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Soak it in: Cedric Mullins hits for the cycle in Orioles’ 6-3 win over Pirates

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:51:51 GMT

For much of the night in which the Orioles introduced the Bird Bath Splash Zone at Camden Yards, they left their runners out to dry.But the waterworks came in bunches in the later innings of their 6-3 victory against the Pittsburgh Pirates, fueled by center fielder Cedric Mullins recording the seventh cycle in team history and the first since close friend and fellow Orioles outfielder Austin Hays in June of last year.Mullins completed the cycle with a three-run home run in the eighth inning, coming with Hays at third base. He said Hays’ first words to him after were, “I can’t believe we both did it.”“We were roommates in the minor leagues,” Hays said. “We’ve had our struggles together. We’ve had successes together, so to be able to hit for the cycle on the same team, the team that we were both drafted by and came up together through the minor leagues, it’s very special.”Having singled in the third, Mullins first provi...

Mucciarone, Franklin complete regular season sweep of Taunton

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:51:51 GMT

Alfred Mucciarone’s emotions as he recorded his 10th and final strikeout of the night told it all. This one meant a little more.Mucciarone threw a complete game allowing three earned runs while fanning 10 and walking one as No. 1 Franklin completed a regular season sweep of Hockomock League rival Taunton, 7-4, on Friday night at Franklin High School.The win earned Franklin the Hockomock Kelley-Rex crown. All three of Mucciarone’s earned runs came on a three shot by Dawson Bryce in the third inning. From that point forward Mucciarone did not allow a hit.“Taunton is as good as advertised today was just not their day,” Franklin coach Zach Brown said. “Real competition is when you do something good, they do something good, and you have to respond. Today was one of those days.”The Panthers (15-0) did all the damage needed in the bottom of the second as they recorded six straight hits to start the frame. After Luke Sidwell and Ethan DePaolo each singled...

Friday’s high school roundup/scores: Matt Donovan tosses shutout, leads Stoneham by Wakefield

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:51:51 GMT

BASEBALLHarry Scheel belted his first home run of the year, backing Matt Donovan’s complete-game shutout to help Stoneham topple Middlesex League foe Wakefield, 6-0.TJ Walsh earned the win in four and two-thirds innings on the mound, while delivering two hits and three RBI at the plate in Lynn Classical’s (13-1) 10-2 Greater Boston League win over Lynn English.Jaden Arruda allowed four hits over five innings and went 2-for-4 with the bat as Seekonk defeated Case 5-0 in the South Coast Conference.Ray McNaught threw a complete game one-hitter with 13 strikeouts, and David McNaught tripled and scored on a passed ball for East Bridgewater (10-4) in a 1-0 South Shore League victory over Abington.Max Gallant fanned four batters over five innings and also had a hit, an RBI and two runs scored as Westport (11-2) bested Southeastern 15-4 in a Mayflower Athletic Conference matchup.Seamus Vining (3-for-3, two doubles), Brayden Ramsey (two hits), Ty Creigton (two hits) and Jeremy Angelis (three...

Wasteful Red Sox lineup and bullpen implosions spoil James Paxton’s strong season debut

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:51:51 GMT

It had been 767 days since James Paxton’s last start in the majors.Back then, he had just returned to the Seattle Mariners after two seasons with the New York Yankees. On April 6, 2021, he made his season debut, threw 1.1 innings, and departed with left elbow discomfort.Since then, he’s had Tommy John surgery, signed a contract with the Red Sox, suffered a season-ending Grade 2 lat tear in his first rehab game last summer, and missed the first several weeks of the ongoing season.Finally, on the 768th day, he took the mound again during an 8-6 loss to the visiting St. Louis Cardinals.The veteran southpaw’s rehab games had been a very mixed bag, with far too many walks and earned runs, and after more than two years out of the game, expectations were low.That made it easy for him to clear the bar. Over five innings in his season debut (and Red Sox debut), Paxton held the St. Louis Cardinals to two earned runs on four hits, issued a walk, and struck out nine. His veloc...

Privacy commissioner appeals Federal Court decision in Facebook case

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:51:51 GMT

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is appealing a recent decision by the Federal Court, which sided with Facebook in a case tied to the Cambridge Analytica affair.A judge in April dismissed the federal privacy watchdog’s bid for a declaration that the social media giant, now known as Meta, broke the law governing the use of personal information.The application was brought by the watchdog in relation to its 2019 investigation of Facebook, conducted jointly with British Columbia’s privacy commissioner, which found shortcomings in its privacy practices.The investigation followed a complaint that British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica was able to access the private data of millions of Facebook users without their consent. Facebook disputed the findings and did not agree to implement any recommendations.The watchdog asked the Federal Court in 2020 to require Facebook to correct its privacy practices to conform with a law governing how the private sector can...

