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Corey Seager earns second World Series MVP, joining Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:17 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Corey Seager etched his name alongside three Hall of Famers, hitting 1,270 feet of home runs and getting a breakthrough single that lifted the Texas Rangers to their first World Series title.Seager joined Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson as the only two-time World Series Most Valuable Players with his trio of two-run homers against the Arizona Diamondbacks.His flair to punctuate the postseason with big hits has become as much a constant as his restrained on-field demeanor — one that broke briefly after his tying homer late in Game 1.Exactly what Texas hoped for when it offered him $325 million to sign ahead of the 2022 season.Seager ended Zac Gallen’s no-hit bid with a single through a hole in a shifted infield leading off the seventh inning and scored his team’s first run on Mitch Garver’s single as the Rangers won 5-0 to take the World Series in five games.He has so tormented the Diamondbacks that manager Torey Lovullo wanted to drive th...

Milder Air On The Way, but a chill is to settle back over the Chicago area next week. 

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:17 GMT

Despite the warming, which will see temps returning to the 50s Thursday through Sunday—and within striking distance of 60 degrees over the coming weekend, this week will finish nearly 15-degrees cooler than last week.South to southwest winds will blow through the coming weekend and become fairly gusty Thursday through Sunday. This is to aid in the warming headed this way.While temps move to levels modestly ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, a chill is to settle back over the Chicago area Tuesday and forward next week. Temps this week are projected to come in 6 degrees below normal this week with daytime highs falling from the 50s to near 60s this weekend into Monday next week back into the 40s Tuesday into the following weekend next week.Precipitation is OUT OF THE PICTURE the remainder of the work week, except for a few possible showers Friday night—and a few more toward or during Saturday night. Of far greater significance is the threat of rain with two s...

Man reportedly armed with machete shot outside popular Calabasas bar

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:17 GMT

A man who was reportedly armed with a machete was shot outside Sagebrush Cantina in Calabasas on Wednesday night.The shooting happened shortly before 8 p.m. at the popular restaurant and bar located at 23527 Calabasas Rd. in the historic Old Town area.Officers first responded to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon when the suspect was allegedly seen wielding a machete that was dropped outside a McDonald's on Mulholland Drive and Avenue San Luis.Witnesses said police were chasing the suspect on foot when he ran inside the cantina as diners were still inside. Officers swarmed the restaurant while telling patrons to shelter in place. That’s when the officer-involved shooting reportedly occurred on the outdoor dining patio.“I was in my truck and all of a sudden I see LAPD police cars come in and they said through their loudspeaker, ‘Everybody get inside, lock your doors!’,” said Larry Rifkin, an eyewitness. “They were chasing somebody and I believe somebody ran across the parking...

Concord man charged with tossing bombs at officers during pursuit

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:17 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO – A 42-year-old Concord man was charged Wednesday with tossing bombs at police officers earlier this week as they pursued him from San Francisco to Martinez, prosecutors said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Search for vehicle burglary suspects spurs Peninsula hospital lockdown Crime and Public Safety | Gypsy Hill killings: Conviction in 1976 murder of Peninsula teen at Serramonte mall Crime and Public Safety | Bay Area Hells Angels members arrested on suspicion of attempted murder Crime and Public Safety | Motorhome recovered, suspect arrested in Palo Alto carjacking Crime and Public Safety | East Bay woman arrested in connection to Capitola bank holdup Daniel Richard Garcia is facing six counts of detonating an explosive device with intent to commit murder, as well as three counts of possession of an explosive device in public and one count each of possession of an incendiary dev...

Stars score 3 in 2nd period and hold on to beat Flames 4-3

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:17 GMT

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Jason Robertson, Evgenii Dadonov, and Mason Marchment scored in Dallas’ three-goal second period and the Stars held on to beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 on Wednesday night.Jamie Benn had a goal and an assist, and Roope Hintz had two assists as Dallas won its second straight and improved to 6-1-1 this season. Jake Oettinger had a season-high 43 saves — including 21 in the third period — to improve to 5-0-1.MacKenzie Weegar had a goal and an assist, and Connor Zary — making his NHL debut — and Andrew Mangiapane also scored for the Flames, who have lost six straight — all in regulation. Calgary’s streak without a point is its longest since a seven-game stretch March 16-29, 2018.Jacob Markstrom finished with 26 saves to fall to 0-6-1 in his last seven starts.DUCKS 4, COYOTES 3, OTANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Troy Terry scored with 1:33 left on the clock in overtime to complete the second hat trick of his career and Anaheim rallied for its fifth straight win.Terry assisted...

