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Teoscar Hernández Player Prop Bets: Mariners vs. Diamondbacks - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 8:35 AM MDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
On Saturday, Teoscar Hernandez (.205 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 82 points below season-long percentage) and the Seattle Mariners play the Arizona Diamondbacks, whose starting pitcher will be Brandon Pfaadt. First pitch is at 8:10 PM ET.
He had a hitless performance in his most recent game (0-for-4) against the Diamondbacks.
Teoscar Hernández Game Info & Props vs. the Diamondbacks
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Chase Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Diamondbacks Starter: Brandon Pfaadt
- TV Channel: ARID
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -278)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +300)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +125)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +100)
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Teoscar Hernández At The Plate
- Hernandez is hitting .236 with 17 doubles, two triples, 16 home runs and 25 walks.
- Hernandez has picked up a hit in 63 of 103 games this season, with multiple hits 26 times.
- He has homered in 14.6% of his games in 2023, and 3.7% of his trips to the plate.
- In 39 games this season (37.9%), Hernandez has picked up an RBI, and in 17 of those games (16.5%) he had more than one. He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in one contest.
- He has scored in 37 games this season (35.9%), including multiple runs in six games.
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Teoscar Hernández Home/Away Batting Splits
Diamondbacks Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Diamondbacks has a collective 8.3 K/9, which ranks 23rd in the league.
- The Diamondbacks' 4.70 team ERA ranks 26th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Diamondbacks pitchers combine to rank 22nd in baseball in home runs allowed (128 total, 1.2 per game).
- The Diamondbacks are sending Pfaadt (0-4) to the mound to make his eighth start of the season. He is 0-4 with an 8.81 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 31 2/3 innings pitched.
- The righty's last appearance was on Saturday against the Cincinnati Reds, when he tossed six innings, surrendering three earned runs while giving up four hits.
- The 24-year-old has an ERA of 8.81, with 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings, in seven games this season. Opposing hitters have a .316 batting average against him.
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Ty France Player Prop Bets: Mariners vs. Diamondbacks - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 8:30 AM MDT|Updated: 27 minutes ago
Ty France -- with a slugging percentage of .265 in his past 10 games (including zero homers) -- will be in action for the Seattle Mariners against the Arizona Diamondbacks, with Brandon Pfaadt on the hill, on July 29 at 8:10 PM ET.
He racked up two hits (going 2-for-4) in his most recent game against the Diamondbacks.
Ty France Game Info & Props vs. the Diamondbacks
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Chase Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Diamondbacks Starter: Brandon Pfaadt
- TV Channel: ARID
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -208)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +600)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +220)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +150)
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Ty France At The Plate
- France is batting .247 with 24 doubles, seven home runs and 23 walks.
- France has reached base via a hit in 62 games this season (of 100 played), and had multiple hits in 26 of those games.
- He has hit a home run in 6.0% of his games in 2023 (six of 100), and 1.6% of his trips to the plate.
- In 29 games this season (29.0%), France has picked up an RBI, and in seven of those games (7.0%) he had two or more. He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- In 46.0% of his games this year (46 of 100), he has scored, and in 10 of those games (10.0%) he has scored more than once.
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Ty France Home/Away Batting Splits
Diamondbacks Pitching Rankings
- The Diamondbacks pitching staff ranks 23rd in MLB with a collective 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Diamondbacks have the 26th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.70).
- Diamondbacks pitchers combine to rank 22nd in baseball in home runs surrendered (128 total, 1.2 per game).
- Pfaadt (0-4) gets the starting nod for the Diamondbacks in his eighth start of the season. He's put together an 8.81 ERA in 31 2/3 innings pitched, with 27 strikeouts.
- In his last appearance on Saturday, the righty threw six innings against the Cincinnati Reds, giving up three earned runs while surrendering four hits.
- In seven games this season, the 24-year-old has amassed an ERA of 8.81, with 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .316 against him.
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(iSeeCars) — When it comes to car buying, you may be torn between buying and leasing.
While leasing a car might be an attractive option if you want a different car every few years, you might be turned off by the high monthly payments for the cars you’re interested in. What you might not realize is that you can also lease a used car.
Although used cars make up only a small percentage of the leased car market, it’s still possible to lease a used car. And with used car prices still higher than pre-pandemic levels, leasing a used car could be a smart financial decision.
So how can you lease a used car, and is it a good idea? We have the answers.
Which Used Cars Can be Leased?
Used cars that are available to lease are typically Certified Pre Owned cars (also known as CPO) from car dealerships. A certified pre-owned vehicle is a late-model used car that is sold by a franchised dealer after it has been thoroughly inspected, and comes with a factory-backed extended-powertrain warranty and bumper-to-bumper warranty. Each manufacturer has different criteria for their CPO vehicles, but they generally will be less than 6 years old and will not have more than 48,000 miles on the odometer.
You can also take over a lease from someone who wants to get out of their lease. It could be because they are facing a hardship or because they no longer require a vehicle. Whatever the reason, they will post their car on a leasing company website like SwapALease.com or LeaseTrader in hopes that someone can take over their lease so they won’t have to incur the penalties associated with breaking their lease contract. In this case you won’t be required to make a down payment, and you can likely negotiate with the seller to have them pay the transfer fees. However, when taking over someone’s lease, you should estimate how much you plan on driving the vehicle to make sure that you don’t exceed the mileage limit. If you do go over the mileage limit, you will have to pay a penalty when you turn the car in.
How To Find a Used Car to Lease
Used-car leases from dealerships are rare and aren’t widely advertised. The best way to find a leased used car is to do the legwork yourself. All major manufacturers, both mainstream and luxury, offer CPO vehicle leases. However, some automakers, including Stellantis, Ford, and Nissan, require outside financing, while Toyota’s finance department does provide financing for used vehicle leases.
The best way to find a used lease is to decide what vehicle you are interested in, and call around to franchised dealerships to see if they offer used car leases on their CPO inventory.
How to Shop For a Used Car Lease
When deciding if leasing a used car is right for you, you should always shop around. Just as you should compare prices when shopping for used vehicles, you should contact multiple dealerships to see which offer the best pricing.
You should also compare the cost of leasing a used car with the cost of a new car. New car leases often come with better finance rates and may also have incentives and special offers. This cost difference between a new-car lease and used-car lease will be smaller with used Honda and Toyota cars, while the savings will be more significant on luxury vehicles from Acura or Lexus.
The smartest used car lease purchases are for later model year cars, two-to-three-years old and still under warranty, or that offer extended warranties. Otherwise, you are responsible for costly repairs on a car you don’t own. Keep in mind auto insurance is often more expensive for leased cars, so make sure to get a quote from your insurer and factor it into your budget.
As with any used car purchase, you should make sure you get the car fully inspected by an independent mechanic before leasing. You should also use helpful online research tools like the iSeeCars free VIN check that provides a free CARFAX or Autocheck vehicle history report as part of its comprehensive VIN check tool. A comprehensive VIN check will complement the vehicle history report to provide all the important information an interested buyer should know before making a used car purchase.
How Does Used Car Leasing Work?
Used-car leases are similar in structure to new car leases. Just as with a new car lease, the lender will base payments off of a car’s residual value compared to its sales price. The lender will also determine a money factor, which is the vehicle’s interest rate. Just as used cars usually have higher interest rates than new cars, a used car lease will likely have a higher interest rate than a new car lease when it comes to a car loan. However, because a used car has already taken its depreciation hit, the used vehicle will have a lower sales price and lower depreciation rate, which will result in a lower monthly payment than a new car lease. Savings between new and used car leases tend to be more significant when leasing luxury cars.
Used Car Leases: Benefits
The main draw to leasing a used car is the lower monthly payments. It may also allow you to afford a more expensive car than what you would be able to afford with a new car lease. If you don’t care about having the latest new car technology, but want to get rid of a car before it’s too dated, a used car lease might be an appealing option. Additionally, you may have lower car insurance costs than what you would pay on a new car since rates are based on a car’s value.
Used Car Leases: Drawbacks
By leasing a used car, you are responsible for repairs after the vehicle runs past its warranty. You also won’t be able to enjoy the main benefit of new car leasing, which is driving a brand new car with the latest technology. By leasing a used car, although the payments are likely lower, you are still making monthly payments and maintenance costs for a vehicle you don’t own. You may also be charged at the end of the lease if the vehicle is not in good shape or you drive it past the mileage limit as stated in your lease agreement. In many instances, buying a practical used car and keeping it for several years will save you money in the long run compared to leasing.
Bottom Line
If you’re interested in leasing a car and want to lower your monthly lease payments or upgrade to a more expensive vehicle while keeping costs down, a used car lease might be a smart decision. However, used car leases are hard to find, so you should be prepared to do some extra legwork to find the best used car lease deals. Also, be sure to compare prices and lease rates to other used CPO leases as well as new vehicle leases. Avoid leased vehicles that extend beyond a car’s warranty so you won’t be responsible for expensive repairs.
Lastly, once your lease term ends, you’ll have the option for a lease buyout with a purchase price based on the residual value of the car. If you don’t buy the car, you’ll need to find another car to lease. That’s why purchasing a used car outright, that you can keep as long as you want, is often the smartest long-term financial decision.
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Two supermoons in August mean double the stargazing fun
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The cosmos is offering up a double feature in August: a pair of supermoons culminating in a rare blue moon.
Catch the first show Tuesday evening as the full moon rises in the southeast, appearing slightly brighter and bigger than normal. That’s because it will be closer than usual, just 222,159 miles (357,530 kilometers) away, thus the supermoon label.
The moon will be even closer the night of Aug. 30 — a scant 222,043 miles (357,344 kilometers) distant. Because it’s the second full moon in the same month, it will be what’s called a blue moon.
“Warm summer nights are the ideal time to watch the full moon rise in the eastern sky within minutes of sunset. And it happens twice in August,” said retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak, dubbed Mr. Eclipse for his eclipse-chasing expertise.
The last time two full supermoons graced the sky in the same month was in 2018. It won’t happen again until 2037, according to Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project.
Masi will provide a live webcast of Tuesday evening’s supermoon, as it rises over the Coliseum in Rome.
“My plans are to capture the beauty of this ... hopefully bringing the emotion of the show to our viewers,” Masi said in an email.
“The supermoon offers us a great opportunity to look up and discover the sky,” he added.
This year’s first supermoon was in July. The fourth and last will be in September. The two in August will be closer than either of those.
Provided clear skies, binoculars or backyard telescopes can enhance the experience, Espenak said, revealing such features as lunar maria — the dark plains formed by ancient volcanic lava flows — and rays emanating from lunar craters.
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the August full moon is traditionally known as the sturgeon moon. That’s because of the abundance of that fish in the Great Lakes in August, hundreds of years ago.
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CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — For a single, unthinkable moment last summer, the Chautauqua Institution was a hostile place for the freedom of expression that has been its hallmark for 150 years: As Salman Rushdie was about to speak, an audience member leapt onto the stage and stabbed the celebrated author more than a dozen times.
By the next day, Chautauqua Institution President Michael Hill recently recounted, the decision had been made not only to resume programming, but to “double down on what Mr. Rushdie stands for, what our speakers and preachers and artists stand for — which is the free exchange of ideas and the belief that society is stronger when we do that.”
A year later, Rushdie, blinded in one eye by the assault, is recovering from the attack. The Chautauqua Institution is recovering, too.
Programming and revenue for the arts and intellectual retreat in the rural southwest corner of New York was disrupted for two seasons by COVID-19. Then the attack further shattered the return to normal that regular visitors had so craved.
With a new nine-week summer season now under way, well-tended gardens are in bloom and rocking chairs are back out on the porches of Victorian- and cottage-style homes.
Security has been strengthened, though the gated compound remains open to anyone who buys a pass to enter.
“We look at the work that we do under a different lens since” the stabbing, Hill said during an interview in his office, which overlooks Bestor Plaza, a lush expanse of greenery anchoring the 750-acre (303-hectare) grounds. “The attack was an attempt at silencing, which underscores the need for institutions like ours to not stay silent.”
As an institution, Chautauqua defies easy explanation.
“NPR camp for grown-ups” is the description preferred by Erica Higbie, who owns a house on the grounds.
Located on the shore of Chautauqua Lake, the institution is a self-contained community with lecture halls, houses of worship, cafes, shops, a library, post office and bookstore, along with private homes, rentals and the Athenaeum Hotel, which served as former President Bill Clinton’s executive mansion for a week in 1996 as he prepared for his debate with Republican challenger Bob Dole.
Aside from boating and golf, the 4,400-seat, open-air amphitheater is a main draw, with a summer entertainment lineup this year offering concerts by Diana Ross and Bonnie Raitt, ballet and theater productions and performances by the house Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.
But for Higbie and many others, the primary appeal exists in the institution’s 19th Century beginnings as a summer educational experiment in which daily lectures are curated around weekly explorations of anything from politics to infrastructure and faith to friendship.
“I am a lecture junkie,” Higbie said from her porch as people navigated the grounds on foot, bikes and scooters. The speed limit for the rare vehicle traffic is 12 mph. The retired teacher takes in a daily morning lecture and may hear two more in the afternoon at the amphitheater and the Hall of Philosophy.
Through the decades, Susan B. Anthony advocated for women’s rights at the institution and President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his 1936 “I Hate War” speech in the amphitheater. Former Vice President Al Gore spoke about the climate crisis and Supreme Court Judges Robert H. Jackson and Ruth Bader Ginsburg are among countless others who have offered insights.
Rushdie’s appearance came during a week last year exploring home as “a place for human thriving.”
Henry Reese, co-founder of the City of Asylum Pittsburgh, was about to interview “The Satanic Verses” author about violence against writers when Rushdie was attacked as the men sat in armchairs on the amphitheater’s sunken stage.
Rushdie, the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his death, was stabbed in the neck, stomach, chest, hand and right eye. Reese suffered bruises and a gash to his forehead.
With alleged assailant Hadi Matar awaiting trial in a nearby courthouse, Reese is scheduled to return to the institution on the anniversary of the attack, Aug. 12. His appearance is expected to kick off a week exploring freedom of expression, imagination and the resilience of democracy. Republican strategist Karl Rove and Democratic strategist David Axelrod are among other invited guests.
It would have been out of character for the institution to do anything but pick up where it left off after the assault, regular guest lecturer Eboo Patel said.
“Not a single artist or speaker canceled,” Patel, founder of Interfaith America in Chicago, said by phone.
“Chautauqua recognizes that it has a responsibility to its own community, honestly to American civilization and the human spirit, and it’s back up in 24 to 48 hours. That’s stunning,” he said.
Property owners differed on how far the institution should go to ensure personal safety, said Higbie, the president of the Chautauqua Property Owners Association.
“Everybody was in shock for a long time,“ Higbie said.
Visitors say they notice more security and protocols at events. Amphitheater patrons can bring only clear bags inside, for example, and may be scanned or asked to walk through a weapons detector.
Even so, “I never hesitated for a minute” to return, said Michael Crawford of Washington, D.C., as he chatted with Mary Pat McFarland of Philadelphia. The two sat on one of the red benches placed around the grounds to invite discussion.
A handful of musicians with violins, guitars and a small harp played an impromptu jam session beneath a tree nearby.
Hill said he sees his role as “teeing up” issues for engagement, so shying away from difficult ones would be a disservice at a time when civic discourse is in short supply.
“It’s about bringing divergent viewpoints for people to digest,” Hill said. “For us to have made the decision to stop bringing speakers who may be controversial in any way would have been for us to stop doing our mission.”
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Alex Bregman Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Rays - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 30 minutes ago
On Saturday, Alex Bregman (.703 slugging percentage in past 10 games, including four home runs) and the Houston Astros play the Tampa Bay Rays, whose starting pitcher will be Taj Bradley. First pitch is at 7:15 PM ET.
He had a hitless showing in his last game (0-for-4) against the Rays.
Alex Bregman Game Info & Props vs. the Rays
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Rays Starter: Taj Bradley
- TV Channel: FOX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -208)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +450)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +155)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +110)
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Alex Bregman At The Plate
- Bregman is hitting .253 with 14 doubles, two triples, 17 home runs and 54 walks.
- Among qualifying hitters, he ranks 85th in batting average, while his on-base percentage ranks 44th and he is 81st in slugging.
- In 64.1% of his 103 games this season, Bregman has picked up at least one hit. He's also had 26 multi-hit games.
- He has gone deep in 16.5% of his games in 2023 (17 of 103), and 3.7% of his trips to the plate.
- Bregman has had at least one RBI in 39.8% of his games this season (41 of 103), with two or more RBI 16 times (15.5%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team's runs in six contests.
- He has scored at least once 50 times this year (48.5%), including 10 games with multiple runs (9.7%).
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Alex Bregman Home/Away Batting Splits
Rays Pitching Rankings
- The Rays pitching staff ranks eighth in the league with a collective 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Rays' 3.69 team ERA is No. 1 among all league pitching staffs.
- Rays pitchers combine to give up the third-fewest home runs in baseball (109 total, one per game).
- Bradley (5-6) gets the starting nod for the Rays in his 16th start of the season. He's put together a 5.17 ERA in 71 1/3 innings pitched, with 95 strikeouts.
- In his last outing on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, the right-hander threw five innings, allowing three earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- In 15 games this season, the 22-year-old has put up an ERA of 5.17, with 12 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .263 against him.
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CHICAGO (AP) — The beginning of the pandemic was devasting for the leader of the indie rock band Black Belt Eagle Scout, Katherine Paul. All her tours, including one headlining across North America, were canceled and she feared her ascending music career might be over.
She got a day job at a nonprofit and returned to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community’s homelands in Western Washington. But as Paul, or KP to her friends, spent time in the cedar forests and walked along the Skagit River, she turned to her guitar to deal with the isolation and stress. Those snippets, recorded on her phone, provided the foundation for what would become songs on her powerful, grunge-soaked new record “The Land, The Water, The Sky.”
“I feel like if the pandemic hadn’t happened, I probably wouldn’t have made this record,” said KP, who writes the songs, sings and plays guitar in the band that was the only Native American artist at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago this month.
“I spent a lot of time outside. I spent a lot more time than normal going on hikes, being part of the land,” she continued. “It’s not like I never do that stuff but it brought me back to a place where this is who I am.”
The new record, which came out in February, helped launch what has probably been the most successful year so far for Black Belt Eagle Scout. The band toured Europe and will go to Australia later this year. Two of her songs, “Soft Stud” from an earlier record and “Salmon Stinta” from her latest, appear this season on the television series “Reservation Dogs.”
Reservation Dogs Music Supervisor Tiffany Anders said she was introduced to the band’s music by the show’s creator, Sterlin Harjo, when they started working on the second season.
“It’s always been important for us on this show to include Native American artists, but beyond representation, Black Belt Eagle Scout’s music is beautiful and emotional, and fits these characters, their world and landscape — and the vibe of the show,’” she said in a statement.
Then there was Pitchfork, a three-day festival that is a significant milestone for indie musicians. The festival is held every year in Chicago’s Union Park and this year’s headliners included Bon Iver, Big Thief and The Smile, which has members of Radiohead.
She admitted stepping on that stage last weekend was nerve-wracking given her high hopes for the show, a feeling compounded by concerns that storms could scuttle their performance. But as she launched into the blistering set of mostly new songs in front of thousands of eager fans, KP found solace in her guitar. She launched several long jams that were punctuated by her twirling her jet-black hair around to the point it obscured her face.
“It was totally a moment,” she said with a laugh.
“I kind of cried after we played because it felt so meaningful,” she added. “Like, I’ve always wanted to play this music festival. I remember trying to play one of the years before the pandemic when I was touring and it didn’t happen. This year, I was just so stoked to play.”
Reaching Pitchfork has been a long journey for the 34-year-old artist, who is a member of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community and left her home on the reservation in LaConner, Washington, when she was 17 to attend Lewis & Clark College in Oregon and play rock music.
Growing up on the reservation off the Washington coast on islands in the Salish Sea, she drummed and sang cultural songs. As a teenager, she discovered local Pacific Northwest bands like Mount Eerie and the sounds of the Riot Grrrl movement and played one of her first gigs at a small bar called Department of Safety. She moved to Portland, Oregon, due to its outsized role in the indie scene that featured bands like Sleater-Kinney and quickly immersed herself in the music scene playing drums and guitar.
She joined an all-female outfit whom she met at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls in Portland. She went on to play a lot of small, basement shows with bands like Genders — whose wolf tattoo she still has on her left arm.
But she wanted to write her own songs and formed Black Belt Eagle Scout in 2013. Her early music was defined by her ethereal singing about love, friendship and healing — often only accompanied by minimal guitar strumming. But she did rock out on songs like “Soft Stud,” which featured searing solos.
“She is a really an authentic musician and she carries a lot of power on stage with her presence and sound,” Claire Glass, who plays guitar in the band and first saw KP seven years ago.
KP has said her Native American identify has always been present on her records. But her latest music paints a more vivid picture of life on the Swinomish reservation. There are references to chinook salmon, which are traditionally fished, and a powwow dance.
“I started thinking of feeling grateful for the life that I have been given; this place that I’m from; how much the land, the water, the sky means to me — being surrounded by it,” KP said of writing the song ”Don’t Give Up.” “It has so much more meaning because the land, that’s where my people are from.”
Her songs aren’t meant to directly confront issues like the crisis of missing and murdered Native American women or tribes’ forced relocation. It’s not the way she writes songs. Instead, she envisions them connecting with people, drawing more Native Americans to indie rock shows in places like Minneapolis, which has a vibrant Native American community, and inspiring young Native Americans to connect with her after shows.
“Isn’t me like being here existing with my music good enough? Can’t I just be who I am?” she asked, adding she doesn’t need to speak out from stage about these issues because being Native often means she is already wrestling with them. A judge, for example, ruled in March that BNSF Railway intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the tribe by running 100-car trains carrying crude oil over the reservation.
“As a Native person, you know someone who is missing. Your tribe is trying to get your land back. Those are topics that are part of your every day life,” she said. ”I care about those things deeply but there are certain ways in which my music is, maybe not as direct, but it can be healing.”
KP also doesn’t want to be seen just as a rock musician or as a Native artist. “I am a musician who happens to be Native, but I am also a Native musician … I think I am always both,” she said.
Her latest record aims to show that.
“I kind of had in the back of mind, just kept thinking what would Built to Spill do,” KP said of the guitar-heavy, indie-rock band from the Pacific Northwest. “I’ve gone on tour with them and seen their three guitars at one point playing together and how they overlap and all these other things.”
It’s also a more collaborative effort with more musicians playing on the record— a departure for KP, who is accustomed to doing everything herself. A cellist who played with Nirvana, Lori Goldston, is featured on several songs, as are two violinists, as well as a saxophone and mellotron player.
Takiaya Reed, a first-time producer who is also in a doom metal band, described the experience of working on the record as “beautiful and amazing” and said the two bonded over their love of punk. Reid also brought her classical training and love of “heavier sounds” to the studio.
“We approached it fearlessly. It was wonderful to be expansive in terms of sonic possibilities,” she said.
KP also wanted to find a place for her parents, whom she had grown especially close to during the pandemic, to play on the record. She chose the song “Spaces,” which she described as having a “healing vibe.” Her dad, who is one of the main singers at the tribe’s cultural events, embraced the idea of lending his powerful powwow chant to the song. Her mom sang harmonies.
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Chas McCormick Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Rays - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 31 minutes ago
On Saturday, Chas McCormick (.273 batting average in his past 10 games, with two doubles, two home runs, seven walks and 10 RBI) and the Houston Astros play the Tampa Bay Rays, whose starting pitcher will be Taj Bradley. First pitch is at 7:15 PM ET.
He had a one-hit performance in his previous game (1-for-3) against the Rays.
Chas McCormick Game Info & Props vs. the Rays
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Rays Starter: Taj Bradley
- TV Channel: FOX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -167)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +500)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +200)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +145)
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Chas McCormick At The Plate
- McCormick is batting .279 with 12 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 26 walks.
- McCormick has gotten a hit in 40 of 64 games this year (62.5%), with more than one hit on 18 occasions (28.1%).
- In 18.8% of his games this season, he has gone deep, and 5.1% of his trips to the dish.
- McCormick has had an RBI in 21 games this season (32.8%), including 13 multi-RBI outings (20.3%). He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in four contests.
- He has scored in 26 games this year (40.6%), including multiple runs in four games.
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Rays Pitching Rankings
- The 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Rays pitching staff ranks eighth in the league.
- The Rays' 3.69 team ERA leads all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Rays give up the third-fewest home runs in baseball (109 total, one per game).
- Bradley (5-6 with a 5.17 ERA and 95 strikeouts in 71 1/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Rays, his 16th of the season.
- In his last time out on Sunday, the right-hander threw five innings against the Baltimore Orioles, giving up three earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- In 15 games this season, the 22-year-old has an ERA of 5.17, with 12 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .263 against him.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Saturday that Sri Lanka is a key partner in a Tokyo-led initiative aimed at building security and economic cooperation around the Indo-Pacific but also at countering an increasingly assertive China.
Sri Lanka, strategically located in the Indian Ocean, is integral to realizing a free and open Indo-Pacific, Hayashi said. He was speaking after a meeting with his Sri Lankan counterpart, Ali Sabry, in the capital, Colombo.
The initiative, announced by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in March includes Japan’s assistance to emerging economies, support for maritime security, a provision of coast guard patrol boats and equipment and other infrastructure cooperation.
Last year Sri Lanka, which owed $51 billion in foreign debt, became the first Asia-Pacific country since the late 1990s to default, sparking an economic crisis.
While Japan is Sri Lanka’s largest creditor, about 10% of its debt is held by China, which lent Colombo billions to build sea ports, airports and power plants as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. In March, China agreed to offer Sri Lanka a two-year moratorium on loan repayments.
Hayashi said that he conveyed expectations for further progress in Sri Lanka’s debt restructuring process. He welcomed Sri Lanka’s efforts under an agreement with the International Monetary Fund, which includes anti-corruption measures and transparency in the policy-making process.
Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Sabry said that he, along with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, invited Japan to resume investment projects already in the pipeline and to consider fresh investments in sectors such as power generation, ports and highways, and dedicated investment zones, as well as in the green and digital economy.
Over many decades, Japan became one of Sri Lanka’s key donors, carrying out key projects under concessionary terms. However, relations between the two countries came under strain after Wickremesinghe’s predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa unilaterally scrapped a Japan-funded light railway project following his election in 2019.
Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has already approved a proposal to restart the railway project.
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Jeremy Pena Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Rays - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:29 AM CDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
The Houston Astros, including Jeremy Pena (.184 batting average in his past 10 games), battle starter Taj Bradley and the Tampa Bay Rays at Minute Maid Park, Saturday at 7:15 PM ET.
In his last game he had a one-hit showing (1-for-4) against the Rays.
Jeremy Pena Game Info & Props vs. the Rays
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Rays Starter: Taj Bradley
- TV Channel: FOX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -250)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +500)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +220)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +110)
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Jeremy Pena At The Plate
- Pena is hitting .241 with 17 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 20 walks.
- Pena has gotten a hit in 60 of 92 games this year (65.2%), including 22 multi-hit games (23.9%).
- In 10 games this year, he has gone deep (10.9%, and 2.6% of his trips to the dish).
- Pena has an RBI in 25 of 92 games this season, with multiple RBI in nine of them. He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in one contest.
- He has scored in 40.2% of his games this year (37 of 92), with two or more runs nine times (9.8%).
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Rays Pitching Rankings
- The 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Rays pitching staff ranks eighth in MLB.
- The Rays have a 3.69 team ERA that ranks first across all league pitching staffs.
- The Rays allow the third-fewest home runs in baseball (109 total, one per game).
- Bradley (5-6) gets the starting nod for the Rays in his 16th start of the season. He has a 5.17 ERA in 71 1/3 innings pitched, with 95 strikeouts.
- In his last appearance on Sunday, the righty threw five innings against the Baltimore Orioles, allowing three earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- In 15 games this season, the 22-year-old has a 5.17 ERA and 12 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .263 to opposing hitters.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Four air crew members were missing after an Australian army helicopter ditched into waters off the Queensland state coast during joint military exercises with the United States, officials said Saturday.
The MRH-90 Taipan helicopter went down near Lindeman Island, a Great Barrier Reef tourist resort, at about 11 p.m. Friday, exercise director Australian Army Brigadier Damian Hill said.
A search involving U.S., Canadian and Australian personnel was underway to find the crew who are all Australian men, officials said.
Debris that appeared to be from a helicopter had been recovered, Queensland Police Assistant Commissioner Douglas McDonald said.
The Taipan was taking part in Talisman Sabre, a biennial joint U.S.-Australian military exercise that is largely based in Queensland. This year’s exercise involves 13 nations and more than 30,000 military personnel.
Defense Minister Richard Marles said the helicopter ditched, which refers to an emergency landing on water.
“Defense exercises, which are so necessary for the readiness of our defense force, are serious. They carry risk,” Marles told reporters in Brisbane. “As we desperately hope for better news during the course of this day we are reminded about the gravity of the act which comes with wearing our nation’s uniform.”
Hill said the exercise was postponed on Saturday morning but had restarted limited activity later in the day. Australia had grounded its Taipan fleet as a precaution, Hill said.
