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Rockies add Anthony Molina, a right-handed pitcher, via Rule 5 Draft

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:49:17 GMT

NASHVILLE — The Rockies’ quest for starting pitching continued Wednesday when they selected right-hander Anthony Molina from Tampa Bay in the major league phase of the Rule 5 Draft.Molina, 21, went 5-7 with a 4.50 ERA and 102 strikeouts through 28 games (27 starts) between Double-A Montgomery and Triple-A Durham in 2023. He was 3-2 with a 4.37 ERA in 13 Triple-A games.The native of San Joaquin, Venezuela, originally was signed by the Rays as a non-drafted international free agent on July 2, 2018.To make room for Molina on the 40-man roster, Colorado released right-hander Connor Seabold.The annual Rule 5 Draft, which comes at the end of the winter meetings, gives teams a chance to select players not protected on 40-man rosters, thus giving the players a chance to make a big-league roster. For major league teams, it provides a chance to make a relatively low-risk move to enhance their roster.Players available in the Rule 5 Draft were not added to their club’s 40-man ...

Suspect dead after reported mass shooting at UNLV

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:49:17 GMT

A suspect was found dead after police responded to reports of a shooting on the campus of the University of Nevada Las Vegas with "multiple victims" on Wednesday. The university issued a social media alert to "RUN-HIDE-FIGHT" just before noon local time when shots rang out at Beam Hall, home to UNLV's Lee Business School and the Harrah College of Hotel Administration. Officers also responded to a report of additional shots fired at the student union."The suspect has been located and is deceased,” the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department posted on X, formerly Twitter, at about 12:30 p.m. “This is an active investigation. Please continue to avoid the area and watch for responding emergency units.”Police and crime scene tape are seen on the campus of UNLV. Dec. 6, 2023. (AP)At a news conference, LVMPD Sheriff Kevin McMahill said "a number" of victims were transported to area hospitals. Their conditions were unknown.University officials were still urging students and faculty to shel...

Man punched in the face while pushing infant in stroller in Calabasas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:49:17 GMT

Disturbing security camera footage shows a man sucker-punch another man who was pushing his infant grandchild in a stroller in Calabasas on Tuesday. The victim called the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department around 5:42 p.m. to report the incident, which happened in the 4000 block of Lost Spring Road, a spokesperson confirmed. Thousands of Southern Californians targeted in ATM skimming theft A video posted on Neighbors and shared with KTLA shows the attacker walking up to the victim and hitting him squarely in the face with a left hook. The victim falls to the ground and the stroller, which contained the man's 10-month-old grandchild, tumbles over. His assailant then gets into a minivan parked in a driveway that does not belong to him and drives away, the video shows. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department later identified the vehicle as a silver 2005 Honda Odyssey with Nevada license plate No. 183W80.A man seen punching another man pushing a stroller in Calabasas, CA. A ...

New version of McDonald's snack wraps could be coming to restaurants

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:49:17 GMT

A new iteration of McDonald’s snack wraps could be coming to restaurants by the end of 2025, the company announced Wednesday.McDonald's said it will expand its chicken meals to meet consumers’ demands. This plan includes offering the McCrispy “to nearly all markets across the world by the end of 2025 and expand McCrispy into wraps and tenders,” a news release said. McDonald’s to phase out self-serve soft drink fountains The McCrispy sandwich is a “southern-style fried chicken sandwich,” according to the product’s description.While McDonald’s hasn’t announced plans to return the original snack wrap, this new iteration of the popular menu item could appease fans who have petitioned for its return for years.The Snack Wrap consisted of chicken, shredded lettuce and cheese wrapped in a warm tortilla. There was also a spicy option.The portable hand-held menu item debuted in 2006 and was discontinued in 2016 since many complained that the food item was too complicated to make and didn’t ...

Internet predator arrested following multi-agency sting in Fontana; authorities seeking more victims 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:49:17 GMT

Local and federal officials have arrested a man after he sexually exploited multiple juveniles online, authorities said. According to an Instagram post by the Fontana Police Department, officials were first informed of the suspect by the FBI’s Inland Regional Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force on Nov. 16.  Investigators seek additional victims of Apple Valley man alleged to possess, distribute child porn The suspect, identified as 42-year-old Ryan VanDeCar, had allegedly been using “multiple different online chatting platforms” to contact both juveniles and adults and attempt to receive “a large number of illicit photos and videos of child sexual abuse material,” Fontana police said. Due to the severity and prolific nature of the investigation, the Fontana Police Department conducted a joint operation with the FBI, the Orange County Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory and the District Attorney’s office, law enforcement officials said. Ryan Va...

