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Mets notes: Logjam at catcher ahead

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:05:00 GMT

The Mets may potentially have a logjam at the catching spot in a week or two.Gary Sanchez got into the Mets’ lineup for the first time Sunday in the first game of a doubleheader against the Cleveland Guardians. The Mets were not going to use Francisco Alvarez for both games of a doubleheader so the former Yankees’ backstop is tasked with catching right-hander Max Scherzer for the first time.“They’re both good options and they’ve got a chance to contribute,” manager Buck Showalter said Sunday morning at Citi Field. “We knew that Max was going to pitch the first game and Justin (Verlander) the second, we wanted to keep them in order. I don’t want Gary waiting around too long, you don’t want him to get too far away from catching.”Showalter didn’t go into all of the reasons they chose Sanchez to catch Scherzer, but during his tenure with the Mets, Scherzer has never been particular about working with specific catchers.How...

Yankees sweep Reds as Boone, Bell ejected

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:05:00 GMT

CINCINNATI — Harrison Bader and Gleyber Torres homered to spark a comeback, leading the New York Yankees over the Cincinnati Reds 4-1 Sunday for a three-game sweep and their first four-game winning streak this season.Luis Severino returned from a strained lat muscle that had sidelined him since spring training and allowed one run and four hits in 4 2/3 innings with five strikeouts and one walk. He threw 54 of 75 pitches for strikes and averaged 96.7 mph with 44 fastballs.Yankees manager Aaron Boone was ejected in the first inning and Reds manager David Bell in the eighth.New York (29-20), which gave slugger Aaron Judge the day off, completed a 6-1 trip. The Yankees have won six of seven and 14 of 19, improving to a season-high nine games over .500.Cincinnati has lost six of seven, dropping into last place in the NL Central.In a game that started at 11:37 a.m., Severino opened with a four-pitch walk to Jonathan India and Spencer Speer hit a two-out fly down the right-field line...

China ups trade feud with ban on chips from US giant

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:05:00 GMT

BEIJING — Stepping up a feud with Washington over technology and security, China’s government on Sunday told users of computer equipment deemed sensitive to stop buying products from the biggest U.S. memory chipmaker, Micron Technology Inc.Micron products have unspecified “serious network security risks” that pose hazards to China’s information infrastructure and affect national security, the Cyberspace Administration of China said on its website. Its six-sentence statement gave no details.“Operators of critical information infrastructure in China should stop purchasing products from Micron Co.,” the agency said.The United States, Europe and Japan are reducing Chinese access to advanced chipmaking and other technology they say might be used in weapons at a time when President Xi Jinping’s government has threatened to attack Taiwan and is increasingly assertive toward Japan and other neighbors.Chinese officials have warned of unspecified cons...

Meteorites found in Canada cannot be removed from the country without permit

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:05:00 GMT

Catch a falling star if you can, and by all means put it in your pocket, but don’t try to cross international borders with it lest you run afoul of a little-known Canadian law.An American museum will have to navigate that law’s intricacies should it try to buy portions of a meteorite believed to have landed in New Brunswick last month. A fireball ripped through the Earth’s atmosphere on April 8 and landed somewhere in the province, prompting the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum to offer a US$25,000 reward for the first one kilogram meteorite recovered.But Chris Herd, a professor at the University of Alberta and curator of its meteorite collection, said obtaining the asteroid fragments won’t be as simple as making an offer. “In Canada, all meteorites are considered Canadian cultural property automatically through the Cultural Property Export and Import Act,” he said in an interview. “… “If it’s public property, say an American c...

White Sox place Mike Clevinger on injured list

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:05:00 GMT

CHICAGO — Prior to their series finale versus the Kansas City Royals Sunday, The Chicago White Sox placed a pitcher on the 15-day injured list.According to team officials, right-handed pitcher Mike Clevinger was placed on the injured list with right wrist inflammation, retroactive to May 18. MLB concludes investigation, no discipline for Mike Clevinger Clevinger is 3-3 with a 4.56 ERA and 40 strikeouts across 47.1 innings pitched so far this season.The White Sox will make a corresponding roster move prior to Monday's series opener in Cleveland against the Guardians.