It was the second emergency involving an Australian Taipan this year, after one ditched into the sea off the New South Wales state coast in March. That helicopter was taking part in a nighttime counterterrorism training exercise when it ran into trouble. All 10 passengers and crew members were rescued.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was in Brisbane for a meeting on Saturday and is due to travel with Marles to north Queensland on Sunday to see the exercise.
Austin and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid tribute to the missing air crew at the outset of a meeting with their Australian counterparts, Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
“It’s always tough when you have accidents in training, but … the reason that we train to such high standards is so that we can be successful and we can protect lives when we are called to answer any kind of crisis,” Austin said.
“Our guys tend to make this look easy and they make it look easy because they’re so well exercised and rehearsed and trained, and this is unfortunately a part of that, what it takes to get them to where we need them to be,” Austin added.
Blinken said, “We’re so grateful to them for their dedication, for their service, for everything they’ve been doing to stand up for the freedom that we share and that is what unites us more than anything else.”
Marles thanked the United States for their contribution to the search and rescue effort.
The missing helicopter had just dropped off two Australian commandos before it hit the water, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
Australia announced in January that its army and navy would stop flying the European-built Taipans by December 2024, 13 years earlier than originally planned, because they had proven unreliable. They will be replaced by 40 U.S. Black Hawks. Marles said at the time the Lockheed Martin-designed Black Hawks “have a really good proven track record in terms of their reliability.”
Australia’s Taipans had been plagued by problems since the first helicopter arrived in the country in 2007.
Australia’s entire fleet of 47 Taipans was grounded in 2019 to fix a problem with their tail rotor blades. A year later, 27 Taipans were grounded because of a problem with doors.
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Jose Altuve Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Rays - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 31 minutes ago
On Saturday, Jose Altuve (.605 slugging percentage in past 10 games, including three home runs) and the Houston Astros face the Tampa Bay Rays, whose starting pitcher will be Taj Bradley. First pitch is at 7:15 PM ET.
In his most recent appearance, he strung together two hits (going 2-for-4 with a triple) against the Rays.
Jose Altuve Game Info & Props vs. the Rays
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Rays Starter: Taj Bradley
- TV Channel: FOX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -278)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +500)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +195)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +100)
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Jose Altuve At The Plate
- Altuve has eight doubles, a triple, six home runs and 20 walks while hitting .266.
- Altuve has reached base via a hit in 20 games this year (of 34 played), and had multiple hits in 10 of those games.
- In six games this season, he has hit a home run (17.6%, and 4% of his trips to the plate).
- Altuve has had at least one RBI in 32.4% of his games this year (11 of 34), with more than one RBI four times (11.8%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- He has scored in 19 games this season (55.9%), including multiple runs in six games.
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Rays Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Rays has a collective 9.2 K/9, the eighth-best in MLB.
- The Rays' 3.69 team ERA leads all MLB pitching staffs.
- Rays pitchers combine to surrender the third-fewest home runs in baseball (109 total, one per game).
- Bradley makes the start for the Rays, his 16th of the season. He is 5-6 with a 5.17 ERA and 95 strikeouts in 71 1/3 innings pitched.
- The right-hander's most recent time out came on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, when he threw five innings, surrendering three earned runs while giving up five hits.
- In 15 games this season, the 22-year-old has a 5.17 ERA and 12 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .263 to his opponents.
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Two supermoons in August mean double the stargazing fun
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The cosmos is offering up a double feature in August: a pair of supermoons culminating in a rare blue moon.
Catch the first show Tuesday evening as the full moon rises in the southeast, appearing slightly brighter and bigger than normal. That’s because it will be closer than usual, just 222,159 miles (357,530 kilometers) away, thus the supermoon label.
The moon will be even closer the night of Aug. 30 — a scant 222,043 miles (357,344 kilometers) distant. Because it’s the second full moon in the same month, it will be what’s called a blue moon.
“Warm summer nights are the ideal time to watch the full moon rise in the eastern sky within minutes of sunset. And it happens twice in August,” said retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak, dubbed Mr. Eclipse for his eclipse-chasing expertise.
The last time two full supermoons graced the sky in the same month was in 2018. It won’t happen again until 2037, according to Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project.
Masi will provide a live webcast of Tuesday evening’s supermoon, as it rises over the Coliseum in Rome.
“My plans are to capture the beauty of this ... hopefully bringing the emotion of the show to our viewers,” Masi said in an email.
“The supermoon offers us a great opportunity to look up and discover the sky,” he added.
This year’s first supermoon was in July. The fourth and last will be in September. The two in August will be closer than either of those.
Provided clear skies, binoculars or backyard telescopes can enhance the experience, Espenak said, revealing such features as lunar maria — the dark plains formed by ancient volcanic lava flows — and rays emanating from lunar craters.
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the August full moon is traditionally known as the sturgeon moon. That’s because of the abundance of that fish in the Great Lakes in August, hundreds of years ago.
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HUARINA, Bolivia (AP) — A 70-year-old man’s feet sink into the soil as he passes abandoned boats where there used to be the water of Lake Titicaca. The highest navigable lake in the world has receded to what Bolivian authorities say are critically low levels due to a persistent drought.
“It’s completely dry,” Jaime Mamani said in exasperation while walking along the new shoreline in Huarina, a farming town 70 kilometers (43 miles) west of La Paz where he is a community leader.
The National Service of Naval Hydrography declared an alert this week for the iconic lake after its surface fell 2 centimeters (0.8 inches) below the drought warning stage, or 3,807.8 meters (12492.7 feet) above sea level. But the agency says this is just the beginning of a situation that is worrying Indigenous Aymara communities that rely on the lake for their livelihoods and fear the dry spell could permanently impact the region’s flora and fauna.
The hydrology unit of Bolivia’s navy warned that water levels could reach historically low levels in the coming months. By December, there is a “high probability” Lake Titicaca will be 64 centimeters (more than 25 inches) below the drought alert level, breaking a low water record set in 1998 by 33 centimeters (almost 13 inches).
“In three months, the water has decreased by 30 centimeters (11.8 inches), and considering that radiation is much stronger during this time of the year … we expect it to keep decreasing,” Carlos Carrasco, a hydraulic engineer for the hydrography service said.
The drought is the result of a combination of factors, including natural phenomena like La Niña and El Niño, which arrived unusually early this year and have been particularly strong due in part to climate change, according to Lucía Walper, who heads up the Hydrological Forecasting Unit at Bolivia’s National Meteorology and Hydrology Service.
But the vast lake is vital for this region of the Bolivian highlands, where hundreds of Aymara rural communities have relied on the blue body of water for millennia to practice subsistence farming and raise livestock.
Authorities in the Peruvian city of Puno also issued a warning about the declining water levels and expressed concern about the potential impact on tourism.
“We’re reaching a critical point. There will be a significant loss of water,” said Juan José Ocola, president of the Binational Authority of Lake Titicaca. The lake serves as the border between Bolivia and Peru.
Mateo Vargas, 56, a fisherman who has lived off the Lake Titicaca for 28 years, said he used to catch “lots” of fish daily. Now he considers himself lucky if he can catch six.
Vargas’ wife, Justina Condori, shares his concerns.
“The fish have vanished,” Condori, 58, said, predicting there will be famine if the current conditions persist.
Condori makes a living by renting boats to tourists. She worries fewer people will come to visit the lake, which at an elevation of 3,810 meters above sea level, is the largest body of freshwater in the Andes mountain range.
Evidence of the receding lake is seemingly everywhere. Women who sell fried fish and other snacks by the lake face rising costs for ingredients. Those who make a living transporting people from one side of the lake to the other are altering their routes because their rafts and boats no longer reach their usual docks.
Livestock farmers who rely on the plants that grow on the shores of the Titicaca to feed their animals are also seeing their livelihoods threatened.
The economic hardship is causing many residents of Huarina to migrate to other areas of the country, leaving behind mostly older townspeople, Mamani said. The waters of the Titicaca have always been shallow around the town, so the drought is even more visible there.
“There is a detriment to the economy of the inhabitants of the region,” he said.
Vargas, the fisherman, is also concerned about what the declining water levels will mean for the future.
“It looks like it will continue to decrease, day by day,” he said. “We’re worried because if we continue like this, what’s going to happen to our children?”
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Kyle Tucker Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Rays - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:28 AM CDT|Updated: 33 minutes ago
Kyle Tucker -- with a slugging percentage of .794 in his past 10 games, including four home runs -- will be in action for the Houston Astros against the Tampa Bay Rays, with Taj Bradley on the mound, on July 29 at 7:15 PM ET.
In his previous game he had a one-hit showing (1-for-4) against the Rays.
Kyle Tucker Game Info & Props vs. the Rays
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Rays Starter: Taj Bradley
- TV Channel: FOX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -200)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +425)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +180)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +105)
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Kyle Tucker At The Plate
- Tucker leads Houston in OBP (.386), slugging percentage (.518) and total hits (112) this season.
- He ranks ninth in batting average, ninth in on base percentage, and 11th in slugging among qualified hitters in MLB action.
- Tucker has picked up a hit in 69.6% of his 102 games this year, with multiple hits in 29.4% of them.
- In 16 games this year, he has hit a home run (15.7%, and 4.2% of his trips to the dish).
- Tucker has driven in a run in 41 games this season (40.2%), including 18 games with more than one RBI (17.6%). He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in six contests.
- He has scored a run in 42 games this season, with multiple runs 11 times.
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Kyle Tucker Home/Away Batting Splits
Rays Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Rays has a collective 9.2 K/9, the eighth-best in MLB.
- The Rays' 3.69 team ERA ranks first among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Rays allow the third-fewest home runs in baseball (109 total, one per game).
- Bradley gets the start for the Rays, his 16th of the season. He is 5-6 with a 5.17 ERA and 95 strikeouts in 71 1/3 innings pitched.
- In his last outing on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, the righty tossed five innings, giving up three earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- The 22-year-old has a 5.17 ERA and 12 strikeouts per nine innings in 15 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .263 to his opponents.
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Jake Fraley Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Dodgers - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 10:32 AM EDT|Updated: 30 minutes ago
Jake Fraley -- with an on-base percentage of .243 in his past 10 games, 105 points lower than his season-long percentage -- will be in action for the Cincinnati Reds versus the Los Angeles Dodgers, with Emmet Sheehan on the mound, on July 29 at 9:10 PM ET.
He hit a home run while going 1-for-4 in his most recent game against the Dodgers.
Jake Fraley Game Info & Props vs. the Dodgers
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 9:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Dodger Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Dodgers Starter: Emmet Sheehan
- TV Channel: SportsNet LA
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -175)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +475)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +175)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +120)
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Jake Fraley At The Plate
- Fraley is hitting .264 with 13 doubles, 15 home runs and 32 walks.
- Fraley has gotten at least one hit in 62.4% of his games this season (53 of 85), with multiple hits 18 times (21.2%).
- He has hit a long ball in 16.5% of his games in 2023, and 4.8% of his trips to the dish.
- In 44.7% of his games this season, Fraley has driven in at least one run. In 16 of those games (18.8%) he recorded two or more RBI, while accounting for three or more of his team's runs in five contests.
- In 32.9% of his games this season, he has scored at least once. And he's had seven games with multiple runs (8.2%).
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Dodgers Pitching Rankings
- The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Dodgers pitching staff ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Dodgers have a 4.51 team ERA that ranks 21st across all league pitching staffs.
- Dodgers pitchers combine to give up 114 home runs (1.1 per game), the eighth-fewest in baseball.
- The Dodgers are sending Sheehan (3-1) to make his seventh start of the season. He is 3-1 with a 6.75 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 29 1/3 innings pitched.
- His most recent time out was on Sunday against the Texas Rangers, when the righty threw 3 2/3 innings, surrendering eight earned runs while giving up eight hits.
- The 23-year-old has put up an ERA of 6.75, with 6.8 strikeouts per nine innings, in six games this season. Opposing hitters have a .243 batting average against him.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Salvage crews were preparing Saturday to tow a car-carrying cargo ship that has been burning for days to an anchor point in the North Sea after flames and smoke on board subsided, the Dutch government said.
Fire erupted in the Fremantle Highway late Tuesday night near a chain of islands in the northern Netherlands and has been blazing ever since. The ship is carrying 3,783 new vehicles, including 498 electric vehicles, the company that chartered the vessel said.
One crew member died and others were injured after the fire broke out on the ship that was heading from Bremerhaven in Germany to Singapore. The crew was evacuated in the early hours of Wednesday. The cause of the fire has not been established.
Measurements Friday showed that heat, flames and smoke had subsided enough for salvage experts to board the ship for the first time and establish a strong towing connection with a tugboat, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management said.
It will be towed, likely over the weekend, to a new position 16 kilometers (10 miles) north of the island of Schiermonnikoog , the ministry said in a statement. The timing of the operation that is expected to take 12-14 hours depends on smoke development and weather, the ministry added. The aim is ultimately “once conditions on board allow,” to tow the ship to a port, though the destination has not yet been decided.
The ministry said the ship is stable and intact below the waterline.
The burning vessel is close to the shallow Wadden Sea, a World Heritage-listed area that is considered one of the world’s most significant habitats for migratory birds. It’s also near the Netherlands’ border with Germany, whose environment minister, Steffi Lemke, has warned of “an environmental catastrophe of unknown proportions,” if the ship were to sink. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-burning-cargo-ship-off-dutch-coast-will-be-towed-to-a-new-location-after-flames-and-smoke-subsided/ | 2023-07-29T15:02:21 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-burning-cargo-ship-off-dutch-coast-will-be-towed-to-a-new-location-after-flames-and-smoke-subsided/ |
How to Watch the Marlins vs. Tigers Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 29
Luis Arraez and the Miami Marlins will see Beau Brieske starting for the Detroit Tigers on Saturday at 4:10 PM ET.
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Marlins vs. Tigers Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 4:10 PM ET
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Location: Miami, Florida
- Venue: LoanDepot park
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Marlins Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Marlins are third-worst in MLB play with 93 home runs.
- Miami ranks 20th in MLB, slugging .398.
- The Marlins' .264 batting average is fourth-best in the majors.
- Miami is the fifth-lowest scoring team in MLB action, averaging 4.1 runs per game (428 total).
- The Marlins rank 13th in baseball with an on-base percentage of .320.
- The Marlins strike out eight times per game to rank seventh in baseball.
- Miami's pitching staff ranks third in MLB with a collective 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Miami's 4.11 team ERA ranks 13th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Marlins average MLB's 12th-ranked WHIP (1.267).
Tigers Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Tigers rank 26th in Major League Baseball with just 96 home runs as a team.
- Detroit is 29th in MLB with a slugging percentage of only .365 this season.
- The Tigers have a team batting average of just .231 this season, which ranks 28th among MLB teams.
- Detroit is among the lowest scoring teams in baseball, ranking 28th with just 406 total runs (3.9 per game) this season.
- The Tigers have an on-base percentage of .299 this season, which ranks 28th in the league.
- The Tigers rank 18th in strikeouts per game (8.9) among MLB offenses.
- Detroit strikes out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
- Detroit has pitched to a 4.53 ERA this season, which ranks 22nd in baseball.
- Tigers pitchers have a 1.253 WHIP this season, eighth-best in the majors.
Marlins Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Marlins are sending Johnny Cueto (0-1) to make his third start of the season.
- His most recent appearance was on Saturday against the Colorado Rockies, when the righty tossed six innings, surrendering one earned run while allowing two hits.
Tigers Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Tigers will send Brieske to the mound for his first start this season.
- The 25-year-old righty has pitched in relief five times already this season, but will make his first start.
Marlins Schedule
Tigers Schedule
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Joey Votto Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Dodgers - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 10:37 AM EDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
Joey Votto, with a slugging percentage of .194 in his past 10 games -- including one home run -- will be in action for the Cincinnati Reds versus the Los Angeles Dodgers, with Emmet Sheehan on the mound, July 29 at 9:10 PM ET.
In his most recent game he had a hitless performance (0-for-4) against the Dodgers.
Joey Votto Game Info & Props vs. the Dodgers
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 9:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Dodger Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Dodgers Starter: Emmet Sheehan
- TV Channel: SportsNet LA
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -175)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +290)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +155)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +110)
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Joey Votto At The Plate
- Votto has three doubles, eight home runs and 12 walks while batting .188.
- Votto has picked up a hit in 12 of 30 games this season, with multiple hits six times.
- Looking at the 30 games he has played this year, he's hit a long ball in seven of them (23.3%), and in 6.8% of his trips to the dish.
- Votto has picked up an RBI in 36.7% of his games this season, with more than one RBI in 20.0% of his games. He has also driven in three or more runs in four contests.
- He has scored in nine of 30 games (30.0%), including multiple runs twice.
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Joey Votto Home/Away Batting Splits
Dodgers Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Dodgers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 17th in the league.
- The Dodgers have the 21st-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.51).
- The Dodgers give up the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (114 total, 1.1 per game).
- Sheehan (3-1 with a 6.75 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 29 1/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Dodgers, his seventh of the season.
- The right-hander last appeared on Sunday against the Texas Rangers, when he threw 3 2/3 innings, allowing eight earned runs while giving up eight hits.
- In six games this season, the 23-year-old has a 6.75 ERA and 6.8 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .243 to his opponents.
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BAGHDAD (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s Shiite militant group Hezbollah said Saturday that if governments of Muslim-majority nations do not act against countries that allow the desecration of the Quran, Muslims should “punish” those who facilitate attacks on Islam’s holy book.
The comments by Hassan Nasrallah came in a video address to tens of thousands gathered in Beirut’s southern suburbs to mark Ashoura, a Shiite holy day commemorating the 7th century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hussein.
Nasrallah often uses religious occasions to send political messages to followers, and on Saturday slammed recent incidents in which the Quran was burned or otherwise desecrated at authorized demonstrations in Sweden and Denmark.
He said Muslims should watch for the outcome of an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, scheduled to take place in Baghdad on Monday to discuss the organization’s response to the Quran burnings.
The organization and its member states should “send a firm, decisive and unequivocal message to these governments that any repeat of the attacks will be met with a boycott,” Nasrallah said. If they do not, he said, Muslim youth should “punish the desecrators.”
He did not elaborate what such a boycott and punishment should entail.
Members of the crowd, who carried banners with religious slogans alongside the flags of Hezbollah, Lebanon and Palestine, chanted, “Oh, Quran, we are at your service; Oh, Hussein, we are at your service.”
Shiites represent over 10% of the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims and view Hussein as the rightful successor to the Prophet Muhammad. Hussein’s death in battle at the hands of Sunnis at Karbala, south of Baghdad, ingrained a deep rift in Islam and continues to this day to play a key role in shaping Shiite identity.
Millions of Shiite Muslims in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and around the world on Friday commemorated Ashoura, while Saturday marked the culmination of the observances in countries such as Lebanon, Iraq and Syria.
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims gathered in the Iraqi city of Karbala, where Hussein is entombed in a gold-domed shrine. In the streets of the Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, mourners gathered to watch reenactments of the Battle of Karbala and Hussein’s death.
In the streets, young men clad in black and white slashed their heads with swords and knives to demonstrate their grief. Friends swabbed each other’s heads with tissues and handed each other water.
In Syria’s capital, Damascus, the crowds were mourning not only the death of Hussein but a deadly attack in the suburb of Sayida Zeinab, home to a shrine to Zeinab, the daughter of the first Shiite imam, Ali, and granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad.
A bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded there on Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more. On Tuesday, another bomb in a motorcycle had wounded two people.
On Friday, the Islamic State group — a Sunni militant group that often targets Shiites — claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying Thursday’s bombing came “during their annual polytheistic rituals.” The group’s extreme interpretation of Islam holds Shiite Muslims to be apostates.
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Marlins vs. Tigers Probable Starting Pitchers Today - July 29
The Detroit Tigers (46-58) will aim to stop a four-game losing streak when visiting the Miami Marlins (56-48) at 4:10 PM ET on Saturday.
The Marlins will give the nod to Johnny Cueto (0-1) versus the Tigers and Beau Brieske.
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Marlins vs. Tigers Pitcher Matchup Info
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 4:10 PM ET
- TV: Fox Sports 1
- Location: Miami, Florida
- Venue: LoanDepot park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Probable Pitchers: Cueto - MIA (0-1, 4.50 ERA) vs Brieske - DET (0-0, 4.76 ERA)
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Marlins Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Johnny Cueto
- Cueto will get the start for the Marlins, his third of the season.
- The right-hander last pitched on Saturday against the Colorado Rockies, throwing six innings and giving up one earned run.
- He has pitched in three games this season with an ERA of 4.50, a 3 strikeout to walk ratio and a WHIP of .900.
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Tigers Probable Starting Pitcher Tonight: Beau Brieske
- Brieske gets the call to start for the Tigers, his first of the season.
- The 25-year-old righty has appeared out of the bullpen five times this season.
- In five appearances this season, he has a 4.76 ERA and 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings while opponents are batting .261 against him.
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Jonathan India Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Dodgers - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 10:37 AM EDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
On Saturday, Jonathan India (batting .308 in his past 10 games) and the Cincinnati Reds play the Los Angeles Dodgers, whose starting pitcher will be Emmet Sheehan. First pitch is at 9:10 PM ET.
He had a one-hit performance in his previous game (1-for-4) against the Dodgers.
Jonathan India Game Info & Props vs. the Dodgers
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 9:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Dodger Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Dodgers Starter: Emmet Sheehan
- TV Channel: SportsNet LA
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -200)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +475)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +175)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +115)
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Jonathan India At The Plate
- India is batting .251 with 20 doubles, 14 home runs and 39 walks.
- India has had a hit in 71 of 103 games this year (68.9%), including multiple hits 22 times (21.4%).
- Looking at the 103 games he has played this season, he's hit a long ball in 12 of them (11.7%), and in 3.1% of his trips to the plate.
- India has had at least one RBI in 32.0% of his games this year (33 of 103), with more than one RBI 11 times (10.7%). He has also been responsible for three or more of his team's runs in five contests.
- He has scored in 51.5% of his games this season (53 of 103), with two or more runs 11 times (10.7%).
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Dodgers Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Dodgers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 17th in the league.
- The Dodgers' 4.51 team ERA ranks 21st among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Dodgers pitchers combine to surrender the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (114 total, 1.1 per game).
- Sheehan makes the start for the Dodgers, his seventh of the season. He is 3-1 with a 6.75 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 29 1/3 innings pitched.
- In his most recent outing on Sunday against the Texas Rangers, the righty threw 3 2/3 innings, allowing eight earned runs while surrendering eight hits.
- The 23-year-old has put together a 6.75 ERA and 6.8 strikeouts per nine innings in six games this season, while giving up a batting average of .243 to opposing hitters.
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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) —
A 9-year-old girl and her 10-year-old brother have been called as witnesses in a criminal case against their mother after she was accused of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian army.
Lidia Prudovskaya and her two children were summoned by investigators in the northern Russian region of Arkhangelsk on Friday to give testimony in the case, Russian news outlet Sota reported.
Prudovskaya previously faced administrative charges on similar allegations after sharing anti-war posts on Russian social media platform VKontakte in September 2022.
Discrediting the Russian military is a criminal offense under a law adopted after Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022. The law is regularly used against Kremlin critics.
In April, Russian authorities petitioned to restrict the parental rights of a single father convicted of discrediting the army following an anti-war sketch drawn by his daughter at school.
Alexei Moskalyov, 54, was sentenced to two years in prison for social media comments he had made criticizing Moscow’s war in Ukraine, while his daughter Maria was placed in an orphanage.
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How to Watch the Marlins vs. Tigers Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 29
Luis Arraez and the Miami Marlins will see Beau Brieske starting for the Detroit Tigers on Saturday at 4:10 PM ET.
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Marlins vs. Tigers Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 4:10 PM ET
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Location: Miami, Florida
- Venue: LoanDepot park
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Marlins Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Marlins are third-worst in MLB play with 93 home runs.
- Miami ranks 20th in MLB, slugging .398.
- The Marlins' .264 batting average is fourth-best in the majors.
- Miami is the fifth-lowest scoring team in MLB action, averaging 4.1 runs per game (428 total).
- The Marlins rank 13th in baseball with an on-base percentage of .320.
- The Marlins strike out eight times per game to rank seventh in baseball.
- Miami's pitching staff ranks third in MLB with a collective 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Miami's 4.11 team ERA ranks 13th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Marlins average MLB's 12th-ranked WHIP (1.267).
Tigers Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Tigers rank 26th in Major League Baseball with just 96 home runs as a team.
- Detroit is 29th in MLB with a slugging percentage of only .365 this season.
- The Tigers have a team batting average of just .231 this season, which ranks 28th among MLB teams.
- Detroit is among the lowest scoring teams in baseball, ranking 28th with just 406 total runs (3.9 per game) this season.
- The Tigers have an on-base percentage of .299 this season, which ranks 28th in the league.
- The Tigers rank 18th in strikeouts per game (8.9) among MLB offenses.
- Detroit strikes out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
- Detroit has pitched to a 4.53 ERA this season, which ranks 22nd in baseball.
- Tigers pitchers have a 1.253 WHIP this season, eighth-best in the majors.
Marlins Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Marlins are sending Johnny Cueto (0-1) to make his third start of the season.
- His most recent appearance was on Saturday against the Colorado Rockies, when the righty tossed six innings, surrendering one earned run while allowing two hits.
Tigers Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Tigers will send Brieske to the mound for his first start this season.
- The 25-year-old righty has pitched in relief five times already this season, but will make his first start.
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian police arrested the president’s son Saturday as part of a high-profile money laundering probe into funds he allegedly collected from convicted drug traffickers during last year’s presidential campaign.
President Gustavo Petro, a former rebel who rose through Colombia’s political ranks as an anti-corruption crusader, said he wouldn’t interfere with the investigation.
“As an individual and father, it pains me to see so much self destruction and one of my sons going to jail,” Petro said in an early morning message on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “As president of the republic, I’ve assured the chief prosecutor’s office that it will have all of the guarantees so it can proceed according to the law.”
The arrest of Nicolas Petro is a major blow to the government, which has been buffeted by conservative attacks from day one at the same time it has struggled to maintain bipartisan support for Colombia in the U.S., a longtime ally in the war on drugs and fight against illegal armed groups.
The investigation stems from shocking declarations made by Nicolas Petro’s ex-wife, Daysuris del Carmen Vasquez, to local media outlet Semana earlier this year.
In the extended interview, Vasquez detailed how she was present at meetings when her husband arranged a donation of more than 600 million pesos (around $150,000) from a politician once convicted in Washington of drug trafficking and who was seeking the Petro campaign’s support to resume his political career.
She said President Petro was unaware of her son’s dealings and the money he collected in his campaign’s name was kept inside a safe inside the couple’s home in the coastal city of Barranquilla.
Nicolas Petro has denied his ex wife’s claims as unfounded.
The chief prosecutor’s office said in a statement that Nicolas Petro and his ex-wife were taken into custody on orders of a court in Bogota around 6 a.m. local time Saturday. It said that once brought before a judge, prosecutors would seek their provisional detention as it investigates the two for money laundering. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-son-of-colombias-president-arrested-as-part-of-money-laundering-probe/ | 2023-07-29T15:02:42 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-son-of-colombias-president-arrested-as-part-of-money-laundering-probe/ |
(iSeeCars) — When it comes to car buying, you may be torn between buying and leasing.
While leasing a car might be an attractive option if you want a different car every few years, you might be turned off by the high monthly payments for the cars you’re interested in. What you might not realize is that you can also lease a used car.
Although used cars make up only a small percentage of the leased car market, it’s still possible to lease a used car. And with used car prices still higher than pre-pandemic levels, leasing a used car could be a smart financial decision.
So how can you lease a used car, and is it a good idea? We have the answers.
Which Used Cars Can be Leased?
Used cars that are available to lease are typically Certified Pre Owned cars (also known as CPO) from car dealerships. A certified pre-owned vehicle is a late-model used car that is sold by a franchised dealer after it has been thoroughly inspected, and comes with a factory-backed extended-powertrain warranty and bumper-to-bumper warranty. Each manufacturer has different criteria for their CPO vehicles, but they generally will be less than 6 years old and will not have more than 48,000 miles on the odometer.
You can also take over a lease from someone who wants to get out of their lease. It could be because they are facing a hardship or because they no longer require a vehicle. Whatever the reason, they will post their car on a leasing company website like SwapALease.com or LeaseTrader in hopes that someone can take over their lease so they won’t have to incur the penalties associated with breaking their lease contract. In this case you won’t be required to make a down payment, and you can likely negotiate with the seller to have them pay the transfer fees. However, when taking over someone’s lease, you should estimate how much you plan on driving the vehicle to make sure that you don’t exceed the mileage limit. If you do go over the mileage limit, you will have to pay a penalty when you turn the car in.
How To Find a Used Car to Lease
Used-car leases from dealerships are rare and aren’t widely advertised. The best way to find a leased used car is to do the legwork yourself. All major manufacturers, both mainstream and luxury, offer CPO vehicle leases. However, some automakers, including Stellantis, Ford, and Nissan, require outside financing, while Toyota’s finance department does provide financing for used vehicle leases.
The best way to find a used lease is to decide what vehicle you are interested in, and call around to franchised dealerships to see if they offer used car leases on their CPO inventory.
How to Shop For a Used Car Lease
When deciding if leasing a used car is right for you, you should always shop around. Just as you should compare prices when shopping for used vehicles, you should contact multiple dealerships to see which offer the best pricing.
