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Braves star Ronald Acuña Jr. is first to hit 20 homers, steal 40 bases and drive in 50 before break

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:04 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Nobody has had a first half of the season like Ronald Acuña Jr.Atlanta’s four-time All-Star outfielder made history Monday night by becoming the first player to reach 20 home runs, 40 stolen bases and 50 RBIs before the All-Star break.“Special player,” Braves manager Brian Snitker said after Atlanta extended its winning streak to nine straight and moved 30 games over .500 by beating the Cleveland Guardians 4-2.The 25-year-old Acuña is also just the third player to hit 20 homers and steal 40 bases in the first 84 games, joining Rickey Henderson (1990) and Eric Davis (1986).Before the game, Acuña was named NL Player of the Month for June, the second time he’s won the award this season. In the third inning, Acuña extended his hitting streak to 14 games before swiping his 40th base, the most he’s had in a season. He stole 37 in 2019.Acuña appeared to injure his right shoulder while making a headfirst slide. He stayed on the ground for a few moments bef...

Marines memorial needs repairs after rough summer weather

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:04 GMT

GOLDEN, Colo. (KDVR) — The American flag at the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial is set to be removed after damages to the lighting system at the site.The lighting system was severely damaged after the recent heavy rains, and funds just aren’t there to fix it — not to mention the cost of replacing the flag regularly because of high winds. Veteran who wrote over 100 military books named FOX31 Hero of the Month The memorial’s foundation has already been fundraising for quite some time for a much-needed remodel of the memorial, so this added cost is too much for them.Paula Sarlis, a Marine veteran and the president of the foundation, knows how special this site is to so many people."It means a lot to us veterans so we know we've not forgotten," Sarlis said.Flag a symbol of sacrifice to military familiesShe's also a Gold Star wife. Her husband died while serving the country, and his ashes were spread on the memorial grounds.The flag, of course, is a symbol of that sacrifice for her and so m...

Wyoming fireworks stands see business boom, thanks to Mother Nature

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:04 GMT

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (KDVR) — Colorado rain in May and June is helping the bottom line for fireworks stands across the Wyoming state line. "Our numbers are definitely up," said Pete Elliott, who runs Artillery World Fireworks for his daughter. It's off Interstate 25 across the state line, on Exit 2. "I think people are so confident with the moisture, that they're gonna take it into their own hands and celebrate," Elliot said. Elliott said business is so good, he's having a tough time keeping products on the shelves and hiring enough employees. Police crack down on illegal fireworks as fire danger rises Elijah Sauvain drove up from Colorado Springs and admitted: Greener conditions have him feeling better and safer about buying fireworks. "I think it's the best, so I'm going big," the 20-something said.Elliott said he will keep his doors open as long as he can on July 3-4.

Richard E. Grant leads master class in family dynamics in ‘The Lesson’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:04 GMT

Richard E. Grant is a deliciously diabolical famous author at the center of Friday’s  English thriller “The Lesson,” a knowing portrait of a fractured upper-class English family.“It’s a chamber piece, just four characters in this hermetically sealed world in which my character just sucks as a very successful novelist.” Grant, 66, explained from London in a Zoom interview last week.Grant’s J.M. Sinclair has many issues, including his fear that he can’t satisfactorily finish his new novel. He hires a tutor for Bertie, his emotionally awkward teenage son, to prep him for his Oxford entrance exam.  The tutor (Ireland’s breakout star Daryl McCormack via “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” opposite Emma Thompson) is actually a wannabe writer.“He’s invited into the nest and just causes mayhem,” Grant said. While Sinclair is “seen falling from great entitlement and pride, crushed by his own shenanigans and subterfuges.“As he’s in the twilight zone of his life, he’s surrounded by everybody who is...

Editorial: Social media must step up in fight against opioids

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:04 GMT

The opioid crisis raging in America is an all-hands-on-deck emergency, calling for local and national actions to stem the tide of lethal drugs making their way to our streets. Unfortunately, some major players are dropping the ball.Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram told “Meet the Press”  Sunday that social media has played a vital part in the sale of fentanyl. She noted how drug cartels use the various platforms to market their material to people.“Social media is also a vital part of the conversation. It is what I call the last mile. Because what the cartels need — they’re selling the deadliest poison we’ve ever seen,” Milgram said before moderator Chuck Todd interrupted..“They need a platform to advertise?” he injected.“Exactly,” Milgram replied. “To be able to expand and sell more, they need to be able to reach people at massive rates. And that’s what social media’s doing.”But, as The Hill reported, social media companies are not stepping up to...