Troy Terry completes 2nd hat trick with OT goal and give Ducks 4-3 victory over Coyotes

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:17 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Troy Terry scored with 1:33 remaining on the clock in overtime to complete the second hat trick of his career and the Anaheim Ducks rallied to beat the Arizona Coyotes 4-3 Wednesday night for their fifth straight win.Terry had a career-high four points on the night. The forward had a pair of power-play goals in the first period and assisted on Leo Carlsson’s third-period tally, which sent the game into overtime.Terry got the feed from Mason McTavish and put it past Karel Vejmelka to give the Ducks their third win in overtime this season. It also gave Anaheim its longest winning streak in two years.Lawson Crouse scored twice and Logan Cooley got his first NHL goal for Arizona, which has dropped two of its last three. Lukas Dostal stopped 32 shotsfor Anaheim.Carlsson evened it at 3 at 4:01 of the third when redirected Terry’s shot past Vejmelka.J.J. Moser had two assists and Vejmelka made 25 saves for the Coyotes.Anaheim had a 2-0 lead 9:35 into the game a...

North Korea has likely sent missiles as well as ammunition and shells to Russia, Seoul says

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:17 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has likely supplied several types of missiles to Russia to support its war in Ukraine, along with its widely reported shipments of ammunition and shells, South Korea’s military said Thursday.The assessment was released a day after South Korea’s spy service told lawmakers that North Korea recently provided more than a million artillery shells to Russia amid deepening military cooperation between the two countries, both key U.S. adversaries.In a background briefing for local journalists, South Korea’s military said that North Korea is suspected of sending an unspecified number of short-range ballistic missiles, anti-tank missiles and portable anti-air missiles to Russia, in addition to rifles, rocket launchers, mortars and shells.The contents of the briefing were shared with The Associated Press.Last week, South Korea, the U.S. and Japan strongly condemned what they call North Korea’s supply of munitions and military equipment to Russia, saying th...

Crowds gather near a state funeral home as China’s former Premier Li Keqiang is put to rest

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:17 GMT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Hundreds, possibly thousands, of people gathered Thursday near a state funeral home in Beijing as former Premier Li Keqiang was put to rest, while a steady stream of mourners showed their respects with scores of bouquets at the ex-leader’s childhood home in central China. Li, an English-speaking economist, died Oct. 27 of a heart attack at age 68. State media had said he would be cremated Thursday but didn’t mention funeral plans. According to precedent, retired high-level officials usually lie in state briefly as top leaders pass the body and offer wreaths of white flowers, the traditional color of mourning. In front of the funeral home, plainclothes and uniformed police lined the roadway in the Chinese capital’s west for hundreds of meters (yards), blocking traffic and telling people to move along and watching for the presence of any unofficial or foreign media. Police also moved people away from a subway station near the Babaoshan cemetery where ...

Robertson, Dadonov and Marchment score in 2nd period and Stars hold on to beat Flames 4-3

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:17 GMT

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Jason Robertson, Evgenii Dadonov, and Mason Marchment scored in Dallas’ three-goal second period and the Stars held on to beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 on Wednesday night.Jamie Benn had a goal and an assist, and Roope Hintz had two assists as Dallas won its second straight and improved to 6-1-1 this season. Jake Oettinger had a season-high 43 saves — including 21 in the third period — to improve to 5-0-1.“I feel pretty good,” Oettinger said. “The team’s played well in front of me. Just have to do my job, make a few big saves every night.”Stars coach Peter DeBoer was all praises for his goalie.“He’s a rock for us,” he said. “You take it for granted. You get used to it when you have a guy like that. He’s elite. He’s been our best player on almost every night he’s played.”MacKenzie Weegar had a goal and an assist, and Connor Zary and Andrew Mangiapane also scored for the Flames, who have lost six straight — all in regulation — and eight of nine. Calgary̵...

Prosvetov makes 28 saves and Rantanen has goal and assist as Avalanche beat Blues 4-1

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:05:17 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Ivan Prosvetov made 28 saves in his first start for Colorado, Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist, and the Avalanche beat the St. Louis Blues 3-1 on Wednesday night.Ross Colton, Artturi Lehkonen and Bowen Byram also had goals, and Cale Makar and Nathan MacKinnon had two assists apiece as Colorado snapped a two-game losing streak.“There’s a lot of pride in that room and you hate to lose, and then you lose a couple the way we did,” coach Jared Bednar said. “A lot of that was on us so we wanted to make corrections in our play and put our best foot forward.”Prosvetov, who got his first win since April 8, was claimed off waivers from Arizona on Oct. 9 after Alexandar Georgiev’s backup Pavel Francouz was placed on injured reserve. He made his Avalanche debut Oct. 26 in Pittsburgh when he spelled Georgiev for the final eight minutes of a 4-0 loss.“I was preparing before the game, I was ready to play,” Prosvetov said. “I was thinking it was going to come earlier than that ...