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Blue Jays’ Guerrero announces Home Run Derby plans, homers in 2-1 win over Giants

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:57 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run home run, Chris Bassitt struck out a career-high 12 over six shutout innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the San Francisco Giants 2-1 Thursday night.Guerrero hit a go-ahead 413-foot drive to left off Keaton Winn (0-1) in the sixth, Guerrero’s 12th home run this season.Before the game, Guerrero said he will participate in the July 10 Home Run Derby at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park. It will be his first appearance since hitting a derby-record 91 home runs as a rookie in 2019 at Cleveland. Guerrero had 40 against Joc Pederson in the semifinals, then lost to the New York Mets’ Pete Alonso in the final round.Bassitt (8-5) allowed three hits and walked three to win for the first time in four starts. He struck out his final three batters.Erik Swanson pitched the seventh and Tim Mayza worked the eighth.Jordan Romano gave up Patrick Bailey’s leadoff double and Blake Sabol’s RBI single in the ninth. Sabol was caught stealing second b...

Los datos de al menos 100.000 personas pudieron quedar expuestos tras el ciberataque del Departamento de Salud de EE.UU.

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:57 GMT

(CNN) — Los datos de al menos 100.000 personas pudieron quedar expuestos por un ataque cibernético a contratistas del Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de EE.UU., informó este jueves un funcionario de la agencia. Esto convierte al Departamento de Salud (HHS, por sus siglas en inglés) en la más reciente dependencia del gobierno de EE.UU. que resulta afectada por el ciberataque de gran alcance relacionado con hackers rusos.El HHS notificó la filtración de datos al Congreso este martes y mantendrá informados a los legisladores a medida que avanza la investigación, según el funcionario. Las agencias están obligadas a reportar al Congreso este tipo de incidentes cuando comprometen la información personal de 100.000 o más personas.“Aunque ningún sistema o red del HHS resultó afectado, los atacantes accedieron a los datos aprovechando la vulnerabilidad del software MOVEit Transfer que pertenece a terceros”, declaró el funcionario a CNN.MOVEit es el popular software de t...

Severe weather hits Denver area Thursday

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Severe weather moved through the Denver metro area on Thursday, unleashing hail and causing flash flooding.Interstate 25 and other roadways in the Denver were flooded and hail blanketed parts of the city.To the east, Watkins and Bennett were hit with strong storms that caused flooding and closed roads.FOX31 Pinpoint Weather covered the storms throughout the afternoon and evening on-air and in a live blog. Archives of portions of the live coverage can be seen below. Coors Field covered in hail after storm in Denver Car submerged in Denver flooding, search finds no one trapped Rain washes mud and debris onto southbound I-25, closing lanes Weather Quick LinksRadar: Interactive mapPinpoint Weather AppWatches & WarningsArchived Live Updates

Denver weather: Flash floods, tornado watch as severe storm risk continues

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Thursday is a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day for severe storms that will be capable of producing large hail, damaging wind gusts, an isolated chance for tornadoes and heavy rain that could lead to flooding. A tornado watch was issued for Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Jefferson, Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Washington and Weld counties until 9 p.m. Weather tonight: Storms exit Thunderstorms will continue through the evening and will start to clear out overnight as temperatures fall to the mid-50s. As rain continues to fall on very saturated ground, there will be an isolated risk of flooding. Weather tomorrow: More showers and thunderstormsWet and cooler weather is in the forecast for Friday. Highs will reach the lower 70s, which will limit the severe risk. Looking ahead: Storm chances for weekendWarming temperatures, morning sunshine and a chance for a few afternoon thunderstorms will move in over the weekend. Temperatures on Saturday will...

Will tornado-hit areas qualify for a disaster declaration?

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:57 GMT

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (KDVR) — Teams of are going door to door to assess damage from last week’s tornado.They are trying to put a dollar value on how much damage was caused by storms last week. The effort includes Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies and workers with the Office of Emergency Management.“We roll up all the data and give it to the state. The state then gives it to FEMA, which then uses it to determine our eligibility for a presidential declaration of disaster," said Debrah Schnackenberg, director of the Douglas County OEM.Crews were going through the hardest-hit areas and looking for homes with signs of damage. They are specifically looking for structures with things like damaged roofs and broken windows. Tornado caught on home camera video in Highlands Ranch (Credit: Karl Flick)Homes damaged, 16,000 trees lost from tornadoThe goal is to see if there is enough damage in the Highlands Ranch area to qualify for a National Disaster Declaration by the Federal Emergency Manag...

