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Top MLB prospects Crews, Skenes lead LSU into NCAA tournament

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:00:10 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — When 6-foot-6, 247-pound right-hander Paul Skenes steps on the mound at LSU’s Alex Box Stadium — as he will this weekend in the NCAA baseball tournament — sellout crowds 13,000 strong buzz with anticipation of 100 mph fastballs and strikeouts galore.Taking in that scene from center field is Dylan Crews, who might be even more coveted by Major League Baseball teams than his fire-balling teammate.Crews, hitting .420 and named the SEC player of the year, is the consensus top prospect in this year’s MLB amateur draft, which will be held in Las Vegas from July 9-11. Next is Skenes (10-2), who leads the nation with 167 strikeouts and was named SEC pitcher of the year. If they are the first two drafted, it will be the first time the top two picks came from the same college baseball team.Crews embraces the hype.“I love it. It’s what I’ve worked for every day, really,” he said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. “Every time I come ...

Esto podría significar el acuerdo sobre el techo de la deuda para los pagos de préstamos estudiantiles

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:00:10 GMT

Washington (CNN) — Si el acuerdo bipartidista sobre el techo de la deuda se convierte en ley, echará por tierra cualquier esperanza que pudieran tener los prestatarios de que se extienda por novena vez la pausa federal para el pago de los préstamos estudiantiles.El Gobierno de Biden ha dicho en repetidas ocasiones que la pausa en los pagos de préstamos federales a estudiantes por la pandemia terminaría a finales de este año, pero los funcionarios han dicho eso antes y han vuelto a prorrogar la pausa.Manchin podría obtener un gasoducto del acuerdo sobre el techo de la deuda, y los defensores del medio ambiente están furiososEsta vez, es posible que el secretario de Educación, Miguel Cardona, no pueda hacerlo. El acuerdo para abordar el límite de la deuda incluye una disposición que le impide específicamente volver a prorrogar la pausa en los pagos, según el texto del proyecto de ley.La pausa “dejará de ser efectiva” 60 días después del 30 de junio, según el proyecto...

Tigers’ Riley Greene on injured list with left leg stress fracture

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:00:10 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Centerfielder Riley Greene was put on the 10-day injured list Wednesday by the Detroit Tigers because of a stress fracture in his left leg.Greene was injured during Detroit’s 10-6 loss to the Texas Rangers on Tuesday and left the game in the third inning. He was sent for tests and an MRI showed a stress fracture in his left fibia.“Obviously, there’s going to be a rest period of at least 10 days,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “For me to speculate what it means beyond that is just guessing.”Greene has been Detroit’s best hitter this season, leading the team in batting average (.296), hits (60) and runs (29). He is also tied for second on the team with five home runs.The move came one day after the Tigers placed their best pitcher, Eduardo Rodriguez. on the 15-day injured list with a ruptured ligament in his left index finger. Rodriguez is expected to miss at least a month.Detroit currently has 12 players on the injured list, including four-fifths of its ideal startin...

Unprecedented wildfire on Canada’s Atlantic coast still burning after four days

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:00:10 GMT

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — An unprecedented string of wildfires in Canada’s Atlantic-coast province of Nova Scotia continued to burn out of control for a fourth day on Wednesday, preventing thousands of evacuees from trying to see if their homes have been destroyed. Fire officials were hoping for a break in the dry, windy weather, but that’s not forecast to happen until Friday night at the earliest.Halifax deputy fire chief David Meldrum made it clear that none of the 16,000 evacuees from the suburbs around Halifax will be able to return home for now. Another 2,000 people who fled a much larger uncontained fire in southwestern Nova Scotia also are being kept away from their properties. Fire officials say an estimated 200 structures, including 151 homes, have been destroyed since the fire started in the Upper Tantallon area on Sunday afternoon. No deaths or injuries have been reported, but “it’s the site of a tragedy,” Meldrum said.“There’s widespread destruction, and th...

2nd teen charged in Fairfax Co. Memorial Day shooting, stabbing that left 2 dead

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:00:10 GMT

Two people were shot dead and two others stabbed in a Fairfax County, Virginia, apartment complex on May 29, 2024. (WTOP/Kyle Cooper) Two people were shot dead and two others stabbed in a Fairfax County, Virginia, apartment complex on May 29, 2024. (WTOP/Kyle Cooper) A second teen has been arrested in what police have described as a drug-related shooting and stabbing incident at an apartment complex in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Memorial Day that left two dead.Fairfax County police said Wednesday that Vladimir Garcia Montes, 18, of Falls Church, has been arrested and charged with robbery resulting in death.On Tuesday, police arrested another teen — a 17-year-old who they did not publicly identify — and charged h...

