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Mets closer Edwin Díaz throws bullpen session and hopes for mound return this season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:26 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — After throwing his first outdoor bullpen session following knee surgery, New York Mets All-Star closer Edwin Díaz remained hopeful he can make a mound return for the New York Mets this season.The 29-year-old right-hander tore his right patellar tendon on March 15 while celebrating after getting the final out of Puerto Riche’s win over the Dominican Republic at the World Baseball Classic. The projected timeline for a return was six-to-eight months.“My goal was to be ready in six months,” Díaz said Monday. “And I’m working on that.”Díaz said he was clocked in the low-to-mid 90s on Sunday, when he threw on an outdoor bullpen mound to a catcher in the crouching position for the first time since getting hurt.“I know my stuff is there,” Díaz said. “A main thing for me is how my knee is good and healthy, I feel healthy right now and I’m pitching again. I just want to get that positive note to go home and relax, work hard for next year.”Mets manager Buck Showalter has ...

Mexico sends 1,200 more troops to Michoacan state after weekend of cartel violence

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:26 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government said Monday it sent 1,200 more troops to the cartel-dominated western state of Michoacan after a weekend of violence. State prosecutors said three convenience stores and five trucks and cars had been set afire, a tactic often used by drug cartels in the state to block roads and enforce extortion demands. Prosecutors said three men and three youths aged 16 and 17 were arrested in the attacks.A Defense Department statement said the soldiers and National Guard members were deployed over the weekend. It said they were ordered to prevent cartels from blocking any more roads, “so that people can go about their business normally.”Soldiers are stationed in every Mexican state, but the army did not say how many already were in Michoacan before the weekend deployment.President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that “peace and tranquility” had been restored to the region and called the weekend violence acts of “propaganda and publicity.”Life in the citi...

Arrestan a un padre tras brutal ataque a entrenador de fútbol durante partido en Virginia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:26 GMT

Un entrenador de fútbol fue supuestamente agredido brutalmente mientras hacía un trabajo de suplente en un partido amistoso en el condado Prince William.El incidente sucedió el sábado. El primer tiempo del partido de jóvenes en el Hellwig Park de Manassas no llevaba ni la mitad cuando Vince Villanueva, un entrenador de fútbol con más de dos décadas de experiencia, notó que algo pasaba con un menor y su padre en un partido en el que él solo estaba haciendo una suplencia.“Probablemente habían pasado 12 minutos de juego. Estábamos perdiendo bastante. Y luego vi a uno de los jugadores con su padre y miró hacia arriba y dije: ¿estás listo para volver a entrar? Y el papá dijo, ‘No, no lo está, ¿puedo hablar contigo?’ Y le dije seguro”, dijo Villanueva.Caminó un par de metros mirando al campo y al darse la vuelta para hablar con el padre del menor, un ruido profundo lo sorprendió. Fue cuando asegura que sintió ser golpeado con una botella de metal. “Lo siguiente que sé es ...

Meet the first Gen Z member of Colorado's legislature

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:26 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — North Denver will have a new state representative come next session. Tim Hernández was selected by a vacancy committee this weekend to fill the seat left empty by Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez, now a newly minted Denver City Council member. Denver approves $4.7M settlement with 2020 protesters Hernández, 26, will be the first lawmaker from Generation Z to serve the state of Colorado. He said he plans to bring his advocacy for communities of color to the Capitol with him as the representative for House District 4."I'm very thankful that the voters of HD4 decided that a teacher, a Chicano, a Northsider should represent this place, and now we're going to go do it," Hernández said.The community activist and teacher is heading to the state Capitol following Gonzales-Gutierrez's win as the city council's at-large member."She's been a mentor of mine for a long time, so I'm very thankful for her work. Part of her work is what inspires somebody like me — a poor, brown kid from ...

