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Chicago Cubs rookie Hayden Wesneski struggles in another short start, leading to a 9-4 loss to the LA Dodgers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts poked his head out of the tunnel a few hours before Saturday’s game at Wrigley Field just in time to get a face full of cold and a eyeful of snow flurries.“This is great,” Roberts said, scanning the sky and smiling. “I’m pleasantly surprised. I didn’t expect snow. And this is the real stuff. So it’s going to be fun. Hopefully our guys can perform.”Very funny, right?Mush.The Dodgers got on top early against rookie Hayden Wesneski, and it was tough sledding from there for the Chicago Cubs in a 9-4 loss, their second in a four-game series that wraps Sunday with a Clayton Kershaw-Marcus Stroman pitching matchup.But this is how good it’s going for the Cubs more than three weeks into a season with middling expectations even on a cold, miserable day of flurries and Dodgers home runs:You’ve pretty much got to pick on the rookie fifth starter to find something to be concerned about (albeit if...

Charles Barkley and Gayle King to host joint talk show ‘King Charles’ for CNN

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

A new weekly prime-time show is coming to CNN, hosted by Gayle King and Charles Barkley.The two made the announcement Saturday during TNT’s NBA Tip-Off, saying the new show will air Wednesdays and will be titled “King Charles.”“I want the show to be nonpolitical,” said Barkley, though he admitted the show would occasionally touch on politics, reports CNN Business.“You know (Gayle King) is going to be a straight shooter. I’m going to be a straight shooter,” he added. “I know she’s going to be fair and honest and you know I’m going to do the same thing.”The show is expected to examine any and all current topics, said King, ranging from tougher conversations like gun control, to lighter material like food and popular culture.“I think that decorum and courtesy and kindness always work,” she added. “But everybody I know has an opinion on something. We just need to figure out a way to have a good con...

Hingham boys break through at Coaches Cup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

HINGHAM — For some reason or another, the Hingham boys lacrosse team always found themselves on the short end of the scoreboard consistently whenever the annual Coaches Cup reached its conclusion.On Saturday, they finally were able to end their proverbial curse, while earning some payback in the process. Senior captains Charlie Packard and Joe Hennessey each registered a hat trick, while junior Nate Hoffman racked up 16 saves in the cage as Hingham avenged last season’s loss to Lincoln-Sudbury in the title game with a thrilling 9-8 victory over the Warriors.“We’ve been there banging on the door a ton,” said Hingham lacrosse coach John Todd. “Great programs there with L-S and Coach Vona, and the guys on his coaching staff. We respect the hell out of them. That’s why we created this tournament in 2010, for guys like him, John Pirani, Wayne Puglisi, Tommy Dalicandro and Brian McLaughlin…now the new guys with Matt Connolly, Nate Kittler, etc. …“The bottom line is that we saw a lot...

Beacon Hill residents: Tire-deflating action by climate group was ‘cowardly’ and ‘counterproductive’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

Beacon Hill residents said the tire-deflating vandalism committed by climate activists in their neighborhood was “cowardly” and “counterproductive.”Meghan Awe, chair of the Beacon Hill Civic Association, said “neighbors are annoyed” by last Wednesday night’s incident, which left tires on 43 SUVs deflated by international environmental activism group Tyre Extinguishers.“This community is a neighborhood who cares deeply about the environment,” Awe told the Herald on Saturday. “There are a number of issues where neighbors feel and take action and do things that reduce the carbon footprint in any number of ways.“And I think, at least for me, it’s like we don’t all have to be doing exactly the same thing to make the world a little bit better place.”People walk everywhere in Beacon Hill, Awe said, which she described as a small neighborhood that isn’t much different than Back Bay or the South End, and compost regularly. If a resident leaves their car out on the str...

