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Astros’ Mauricio Dubón blasts his former club after ‘single-handedly’ beating SF Giants

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:20:33 GMT

HOUSTON — The Giants, who lost their starting shortstop and center fielder to the injured list before Monday’s loss to the Astros, could sure an athletic, versatile player who could help fill the holes. Their lineup, limited to three runs on five hits Monday, wouldn’t say no to a hot hitter who can get on base and set the table.Somebody such as, say, Mauricio Dubón? The former Giant, raised 90 minutes away near Sacramento, traded away last May for a catcher who lasted five weeks in the organization, has done just that for the Houston Astros, filling in at second base while Jose Altuve is injured and rattling off a 20-game hit streak in the process.Sorry, he’s taken. And he doesn’t have any desire to come back.“Thank God they don’t (have me). Thank God they don’t,” Dubón told Houston reporters Monday night, after collecting three hits, driving in two runs and scoring two more to help beat his former club, 7-3. “I’m good here...

Pleasanton: Suspects sought in fatal stabbing during robbery attempt

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:20:33 GMT

PLEASANTON — Two ski-mask-wearing suspects were sought Monday in connection with the fatal stabbing of a man during an attempted robbery at an apartment complex, authorities said.In limited statements Monday night, police said a witness told them of seeing the male suspects around 10:30 a.m.,  running from an apartment in the 5700 block of Owens Drive.Moments later, Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department firefighters responded to a report of a medical emergency at 10:35 a.m.Police did not offer any information about the man, and an Alameda County Sheriff’s Office coroner’s bureau deputy was not able to identify him Monday night.The suspects were not found, but police said they believe the incident was isolated and there was no public threat. Police did not provide any detailed description of the suspects or any associated vehicle.The stabbing comes less than two weeks after the fatal shooting of a loss prevention officer at a Pleasanton store. A pair of suspects were...

Harden hits late 3, 76ers defeat Celtics in semifinal opener

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:20:33 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — James Harden matched his playoff career high with 45 points and hit a go-ahead, step-back 3-pointer over Al Horford with 8.7 seconds left as the Philadelphia 76ers rallied without Joel Embiid to beat the Boston Celtics 119-115 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup on Monday night.Tyrese Maxey added 26 points and Tobias Harris finished with 18 for the Sixers, who made 17 3-pointers in the absence of MVP finalist Embiid, who sat sat out with the sprained right knee he sustained in Game 3 of Philadelphia’s first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets.Jayson Tatum led the Celtics with 39 points and 11 rebounds. Jaylen Brown added 23 points and Malcolm Brogdon finished with 20. Boston hosts Game 2 on Wednesday night.NUGGETS 97, SUNS 87DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 39 points and 16 rebounds to rally Denver to a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.Jokic’s big night was necessary as Jamal Murray scored just 10 points on 3-of-15 shooting after he sc...

Tatis cheered in Petco Park return, Kim homers as Padres win

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:20:33 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. had three hits, scored once and fired up the crowd in his return to Petco Park, and Ha-Seong Kim hit a tiebreaking three-run homer as the San Diego Padres beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-3 on Monday night for their third straight win.The crowd was already in a festive mood for Tatis’ first home game since Sept. 26, 2021, when Kim sent fans into a frenzy when he homered to left field off Alex Young with two outs in the fifth inning for a 6-3 lead. After Kim scored, Tatis placed a sombrero on his head, a reprise of the celebrations the Padres started when they hit six home runs in a 16-11 win against San Francisco on Saturday in the thin air of Mexico City. Tatis bought the sombrero at the team hotel Friday night before the two-game series, which the Padres swept.Juan Soto and Manny Machado each had a two-run hit and Trent Grisham also had three hits for the Padres. Blake Snell (1-4) pitched around trouble for six innings. Tatis drew loud cheers se...

Nikola Jokic’s 39 points leads Nuggets past Suns 97-87

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:20:33 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic had 39 points and 16 rebounds to rally the Denver Nuggets to a 97-87 win over Phoenix on Monday night, taking a 2-0 lead over the Suns in the Western Conference semifinals.Jokic, who learns Tuesday if he’s edged Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo for his third consecutive NBA MVP award, recently renamed for Michael Jordan, scored 26 in the second half as the Nuggets erased a seven-point third-quarter deficit.Jokic’s big night was necessary as Jamal Murray scored just 10 points on 3-of-15 shooting after he scored 34 in the series opener when he had six 3-pointers. Murray was 0 for 9 from long range Monday night.Aaron Gordon added 16 points and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope added 14 points and went 4 for 4 from beyond the arc, including back-to-back swishes that erased a 73-70 deficit and put the Nuggets ahead for good early in the fourth quarter.Devin Booker led Phoenix with 35 points and Kevin Durant added 24.The teams get an extended break befor...