District attorney requests investigation into Edgewater Police

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King has called on Attorney General Phil Weiser to conduct a review of the Edgewater Police Department.King submitted a formal request to open a pattern and practice investigation into Edgewater PD earlier this week, following new charges filed against a former officer, according to a release her office sent Thursday.The DA's office led the initial investigation in September of 2021 into Nathan Geerdes, who was later indicted on charges related to sexual contact without consent and retaliation against a victim or witness in December of 2022. Former Edgewater cop accused of lying to other departments during job search Geerdes is now accused of lying to five different police departments on his job applications to get rehired in law enforcement after he resigned in lieu of termination from Edgewater PD in March 2021. He was indicted last week on five counts of forgery and five counts of attempt to influence a public servant re...

Navy vet, 70, beaten and robbed at Lincoln Road bus stop; man arrested and charged

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:57 GMT

A war veteran became the victim of an alarming attack at a bus stop in Miami Beach while on his way to volunteer at a hospital. Now his wife is praying he recovers and calling for change.The victim’s wife, who asked not to be identified for safety reasons, spoke with 7News on Thursday, while her 70-year-old husband remains in the hospital.“It is very difficult. Yes, indeed,” she said. “He’s in very bad shape.”The attack, which took place along the 300 block of Lincoln Road on, has left the veteran’s wife shaken up.“I don’t feel safe,” she said.According to a police report, the victim, a U.S. Navy veteran husband, was waiting for the bus when he was “punched in the face unprovoked.”Investigators said the assailant also went through the victim’s pockets.The police report further states the crook then “returned to continue to batter and kick the victim, who was still on the ground. The defendant intenti...

FDOT: ‘Isolated’ construction issue caused nearly 791,000 toll transaction mistakes. $433K refunded to customers billed for driving in I-95 express lanes when they weren’t 

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:57 GMT

South Floridians pay extra for the convenience of driving along the Interstate 95 express lanes, but 7Investigates has found some drivers were paying for something they didn’t get. 7’s Karen Hensel has the story.Thousands of people use I-95, including Greg Vella, who makes the drive to work every day from Broward County to Miami Beach.Greg Vella: “I’d rather live closer to family and take a longer commute than live closer to work and have to commute to see family.”But when Greg started to notice new charges on his SunPass account, he started asking questions.Turns out, he was being billed for driving in the express lane when he was actually driving in the lane next to it.He alerted SunPass.Greg Vella: “‘You have a transponder somewhere that’s activating and billing me, even though I’m not in the lane, just letting you know.'”The toll cameras also took pictures of his car, and those clearly show he was driving to the right o...

Groundbreaking ceremony held for new Fort Lauderdale Police headquarters

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:57 GMT

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department broke ground on their future home.Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis joined city officials and other dignitaries on Thursday for the ceremonial start of construction of the headquarters.The building will go up next to the existing police department at Southwest First Street and Broward Boulevard.The state-of-the-art three-story facility will feature a community center, an expanded training area and space for art.Officers said it will not only be beneficial for them but also for the community they serve.“With the expansion itself, that gives us an opportunity as a city to expand our recruiting efforts to get more qualified candidates in here so we can ultimately provide a better service to the city,” said Fort Lauderdale Police Capt. Adam Solomon, “because it will help us with calls for service and just doing the things we need to do to perform better as an agency.”Fort Lauderdale residents voted to approve a $100 millio...

Why Ukraine should get an invitation to NATO

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:21:57 GMT

Alyona Getmanchuk is the founder and director of the New Europe Center. Olena Halushka is the co-founder of the International Center for Ukrainian Victory and a board member at the Anti-corruption Action Center.For decades, NATO’s policy toward Ukraine was driven by the desire to avoid “provoking” Russian President Vladimir Putin at any cost. And, unfortunately, it appears the invasion of Georgia in 2008 and of Ukraine in 2014 didn’t teach NATO member countries the lesson that it is concessions — and not strength — that provoke Russia.The upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius has a historic mission to fix the strategic mistakes of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum and NATO’s 2008 Bucharest Summit. It is a chance to introduce effective security guarantees for Ukraine — which voluntarily gave up the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal — and effectively end the era of so-called strategic ambiguity that has allowed Russia de facto veto power over the accession of various countries to NATO,...