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Orioles ALDS roster: John Means (elbow soreness), Shintaro Fujinami among players left off vs. Rangers

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:30 GMT

Orioles left-hander John Means is not on the club’s American League Division Series roster because he came out of his two-inning simulated game during Thursday’s workout with elbow soreness, manager Brandon Hyde said Saturday morning.Means excelled in four starts after returning from Tommy John elbow reconstruction, posting a 2.66 ERA with his signature fastball-changeup combination, but won’t be able to contribute in Baltimore’s best-of-five series with the Texas Rangers. Hyde said Means would be available for the AL Championship Series should the Orioles advance, saying the injury is “not concerning” despite Means’ elbow procedure.“I know he’s disappointed,” Hyde said. “He threw a two-inning sim game a couple of days ago and didn’t feel right. Pretty normal after a Tommy John process, and he’s thrown the ball extremely well. And we don’t want to take any chances, honestly, with it.&#x...

Orioles on deck: Pitching matchup, lineups and how to watch ALDS Game 1 vs. Rangers

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:30 GMT

ORIOLES VS. RANGERSGame 1, American League Division SeriesWhere: Oriole Park at Camden YardsFirst pitch: 1:03 p.m.TV/Radio: FS1/97.9 FM, 101.5 FM, 1090 AMStarting pitchers: Rangers LHP Andrew Heaney (10-6, 4.15 ERA) vs. Orioles RHP Kyle Bradish (12-7, 2.83 ERA)ORIOLES LINEUPAustin Hays (LF)Adley Rutschman (C)Anthony Santander (DH)Ryan Mountcastle (1B)Gunnar Henderson (SS)Aaron Hicks (RF)Jordan Westburg (2B)Cedric Mullins (CF)Ramón Urías (3B)RANGERS LINEUPMarcus Semien (2B0Corey Seager (SS)Robbie Grossman (DH)Adolis García (RF)Evan Carter (LF)Jonah Heim (C)Nathaniel Lowe (1B)Josh Jung (3B)Leody Taveras (CF)PREGAME READINGOrioles ALDS roster: John Means (elbow soreness), Shintaro Fujinami among players left off vs. RangersBaltimore baseball fans rise with their playoff-bound Orioles: ‘This is so exciting, it’s like Christmas’Building vs. buying: Orioles’ ALDS matchup with Rangers shows there are two ways to a turnaroundHere...

Israeli airstrike flattens a high-rise building in central Gaza City after Hamas’ surprise attack

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:30 GMT

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ISSAM ADWAN (Associated Press)JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has flattened a high-rise building in central Gaza City.The 14-story Palestine Tower is home to dozens of families. But it also held offices connected to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad militant groups.Israel gave inhabitants a 10-minute warning before it destroyed the building, which was evacuated. There were no injuries.Abu Obeida, the spokesman for Hamas’ military wing, promised a harsh response. “Tel Aviv must stand on one foot and wait for our earth-shattering response,” he said.In past rounds of fighting, Israel has destroyed Gaza high-rises, claiming they were used by militants, but destroying offices and leaving scores of people homeless. That included the building that housed The Associated Press bureau in a 2021 war.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas militants fired thousands of rockets and sent ...

Israeli airstrike flattens a high-rise building in central Gaza City after Hamas' surprise attack

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:30 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli airstrike has flattened a high-rise building in central Gaza City.The 14-story Palestine Tower is home to dozens of families. But it also held offices connected to the Hamas and Islamic Jihad militant groups.Israel gave inhabitants a 10-minute warning before it destroyed the building, which was evacuated. There were no injuries.Abu Obeida, the spokesman for Hamas' military wing, promised a harsh response. “Tel Aviv must stand on one foot and wait for our earth-shattering response,” he said.In past rounds of fighting, Israel has destroyed Gaza high-rises, claiming they were used by militants, but destroying offices and leaving scores of people homeless. That included the building that housed The Associated Press bureau in a 2021 war.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas militants fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of fighters into Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip in an unprecedented surprise early ...

‘We are at war’: 5 things to know about the Hamas militant group’s unprecedented attack on Israel

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:30 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Without warning on Saturday, Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers attacked Israel by air, land and sea. Millions of Israelis in the country’s south awoke to the searing sound of incoming rockets and the inevitable thud of impact. Air raid sirens wailed as far north as Tel Aviv. Israel’s anti-rocket interceptors thundered in Jerusalem. And in an unprecedented escalation, armed Hamas fighters blew up parts of Israel’s highly fortified separation fence and strode into Israeli communities along the Gaza frontier, terrorizing residents and trading fire with Israeli soldiers. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right allies were scrambling to respond to the rapidly changing events. Within just nine hours, some 40 Israelis and nearly 200 Palestinians were confirmed dead, with the numbers expected to rise.Here are some key takeaways from the multi-pronged attack that has suddenly plunged Israel into war.ISRAEL CAUGHT UNAWARE The shock that ...