You should also compare the cost of leasing a used car with the cost of a new car. New car leases often come with better finance rates and may also have incentives and special offers. This cost difference between a new-car lease and used-car lease will be smaller with used Honda and Toyota cars, while the savings will be more significant on luxury vehicles from Acura or Lexus.
The smartest used car lease purchases are for later model year cars, two-to-three-years old and still under warranty, or that offer extended warranties. Otherwise, you are responsible for costly repairs on a car you don’t own. Keep in mind auto insurance is often more expensive for leased cars, so make sure to get a quote from your insurer and factor it into your budget.
As with any used car purchase, you should make sure you get the car fully inspected by an independent mechanic before leasing. You should also use helpful online research tools like the iSeeCars free VIN check that provides a free CARFAX or Autocheck vehicle history report as part of its comprehensive VIN check tool. A comprehensive VIN check will complement the vehicle history report to provide all the important information an interested buyer should know before making a used car purchase.
How Does Used Car Leasing Work?
Used-car leases are similar in structure to new car leases. Just as with a new car lease, the lender will base payments off of a car’s residual value compared to its sales price. The lender will also determine a money factor, which is the vehicle’s interest rate. Just as used cars usually have higher interest rates than new cars, a used car lease will likely have a higher interest rate than a new car lease when it comes to a car loan. However, because a used car has already taken its depreciation hit, the used vehicle will have a lower sales price and lower depreciation rate, which will result in a lower monthly payment than a new car lease. Savings between new and used car leases tend to be more significant when leasing luxury cars.
Used Car Leases: Benefits
The main draw to leasing a used car is the lower monthly payments. It may also allow you to afford a more expensive car than what you would be able to afford with a new car lease. If you don’t care about having the latest new car technology, but want to get rid of a car before it’s too dated, a used car lease might be an appealing option. Additionally, you may have lower car insurance costs than what you would pay on a new car since rates are based on a car’s value.
Used Car Leases: Drawbacks
By leasing a used car, you are responsible for repairs after the vehicle runs past its warranty. You also won’t be able to enjoy the main benefit of new car leasing, which is driving a brand new car with the latest technology. By leasing a used car, although the payments are likely lower, you are still making monthly payments and maintenance costs for a vehicle you don’t own. You may also be charged at the end of the lease if the vehicle is not in good shape or you drive it past the mileage limit as stated in your lease agreement. In many instances, buying a practical used car and keeping it for several years will save you money in the long run compared to leasing.
Bottom Line
If you’re interested in leasing a car and want to lower your monthly lease payments or upgrade to a more expensive vehicle while keeping costs down, a used car lease might be a smart decision. However, used car leases are hard to find, so you should be prepared to do some extra legwork to find the best used car lease deals. Also, be sure to compare prices and lease rates to other used CPO leases as well as new vehicle leases. Avoid leased vehicles that extend beyond a car’s warranty so you won’t be responsible for expensive repairs.
Lastly, once your lease term ends, you’ll have the option for a lease buyout with a purchase price based on the residual value of the car. If you don’t buy the car, you’ll need to find another car to lease. That’s why purchasing a used car outright, that you can keep as long as you want, is often the smartest long-term financial decision.
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TOKYO — Toshihiro Mutsuda was only 5 years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by Japan's Imperial Army in 1943 and killed in action. For him, his father was a bespectacled man in an old family photo standing by a signed good-luck flag that he carried to war.
On Saturday, when the flag was returned to him from a U.S. war museum where it had been on display for 29 years, Mutsuda, now 83, said: "It's a miracle."
The flag, known as "Yosegaki Hinomaru," or Good Luck Flag, carries the soldier's name, Shigeyoshi Mutsuda, and the signatures of his relatives, friends and neighbors wishing him luck. It was given to him before he was drafted by the Army. His family was later told he died in Saipan, but his remains were never returned.
The flag was donated in 1994 and displayed at the museum aboard the USS Lexington, a WWII aircraft carrier, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Its meaning was not known until it was identified by the family earlier this year, said the museum director Steve Banta, who brought the flag to Tokyo.
Banta said he learned the story behind the flag earlier this year when he was contacted by the Obon Society, a nonprofit organization that has returned about 500 similar flags as non-biological remains, to the descendants of Japanese servicemembers killed in the war.
The search for the flag's original owner started in April when a museum visitor took a photo and asked an expert about the description that it had belonged to a "kamikaze" suicide pilot. When Shigeyoshi Mutsuda's grandson saw the photo, he sought help from the Obon Society, group co-founder Keiko Ziak said.
"When we learned all of this, and that the family would like to have the flag, we knew immediately that the flag did not belong to us," Banta said at the handover ceremony. "We knew that the right thing to do would be to send the flag home, to be in Japan and to the family."
The soldier's eldest son, Toshihiro Mutsuda, was speechless for a few seconds when Banta, wearing white gloves, gently placed the neatly folded flag into his hands. Two of his younger siblings, both in their 80s, stood by and looked on silently. The three children, all wearing cotton gloves so they wouldn't damage the decades-old flag, carefully unfolded it to show to the audience.
The soldier's daughter, Misako Matsukuchi, touched the flag with both hands and prayed. "After nearly 80 years, the spirit of our father returned to us. I hope he can finally rest in peace," Matsukuchi said later.
Toshihiro Mutsuda said his memory of his father was foggy. However, he clearly remembers his mother, Masae Mutsuda, who died five years ago at age 102, used to make the long-distance bus trip almost every year from the farming town in Gifu, central Japan, to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, where the 2.5 million war dead are enshrined, to pay tribute to her husband's spirit.
The shrine is controversial, as it includes convicted war criminals among those commemorated. Victims of Japanese aggression during the first half of the 20th century, especially China and the Koreas, see Yasukuni as a symbol of Japanese militarism. However, for the Mutsuda family, it's a place to remember the loss of a father and husband.
"It's like an old love story across the ages coming together ... It doesn't matter where," Banta said, referring to the Yasukuni controversy. "The important thing is this flag goes to the family."
That's why Toshihiro Mutsuda and his siblings chose to receive the flag at Yasukuni and brought the framed photos of their parents.
"My mother missed him and wanted to see him so much and that's why she used to pray here," Toshihiro Mutsuda said. "Today her wish finally came true, and she was able to be reunited."
Keeping the flag on his lap, he said, "I feel the weight of the flag."
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MLB Games Tonight: How to Watch on TV, Streaming & Odds - Saturday, July 29
In one of the many compelling matchups on the MLB schedule today, the Texas Rangers and the San Diego Padres take the field at PETCO Park.
In terms of live coverage, we have everything you need to know regarding today's MLB action here. Check out the links below.
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How to Watch Today's MLB Games
The Toronto Blue Jays (58-46) play the Los Angeles Angels (54-50)
The Angels will hit the field at Rogers Centre versus the Blue Jays on Saturday at 3:07 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: MLB Network
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 3:07 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- TOR Key Player: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (.270 AVG, 17 HR, 65 RBI)
- LAA Key Player: Shohei Ohtani (.301 AVG, 39 HR, 81 RBI)
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The Miami Marlins (56-48) take on the Detroit Tigers (46-58)
The Tigers will hit the field at LoanDepot park versus the Marlins on Saturday at 4:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- MIA Key Player: Luis Arraez (.380 AVG, 3 HR, 51 RBI)
- DET Key Player: Spencer Torkelson (.232 AVG, 15 HR, 58 RBI)
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The Pittsburgh Pirates (45-58) play the Philadelphia Phillies (56-47)
The Phillies will take to the field at PNC Park versus the Pirates on Saturday at 7:05 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet PT
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 7:05 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- PIT Key Player: Bryan Reynolds (.256 AVG, 11 HR, 47 RBI)
- PHI Key Player: Bryson Stott (.302 AVG, 9 HR, 37 RBI)
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The Kansas City Royals (30-75) play the Minnesota Twins (54-51)
The Twins will take to the field at Kauffman Stadium against the Royals on Saturday at 7:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- KC Key Player: Bobby Witt Jr. (.257 AVG, 17 HR, 57 RBI)
- MIN Key Player: Carlos Correa (.229 AVG, 12 HR, 45 RBI)
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The Chicago White Sox (42-63) take on the Cleveland Guardians (52-52)
The Guardians hope to get a road victory at Guaranteed Rate Field versus the White Sox on Saturday at 7:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- CHW Key Player: Luis Robert (.267 AVG, 29 HR, 59 RBI)
- CLE Key Player: José Ramírez (.285 AVG, 16 HR, 60 RBI)
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The New York Mets (49-54) face the Washington Nationals (43-61)
The Nationals will look to pick up a road win at Citi Field against the Mets on Saturday at 7:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- NYM Key Player: Pete Alonso (.220 AVG, 30 HR, 73 RBI)
- WSH Key Player: Lane Thomas (.287 AVG, 16 HR, 54 RBI)
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The San Francisco Giants (56-48) host the Boston Red Sox (56-47)
The Red Sox will look to pick up a road win at Oracle Park versus the Giants on Saturday at 7:15 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- SF Key Player: LaMonte Wade Jr (.269 AVG, 9 HR, 29 RBI)
- BOS Key Player: Justin Turner (.286 AVG, 16 HR, 66 RBI)
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The St. Louis Cardinals (46-59) take on the Chicago Cubs (52-51)
The Cubs hope to get a road victory at Busch Stadium against the Cardinals on Saturday at 7:15 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- STL Key Player: Nolan Arenado (.284 AVG, 22 HR, 77 RBI)
- CHC Key Player: Nico Hoerner (.281 AVG, 7 HR, 57 RBI)
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The Houston Astros (58-46) take on the Tampa Bay Rays (63-43)
The Rays will take to the field at Minute Maid Park versus the Astros on Saturday at 7:15 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- HOU Key Player: Kyle Tucker (.304 AVG, 18 HR, 69 RBI)
- TB Key Player: Wander Franco (.264 AVG, 11 HR, 48 RBI)
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The Baltimore Orioles (63-40) play host to the New York Yankees (54-49)
The Yankees will take to the field at Oriole Park at Camden Yards against the Orioles on Saturday at 7:15 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- BAL Key Player: Adley Rutschman (.268 AVG, 14 HR, 46 RBI)
- NYY Key Player: Gleyber Torres (.261 AVG, 16 HR, 43 RBI)
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The Atlanta Braves (65-36) play host to the Milwaukee Brewers (57-47)
The Brewers will hit the field at Truist Park versus the Braves on Saturday at 7:20 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- ATL Key Player: Ronald Acuña Jr. (.329 AVG, 23 HR, 59 RBI)
- MIL Key Player: Christian Yelich (.286 AVG, 15 HR, 58 RBI)
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The Arizona Diamondbacks (55-49) face the Seattle Mariners (53-50)
The Mariners will hit the field at Chase Field against the Diamondbacks on Saturday at 8:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- ARI Key Player: Corbin Carroll (.290 AVG, 21 HR, 57 RBI)
- SEA Key Player: Julio Rodríguez (.252 AVG, 17 HR, 55 RBI)
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The Colorado Rockies (40-63) play host to the Oakland Athletics (29-76)
The Athletics hope to get a road victory at Coors Field versus the Rockies on Saturday at 8:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- COL Key Player: Ryan McMahon (.254 AVG, 16 HR, 48 RBI)
- OAK Key Player: Tony Kemp (.216 AVG, 3 HR, 20 RBI)
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The San Diego Padres (50-54) play the Texas Rangers (60-44)
The Rangers hope to get a road victory at PETCO Park versus the Padres on Saturday at 8:40 PM ET.
How to Watch
Hitters to Watch
- SD Key Player: Juan Soto (.266 AVG, 20 HR, 63 RBI)
- TEX Key Player: Marcus Semien (.277 AVG, 15 HR, 64 RBI)
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The Los Angeles Dodgers (58-44) take on the Cincinnati Reds (57-48)
The Reds will look to pick up a road win at Dodger Stadium versus the Dodgers on Saturday at 9:10 PM ET.
How to Watch
- TV Channel: SportsNet LA
- Stream Live: Fubo (regional restrictions may apply)
- Game Time: 9:10 PM ET
Hitters to Watch
- LAD Key Player: Freddie Freeman (.332 AVG, 21 HR, 73 RBI)
- CIN Key Player: Spencer Steer (.276 AVG, 15 HR, 56 RBI)
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Reds vs. Dodgers: Betting Trends, Odds, Records Against the Run Line, Home/Road Splits
Luke Weaver will start for the Cincinnati Reds looking to slow down Freddie Freeman and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday at 9:10 PM ET.
The favored Dodgers have -200 moneyline odds to win against the underdog Reds, who are listed at +165. The contest's over/under has been listed at 10.5 runs.
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Reds vs. Dodgers Odds & Info
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 9:10 PM ET
- TV: SportsNet LA
- Location: Los Angeles, California
- Venue: Dodger Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Reds Recent Betting Performance
- In seven games as the underdog over the last 10 matchups, the Reds have posted a mark of 4-3.
- When it comes to the total, the Reds and their opponents are 3-7-0 in their last 10 games.
- The Reds' previous 10 games have not had a runline set by sportsbooks.
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Reds Betting Records & Stats
- The Reds have been chosen as underdogs in 74 games this year and have walked away with the win 36 times (48.6%) in those games.
- Cincinnati has entered 10 games this season as the underdog by +165 or more and is 3-7 in those contests.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Reds have a 37.7% chance of walking away with the win.
- Cincinnati's games have gone over the total in 56 of its 104 chances.
- The Reds are 6-6-0 against the spread in their 12 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.
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Reds Splits
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ATLANTA (AP) — “Excuse me, are you a city of Atlanta voter? Do you know about ‘Cop City?’”
Clipboards in hand, canvassers Sienna Giraldi and Gabriel Sanchez approached shopper after shopper at a Kroger supermarket lot on a recent evening collecting signatures for a referendum over whether to cancel the city’s lease of a proposed police and firefighter training center that’s become a national rallying cry for environmentalists and anti-police protesters.
Most people kept on walking. Others said they weren’t registered to vote or didn’t live within the city limits, both of which are required. Many seemed to have no idea what “Cop City” was and weren’t interested in finding out. The fact that it began raining certainly didn’t help. By the end of a 90-minute shift, 21 people had signed.
“We definitely need to come back here,” Sanchez said. “I was on a roll before the rain started.”
Over the past month, hundreds of people like them — many volunteers, some paid — have spread out across the city of about 500,000, in hopes of persuading more than 70,000 registered voters to sign on to the petition drive. The deadline had been mid-August, but the effort got a boost Thursday when a federal judge extended it to late September, though significant logistical and legal hurdles remain.
Technically, organizers say, they need just 58,203 signatures by Aug. 14 to qualify for the November ballot — the equivalent of 15% of registered voters as of the last city election — but they set the higher goal knowing some will be disqualified. If that’s not reached until late August or September, the referendum wouldn’t happen until March, when a competitive GOP presidential primary could turn out conservative voters and hurt its chances. The city also could move forward with construction in the meantime, unless a judge intervenes.
As of July 25, the drive had collected more than 30,000 signatures, according to Paul Glaze, a spokesperson for the Vote to Stop Cop City Coalition. And with the paid canvassing effort still ramping up, he expects the pace to pick up significantly.
“We’re confident of hitting our number,” Glaze said. “How much extra padding we’re able to get is still a question. … Our experience is that when you talk about this with people, when they hear the price tag, when you ask them if they would choose this or something else to spend the money on, the vast majority are against it.”
Organizers of the drive say Mayor Andre Dickens and the City Council have failed to listen to a groundswell of opposition to the $90 million, 85-acre (34-hectare) training center, which they fear will lead to greater militarization of the police and exacerbate environmental damage in the South River Forest in a poor, predominantly Black area.
Officials counter that the campus would replace outdated, far-flung facilities and boost police morale, which is beset by hiring and retention struggles, especially in the wake of 2020 protests over racial injustice. Dickens has said that the facility will teach the “most progressive training and curriculum in the country” and that officials have repeatedly revised their plans to address concerns about noise pollution and environmental impact.
In June, after hearing about 14 hours of public testimony that was overwhelmingly against the training center, council members voted 11-4 to approve $67 million toward the project. Outraged but not surprised, organizers of the petition drive announced it the next day.
Outside the Kroger, located in a majority-Black neighborhood a few miles south of a Wendy’s parking lot where officers fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in 2020, Giraldi chatted with Lee Little, a Black construction worker who stopped to talk despite the rain, his hands full of bagged groceries.
Little was working near the proposed training center in March and saw the helicopters and mass of armed officers that descended on the area after about 150 masked activists stormed the site and torched construction equipment. He hadn’t thought about it much since, but he signed the petition after hearing Giraldi’s pitch.
“She was just saying that City Council approved 60-something million dollars without listening to the taxpayers. Does that sound fair to you? That should be for the voters to decide,” Little said afterward.
Another who signed was Makela Atchison, who was wearing a “Black Voters Matter” T-shirt as she left the store with her two children.
“I’m not saying I’m for it or against it,” Atchison said, “but I want to be able to have my input.”
The signature drive is the most ambitious in terms of numbers that has ever been launched in a Georgia city, but it has precedent from last year in Camden County, where voters overwhelmingly rejected a planned launchpad for blasting commercial rockets into space. The Georgia Supreme Court in February unanimously upheld the legality of that referendum, though it remains an open question whether citizens can veto decisions of city governments.
In a recent court filing seeking to quash the Atlanta referendum, attorneys for the city said residents can’t force officials to retroactively revoke the lease agreement, which was made in 2021. They called organizers’ efforts “futile” and “invalid.” The state agreed with the city in a separate filing, though that dispute is on hold for now.
Still, activists see the referendum as the best remaining option to block the project. They’ve gotten support from numerous groups, including the Working Families Party and the New Georgia Project Action Fund, which pledged to get 15,000 signatures over the next few weeks.
Activist Hannah Riley tries to collect a handful of them whenever she is out in public, including on a recent afternoon as she worked remotely from Muchacho, a popular taco restaurant in the ultra-liberal Reynoldstown neighborhood. At the end of her table, she taped a sign that read: “Voter? Sign Stop Cop City Petition Here.”
“This is a bit of a Hail Mary, but it’s a Hail Mary that makes a lot of sense,” Riley said. “They’ve begun to clear-cut the trees. They’re getting close to pouring concrete. … Our options are quite limited right now, so this does feel like the most practical, effective next step.”
At the same time, a small number of activists have continued taking a more violent tack, including torching eight police motorcycles over the Fourth of July weekend, actions that canvass organizers have not condemned.
Curtis Duncan, 40, said the first day he went out canvassing, a man approached and accused him of being one of the vandals.
“I said, ‘Well, sir, respectfully, I wasn’t burning cars, and the majority of people within this movement have not been engaging in any type of violent actions,’” Duncan said. He added that troopers fatally shot an activist in the forest and that authorities have brought dozens of “very flimsy” domestic terrorism charges against “Stop Cop City” protesters this year — actions he considers far worse.
Sanchez, who works for a voting rights nonprofit, said that even if the signature drive falls short, it will have made an important impact.
“I feel like we’ve exhausted all the other options, aside from full-on revolution, which I don’t think we need for this,” he said. “There’s a lot of obstacles in our way. … If we only get to 50,000, I think that still shows a real warning sign for these politicians for the 2025 election.” | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/ap-atlanta-cop-city-activists-say-theyre-confident-of-getting-70k-signatures-but-big-hurdles-remain/ | 2023-07-29T15:02:48 | 0 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/national-news/ap-atlanta-cop-city-activists-say-theyre-confident-of-getting-70k-signatures-but-big-hurdles-remain/ |
(NEXSTAR) – The current Mega Millions jackpot is now tied for the fourth-largest in the game’s history after yet another drawing produced no grand-prize winners.
Friday’s winning numbers — 5, 10, 28, 52, 63, and Mega Ball 18 — went unmatched, continuing a 29-drawing trend that began after the last jackpot-winner was announced on April 18.
The current jackpot now stands at an estimated $1.05 billion, with a cash option of $527.9 million. That amount officially qualifies as the fourth-largest grand prize in Mega Millions history, tied with a jackpot awarded in Jan. 2021.
The current jackpot has steadily grown since April, after a ticketholder in New York matched all six numbers to win a $20-million prize. (The previous jackpot, awarded days before on April 14, was worth $483 million.) A total of 46 players, meanwhile, have won second-tier prizes worth $1 million or more since the last jackpot was won, the Mega Millions lottery confirmed in a press release.
Friday night’s drawing produced five of those second-tier winners, including one each in Arizona, California and New York, and two in Pennsylvania. One of the winning ticketholders in Pennsylvania had also purchased the Megaplier option (which multiplied Friday’s winnings by five times), making that ticket worth $5 million.
“In the current Mega Millions matrix and Megaplier configuration, which has been in place since October 28, 2017, there has never been a Megaplier of 5x drawn at this extraordinary jackpot level,” reads a portion of the Mega Millions press release. “That means a lot of prizes in other tiers have been multiplied by a factor of five!”
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NPR Breaking News Indigenous communities in Taiwan celebrate summer with the harvest festival By Emily Feng Published July 29, 2023 at 8:05 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:16 A visit to a harvest festival in Taiwan, a celebration of summer by the island's indigenous communities. Copyright 2023 NPR | https://www.wlrn.org/npr-breaking-news/npr-breaking-news/2023-07-29/indigenous-communities-in-taiwan-celebrate-summer-with-the-harvest-festival | 2023-07-29T15:02:52 | 0 | https://www.wlrn.org/npr-breaking-news/npr-breaking-news/2023-07-29/indigenous-communities-in-taiwan-celebrate-summer-with-the-harvest-festival |
MLB Probable Starting Pitchers Tonight: Saturday, July 29
As we approach Saturday's MLB slate, let's take a look at the probable starters for each contest. One of the day's most anticipated matchups pits the Yankees (Clarke Schmidt) against the Orioles (Tyler Wells).
Keep reading to find the pitching matchups for every game on the schedule for July 29.
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Today's Probable Starting Pitchers
Angels at Blue Jays Probable Pitchers
The Los Angeles Angels will send Reid Detmers (2-7) to the mound as they play the Blue Jays, who will counter with Alek Manoah (2-8) for the game between the teams on Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Angels at Blue Jays
- TOR Odds to Win: -125
- LAA Odds to Win: +105
- Total: 9.5 runs
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Live Stream Angels at Blue Jays
- Game Time: 3:07 PM ET
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Tigers at Marlins Probable Pitchers
The Detroit Tigers will send Beau Brieske (0-0) to the bump as they face the Marlins, who will look to Johnny Cueto (0-1) for the matchup between the teams Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Tigers at Marlins
- MIA Odds to Win: -155
- DET Odds to Win: +130
- Total: 8 runs
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- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
- Streaming: Fox Sports 1 (regional restrictions may apply)
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Phillies at Pirates Probable Pitchers
The Philadelphia Phillies will send Aaron Nola (9-6) to the bump as they play the Pirates, who will hand the ball to Quinn Priester (1-1) when the teams meet Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Phillies at Pirates
- PHI Odds to Win: -185
- PIT Odds to Win: +150
- Total: 9 runs
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Twins at Royals Probable Pitchers
The Minnesota Twins will send Bailey Ober (6-4) to the mound as they take on the Royals, who will give the start to Jordan Lyles (1-12) when the teams play on Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Twins at Royals
- MIN Odds to Win: -190
- KC Odds to Win: +155
- Total: 9.5 runs
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Guardians at White Sox Probable Pitchers
The Cleveland Guardians will send Logan Allen (4-3) to the hill as they take on the White Sox, who will give the start to Touki Toussaint (1-3) when the teams meet on Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Guardians at White Sox
- CHW Odds to Win: -
- CLE Odds to Win: -
- Total: 9.5 runs
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Nationals at Mets Probable Pitchers
The Washington Nationals will send Patrick Corbin (6-11) to the mound as they play the Mets, who will counter with Carlos Carrasco (3-4) when the teams play Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Nationals at Mets
- NYM Odds to Win: -175
- WSH Odds to Win: +145
- Total: 9.5 runs
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Red Sox at Giants Probable Pitchers
The Boston Red Sox will send James Paxton (6-2) to the mound as they face the Giants, who will counter with Ryan Walker (3-0) for the game between the teams on Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Red Sox at Giants
- BOS Odds to Win: -115
- SF Odds to Win: -105
- Total: 8 runs
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Cubs at Cardinals Probable Pitchers
The Chicago Cubs will send Jameson Taillon (4-6) to the hill as they play the Cardinals, who will look to Adam Wainwright (3-4) when the teams play on Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Cubs at Cardinals
- STL Odds to Win: -115
- CHC Odds to Win: -105
- Total: 10 runs
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Rays at Astros Probable Pitchers
The Tampa Bay Rays will send Taj Bradley (5-6) to the mound as they take on the Astros, who will give the start to Hunter Brown (6-7) when the teams play Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Rays at Astros
- HOU Odds to Win: -140
- TB Odds to Win: +115
- Total: 8.5 runs
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Yankees at Orioles Probable Pitchers
The New York Yankees will send Schmidt (6-6) to the mound as they play the Orioles, who will counter with Wells (7-5) for the matchup between the clubs Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Yankees at Orioles
- BAL Odds to Win: -125
- NYY Odds to Win: +105
- Total: 9 runs
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Brewers at Braves Probable Pitchers
The Milwaukee Brewers will send Julio Teheran (2-4) to the hill as they play the Braves, who will hand the ball to Bryce Elder (7-2) when the clubs play Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Brewers at Braves
- ATL Odds to Win: -200
- MIL Odds to Win: +165
- Total: 10 runs
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Mariners at Diamondbacks Probable Pitchers
The Seattle Mariners will send Bryan Woo (1-3) to the bump as they play the Diamondbacks, who will give the start to Brandon Pfaadt (0-4) when the teams play on Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Mariners at Diamondbacks
- SEA Odds to Win: -125
- ARI Odds to Win: +105
- Total: 9.5 runs
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Athletics at Rockies Probable Pitchers
The Oakland Athletics will send Paul Blackburn (1-2) to the hill as they face the Rockies, who will counter with Chris Flexen (0-0) when the teams meet Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Athletics at Rockies
- COL Odds to Win: -115
- OAK Odds to Win: -105
- Total: 12 runs
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Rangers at Padres Probable Pitchers
The Texas Rangers will send Martin Perez (8-3) to the hill as they take on the Padres, who will hand the ball to Yu Darvish (7-7) for the matchup between the teams Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Rangers at Padres
- SD Odds to Win: -160
- TEX Odds to Win: +135
- Total: 9 runs
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Reds at Dodgers Probable Pitchers
The Cincinnati Reds will send Luke Weaver (2-2) to the hill as they play the Dodgers, who will look to Emmet Sheehan (3-1) for the game between the clubs Saturday.
Vegas Odds for Reds at Dodgers
- LAD Odds to Win: -200
- CIN Odds to Win: +165
- Total: 10.5 runs
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Spencer Steer Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Dodgers - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 10:37 AM EDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
The Cincinnati Reds and Spencer Steer (.410 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, including one homer), take on starting pitcher Emmet Sheehan and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, Saturday at 9:10 PM ET.
He notched a home run while going 2-for-4 in his last game against the Dodgers.
Spencer Steer Game Info & Props vs. the Dodgers
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 9:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Dodger Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Dodgers Starter: Emmet Sheehan
- TV Channel: SportsNet LA
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -200)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +500)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +190)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +135)
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Spencer Steer At The Plate
- Steer leads Cincinnati in OBP (.362), slugging percentage (.463) and total hits (102) this season.
- Among the qualifying hitters in MLB play, his batting average ranks 37th, his on-base percentage ranks 26th, and he is 46th in the league in slugging.
- Steer has picked up a hit in 64 of 100 games this year, with multiple hits 29 times.
- In 15 games this year, he has gone deep (15.0%, and 3.5% of his trips to the plate).
- In 38 games this season (38.0%), Steer has picked up an RBI, and in 15 of those games (15.0%) he had two or more. He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in three contests.
- He has scored in 44 games this season, with multiple runs six times.
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Spencer Steer Home/Away Batting Splits
Dodgers Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Dodgers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Dodgers have the 21st-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (4.51).
- The Dodgers allow the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (114 total, 1.1 per game).
- Sheehan (3-1 with a 6.75 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 29 1/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Dodgers, his seventh of the season.
- In his last time out on Sunday, the right-hander went 3 2/3 innings against the Texas Rangers, giving up eight earned runs while surrendering eight hits.
- The 23-year-old has put up an ERA of 6.75, with 6.8 strikeouts per nine innings, in six games this season. Opponents are batting .243 against him.
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Compared with the devil, angels carry more credence in America.
Angels even get more credence than, well, hell. More than astrology, reincarnation, and the belief that physical things can have spiritual energies.
In fact, about 7 in 10 U.S. adults say they believe in angels, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
“People are yearning for something greater than themselves — beyond their own understanding,” said Jack Grogger, a chaplain for the Los Angeles Angels and a longtime Southern California fire captain who has aided many people in their gravest moments.
That search for something bigger, he said, can take on many forms, from following a religion to crafting a self-driven purpose to believing in, of course, angels.
“For a lot of people, angels are a lot safer to worship,” said Grogger, who also pastors a nondenominational church in Orange, California, and is a chaplain for the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks.