Europe’s leaders meet in Russia’s shadow

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:00:10 GMT

CHIȘINĂU — Gathering more than 40 European leaders in Moldova on Thursday will be a symbolic thumb in Vladimir Putin’s eye — a sign of collective commitment to join hands against Moscow.It’s also a major risk. Literally and metaphorically, the so-called European Political Community’s second summit is taking place in Russia’s backyard, a region Putin sees as part of Moscow’s sphere of influence. That makes getting several dozen world leaders in and out no easy task.  Moldova has closed its airspace for the duration of the summit and NATO surveillance planes will keep a watchful eye — a nod to the constant threat of Russian incursions. Access to the main airport has been restricted — a recognition of the myriad fake bomb alerts there since the start of the war. And most leaders won’t stay overnight — preferring to keep their visit to a minimum.The measures illustrate Europe’s daunting task as it tries to embrace a wider community of countries. The o...

Boston Police searching for Roxbury wedding band bandit

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:00:10 GMT

A woman was attending Zion Apostolic Church in Roxbury on Sunday when she stepped out for a breath of fresh air — but soon found herself tussling with a man who ripped a gold chain that carried her dead husband’s wedding band off her neck and ran off.Police arrived at the church at 241 Blue Hill Avenue just after noon and met with the woman, whose age is not disclosed, who told them she’d been “robbed of her gold chain that has her deceased husband’s wedding band attached to it,” according to the police report. The chain was standard gold color and the band is described further as “a yellow hood ring with a lot of detail and to be an older style ring.”She told the cops that she had stepped outside and sat down on a chair when she saw the alleged robber, who she said has a limp, pacing around her. Soon, she told them, he walked up and tried to push her out of her chair.“The victim stated that she began fighting the suspect off and that is when the suspect ripped her chain off of her ...

Ravens 2023 undrafted free agent tracker: Jordan Swann, former St. Frances and James Madison cornerback, signs

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:00:10 GMT

With the NFL draft over, the Ravens have turned their attention to the undrafted market.Baltimore entered the draft with 63 players and made six picks, leaving space to add a big class. Here’s a look at the announced additions:James Madison cornerback Jordan Swann: General manager Eric DeCosta said earlier this year that the team can never have too many cornerbacks, so the Ravens added more depth to the position with the signing of Swann.Swann, who began his college career at Connecticut in 2017 and spent three seasons at Maine, had 24 tackles, two interceptions, two sacks and one forced fumble in 11 games last year for James Madison.Joining the Ravens is also something of a homecoming for the 5-foot-10, 181-pound cornerback. Swann is a native of Newark, Delaware, and spent his senior year of high school at St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, where he helped the Panthers win the 2016 MIAA A Conference title.SMU offensive lineman Jaylon Thomas: The Ravens added more depth to thei...

House debt ceiling vote to avert default on track with Biden and McCarthy both confident of passage

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:00:10 GMT

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — Crossing a crucial hurdle, the debt ceiling and budget cuts package to avert default headed toward House passage late Wednesday as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans against fierce conservative blowback and progressive dissent.Tensions rose during an afternoon procedural vote when heavy Republican support lagged, but the package ultimately sailed to approval once Democrats unleashed favorable votes in a show of bipartisan support. Onlookers filled the visitor galleries. The vote was 241-187 to proceed toward final approval.As debate began, Biden expressed optimism that the agreement he negotiated with McCarthy would pass the chamber and avoid an economically disastrous default on America’s debts.“I think things are going as planned,” he told reporters. The president was to depart Washingt...

3-alarm fire displaces 78 residents in Brighton

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 07:00:10 GMT

Seventy-eight Brighton residents were forced out of their homes Wednesday morning when a three-alarm fire tore through their apartment building at 1980 Commonwealth Ave.“People are just very relieved that there wasn’t any injuries or anything worse,” said building resident Meghan Morrissey, sitting on the stoop next door with her bewildered dog Ellie Bean and a mass of neighbors clutching possessions.“It’s damaged though, which is hard. Yes, you can replace everything, but still, it’s hard.”Boston Fire announced “all companies” were responding to a fire that quickly went to three alarms at the building around 9:40 a.m. Wednesday morning.“The first arriving companies had fire on the sixth floor,” said Boston Fire District Chief Mark Loschiavo. “As they were going to attack that fire, a fire broke out on the third floor from fallen embers, and they changed their attack.”The spread from upper to lower floor i...