019. The Sun’s point-forward has 304 this season.Los Angeles (16-22) dropped into a tie with the Chicago Sky for eighth in the WNBA standings — with two games remaining. The Sparks continue their three-game road trip at New York on Thursday, followed by a trip to Seattle to close the regular season on Sunday. The Sky hold the tiebreaker with the Sparks.DeWanna Bonner added 25 points and Tiffany Hayes scored 13 for Connecticut (26-12), which is locked into the No. 3 seed in the playoffs. Thomas was 11 of 13 from the field and she also had six steals. Azura Stevens and Dearica Hamby each scored 18 points for Los Angeles. Layshia Clarendon and Rae Burrell added 13 points apiece. Nn...

Bryan De La Cruz hits 2-run homer in 8th in Marlins’ 6-3 victory over Dodgers

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:09:23 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Bryan De La Cruz hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning to break a tie in the Miami Marlins’ 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night.The Dodgers played their first game since the arrest of star pitcher Julio Urías late Sunday on a felony charge of corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant. Urías did not travel with the Dodgers to Miami.Jazz Chisholm Jr., Josh Bell and Jake Burger also homered to help Miami win its fifth straight.Los Angeles reliever Ryan Yarbrough (7-6) hit Burger with a pitch before De La Cruz drove a cutter into the seats in left-field for his 18th homer and a 5-3 lead. Chisholm followed with a solo blastAndrew Nardi (7-1) pitched a scoreless eighth and Tanner Scott got the last three outs for his fifth save.The Dodgers tied it at 3 on Chris Taylor’s homer against reliever A.J. Puk leading off the seventh. Puk followed Jesús Luzardo, who threw six innings and 90 pitches of two-run ball. Luzardo scattered four hits and struck ...

Brazilian soccer’s rebuild mired in doubt amid a long wait for Ancelotti

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:09:23 GMT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil is about to start its sixth attempt to add a sixth star to its famous soccer shirt. The vibe is very different from the start of its past five South American World Cup qualifying campaigns, though, because the Selecao is rebuilding with an interim coach, its star player not based in Europe and promising young players are either struggling for form or injured. New coach Fernando Diniz, Al-Hilal striker Neymar and low scoring Richarlison represent the different faces of Brazil’s uncertainty at the beginning of the road leading to the 2026 World Cup. And this time the Selecao will be under more pressure because its archrival, Argentina, is the World Cup champion. Diniz, a coach without a lot of silverware but with a lot of attacking style, will start his interim tenure Friday in the Amazon city of Belem against Bolivia. He is not expected to keep the position for long. The Fluminense coach, who has not left his club, is regarded as a caretaker until Carlo Ancelo...

All-Star right-hander Eovaldi of Texas allows 2 HRs to Altuve, Astros tag him for 4 runs

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:09:23 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers All-Star right-hander Nathan Eovaldi gave up two homers to Houston’s Jose Altuve in his return from the injured list, allowing four runs while getting four outs Tuesday night.Eovaldi’s first outing since July 18 because of a right forearm strain started and ended with homers from Altuve, the second coming on Eovaldi’s 35th pitch with one out in the second inning. Dane Dunning replaced Eovaldi at that point.The Rangers planned for Eovaldi’s outing to be short, and Dunning was up in the bullpen in the first inning when the Astros scored three runs. José Abreu and Chas McCormick also had RBIs off Eovaldi.He was activated in the middle game of a pivotal AL West series against the Astros.After Eovaldi won his last start before going on the IL the Rangers had a 4 1/2-game division lead. Seven weeks later, they went into Tuesday night in third place behind Seattle and Houston, with 13 losses in their previous 17 games.Texas also...

Corte Suprema de Chile ordena al Estado indemnizar a 31 mineros que quedaron atrapados hace 13 años

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:09:23 GMT

(CNN Español) –– La Corte Suprema de Chile informó este viernes que el pasado 23 de agosto falló a favor de 31 trabajadores que demandaron al Estado tras quedar atrapados en una mina hace 13 años. Argumentaban que quedaron incapacitados para laborar por haber enfermado de las vías respiratorias tras la inhalación de polvo del sílice que se desprende de rocas. Los afectados ya habían ganado un recurso que presentaron por daño moral por el mismo caso.Los demandantes atribuyeron al Estado la responsabilidad por el incumplimiento de las obligaciones legales del Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería, la Secretaría Regional Ministerial de Salud de Atacama y la Dirección del Trabajo para evitar su encierro prolongado.La Cuarta Sala del máximo tribunal ordenó a la Corporación Nacional del Cobre (Codelco) el pago de la indemnización “en concepto de lucro cesante a cinco trabajadores que se enfermaron de silicosis mientras prestaban servicios en régimen de subcontratación”.La Justicia tomó ...

Denver's homeless plan: Mayor answers to concerned residents at town hall

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:09:23 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver Mayor Mike Johnston held another town hall Tuesday, hearing residents react to his plan for housing sites for the homeless.Last month, Johnston’s office released 11 potential locations for his proposed communities for unhoused people. Many who live near these proposed sites are sharing concerns.“The more units we add, the more blocks we close off, the more parts of the city no longer have encampments in them,” Johnston said.The mayor hopes to house 1,000 unhoused individuals by the end of 2023, shutting down encampments in the process.“If you look at just the 911 calls we've gotten to encampments this past year, over the last 12 months, that is more than 8,000 911 calls,” Johnston said. “The most unsafe setting there is."Denver Mayor Mike Johnston's administration recently cleared out this homeless encampment along Logan Street near 17th Avenue after a shooting nearby. (KDVR)What neighbors say about homeless planThe safety of neighbors located near the potenti...

SWAT responds to barricaded subject in Lauderhill

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:09:23 GMT

A neighborhood in Lauderhill was locked down after deputies responded to reports of a person who barricaded themselves in a home. Broward Sheriff’s Office SWAT arrived at the home, located at 1410 NW 33rd Way, Tuesday evening. 7News camera captured several fire rescue trucks at the scene, as well as officers armed with long guns. A tank with a battering ram with also at the scene. According to BSO, VIPER detectives were attempting to serve a warrant at the home when subject barricaded himself inside the home and refused to come out. Neighbors in the area were told to remain in there homes until deputies continue to work the incident. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Miami Beach Police searching for unidentified man posing as armed law enforcement officer

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 16:09:23 GMT

A man accused of posing as police is on the run after a South Beach meet-up turned into an alleyway gun brandishing and pepper spray to the face, all caught on security video obtained exclusively by 7News. “Why you got a gun?” said a security guard. “Get outta here.”Footage from Aug. 3 showed a Mango’s Tropical Cafe South Beach security guard interacting with a man wearing a backpack on his chest and what appeared to be a pistol in his hand, at the intersection of Ninth Street and Collins Avenue.“They gonna shoot anybody, you don’t know,” said a tourist who saw the bizarre encounter from her Sherbrooke Hotel room window with her 13-year-old nephew. “I saw the man, and I saw him screaming, ‘I’m a cop.'” After the security guard asked the man why he had a gun, the guard approached and sprayed the unidentified man with what seemed to be pepper spray.The situation became more bizarre once the man started saying what...