By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Braves reliever Tyler Matzek had Tommy John surgery on Wednesday and will be sidelined for 12 to 18 months. Manager Brian Snitker says the 31-year-old left-hander went to Texas to be evaluated and learned that he had a torn elbow ligament. Atlanta left Matzek off the
Continue ReadingBy LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pickleball craze is getting the Stephen Colbert treatment for charity. Colbert will host CBS’ “Pickled,” described as a sports-comedy special featuring a celebrity pickleball tournament. Among the players: Dierks Bentley, Will Ferrell, Emma Watson, Daniel Dae Kim and Sugar Ray Leonard. Colbert will join
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — The start of Wednesday’s Game 2 of the NL Division Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves has been delayed by rain. Major League Baseball will determine whether the game can be played. Philadelphia won Game 1 7-6 on Tuesday. The best-of-five series is set to resume with Game 3 in
Continue ReadingNAPLES, Italy (AP) — Khvicha Kvaratskhelia had another starring performance with a goal and an assist to help Napoli beat Ajax 4-2 and reach the last 16 of the Champions League with two matches to spare. Napoli was in firm control and 2-0 up within 16 minutes thanks to goals from Hirving Lozano and Giacomo
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN Two years after they married on 10-10-20, CHill is no more. Cynthia Bailey, a former cast member of the “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” and her husband, sports journalist Mike Hill, announced Wednesday that they have split. The pair shared the news with a photo of themselves together, smiling, on their
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler and Kylie Atwood, CNN The Biden administration dispatched a high-level delegation to Port-au-Prince Wednesday following the Haitian prime minister’s and UN secretary-general’s requests for assistance to address the nation’s humanitarian and security crises. A US senior administration official said that the US officials, led by Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Club Brugge has held Atlético Madrid to a 0-0 draw on the road to become only the second Belgian club to reach the round of 16 of the Champions League. The setback leaves Atlético in a difficult position to advance from Group B. Club Brugge moved
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Thursday night and Saturday matinée games for high school football are now common on the High Desert.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Former NBA player Ben Gordon is facing assault charges for allegedly punching his son at a New York airport. The alleged assault occurred Monday evening at LaGuardia Airport. The Queens district attorney’s office says witnesses saw Gordon yell at his son and punch him several times in the face after the
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — A day after a cameraman filed a police report, Las Vegas Raiders star Davante Adams has been issued a citation. Adams was seen on the Monday Night Football broadcast pushing down a photographer as he was walking to an Arrowhead
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago quarterback Justin Fields finally showed signs of progress by delivering his best performance this season, and the Bears staged a big comeback, only to come up short in the closing minutes. They hope those promising steps continue when they host the struggling Washington
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business No matter how you heat your home, the cost of that heat is likely to soar, according to a forecast Wednesday from the Energy Information Administration. Based on current estimates for fuel prices if, as forecast, there’s a slightly colder winter ahead, the EIA estimates that heating a home with
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — Four people were taken into custody Wednesday morning after they were involved in a police chase. The Independence Police Department stated police had tried to pull over a vehicle near Truman Road and Menown Avenue about 10:30 a.m. Officers stated
Continue ReadingLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Figure skating’s world championships are set to return to Boston for the last edition before the 2026 Winter Olympics. The International Skating Union says its ruling council provisionally allocated the 2025 worlds to Boston from March 24-30. The venue was not confirmed for the event that is scheduled nine years after
Continue ReadingBy WRAL Staff Click here for updates on this story KENLY, North Carolina (WRAL) — A driver was badly injured Tuesday night in a hit-and-run right after crashing his own car. Around 8 p.m., the driver swerved to miss tire debris in the road on Interstate 95 southbound near Kenly. Troopers with the State Highway
Continue ReadingBy WRAL Staff Click here for updates on this story CARY, North Carolina (WRAL) — No one was injured Wednesday morning after Cary police responded to a shot fired inside a bathroom at Cary High School. Cary police responded to the call at 11:38 a.m. at 638 Walnut St. where they discovered damage to the
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director Sen. Raphael Warnock continues to hold an advantage over Herschel Walker in Georgia’s US Senate race, according to a new poll from Quinnipiac University, with the margin between the two candidates little changed compared with polling conducted before allegations emerged that Walker paid for a woman’s abortion and encouraged
Continue ReadingBy Karli Barnett and Trish Christakis Click here for updates on this story MIAMI (WFOR) — Twenty-five members of the Miami-Dade police department’s Rapid Deployment Force, who have been assisting first responders on the west coast, returned home on Wednesday as a new group headed out. “I am honored to be around such brave men
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors unveiled a new, slightly bigger redesigned version of its cheapest entry-level SUV, the Trax. The new version looks much, much sleeker than the chunky little SUV it replaces and adds new features. But it also drops one major option while retaining what may be the SUV’s most important
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefit recipients will receive a permanent cost of living increase of about 12% starting this month, the Oregon Department of Human Services said Wednesday.
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