People turn to angels for comfort, he said. They are familiar, regularly showing up in pop culture as well as in the Bible. Comparably, worshipping Jesus is far more involved; when Grogger preaches about angels it is with the context that they are part of God’s kingdom.
American’s belief in angels (69%) is about on par with belief in heaven and the power of prayer, but bested by belief in God or a higher power (79%). Fewer U.S. adults believe in the devil or Satan (56%), astrology (34%), reincarnation (34%), and that physical things can have spiritual energies, such as plants, rivers or crystals (42%).
The widespread acceptance of angels shown in the AP-NORC poll makes sense to Susan Garrett, an angel expert and New Testament professor at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Kentucky. It tracks with historical surveys, she said, adding that the U.S. remains a faith-filled country even as more Americans reject organized religion.
But if the devil is in the details, so are people’s understandings of angels.
“They’re very malleable,” Garrett said of angels. “You can have any one of a number of quite different worldviews in terms of your understanding of how the cosmos is arranged, whether there’s spirit beings, whether there’s life after death, whether there’s a God … and still find a place for angels in that worldview.”
Talk of angels, Garrett said, is often also about something else, like the ways God interacts with the world and other hard-to-articulate ideas.
The large number of U.S. adults who say they believe in angels includes 84% of those with a religious affiliation — 94% of evangelical Protestants, 81% of mainline Protestants and 82% of Catholics — and 33% of those without one. And of those angel-believing religiously unaffiliated, that includes 2% of atheists, 25% of agnostics and 50% of those identified as “nothing in particular.”
The broad acceptance is what fascinates San Francisco-based witch and author Devin Hunter: Angels show up independently in different religions and traditions, making them part of the fabric that unites humanity.
“We’re all getting to the same conclusion,” said Hunter, who spent 16 years as a professional medium, and started communicating as a child with what he believed were angels.
Hunter estimates that a belief in angels applies to about half of those practicing modern witchcraft today, and for some who don’t believe, their rejection is often rooted in the religious trauma they experienced growing up.
“Angels become a very big deal” for long-time practitioners who’ve made occultism their primary focus, said Hunter, an angel-loving occultist. “We cannot escape them in any way, shape or form.”
Jennifer Goodwin of Oviedo, Florida, also is among the roughly seven in 10 U.S. adults who say they believe in angels. She isn’t sure if God exists and rejects the afterlife dichotomy of heaven and hell, but the recent deaths of her parents solidified her views on these celestial beings.
Goodwin believes her parents are still keeping an eye on the family — not in any physical way or as a supernatural apparition, but that they manifest in those moments when she feels a general sense of comfort.
“I think that they are around us, but it’s in a way that we can’t understand,” Goodwin said. “I don’t know what else to call it except an angel.”
Angels mean different things to different people, and the idea of loved ones becoming heavenly angels after death is neither an unusual belief nor a universally held one.
In his reading of Scripture as an evangelical Protestant, Grogger said he believes angels are something else entirely — they have never been human and are on another level in heaven’s hierarchy. “We are higher than angels,” he said. “We do not become an angel.”
Angels do interact with humans though, said Grogger, but what “that looks like we’re not 100% sure.” They worship God who created this angelic legion of unknown numbers, he said, adding that evangelicals often attribute the demonic forces in the world to the angels who fell from heaven when the devil rebelled.
The Western ideas about angels can be traced through the Bible — and to the worldviews of its monotheistic authors, Garrett said. Those beliefs have changed and developed for millennia, influenced by cultures, theologians and even the ancient polytheistic beliefs that came before the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, she said.
“There are sort of lines of continuity from the Bible that you can trace all the way up to the New Age movement,” said Susan Garrett, who wrote “No Ordinary Angel: Celestial Spirits and Christian Claims about Jesus.”
The angels in the Bible do God’s bidding, and angelic violence is one part of their job description, said Esther Hamori, author of the upcoming book, “God’s Monsters: Vengeful Spirits, Deadly Angels, Hybrid Creatures, and Divine Hitmen of the Bible.”
“The angels of the Bible are just as likely to assassinate individuals and slaughter entire populations as they are to offer help and protect and deliver,” said Hamori. She doesn’t believe in these angels, but studies them as a Hebrew Bible professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York where she teaches a popular “Monster Heaven” class.
“They’re just God’s obedient soldiers doing the task at hand, and sometimes that task is in human beings’ best interests, and sometimes it’s not,” she said.
The perception that angels act angelic and look like the idyllic, winged figurines atop Christmas trees could be attributed to an early centuries belief that people are assigned one good angel and one bad — or have a good and bad spirit to guide them, Garrett said.
This idea shows up on the shoulders of cartoon characters and is likely what Abraham Lincoln was alluding to in his famous appeal for unity when he referenced “the better angels of our nature” in his first inaugural address, she said.
“It’s also tied in with ideas about guardian angels, which again, very ancient views that got developed over the centuries,” Garrett said.
For Sheila Avery of Chicago, angels are protectors, capable of keeping someone from harm. Avery, who belongs to a nondenominational church, credits them with those moments like when a person’s plans fall through, but ultimately it saves them from being in the thick of an unexpected disaster.
“They turn on the news and a terrible tragedy happened at that particular place,” Avery said, suggesting it was an “angel that was probably watching over them.”
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(NEXSTAR) — For many of us, flying is a relatively easy experience. Your flight leaves on time, your seatmates are polite, and you arrive at your destination safely.
But, in some cases, one of those aspects of flying may not go exactly as planned. You may find one of your fellow flyers committing an air travel faux pas: being barefoot.
You’ve seen the photos online of people’s toes peeking out between the seats. Maybe you’ve encountered it yourself. Either way, it’s largely frowned upon. In some cases, barefoot flying can even get you grounded.
Within its contract of carriage, United Airlines considers being barefoot, as well as being “not properly clothed,” an offense that justifies “refusal or removal of a passenger.” The carrier lists it as one of the many infractions that could impact safety for the passenger or others on the plane.
American Airlines says bare feet “aren’t allowed” from passengers, adding that “violent” or “inappropriate actions” could prevent you from boarding, being removed from the terminal, or facing legal prosecution.
Delta Airlines also warns that it can “refuse to transport or may remove passengers from its aircraft” if the passenger is barefoot. A barefoot passenger may be prohibited from boarding the plane, or may be forced to leave the plane, according to Spirit Airlines’ contract of carriage.
Frontier Airlines says it can refuse service to a passenger who is over the age of 3 and barefoot, “unless required to be barefoot for medical reasons.” Southwest Airlines and JetBlue state in their contracts of carriage that they can refuse to let a passenger fly if they are barefoot and older than five years of age, unless required due to a disability.
If these warnings from airlines aren’t enough to sway you from taking off your shoes while flying, maybe consider how many other people have also taken their shoes off on a plane – and what else has touched the floor.
“I would never fly barefoot on a plane,” a veteran flight attendant for a major carrier told Nexstar. “Passengers these days can be quite messy and we see everything from spills to dirty diapers thrown on the floor.”
Planes are tidied between flights, she explains, but the floors won’t be cleaned “unless there is a major mess.” That includes floors in the bathroom, too.
“That is most likely not water on the floor,” she adds. “Think of old men and young boys trying to aim in turbulence. Not good. Also, people love to throw trash anywhere but in the bathroom trash can so it usually ends up on the floor.”
If you still want to take your shoes off, she recommends bringing an old pair of socks to wear, then throwing them away after the flight.
United, American, Delta, Spirit, Frontier, JetBlue, and Southwest did not respond to Nexstar’s request for comment or its inquiry into whether any passengers have been removed or barred from flying over being barefooted.
Barefoot flyers are likely among the least of many airlines’ concerns. Over the last three years, airlines have reported record-setting incidents of disruptive passengers. That includes passengers accused of assaulting flight crews, opening emergency doors, and refusing to wear masks during the height of the COVID pandemic.
More recently, a Las Vegas-bound flight was forced to divert to Denver after an apparent fight broke out between some passengers. Two women were escorted off the plane, according to a passenger that captured video of the incident.
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Yordan Alvarez Player Prop Bets: Astros vs. Rays - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
After hitting .250 with a double, three home runs, five walks and seven RBI in his past 10 games, Yordan Alvarez and the Houston Astros face the Tampa Bay Rays (who will hand the ball to Taj Bradley) at 7:15 PM ET on Saturday.
In his previous appearance, he went 1-for-4 against the Rays.
Yordan Alvarez Game Info & Props vs. the Rays
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:15 PM ET
- Stadium: Minute Maid Park
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Rays Starter: Taj Bradley
- TV Channel: FOX
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -175)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +310)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +150)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +100)
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Yordan Alvarez At The Plate
- Alvarez has 12 doubles, 17 home runs and 33 walks while batting .274.
- Alvarez has reached base via a hit in 42 games this year (of 59 played), and had multiple hits in 12 of those games.
- In 15 games this year, he has gone deep (25.4%, and 6.8% of his trips to the dish).
- Alvarez has had an RBI in 28 games this year (47.5%), including 17 multi-RBI outings (28.8%). He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in six contests.
- In 59.3% of his games this season (35 of 59), he has scored, and in six of those games (10.2%) he has scored more than once.
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Yordan Alvarez Home/Away Batting Splits
Rays Pitching Rankings
- The Rays pitching staff is eighth in the league with a collective 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Rays have the top team ERA across all league pitching staffs (3.69).
- Rays pitchers combine to allow 109 home runs (one per game), the third-fewest in the league.
- Bradley (5-6) takes the mound for the Rays in his 16th start of the season. He's put together a 5.17 ERA in 71 1/3 innings pitched, with 95 strikeouts.
- In his last time out on Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles, the right-hander threw five innings, allowing three earned runs while surrendering five hits.
- The 22-year-old has put up a 5.17 ERA and 12 strikeouts per nine innings across 15 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .263 to his opponents.
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TJ Friedl Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Dodgers - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 10:32 AM EDT|Updated: 30 minutes ago
TJ Friedl -- with an on-base percentage of .282 in his past 10 games, 69 points lower than his season-long percentage -- will be in action for the Cincinnati Reds against the Los Angeles Dodgers, with Emmet Sheehan on the hill, on July 29 at 9:10 PM ET.
He had a hitless performance in his last game (0-for-4 with two RBI) against the Dodgers.
TJ Friedl Game Info & Props vs. the Dodgers
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 9:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Dodger Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Dodgers Starter: Emmet Sheehan
- TV Channel: SportsNet LA
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -189)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +675)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +190)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +125)
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TJ Friedl At The Plate
- Friedl is batting .281 with 16 doubles, three triples, seven home runs and 26 walks.
- Among qualified batters, he ranks 25th in batting average, while his on-base percentage ranks 37th and he is 77th in slugging.
- In 51 of 82 games this season (62.2%) Friedl has picked up a hit, and in 26 of those games he had more than one (31.7%).
- He has homered in seven games this year (8.5%), homering in 2.1% of his chances at the plate.
- In 26.8% of his games this year, Friedl has had at least one RBI. He's picked up more than one in 8.5% and driven in three or more of his team's runs in four contests.
- In 35.4% of his games this season, he has scored at least once. And he's had eight games with multiple runs (9.8%).
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Dodgers Pitching Rankings
- The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Dodgers pitching staff ranks 17th in the league.
- The Dodgers have a 4.51 team ERA that ranks 21st among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Dodgers pitchers combine to give up the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (114 total, 1.1 per game).
- Sheehan (3-1) gets the starting nod for the Dodgers in his seventh start of the season. He has a 6.75 ERA in 29 1/3 innings pitched, with 22 strikeouts.
- In his last time out on Sunday, the righty went 3 2/3 innings against the Texas Rangers, allowing eight earned runs while surrendering eight hits.
- In six games this season, the 23-year-old has an ERA of 6.75, with 6.8 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .243 against him.
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(NEXSTAR) — For many of us, flying is a relatively easy experience. Your flight leaves on time, your seatmates are polite, and you arrive at your destination safely.
But, in some cases, one of those aspects of flying may not go exactly as planned. You may find one of your fellow flyers committing an air travel faux pas: being barefoot.
You’ve seen the photos online of people’s toes peeking out between the seats. Maybe you’ve encountered it yourself. Either way, it’s largely frowned upon. In some cases, barefoot flying can even get you grounded.
Within its contract of carriage, United Airlines considers being barefoot, as well as being “not properly clothed,” an offense that justifies “refusal or removal of a passenger.” The carrier lists it as one of the many infractions that could impact safety for the passenger or others on the plane.
American Airlines says bare feet “aren’t allowed” from passengers, adding that “violent” or “inappropriate actions” could prevent you from boarding, being removed from the terminal, or facing legal prosecution.
Delta Airlines also warns that it can “refuse to transport or may remove passengers from its aircraft” if the passenger is barefoot. A barefoot passenger may be prohibited from boarding the plane, or may be forced to leave the plane, according to Spirit Airlines’ contract of carriage.
Frontier Airlines says it can refuse service to a passenger who is over the age of 3 and barefoot, “unless required to be barefoot for medical reasons.” Southwest Airlines and JetBlue state in their contracts of carriage that they can refuse to let a passenger fly if they are barefoot and older than five years of age, unless required due to a disability.
If these warnings from airlines aren’t enough to sway you from taking off your shoes while flying, maybe consider how many other people have also taken their shoes off on a plane – and what else has touched the floor.
“I would never fly barefoot on a plane,” a veteran flight attendant for a major carrier told Nexstar. “Passengers these days can be quite messy and we see everything from spills to dirty diapers thrown on the floor.”
Planes are tidied between flights, she explains, but the floors won’t be cleaned “unless there is a major mess.” That includes floors in the bathroom, too.
“That is most likely not water on the floor,” she adds. “Think of old men and young boys trying to aim in turbulence. Not good. Also, people love to throw trash anywhere but in the bathroom trash can so it usually ends up on the floor.”
If you still want to take your shoes off, she recommends bringing an old pair of socks to wear, then throwing them away after the flight.
United, American, Delta, Spirit, Frontier, JetBlue, and Southwest did not respond to Nexstar’s request for comment or its inquiry into whether any passengers have been removed or barred from flying over being barefooted.
Barefoot flyers are likely among the least of many airlines’ concerns. Over the last three years, airlines have reported record-setting incidents of disruptive passengers. That includes passengers accused of assaulting flight crews, opening emergency doors, and refusing to wear masks during the height of the COVID pandemic.
More recently, a Las Vegas-bound flight was forced to divert to Denver after an apparent fight broke out between some passengers. Two women were escorted off the plane, according to a passenger that captured video of the incident.
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(NEXSTAR) – With heat records already falling this summer, you may be running your ceiling fan nearly non-stop, but did you know you may not be as cool as you could be?
If you’ve ever taken a close look at the fan, you may have noticed a small switch located on the side of the fan base. The switch, which is found on nearly every fan, can change the direction the fan spins.
Using that switch according to the season will not only keep you more comfortable, but it can also help you save money.
In the summer, make sure that your fan is going in a counterclockwise direction, which forces cool air directly downward and creates a “wind chill effect,” according to Home Depot. In the winter, you can switch it up so the fan rotates clockwise at a low speed, circulating the warm air that gets trapped near the ceiling.
If you have ceiling fans as well as air conditioning, using the fan correctly will allow you to raise the thermostat by roughly 4 degrees Fahrenheit and still feel just as comfortable, according to the Department of Energy. In moderately hot weather, you may even be able to turn off the AC. The DOE reminds people to turn off fans in unoccupied rooms.
According to Energy Star, if you raise your thermostat by just two degrees and use your ceiling fan, you can lower the cost of air conditioning by up to 14%.
If you’re in the market for a ceiling fan, larger fan blades will move more air than smaller ones, but you have to make sure it’s an appropriate size for the space.
The Department of Energy recommends blades be 7 to 9 feet above the floor and 10 to 12 inches away from the ceiling. The blades should be no closer than 8 inches from the ceiling and 18 inches from any walls. | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/overlooked-ceiling-fan-switch-could-make-you-cooler-this-summer/ | 2023-07-29T15:03:04 | 0 | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/overlooked-ceiling-fan-switch-could-make-you-cooler-this-summer/ |
Country artist Ian Flanigan performing at the Levitt on Saturday
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:46 AM CDT|Updated: 16 minutes ago
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Levitt at the Falls hosts regular concerts throughout the summer. Country singer and “The Voice” alumni Ian Flanigan will be performing Saturday evening at 7:45 p.m. He joined Dakota News Now on Saturday morning with a preview of his new song “Strong.”
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Germany vs. Colombia: Live Stream, TV Channel & Game Info - July 30
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 8:37 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Germany will meet Colombia, in the middle round of group-stage matches at the 2023 Women's World Cup, on July 30 at 5:30 AM ET in Sydney, Australia.
This game will be available on Fox Sports 1.
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How to Watch Germany vs. Colombia
- Game Day: Sunday, July 30, 2023
- Game Time: 5:30 AM ET
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Location: Sydney, Australia
- Venue: Sydney Football Stadium
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Germany Group Stage Schedule
Germany's Recent Performance
- In its previous match, Germany got a 6-0 victory over Morocco, taking 15 shots and outshooting by 10.
- Germany was led by Alexandra Popp, who scored two of her side's goals versus .
- Popp's Women's World Cup statline through one appearance for Germany includes two goals.
- In one Women's World Cup game so far, Klara Buehl has recorded one goal while adding one assist.
- During Women's World Cup play, Lea Schuller has scored one goal (but has no assists).
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Germany's 2023 Women's World Cup Roster
- Merle Frohms #1
- Chantal Hagel #2
- Kathrin Hendrich #3
- Sophia Kleinherne #4
- Marina Hegering #5
- Lena Oberdorf #6
- Lea Schuller #7
- Sydney Lohmann #8
- Svenja Huth #9
- Laura Freigang #10
- Alexandra Popp #11
- Ann Katrin Berger #12
- Sara Daebritz #13
- Lena Lattwein #14
- Sjoeke Nusken #15
- Nicole Anyomi #16
- Felicitas Rauch #17
- Melanie Leupolz #18
- Klara Buehl #19
- Lina Magull #20
- Stina Johannes #21
- Jule Brand #22
- Sara Doorsoun #23
Colombia Group Stage Schedule
Colombia's Recent Performance
- In its most recent match on July 24, Colombia defeated South Korea 2-0. Colombia outshot South Korea 15 to four.
- Linda Caicedo and Catalina Usme paced Colombia by tallying a goal each. They had one and three shots, respectively.
- Usme has one goal for Colombia in Women's World Cup (one game).
- Caicedo has one goal for Colombia in Women's World Cup.
Colombia's 2023 Women's World Cup Roster
- Catalina Perez #1
- Manuela Vanegas #2
- Daniela Arias #3
- Diana Ospina #4
- Lorena Bedoya #5
- Daniela Montoya #6
- Cami Reyes Calderon #7
- Marcela Restrepo #8
- Mayra Ramirez #9
- Leicy Santos #10
- Catalina Usme #11
- Sandra Sepulveda #12
- Natalia Giraldo Alzate #13
- Angela Daniela Baron #14
- Ana Maria Guzman #15
- Lady Andrade #16
- Caroline Arias #17
- Linda Caicedo #18
- Jorelyn Carabali #19
- Monica Ramos Santana #20
- Ivonne Chacon #21
- Daniela Caracas #22
- Elexa Marie Bahr Gutierrez #23
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Tyler Stephenson Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Dodgers - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 10:33 AM EDT|Updated: 29 minutes ago
The Cincinnati Reds, including Tyler Stephenson (.241 slugging percentage in past 10 games, including zero home run), take on starter Emmet Sheehan and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, Saturday at 9:10 PM ET.
He had a one-hit showing in his previous game (1-for-3) against the Dodgers.
Tyler Stephenson Game Info & Props vs. the Dodgers
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 9:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Dodger Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Dodgers Starter: Emmet Sheehan
- TV Channel: SportsNet LA
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -175)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +675)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +230)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +170)
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Tyler Stephenson At The Plate
- Stephenson is batting .253 with 14 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 37 walks.
- In 59 of 95 games this season (62.1%) Stephenson has picked up a hit, and in 22 of those games he had more than one (23.2%).
- He has gone deep in 7.4% of his games in 2023, and 1.9% of his trips to the dish.
- Stephenson has an RBI in 30 of 95 games this year, with multiple RBI in seven of them.
- He has scored in 38 games this year (40.0%), including seven multi-run games (7.4%).
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Tyler Stephenson Home/Away Batting Splits
Dodgers Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Dodgers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 17th in the league.
- The Dodgers' 4.51 team ERA ranks 21st across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Dodgers allow the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (114 total, 1.1 per game).
- Sheehan (3-1) gets the starting nod for the Dodgers in his seventh start of the season. He's put together a 6.75 ERA in 29 1/3 innings pitched, with 22 strikeouts.
- In his most recent time out on Sunday, the right-hander went 3 2/3 innings against the Texas Rangers, allowing eight earned runs while surrendering eight hits.
- The 23-year-old has put together a 6.75 ERA and 6.8 strikeouts per nine innings in six games this season, while allowing a batting average of .243 to his opponents.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Pentagon official has attacked this week’s widely watched congressional hearing on UFOs, calling the claims “insulting” to employees who are investigating sightings and accusing a key witness of not cooperating with the official U.S. government investigation.
Dr. Sean Kirkpatrick’s letter, published on his personal LinkedIn page and circulated Friday across social media, criticizes much of the testimony from a retired Air Force intelligence officer that energized believers in extraterrestrial life and produced headlines around the world.
Retired Air Force Maj. David Grusch testified Wednesday that the U.S. has concealed what he called a “multi-decade” program to collect and reverse-engineer “UAPs,” or unidentified aerial phenomena, the official government term for UFOs.
Part of what the U.S. has recovered, Grusch testified, were non-human “biologics,” which he said he had not seen but had learned about from “people with direct knowledge of the program.”
A career intelligence officer, Kirkpatrick was named a year ago to lead the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, or AARO, which was intended to centralize investigations into UAPs. The Pentagon and U.S. intelligence agencies have been pushed by Congress in recent years to better investigate reports of devices flying at unusual speeds or trajectories as a national security concern.
Kirkpatrick wrote the letter Thursday and the Defense Department confirmed Friday that he posted it in a personal capacity. Kirkpatrick declined to comment on the letter Friday.
He writes in part, “I cannot let yesterday’s hearing pass without sharing how insulting it was to the officers of the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community who chose to join AARO, many with not unreasonable anxieties about the career risks this would entail.”
“They are truth-seekers, as am I,” Kirkpatrick said. “But you certainly would not get that impression from yesterday’s hearing.”
In a separate statement, Pentagon spokeswoman Sue Gough denied other allegations made by Grusch before a House Oversight subcommittee.
The Pentagon “has no information that any individual has been harmed or killed as a result of providing information” about UFO objects, Gough said. Nor has the Pentagon discovered “any verifiable information to substantiate claims that any programs regarding the possession or reverse-engineering of extraterrestrial materials have existed in the past or exist currently.”
Kirkpatrick wrote, “AARO has yet to find any credible evidence to support the allegations of any reverse engineering program for non-human technology.”
He had briefed reporters in December that the Pentagon was investigating “several hundreds” of new reports following a push to have pilots and others come forward with any sightings.
Kirkpatrick wrote in his letter that allegations of “retaliation, to include physical assault and hints of murder, are extraordinarily serious, which is why law enforcement is a critical member of the AARO team, specifically to address and take swift action should anyone come forward with such claims.”
“Yet, contrary to assertions made in the hearing, the central source of those allegations has refused to speak with AARO,” Kirkpatrick said. He did not explicitly name Grusch, who alleged he faced retaliation and declined to answer when a congressman asked him if anyone had been murdered to hide information about UFOs.
Messages left at a phone number and email address for Grusch were not returned Friday. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-the-ufo-congressional-hearing-was-insulting-to-us-employees-a-top-pentagon-official-says/ | 2023-07-29T15:03:06 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-the-ufo-congressional-hearing-was-insulting-to-us-employees-a-top-pentagon-official-says/ |
(The Conversation) – Like any millennial pop music fan active on social media, I’ve been following Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour – the surprise songs, the scramble to get tickets, her brief romance with that guy from The 1975 with a history of racist comments.
But as a political scientist, I was intrigued by something else: reaction to the tour by government officials. New Jersey renamed the state’s famed Taylor ham, egg and cheese in her honor – it’s now the “Taylor Swift Ham, Egg, and Cheese” official state sandwich.
Pittsburgh’s mayor briefly renamed the city “Swiftsburgh” when her tour hit town.
And in my neck of the woods, Swift Street in North Kansas City was temporarily rebranded “Swift Street (Taylor’s Version).”
Local or state governments have lauded Swift in some way at virtually every stop on her tour. While these honors make for great photo opportunities for Swifties, the politics of these moves is worth examining. Do politicians have something to gain in appealing to Swift’s fans?
Celebrities can help politicians
Unlike many celebrities, Swift does not involve herself much in politics. One particular tool of politicians looking to boost their numbers is to get celebrity endorsements. But Swift’s use of endorsements has been limited, save for backing two Democrats in her adopted home state of Tennessee: Phil Bredesen in his Senate race and U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper in his 2018 reelection campaign. Swift also endorsed Joe Biden in 2020.
Bredesen’s peak in Google search interest from 2010 to the present coincided with Swift’s endorsement in October 2018. Cooper saw more Google search traffic with Swift’s endorsement than at any point since his vote for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in March 2010.
While the specific impact of Swift’s endorsements is difficult to assess, an Emerson College poll of Tennesseans in 2018 found that 11.7% of those surveyed said Swift’s endorsement would make them more likely to support Bredesen – a number unlikely to make a difference in a race Bredesen lost by nearly 11 points despite Swift’s support. Cooper easily won reelection in his heavily Democratic Nashville-based district.
Although Swift’s endorsements likely did not sway these particular races, celebrity endorsements can matter in close races, particularly when the celebrity making the endorsement is viewed favorably – a likely scenario in Swift’s case.
Fawning = attention
A slight majority of Americans consider themselves at least something of a fan of Swift’s music – that includes me – and a June 2023 Echelon Insights poll showed 50% of likely voters view Swift at least somewhat favorably. This is a higher favorability rating than Joe Biden, Donald Trump and both major political parties.
We’re not talking about endorsements here, though – we’re talking about politicians aligning themselves with Swift with no reciprocity. One clear benefit to public officials fawning over Swift? Attention – not unlike that seen for Bredesen and Cooper in 2018.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s tweet declaring the “Taylor Swift ham, egg, and cheese” garnered 5,700 likes; his next unrelated tweet had fewer than 100.
A cursory analysis of social media data seems to support the idea that the use of Swift’s name in honorary government actions produces a result similar to that of Swift’s endorsements: it drives engagement. Murphy’s Instagram post lauding Swift garnered the most likes on any post of his in 2023, with the exception of an early June post on the state’s air-quality crisis.
OK, so politicians need publicity, and they can use Taylor Swift’s name to get it. But what about Swifties as a voting bloc?
The idea that Swifties might be a key demographic in future elections is not far-fetched given their location and age. A majority of Swift’s fans live in the suburbs, the swing territory of American politics. Further, most are Gen Zers or Millennials. These groups encompass an increasing share of the electorate with each passing year – up to 31% in 2020. Swift’s favorability among those ages 18 to 29 stands at 72%, and by one poll’s estimate, 21% in that age cohort say they would vote for Swift over Trump and Biden.
Taylor Swift Post Office?
World leaders from numerous countries have taken to social media to ask Swift to bring her tour to their countries. There’s an economic angle to this, of course, as a Swift tour stop can generate huge sums in consumer spending. In the U.S., however, the honorifics bestowed upon Swift have come since her tour dates were confirmed.
There is a question of whether these Swift-adjacent stunts boil down to campaigning thinly disguised as official government action. This is perhaps best demonstrated in Canada, where a member of Parliament filed a parliamentary grievance over the singer’s lack of Canadian tour dates.
Such behavior is perhaps analogous to, on a larger scale, the renaming of post offices in the U.S. Congress. While generally innocuous and locally meaningful, these moves still require government resources and staffers to put their attention toward them as opposed to substantive policy matters.
Taylor Swift is an enormously popular figure, particularly among demographic groups that will be increasingly important in future American elections. In close races, voices such as Swift’s could prove critical – not necessarily because she influences how fans vote, but because her voice provides attention and credibility to candidates. | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/the-taylor-swift-official-state-sandwich-politicians-understand-swifties-are-a-key-demographic/ | 2023-07-29T15:03:10 | 1 | https://www.kron4.com/news/national/the-taylor-swift-official-state-sandwich-politicians-understand-swifties-are-a-key-demographic/ |
One dead in central Sioux Falls motorcycle vs. car crash
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - On Saturday morning, Sioux Falls Police, Fire and Ambulance crews responded to a call of a motorcycle vs car crash at the intersection of East 10th Street and South Reid Ave.
Upon arrival, crews found an adult male with life-threatening injuries. He was not wearing a helmet and succumbed to his injuries.
An investigation showed that the motorcycle was traveling eastbound against the flow of traffic on the East 10th Street viaduct when a red sedan traveling westbound on East 10th Street collided with the motorcycle.
Traffic was rerouted in the area, and the investigation by the Sioux Falls Police Traffic Unit is ongoing.