Japan’s Kishida says G7 facing historic moment as finance leaders wrap up talks on global economy

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:51:51 GMT

NIIGATA, Japan (AP) — The world is facing a “historic turning point,” Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says, as Group of Seven advanced economies prepare for a summit next week in Hiroshima. G-7 finance leaders were expected to confirm a show of unity on support for Ukraine, strengthening financial systems and supply chains and a range of other pressing global issues as they wrapped up three days of meetings in the Japanese port city of Niigata on Saturday. “The international community is facing a historic turning point, facing divisions and conflicts such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Sudan,” Kishida said in a statement issued late Friday.The G-7 will “resolutely reject the threat or use of nuclear weapons and uphold the international order based on the rule of law,” Kishida said. “As G7 chairman, I will convey my strong will to have an impact on history.”The G-7 economies comprise only a tenth of the world’s population but about 30% of economic activity, down from rough...

Private detective appeals to Nevada Supreme court in Reno mayor’s lawsuit over GPS tracking device

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:51:51 GMT

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A private investigator who used GPS devices to secretly track the vehicles of Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve and a county commissioner ahead of the 2002 election asked the Nevada Supreme Court late Friday to overturn a judge’s order that he identify the client who hired him.Schieve filed suit in December seeking damages from private detective David McNeely for a violation of her privacy after a mechanic alerted her to the clandestine GPS tracking device.Sparks police determined it was purchased by McNeely and ex-Washoe County Commissioner Vaughn Hartung joined the suit in February under similar circumstances.Lawyers for McNeely said in Friday’s appeal to the state’s high court that divulging the name of a client who paid him to spy on the politicians would violate the long-accepted and expected confidentiality of a “private investigator-client relationship.”The attorneys said Washoe District Judge David Hardy had erroneously rejected McNeely’s a...

Seattle to pay $2.3M to whistleblowers over ex-mayor Durkan’s 2020 deleted texts

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:51:51 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — The city of Seattle will pay $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit brought by employees who helped reveal that thousands of then-Mayor Jenny Durkan’s text messages had been deleted in 2020 amid protests over George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police. The terms of the city’s settlement with Stacy Irwin and Kimberly Ferreiro were finalized this week and released to The Seattle Times through a public disclosure request Friday, the newspaper reported. After their whistleblower complaint in 2021, further scrutiny showed that texts of other top officials also were not retained from that period in 2020 when police used tear gas against Black Lives Matter protest crowds and temporarily vacated a police precinct during weeks of demonstrations. Protesters also temporarily occupied a small area of the city known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone.The $2.3 million payout is in addition to nearly $800,000 spent by the city to defend the case.Irwin and Ferreiro sai...

Mother’s day weekend 21-degree cooler than a week ago; lots of clouds-only sporadic Saturday sprinkles—many rain-free hours; rains and cool “NE” winds increase Saturday night/Sunday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:51:51 GMT

COMING NEXT WEDNESDAY (MAY 17) ON WGN-TV NEWS AT NINEArgonne National Laboratory—some of the dedicated scientists display their work on decarbonizing transportation in our countryThese scientists are working hard on producing the biofuels, batteries, and the passenger, rail and air travel of the future while cutting carbon emissions. Tune in to see what they’re working on. That includes recycling of the batteries which power electric vehicles as well as recycling the vehicles themselves. And there’s work underway to decarbonize at hometown United Airlines.READ MORE ABOUT THIS WGN SEGMENT HERELAND AND OCEAN TEMP DEPARTURE FROM AVERAGEJanuary to April, 2023While a few locations (i.e., the Rockies) are running a bit on the cool side, globally January 1 through April 30 is running fourth warmest calendar year on record so far. Data goes back to 1850. The 3 year warmer to this point are 2016, 2017 and 2020.Visit this site for further information:https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/global-clim...

Willie Nelson honored with prestigious Texas award: 'We're here tonight to clap for Willie.'

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:51:51 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) –The LBJ Foundation honored Willie Nelson with its most prestigious award, the LBJ Liberty & Justice for All Award, Friday at a gala dinner at the LBJ Presidential Library.Lyndon B. Johnson's daughters Luci and Lynda Johnson presented Nelson with the award."When I think of rural America, I think of Lyndon Johnson. And when I think of rural America and who cares [for them], I think of Willie Nelson," Luci Johnson told KXAN before the ceremony. "Wille Nelson has done a premier job of saying not only can we not leave those folks behind but we have to be on the front lines clapping the loudest for them. And we're here tonight to clap for Willie." Willie Nelson, who just celebrated his 90th birthday, wasn't the only country musician in attendance. Eric Church, Sam Hunt, Elle King and Lyle Lovett all performed covers of some of Nelson's most recognizable songs. “It’s Willie Nelson's individuality and free thinking that has inspired me the most,” Hunt said before singing ...