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Astros OF Michael Brantley calls injury setback ‘very frustrating’

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:34:16 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Houston Astros outfielder Michael Brantley is expressing frustration with the setback in his return from surgery on his right shoulder.The five-time All-Star is out indefinitely for the defending World Series champions.“As a competitor, you want to be out there with your team,” Brantley said. “I love these guys. I love this organization. No one is more disappointed than myself. But at the same time, I’ll continue to put in the work, keep my head down and be the best teammate I can and work as hard as I can.”Brantley has yet to play in the majors this season. He appeared to be close to returning, but manager Dusty Baker said Friday that Brantley will be shut down “for a while.” An MRI revealed inflammation in his surgically repaired shoulder.“Very frustrating. You rehab all offseason, put in the work every single day and do everything the right way and sometimes it just doesn’t work out to your favor,” Brantley said. “But at the same time, I won’t stop. I’ll keep my he...

Yandy Díaz leaves game vs Yankees with left groin tightness

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:34:16 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Yandy Díaz left Sunday’s game against the New York Yankees after the first inning with left groin tightness.Díaz extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a leadoff double and took third on a groundout by Wander Franco. As he advanced, Díaz slipped running past the bag but stayed in and scored on a Brandon Lowe groundout.After the Rays batted, Díaz was replaced by Issac Paredes.Díaz hit his first career grand slam off Nestor Cortes during Tampa Bay’s five-run fifth in Saturday’s 9-8 loss and is batting .333 (15 for 45) during his hitting streak.Diaz, who has led off in 38 games this year, tops leadoff hitters with a .321 average to go along with 10 homers and 24 RBIs.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Naylor comes through again with 3-run homer, lifts Guardians over Angels 4-3

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:34:16 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Josh Naylor hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning — his third go-ahead homer in three days in that same inning — and the Cleveland Guardians held on for a 4-3 win over the Los Angles Angels on Sunday.Naylor drove a 2-0 pitch from reliever Carlos Estévez over the wall in right for his latest late-inning heroics.On Friday, he belted a solo homer to give Cleveland a 4-3 lead, and Saturday night Naylor’s three-run highlighted a six-run inning as the Guardians rallied to win 8-6.As he rounded third, Naylor bumped into a cameraman trying to record another memorable moment by the chunky slugger, who has had a knack for drama the past two seasons. He’s hit an MLB-best eight homers after the eighth inning since 2021.Naylor’s homer also pinned a tough loss on Angels starter Patrick Sandoval (3-2), who held the Guardians to five hits in 7 2/3 innings while matching Guardians starter Tanner Bibee, his former high school teammate.James Karinchak (1-4) got ...

Nkunku steers Leipzig toward Champions League qualification

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:34:16 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Christopher Nkunku starred as Leipzig took a big step toward Champions League qualification by rallying very late to beat Werder Bremen 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday.The French forward set up both goals — Willi Orban with the equalizer in the 87th minute, then Dominik Szoboszlai with the winner in the sixth minute of injury time – for Leipzig to reclaim third place from Union Berlin and move four points clear of fifth-place Freiburg.Two rounds remain and the top four qualify for the Champions League.Bremen had been hoping to secure its league survival with a win and it looked good for the visitors for much of the game.Leipzig was aggrieved to have Nkunku’s goal in the 66th ruled out through VAR for a push in the back from Mohamed Simakan on Leonardo Bittencourt in the buildup. TV replays showed contact, and Bittencourt tried playing the ball after he fell.Bittencourt further riled the Leipzig fans when he scored four minutes later with a fine finish to Jens Stage’s c...

Stray island dog saved by local woman now heading to Colorado

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:34:16 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The journey to a new life for a once-stray beach dog in Saint Lucia -- a country in the Caribbean -- officially started back on April 1, when Coloradan Kara Plese was on vacation for her 50th birthday.“My friend and I were on a trip in Saint Lucia we were out on a walk. And there was this dog who was really skinny and very sad-looking," Plese said.She said they then saw the dog again during breakfast and she said, at that point, she knew she had to do something to help him.“I saw him again, I thought he was dead -- he was laying on a box. So I gave him some bacon and I cried," Plese said "I couldn’t stop thinking about the poor guy." Family gives mom special gift for Mother’s Day So Plese and her friend wrapped the potcake -- the term for an island dog in St. Lucia -- in a towel and took him to a local vet on the island.“He had mange and he was malnourished and dehydrated," Plese said.She said the vet agreed to hold the dog -- now named Lucian -- fo...

