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Column: MLB tweaks its pace-of-game rules — but why stop there? More ideas to save the game, a few seconds at a time.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

Major League Baseball announced some tweaks to its rules Thursday to move the game along and eliminate the dead moments that allegedly cause younger fans to tune out.The boomers who run the game are doing whatever’s necessary to pacify Gen Z and save the game, knocking off seconds of wasted time for the good of all mankind.The pitch clock remains at 15 seconds, but with runners on base it will be reduced from 20 seconds to 18, a two-second time-saver that surely the kids will think is “fire.”Relievers will get only two minutes to get their butts from the bullpen to the pitcher’s mound, shaving 15 seconds off the previous time allowance. That should be enough time for the kids to check out a TikTok video while fidgeting in their seats waiting for the game to continue.According to The Athletic, MLB believes it can take another five minutes off the average game time, which was 2 hours, 40 minutes in 2023, the shortest average since 1985 and about 24 minutes shor...

Howie Carr: A Merry Christmas to a confused President Biden

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

Dementia Joe Biden is grabbing some well-deserved r&r this Christmas, so it’s a good time to check in with some of his recent pronouncements.As always, all dialogue guaranteed verbatim.In recent public statements, the nominal leader of the Free World has denounced “Congressman Trump” and lauded “President Harris.” He has mentioned the leader of Canada — “Prime Minister Joe.”He saluted the famous singer, “Diane Warwick,” whose iconic songs include what Joe called “Do you know the way to Jose to San Jose?”Just before Thanksgiving, he presided over the annual pardoning of the two turkeys. Usually it’s an amusing, light-hearted event. This year it was just plain sad:“Even though Liberty and Bell are from Minnesota they’re named for the famous Liberty Bell in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.”Philadelphia and Pennsylvania — may we quote you on that, Mr. President?The fact checkers in state-run media who got so much overtime when Trump was president have been MIA again these last few wee...

Hearing set for two New Brunswick men whose murder convictions were overturned

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A hearing has been set for two New Brunswick men whose 1984 convictions for the killing of a man in Saint John were quashed Friday by the federal justice minister.The co-president of Innocence Canada, an organization that works with the wrongfully convicted, says Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie are scheduled to appear in the Court of King’s Bench in Saint John on Jan. 4.Ron Dalton says he hopes Crown prosecutors will say during the hearing that there is not enough evidence to support a new trial, and the charges against Mailman and Gillespie will be forever dismissed.Arif Virani announced Friday that he was ordering a new trial for Mailman and Gillespie, who were convicted of second-degree murder in the Nov. 30, 1983 slaying of George Gilman Leeman.Virani said in a news release that he had found a reasonable basis to conclude a miscarriage of justice occurred in the men’s convictions. Dalton says lawyers with Innocence Canada will represent the men...

Man in life-threatening condition from being shot in Vaughan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

A man is in life-threatening condition due to being shot in a plaza in Vaughan on Saturday morning.Police responded to reports of a shooting just before 9:30 a.m. at a plaza at 4040 Highway 7 West.On scene a 34-year-old male in life-threatening condition was taken to a local trauma centre.Anyone who may have witnessed the shooting or anyone who has dashcam or video surveillance is asked to contact police.

Colorado releases additional 5 gray wolves as part of reintroduction effort

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

Wildlife officials in Colorado have released an additional five gray wolves in the state, bringing the total so far under a voter-approved reintroduction program to 10.Colorado Parks and Wildlife in a statement Friday said its team had completed an agreement to capture 10 gray wolves in Oregon for release in Colorado as part of an effort to restore a permanent population there. No additional captures or releases are planned for the rest of this year, KCNC TV reported. The agency said it would “continue working to source additional animals until up to 15 wolves have been reintroduced in Colorado by mid-March 2024.” The first five gray wolves from Oregon were released Dec. 18 in Colorado in an event joined by Gov. Jared Polis. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said details of “release events” for the next five wolves were not widely shared to protect the wolves and their location and agency staff. However, the agency said the releases occurred on state-owned lands in Colorado’s ...

