Home

SF Giants: Brandon Crawford has ‘pretty good’ chance to play Sunday in possible swan song

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:32:37 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford said last week he intended on starting this weekend when he’s eligible to come off the injured list, and manager Gabe Kapler didn’t disabuse anyone of that notion Monday.Before the Giants opened their three-game series with the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park, Kapler said he felt “pretty good” about the possibility of Crawford, who has a right hamstring strain, being activated Sunday against the Los Angeles Dodgers.“Obviously, there’s a few more steps to take to make sure that he’s healthy enough to take on that last game of the season,” Kapler said. “But it’s certainly within the realm of possibility and something that we’re working towards. Obviously, it would mean a lot to Giants fans, a lot to Brandon, his family, and all of us as well.”Asked if Crawford has to demonstrate anything to show he can play Sunday, Kapler said, “He doesn’t have to prove anything to me. He just has to feel healthy e...

SF daycare worker gets 25 years in prison for producing and distributing child porn

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:32:37 GMT

(BCN) -- An employee of a San Francisco daycare center who pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child pornography has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison, the U.S. Department of Justice said Monday. Jace Wong, 26, was taken into custody in April 2021 after an undercover officer allegedly linked him to a video during a chat of a girl between 4 and 6 years old with her pants down and vagina exposed. Officers were able to identify Wong and his location through his cell phone and arrest him. Officers also discovered the black and white tiled bathroom in which the child was standing in the childcare facility. Other videos and images from that bathroom were also discovered, prosecutors said.Wong used the social media app Kik to join an online group called "Younger love [heart emoji] [heart emoji]" that shared the images. Neighbors say Berkeley woman was murdered by her son Wong also showed agents a hidden file on his phone with 428 media files, "many of which contai...

Angels pitcher Patrick Sandoval leaves start vs Texas in 4th inning with right oblique tightness

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:32:37 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Angels pitcher Patrick Sandoval exited Monday night’s start against the Texas Rangers in the fourth inning with tightness in his right oblique.The left-hander was removed after walking his first two batters in the fourth, giving him five free passes in the game. Los Angeles held a 1-0 lead over Texas, which began the night with a 2 1/2-game lead in the AL West.Sandoval was making his 28th start of the season. He is 7-13 with a 4.11 ERA.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLBSource

What benefits may be lost with a government shutdown?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:32:37 GMT

With the prospect of a government shutdown on the horizon, will people lose benefits like their Social Security check?This is one of many questions that Americans are asking as the federal government is heading toward a shutdown. With Congress divided between a Democratic-controlled Senate and a Republican-led House, and Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s hard-right conservatives looking to use the shutdown as leverage for spending cuts, many are bracing for a stoppage that could last weeks.Programs that rely on appropriated funds — that Congress needs to approve every year — are the ones most in jeopardy during a government shutdown.“Social Security and Medicare do not fall in that category, they are not appropriated, because they have their own source of funding,” said Joseph Cordes, a professor of economics and public policy at the George Washington University in D.C.However, if you have a question about your benefits during a shutdown, the government agencies that provide those serv...

Teen shot to death in Southeast DC, police in search of 2 suspects

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:32:37 GMT

A teenage boy is dead after a shooting in Southeast D.C.D.C. police said a call came in just before 4 p.m. Monday for a shooting on Green Street near 16th Street in Anacostia.When officers arrived, they found the victim unconscious and not breathing, and he was later pronounced dead.Police said they are looking for two suspects.Below is a map where the shooting took place: Stick with WTOP for the latest updates.Source

Nuts about acorns: Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources wants your acorns

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:32:37 GMT

Acorns in Montgomery County, Maryland are seen in this photo. (WTOP/Kate Ryan) Acorns in Montgomery County, Maryland are seen in this photo. (WTOP/Kate Ryan) Every year, when acorns drop to the ground — or batter the roof of your car — the state of Maryland puts out the call: They’re collecting, and they’d be happy to have yours.Francis Smith, a natural resources planner with the Maryland Forest Service, explained that the acorns and seeds collected each fall are used to replenish the state’s nursery, where seedlings are grown for eventual use in parks, school properties and reforestation efforts across the state.The forest service is part of the state’s Department of Natural Resources.Smith just put out the call ...