Photos: No fowl day on the water

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

It may not have been the sunniest day in Greater Boston Saturday, but that didn’t stop people, or other wildlife, from getting out and about.As humans took to the water, like those taking part in a boat race in the Lower Basin of the Charles River in Cambridge, a Canadian Goose took to the land. And perhaps for a t least one, the location was a bit off.The Herald spotted one proud future parent build a nest just inches from Soldiers Field Road in Boston.Stuart Cahill/Boston HeraldWith courtship over, a Canadian Goose, builds its nest and tends to its brood just inches from Soldiers Field Road near the Eliot Bridge on Saturday in Boston. (Stuart Cahill/Boston Herald)

Freeway, the SeaWorld sea lion fond of roaming San Diego's roads, has died

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Freeway, the beloved rescue sea lion at SeaWorld known for waddling down San Diego's busy roads, passed away Thursday, the park announced."It is with heavy hearts that we share 'Freeway,' the rescued sea lion, passed away yesterday -- surrounded with love from his devoted care and rescue teams," SeaWorld said in a Facebook post Friday.Freeway, who was first rescued last year after he was found strolling on State Route 94, reportedly contracted a progressive disease that caused his health to deteriorate over time. After extensive treatment, SeaWorld said that his continued decline prompted his care team to humanely euthanize him to prevent further suffering.SeaWorld representatives did not specify the disease or its impacts, although they said it had developed prior to Freeway's rescue. Bioluminescence has rolled back into San Diego. Here’s what to know The wayward sea lion wandered into the hearts of San Diegans on Jan. 7, 2022, when he made national headlines after e...

Curfew in Jamaica district after gunmen wound 7 boarding bus

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Police enforced a curfew in a community on the southern fringes of Jamaica’s capital Saturday after gunmen fired on people boarding a public minibus, wounding seven, including three children.The Jamaica Constabulary Force gave no information on the conditions of the wounded from the brazen attack, which occurred at midafternoon Friday in Seaview Gardens, a poor area of Kingston.There was speculation the gunmen were targeting one of the people trying to get on the bus, but authorities did not comment on a possible motive. Conflict among rival gangs has been blamed for an uptick in violence in the community.Authorities ordered a two-day curfew in Seaview Gardens, and police said they were looking for two men for questioning about the shooting.Crime statistics released by the police say 303 people were killed on the island in the first three months of this year, 20% fewer than during the same period of 2022. The Associated Press

State migrants chief held for trial in Mexico’s deadly fire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — A judge on Saturday ordered the immigration director of Mexico’s northern border state of Chihuahua to stand trial Saturday on charges of homicide, injuries and failure to perform his duties, for last month’s deadly fire at a migrant detention center. The judge ordered the director, Salvador González, held in prison pending trial. Judge Juan José Chávez said there was evidence that González failed to do his duty to protect the migrants. Forty migrants died in the March 27 fire in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, after a migrant allegedly set fire to foam mattresses to protest a supposed transfer.“In the end, everything depends on the head” official, Chávez said. “Not complying with standards does have its results.”Five other officials of the country’s National Immigration Institute, a guard at the center and the Venezuelan migrant accused of starting the blaze are already in custody facing homicide charges.The step is significant...

Can a father's drinking contribute to fetal alcohol syndrome?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) is the most severe condition of a spectrum of fetal alcohol disorders associated with drinking during pregnancy. And a researcher at Texas A&M University has found a connection between alcohol-related birth defects and a father’s drinking habits before conception. Medical professionals have for awhile thought that these conditions were solely a result of a mother’s drinking habits during pregnancy; however, Texas A&M Associate Professor Michael Golding’s research has found that a father’s lifestyle choices can also play a role in these conditions.  Fake city Twitter accounts falsely claim Chicago road is closing For most of the 1990s, it wasn’t considered risky for expecting moms to drink at any time and at any level during pregnancy. Then in the mid-1970s, physicians began documenting birth-defect disorders associated with prenatal alcohol consumption. It wasn’t until 1981 that the U.S. Surgeon General began advising women to a...

Theater review: Penumbra brings well-tuned cast and atmosphere to ‘What I Learned in Paris’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:14:50 GMT

What happens when a really good playwright decides to write a rom-com, a love story where mistakes and misunderstandings send things swirling into silliness? Pearl Cleage did so in 2012 with “What I Learned in Paris,” and Penumbra Theatre’s eminently enjoyable season-closing production is quite a contrast in tone to her “Blues for an Alabama Sky,” which recently closed at the Guthrie.This romantic comedy is full of witty banter and one of those twist-filled plots ideal for a breezy viewing experience, popcorn optional. Yet Cleage isn’t one to bring only empty calories to your night at the theater, as she always has interesting things to say about being Black in America, often setting her plays at very interesting historical moments.“What I Learned in Paris” drops us into 1973 Atlanta on election night as the city’s just voted in its first Black mayor, Maynard Jackson. Cleage skillfully introduces us to a group of people close to his campaign who harbor ambitions, secrets and a desir...