Names of those involved have not been released.
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Will Benson Player Prop Bets: Reds vs. Dodgers - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 10:37 AM EDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
The Cincinnati Reds, including Will Benson and his .655 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, battle starting pitcher Emmet Sheehan and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium, Saturday at 9:10 PM ET.
In his most recent game he had a hitless performance (0-for-2) against the Dodgers.
Will Benson Game Info & Props vs. the Dodgers
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 9:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Dodger Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Dodgers Starter: Emmet Sheehan
- TV Channel: SportsNet LA
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -111)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +600)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +260)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +150)
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Will Benson At The Plate
- Benson is hitting .278 with seven doubles, four triples, seven home runs and 26 walks.
- In 28 of 55 games this season (50.9%) Benson has had a hit, and in nine of those games he had more than one (16.4%).
- In 12.7% of his games this year, he has gone deep, and 4% of his trips to the plate.
- Benson has had at least one RBI in 21.8% of his games this year (12 of 55), with more than one RBI six times (10.9%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team's runs in one contest.
- In 38.2% of his games this season (21 of 55), he has scored, and in four of those games (7.3%) he has scored more than once.
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Will Benson Home/Away Batting Splits
Dodgers Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Dodgers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 17th in the league.
- The Dodgers' 4.51 team ERA ranks 21st among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Dodgers surrender the eighth-fewest home runs in baseball (114 total, 1.1 per game).
- Sheehan (3-1) gets the starting nod for the Dodgers in his seventh start of the season. He's put together a 6.75 ERA in 29 1/3 innings pitched, with 22 strikeouts.
- The right-hander's most recent time out was on Sunday against the Texas Rangers, when he tossed 3 2/3 innings, surrendering eight earned runs while giving up eight hits.
- In six games this season, the 23-year-old has a 6.75 ERA and 6.8 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .243 to opposing batters.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The United States will expand its military industrial base by helping Australia manufacture guided missiles and rockets for both countries within two years, the allies announced on Saturday as they ramped up defense cooperation to counter China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific.
The new cooperation on guided weapon production follows a trilateral partnership announcement in March that will see Britain provide Australia with a fleet of eight submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology.
The greater integration of U.S. and Australian militaries was announced after annual talks between U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken and their Australian counterparts, Defense Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
They agreed to cooperate on Australia producing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems by 2025, a communique said.
U.S. companies Raytheon and Lockheed Martin only established an Australian enterprise to build such weapons last year. That followed the drain on Western countries’ munitions caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Austin said the move on missiles would strengthen the two allies’ defense industrial base and technological edge.
“We’re racing to accelerate Australia’s priority access to munitions through a streamlined acquisition process,” Austin told reporters in Brisbane, Australia.
Marles welcomed U.S. support to achieve Australian missile production within two years.
“We are really pleased with the steps that we are taking in respect of establishing a guided weapons and explosive ordnance enterprise in this country,” Marles said.
The two governments also agreed to upgrade joint military facilities in Australia and to increase U.S. nuclear submarine visits as the United States increases its focus on the South Pacific.
The region came to the forefront of the U.S. competition with China for influence last year, when Beijing signed a security pact with Solomon Islands and raised the prospect of a Chinese naval base being established there.
Austin became the first U.S. defense secretary to visit Papua New Guinea and Blinken visited New Zealand and Tonga before they arrived in Australia.
Saturday’s meeting was overshadowed by the loss of an Australian Army helicopter with four air crew late Friday, during military exercises with the U.S. off the northeastern coast of Australia.
U.S., Australian and Canadian militaries are taking part in the search for potential survivors near Whitsunday Islands off the Queensland state coast.
Austin and Marles will travel to north Queensland on Sunday to inspect Talisman Sabre, a biennial military exercise between the two countries that this year includes 13 nations and more than 30,000 military personnel. | https://www.kxnet.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-us-pledges-to-help-australia-manufacture-guided-missiles-by-2025/ | 2023-07-29T15:03:14 | 1 | https://www.kxnet.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-us-pledges-to-help-australia-manufacture-guided-missiles-by-2025/ |
Alex Kirilloff Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:29 AM CDT|Updated: 33 minutes ago
The Minnesota Twins, including Alex Kirilloff and his .610 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, battle starting pitcher Jordan Lyles and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, Saturday at 7:10 PM ET.
In his most recent game he had a hitless performance (0-for-3) against the Royals.
Alex Kirilloff Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Jordan Lyles
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +150)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +525)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +150)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +100)
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Alex Kirilloff At The Plate
- Kirilloff is hitting .271 with 13 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 25 walks.
- Kirilloff has had a hit in 42 of 68 games this season (61.8%), including multiple hits 16 times (23.5%).
- He has hit a home run in seven games this year (10.3%), leaving the park in 3.2% of his chances at the plate.
- Kirilloff has had an RBI in 21 games this year (30.9%), including seven multi-RBI outings (10.3%). He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
- He has scored in 18 of 68 games this season, and more than once 3 times.
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Alex Kirilloff Home/Away Batting Splits
Royals Pitching Rankings
- The 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Royals pitching staff ranks 26th in the league.
- The Royals' 5.19 team ERA ranks 28th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Royals rank 19th in baseball in home runs allowed (126 total, 1.2 per game).
- The Royals will send Lyles (1-12) to the mound to make his 20th start of the season. He is 1-12 with a 6.10 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 107 2/3 innings pitched.
- The righty last appeared on Sunday against the New York Yankees, when he went five innings, allowing five earned runs while giving up nine hits.
- Among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season, the 32-year-old's 6.10 ERA ranks 64th, 1.282 WHIP ranks 46th, and 6.4 K/9 ranks 59th.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Political instability in Niger resulting from a military takeover that deposed the president this week threatens the economic support provided by Washington to the African nation, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Saturday.
Members of the Niger military announced on Wednesday they had deposed democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum and on Friday named Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani as the country’s new leader, adding Niger to a growing list of military regimes in West Africa’s Sahel region.
Blinken, who is in Australia as part of a Pacific tour, said the continued security and economic arrangements that Niger has with the U.S. hinged on the release of Bazoum and “the immediate restoration of the democratic order in Niger.”
“Our economic and security partnership with Niger — which is significant, hundreds of millions of dollars — depends on the continuation of the democratic governance and constitutional order that has been disrupted by the actions in the last few days,” Blinken said. “So that assistance, that support, is in clear jeopardy as a result of these actions, which is another reason why they need to be immediately reversed.”
Blinken stopped short of calling the military actions in Niger a coup, a designation that could result in the African country losing millions of dollars of military aid and assistance.
Speaking in Brisbane, Blinken said he had spoken with President Bazoum on Saturday but did not provide details. He cited the support of the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States and other regional entities in trying to bring an end to the unrest.
“The very significant assistance that we have in place that’s making a material difference in the lives of the people of Niger is clearly in jeopardy and we’ve communicated that as clearly as we possibly can to those responsible for disrupting the constitutional order and Niger’s democracy,” Blinken said.
Blinken said the U.S. Embassy in Niger had accounted for the safety of all staff members and their families, while issuing a security alert advising U.S. citizens in the country to limit unnecessary movements and avoid areas impacted by the coup.
The military group that conducted the coup, calling itself the National Council for the Safeguarding of the Country, said its members remained committed to engaging with the international and national community.
“This is as a result of the continuing degradation of the security situation, the bad economic and social governance,” air force Col. Major Amadou Abdramane said in the video released by the coup leaders Wednesday. He said aerial and land borders were closed and a curfew was in place until the situation stabilized.
Bazoum was elected two years ago in Niger’s first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since independence from France.
Niger is seen as the last reliable partner for the West in efforts to battle jihadis linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in Africa’s Sahel region, where Russia and Western countries have vied for influence in the fight against extremism.
France has 1,500 soldiers in the country who conduct joint operations with Niger’s military, while the U.S. and other European countries have helped train the nation’s troops.
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Byron Buxton Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 33 minutes ago
The Minnesota Twins and Byron Buxton (.263 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, including two homers), take on starting pitcher Jordan Lyles and the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium, Saturday at 7:10 PM ET.
In his previous appearance, he reached base in his only plate appearance against the Royals.
Byron Buxton Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Jordan Lyles
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -189)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +300)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +140)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +110)
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Byron Buxton At The Plate
- Buxton leads Minnesota with 58 hits, batting .198 this season with 30 extra-base hits.
- In 50.0% of his 82 games this season, Buxton has picked up at least one hit. He's also had 16 multi-hit games.
- He has hit a long ball in 18.3% of his games in 2023 (15 of 82), and 5.1% of his trips to the dish.
- In 23 games this year (28.0%), Buxton has picked up an RBI, and in 11 of those games (13.4%) he had more than one. He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in five contests.
- He has scored in 36 games this season (43.9%), including multiple runs in 10 games.
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Byron Buxton Home/Away Batting Splits
Royals Pitching Rankings
- The Royals pitching staff ranks 26th in the league with a collective 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (5.19).
- The Royals rank 19th in baseball in home runs surrendered (126 total, 1.2 per game).
- Lyles makes the start for the Royals, his 20th of the season. He is 1-12 with a 6.10 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 107 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his most recent appearance on Sunday, the righty tossed five innings against the New York Yankees, allowing five earned runs while surrendering nine hits.
- The 32-year-old's 6.10 ERA ranks 64th, 1.282 WHIP ranks 46th, and 6.4 K/9 ranks 59th among qualifying pitchers this season.
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TOKYO (AP) — Toshihiro Mutsuda was only 5 years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by Japan’s Imperial Army in 1943 and killed in action. For him, his father was a bespectacled man in an old family photo standing by a signed good-luck flag that he carried to war.
On Saturday, when the flag was returned to him from a U.S. war museum where it had been on display for 29 years, Mutsuda, now 83, said: “It’s a miracle.”
The flag, known as “Yosegaki Hinomaru,” or Good Luck Flag, carries the soldier’s name, Shigeyoshi Mutsuda, and the signatures of his relatives, friends and neighbors wishing him luck. It was given to him before he was drafted by the Army. His family was later told he died in Saipan, but his remains were never returned.
The flag was donated in 1994 and displayed at the museum aboard the USS Lexington, a WWII aircraft carrier, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Its meaning was not known until it was identified by the family earlier this year, said the museum director Steve Banta, who brought the flag to Tokyo.
Banta said he learned the story behind the flag earlier this year when he was contacted by the Obon Society, a nonprofit organization that has returned about 500 similar flags as non-biological remains, to the descendants of Japanese servicemembers killed in the war.
The search for the flag’s original owner started in April when a museum visitor took a photo and asked an expert about the description that it had belonged to a “kamikaze” suicide pilot. When Shigeyoshi Mutsuda’s grandson saw the photo, he sought help from the Obon Society, group co-founder Keiko Ziak said.
“When we learned all of this, and that the family would like to have the flag, we knew immediately that the flag did not belong to us,” Banta said at the handover ceremony. “We knew that the right thing to do would be to send the flag home, to be in Japan and to the family.”
The soldier’s eldest son, Toshihiro Mutsuda, was speechless for a few seconds when Banta, wearing white gloves, gently placed the neatly folded flag into his hands. Two of his younger siblings, both in their 80s, stood by and looked on silently. The three children, all wearing cotton gloves so they wouldn’t damage the decades-old flag, carefully unfolded it to show to the audience.
The soldier’s daughter, Misako Matsukuchi, touched the flag with both hands and prayed. “After nearly 80 years, the spirit of our father returned to us. I hope he can finally rest in peace,” Matsukuchi said later.
Toshihiro Mutsuda said his memory of his father was foggy. However, he clearly remembers his mother, Masae Mutsuda, who died five years ago at age 102, used to make the long-distance bus trip almost every year from the farming town in Gifu, central Japan, to Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, where the 2.5 million war dead are enshrined, to pay tribute to her husband’s spirit.
The shrine is controversial, as it includes convicted war criminals among those commemorated. Victims of Japanese aggression during the first half of the 20th century, especially China and the Koreas, see Yasukuni as a symbol of Japanese militarism. However, for the Mutsuda family, it’s a place to remember the loss of a father and husband.
“It’s like an old love story across the ages coming together … It doesn’t matter where,” Banta said, referring to the Yasukuni controversy. “The important thing is this flag goes to the family.”
That’s why Toshihiro Mutsuda and his siblings chose to receive the flag at Yasukuni and brought the framed photos of their parents.
“My mother missed him and wanted to see him so much and that’s why she used to pray here,” Toshihiro Mutsuda said. “Today her wish finally came true, and she was able to be reunited.”
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Carlos Correa Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:27 AM CDT|Updated: 36 minutes ago
On Saturday, Carlos Correa (on the back of going 1-for-4 with a double) and the Minnesota Twins face the Kansas City Royals, whose starting pitcher will be Jordan Lyles. First pitch is at 7:10 PM ET.
In his last game he had a one-hit performance (1-for-4) against the Royals.
Carlos Correa Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Jordan Lyles
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +155)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +360)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +170)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -125)
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Carlos Correa At The Plate
- Correa leads Minnesota in OBP (.305), slugging percentage (.402) and OPS (.708) this season.
- Correa has had a hit in 61 of 92 games this season (66.3%), including multiple hits 18 times (19.6%).
- He has hit a long ball in 12 games this season (13.0%), homering in 3% of his trips to the plate.
- Correa has driven in a run in 29 games this season (31.5%), including 11 games with more than one RBI (12.0%). He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in four contests.
- In 35.9% of his games this year (33 of 92), he has scored, and in five of those games (5.4%) he has scored more than once.
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Carlos Correa Home/Away Batting Splits
Royals Pitching Rankings
- The 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Royals pitching staff ranks 26th in MLB.
- The Royals' 5.19 team ERA ranks 28th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Royals rank 19th in baseball in home runs surrendered (126 total, 1.2 per game).
- Lyles gets the start for the Royals, his 20th of the season. He is 1-12 with a 6.10 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 107 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his last time out on Sunday, the right-hander went five innings against the New York Yankees, giving up five earned runs while surrendering nine hits.
- Among pitchers who qualify in MLB play this season, the 32-year-old ranks 64th in ERA (6.10), 46th in WHIP (1.282), and 59th in K/9 (6.4).
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Two supermoons in August mean double the stargazing fun
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The cosmos is offering up a double feature in August: a pair of supermoons culminating in a rare blue moon.
Catch the first show Tuesday evening as the full moon rises in the southeast, appearing slightly brighter and bigger than normal. That’s because it will be closer than usual, just 222,159 miles (357,530 kilometers) away, thus the supermoon label.
The moon will be even closer the night of Aug. 30 — a scant 222,043 miles (357,344 kilometers) distant. Because it’s the second full moon in the same month, it will be what’s called a blue moon.
“Warm summer nights are the ideal time to watch the full moon rise in the eastern sky within minutes of sunset. And it happens twice in August,” said retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak, dubbed Mr. Eclipse for his eclipse-chasing expertise.
The last time two full supermoons graced the sky in the same month was in 2018. It won’t happen again until 2037, according to Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project.
Masi will provide a live webcast of Tuesday evening’s supermoon, as it rises over the Coliseum in Rome.
“My plans are to capture the beauty of this ... hopefully bringing the emotion of the show to our viewers,” Masi said in an email.
“The supermoon offers us a great opportunity to look up and discover the sky,” he added.
This year’s first supermoon was in July. The fourth and last will be in September. The two in August will be closer than either of those.
Provided clear skies, binoculars or backyard telescopes can enhance the experience, Espenak said, revealing such features as lunar maria — the dark plains formed by ancient volcanic lava flows — and rays emanating from lunar craters.
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the August full moon is traditionally known as the sturgeon moon. That’s because of the abundance of that fish in the Great Lakes in August, hundreds of years ago.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand striker Hannah Wilkinson has helped create two milestones at the Women’s World Cup.
With her 48th-minute goal in the tournament opener against Norway, she led the co-host Football Ferns to their first win in six trips to the Women’s World Cup. She’s also one of at least 95 out members of the LGBTQ+ community competing in this year’s tournament, according to a count being kept by Outsports, a website that covers the LGBTQ+ sports.
The Ferns were greeted with a fan-made sign at their next match in Wellington: “Gay for soccer, gay for Wilkie,” it read.
The 95 out participants make up roughly 13% of the 736 total players at the Women’s World Cup, more than doubling the 40 players and coaches Outsports counted in 2019.
The 2023 tournament also is hosting the first openly trans and non-binary player in either a men’s or Women’s World Cup, Quinn of Canada.
“Last World Cup was so big, especially with the visibility of the U.S. women’s national team winning and (Megan Rapinoe) fighting with (Donald) Trump. So I think that was a huge year for LGBTQ+ visibility,” said Lindsey Freeman, a professor of sociology and anthropology at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia.
“It’s just the ad hoc, fun culture of women’s soccer that you’re seeing in this World Cup,” said Freeman, who is in New Zealand conducting research on the topic.
Jim Buzinski, co-founder of Outsports, agreed. “In the Western world, it’s such a non-issue that it really just doesn’t get talked about,” he said. “And I think that’s in a good way.”
VISIBILITY
Prior to the start of the tournament, FIFA designated eight socially conscious armbands team captains could wear throughout the Women’s World Cup. The decision came after “One Love” armbands were denied to men’s teams in Qatar in 2022.
The armbands being used this year include anti-discriminatory sayings and multiple colors, but the rainbow version Germany wanted to use is not allowed. None of the available options explicitly mention LGBTQ+ rights.
The decision has led many players to express their support in more creative ways across Australia and New Zealand.
New Zealand midfielder Ali Riley was interviewed on the official Women’s World Cup broadcast after her team’s upset of Norway. Her painted fingernails, left hand in the colors of the pride flag and right hand as the trans flag, were clearly visible as she held her head and fought back tears.
“She’s such an advocate and she’s definitely someone who uses her platform in such a positive way. We are all so proud of her and the way she represents the LGBTQ+ community,” teammate CJ Bott said. “Good on her. We’re all backing her, and we all back the community as well.”
The Philippines, making its Women’s World Cup debut, took home its own historic win over New Zealand 1-0 thanks to the foot of Sarina Bolden. Bolden’s Instagram bio reads, “i just wanna have fun n b gay.”
Irish star Katie McCabe wowed fans with a goal directly from a corner kick. She’s also made tabloid news for her relationships with other players.
Thembi Kgatlana, who has scored in the tournament for South Africa, has a patch of her hair dyed rainbow colors.
“My personality is very big for me, and my hair has become a part of my personality,” Kgatlana said. “And I did this rainbow because I want to represent all the people that are part of the LGBTQ and cannot talk while in countries where they’re oppressed.”
FAN EXPERIENCE
Kristen Pariseau and her wife started a U.S. women’s national team supporters group on Facebook ahead of traveling to this year’s Women’s World Cup. Aside from some hateful users she blocked, it’s been “super LGBT friendly.”
She and her wife did not go to Qatar for the 2022 men’s World Cup to avoid referencing each other as friends and receiving questions on their sexuality. In New Zealand, she said she’s met many same-sex couples at games and while traveling around the country.
“Everywhere you turn, it’s like, ‘Oh, my wife, my girlfriend.’ It’s been so welcoming and open,” Pariseau said. “In a way, it is kind of cool to be where there’s a lot of other people like you.”
Kelsie Bozart took her own pride flag armband to the United States’ second match in Wellington, along with a pride scarf.
“If you look back a couple years, I feel like it just wasn’t really talked about or there just wasn’t much of a presence,” Bozart said. “But moving forward I feel like, especially for the U.S., they’ve done an amazing job of just incorporating pride and LGBTQ.”
NOT UNIVERSAL
Though this year’s tournament has highlighted vast gains for the LGBTQ+ community in women’s soccer, advocates feel there is still work to be done.
According to Buzinski and Outsports, there were at least 186 LGBTQ+ athletes at the Tokyo Olympics. Women outnumbered men by a 9:1 ratio. There also were no confirmed out players at the 2022 men’s World Cup.
“I think women’s sports have always been open,” Denmark striker Pernille Harder said, adding that there are many role models for women who want to come out.
Freeman said it would be good to see men feel the same level of comfort.
“What can happen in the women’s game, I would love to spill over to the men’s game,” she said. “Because obviously, there’s way more queer players in the men’s game and it’s just not safe for them to come out.
“If you want to say that you’re in an inclusive space, you really have to be an inclusive space,” Freeman added. “And I think that that includes also holding the World Cup in places where it’s fine to be a queer person.”
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Max Ralph is a student in John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State.
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Contributing reporters included Joe Lister in Wellington and Rafaela Pontes in Auckland, students in the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State, and Clay Witt in Sydney, Australia, a student at the University of Georgia’s Carmical Sports Media Institute.
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Robert Austin Wynns Player Prop Bets: Rockies vs. Athletics - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:36 AM CDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
Robert Austin Wynns -- hitting .273 in his past 10 games -- will be in action for the Colorado Rockies versus the Oakland Athletics, with Paul Blackburn on the mound, on July 29 at 8:10 PM ET.
In his most recent game he had a one-hit showing (1-for-3) against the Nationals.
Robert Austin Wynns Game Info & Props vs. the Athletics
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Coors Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Athletics Starter: Paul Blackburn
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -189)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +750)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +190)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +145)
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Robert Austin Wynns At The Plate
- Wynns is hitting .215 with three doubles, a home run and five walks.
- In 14 of 25 games this season, Wynns got a hit, but only one each time.
- He has homered in only one game this year.
- Wynns has driven in a run in five games this year (20.0%), including two games with multiple runs batted in.
- He has scored in five games this year (20.0%), but has had no multi-run games.
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Robert Austin Wynns Home/Away Batting Splits
Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Athletics has a collective 8.2 K/9, which ranks 24th in MLB.
- The Athletics have a 5.85 team ERA that ranks last among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Athletics pitchers combine to allow the second-most home runs in baseball (147 total, 1.4 per game).
- The Athletics are sending Blackburn (1-2) to make his 10th start of the season. He is 1-2 with a 5.06 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 48 2/3 innings pitched.
- His most recent appearance was on Sunday against the Houston Astros, when the right-hander went 5 1/3 innings, surrendering one earned run while allowing five hits.
- In 10 games this season, the 29-year-old has a 5.06 ERA and 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .297 to his opponents.
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PHOENIX (AP) — A historic heat wave that turned the U.S. Southwest into a blast furnace throughout July is beginning to abate with the late arrival of monsoon rains.
Forecasters expect that by Monday at the latest, people in metro Phoenix will begin seeing high temperatures under 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) for the first time in a month. As of Friday, the high temperature in the desert city had been at or above that mark for 29 consecutive days.
Already this week, the overnight low at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport fell under 90 (32.2 C) for the first time in 16 days, finally allowing people some respite from the stifling heat once the sun goes down.
Temperatures are also expected to ease in Las Vegas, Albuquerque and Death Valley, California.
The downward trend started Wednesday night, when Phoenix saw its first major monsoon storm since the traditional start of the season on June 15. While more than half of the greater Phoenix area saw no rainfall from that storm, some eastern suburbs were pummeled by high winds, swirling dust and localized downfalls of up to an inch (2.5 centimeters) of precipitation.
Storms gradually increasing in strength are expected over the weekend.
Scientists calculate that July will prove to be the hottest globally on record and perhaps the warmest human civilization has seen. The extreme heat is now hitting the eastern part of the U.S, as soaring temperatures moved from the Midwest into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, where some places are seeing their warmest days so far this year.
The new heat records being set this summer are just some of the extreme weather being seen around the U.S. this month, such as flash floods in Pennsylvania and parts of the Northeast.
And while relief may be on the way for the Southwest, for now it’s still dangerously hot. Phoenix’s high temperature reached 116 (46.7 C) Friday afternoon, which is far above the average temperature of 106 (41.1 C).
“Anyone can be at risk outside in this record heat,” the fire department in Goodyear, a Phoenix suburb, warned residents on social media while offering ideas to stay safe.
For many people such as older adults, those with health issues and those without access to air conditioning, the heat can be dangerous or even deadly.
Maricopa County, the most populous in Arizona and home to Phoenix, reported this week that its public health department had confirmed 25 heat-associated deaths this year as of July 21, with 249 more under investigation.
Results from toxicological tests that can takes weeks or months after an autopsy is conducted could eventually result in many deaths listed as under investigation as heat associated being changed to confirmed.
Maricopa County confirmed 425 heat-associated deaths last year, and more than half of them occurred in July.
Elsewhere in Arizona next week, the agricultural desert community of Yuma is expecting highs ranging from 104 to 112 (40 C to 44.4 C) and Tucson is looking at highs ranging from 99 to 111 (37.2 C to 43.9 C).
The highs in Las Vegas are forecast to slip as low as 94 (34.4 C) next Tuesday after a long spell of highs above 110 (43.3 C). Death Valley, which hit 128 (53.3 C) in mid-July, will cool as well, though only to a still blistering hot 116 (46.7 C).
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Joey Gallo Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:31 AM CDT|Updated: 31 minutes ago
On Saturday, Joey Gallo (.179 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 110 points below season-long percentage) and the Minnesota Twins face the Kansas City Royals, whose starting pitcher will be Jordan Lyles. First pitch is at 7:10 PM ET.
In his most recent appearance, he went 1-for-3 against the Royals.
Joey Gallo Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Jordan Lyles
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -111)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +270)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +170)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +105)
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Joey Gallo At The Plate
- Gallo is hitting .175 with nine doubles, a triple, 17 home runs and 35 walks.
- Gallo has reached base via a hit in 33 games this year (of 81 played), and had multiple hits in six of those games.
- Looking at the 81 games he has played this year, he's hit a home run in 16 of them (19.8%), and in 6.4% of his trips to the dish.
- Gallo has picked up an RBI in 23.5% of his games this year, with more than one RBI in 8.6% of his games. He has also plated three or more runs in four contests.
- He has scored in 28 of 81 games this year, and more than once 3 times.
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Royals Pitching Rankings
- The Royals pitching staff is 26th in the league with a collective 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Royals have the 28th-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (5.19).
- The Royals rank 19th in baseball in home runs given up (126 total, 1.2 per game).
- Lyles (1-12 with a 6.10 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 107 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Royals, his 20th of the season.
- In his most recent time out on Sunday, the righty went five innings against the New York Yankees, giving up five earned runs while surrendering nine hits.
- Among pitchers who qualify in MLB play this season, the 32-year-old ranks 64th in ERA (6.10), 46th in WHIP (1.282), and 59th in K/9 (6.4).
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TOKYO — (AP) — Toshihiro Mutsuda was only 5 years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by Japan's Imperial Army in 1943 and killed in action. For him, his father was a bespectacled man in an old family photo standing by a signed good-luck flag that he carried to war.
On Saturday, when the flag was returned to him from a U.S. war museum where it had been on display for 29 years, Mutsuda, now 83, said: “It's a miracle."
The flag, known as “Yosegaki Hinomaru,” or Good Luck Flag, carries the soldier's name, Shigeyoshi Mutsuda, and the signatures of his relatives, friends and neighbors wishing him luck. It was given to him before he was drafted by the Army. His family was later told he died in Saipan, but his remains were never returned.
The flag was donated in 1994 and displayed at the museum aboard the USS Lexington, a WWII aircraft carrier, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Its meaning was not known until it was identified by the family earlier this year, said the museum director Steve Banta, who brought the flag to Tokyo.
Banta said he learned the story behind the flag earlier this year when he was contacted by the Obon Society, a nonprofit organization that has returned about 500 similar flags as non-biological remains, to the descendants of Japanese servicemembers killed in the war.
The search for the flag's original owner started in April when a museum visitor took a photo and asked an expert about the description that it had belonged to a “kamikaze” suicide pilot. When Shigeyoshi Mutsuda's grandson saw the photo, he sought help from the Obon Society, group co-founder Keiko Ziak said.
“When we learned all of this, and that the family would like to have the flag, we knew immediately that the flag did not belong to us,” Banta said at the handover ceremony. “We knew that the right thing to do would be to send the flag home, to be in Japan and to the family.”
The soldier's eldest son, Toshihiro Mutsuda, was speechless for a few seconds when Banta, wearing white gloves, gently placed the neatly folded flag into his hands. Two of his younger siblings, both in their 80s, stood by and looked on silently. The three children, all wearing cotton gloves so they wouldn't damage the decades-old flag, carefully unfolded it to show to the audience.
The soldier's daughter, Misako Matsukuchi, touched the flag with both hands and prayed. “After nearly 80 years, the spirit of our father returned to us. I hope he can finally rest in peace," Matsukuchi said later.
Toshihiro Mutsuda said his memory of his father was foggy. However, he clearly remembers his mother, Masae Mutsuda, who died five years ago at age 102, used to make the long-distance bus trip almost every year from the farming town in Gifu, central Japan, to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, where the 2.5 million war dead are enshrined, to pay tribute to her husband's spirit.
The shrine is controversial, as it includes convicted war criminals among those commemorated. Victims of Japanese aggression during the first half of the 20th century, especially China and the Koreas, see Yasukuni as a symbol of Japanese militarism. However, for the Mutsuda family, it's a place to remember the loss of a father and husband.
“It’s like an old love story across the ages coming together ... It doesn’t matter where,” Banta said, referring to the Yasukuni controversy. “The important thing is this flag goes to the family.”