Ambrose: Is owning Cuba part of China’s big picture?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:04 GMT

China is negotiating with Cuba about a joint military training and enhanced intelligence center 100 miles from Florida. The center would no doubt host vast numbers of China’s 2 million-plus active troops as combat readiness grows and U.S. military secrets become a reading pleasure.But there’s another worry, namely that Cuba will at some point sacrifice its sovereignty as it becomes a part and not just a partner of the People’s Republic of China, this nation of a billion-plus population wanting to rule the world. China desires more than just a squatting place next door to America; while Cuba does seem to have some doubts about the military center, that may be washed away as China pours billions of dollars into its economy.This is scary in a variety of ways, considering how it could be a means of China going beyond trade tricks to security tricks and control Latin America. Well, all the best to decent free-world leaders who must resolve this conflict and take note of the news to becom...

Dear Abby: Smother-mother won’t let 22-year-old leave nest

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:04 GMT

Dear Abby: I’m 22, and when I was in my teens, I was sheltered. I was often in trouble for something little. My phone was taken away from me for months, and I wasn’t allowed to do anything besides go to school. It caused me to develop social anxiety.I still live with my controlling mother and go only to work. I have no social life. I want to leave her, get a social life and experience new things, but every time I bring it up to her, she plays the victim and insists she needs me or belittles me and says I need her.She does things for me as an “act of kindness,” but it feels like she does it so I’ll need her or it will never get done without her. I don’t know how to get out of this situation. What is the best way to handle it? — Sheltered in TexasDear Sheltered: The longer your mother can prevent you from making friends and living a normal life for a person your age, the deeper her emotional dependence on you will become.Start saving your mone...

Three arrested after police standoff in North County

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:04 GMT

OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- Three suspects were arrested Sunday after a police standoff in the Oceanside area, authorities said.Officers first responded to Harbor Drive and North Pacific Street around 4:06 p.m. in search of a suspect who police say brandished a firearm at another motorist on Interstate 5 just north of Oceanside, Jennifer Atenza with the Oceanside Police Department said in a news release Monday.Law enforcement were able to locate the suspect's vehicle in the 1300 block of North Harbor Drive, which was occupied by three people and several dogs, according to police.The three suspects, believed to be armed, became uncooperative when they exited the vehicle, forcing police to call for additional officers to assist to keep beachgoers around the scene safe, Atenza said. Stabbing victim dies at senior living community Nearly fifty minutes later, officers were able to take the three suspects into custody while the dogs were placed in the care of the Humane Society, police said. O...

San Diego lifeguards ready for July 4 crowds

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:04 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- With the much-anticipated Fourth of July celebrations starting in hours, San Diego's dedicated team of lifeguards is gearing up to ensure the safety of beachgoers. A contingent of 250 highly trained lifeguards is preparing to patrol shores ready to handle any situation. “Every day you are coming to the beach, we want you to swim near a lifeguard, ask a lifeguard where a good place to swim is,” said Sgt. Westley Fransway, a San Diego lifeguard.The lifeguards have been diligently training and equipping themselves for the bustling holiday weekend. Their new Triton rescue ship will also patrol the waters of Mission Bay searching for speeding and reckless boaters, but their primary objective is to prevent accidents and respond to incidents that may occur along the city's coastlines. “There’s going to be a good chance of a lot of different calls at one time so we have to make sure we have a lot of personnel able to respond, able to handle both phone calls at once,” Fransway s...

Parts of Imperial Beach back open

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 04:00:04 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A Fourth of July holiday bonus for beachgoers in Imperial Beach as the beach north of the IB Pier is back open.The entire beach has been closed pretty much all year because of sewage spills and contamination from the Tijuana River.Warning signs to stay out of the water are still posted south of the pier, but locals will take whatever beach they can get.The constant closures are frustrating for IB residents like Ed Vogel who went a few miles north for a beach walk in Coronado.Contamination and closures have also affected Coronado beaches, which have been open since around Memorial Day. Big Bay Boom: How to watch the fireworks show John Duncan is a Coronado City councilmember who is on a city subcommittee dealing with the sewage water issues and is a new citizen board member with the International Boundary and Water Commission -- the agency which runs an international wastewater treatment plant at the border.Duncan says problems with the contamination spills aren’t goin...