Authorities investigate after cyclist hit by vehicle in Newton

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:26 GMT

An investigation got underway in Newton Monday after a serious crash involving a motor vehicle and a cyclist, police said. Newton police in a statement on social media said officers first responded to the scene near the intersection of Watertown Street and Bridge Street around 5:30 p.m. A portion of Watertown Street was closed after the crash and remained closed as of around 7:15 p.m. as state and local authorities continued their investigation. Watertown Street had reopened by 9 p.m., though police remained on scene.No further information was immediately available.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

One person dead after multi-car crash on I-95 in North Attleboro

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:26 GMT

A 58-year-old Foxboro man died and another person was seriously injured Monday in a multi-car crash in North Attleboro, state police said. The crash happened on I-95, starting on the southbound side of the highway when police said Buick and a Cadillac vehicle collided near Exit 7. Police said the driver of the Cadillac, a 61-year-old Providence man, lost control of his car and crossed the median before colliding with a Jaguar vehicle on I-95 north. The driver of the Jaguar was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. The driver of the Cadillac was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the Buick, police said, fled the scene.State police said troopers responded to the area around 4:15 p.m. and spoke with witnesses who described the fleeing Buick. Around 5 p.m., police said authorities in Attleboro reported finding a Buick that matched the destruction of the fleeing vehicle with front-end damage and a flat tire. “Troopers responded ...

One person dead after industrial accident in Boxboro

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:26 GMT

One person died Monday and an investigation got underway after an industrial accident at a recycling center in Boxboro, police said. Boxboro police said an initial call came in around 2 p.m. reporting the accident at Roof Top Recycling in town, where police said a person was crushed by machinery. Police said the injured person was airlifted to UMass Memorial Hospital and later pronounced dead.The incident remained under investigation as of Monday afternoon by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Boxboro police, Massachusetts State Police and the state Division of Occupational Licensure. 

Column: Matchup between managers David Ross and Craig Counsell adds some spice to the Chicago Cubs-Milwaukee Brewers rivalry

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:26 GMT

There might not have been an obvious turning point to the Chicago Cubs’ season.But the extra-inning win in Milwaukee on the Fourth of July, which ended with manager David Ross’s profane postgame rant about the closing of the roof at American Family Field, was probably as good a place as any to start.“It’s really un-American to shut the roof on the Fourth of July,” Ross said the next day. “I don’t know who does that. It was a beautiful day.”The Cubs were seven games under .500 at 38-45 entering the holiday. They went 31-16 over their next 47 games, a .660 winning percentage that catapulted them into a wild-card spot and kept them within spitting distance of first place, four games behind the Brewers in the National League Central entering Monday’s showdown at Wrigley Field.It was another beautiful day as Cubs starter Jameson Taillon faced Brewers left-hander Wade Miley in the opening game of a key three-game series.Sister Jean of ...

Luis Severino dominates again, Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres hit back-to-back homers in Yankees’ win over Tigers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:26 GMT

Luis Severino’s stark resurgence continued Monday night, and Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres gave the Yankees enough offense to make it count.Severino dominated the Detroit Tigers in a tidy 4-1 win on the road, striking out eight over seven shutout innings while surrendering five hits.It was the second straight stellar start by Severino, who held the Washington Nationals to one hit over 6.2 shutout innings five days ago in the win that ended the Yankees’ nine-game losing streak.The recent excellence marks a return to form for Severino, who pitched to a 2-8 record and 7.98 ERA over his first 15 games this season. The two-time All-Star’s last two outings improved his record to 4-8 and lowered his ERA to 6.64.Detroit threatened in the sixth inning, when Zach McKinstry tripled with one out in a 1-0 game. But Severino, 29, got the next batter, Riley Greene, to ground to shortstop, and rookie Anthony Volpe threw out McKinstry at home.The seven-inning outing was the longes...

Boston judge rips Caribbean Festival suspects after gunplay

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:26 GMT

Several suspects were arraigned in Dorchester District Court on Monday on charges tied to the Caribbean Festival chaos that injured eight people on Saturday.“At a festival where people are supposed to be able to go have fun, relax — it’s not that anymore, we all know it — but that’s what it’s supposed to be,” said Judge Jonathan Tynes, during the arraignment of 21-year-old Maceo Withers Brown. “To celebrate rich culture, rich history, rich tradition. This ain’t it.“Twenty-one years old, no record,” Tynes continued loudly, as Withers Brown’s mother audibly cried. “Now we’re going to ask (his mother) to come up with $25,000. I’m not saying that’s an unreasonable request. I’m saying it’s an unreasonable ask for this woman. … This is not supposed to be happening. And I recognize that she’s probably thanking God that the phone call she didn’t get from the police w...