That’s why Toshihiro Mutsuda and his siblings chose to receive the flag at Yasukuni and brought the framed photos of their parents.
“My mother missed him and wanted to see him so much and that's why she used to pray here," Toshihiro Mutsuda said. “Today her wish finally came true, and she was able to be reunited.”
Keeping the flag on his lap, he said, “I feel the weight of the flag."
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C.J. Cron Player Prop Bets: Rockies vs. Athletics - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:29 AM CDT|Updated: 33 minutes ago
C.J. Cron -- with a slugging percentage of .600 in his past 10 games, including four home runs -- will be in action for the Colorado Rockies against the Oakland Athletics, with Paul Blackburn on the mound, on July 29 at 8:10 PM ET.
In his previous appearance, he went 1-for-5 against the Athletics.
C.J. Cron Game Info & Props vs. the Athletics
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Coors Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Athletics Starter: Paul Blackburn
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +175)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +360)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +120)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -118)
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C.J. Cron At The Plate
- Cron has 11 doubles, 11 home runs and 12 walks while batting .254.
- Cron will look to extend his seven-game hitting streak. He's batting .273 with three homers over the course of his last games.
- Cron has gotten at least one hit in 66.7% of his games this year (36 of 54), with more than one hit 12 times (22.2%).
- He has hit a home run in 18.5% of his games in 2023, and 5.1% of his trips to the plate.
- Cron has had an RBI in 18 games this year (33.3%), including six multi-RBI outings (11.1%). He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in three contests.
- He has scored in 24 games this season, with multiple runs seven times.
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Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Athletics pitching staff ranks 24th in MLB.
- The Athletics' 5.85 team ERA ranks last among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Athletics pitchers combine to surrender the second-most home runs in baseball (147 total, 1.4 per game).
- The Athletics are sending Blackburn (1-2) out for his 10th start of the season. He is 1-2 with a 5.06 ERA and 49 strikeouts through 48 2/3 innings pitched.
- The righty last appeared on Sunday against the Houston Astros, when he tossed 5 1/3 innings, allowing one earned run while giving up five hits.
- The 29-year-old has put up an ERA of 5.06, with 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings, in 10 games this season. Opponents are batting .297 against him.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The cosmos is offering up a double feature in August: a pair of supermoons culminating in a rare blue moon.
Catch the first show Tuesday evening as the full moon rises in the southeast, appearing slightly brighter and bigger than normal. That’s because it will be closer than usual, just 222,159 miles (357,530 kilometers) away, thus the supermoon label.
The moon will be even closer the night of Aug. 30 — a scant 222,043 miles (357,344 kilometers) distant. Because it’s the second full moon in the same month, it will be what’s called a blue moon.
“Warm summer nights are the ideal time to watch the full moon rise in the eastern sky within minutes of sunset. And it happens twice in August,” said retired NASA astrophysicist Fred Espenak, dubbed Mr. Eclipse for his eclipse-chasing expertise.
The last time two full supermoons graced the sky in the same month was in 2018. It won’t happen again until 2037, according to Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project.
Masi will provide a live webcast of Tuesday evening’s supermoon, as it rises over the Coliseum in Rome.
“My plans are to capture the beauty of this … hopefully bringing the emotion of the show to our viewers,” Masi said in an email.
“The supermoon offers us a great opportunity to look up and discover the sky,” he added.
This year’s first supermoon was in July. The fourth and last will be in September. The two in August will be closer than either of those.
Provided clear skies, binoculars or backyard telescopes can enhance the experience, Espenak said, revealing such features as lunar maria — the dark plains formed by ancient volcanic lava flows — and rays emanating from lunar craters.
According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, the August full moon is traditionally known as the sturgeon moon. That’s because of the abundance of that fish in the Great Lakes in August, hundreds of years ago.
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How to Watch the Marlins vs. Tigers Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 29
Luis Arraez and the Miami Marlins will see Beau Brieske starting for the Detroit Tigers on Saturday at 4:10 PM ET.
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Marlins vs. Tigers Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 4:10 PM ET
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Location: Miami, Florida
- Venue: LoanDepot park
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Marlins Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Marlins are third-worst in MLB play with 93 home runs.
- Miami ranks 20th in MLB, slugging .398.
- The Marlins' .264 batting average is fourth-best in the majors.
- Miami is the fifth-lowest scoring team in MLB action, averaging 4.1 runs per game (428 total).
- The Marlins rank 13th in baseball with an on-base percentage of .320.
- The Marlins strike out eight times per game to rank seventh in baseball.
- Miami's pitching staff ranks third in MLB with a collective 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Miami's 4.11 team ERA ranks 13th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Marlins average MLB's 12th-ranked WHIP (1.267).
Tigers Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Tigers rank 26th in Major League Baseball with just 96 home runs as a team.
- Detroit is 29th in MLB with a slugging percentage of only .365 this season.
- The Tigers have a team batting average of just .231 this season, which ranks 28th among MLB teams.
- Detroit is among the lowest scoring teams in baseball, ranking 28th with just 406 total runs (3.9 per game) this season.
- The Tigers have an on-base percentage of .299 this season, which ranks 28th in the league.
- The Tigers rank 18th in strikeouts per game (8.9) among MLB offenses.
- Detroit strikes out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
- Detroit has pitched to a 4.53 ERA this season, which ranks 22nd in baseball.
- Tigers pitchers have a 1.253 WHIP this season, eighth-best in the majors.
Marlins Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Marlins are sending Johnny Cueto (0-1) to make his third start of the season.
- His most recent appearance was on Saturday against the Colorado Rockies, when the righty tossed six innings, surrendering one earned run while allowing two hits.
Tigers Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Tigers will send Brieske to the mound for his first start this season.
- The 25-year-old righty has pitched in relief five times already this season, but will make his first start.
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PITTSBURGH — A female was hospitalized after an altercation in Pittsburgh’s Hill District.
According to Pittsburgh police, responding officers were called to the 100 block of Granville Drive at around 2:40 a.m. for reports of a female bleeding from her jaw.
Officials said the victim claimed she was fine and refused treatment by medics. She also wouldn’t offer information to police about what happened.
A witness told officials that the victim had an altercation with another female.
According to police, medics at the scene convinced the victim to go to the hospital.
The victim is listed in stable condition.
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Elias Díaz Player Prop Bets: Rockies vs. Athletics - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:35 AM CDT|Updated: 28 minutes ago
Elias Diaz, with a slugging percentage of .324 in his past 10 games -- including one home run -- will be in action for the Colorado Rockies against the Oakland Athletics, with Paul Blackburn on the mound, July 29 at 8:10 PM ET.
In his most recent appearance, he went 1-for-4 against the Athletics.
Elias Díaz Game Info & Props vs. the Athletics
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Coors Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Athletics Starter: Paul Blackburn
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +190)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +450)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +120)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -110)
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Elias Díaz At The Plate
- Diaz is batting .270 with 15 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 27 walks.
- Among the qualified hitters, he ranks 44th in batting average, while his on-base percentage ranks 76th and he is 89th in slugging.
- Diaz has recorded a hit in 58 of 90 games this season (64.4%), including 23 multi-hit games (25.6%).
- He has gone deep in 11.1% of his games in 2023, and 2.9% of his trips to the plate.
- Diaz has picked up an RBI in 29 games this year (32.2%), with more than one RBI in 14 of them (15.6%).
- He has scored at least once 27 times this season (30.0%), including four games with multiple runs (4.4%).
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Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Athletics pitching staff ranks 24th in MLB.
- The Athletics' 5.85 team ERA ranks last among all league pitching staffs.
- Athletics pitchers combine to give up 147 total home runs at a rate of 1.4 per game (second-most in baseball).
- Blackburn (1-2) gets the starting nod for the Athletics in his 10th start of the season. He's put together a 5.06 ERA in 48 2/3 innings pitched, with 49 strikeouts.
- In his last time out on Sunday against the Houston Astros, the righty threw 5 1/3 innings, allowing one earned run while surrendering five hits.
- The 29-year-old has amassed a 5.06 ERA and 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings in 10 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .297 to opposing hitters.
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FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — Here’s why Katie Ledecky is one of the greatest freestyle swimmers in the history of the sport. She’s never quite satisfied.
The 26-year-old American won the 800-freestyle on Saturday at the World Aquatics Championships to become the first swimmer to win six golds in the same event at the worlds. It was also her 16th individual world title, breaking a tie with legendary Michael Phelps for the most golds at the worlds.
She’s also a seven-time Olympic gold medalist and the record holder in both the 800 and 1,500.
But that winning time — 8 minutes, 08.87 seconds, which is the seventh quickest she’d even swum — wasn’t quite good enough in her favorite event.
“I’m just always trying to think of new ways to improve. I mean I’ve already got everything turning in my head right now. I kind of wanted to be better than I was tonight,” she said, twirling her right hand beside her right ear, trying to stir up ideas.
“I’m pretty tough on myself,” she said. “But I think I have found the balance of being tough on myself but also having that grace.”
The 800 was Ledecky’s second individual gold following her win in the 1,500 free on Tuesday. She also took silver in the 400 free. Li Bingjie of China took silver in 8:13.31, and Ariarne Titmus of Australia got the bronze in 8:13.59.
“It’s fun to leave a meet with your favorite event, and I just wanted to leave it all in the pool,” Ledecky said.
It was only the fourth gold for the United States in the seventh of eight days in the pool. Meanwhile, Australia has been piling it on with 13 golds, matching its best in the worlds. Australia also won three more golds on Saturday.
The Americans lead the overall table with 31 medals (16 silver), Australia has 20 and China 13.
Kaylee McKeown of Australia made history of her own with gold in the women’s 200 backstroke. McKeown’s victory gave her a sweep of all three backstroke events after earlier wins in the 50 and 100. She became the first swimmer ever to sweep all three backstrokes at the worlds.
It all made up for disqualification earlier in the meet in the 200 IM.
“You can’t change the rules,” she said. “I got ruled out. It’s just the cards I was dealt with and I couldn’t do much more than that. So I just had to carry myself the best I could and channel all my anger and turn a huge negative into a positive.”
Regan Smith of the United States picked up the silver in 2:04.94, while Peng Xuwei of China got the bronze in 2:06.74.
Sarah Sjoestroem of Sweden continued her dominance with gold in the women’s 50-meter butterfly. The 29-year-old won in 24.77 and has now won the event five consecutive times at the worlds. The win brought Sjoestroem’s individual medals at the worlds to 20, equaling Phelps’ mark.
Sjoestroem also broke her own record in the 50 freestyle, going 23.61 in a semifinal heat. Her old record was 23.67 set in 2017.
“There are not too many secrets,” Sjoestroem said to her longevity. “Just do the work every day, go to practice, and stay humble.”
Zhang Yufei of China, who took gold in the 100 fly, claimed the silver in 25.05, while American Gretchen Walsh got the bronze in 25.46.
Japanese fan favorite Rikako Ikee finished seventh (25.78) in the 50 fly but was greeted warmly by the home crowd.
The 23-year-old Ikee won six gold medals at the 2018 Asian Games and was to be a favorite in the Tokyo Olympics. But she was diagnosed with leukemia in February of 2019. Her comeback continues to resonate with both the Japanese public and her fellow competitors.
Cameron McEvoy of Australia led all the way to capture the gold in the men’s 50 free in 21.06. It was his first individual gold in the worlds or Olympics.
American Jack Alexy collected his second silver of the worlds in 21.57 to go with his silver in the 100 free. Benjamin Proud of Britian, last year’s world champion, took the bronze in 21.58.
Dressell won the event in Tokyo but did not qualify for the American team, taking a little break from the sport. McEvoy’s time was quicker than Dressell’s winning time in Tokyo — 21.07
Maxime Grousset of France won gold in the men’s 100 fly in 50.14. The 24-year-old took the early lead and held on for the victory. Josh Liendo of Canada earned the silver in 50.34, while American Dare Rose made the podium with the bronze (50.46).
Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania equaled the world record of 29.30 in her semifinal in the women’s 50 breaststroke.
Australia won the 4×100 mixed freestyle relay in a world record of 3:18.83. The Americans took the silver in 3:20.82, with Britain getting the bronze in 3:21.68. The relay is not an Olympic event.
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Matt Wallner Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:27 AM CDT|Updated: 36 minutes ago
On Saturday, Matt Wallner (.317 on-base percentage in past 10 games, 71 points below season-long percentage) and the Minnesota Twins face the Kansas City Royals, whose starting pitcher will be Jordan Lyles. First pitch is at 7:10 PM ET.
In his previous game he had a hitless performance (0-for-5) against the Royals.
Matt Wallner Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Jordan Lyles
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -208)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +400)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +160)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +105)
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Matt Wallner At The Plate
- Wallner is hitting .268 with two doubles, four home runs and six walks.
- In 40.0% of his 20 games this season, Wallner has picked up at least one hit. He's also had five multi-hit games.
- In 15.0% of his games this year, he has hit a long ball, and 6% of his trips to the dish.
- In 20.0% of his games this year, Wallner has picked up at least one RBI. In three of those games (15.0%) he recorded more than one RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team's runs in one contest.
- He has scored at least one run nine times this season (45.0%), including one multi-run game.
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Royals Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective 8.1 K/9, the fifth-worst in MLB.
- The Royals have a 5.19 team ERA that ranks 28th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Royals pitchers combine to rank 19th in baseball in home runs surrendered (126 total, 1.2 per game).
- Lyles makes the start for the Royals, his 20th of the season. He is 1-12 with a 6.10 ERA and 76 strikeouts through 107 2/3 innings pitched.
- The right-hander last appeared on Sunday against the New York Yankees, when he went five innings, allowing five earned runs while giving up nine hits.
- Among qualifying pitchers in MLB play this season, the 32-year-old's 6.10 ERA ranks 64th, 1.282 WHIP ranks 46th, and 6.4 K/9 ranks 59th.
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With about 30 minutes left in the flight, the pilot announced that they were unable to land the plane in Grand Island.
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PERRYOPOLIS, Pa. — A man is facing charges after allegedly trying to lure multiple juveniles into his truck at a local park.
According to Pennsylvania state police, a boy and girl were playing at Whitsett Park when they were approached by Antonio Steadman, from Perryopolis.
The juveniles didn’t know Steadman but he allegedly called the girl over to his vehicle by name while she was carrying the boy. He then asked them to get into his truck.
State police said Steadman appeared highly intoxicated and dropped a beer can out of his truck. He also didn’t have a shirt on.
A truck matching the description of Steadman’s was found a street over during an area canvass.
State police said troopers tried to stop the truck but it drove away. It was eventually stopped.
According to officials, Steadman was “clearly intoxicated.”
The victims positively identified Steadman as the person who attempted to get them into his truck, state police said.
Steadman reportedly threatened to kill multiple troopers and officer $50,000 if he was released instead of arrested.
Steadman is charged with two counts of luring a child into a motor vehicle, one count of second degree felony and one count of first degree misdemeanor, one count of third degree felony bribery in official matters, four counts of first degree misdemeanor terroristic threats, one count of misdemeanor DUI, one count of third degree misdemeanor disorderly conduct, public intoxication and related traffic offenses.
Steadman’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 1.
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Ezequiel Tovar Player Prop Bets: Rockies vs. Athletics - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:35 AM CDT|Updated: 28 minutes ago
Ezequiel Tovar -- 2-for-5 in his last game -- will be in action for the Colorado Rockies against the Oakland Athletics, with Paul Blackburn on the mound, on July 29 at 8:10 PM ET.
He racked up two hits (going 2-for-5) in his last appearance against the Athletics.
Ezequiel Tovar Game Info & Props vs. the Athletics
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Coors Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Athletics Starter: Paul Blackburn
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +130)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +475)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +140)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -133)
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Ezequiel Tovar At The Plate
- Tovar has an OPS of .718, fueled by an OBP of .293 and a team-best slugging percentage of .425 this season.
- Tovar has picked up a hit in 69 of 96 games this year, with multiple hits 21 times.
- Looking at the 96 games he has played this season, he's went deep in 10 of them (10.4%), and in 2.7% of his trips to the dish.
- Tovar has picked up an RBI in 34 games this year (35.4%), with more than one RBI in 10 of those contests (10.4%).
- He has scored in 40 of 96 games this season, and more than once 6 times.
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Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Athletics has a collective 8.2 K/9, which ranks 24th in the league.
- The Athletics have the last-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (5.85).
- Athletics pitchers combine to allow the second-most home runs in baseball (147 total, 1.4 per game).
- Blackburn gets the start for the Athletics, his 10th of the season. He is 1-2 with a 5.06 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 48 2/3 innings pitched.
- His last appearance was on Sunday against the Houston Astros, when the right-hander went 5 1/3 innings, surrendering one earned run while giving up five hits.
- The 29-year-old has put up an ERA of 5.06, with 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings, in 10 games this season. Opponents are hitting .297 against him.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Santander said it felt like a playoff game at Camden Yards.
A few more performances like this, and the Baltimore Orioles will be there.
Santander homered off Tommy Kahnle in the ninth inning to give the Orioles a 1-0 victory over New York on Friday night, spoiling Aaron Judge’s return for the Yankees. Judge walked three times in his first game back from a toe injury, but the Orioles kept New York off the scoreboard with a spectacular defensive effort.
In the eighth inning alone, Santander made a lunging, sliding catch in right field, and second baseman Adam Frazier made a diving stop on Anthony Rizzo’s grounder with a man on second.
“Great defense, great pitching, that’s how we win baseball games,” Santander said.
Orioles rookie Grayson Rodriguez pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings, going toe to toe with New York’s Gerrit Cole, who went seven. Félix Bautista (6-1) struck out two in a scoreless ninth. Kahnle (1-1) couldn’t match that in the bottom half, allowing Santander’s one-out drive that went well beyond the fence in right-center field.
The Orioles remained 1 1/2 games ahead of Tampa Bay atop the AL East, and they now lead the last-place Yankees by nine.
The game was delayed 2 hours, 32 minutes by rain, but that did little to dampen the enthusiasm of a crowd that included a mix of Yankees fans cheering Judge and Orioles fans embracing their first-place team.
“Right before the start of the game, it felt like a playoff game,” Santander said. “That’s good to have those fans to support us. Hopefully they can continue to do that.”
Judge lined out to right field on the first pitch to him in the first, but he reached base the other three times he came up.
Anthony Volpe was robbed twice by stellar Baltimore defense. Third baseman Ramón Urías made a diving stop on his one-hopper in the fifth. In the eighth, Volpe led off with a fly to right that Santander reached out and caught before sliding on his stomach across the grass.
New York eventually had two on and two out that inning when Rizzo’s grounder looked headed to right field. Frazier’s diving play prevented that.
“Defense won us the game,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “Adam Frazier, diving play off Rizz. Santander with a great diving catch. We turned some double plays.”
Each team had only four hits. Rodriguez was one of Baltimore’s prized prospects, and after being sent back to the minors for a bit, he may be finding a groove.
“I just love his delivery right now and the tempo of his delivery,” Hyde said. “Just really, really competitive.”
DEADLINE OUTLOOK
Orioles general manager Mike Elias said it’s no secret that the Orioles are working on potentially adding pitching upgrades at the trade deadline. He said the team has the wherewithal to make “good baseball trades” even if it means adding payroll.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Orioles: Elias said he hopes OFs Cedric Mullins (right adductor groin strain) and Aaron Hicks (left hamstring strain) can return and play a large part of August. … Elias said LHP John Means (left elbow UCL surgery) and RHP Mychal Givens (right shoulder inflammation) will probably be pitching in games in the Florida Complex League in the early part of August.
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Baltimore’s Tyler Wells (7-5) takes the mound against New York’s Clarke Schmidt (6-6) on Saturday night. Schmidt will be on extended rest, having last pitched July 21.
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Hosta, or plantain lily, is one of the best, most reliable, plants for home gardens. They thrive in shade (often a challenging area for any gardener), have few pest problems and are reliably hardy in cold climates.
There are hundreds of cultivars available, offering a wide range of plant sizes, leaf shapes and foliage colors, as well as delicate flowers. No wonder they are so popular!
So much variety
Hostas grow in clumps of oval, heart-shaped or strap-like leaves on individual stems. Foliage colors include various shades of green, chartreuse and blue-gray, often with gold, yellow, cream or white variegation.
Some cultivars offer a delightful blend of colors in each leaf, but remember, the more white or cream variegation the less effective the plant will be at photosynthesis. This means plants with larger amounts of white or cream will be less vigorous growers.
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Leaves may also be smooth or crinkled and wavy, with a dull, glossy or waxy finish.
Flowers are produced on upright stems above the foliage. Flowers range from white through lavender to purple, and some are highly fragrant. Some varieties start blooming in early summer; others in mid- to late summer through frost.
If you’re a gardener who doesn’t like hosta flowers, and that’s OK, simply remove the flower stems as they appear by cutting them down as close to the plant crown as possible. This will have no detrimental effect on plant health.
Hostas also vary widely in plant size, ranging from 2 inches to 4 feet. Small types can be planted close together for a low-growing ground cover; large ones can be used in foundation plantings, as specimen plants or in perennial beds to provide a contrast to vertical plants such as delphinium or iris.
Site selection
Though hostas will tolerate full shade, the best site for them is actually a partially or lightly shaded location. Some will tolerate full sun if they’re mulched heavily and watered regularly, but hostas grown in full sun usually suffer leaf bleaching or dry scorched foliage by mid-summer.
Hostas are ideal for flower beds on the north side of a building or fence or in other areas where they’ll receive bright, indirect light or light shade but no direct sun.
Choose a site protected from wind and, if possible, from hail. Hostas’ large leaves are easily damaged by wind and hail, which won’t kill plants, but ruins the look of the foliage for a season. Most cultivars will be damaged by winds above 35 mph.
Soil
A deep, organic soil with good drainage is ideal for hostas. If your soil is heavy, compacted or has been disturbed by construction you can improve it for better plant growth by adding 2 to 3 inches of compost or other organic matter over the planting area and incorporating it to a depth of 10 inches. Avoid planting hostas in areas with poorly drained soil, which can lead to root and crown rots.
Because hostas need a constant supply of moisture, summer mulching is recommended to conserve water and reduce weed competition. However, only apply about 1 inch of a loose organic mulch since thicker mulch layers are likely to promote higher slug populations.
Hostas are easy-care perennials. Pest problems are few and may include slugs in wet years.
Planting
Spring is the best time to plant hostas because it gives plants plenty of time to get well established before either summer’s heat or winter’s cold. But, if given good care after planting, container-grown plants can be put into the garden about any time the ground isn’t frozen.
Hostas can be divided in either early spring or late summer after temperatures have dropped and blooming has ended. Either dig up older plants and cut them into sections with a sharp knife or use a sharp spade to remove offsets while leaving the mother plant in place. Make sure each division has at least two or three buds and plenty of roots.
Keep the plant and its roots moist. Dig a hole slightly shallower than the root ball and at least 1 1/2 times as wide. Place the hosta in the hole with the crown just above soil level and add soil as needed. Do not bury the crown. Do not tamp the fill soil. Water the soil thoroughly to remove air pockets and allow the soil to settle.
Following late summer transplanting, at least one growing season must pass before active aboveground growth will resume. Starter fertilizer (high proportion of phosphorus) may be applied to transplanted hostas to promote root growth. Excess fertilization should be avoided, especially for late summer transplanting, to minimize the potential for delayed hardening off.
Due to the ongoing popularity of hostas and the ever-increasing number of cultivars available, the American Hosta Society is helping gardeners find a new cultivar each year that grows well in all parts of the U.S., is widely available and retails for about $15 in the year of selection. Check out their Hosta of the Year program for recommendations and pictures of past recommendations. Pictured above is the most recent winner, 2022 selection, Island Breeze.
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Max Kepler Player Prop Bets: Twins vs. Royals - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 33 minutes ago
Max Kepler -- with a slugging percentage of .500 in his past 10 games, including one home run -- will be in action for the Minnesota Twins against the Kansas City Royals, with Jordan Lyles on the hill, on July 29 at 7:10 PM ET.
He had a one-hit performance in his last game (1-for-5) against the Royals.
Max Kepler Game Info & Props vs. the Royals
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 7:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Kauffman Stadium
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Royals Starter: Jordan Lyles
- TV Channel: BSKC
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +180)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +375)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +115)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -115)
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Max Kepler At The Plate
- Kepler is batting .229 with 10 doubles, 14 home runs and 21 walks.
- Kepler has gotten at least one hit in 52.0% of his games this season (39 of 75), with multiple hits 18 times (24.0%).
- Looking at the 75 games he has played this year, he's hit a home run in 14 of them (18.7%), and in 4.9% of his trips to the dish.
- Kepler has an RBI in 24 of 75 games this year, with multiple RBI in 10 of them. He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in three contests.
- He has scored in 37.3% of his games this year, with more than one run scored in 9.3%.
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Max Kepler Home/Away Batting Splits
Royals Pitching Rankings
- The 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Royals pitching staff ranks 26th in the league.
- The Royals have a 5.19 team ERA that ranks 28th among all league pitching staffs.
- Royals pitchers combine to give up 126 total home runs at a rate of 1.2 per game (to rank 19th in baseball).
- Lyles (1-12 with a 6.10 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 107 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Royals, his 20th of the season.
- The right-hander last appeared on Sunday against the New York Yankees, when he went five innings, allowing five earned runs while giving up nine hits.
- This season, the 32-year-old ranks 64th in ERA (6.10), 46th in WHIP (1.282), and 59th in K/9 (6.4) among qualifying pitchers.
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PITTSBURGH — Much like the Pittsburgh Pirates, there is a certain mascot who has been going through it so to speak.
Much like most major sports teams in America, there is always a fun cute segment to engage the fans and bring the kids to the ballpark.
The Washington Nationals have the presidents. The Milwaukee Brewers have the sausages, and the Pirates have the Pierogis.
One of those pierogi’s goes by the name of Sauerkraut Saul — and he just won a race for the first time since 2021.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — United States midfielder Savannah DeMelo can speak some Portuguese and may be able to put it to use in the Women’s World Cup.
The U.S. plays Portugal on Tuesday to wrap up the tournament’s group stage, and a fter a disappointing 1-1 draw against the Netherlands, the Americans needs a win. At stake is both the top spot in Group E and also a much-needed boost to team confidence.
That’s where DeMelo can help.
The 25-year-old’s dad, Robert, is from Portugal and had a successful career as a player in that country before becoming a coach. DeMelo has dual citizenship and understands Portuguese.
“I’ll definitely be listening for it,” she laughed.
DeMelo made her first international start for the United States against Vietnam in the group opener, a 3-0 victory for the Americans.
Prior to the World Cup, DeMelo had played in only one other match for the United States: she was a substitute in the team’s send-off match against Wales in San Jose in early July. DeMelo, who plays for Racing Louisville FC in the National Women’s Soccer League, was the first U.S. player since Shannon Boxx in 2003 and third overall to be named to the World Cup roster without any previous appearances for the national team.
U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski started DeMelo in the both of the American’s World Cup matches. She played both opening halves before being subbed off for veteran Rose Lavelle, who has been playing limited minutes for the United States because of a knee injury suffered in April.
The journey from being named to the team to getting a start in the World Cup has “been a crazy roller coaster of emotions,” said DeMelo.
“But I think I’ve had a lot of great people, including the girls on the team, who have been super helpful with getting me acclimated to the team,” she said. “And I’m just super grateful to be here.”
The United States may need to switch up its tactics against Portugal.
The Americans are tied on points with the Netherlands in Group E and have an advantage over the Dutch on goal difference. The top two teams in the group advance to the knockout round.
But the results haven’t been as emphatic as they were in 2019, when the U.S. opened with a 13-0 victory over Thailand and went on to win their second straight World Cup title, and fourth overall.
The United States trailed the Netherlands by a goal in the first half before Lindsey Horan scored a game-tying header in the 62nd minute.
One reason for the less-than-dominant play could be inexperience. DeMelo is among 14 U.S. players appearing in their first World Cup.
Fellow midfielder Andi Sullivan, who is also making her tournament debut, said it takes some adjustment to play together as newcomers.
“That’s definitely a challenge that we’re going through, is that we just kind of came together,” Sullivan said. “It’s not like a team that you’re training with all year round, constantly. You’re in and out all the time. So I think you’re constantly adjusting.
“But the way that you get in sync is we watch a lot of stuff together, we communicate constantly. We’re very direct when something’s not going the way we want it to go,” Sullivan added. “You have to be direct and clear and honest and loud.”
DeMelo is also among six players at the World Cup who play for Racing Louisville. Among the Racing Louisville representatives are Ary Borges, who scored a hat trick for Brazil in its 4-0 victory over Panama to start the tournament.
DeMelo, who said her father never pushed her into soccer growing up, could have played for Portugal at the senior level.
“It could have been an option,” she said, “but I think my heart was always with the United States.”
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Harold Castro Player Prop Bets: Rockies vs. Athletics - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:36 AM CDT|Updated: 28 minutes ago
Harold Castro -- .214 average over his past 10 games -- will be in action for the Colorado Rockies against the Oakland Athletics, with Paul Blackburn on the hill, on July 29 at 8:10 PM ET.
He had a hitless showing in his last game (0-for-1) against the Athletics.
Harold Castro Game Info & Props vs. the Athletics
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Coors Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Athletics Starter: Paul Blackburn
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +195)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +750)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +150)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +135)
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Harold Castro At The Plate
- Castro is hitting .268 with 11 doubles, a home run and six walks.