Suspect arrested in alleged theft of a Banksy stop sign decorated with military drones

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

LONDON (AP) — A man suspected of stealing an artwork by Banksy of a stop sign adorned with three military drones, was arrested Saturday, London police said. A man in his 20s was in custody on suspicion of theft and criminal damage, the Metropolitan police said. The sign was taken less than an hour after the elusive street artist posted a photo of the work on his Instagram page Friday.Video showed a man with bolt cutters climbing up on a bicycle to remove the work from a sign post on a street corner in the Peckham area of south London while another man steadied the bike. The man who cut the sign free then ran off with it in his hand.A voice on a video of the incident could be heard saying, “it makes me so annoyed,” as the man ran away. A witness who only wanted to be called Alex told the PA news agency that the small crowd of people that had shown up to view the work stood around watching in awe as the scene unfolded. “We said, ‘What are you doing? But no one really knew what to do, ...

This Texas city named the 'Grinchiest' in America

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — The holiday season is in full swing but not every place you go will be as merry as the others. Recently, financial data outlet FinanceBuzz analyzed which U.S. cities have the fewest Christmas events and holiday activities — and one Texas city came out seeing green. "Grinch"-green, that is. Texas family’s home light show mistaken for aliens, draws out crowd To decide the ranking, FinanceBuzz scored the U.S.' 50 biggest cities based on a wide variety of holiday-themed factors, including number of department and toy stores, Google Trends searches, and more. Cities were given scores out of a 100, with the lowest scoring being considered the "Grinchiest."San Antonio topped the list of humbug cities, with FinanceBuzz noting the Central Texas city has just around 45 holiday events per 100,000 residents — 75% lower than the national average of 185 events per 100K.The Grinchiest Cities in the U.S., according to FinanceBuzz:San Antonio, Texas — Number of holiday events and fest...

Another one from Domuschievi's ship arrested for cocaine smuggling.  Where are the Bulgarian owners in the scheme?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

The Irish Times has reported that the Gardaí in the Republic of Ireland, investigating the discovery of over €20 million worth of cocaine by Revenue officers aboard the bulk carrier Verilla in Co Limerick, hope that the examination of mobile phones and other communications equipment on the ship may help establish the destination of the drugs.Customs officers boarded the MV Verila on Tuesday morning, shortly after she docked at Foynes Port on the Shannon Estuary around 10am. With the assistance of sniffer dogs, they found an estimated 300kg of cocaine worth an estimated €21 million.Customs officers and gardaí were remaining tight-lipped about the operation, but it’s understood that the drugs were found in six separate large packs in a storage area above deck on the 190m long bulk carrier, rather than in the cargo holds of the ship which was carrying grain.The Garda assisted customs officers throughout Wednesday in the search of the vessel, and seized a number of mobile and satellite ...

8 arrested for running cocaine delivery service in Southern California 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

A total of eight men were taken into custody in connection with a widescale narcotics delivery service operating in parts of the Southland. Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Street Team detectives first learned of the delivery service operating in parts of Ventura and Los Angeles counties in July, authorities said in a press release. Their five-month investigation found that a “transnational drug trafficking organization” was using an elaborate system of drivers and dispatchers to supply Ventura County residents with cocaine.  Fire breaks out during private event at historic L.A. building “Drug trafficking organizations like this...are structured to sell their drugs to as many customers and across as wide of geographical area as possible,” VCSO officials said.Traffickers tend to organize their operations in similar ways, authorities said, employing a chain of command that ranges from delivery drivers all the way up to what is known as the "Cell Head." Preliminary investig...

3 drivers arrested at sobriety checkpoint in San Carlos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:18 GMT

(KRON) – The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office arrested three drivers at their sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint in San Carlos on Friday. The checkpoint's location was on the 700 block of El Camino Real in San Carlos between the hours of 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Dec. 22. Petaluma Police Department conducted DUI checkpoint, 24 arrests Out of 1,067 vehicles screened, 12 field sobriety tests were conducted. Two drivers were arrested for driving under the influence and one driver was arrested for possession of drugs for sale.San Mateo deputies cited forty drivers. 1 Driver was cited for not possessing their DMV-issued California Driver’s License1 Driver was cited for no seatbelt on a child2 Drivers were cited for driving on a suspended license 36 Drivers were cited for operating a vehicle while unlicensedDrivers caught driving impaired and charged with a first-time DUI face an average of $13,500 in fines and penalties, as well as a suspended license.