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Struggling Yankees promote top prospects Everson Pereira, Oswald Peraza: report

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:25 GMT

Short on options and low on time, the Yankees are promoting two of their top prospects.The team will add outfielder Everson Pereira and infielder Oswald Peraza to the major league roster before starting a series with the Washington Nationals on Tuesday, according to YES Network’s Jack Curry.Friday marked the first day that teams can call prospects up without them accruing 45 days of major league service time and therefore losing rookie eligibility in 2024. The Yankees, however, waited until after the were swept by the Red Sox at home to call on their youth.The 22-year-old Pereira is considered the Yankees’ third-best prospect, according to MLB.com. The Venezuelan native, in the organization since he was 17, ranks 80th in all of baseball.The hard-hitting Pereira has walked less since his promotion to Triple-A, as his walk rate has dropped from 10.3% to 8.2%. His strikeout rate, meanwhile, has dropped a bit from 29.2% to 27.8%, though that is still a high clip.Pereira has ...

DJ Stewart, Francisco Lindor homer as Mets break out the hammer on Braves in series-opening win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:25 GMT

The Mets continued their recent winning ways on Monday against the MLB-best Braves. Buck Showaler’s squad broke out the big lumper in Atlanta with a 10-4 series-opening win.DJ Stewart opened up the scoring in the second with a solo homer and Francisco Lindor delivered the knockout blow with a three-run shot in the sixth to give the Amazins all they needed for their seventh out of their last nine contests.Jeff McNeil, Daniel Vogelbach, Pete Alonso and Stewart all registered RBI’s in the sixth as the Mets rallied off of Braves’ starter Allan Winans.The swinging Mets scored three runs in the second, four in the fifth and three sixth to keep the Braves out of the ballgame after they roughed up left-hander David Peterson.The southpaw surrendered four runs on seven hits in 4.2 innings of work. Peterson allowed two solo homers to Marcell Ozuna — one that gave the Braves the lead in the fourth — coughing up an early 3-0 lead.Showalter had to rely heavily on his...

Hilary left California desert roads covered in water and mud. Now it’s threatening Oregon and Idaho

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:25 GMT

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (AP) — Hilary, the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years, flooded roads, toppled trees and forced a rescue by bulldozer of more than a dozen older residents trapped by mud in a care home Monday as it marched northward, prompting flood watches and warnings in half a dozen states.The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Hilary had lost much of its steam and only vestiges of the storm were heading over the Rocky Mountains, but it warned that “continued life-threatening and locally catastrophic flooding” was expected over portions of the southwestern U.S., following record-breaking rainfall. Forecasters said the threat for flooding in states farther north on Monday was highest across much of southeastern Oregon into the west-central mountains of Idaho, with potential thunderstorms and localized torrential rains on Tuesday.Hilary first slammed into Mexico’s arid Baja California Peninsula as a hurricane, causing one death and widespread floo...

Divisive Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin returns from exile as party seeks to form new government

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:25 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Divisive ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Thailand on Tuesday after years of self-imposed exile to face criminal charges on the same day that a party affiliated with him plans to start forming a new government.Thaksin has said his decision to return has nothing to do with an expected vote in Parliament later in the day on a candidate from the Pheu Thai party for prime minister. But many believe his arrival is connected to the party’s pursuit of power.Thaksin flew from Singapore in his private jet and landed at Don Mueang International Airport around 9 a.m. local time. Thai broadcasters aired live footage of him walking out of the airport’s private jet terminal with his daughter, key Pheu Thai member Paetongtarn Shinawatra, and greeting his supporters.After walking out, Thaksin placed a flower wreath and prostrated before a portrait of Thailand’s king and queen at the gate of the terminal.Supporters of him gathered outside of the airport hours ahead of ...

Cambodian Parliament approves longtime leader’s son as prime minister as part of generational change

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:25 GMT

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The son of longtime autocratic Cambodian leader Hun Sen was approved by Parliament on Tuesday as the country’s new prime minister, part of a generational change in top positions in the Southeast Asian nation. Hun Manet, 45, won his first seat in the National Assembly in July elections and takes over from his father, who had been Asia’s longest serving leader with nearly four decades in power, after serving as Cambodia’s army chief. He was approved by lawmakers unanimously and is to be officially sworn in later Tuesday. Even though he’s at the head of a Cabinet made up of about 3/4 new face s, most are the children or are otherwise related to those they are replacing, and experts caution against expecting broad changes in the country where human rights have been under attack and dissent suppressed.“There is not a big difference between the generations in political outlook, including in terms of how open or how competitive politics s...