Washington finalizing the hire of Tulane athletic director Troy Dannen, AP source says

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:30 GMT

Washington is working to finalize the hire of Tulane athletic director Troy Dannen to fill its vacant AD position, a person with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Saturday.The person spoke on condition of anonymity because details of a deal were still being worked out. An official announcement was planned for Monday.Yahoo Sports was first to report Washington was targeting Dannen.He will replace Jen Cohen, who left Washington for Southern California in August, not long after the Huskies announced they would be following USC and leaving the Pac-12 for the Big Ten next year.Now Dannen will oversee that transition at Washington.The Iowa native has been with Tulane since 2015. He has served on various NCAA committees in recent years, including the Division I Transformation Committee and the Football Oversight Committee.During his time at Tulane, Dannen hired football coach Willie Fritz and helped turn the Green Wave into one of the strongest Group of Five pr...

Syria shells northern rebel-held region of Idlib, killing 7 people

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:30 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian and Russian bombardment of rebel-held parts of northwest Syria claimed seven more lives and wounded others Saturday, two days after one of the country’s deadliest attacks on a government target in years, a war monitor and a paramedic group said.Thursday’s drone strike on the Homs Military Academy killed 89 people, including 31 women and five children, and wounded as many as 277, according to the health ministry.The Syrian military accused insurgents “backed by known international forces” of carrying out the attack and said “it will respond with full force and decisiveness to these terrorist organizations, wherever they exist.” No one claimed responsibility for the attack that happened during a graduation ceremony at the academy.On Saturday, Syrian artillery pounded towns and villages held by rebels in Idlib province, killing seven and wounding 10, according to the opposition’s Syrian Civil Defense, also known as White Helmets.After more than 12 years of ci...

EU Mediterranean ministers call for more migrant repatriations and increased resources

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:30 GMT

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Migration and interior ministers from five European Union countries most affected by migration across the Mediterranean — Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain — hailed a new EU pact on migration but said more resources were needed. The ministers from the Med 5 group, who met in Thessaloniki, Greece on Friday and Saturday, took a hard line on returning migrants who have crossed into the bloc illegally to their countries of origin, arguing that if Europe does not tackle the problem decisively, more extreme voices will take over.Greek Migration and Asylum minister Dimitris Kairidis, who hosted the sixth meeting of the Med 5, and European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas congratulated the Spanish presidency of the EU for “doing what is humanly possible” to arrive at a compromise agreement.In a press conference Saturday, Schinas took issue with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who said Friday Hungary was “legally raped” by its fellow EU mem...

Lucinda Williams talks about writing and performing rock ‘n’ roll after her stroke

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:30 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A little too country for rock ‘n’ roll, and a little too rock ‘n’ roll for country, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams has always played by her own rules. That’s never changed — even after November 2020, when she suffered a stroke. Williams underwent grueling rehabilitation, eventually leading to her memoir, “Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You,” and her album, “Stories from a Rock N Roll Heart.” The latter, released earlier this summer, features contributions from Bruce Springsteen, his wife Patti Scialfa, Jesse Malin, Angel Olsen, Margo Price, Jeremy Ivey, Buddy Miller, and more.“The recovery part is really hard because you get impatient,” Williams told the Associated Press. “You want it to happen all at once.”On Saturday, Williams reaches another recovery milestone: her 2023 tour will kick off at the famed Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.In a phone interview earlier this year, Williams spoke to the AP about her recovery...

Canada’s dramatic summer weather has altered the fall colours this year: researchers

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:30 GMT

HALIFAX — The customary reds, oranges and yellows of the trees, marking the arrival of fall, may have appeared early this year, or not at all.The dramatic summer weather that brought wildfires in some parts of the country and heavy rain in others is being reflected in fall colours across Canada, researchers say.In Nova Scotia, where summer started with forest fires and ended with stretches of overcast and stormy days, dull brown has replaced the vibrant hues usually seen this time of year in much of the province.Mason MacDonald, an assistant professor of environmental sciences and agriculture at Dalhousie University, said the colours he’s seen so far this autumn don’t compare to the brilliant reds and oranges Nova Scotians are used to.“What you’re probably seeing is a lot of really dull-looking colours this year. Even the reds are probably more of a dull, darker red, or rust colour,” MacDonald said in a recent interview. “I’ve heard it from a lot of people this year, esp...