Tamara Adrián, primera mujer transgénero en aspirar a la silla presidencial en Venezuela

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:20:33 GMT

(CNN Español) — La abogada Tamara Adrián se prepara para sumarse a la carrera por la candidatura presidencial de la oposición venezolana que se definirá en elecciones primarias el próximo 22 de octubre. En 2015 fue la primera diputada transgénero, no solo en Venezuela sino también en América Latina, tras lograr el escaño con el partido Voluntad Popular.En esta nueva etapa, la activista por los derechos humanos recibió el respaldo del partido Unidos por la Dignidad para competir con al menos ocho precandidatos que se disputarán la posibilidad de medirse con la propuesta del partido del cuestionado presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, en las elecciones presidenciales, que, según la Constitución, deben realizarse en 2024.Adrián dice que su objetivo es impulsar “una Venezuela consciente, capaz y libre” y plantea su preocupación en torno a la caída de la economía y la migración. Para ella, es fundamental trabajar por una transición hacia otro Gobierno.¿Qué significa ser transgé...

Alexandria group to have ‘Bloody Camilla,’ ‘King Charles coffee’ drinks at predawn coronation party

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:20:33 GMT

When King Charles III and Queen Camilla are crowned Saturday in London, a group of stylishly dressed women, wearing regal hats, fascinators and tiaras will gather at an Old Town Alexandria pub to watch the royal coronation.“In the last 200 years, there’ve been more solar eclipses than there have been coronations,” said Heidi Schneble, regent of the Alexandria-based Pimms and Poppies Chapter of the Daughters of the British Empire, a women’s group founded in 1909 dedicated to British heritage and in support of local charities.“Talk about the enthusiasm. It is very enthusiastic because we are going to be starting at 5:30 in the morning because of the time change with London. The coronation starts at 11 a.m. their time, so there’s definitely enthusiasm to get people up at 5:30 on a Saturday morning,” Schneble said.Members of the group have already begun laying out their wardrobe, some will come dressed in period costumes for the predawn watch pa...

Chief: Man stabbed, suspect killed during Denver police barricade

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:20:33 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said officers shot and killed a man who stabbed a family member while barricaded inside a home.Thomas said the man was holding two people in a room in the home near Montview Boulevard and Oneida Street. Officers first responded at about 8:30 p.m. and called on more resources and personnel, including an ambulance and crisis negotiators.By 9:30 p.m., shots were fired."While they were waiting for crisis negotiators to arrive, the suspect began assaulting one of the individuals being held inside with a knife," Thomas said. "The officers quickly responded by engaging that suspect, firing their weapons. That suspect did go down. There were some initial attempts as I understand to provide care to this individual, but he was quickly identified as having been deceased."Thomas said the other person hurt in the knife incident, a man, was hospitalized "in serious but stable condition." Another woman was also in the home. Original: Police opened fir...

Climate activists have a new target: Civilians

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:20:33 GMT

Illustrations by Wayne Mills for POLITICOPhotos by Karl Mathiesen and Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty ImagesAnimation by Dato ParulavaBRUSSELS — Claude stood watch on the dark, glistening street as Samuel crouched down to jam a lentil into the tire valve of an SUV. “Of course, it will piss them off,” Claude said. An hour later, the vehicle would be slumped against the curb on a flat tire. By the end of the night, the Belgian cell of the Tyre Extinguishers — a loose collective of anarchic climate activists — would claim they had “disarmed” 194 SUVs across Brussels and nearby Ghent.“We don’t want them to think that they can buy a big car and just enjoy their life and ignore what’s going on in the world,” Claude explained to me. He and his two accomplices gave false names as a condition of allowing me to observe their nighttime expedition. The vehicles weren’t damaged, but they’d need a refill or a tire change. Before he left, Claude stuck a leaflet to the windscreen saying, i...

Victim in East County house party shooting tied to murder from 2011

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:20:33 GMT

SAN DIEGO – One of the victims identified in an Airbnb house party in an unincorporated area of El Cajon is tied to a notable murder from 2011.The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department identified the men killed at that house party as 20-year-old Jaden Davis and 29-year-old Seandell Jones.Jones was convicted of first degree murder for his role in the death of 18-year-old Garrett Berki, though he was not the shooter. Berki was robbed and killed after responding to an ad for a laptop off Craigslist.Jones was sentenced in 2013 to 25 years behind bars.FOX 5 reached out to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office for more information on why Jones was out of prison. Rules of the Road: Are tinted windows legal in California? A spokesperson explained because he was considered a “non-killer accomplice,” changes to the law in 2019 allowed for Jones to petition for resentencing.Jones was then charged with only the robbery and had more than enough time served. He was released from priso...