- Castro has gotten a hit in 42 of 69 games this year (60.9%), including 11 multi-hit games (15.9%).
- He has hit a home run in one of 69 games, and in 0.5% of his plate appearances.
- Castro has driven in a run in 17 games this year (24.6%), including seven games with more than one RBI (10.1%). He has also driven home three or more of his team's runs in one contest.
- In 19 games this season (27.5%), he has scored, including multiple runs twice.
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Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Athletics has a collective 8.2 K/9, which ranks 24th in the league.
- The Athletics have the last-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (5.85).
- Athletics pitchers combine to give up the second-most home runs in baseball (147 total, 1.4 per game).
- Blackburn makes the start for the Athletics, his 10th of the season. He is 1-2 with a 5.06 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 48 2/3 innings pitched.
- The right-hander's most recent time out was on Sunday against the Houston Astros, when he tossed 5 1/3 innings, surrendering one earned run while giving up five hits.
- The 29-year-old has amassed an ERA of 5.06, with 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings, in 10 games this season. Opponents are hitting .297 against him.
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Phase 2 of the WarHorse Lincoln construction project, which will double the size of the existing casino, is set to begin next week after building permits were issued and approved.
The casino's expansion, which is expected to take about a year, will create 900 gaming positions, including 10 table games, while making improvements to the simulcasting and sports book areas.
"Everything's in place, we just have to get things built," said Lynne McNally, CEO of the Nebraska Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, which is a partner in the Lincoln casino with Ho-Chunk Inc.
Ho-Chunk made an initial investment of $100 million and is adding another $310 million to the expansion of the casinos in Lincoln and Omaha.
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Phase 3, the construction of a hotel, will begin shortly after the completion of Phase 2 and should take about 18 months, McNally said.
"I think that the potential is absolutely there in Lincoln for a destination Casino," she said. "I'm actually looking forward to Phase 3, because that's when the hotel will be complete."
There had been grumbling in the community that the casino construction project had ground to a halt.
Not so, McNally said. The original building permit was for the entire casino project, including the hotel. However, when it was broken into three phases, the paperwork needed to be updated.
"It needed some amendments," she said. "The city was just going through that process with us."
McNally confirmed this past week that Phase 2 is on track and that the horse track is moving forward toward a spring completion.
Lori Thomas, the Nebraska Horsemen's chief operating officer, said a little time was needed to get organized.
"Of course, we wanted everything to go forward just as lickity-split, as fast as possible," she said. "On the other hand, from a regulatory and from a business side, we needed the time to get things in order.
"This is a significant moment of growth and explosion for us, and so it's been a challenge to keep up with it. We needed that amount of time to get ready."
Since opening last fall, WarHorse, has continued to create a revenue stream for state and city coffers.
Receipts from gaming taxes rose more than 5% in June compared with May following the opening of Nebraska’s third casino in Columbus.
The Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission reported $1.35 million in taxes collected in June, up from $1.29 million collected in May.
Taxes collected at WarHorse Lincoln and the Grand Island Casino Resort fell 8% and 9.8%, respectively, from the month prior, however, even though Lincoln's long-awaited sports book finally opened last month.
McNally said it's a down time for most sports book operations — the annual lull before football season — when "you can only bet on tennis and baseball."
WarHorse is moving toward in-game betting, which will provide more wagering options, including prop bets, during the course of a game.
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Katie Ledecky is now the solo record-holder for most individual gold medals at the world championships.
The American swimmer won her 16th title Saturday in the women's 800-meter freestyle in Fukuoka, Japan. That surpassed fellow American Michael Phelps' original record — which Ledecky tied Tuesday when she won the 1,500-meter women's freestyle.
Ledecky's win also marked her sixth world championship in the event. She led from start to finish and cruised to victory with a time of 8:08.87 — four seconds slower than her 2016 world record — and beat the second-place finisher by 4.44 seconds.
Watch Katie Ledecky make history as she wins her 6th world championship in the women’s 800m, her 16th individual swimming world title! 🥇 #AQUAFukuoka23 pic.twitter.com/nIFBjILGUZ
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 29, 2023
Ledecky, 26, now has 21 total gold medals at the world championships with relay events included.
"It was special," Ledecky said on Peacock. "I'm happy with that swim. I wanted to be a little bit better [time-wise], but I'll take it. I'm really pleased with how the week went."
While she beat Phelps in individual goals on the world stage, she still trails him by 16 gold medals on the Olympic stage. However, Ledecky only needs three gold medals to climb into second place among all Olympic athletes behind Phelps and ahead of gymnast Larisa Latynina (Soviet Union), swimmer Mark Spitz (United States), track and field athlete Carl Lewis (U.S), and long-distance runner Paavo Nurmi (Finland).
Three more total medals would also put Ledecky at in first place among all female Olympic swimmers and second among all Olympic swimmers.
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Jurickson Profar Player Prop Bets: Rockies vs. Athletics - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
The Colorado Rockies, including Jurickson Profar (hitting .250 in his past 10 games, with two doubles, a home run, four walks and four RBI), battle starter Paul Blackburn and the Oakland Athletics at Coors Field, Saturday at 8:10 PM ET.
In his last game, he strung together two hits (going 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI) against the Athletics.
Jurickson Profar Game Info & Props vs. the Athletics
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Coors Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Athletics Starter: Paul Blackburn
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +175)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +550)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +185)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -125)
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Jurickson Profar At The Plate
- Profar is batting .243 with 21 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 40 walks.
- In 64.0% of his games this season (57 of 89), Profar has picked up at least one hit, and in 23 of those games (25.8%) he recorded more than one.
- He has hit a home run in 6.7% of his games this year, and 1.8% of his trips to the dish.
- Profar has picked up an RBI in 27.0% of his games this year, with two or more RBI in 11.2% of his games. He has also driven in three or more runs in two contests.
- He has scored in 38 of 89 games this season, and more than once 4 times.
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Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The Athletics pitching staff ranks 24th in the league with a collective 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Athletics' 5.85 team ERA ranks last across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Athletics pitchers combine to allow the second-most home runs in baseball (147 total, 1.4 per game).
- Blackburn makes the start for the Athletics, his 10th of the season. He is 1-2 with a 5.06 ERA and 49 strikeouts through 48 2/3 innings pitched.
- In his last appearance on Sunday, the righty tossed 5 1/3 innings against the Houston Astros, allowing one earned run while surrendering five hits.
- In 10 games this season, the 29-year-old has a 5.06 ERA and 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .297 to opposing batters.
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Chloe Ricketts made NWSL history in just her fourth professional appearance.
At 16 years, two months, and six days old, Ricketts became the youngest goalscorer in the league's 10-year history Saturday when she capped off the Washington Spirit's 4-2 Challenge Cup win over NJ/NY Gotham FC on Friday night.
.@ChloeRicketts89's first pro goal was PRETTY pic.twitter.com/KK4bjotgmX
— National Women’s Soccer League (@NWSL) July 29, 2023
After the game, Ricketts said her little sister told her she had to score in the match. That request fueled her quest, Rickets said.
"That's what was going through my mind the whole time," she told reporters after the win. "[Ashley] Hatch played a beautiful ball straight to my feet, so I could finish it easily."
She made her lil sister proud 🥰 https://t.co/OZSJqO0it8 pic.twitter.com/eFwW2rOpp4
— Washington Spirit (@WashSpirit) July 29, 2023
While Ricketts is the youngest player to score a goal in the NWSL, she isn't the youngest player in the league. That designation belongs to San Diego Wave FC forward Melanie Barcenas, who won't turn 16 until Oct. 30 and took the mantle from Ricketts a month after she signed with the Spirit in March.
The record for youngest goalscorer in league play specifically (the Challenge Cup doesn't count towards NWSL standings, but comes with a monetary price) is Olivia Moultrie, who was 16 years, eight months and 28 days old when she scored for the Portland Thorns in 2022.
Young players like Ricketts and Barcenas are able to play professional soccer under the NWSL's Under-18 Entry List, which allows teams to sign two players instead of drafting them if they meet certain criteria and with the consent of the players' parent or legal guardian. The Spirit were the first team to use this rule when they signed Ricketts. | https://www.wpxi.com/news/national/spirit-midfielder/KDQYVQWXS4EZ2ORWL3BGFNHVWQ/ | 2023-07-29T15:04:18 | 1 | https://www.wpxi.com/news/national/spirit-midfielder/KDQYVQWXS4EZ2ORWL3BGFNHVWQ/ |
How to Watch the Marlins vs. Tigers Game: Streaming & TV Channel Info for July 29
Luis Arraez and the Miami Marlins will see Beau Brieske starting for the Detroit Tigers on Saturday at 4:10 PM ET.
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Marlins vs. Tigers Live Stream, TV Channel and Game Info:
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 4:10 PM ET
- TV Channel: Fox Sports 1
- Location: Miami, Florida
- Venue: LoanDepot park
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Marlins Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Marlins are third-worst in MLB play with 93 home runs.
- Miami ranks 20th in MLB, slugging .398.
- The Marlins' .264 batting average is fourth-best in the majors.
- Miami is the fifth-lowest scoring team in MLB action, averaging 4.1 runs per game (428 total).
- The Marlins rank 13th in baseball with an on-base percentage of .320.
- The Marlins strike out eight times per game to rank seventh in baseball.
- Miami's pitching staff ranks third in MLB with a collective 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Miami's 4.11 team ERA ranks 13th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Marlins average MLB's 12th-ranked WHIP (1.267).
Tigers Batting & Pitching Performance
- The Tigers rank 26th in Major League Baseball with just 96 home runs as a team.
- Detroit is 29th in MLB with a slugging percentage of only .365 this season.
- The Tigers have a team batting average of just .231 this season, which ranks 28th among MLB teams.
- Detroit is among the lowest scoring teams in baseball, ranking 28th with just 406 total runs (3.9 per game) this season.
- The Tigers have an on-base percentage of .299 this season, which ranks 28th in the league.
- The Tigers rank 18th in strikeouts per game (8.9) among MLB offenses.
- Detroit strikes out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
- Detroit has pitched to a 4.53 ERA this season, which ranks 22nd in baseball.
- Tigers pitchers have a 1.253 WHIP this season, eighth-best in the majors.
Marlins Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Marlins are sending Johnny Cueto (0-1) to make his third start of the season.
- His most recent appearance was on Saturday against the Colorado Rockies, when the righty tossed six innings, surrendering one earned run while allowing two hits.
Tigers Probable Starting Pitcher
- The Tigers will send Brieske to the mound for his first start this season.
- The 25-year-old righty has pitched in relief five times already this season, but will make his first start.
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WASHINGTON — (AP) — Pamela Smith’s voice soared and quivered like a preacher in midsermon as she recalled her troubled childhood and how it helped prepare her for the challenges she faces as the new police chief in the nation's capital.
"I stand before you as a child who had no hopes, who had no dreams — they were far beyond my reach. But I believe that all things are possible," she said at her introductory news conference in Washington, in cadences honed by years as an ordained Baptist minister. "I believe I bring a fresh perspective, a different kind of energy, a different level of passion to what I'm going to do."
Smith takes on the job at a precarious time.
Violent crime is rising sharply, fueled by more homicides and carjackings. The District of Columbia's mayor, Muriel Bowser, and the D.C. Council have, at times, been at odds about crime legislation. On Capitol Hill, the Republican-led House has begun citing the city's crime statistics while aggressively reviewing local public safety laws.
On July 24, the Mexican Consulate posted a tweet urging its nationals to "take precautions" in the city due to "a significant increase in crime in areas previously considered safe."
Smith, 55, now becomes one of the public faces of this long-term fight even before the Council votes on her nomination as chief. She brings an inspirational story to her new role leading the Metropolitan Police Department. Raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, by a single mother who battled substance abuse, Smith and her siblings were at one point removed from their home and spent time in foster care. Smith emerged as a track star and went on to a 24-year career in the U.S. Park Police, where she served as the agency's first Black female chief before retiring in 2022 to take up a senior leadership position at the MPD.
Law enforcement and government officials repeatedly point out that overall crime numbers in Washington have stayed relatively stable. But the crimes that have increased the most — murders and carjackings — are the ones most likely to damage public confidence.
“The scariest crimes are going up and regardless of what’s happening with other crimes, that’s what’s going to fuel the overall perception,” U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves told The Associated Press.
Graves' office prosecutes most felonies in Washington, in a unique arrangement due to the district's status as a nonstate. The city's attorney general’s office prosecutes misdemeanors and juvenile crime, which is also on the rise.
This intricate dynamic among two separate sets of prosecutors, the city's police force, Bowser's administration and the Council has been publicly tested as the crime numbers have stayed high — all with Congress taking an increasing interest in the district's affairs. Public safety was a primary topic of debate last year when Bowser, 50, successfully ran for a third term in office. She has spent this term sparring with both the Council and the House Oversight and Accountability Committee over how best to address crime.
July has been a particular bloody month, with 22 homicides as of Friday, including murders on the campuses of both Howard and Catholic universities. The victims include an Afghan man who survived years of working as a translator for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan only to be murdered in America while driving for Lyft. Nine people, including two children, were shot at a July Fourth party, when an assailant in an SUV opened fire on the crowd. A 12-year old girl remains hospitalized after being shot in the back Tuesday night by a bullet that penetrated the walls of her home.
Although the local murder rate is well below the levels in the 1980s and early 1990s, when Washington regularly led the nation in murders per capita, it has climbed steadily in recent years. In 2022, there was a roughly 10% drop in homicides, but now, homicides are up 15 percent compared with this time a year ago and the city is on pace to surpass 200 for the third year in a row. Police also reported 140 carjacking incidents in the month of June — the highest monthly total in more than five years.
Crime in Washington is now a national headline issue in Congress. In the spring, Bowser and Council members were summoned before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee for a heated session on local crime rates.
Congress voted to completely overturn the Council’s comprehensive rewrite of the district's criminal code. Bowser was caught in the middle of the dispute. She had vetoed the overhaul, saying the reduction of maximum penalties for certain violent crimes “sent the wrong message,” but was overridden by the Council.
The mayor opposes congressional intervention in local affairs as part of Washington's long push for statehood, but her initial veto was frequently cited by Republican lawmakers as proof that the rewrite was soft on crime. In an embarrassment for the heavily Democratic city, the move to cancel the criminal code revision drew support from dozens of congressional Democratic and was signed into law by President Joe Biden.
Earlier this month, the Council, with Bowser's support, passed emergency public safety legislation meant to serve as a temporary fix. The bill makes it a felony to fire a gun in public and makes it easier for judges, in cases where people are charged with a violent crime, to detain them before trial. As an emergency bill, the changes will only last 90 days and will not be subject to congressional review; plans to make the changes permanent in the fall will face scrutiny by lawmakers.
“It is no secret … to the public that we are in a state of emergency right now,” said Brooke Pinto, the D.C. Council member who was the bill's architect. “Like in any emergency, we have to act like it and we have to act urgently to address the problem we’re seeing.”
But some pushing for a criminal justice overhaul said city lawmakers were reverting to mass incarceration policies that had long ago been discredited.
“We're way beyond thinking that we can just incarcerate more people,” said Patrice Sulton, executive director of the D.C. Justice Lab, who helped draft the now-canceled criminal code revision. “I think everybody who voted for it knows that it will not have an impact.”
The local branch of the American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement on Twitter that the new bill "essentially flips due process on its head — treating people as guilty and detaining them.”
All sides point to one primary factor fueling the violence: a flood to firearms entering Washington.
Graves, the district's federal prosecutor, said the number of guns being used in crimes has skyrocketed, turning petty disputes into deadly battles. This includes a new wave of “ghost guns” — firearms that can be ordered in kits and assembled at home. Other kits can easily turn a semiautomatic weapon into an automatic, enabling a rapid-fire and generally less accurate spray of dozens of bullets. In 2018, authorities recovered three such guns; in 2022, the number was 461.
Graves compared the illegal guns to “a virus" in the neighborhood.
“The more virus there is in the community, the more people are going to get sick," he said. "The more illegal firearms are in the community, the more likelihood those illegal firearms are going to be used.”
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Nolan Jones Player Prop Bets: Rockies vs. Athletics - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 34 minutes ago
On Saturday, Nolan Jones (hitting .206 in his past 10 games) and the Colorado Rockies face the Oakland Athletics, whose starting pitcher will be Paul Blackburn. First pitch is at 8:10 PM ET.
In his previous appearance, he reached base in both of his plate appearances against the Athletics.
Nolan Jones Game Info & Props vs. the Athletics
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Coors Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Athletics Starter: Paul Blackburn
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -222)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +425)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +160)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -118)
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Nolan Jones At The Plate
- Jones has eight doubles, nine home runs and 19 walks while hitting .274.
- Jones has reached base via a hit in 29 games this year (of 47 played), and had multiple hits in 11 of those games.
- In nine games this season, he has hit a long ball (19.1%, and 5.1% of his trips to the dish).
- Jones has picked up an RBI in 29.8% of his games this year, with more than one RBI in 14.9% of his games. He has also produced three or more runs in one contest.
- He has scored a run in 19 games this year, with multiple runs three times.
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Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The Athletics pitching staff ranks 24th in the league with a collective 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Athletics have the last-ranked team ERA among all league pitching staffs (5.85).
- The Athletics allow the second-most home runs in baseball (147 total, 1.4 per game).
- Blackburn (1-2 with a 5.06 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 48 2/3 innings pitched) makes the start for the Athletics, his 10th of the season.
- His most recent time out was on Sunday against the Houston Astros, when the righty tossed 5 1/3 innings, surrendering one earned run while allowing five hits.
- The 29-year-old has amassed a 5.06 ERA and 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings in 10 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .297 to opposing hitters.
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BURBANK, Calif. — With the high summer temperatures, bears along with other wildlife, are looking for ways to cool off from the heat including a black bear in Burbank, California on Friday.
The Burbank Police Department posted a video on Facebook of a bear going for a swim.
“This bear is beating the heat in Burbank! Officers are on-scene after the bear was spotted in a hillside neighborhood before taking a dip to cool off,” police said.
It happened around 3:30 p.m. Friday afternoon, according to KTLA. Officers were called out to a house in the 1300 block of Paseo Redondo for a black bear in a jacuzzi in someone’s backyard.
When officers arrived, they found the bear splashing around. Eventually, the bear scaled a wall and climbed a tree, according to the news outlet.
“I was upstairs and I heard a lot of commotion and some beeping sounds,” homeowner Diana Lewis told KTLA. “And here he was, just having fun in the jacuzzi. Very happy.”
The bear however was closely monitored by the police, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Burbank Animal Shelter for a few hours while it hung out on a tree, the news outlet reported. Eventually, it came down from the tree and went off into the Verdugo Mountains.
KTLA reported that this was the second time in a week a black bear was splashing around in a backyard hot tub. A female bear along with her cub were playing in a hot tub in La Cañada Flintridge.
“We’re all used to a lot of wildlife out here,” Lewis said, according to the news outlet. “We have deer, really, we have a lot of wildlife, and people enjoy seeing it.”
Police also provided some tips in case you see a bear. The tips include never feeding or approaching the bear; securing food, garbage, and recycling; and removing bird feeders and pet food. They also suggested keeping your grills cleaned and stored; having your dogs on a leash when out for a walk; and having a bear spray on you just in case. They also suggest calling 911 if an emergency. | https://www.wpxi.com/news/trending/black-bear-goes-swim-cool-off-heat/6YTOAL6DIRDO7ACITQTRPTOQ2A/ | 2023-07-29T15:04:26 | 1 | https://www.wpxi.com/news/trending/black-bear-goes-swim-cool-off-heat/6YTOAL6DIRDO7ACITQTRPTOQ2A/ |
Nearly 70% of U.S. adults believe in angels and heaven, according to a new AP-NORC poll.
About 8 in 10 Americans agree that some things cannot be explained by science or natural causes.
In addition, 72% believe in the power of prayer.
"People are yearning for something greater than themselves — beyond their own understanding," said Jack Grogger, a chaplain for the Los Angeles Angels and a longtime fire captain who has helped people in some of their darkest moments, according to the Associated Press.
Grogger, who also pastors a nondenominational church in Orange, California, said people find comfort in angels.
But the belief in heaven and angels is greater than those who believe in hell, 58%, and those who think the devil exists, 56%.
Half of U.S. adults believe that the spirits of those who have crossed over can interact with the living.
AP-NORC's poll also found that 42% of people in the U.S. believe that spiritual energy can be rooted in physical objects.
About a third of Americans believe in reincarnation, astrology, and yoga as a spiritual practice.
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Randal Grichuk Player Prop Bets: Rockies vs. Athletics - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:35 AM CDT|Updated: 27 minutes ago
On Saturday, Randal Grichuk (hitting .385 in his past 10 games) and the Colorado Rockies face the Oakland Athletics, whose starting pitcher will be Paul Blackburn. First pitch is at 8:10 PM ET.
In his most recent game, he hit a home run while going 1-for-5 against the Athletics.
Randal Grichuk Game Info & Props vs. the Athletics
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Coors Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Athletics Starter: Paul Blackburn
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
- Hits Prop: Over/under 1.5 hits (Over odds: +195)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +425)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +125)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +100)
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Randal Grichuk At The Plate
- Grichuk has 18 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 17 walks while batting .305.
- In 46 of 62 games this year (74.2%) Grichuk has picked up a hit, and in 22 of those games he had more than one (35.5%).
- In seven games this year, he has hit a long ball (11.3%, and 2.7% of his trips to the plate).
- Grichuk has had an RBI in 22 games this season (35.5%), including four multi-RBI outings (6.5%).
- He has scored in 31 games this season (50.0%), including multiple runs in eight games.
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Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The Athletics pitching staff ranks 24th in the league with a collective 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
- The Athletics have a 5.85 team ERA that ranks last across all league pitching staffs.
- The Athletics surrender the second-most home runs in baseball (147 total, 1.4 per game).
- Blackburn (1-2) gets the starting nod for the Athletics in his 10th start of the season. He has a 5.06 ERA in 48 2/3 innings pitched, with 49 strikeouts.
- The right-hander last appeared on Sunday against the Houston Astros, when he tossed 5 1/3 innings, allowing one earned run while giving up five hits.
- The 29-year-old has an ERA of 5.06, with 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings, in 10 games this season. Opposing hitters have a .297 batting average against him.
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NIAMEY, Niger — (AP) — The African Union has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the junta in Niger to reinstall the country's democratically elected government just as the coup leaders met with senior civil servants to discuss how they would run the country and as the U.S. and the European Union threatened sanctions against the regime.
Brig. Gen. Mohamed Toumba, one of the soldiers who ousted President Mohamed Bazoum on Wednesday, told state television that the junta met with civil servants on Friday and asked them to continue their work as usual following the suspension of the constitution. "The message given was not to stop the processes underway, to keep on with things," said Brig. Gen. Toumba.
“Everything that must be done will be done,” he said, signaling the intention of the regime led by Gen. Abdourahmane Tchiani, who also goes by Omar, to remain in power.
After its meeting on Friday, the African Union Peace and Security Council said it was concerned by the “alarming resurgence” of coups that undermine democracy and stability on the continent. It asked the soldiers to “return immediately and unconditionally to their barracks and restore constitutional authority, within a maximum of fifteen (15) days.”
Bazoum, whose condition and that of his officials remains unknown since the government was overthrown, should also be released immediately and unconditionally, the AU said. Failure to do so would compel the bloc to take "necessary action, including punitive measures against the perpetrators."
On the streets of the Nigerien capital Niamey on Saturday, things appeared to be returning to normal, though many in the international community were still on lockdown with hotels full of foreigners, many given instructions not to leave.
Locals say they're waiting to see what unfolds, with many still in support of Bazoum who has not yet resigned. “I’m with him, he does a good work. (But) what can we do?” said Mohamed Cisse, a street seller. “This is (the new leader's) time, Bazoum’s time is over,” he said.
Tchiani, the junta leader and commander of Niger's presidential guard, is close to former Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou, who stepped down in 2021 after a decade in office. Tchiani's takeover of power will reinforce speculation that Issoufou is behind the coup, said Ulf Laessing, head of the Sahel program at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, a German think tank and consultancy.
The U.S. threatened to halt its economic support to Niger while the European Union announced the immediate indefinite suspension of budgetary support and security assistance.
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who is in Australia as part of a Pacific tour, estimated America's economic and security partnership with Niger at hundreds of millions of dollars and said its continuity depends on “the continuation of the democratic governance and constitutional order.”
“So that assistance, that support, is in clear jeopardy as a result of these actions, which is another reason why they need to be immediately reversed," Blinken said.
While there are no signs of the junta backing down amid growing international pressure, analysts called for synergy in the interventions of the international community and continental organizations such as the AU and the regional bloc of ECOWAS, which is scheduled to meet over the coup on Sunday.
A successful coup in Niger and the sanctions in the aftermath could cause more hardship for millions of poor and hungry people in West Africa and could further threaten international relations with the region, which is seeing a resurgence of coups in recent years, according to Idayat Hassan, senior Africa program fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“A non-reversal of the coup also means that we are defining a new world order in West Africa in particular as you are pitching the west and other countries against few military regimes which may be backed by Russia,” said Hassan.
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Asadu reported from Abuja, Nigeria. Baba Ahmed in Bamako, Mali contributed.
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Rockies vs. Athletics: Betting Trends, Odds, Records Against the Run Line, Home/Road Splits
The Oakland Athletics and JJ Bleday hit the field in the second game of a three-game series against C.J. Cron and the Colorado Rockies, on Saturday at Coors Field.
The Rockies are favored in this one, at -115, while the underdog Athletics have -105 odds to win. The over/under is 12 runs for the contest.
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Rockies vs. Athletics Odds & Info
- Date: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Time: 8:10 PM ET
- TV: SportsNet RM
- Location: Denver, Colorado
- Venue: Coors Field
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
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Rockies Recent Betting Performance
- Over the past 10 games, the Rockies have been favored just once and lost that contest.
- The Rockies and their opponents have combined to hit the over four times in their last 10 games with a total.
- In their last two games with a spread, the Rockies covered the spread each time.
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Rockies Betting Records & Stats
- The Rockies have been favored on the moneyline 11 total times this season. They've gone 3-8 in those games.
- Colorado has a 3-8 record (winning just 27.3% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -115 or shorter.
- Based on this game's moneyline, the Rockies have an implied win probability of 53.5%.
- Colorado has played in 102 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 43 times (43-59-0).
- The Rockies have covered 60% of their games this season, going 12-8-0 ATS.
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An 83-year-old former pastor has been charged with the kidnapping and murder of a neighboring pastor’s daughter in 1975, Pennsylvania officials announced Monday.
The suspect, David Zandstra, was arrested on July 17 in Cobb County, Georgia, where investigators say he confessed to killing 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington nearly five decades ago when he was a pastor in Marple Township, Pennsylvania, according to the Delaware County District Attorney’s office in Pennsylvania.
His confession came after investigators presented him with new evidence gathered early this year, which came from an interview with a confidential informant and a diary entry the informant wrote in 1975 when she was a 10-year-old girl, the district attorney’s office said ina news release.
Zandstra has been charged with criminal homicide, murder, kidnapping of a minor and the possession of an instrument of crime, the release said.
“Justice has been a long time coming, but we are proud and grateful to finally be able to give the community an answer,” Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said in a statement.
This case has “haunted” members of law enforcement and the small area of Marple Township since Gretchen went missing, Stollsteimer said. The girl was last seen walking to summer Bible camp on August 15th, 1975, the release said.
The camp was held at both the Trinity Church Chapel Christian Reform Church – where Zandstra was a pastor – and the Reformed Presbyterian Church – where Gretchen’s father was a pastor, the release said. Gretchen’s father became concerned when she failed to appear at his church, the release says, and it was Zandstra who then called police to report Gretchen’s disappearance.
Investigators noted there were inaccuracies in Zandstra’s early statements and they had questions about how the pastor knew so much about what Gretchen was wearing that day, even though she never arrived at camp, according to a newly released criminal complaint.
At the time, Zandstra denied knowing anything about the disappearance, the complaint said.
Two months later, Gretchen’s skeletal remains were found in nearby Ridley Creek State Park. Her cause of death was homicide, and the medical examiner said Gretchen suffered “two or more blunt impacts to the skull,” according to court documents.
Nearly five decades went by as the case laid dormant. Ultimately, an interview with a woman who was friends with the suspect’s daughter in the 1970s – and her diary entries from that time – led to a pivotal break in the case.
Decades-old diary entry sheds new light on case
It wasn’t until this January that Pennsylvania State Police learned new evidence from the confidential informant, who had been best friends with one of Zandstra’s daughters in the 1970s and attended sleepovers at his home, the district attorney’s office said.
The woman showed police a diary she kept in 1975 in which she wrote that the then-pastor “touched her groin area” on two occasions while she was attending a sleepover at his home, the complaint said. The informant told investigators when she told Zandstra’s daughter what happened, the daughter replied that her father “did that sometimes,” the release said.
The informant’s diary also contained an entry about a separate incident, which she said was an attempted kidnapping.
“Guess what? A man tried to kidnap Holly twice! It’s a secret so I can’t tell anyone, but I think he might be the one who kidnapped Gretchen,” read the diary entry from September 1975, according to the criminal complaint. “I think it was Mr. Z.”
