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Sky beat the Storm 102-79 to snap a five-game losing streak

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:41:40 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Dana Evans scored 23 points, Marina Mabrey added 19 and the Chicago Sky snapped a five-game losing streak with a 102-79 victory over the Seattle Storm on Tuesday night.It was Chicago’s first victory since scoring 104 points in back-to-back games against Dallas in early August.Evans and Mabrey combined for seven of Chicago’s nine 3-pointers. Evans was 4 of 6 from distance and Mabrey went 3 for 8.Alanna Smith had 14 points and Kahleah Copper added 12 on 5-of-14 shooting for Chicago (13-20). Courtney Williams added 10 points. Chicago led 50-40 at halftime behind 11 points from Copper. Jewell Loyd scored 26 points to lead Seattle (10-23). Loyd became the Storm’s single-season scoring leader, passing Breanna Stewart’s 742 points. Ezi Magbegor added 13 points and Sami Whitcomb scored 10.___AP WNBA: https://apnews.com/hub/wnba-basketballSource

Phillies beat the Giants 4-3 to increase cushion in NL wild-card race

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:41:40 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner had a two-run single in the ninth inning that bounced off Camilo Doval’s glove and into center field, giving the Philadelphia Phillies a 4-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night.Philadelphia increased its lead to four games over San Francisco in the National League wild-card race. The Giants have lost 12 of their last 16 games.Craig Kimbrel (7-3) got the victory with an inning of relief.After a string of Giants relievers frustrated the Phillies, Philadelphia pieced things against Doval (5-4), who entered with 33 saves on the season.Bryson Stott was hit by a pitch, then advanced to third when Brandon Marsh trickled a ball up the middle. After Marsh stole second, Kyle Schwarber was intentionally walked with one out to bring Turner to the plate. With the count 2-2, Turner roped a liner that deflected off Doval’s glove, then to the left of Thairo Estrada at second base. Stott scored the tying run and Marsh followed.Joc Peders...

Andrew McCutchen homers as the Pirates beat the Cardinals and struggling Adam Wainwright

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:41:40 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen’s two-run homer capped a five-run fifth inning against struggling Adam Wainwright, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 on Tuesday night.Wainwright remained stuck on 198 career wins a day after accruing his 18th year of major league service time. He is 0-8 with a 12.56 ERA in nine starts since his last victory on June 17 against the New York Mets.Wainwright retired the side in order in the first three innings before Ji Hwan Bae walked to lead off the fourth and scored on Connor Joe’s two-out single. The Pirates increased their lead to 6-1 with the five-run fifth that included a run-scoring groundout by Bae, a two-run double by Bryan Reynolds and McCutchen’s homer into the left-field bleachers, the 299th of his career.St. Louis catcher Willson Contreras and manager Oliver Marmol were ejected in the seventh inning for arguing balls and strikes, and rookie Jordan Walker was tossed in the eighth, his first career ejection.T...

Burst pipe floods music venue on South Broadway

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:41:40 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — An independent music venue has been forced to shut down because of water damage from a broken pipe. Now, they’re asking for donations to help reopen. “We were hoping, fingers crossed, best-case-scenario, we might be able to get open for a little bit late September, early October. And now it feels like it’ll be lucky if we’re open by the end of the year,” Scott Happel said.Happel is co-owner of HQ, an independent music venue along South Broadway. “We host concerts, we host DJ night, we host burlesque and drag,” he said.  How to check your expected bill for sidewalk repairs in Denver According to Happel, the business has been a booming success since it first opened in July 2020. It is now closed indefinitely.Tuesday evening, a broken pipe sent water gushing through a brick wall in HQ’s basement and filled all 3,200 square feet from floor to ceiling. “I arrived and the water was about two and a half steps from the top of the stairs,” Happel said.HQ, a music venue...

Group surveys support for Johnston, Denver schools

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:41:40 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A new survey reveals interesting opinions about Denver and its schools, but the school board did not exactly get rave reviews.Denver Families Action released survey findings that show how people feel about newly seated Mayor Mike Johnston, Denver Public Schools and the Board of Education. FOX31 had some questions about the survey and the group behind the survey, Denver Families Action. List: The 24 Denver schools getting AC, and the 31 that aren’t Clarence Burton Jr. is the group's CEO."It's not every day that you have this moment where you've got a big change in the city with a new administration in the city coming in, lots of energy and optimism around that. We want to check to see how folks were feeling about that and contrast that with an upcoming school board election," Burton told FOX31 on Tuesday.Who is Denver Families Action?Denver Families Action conducted the survey of 500 likely Denver voters this past July. FOX31 wanted to know more about the group."Den...