Jalen Hurts throws for TD, runs for another as Eagles thump Buccaneers 25-11 to remain unbeaten

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:32:37 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jalen Hurts threw for a touchdown, ran for another and led the Eagles on a game-ending drive that lasted more than nine minutes as Philadelphia remained unbeaten with a 25-11 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night.The defending NFC champions, who won their first eight games a year ago, are off to a 3-0 start in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1992-93.Hurts improved to 20-1 over his last 21 regular-season games. He tossed a 34-yard TD pass to Olamide Zaccheaus that helped Philly build a 13-3 halftime lead, and his 1-yard scoring run gave the Eagles a 17-point advantage early in the second half.The Eagles led 25-3 by the time the Bucs finally got into the end zone on Baker Mayfield’s 1-yard TD throw to Mike Evans. A 2-point conversion trimmed Philadelphia’s lead to 14 with 9:22 remaining, but Hurts and the Eagles never let Tampa Bay get the ball back.Hurts was 4 of 5 passing and ran for a first down on that final drive.The Buc...

Editorial: Don’t stop ICE from keeping Mass. safe

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:32:37 GMT

Massachusetts is not a sanctuary state, but a recent memo to Bay State police chiefs has turned the Registry of Motor Vehicles into a sanctuary state agency.In a memo obtained exclusively by the Herald, Massachusetts police chiefs were warned to keep RMV records locked away from immigration officials unless there’s a “judicial warrant” or grand jury or trial “subpoena.”It leaves no doubt that ICE and Border Patrol agents are specifically blocked from accessing driving records in the wake of the state’s new immigrant driver’s license law.This game of keep-away with Homeland Security echoes the policies of the state’s sanctuary, or “welcoming” cities ( Amherst, Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Concord, Newton, Northampton, and Somerville). Practices vary, but these cities and towns limit cooperation with federal immigration laws.Thanks to that new RMV law, eligible state residents can apply for a standard driver’s license, regardless of immigration status.If youR...

The Orioles’ top postseason moments: How do they rank?

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:32:37 GMT

The Orioles have been creating postseason memories for more than half a century. With the team poised to make more in 2023, here’s a look back at the most magical moments in franchise history.Vote for your favorites in the widget after the story through Sept. 25 and check back Sept. 27 to view the poll results.1966: Moe Drabowsky fans 11 in Dodgers reliefSummoned in the third inning, with the bases loaded and one out, Orioles reliever Moe Drabowsky does the improbable: He holds the Los Angeles Dodgers to one hit for the last 6 2/3 innings in a 5-2 victory in the 1966 World Series opener. En route, the journeyman right-hander, whom the Orioles drafted on the cheap in the offseason, strikes out 11 Dodgers, including six in a row, retiring all six of them swinging.Drabowsky’s effort sets the tempo for the Orioles’ four-game sweep: Los Angeles does not score again in the Series.1966: Jim Palmer comes of age against Sandy KoufaxJim Palmer is 20 years old when he bests D...

‘Speed Is Expensive’ full of high-octane lore & legend

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:32:37 GMT

What is the motorcycle that inspired guitar troubadour Richard Thompson to write a song? It was a Vincent Black Lightning. What motorcycle sold in 2018 for almost $1 million at Bonhams Auction House? A Vincent Black Lightning. Philip Vincent, 1928-1955-era creator of the Vincent Black Shadow and its heir the Lightning once said, “My motorcycles will stand the test of time.”A graduate of England’s posh Harrow School in London and a student of engineering at King’s College Cambridge, Vincent left university before getting his degree because he didn’t want to attend lectures about out-of-date techniques. Vincent, who drew motorcycles obsessively and apparently knew what was both on the outside and the inside, wanted to build a motorcycle unlike any before it.With 450 pounds sterling earned from the sale of a family ranch in Argentina, Vincent bought a factory in Stevenage, 27 miles north of London, where technicians and engineers built unique motorcycles.Narrated by m...