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Double-digit seed Texas A&M beats LSU, reaches SEC semifinals

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:49:02 GMT

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Hunter Haas hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh inning after striking out in each of his first three at-bats and No. 10 seed Texas A&M beat LSU 5-4 on Friday night to advance to the semifinals of the SEC Tournament.Texas A&M (35-24) became just the fourth double-digit seed to advance to the SEC semifinals — with all three previous teams losing the next game. The Aggies, who reached the semifinals for the second straight season, play No. 4 and second-seeded Arkansas on Saturday. The Aggies received their third quality start of the tournament, with Will Johnston going six innings while surrendering just three runs. Evan Aschenbeck (8-1) got the win after striking out four and allowing only one earned run in three innings.LSU trailed by two entering the ninth inning before back-to-back hits brought the potential tying run to the plate. A wild pitch led to Hayden Travinski scoring. Texas A&M walked Jared Jones to put runners on the corners and A...

Charles Schwab Challenge Scores

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:49:02 GMT

FridayAt Colonial Country ClubFort Worth, TexasPurse: $8.7 millionYardage: 7,209; Par: 70Second RoundHarry Hall62-66—128Harris English65-66—131Emiliano Grillo67-65—132Byeong Hun An67-66—133Adam Schenk66-67—133Robby Shelton66-67—133Andrew Novak68-66—134Scottie Scheffler67-67—134Austin Eckroat69-66—135Justin Rose69-66—135Carson Young69-66—135Ben Griffin67-69—136Lee Hodges69-67—136Max Homa67-69—136David Lipsky67-69—136Peter Malnati69-67—136Andrew Putnam66-70—136Chez Reavie67-69—136Akshay Bhatia69-68—137Sam Burns67-70—137Si Woo Kim67-70—137Kyoung-Hoon Lee68-69—137Alex Noren68-69—137Scott Piercy69-68—137Chad Ramey68-69—137Sam Stevens71-66—137Kevin Streelman68-69—137Christiaan Bezuidenhout70-68—138Thomas Detry70-68—138Ryan Fox67-71—138Cody Gribble70-68—138Mark Hubbard69-69—138Michael Kim67-71—138Patton Kizzire69-69—138Min Woo Lee67-71—138Justin Lower70-68—138Ben Martin69-69—138Justin Suh68-70—138Erik Compton69-70—139Zecheng Dou70-69—139Rickie Fowler68-71—139Will Gordon71-68—139Brian Harma...

Denver weather: Severe storms Friday evening, more chances this weekend

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:49:02 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay stormy through Friday evening. Then we will enter a pattern of morning sunshine and more afternoon storms through the holiday weekend. Eastern Colorado, including the Denver metro, remains under a slight risk for storms staying strong to severe through Friday evening. The main risk with these storms will be damaging wind gusts, large hail and abundant lightning strikes. Weather tonight: Strong storms clearingRain and storms will push east through the evening. This will be followed by clearing clouds and a low temperature of around 50 degrees. Weather tomorrow: Chance for afternoon storms Saturday will start with a mostly sunny sky. As temperatures climb up to 80 degrees, a chance for showers and thunderstorms will increase through the afternoon and evening. There is a marginal to slight risk of storms becoming strong to severe. The biggest risk with these storms will be strong wind gusts and hail. Looking ahead: More of the sameThe...

Fire retardant drops are polluting streams, judge rules

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:49:02 GMT

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant dropped from aircraft to fight wildfires, despite finding that the practice pollutes streams in western states in violation of federal law, a judge ruled Friday.Halting the use of the red slurry material could have resulted in greater environmental damage from wildfires, said U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen in Missoula, Montana. How much cheaper are suburbs than Denver itself? The judge agreed with U.S. Forest Service officials who said dropping retardant into areas with waterways was sometimes necessary to protect lives and property. The ruling came after came after environmentalists sued following revelations that the Forest Service dropped retardant into waterways hundreds of times over the past decade.Coalition rallies to keep fire retardant use in playGovernment officials say chemical fire retardant can be crucial to slowing the advance of dangerous blazes. Wildfires across North America have gr...

DA refers deadly LaSalle police shooting to grand jury

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:49:02 GMT

GREELEY, Colo. (KDVR) — When officers shot and killed a man near a store in LaSalle, investigators released little information about what happened. Now, the case will go before a grand jury.Justin Michael Reffel, 38, was inside a vehicle near a Family Dollar store when someone reported him to police as suspicious, according to an initial police narrative. Whatever happened next is unclear, but responding officers eventually shot and killed the Gilcrest man.On Friday, Weld County District Attorney Michael Rourke announced the case will go before a grand jury. Citizens serve on grand juries and decide legal matters, like whether someone should face criminal charges. The proceedings are secret and closed to the public.No further details were offered, like what led prosecutors to this decision. Details on the case were already scant. Man killed in Boulder Police shooting The shooting happened just after 5 p.m. that Wednesday, near the store on Second Street. Here's the initial narrati...