Unemployment assistance available for Cook County residents impacted by flooding

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:25 GMT

COOK COUNTY, Ill. — More help is now available for Cook County residents who were impacted by flooding in June.The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced Monday that it is now accepting applications for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) for impacted residents in Cook County. The assistance is available as a result of President Biden's disaster declaration last week.According to IDES, people in Cook County whose employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted by the flooding are eligible to receive up to 26 weeks of DUA benefits, as long as their unemployment continues to be impacted as a result of the disaster. FEMA support arrives in Chicago, provides update for flooding victims Visit the Illinois Department of Employment Security website for more information on available benefits and details on how to apply.The deadline to apply for DUA benefits is September 21, 2023.

Dentist convicted of killing wife on African safari given life sentence, over $15M in penalties

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:25 GMT

DENVER (AP) — As a wealthy dentist convicted of killing his wife at the end of an African safari listened in court, her brother vowed on Monday to move her remains to a place that Larry Rudolph would never discover.Shortly before a judge sentenced Rudolph to life in prison in the 2016 death of Bianca Rudolph, Vincent Finizio also predicted Larry Rudolph would “die alone and unmourned” and that his future grandchildren will never know he existed.“Even Judas would be afraid to be in your company,” Finizio said, referencing the home of Jesus’ traitor — the worst circle of hell imagined by Dante.U.S. District Judge William Martinez also imposed over an estimated $15 million in financial penalties against Rudolph, who was also convicted of mail fraud for cashing in nearly $5 million in insurance policies for his wife as he began a new life with his longtime girlfriend.Rudolph has claimed throughout the case that his wife’s death in the southern African nation of Zambia was an a...

'Now he's a real angel:' South Side community gathers to remember slain 14-year-old boy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:25 GMT

CHICAGO — Two days after 14-year-old RayJohn Harshaw was killed in a shooting near his South Side home, family, friends and his teachers gathered Monday to honor his life, on what should have been the first day of his freshman year.“He had his bookbag packed y’all," said Athena Harshaw, RayJohn's aunt and legal guardian. "And he couldn’t make it because somebody so ruthless, so evil, so demonic decided to take his life and this hurts man; this isn’t right.”According to the Chicago Police Department, officers were called to the 8700 block of South Cregier Avenue around 6:50 p.m. Saturday evening in the Calumet Heights neighborhood. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 14-year-old boy dead after Calumet Heights shooting ID’d Police found a 14-year-old boy — later identified as RayJohn — who had been shot in the head and chest.RayJohn was initially taken to Comer Children's Hospital in critical condition, but later succumbed to his injuries.“Somebody walked up to him, took his cellphone," Athena Harsh...

City of Round Rock launches new online conservation dashboard

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:25 GMT

ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) -- The City of Round Rock launched a new online dashboard that allows the community to see how their conservation efforts are contributing to regional water-saving goals, according to the city's website.The online dashboard will also inform city leaders of whether more restrictions are required to meet those goals, the website said.This comes after the call from the city's raw water providers urging residents to reduce water consumption due to ongoing dry conditions.According to the city, the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) announced it has entered Stage 2 of its drought response. LCRA provides raw water from Lake Travis to the city, as well as other nearby cities.Furthermore, the LCRA asked the city to cut back water use by 10-20% and implement mandatory water restrictions, the website said. In a similar fashion, the Brazos River Authority enacted a Stage 2 Drought Warning for lakes Georgetown and Stillhouse Hollow earlier this month, according to the...

Longhorns Xavier Worthy, Kelvin Banks Jr. named AP preseason All-Americans

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:50:25 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two Texas Longhorns were named to the Associated Press Preseason All-America Team, the organization announced Monday.Junior wide receiver Xavier Worthy and sophomore offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. were both named to the second team. It's Worthy's second time being selected as a preseason All-American and Banks' first time.See the entire AP Preseason All-America TeamIt's another preseason honor of many for Worthy this year. He has been named to watch lists for the Maxwell Award, Paul Horning Award, Biletnikoff Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year and the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award. Worthy was also the only unanimous selection to the preseason All-Big 12 team and was also named a preseason All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Phil Steele and Athlon Sports.Banks was named a Freshman All-American last year by the Football Writers Association of America after starting all 13 games at left tackle for the Longhorns. He was a semifinalist for the Shau...