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Mets at Memorial Day: What went wrong, and reasons for optimism

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:29:22 GMT

Memorial Day is considered the day baseball fans are free to look at the MLB standings, but Mets fans might not like what they see.At 27-27, the Mets currently sit in third place in the NL East behind the Miami Marlins (28-26) and the Atlanta Braves (32-21). The Mets are coming off a six-game road trip through Chicago and Denver. They went 2-4 and the series microcosm of the 2023 season: A lot went wrong, but a little still went right.The pitching didn’t match the hitting. The bullpen blew up twice. But the Mets showed resolve with some big comeback efforts at the plate, and rookies Francisco Alvarez, Brett Baty and Mark Vientos drew high praise for stellar play.The Mets are only 1/2 game back in the NL Wild Card standings, so it’s not like the season has been a complete disaster. Still, it’s not how anyone drew it up. As the Mets head into a crucial month, here’s a look at what’s wrong, what they can make right and what to look forward to.Problematic p...

Nielsen top shows of 2022-2023 include ‘Yellowstone,’ ‘NCIS’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:29:22 GMT

Looks like “Yellowstone” is going out on top. The Paramount Network series, which will end after its fifth season, was the most-watched scripted television series of the 2022–2023 season, according to newly-released Nielsen data.The Nielsen ranking, published by Variety, tracks linear viewers of broadcast and cable series, as well as unscripted fare. As usual, football remains a major draw for TV viewers.NBC’s “NFL Sunday Night Football,” for starters, tops the chart with 18.1 million viewers, while ESPN’s “NFL Monday Night Football” comes in third with 10.1 million. And Amazon’s “NFL Thursday Night Football” comes in sixth with 9.4 million. (Amazon struck a deal with Nielsen to measure streaming viewers of its NFL coverage.)Outside of sports showdowns, longtime CBS procedural “NCIS” came in fourth place with 9.8 million viewers, followed closely by the same network’s “FBI” with 9.5...

Isiah Kiner-Falefa is understanding – and producing in – yet another new role

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:29:22 GMT

When Jose Trevino found out that the Yankees were going to have Isiah Kiner-Falefa play the outfield in spring training, the catcher hardly seemed surprised.“Izzy’s the type of guy that, you tell him to run through a brick wall, he’ll ask you, ‘Which one?’” Trevino said at the time.A teammate with the Rangers and Yankees, Trevino came up through the minors with Kiner-Falefa. He watched as the middle infielder adjusted to third, tried his hand at the outfield and learned to catch as a prospect. Kiner-Falefa even spent four innings playing first base at Double-A, but the catching experience helped him stick in the majors, as he spent 73 games receiving for Texas from 2018-2019.The Rangers needed a backup backstop, and Kiner-Falefa eagerly took the job.“He embraces everything,” Willie Calhoun, another past and present teammate, said after Kiner-Falefa hit a walk-off single against the Padres on Saturday. “It’s fun to watch, an...

No fatalities reported in Iowa as officials plan to demolish partially collapsed building

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:29:22 GMT

By FREIDA FRISARO and TRISHA AHMEDOfficials in Iowa are making plans to demolish a six-story apartment building a day after it partially collapsed and crashed to the ground, injuring one person and displacing countless other residents and business owners. No fatalities have been reported.City officials in Davenport, a city in eastern Iowa, said in a news release that the property owner was served Monday with an order for demolition of the building that was once the Davenport Hotel. Residents were not being allowed back inside to remove their belongings due to the building’s unstable condition.“The property is currently being secured by a contractor on site this afternoon and demolition is expected to commence in the morning,” the statement said.News of the collapse doesn’t surprise Schlaan Murray a former resident who told The Associated Press that his one-year stay there was “a nightmare.”Murray, 46, moved into his apartment in February 2022 and ...

Young man shot downtown; police searching for gunman

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:29:22 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Police are searching for a gunman after a 20-year-old man was shot in downtown San Diego early Monday, authorities said.Shortly after 1:30 a.m., San Diego police received a call about a person shot near 5th Avenue and Broadway, SDPD confirmed to FOX 5. Police say before the shooting, the victim was involved in an altercation with a group inside Phantom Nightclub in the 1000 block of 5th Avenue. When the group left the club, the argument continued outside on the street. That's when someone in the group shot the victim several times in his upper body, police said.The victim ran across the street, where he collapsed. He was taken to a hospital, where he was in stable but serious condition. 3-year-old fatally struck by car in Chula Vista Police temporarily closed 5th Avenue and Broadway for their investigation.