Oakland A’s finish lackluster Winter Meetings with No. 1 overall pick in Rule 5 Draft

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:49:17 GMT

The Oakland A’s might’ve come up short in the draft lottery this week, but at least they held onto the No. 1 overall pick in this year’s Rule 5 Draft.Ranked in reverse order of standings, the Rule 5 Draft took place in Nashville just as the Winter Meetings wrapped up on Wednesday morning.At No. 1 overall, the A’s selected former New York Yankees’ 10th-round draft pick, Mitch Spence, a 25-year-old right-hander who had a 4.47 ERA in Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre last year.The Rule 5 draft allows big league teams to steal minor leaguers from teams who haven’t yet given them a chance. Any player signed at age 18 or younger who isn’t added to the 40-man roster within five seasons is eligible, as is any player signed at 19 or older who isn’t added to the 40-man within four seasons.Spence was drafted 315th overall in 2019 out of the University of South Carolina-Aiken. At the time, Baseball America reported that he threw a 95-mph fastball with a cutter and an average breaking ball.He has s...

49ers LB Greenlaw exchanges apologies with Eagles’ Big Dom, insists he isn’t ‘dirty’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:49:17 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Dre Greenlaw is the 49ers’ undisputed enforcer, so say his coach and teammates.That allows him to be the “Big Play Dre” who made a goal-line tackle as a 2019 rookie in Seattle to secure the division title and the No. 1 seed for a Super Bowl-bound team.Yet he also is the one who’s gone overboard with unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. But that doesn’t necessarily make him “Dirty Dre.”“Just because you tackle a little physical doesn’t make you a dirty player,” Greenlaw said Wednesday, speaking for the first time since a sideline scuffle with the Eagles security chief saw them ejected from the 49ers’ 42-19 win in Philadelphia.Greenlaw, through third-party intermediaries, said he’s exchanged apologies with Eagles security czar Dom DiSandro, adding: “He seemed like a genuine guy, a guy everybody loved in the building. Honestly, I really hate it even escalated and went to that. It’s something I’ve ...

Wisc. fake Trump electors settle suit, admit that Biden won

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:49:17 GMT

By Scott Bauer | Associated PressMADISON, Wis. — Ten Republicans who posed as fake electors for former President Donald Trump in Wisconsin and filed paperwork falsely saying he had won the battleground state have settled a civil lawsuit and admitted their actions were part of an effort to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory, attorneys who filed the case announced Wednesday.Under the agreement, the fake electors acknowledged that Biden won the state, withdrew their filings and agreed not to serve as presidential electors in 2024 or any other election where Trump is on the ballot.The 10 fake electors agreed to send a statement to the government offices that received the Electoral College votes saying that their actions were “part of an attempt to improperly overturn the 2020 presidential election results.”The settlement marks the first time that any Trump electors have revoked their filings sent to Congress purporting that Trump had won in seven battleground state...

Man who stabbed, cut Redwood City girl 100 times denied parole

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:49:17 GMT

(KRON) -- A Bay Area child sex offender who served nearly three decades behind bars refused to attend his own parole hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors said. Eric Umali is serving a 16 years-to-life sentence for attempting to murder a young girl in a Redwood City apartment complex on July 19, 1996. Umali and the 9-year-old girl were neighbors, and prosecutors described the vicious stabbing as "inexplicable."Umali, 54, was denied parole Tuesday morning for at least five more years by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's Board of Parole Hearings. The board made its decision while Umali remained in his prison cell."The Board found the prisoner remains an unreasonable risk of danger to the community if released and denied him a parole date," the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office wrote. At the time of the Redwood City knife attack, Umali was a 26-year-old convicted child sex offender. He cut and stabbed the 9-year-old girl 100 times, according to reports. ...

Centrist Ohio Democrat Quietly Removes Name From Letter Calling for Gaza Ceasefire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:49:17 GMT

The day before a temporary truce in Gaza expired, 12 House Democrats called for a ceasefire in a letter to President Joe Biden. Within a few days, as Israel intensified its assault on Gaza, killing hundreds more Palestinians, the number of signatories dropped to 11. Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, quietly removed her name from the December 1 letter. Her office did not respond to an inquiry about the stealth edit.The letter, led by Rep. Troy Carter, D-La., thanks Biden for efforts to bring about the humanitarian pause and return of hostages, celebrating his administration for “the highest level of diplomacy and leadership in the pursuit of peace.”The Democrats went on to ask the president to push for a lasting ceasefire. “We urge you to use your immense influence and the full power of your office to continue negotiations and extend the bilateral pause beyond tomorrow so that both sides can build towards a bilateral ceasefire and, ultimately, a two-state solution,” they wrote. Am...