Police identify suspect in woman's assault near Lakewood park

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:41:40 GMT

Update: Investigators have identified the suspect, the Lakewood Police Department said on Tuesday, although no further details were released.DENVER (KDVR) — Police in Lakewood are looking for a man who allegedly assaulted a woman running near Walker Branch Park.Lakewood Police said on Aug. 6 at 12:45 p.m., the victim was on her way back home from her run when she passed the park, located at 5825 W. 16th Ave., a few blocks west of Sloan's Lake Park.An unknown man saw the woman and started to follow her, police said.According to police, the suspect followed the woman on southbound Harlan Street for nearly two blocks. When the woman reached 14th Avenue and Harlan Street, the suspect allegedly attacked the woman from behind with both arms and fondled her. Charges reduced for 2 officers in Elijah McClain death case The suspect fled northbound on Harlan Street and eastbound on 16th Avenue."It wasn’t late at night, it wasn’t anything like that where there's a safety issue. This happened ...

Big Tech’s to-do list under new EU content rules

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:41:40 GMT

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s effort to crack down on illegal and harmful digital content in the bloc is about to take off. As soon as Friday, a total of 19 very large online platforms and search engines — called VLOPs — visited by more than 45 million Europeans every month will have to comply with the EU’s online content rulebook adopted in 2022, the Digital Services Act (DSA). Social media platforms in the crosshairs include Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), YouTube, Snapchat, LinkedIn and Pinterest. Online marketplaces Amazon, Booking, AliExpress, Zalando, Google Shopping, as well as Wikipedia and Google Maps, will also face the new regulatory music. The new rules will also apply to Google and Apple’s app stores, and to Google Search and Microsoft’s Bing.Companies will have to swiftly take down illegal content, like photos of child sexual abuse, as well as assess and propose concrete measures to counter major risks their platforms pose for soci...

Kyle Tucker homers to back up a strong start by Justin Verlander as the Astros beat the Red Sox

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:41:40 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Kyle Tucker hit a two-run homer and Justin Verlander threw six scoreless innings to help the Houston Astros beat the Boston Red Sox 7-3 on Tuesday night.Boston manager Alex Cora and right fielder Alex Verdugo were both ejected for arguing balls and strikes as the Red Sox lost a second straight game at Houston. Verdugo was ejected in the top of the fourth by plate umpire Pat Hoberg, who also tossed Cora after the manager objected to the call of ball four to Alex Bregman in bottom of the seventh.It was the second ejection in three games for Cora, who stood the plate and kicked dirt before yelling in Hoberg’s face after he was tossed.Verlander (9-6) allowed five hits and struck out a season-high nine in his fourth start since returning to the Astros in a trade with the Mets.There was one out in the first when Tucker connected off Tanner Houck (3-7) for his team-leading 25th home run this season to make it 2-0.Houck allowed four hits and three runs in five innin...

Cora, Verdugo ejected from sloppy 7-3 Red Sox loss

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:41:40 GMT

“Every (expletive) pitch counts,” Alex Cora told reporters on Sunday.He’d gotten himself ejected arguing balls and strikes in the series finale in the Bronx, though his frustration with home-plate umpire Junior Valentine’s egregious calls was more than justified.Less so in Houston Tuesday night, when the Red Sox manager again argued himself out of the team’s game before its eventual completion, a 7-3 loss in which his team made as many errors as they plated runs.Cora wasn’t the only one. Home-plate umpire Pat Hoberg ejected Alex Verdugo as the right fielder milled about the Red Sox dugout in the fourth.Making his first start since getting hit in the face with a line drive on June 16, Tanner Houck looked rusty early on. After striking out leadoff man Jose Altuve, the first inning went downhill quickly. The right-hander allowed a single to Alex Bregman and a two-run homer to Kyle Tucker before getting the second out.Rafael Devers then prolonged the ...

Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed ahead of Fed Chair speech and Nvidia earnings

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:41:40 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Asian markets were trading mixed Wednesday ahead of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s highly anticipated speech later in the week. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.3% in morning trading to 31,957.35. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained nearly 0.7% to 7,168.30. South Korea’s Kospi slipped 0.4% to 2,506.38. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost nearly 0.1% to 17,777.65, while the Shanghai Composite fell 0.8% to 3,095.91. Powell is set to speak Friday at an event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the site of several major policy announcements by the Fed. The Fed has already hiked its main interest rate to the highest level since 2001 in hopes of grinding high inflation down to a 2% target. High rates work by slowing the entire economy bluntly and hurting prices for investments.Inflation has come down considerably from its peak above 9% in summer 2022, but economists say getting the last percentage point of improvement may be the most difficult.The hope among traders ...