Investigators learned the former pastor now lives in Marietta, Georgia, and confronted him there with the new evidence last month, according to the release.
Zandstra admitted he offered Gretchen a ride to the summer camp the morning of her disappearance, according to the complaint. He told officers he drove the child to a wooded area and told her to take off her clothes, the complaint said. When she refused, he said he punched her in the head and left her bleeding in the area, believing her to be dead, according to the complaint.
A DNA sample was collected from Zandstra by police so it can be compared to DNA collected from the scene, as well as open cases in the state and country, the district attorney’s office said.
“The abduction and murder of Gretchen has forever altered our family and we miss her every single day,” the Harrington family said in a statement provided by law enforcement.
“We are grateful for the continual pursuit of justice by law enforcement and we want to thank the Pennsylvania State Police for never stopping in their constant search for answers.”
Zandstra left Pennsylvania after Gretchen’s disappearance and lived in Plano, Texas, and Marietta, Georgia, prosecutors said.
Pennsylvania State Police are now asking people in those communities who may have relevant information about Zandstra to contact them.
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TOKYO – Toshihiro Mutsuda was only 5 years old when he last saw his father, who was drafted by Japan's Imperial Army in 1943 and killed in action. For him, his father was a bespectacled man in an old family photo standing by a signed good-luck flag that he carried to war.
On Saturday, when the flag was returned to him from a U.S. war museum where it had been on display for 29 years, Mutsuda, now 83, said: “It's a miracle."
The flag, known as “Yosegaki Hinomaru,” or Good Luck Flag, carries the soldier's name, Shigeyoshi Mutsuda, and the signatures of his relatives, friends and neighbors wishing him luck. It was given to him before he was drafted by the Army. His family was later told he died in Saipan, but his remains were never returned.
The flag was donated in 1994 and displayed at the museum aboard the USS Lexington, a WWII aircraft carrier, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Its meaning was not known until it was identified by the family earlier this year, said the museum director Steve Banta, who brought the flag to Tokyo.
Banta said he learned the story behind the flag earlier this year when he was contacted by the Obon Society, a nonprofit organization that has returned about 500 similar flags as non-biological remains, to the descendants of Japanese servicemembers killed in the war.
The search for the flag's original owner started in April when a museum visitor took a photo and asked an expert about the description that it had belonged to a “kamikaze” suicide pilot. When Shigeyoshi Mutsuda's grandson saw the photo, he sought help from the Obon Society, group co-founder Keiko Ziak said.
“When we learned all of this, and that the family would like to have the flag, we knew immediately that the flag did not belong to us,” Banta said at the handover ceremony. “We knew that the right thing to do would be to send the flag home, to be in Japan and to the family.”
The soldier's eldest son, Toshihiro Mutsuda, was speechless for a few seconds when Banta, wearing white gloves, gently placed the neatly folded flag into his hands. Two of his younger siblings, both in their 80s, stood by and looked on silently. The three children, all wearing cotton gloves so they wouldn't damage the decades-old flag, carefully unfolded it to show to the audience.
The soldier's daughter, Misako Matsukuchi, touched the flag with both hands and prayed. “After nearly 80 years, the spirit of our father returned to us. I hope he can finally rest in peace," Matsukuchi said later.
Toshihiro Mutsuda said his memory of his father was foggy. However, he clearly remembers his mother, Masae Mutsuda, who died five years ago at age 102, used to make the long-distance bus trip almost every year from the farming town in Gifu, central Japan, to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, where the 2.5 million war dead are enshrined, to pay tribute to her husband's spirit.
The shrine is controversial, as it includes convicted war criminals among those commemorated. Victims of Japanese aggression during the first half of the 20th century, especially China and the Koreas, see Yasukuni as a symbol of Japanese militarism. However, for the Mutsuda family, it's a place to remember the loss of a father and husband.
“It’s like an old love story across the ages coming together ... It doesn’t matter where,” Banta said, referring to the Yasukuni controversy. “The important thing is this flag goes to the family.”
That’s why Toshihiro Mutsuda and his siblings chose to receive the flag at Yasukuni and brought the framed photos of their parents.
“My mother missed him and wanted to see him so much and that's why she used to pray here," Toshihiro Mutsuda said. “Today her wish finally came true, and she was able to be reunited.”
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TALLINN, Estonia — (AP) —
A 9-year-old girl and her 10-year-old brother have been called as witnesses in a criminal case against their mother after she was accused of repeatedly “discrediting” the Russian army.
Lidia Prudovskaya and her two children were summoned by investigators in the northern Russian region of Arkhangelsk on Friday to give testimony in the case, Russian news outlet Sota reported.
Prudovskaya previously faced administrative charges on similar allegations after sharing anti-war posts on Russian social media platform VKontakte in September 2022.
Discrediting the Russian military is a criminal offense under a law adopted after Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022. The law is regularly used against Kremlin critics.
In April, Russian authorities petitioned to restrict the parental rights of a single father convicted of discrediting the army following an anti-war sketch drawn by his daughter at school.
Alexei Moskalyov, 54, was sentenced to two years in prison for social media comments he had made criticizing Moscow's war in Ukraine, while his daughter Maria was placed in an orphanage.
The 13-year-old was later moved to live with her mother.
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Ryan McMahon Player Prop Bets: Rockies vs. Athletics - July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 9:30 AM CDT|Updated: 31 minutes ago
The Colorado Rockies and Ryan McMahon (.385 slugging percentage over his past 10 games, including two homers), take on starting pitcher Paul Blackburn and the Oakland Athletics at Coors Field, Saturday at 8:10 PM ET.
In his most recent game he had a hitless showing (0-for-4 with an RBI) against the Athletics.
Ryan McMahon Game Info & Props vs. the Athletics
- Game Day: Saturday, July 29, 2023
- Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Coors Field
- Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
- Athletics Starter: Paul Blackburn
- TV Channel: SportsNet RM
- Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -250)
- Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +400)
- RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +135)
- Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: -111)
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Ryan McMahon At The Plate
- McMahon has 93 hits and an OBP of .337 to go with a slugging percentage of .456. All three of those stats are best among Colorado hitters this season.
- Among qualified hitters in MLB action, his batting average ranks 80th, his on-base percentage ranks 58th, and he is 48th in the league in slugging.
- McMahon has gotten a hit in 62 of 97 games this year (63.9%), with multiple hits on 25 occasions (25.8%).
- Looking at the 97 games he has played this season, he's hit a long ball in 15 of them (15.5%), and in 3.9% of his trips to the dish.
- McMahon has picked up an RBI in 32.0% of his games this season, with more than one RBI in 10.3% of his games. He has also driven in three or more runs in five contests.
- He has scored in 44 games this year (45.4%), including multiple runs in seven games.
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Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The pitching staff for the Athletics has a collective 8.2 K/9, which ranks 24th in the league.
- The Athletics' 5.85 team ERA ranks last across all league pitching staffs.
- Athletics pitchers combine to allow the second-most home runs in baseball (147 total, 1.4 per game).
- Blackburn gets the start for the Athletics, his 10th of the season. He is 1-2 with a 5.06 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 48 2/3 innings pitched.
- His last appearance came on Sunday against the Houston Astros, when the righty tossed 5 1/3 innings, surrendering one earned run while allowing five hits.
- The 29-year-old has a 5.06 ERA and 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings in 10 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .297 to opposing hitters.
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CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – A 20-year-old Jacksonville man is accused of pretending to be a teenage boy on a social media app to rape a 13-year-old in Clay County, according to News 6 partner Local 10.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation into Ricardo Servin in May after the Wolfson’s Children’s Hospital contacted the sheriff’s office to report a 13-year-old girl had been raped.
According to an incident report, investigators said the girl and Servin had been communicating on the WIZZ chat app. Investigators said Servin’s profile was set up to portray him as a 14-year-old boy.
The alleged assault happened at a park on Oakleaf Village Parkway and the girl identified Servin as the suspect.
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Amanda Videll, an FBI spokesperson for the Jacksonville office, said it’s always possible for a person with bad intentions to pretend to be someone they are not on social media.
“It is illegal to do that to a child in a way that you are trying to victimize that child in some way. Whether you are extorting them for money or whether you are sexually exploiting them in some way,” Videll said.
The WIZZ app may say, “No bots. No creeps. Real people WIZZ your age,” but the FBI reminds parents that creepy people can be lurking on any social media app.
“There is no app that exists where there is not a risk of someone using it to exploit anyone, specifically children,” Videll said. “We don’t think kids go out looking for trouble, but there are predators looking for kids. So, even if you believe your child knows better, make sure they understand people can misrepresent themselves to them when they meet them online.”
It’s unclear how long his profile portrayed him to be a teenager, and it’s also unclear if there are other minors with similar allegations against him.
As of right now, there are more than 120 social media apps in existence. Videll said parents should educate themselves on the apps that most children are flocking to.
“Understand how they work. How people have access to their children and utilize the privacy settings that are built into those apps as well. Don’t forget, there are a lot of settings that you can control to keep your information from getting out there to people and strangers you engage with online,” she said.
Servin was arrested Thursday and remains in jail on a $100,000 bond amount.
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BOGOTA, Colombia — (AP) — Colombian police arrested the president's son Saturday as part of a high-profile money laundering probe into funds he allegedly collected from convicted drug traffickers during last year’s presidential campaign.
President Gustavo Petro, a former rebel who rose through Colombia's political ranks as an anti-corruption crusader, said he wouldn’t interfere with the investigation.
“As an individual and father, it pains me to see so much self destruction and one of my sons going to jail,” Petro said in an early morning message on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “As president of the republic, I’ve assured the chief prosecutor’s office that it will have all of the guarantees so it can proceed according to the law.”
The arrest of Nicolas Petro is a major blow to the government, which has been buffeted by conservative attacks from day one at the same time it has struggled to maintain bipartisan support for Colombia in the U.S., a longtime ally in the war on drugs and fight against illegal armed groups.
The investigation stems from shocking declarations made by Nicolas Petro's ex-wife, Daysuris del Carmen Vasquez, to local media outlet Semana earlier this year.
In the extended interview, Vasquez detailed how she was present at meetings when her husband arranged a donation of more than 600 million pesos (around $150,000) from a politician once convicted in Washington of drug trafficking and who was seeking the Petro campaign's support to resume his political career.
She said President Petro was unaware of her son's dealings and the money he collected in his campaign's name was kept inside a safe inside the couple's home in the coastal city of Barranquilla.
Nicolas Petro has denied his ex wife's claims as unfounded.
The chief prosecutor’s office said in a statement that Nicolas Petro and his ex-wife were taken into custody on orders of a court in Bogota around 6 a.m. local time Saturday. It said that once brought before a judge, prosecutors would seek their provisional detention as it investigates the two for money laundering.
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WASHINGTON – Pamela Smith’s voice soared and quivered like a preacher in midsermon as she recalled her troubled childhood and how it helped prepare her for the challenges she faces as the new police chief in the nation's capital.
“I stand before you as a child who had no hopes, who had no dreams — they were far beyond my reach. But I believe that all things are possible,” she said at her introductory news conference in Washington, in cadences honed by years as an ordained Baptist minister. “I believe I bring a fresh perspective, a different kind of energy, a different level of passion to what I’m going to do.”
Smith takes on the job at a precarious time.
Violent crime is rising sharply, fueled by more homicides and carjackings. The District of Columbia's mayor, Muriel Bowser, and the D.C. Council have, at times, been at odds about crime legislation. On Capitol Hill, the Republican-led House has begun citing the city's crime statistics while aggressively reviewing local public safety laws.
On July 24, the Mexican Consulate posted a tweet urging its nationals to "take precautions” in the city due to “a significant increase in crime in areas previously considered safe.”
Smith, 55, now becomes one of the public faces of this long-term fight even before the Council votes on her nomination as chief. She brings an inspirational story to her new role leading the Metropolitan Police Department. Raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, by a single mother who battled substance abuse, Smith and her siblings were at one point removed from their home and spent time in foster care. Smith emerged as a track star and went on to a 24-year career in the U.S. Park Police, where she served as the agency's first Black female chief before retiring in 2022 to take up a senior leadership position at the MPD.
Law enforcement and government officials repeatedly point out that overall crime numbers in Washington have stayed relatively stable. But the crimes that have increased the most — murders and carjackings — are the ones most likely to damage public confidence.
“The scariest crimes are going up and regardless of what’s happening with other crimes, that’s what’s going to fuel the overall perception,” U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves told The Associated Press.
Graves' office prosecutes most felonies in Washington, in a unique arrangement due to the district's status as a nonstate. The city's attorney general’s office prosecutes misdemeanors and juvenile crime, which is also on the rise.
This intricate dynamic among two separate sets of prosecutors, the city's police force, Bowser's administration and the Council has been publicly tested as the crime numbers have stayed high — all with Congress taking an increasing interest in the district's affairs. Public safety was a primary topic of debate last year when Bowser, 50, successfully ran for a third term in office. She has spent this term sparring with both the Council and the House Oversight and Accountability Committee over how best to address crime.
July has been a particular bloody month, with 22 homicides as of Friday, including murders on the campuses of both Howard and Catholic universities. The victims include an Afghan man who survived years of working as a translator for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan only to be murdered in America while driving for Lyft. Nine people, including two children, were shot at a July Fourth party, when an assailant in an SUV opened fire on the crowd. A 12-year old girl remains hospitalized after being shot in the back Tuesday night by a bullet that penetrated the walls of her home.
Although the local murder rate is well below the levels in the 1980s and early 1990s, when Washington regularly led the nation in murders per capita, it has climbed steadily in recent years. In 2022, there was a roughly 10% drop in homicides, but now, homicides are up 15 percent compared with this time a year ago and the city is on pace to surpass 200 for the third year in a row. Police also reported 140 carjacking incidents in the month of June — the highest monthly total in more than five years.
Crime in Washington is now a national headline issue in Congress. In the spring, Bowser and Council members were summoned before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee for a heated session on local crime rates.
Congress voted to completely overturn the Council’s comprehensive rewrite of the district's criminal code. Bowser was caught in the middle of the dispute. She had vetoed the overhaul, saying the reduction of maximum penalties for certain violent crimes “sent the wrong message,” but was overridden by the Council.
The mayor opposes congressional intervention in local affairs as part of Washington's long push for statehood, but her initial veto was frequently cited by Republican lawmakers as proof that the rewrite was soft on crime. In an embarrassment for the heavily Democratic city, the move to cancel the criminal code revision drew support from dozens of congressional Democratic and was signed into law by President Joe Biden.
Earlier this month, the Council, with Bowser's support, passed emergency public safety legislation meant to serve as a temporary fix. The bill makes it a felony to fire a gun in public and makes it easier for judges, in cases where people are charged with a violent crime, to detain them before trial. As an emergency bill, the changes will only last 90 days and will not be subject to congressional review; plans to make the changes permanent in the fall will face scrutiny by lawmakers.
“It is no secret … to the public that we are in a state of emergency right now,” said Brooke Pinto, the D.C. Council member who was the bill's architect. “Like in any emergency, we have to act like it and we have to act urgently to address the problem we’re seeing.”
But some pushing for a criminal justice overhaul said city lawmakers were reverting to mass incarceration policies that had long ago been discredited.
“We're way beyond thinking that we can just incarcerate more people,” said Patrice Sulton, executive director of the D.C. Justice Lab, who helped draft the now-canceled criminal code revision. “I think everybody who voted for it knows that it will not have an impact.”
The local branch of the American Civil Liberties Union said in a statement on Twitter that the new bill "essentially flips due process on its head — treating people as guilty and detaining them.”
All sides point to one primary factor fueling the violence: a flood to firearms entering Washington.
Graves, the district's federal prosecutor, said the number of guns being used in crimes has skyrocketed, turning petty disputes into deadly battles. This includes a new wave of “ghost guns” — firearms that can be ordered in kits and assembled at home. Other kits can easily turn a semiautomatic weapon into an automatic, enabling a rapid-fire and generally less accurate spray of dozens of bullets. In 2018, authorities recovered three such guns; in 2022, the number was 461.
Graves compared the illegal guns to “a virus" in the neighborhood.
“The more virus there is in the community, the more people are going to get sick," he said. "The more illegal firearms are in the community, the more likelihood those illegal firearms are going to be used.” | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2023/07/29/violent-crime-is-rising-in-the-nations-capital-dc-seeks-solutions-as-congress-keeps-close-watch/ | 2023-07-29T15:04:51 | 1 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2023/07/29/violent-crime-is-rising-in-the-nations-capital-dc-seeks-solutions-as-congress-keeps-close-watch/ |
CANBERRA, Australia — (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday pushed back against Australian demands for an end to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's prosecution, saying the Australian citizen was accused of "very serious criminal conduct" in publishing a trove of classified documents more than a decade ago.
Australia’s center-left Labor Party government has been arguing since winning the elections last year that the United States should end its pursuit of the 52-year-old, who has spent four years in a British prison fighting extradition to the United States.
Assange’s freedom is widely seen as a test of Australia’s leverage with President Joe Biden’s administration.
Blinken confirmed on Saturday that Assange had been discussed in annual talks with Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Brisbane, Australia.
“I understand the concerns and views of Australians. I think it’s very important that our friends here understand our concerns about this matter,” Blinken told reporters.
“Mr. Assange was charged with very serious criminal conduct in the United States in connection with his alleged role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of our country,” he added.
Wong said Assange’s prosecution had “dragged for too long” and that Australia wanted the charges “brought to a conclusion.”
Australia remains ambiguous about whether the United States should drop the prosecution or strike a plea bargain.
Assange faces 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks’ publication of of hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic and military documents in 2010.
American prosecutors allege he helped U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal classified diplomatic cables and military files that WikiLeaks later published, putting lives at risk.
Australia argues there is a "disconnect" between the U.S. treatment of Assange and Manning. Then-U.S. President Barack Obama commuted Manning's 35-year sentence to seven years, which allowed her release in 2017.
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BOGOTA – Colombian police arrested the president's son Saturday as part of a high-profile money laundering probe into funds he allegedly collected from convicted drug traffickers during last year’s presidential campaign.
President Gustavo Petro, a former rebel who rose through Colombia's political ranks as an anti-corruption crusader, said he wouldn’t interfere with the investigation.
“As an individual and father, it pains me to see so much self destruction and one of my sons going to jail,” Petro said in an early morning message on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “As president of the republic, I’ve assured the chief prosecutor’s office that it will have all of the guarantees so it can proceed according to the law.”
The arrest of Nicolas Petro is a major blow to the government, which has been buffeted by conservative attacks from day one at the same time it has struggled to maintain bipartisan support for Colombia in the U.S., a longtime ally in the war on drugs and fight against illegal armed groups.
The investigation stems from shocking declarations made by Nicolas Petro's ex-wife, Daysuris del Carmen Vasquez, to local media outlet Semana earlier this year.
In the extended interview, Vasquez detailed how she was present at meetings when her husband arranged a donation of more than 600 million pesos (around $150,000) from a politician once convicted in Washington of drug trafficking and who was seeking the Petro campaign's support to resume his political career.
She said President Petro was unaware of her son's dealings and the money he collected in his campaign's name was kept inside a safe inside the couple's home in the coastal city of Barranquilla.
Nicolas Petro has denied his ex wife's claims as unfounded.
The chief prosecutor’s office said in a statement that Nicolas Petro and his ex-wife were taken into custody on orders of a court in Bogota around 6 a.m. local time Saturday. It said that once brought before a judge, prosecutors would seek their provisional detention as it investigates the two for money laundering. | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/world/2023/07/29/son-of-colombias-president-arrested-as-part-of-money-laundering-probe/ | 2023-07-29T15:04:57 | 0 | https://www.clickorlando.com/news/world/2023/07/29/son-of-colombias-president-arrested-as-part-of-money-laundering-probe/ |
BRISBANE, Australia — (AP) — Eugénie Le Sommer and Wendie Renard revived France's Women's World Cup ambitions with a goal each in a 2-1 win over Brazil on Saturday to give Les Bleues the lead in Group F.
After missing with a diving header in the 13th minute, Le Sommer scored her 90th international goal to extend her French record four minutes later with an emphatic header that gave Brazilian goalkeeper Leticia little chance.
Debinha equalized for Brazil as the hour approached and the game opened up as both teams pressed for a winner, the Brazilians desperate to end an 11-match winless streak against France.
But it was the set piece where French captain Renard clinched it, capitalizing on some poor defense.
Renard, who had been in doubt for the match with a calf injury she picked up in the lackluster 0-0 draw against Jamaica, was perfectly placed for a back-post header as the towering defender drifted to the edge of the box to meet a corner with a powerful header in the 83rd.
Hervé Renard has reassembled the French squad since taking over as coach, recalling veterans including Le Sommer and restoring the confidence of others like 33-year-old Renard.
After criticism of France's opening performance for its lack of adventure and flair, his veterans clicked when it counted against Brazil.
“She’s a leader of the team. She’s efficient at scoring goals like today,” the French coach said of his captain. “If she wasn’t able to play today, I’m sure it wouldn’t be the same. We were lucky to have her today, congratulations to her to give us the victory for this game.”
Brazil had opened with a thumping 4-0 win over Panama, with Ary Borges scoring three goals and providing the back-heel assist for one of the goals of the tournament.
Against a more disciplined defense, the Brazilians were mostly unable to finish despite creating ample opportunities.
Brazil coach Pia Sundhage said she was disappointed with her team's first half and inability to stick with the gameplan and not contesting quickly enough for possession. She said the failure to build cohesion in the first half was more of a problem for the team than the set-piece defense that conceded France's second goal.
“I'm more disappointed we couldn’t make this a game where we play like the Brazilian style,” she said.
Veteran forward Marta, returning from injury for her sixth World Cup, went on in the 86th minute but wasn’t able to inspire a winner for Brazil.
Le Sommer, who was among the veterans who missed selection for the European Championship last year under former coach Corinne Diacre, was in the thick of the early action for France.
The French started with high tempo and had three chances before Sakina Karchaoui’s long floating ball into the area found Kadidiatou Diani, who headed square for Le Sommer to finish off from directly in front.
But the Brazilians started to meet them for energy, helped by the majority of an almost 50,000-strong crowd.
Debinha equalized in the 58th, finishing off a quick passing movement into the area, controlling the ball with the outside of her leg before firing in a right-foot shot.
Le Sommer was replaced in the 66th Vicki Becho to add some fresh legs to the French attack.
Leticia pushed a hard strike over the crossbar to keep Brazil level and Selma Bacha hit the side netting with her shot from the right in the 75th, unable to break the deadlock for France.
Renard's late winner lifted France to four competition points, one more than Brazil ahead of the last group games on Wednesday. The French will play Panama in Sydney, and Brazil will take on Jamaica in Melbourne.
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CANBERRA – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday pushed back against Australian demands for an end to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s prosecution, saying the Australian citizen was accused of “very serious criminal conduct” in publishing a trove of classified documents more than a decade ago.
Australia’s center-left Labor Party government has been arguing since winning the elections last year that the United States should end its pursuit of the 52-year-old, who has spent four years in a British prison fighting extradition to the United States.
Assange’s freedom is widely seen as a test of Australia’s leverage with President Joe Biden’s administration.
Blinken confirmed on Saturday that Assange had been discussed in annual talks with Foreign Minister Penny Wong in Brisbane, Australia.
“I understand the concerns and views of Australians. I think it’s very important that our friends here understand our concerns about this matter,” Blinken told reporters.
“Mr. Assange was charged with very serious criminal conduct in the United States in connection with his alleged role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of our country,” he added.
Wong said Assange’s prosecution had “dragged for too long” and that Australia wanted the charges “brought to a conclusion.”
Australia remains ambiguous about whether the United States should drop the prosecution or strike a plea bargain.
Assange faces 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse over WikiLeaks’ publication of of hundreds of thousands of classified diplomatic and military documents in 2010.
American prosecutors allege he helped U.S. Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning steal classified diplomatic cables and military files that WikiLeaks later published, putting lives at risk.
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(iSeeCars) — When it comes to car buying, you may be torn between buying and leasing.
While leasing a car might be an attractive option if you want a different car every few years, you might be turned off by the high monthly payments for the cars you’re interested in. What you might not realize is that you can also lease a used car.
Although used cars make up only a small percentage of the leased car market, it’s still possible to lease a used car. And with used car prices still higher than pre-pandemic levels, leasing a used car could be a smart financial decision.
So how can you lease a used car, and is it a good idea? We have the answers.
Which Used Cars Can be Leased?
Used cars that are available to lease are typically Certified Pre Owned cars (also known as CPO) from car dealerships. A certified pre-owned vehicle is a late-model used car that is sold by a franchised dealer after it has been thoroughly inspected, and comes with a factory-backed extended-powertrain warranty and bumper-to-bumper warranty. Each manufacturer has different criteria for their CPO vehicles, but they generally will be less than 6 years old and will not have more than 48,000 miles on the odometer.
You can also take over a lease from someone who wants to get out of their lease. It could be because they are facing a hardship or because they no longer require a vehicle. Whatever the reason, they will post their car on a leasing company website like SwapALease.com or LeaseTrader in hopes that someone can take over their lease so they won’t have to incur the penalties associated with breaking their lease contract. In this case you won’t be required to make a down payment, and you can likely negotiate with the seller to have them pay the transfer fees. However, when taking over someone’s lease, you should estimate how much you plan on driving the vehicle to make sure that you don’t exceed the mileage limit. If you do go over the mileage limit, you will have to pay a penalty when you turn the car in.
How To Find a Used Car to Lease
Used-car leases from dealerships are rare and aren’t widely advertised. The best way to find a leased used car is to do the legwork yourself. All major manufacturers, both mainstream and luxury, offer CPO vehicle leases. However, some automakers, including Stellantis, Ford, and Nissan, require outside financing, while Toyota’s finance department does provide financing for used vehicle leases.
The best way to find a used lease is to decide what vehicle you are interested in, and call around to franchised dealerships to see if they offer used car leases on their CPO inventory.
How to Shop For a Used Car Lease
When deciding if leasing a used car is right for you, you should always shop around. Just as you should compare prices when shopping for used vehicles, you should contact multiple dealerships to see which offer the best pricing.
You should also compare the cost of leasing a used car with the cost of a new car. New car leases often come with better finance rates and may also have incentives and special offers. This cost difference between a new-car lease and used-car lease will be smaller with used Honda and Toyota cars, while the savings will be more significant on luxury vehicles from Acura or Lexus.
The smartest used car lease purchases are for later model year cars, two-to-three-years old and still under warranty, or that offer extended warranties. Otherwise, you are responsible for costly repairs on a car you don’t own. Keep in mind auto insurance is often more expensive for leased cars, so make sure to get a quote from your insurer and factor it into your budget.
As with any used car purchase, you should make sure you get the car fully inspected by an independent mechanic before leasing. You should also use helpful online research tools like the iSeeCars free VIN check that provides a free CARFAX or Autocheck vehicle history report as part of its comprehensive VIN check tool. A comprehensive VIN check will complement the vehicle history report to provide all the important information an interested buyer should know before making a used car purchase.
How Does Used Car Leasing Work?
Used-car leases are similar in structure to new car leases. Just as with a new car lease, the lender will base payments off of a car’s residual value compared to its sales price. The lender will also determine a money factor, which is the vehicle’s interest rate. Just as used cars usually have higher interest rates than new cars, a used car lease will likely have a higher interest rate than a new car lease when it comes to a car loan. However, because a used car has already taken its depreciation hit, the used vehicle will have a lower sales price and lower depreciation rate, which will result in a lower monthly payment than a new car lease. Savings between new and used car leases tend to be more significant when leasing luxury cars.
Used Car Leases: Benefits
The main draw to leasing a used car is the lower monthly payments. It may also allow you to afford a more expensive car than what you would be able to afford with a new car lease. If you don’t care about having the latest new car technology, but want to get rid of a car before it’s too dated, a used car lease might be an appealing option. Additionally, you may have lower car insurance costs than what you would pay on a new car since rates are based on a car’s value.
Used Car Leases: Drawbacks
By leasing a used car, you are responsible for repairs after the vehicle runs past its warranty. You also won’t be able to enjoy the main benefit of new car leasing, which is driving a brand new car with the latest technology. By leasing a used car, although the payments are likely lower, you are still making monthly payments and maintenance costs for a vehicle you don’t own. You may also be charged at the end of the lease if the vehicle is not in good shape or you drive it past the mileage limit as stated in your lease agreement. In many instances, buying a practical used car and keeping it for several years will save you money in the long run compared to leasing.
Bottom Line
If you’re interested in leasing a car and want to lower your monthly lease payments or upgrade to a more expensive vehicle while keeping costs down, a used car lease might be a smart decision. However, used car leases are hard to find, so you should be prepared to do some extra legwork to find the best used car lease deals. Also, be sure to compare prices and lease rates to other used CPO leases as well as new vehicle leases. Avoid leased vehicles that extend beyond a car’s warranty so you won’t be responsible for expensive repairs.
Lastly, once your lease term ends, you’ll have the option for a lease buyout with a purchase price based on the residual value of the car. If you don’t buy the car, you’ll need to find another car to lease. That’s why purchasing a used car outright, that you can keep as long as you want, is often the smartest long-term financial decision.
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