3 dead, 2 injured in Kansas City nightclub shooting

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:05:00 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) -- A shooting at a nightclub early Sunday morning in Missouri left three people dead and two injured, according to the Kansas City Police Department.Officers responded to the shooting at around 1:25 a.m. Sunday at the Klymax Lounge nightclub in Kansas City. They found five victims on the scene, all believed to be adults.Police said two of the victims died at the scene — one was found inside the bar and the other was outside the building. A third victim died at the hospital. Details about the circumstances that led to the shooting were not immediately available, and it wasn't immediately clear where the victims were when they were shot.Of the two injured victims, one suffered critical injuries, while the other was in stable condition Sunday.The bar featured a performance by a local rap artist Saturday night who performs under the name “Nutty Still Gassin.” He posted a live video from the club earlier in the night before the shooting happened on his Facebo...

Which is cheaper: Disney World or a Disney cruise?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:05:00 GMT

(NerdWallet) - A Disney Cruise certainly isn’t cheap, especially compared with other cruise operators. But what about compared with other types of Disney vacations?For many travelers, a Disney cruise actually comes out cheaper than a trip to Walt Disney World.To better understand Disney Cruise Line versus Disney World costs, NerdWallet analyzed prices for two people sharing one room across three price tiers: Value, Moderate or Deluxe.Disney World trip costs included four categories:Park tickets (and add-ons, such as Genie+).On-property hotel room rates.Food at park restaurants.Add-on activities, such as spa treatments and tours.Cruise prices are mostly all-inclusive, so the analysis only included:Base rates (including taxes and fees).Add-on activities.Read more about NerdWallet’s methodology at the end of this article.Here’s a closer look at the data on Disney Cruise Line versus Disney World costs.Disney Cruise Line vs. Disney World: An overall cost comparisonWhile the data doesn’t ...

Shrimp cocktail for dinner and more recipes to make this week

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:05:00 GMT

By Emily Weinstein, The New York TimesI happen to live near a small but great seafood market, where the fish is impeccably fresh. Their poached shrimp is plump and juicy; the housemade cocktail sauce has just the right zing. I bought them once or twice as a starter for a special meal. But one day I realized that I was holding back: What I really wanted was to eat shrimp cocktail for dinner. And so I did. And it was great.There is a problem, though: This place is open only a few days each week, for a few hours in the middle of the day, which is precisely the time I can’t go seafood shopping. So when I have a craving, I turn to recipes like Melissa Clark’s new roasted shrimp cocktail, which I can make anytime, no trips to the store, with frozen shrimp. (Always keep a bag of frozen shrimp in your freezer. It’s cost-effective and very useful.) That recipe, along with four others I’m excited about, are below.1. Roasted Shrimp Cocktail With Horseradish SauceRoasting shrimp for shrimp cock...

Neighborhood preschool in Boulder closing after 38 years

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:05:00 GMT

After 38 years at its location in the University Hill area, Sunshine House Montessori Preschool will be closing permanently at the end of the month.The Sunshine House is a neighborhood preschool that’s been a fixture in the community since it opened, said Director Monica Hebein. Hebein said the area is losing a high quality Montessori school, along with “a sense of community and a small, neighborhood school.”“We’re a small school with a cozy home-like environment, and I feel like small schools are able to provide comfort, and give more individual attention … and many small neighborhood schools bring the community together,” Hebein said.Montessori schools create a customized environment where kids participate in individualized learning and more hands-on learning compared to a typical preschool classroom. Kids learn about kindness, independence, coordination, concentration, responsibility, leadership and more.Morgia Holmes enrolled two of her kids in Sunshine H...

Conservative party of Greek prime minister in big election lead, to seek outright majority

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:05:00 GMT

By ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS (Associated Press)ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose conservative party won a landslide election victory Sunday but without enough parliamentary seats to form a government, indicated he will seek a second election hoping to consolidate his victory without need of a coalition partner.Mitsotakis’ New Democracy party was a full 20 percentage points ahead of its main rival, the left-wing Syriza party, with nearly 90% of the votes counted. But due to the current electoral system of proportional representation, his 40% vote share was still not enough to secure a majority of the 300 seats in parliament, meaning he would either have to seek a coalition partner from a smaller party, or head to a second election.“From tomorrow, I will follow all constitutional procedures, but maintaining my firm view that the mathematics of proportional representation is akin to party horse-trading and results in a de...