EU’s Michel hails prospect of peace after high-stakes Armenia-Azerbaijan talks

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:34:16 GMT

BRUSSELS — An end to decades of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan could be in sight, European Council President Charles Michel said Sunday following negotiations between the two sides.Speaking at a press conference in Brussels after hosting a trilateral meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Michel said the two leaders “shared a common willingness for a South Caucasus at peace.”“Following the recent positive talks held in the U.S. on the peace treaty, the momentum should be maintained to take decisive steps towards the signing of a comprehensive peace agreement,” Michel added.At the same time, he declared that the two sides had “made clear progress” in talks over unblocking transport links and suggested a prisoner exchange could be carried out in the coming days.Michel also encouraged direct negotiations between Baku and the ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh, an unrecognized breakaway region over which the two former Sov...

Authorities ID 23-year-old killed in Fall River shooting

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:34:16 GMT

Authorities are investigating a shooting in Fall River late Saturday night that left a 23-year-old dead, officials said.Officers responding to a report of shots fired in the area of 275 County St. around 10:45 p.m. found Diamonte Odom, of Fall River, suffering from a gunshot wound, according to police.He was taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Border crossings down since COVID rule ended, Mayorkas says

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:34:16 GMT

The number of migrants seeking to cross the southern U.S. border has been “markedly down” despite an expected surge following the expiration of pandemic-era border restrictions, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said.Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union, Mayorkas said over the past two days, the U.S. Border Patrol “has experienced a 50% drop in the number of encounters versus what we were experiencing earlier in the week,” before the border limits, known as Title 42, were lifted.While Mayorkas said it was too soon to say whether the surge has peaked, border agents reported about 6,300 encounters on Friday and 4,200 on Saturday. Authorities said early last week the number stood at an all-time high of 10,000 daily.An unprecedented surge of migrants crossing the U.S. southern border over recent months has been a political albatross for President Joe Biden, with Republicans and some fellow Democrats questioning if the White House was prepared to handle the influx.Republican...

Turkish news agencies offer different results from election deciding future of incumbent Erdogan

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:34:16 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A pair of news outlets in Turkey provided different partial results from the country’s presidential election Sunday, with the state-run news agency indicating with three-quarters of ballot boxes counted that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would squeak out a victory but an opposition-leaning agency saying the contest was headed toward a run-off.The state-run Anadolu Agency said Erdogan was leading with 51% of the vote, while Kemal Kilicdaroglu, his main challenger, had garnered 43% after 75% of ballot boxes were tallied. The ANKA news agency said that with ballots from 76% of boxes counted, Erdogan had won 48% compared to Kilicdaroglu’s 46%. If no candidate secures more than 50% of the vote, the top two vote-getters will face a run-off on May 28. Further complicating the picture, the opposition candidate’s party accused Anadolu of manipulating results, insisting that Kilicdaroglu was narrowly leading with 47.42% to Erdogan’s 46.80%.Istanbul May...

Border crossings are off from last week’s highs as US pins hopes for order on mobile app

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:34:16 GMT

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Pandemic-era limits on asylum known as Title 42 have been rarely discussed among many of tens of thousands of migrants massed on Mexico’s border with the United States. Their eyes were — and are — fixed instead on a new U.S. government mobile app that grants 1,000 people daily an appointment to cross the border and seek asylum while living in the U.S. With demand far outstripping available slots, the app has been an exercise in frustration for many — and a test of the Biden administration’s strategy of coupling new legal paths to entry with severe consequences for those who don’t. “You start to give up hope but it’s the only way,” Teresa Muñoz, 48, who abandoned her home in the Mexican state of Michoacan after a gang killed her husband and beat her. She has been trying for a month to gain entry through the app, called CBPOne, while staying in a Tijuana shelter with her two children and 2-year-old grandson.U.S. Homeland Security Secretar...