Nevada Legislators weigh plan to put MLB stadium on Las Vegas Strip

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:29:22 GMT

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Lawmakers are considering a proposal to finance and incentivize construction of a Major League Baseball stadium on the Las Vegas Strip, with an initial public hearing scheduled Monday at the Nevada Legislature.The plan would authorize up to $380 million in incentives, mainly through state transferable tax credits and county bonds to help provide a new home for the Oakland Athletics. The state would forgo up to $180 million in transferable tax credits, with a cap at $36 million per year. The $120 million in county bonds would help with construction costs and be paid off gradually.The proposal’s price tag and behind-the-scenes negotiations have sparked debate about public subsidies and equity in state economic development efforts.State lawmakers also are considering billions of dollars in tax credits to bring major film studios to Las Vegas. The governor’s office of economic development has approved hundreds of millions of dollars in tax abatements for T...

Dixon Hall to hold fundraiser to help address new challenges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:29:22 GMT

New challenges at Dixon Hall, a multi-service organization, have made an event more important than ever.The downtown east side agency started in the 1930s as a food kitchen, but has since expanded.“Now we provide a variety of programs from settlement services to a music school for underprivileged children in the Regent Park area,” explained Pablo Escobar, Manager Housing Supports. “We have children and youth department, we have employment services, we also have a senior’s department and a housing services department that’s expanded exponentially.In recent years, the organization been hit with challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost of living increasing across the city leading to more community members relying on their meals program.“There’s an extra 60,000 people that have been using food banks in the last year which translates to about one in four Canadians and and food prices have been increasing by 20 per cent,” said Es...

OPP officer and school bus driver die in crash northwest of Woodstock, police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:29:22 GMT

An Ontario Provincial Police officer and a school bus driver have died in a crash that took place northwest of Woodstock, Ont., on Monday.Provincial police say there were no students on the bus and no passengers in the officer’s unmarked vehicle at the time of the crash, which took place a little before 7 a.m.Police say 35-year-old Det.-Const. Steven Tourangeau, who was with the Perth County OPP detachment, died in the crash.OPP say they are not releasing the identity of the school bus driver for privacy reasons.OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique says the force is “deeply saddened” over what he calls a tragic incident.pic.twitter.com/qOrdgnJWs7— Thomas Carrique (@OPPCommissioner) May 29, 2023Police in London, Ont., will be investigating.

Colorado teen flouts school policy, wears Mexican and US flag sash to graduation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:29:22 GMT

PARACHUTE, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado student barred from wearing a sash representing the flags of Mexico and the United States to her high school graduation did so anyway, partially covering it with another sash representing her participation in a service organization.“Always stand up for what you believe in,” Grand Valley High School graduate Naomi Peña Villasano told the Post Independent of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, after receiving her diploma on Saturday in the west-central Colorado town of Parachute.Peña Villasano’s case is the latest dispute in the U.S. about what kind of cultural graduation attire is allowed at commencement ceremonies. Peña Villasano challenged school officials in court after they said she would be banned from graduation ceremonies if she wore the sash that has stars and stripes on one side and a cactus, eagle and a serpent to represent the Mexican flag on the other side.A federal judge had ruled Friday that the school district could bar Peña Villasano f...

Lawyers raising concerns new bail laws won’t be Charter compliant

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:29:22 GMT

OTTAWA — Criminal lawyers are raising concerns that proposed changes to Canada’s bail laws won’t be constitutional, as they eagerly await a statement explaining why the federal Liberals think the reforms comply with the Charter.Vancouver criminal lawyer Kyla Lee says the federal government’s proposed changes making it harder for some repeat violent offenders to get bail might not be Charter compliant, given that bail is a constitutional right. “It’s hard to write a Charter statement about something that is very close to crossing constitutional boundaries, and something that is generally unprecedented,” she said.The legislation currently before Parliament would introduce reverse-onus bail conditions for people charged with serious violent offences involving a weapon, in cases where the person was convicted of a similar violent offence within the last five years.Prosecutors in such cases would no longer have to show judges why an accused person shou...