Bodycam video shows tense search for suspected armed robber across Miami Shores

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:49:02 GMT

Police officers were involved in a dangerous search for an armed robber across Miami Shores that led to the man’s arrest.Officer-worn body camera video captured City of Miami Police officers with their guns drawn as they followed the suspect wanted in connection to an armed robbery in Miami.A heavy police presence, including a helicopter, was seen throughout a neighborhood considered by residents to be a quiet community, May 15, as the search was on for 29-year-old John Alexander Gomez-Cardona.The accused crook bolted north into Miami Shores and surrounding areas, crashing and ditching a Mercedes-Benz, seen with doors open and air bags deployed, in the area of 96th Street, near Biscayne Boulevard.“Where is he? Where’s he at? Where’s he at, though?” an officer is heard saying in the bodycam video.With adrenaline and tension sky-high, officers continued their search for Gomez-Cardona after he allegedly ran from the wrecked Mercedes.“He took off. Whe...

Stranger than fiction: Comedian Bert Kreischer, on-screen dad Mark Hamill spill the beans about ‘The Machine’

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:49:02 GMT

We’ve all had crazy travel stor\ies, but partying with the Russian Mafia is probably not one of them — unless your you’re comedian Bert Kreischer. He’s turned his viral standup — a real one– about the incident into a whole movie. Hold on to your vodka, because this is a wild ride.Standup comedian Bert Kreischer…Bert Kreischer (as himself): “When I was 22, I got involved with the Russian Mafia.”…must have nine lives.Character in “The Machine”: “You stole the only thing my father ever cared about.”Jimmy Tatro (as Young Bert): “Sorry.”Because even if just a fraction of what happens in “The Machine” were true, and a chunk of it actually is…Bert Kreischer: “It mirrored a lot of the stuff I was going through in my life, too: the issues with my daughter, how I deal with my dad, my dad’s acceptance of me. I mean, it was really close.”Then he’s one lucky, or unlucky, cat.Ma...

Terrifying moments as plane door opens midair on Asiana Airlines flight

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:49:02 GMT

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The door of an Asiana Airlines jet opened as it was coming in to land in Daegu, South Korea, on Friday afternoon, leaving wind whipping through the plane’s cabin as terrified passengers gripped their armrests, video of the incident shows.An airline official said a man in his 30s who was sitting at the emergency seat seemed to have opened the door when the aircraft was about 700 feet (213 meters) above the ground and about two to three minutes from landing in the city 150 miles (240 kilometers) south of Seoul.However, company officials told CNN the plane had landed safely.Local police said a man had been arrested. They said he confessed to opening the door, but would not say why he did it.South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a statement Friday that police and the ministry were investigating an individual over violation of aviation law.Any person who contravenes the Aviation Security Act, which includes passengers operati...

Warm and dry Memorial Day Weekend, cooler coast

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:49:02 GMT

7Weather- How does sunshine, dry conditions and warm temperatures sound for the holiday weekend? Sounds perfect! 70s and 80s – with Sunday being the warmest of the three-day weekend. Temperatures at the coast and Cape stay cooler. High pressure will be around this weekend. It’ll keep an area of low pressure and any rain to our south. High pressure brings us a northwest wind tomorrow with sea breezes developing for the afternoon. The high pressure will shift and usher in a southwest wind on Sunday. That’ll boost temperatures into 80s inland, but keep the Cape much cooler with the wind coming off the cool South Coast waters. Monday the wind shifts again. This time out of the northeast and that’ll drop temperatures and keep it cooler on the coast.Tomorrow, it will start off cool in the 40s. Temperatures rebound quickly through the 50s with a lot of sunshine.Here’s the temperature in your town on Saturday…You can see how high temperatures soar with a ...

Orioles unravel in new threads as Grayson Rodriguez allows 3 home runs in 12-2 loss to Rangers

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:49:02 GMT

Entering Friday, 92% of the Orioles’ games this year had been decided by four runs or fewer. Night in and night out, they have played close games, and night in and night out, they have often won.In their series opener at Camden Yards against the Texas Rangers on Friday night, though, the Orioles played by far their most lopsided game of the year. Grayson Rodriguez allowed three home runs — including a fourth-inning grand slam to Rangers star shortstop Corey Seager — and eight earned runs as Baltimore fell, 12-2.Before Friday, the largest margin in an Orioles game this season was a 6-0 loss to the Kansas City Royals earlier this month.With an announced crowd of 20,293 witnessing the Orioles debut their all-black — albeit with a colorful interior — City Connect uniforms, Adley Rutschman gave the Orioles a 1-0 lead with a first-inning home run.But in the next frame, Rodriguez allowed a two-run homer to Leody Taveras, and in a nightmarish fourth inning, the...