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Slow and steady warmup through the middle of next week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:48 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The rest of your afternoon is sunny and hot with high temperatures returning to triple digits after a two-day hiatus in the 90s at Austin's Camp Mabry.Today's normal high is 94°A Heat Advisory is in effect today for the entire area. Maximum heat index readings this afternoon will likely rise to between 108° to 115° at many locations. Heat advisory now continues through Sunday eveningThe Heat Advisory has already been extended through at least Sunday evening.High pressure over Mexico continues to be our main weather feature. The high will drift to the northeast, parking over Central Texas Tuesday and Wednesday, which is when we expect this coming week's heat to peak at close to 106º.The heat dome is over Central Texas Tuesday and WednesdayTuesday's record high is 106° set in 2012. Wednesday's record high is 106° set in 2013.Later next week as the high starts to slide to our east we'll notice high temperatures dropping slightly, but still staying in the triple digits ...

Brock Stewart has been a boon to Twins’ bullpen

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:48 GMT

DETROIT — This whole Brock Stewart thing is really working out for the Twins.That isn’t often the case for teams that take a flier on a veteran who has been out of the game, and Stewart hadn’t pitched in a major league game since Sept. 24, 2019, with the Toronto Blue Jays.But Stewart, 31, has been just about lights-out since he joined the big league club on April 25 after signing a two-year, minor-league deal with Minnesota last July.“This could not have played out any better for us,” manager Rocco Baldelli said.After defusing a bases-loaded situation in the sixth inning, and then striking out the side in the seventh of Friday’s 4-1 victory at Detroit, Stewart has fanned 33 batters in 24⅔ innings and has an earned-run average of 0.73.In his past nine appearances, the right-hander is 1-0 with a blown save, three holds, 16 strikeouts, six hits, no walks and a 0.00 earned-run average in 9⅔ innings. His WHIP in 24 appearances is an impressive 1.054.Stewart, 31, has appeared in 46 major-...

SiCM Summer Meals program starting up this week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:48 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Schenectady Community Ministries (SiCM) will be facilitating their annual Summer Meals program to benefit children in the Schenectady and Scotia areas. The initiative is set to begin on Monday, June 26. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! 2023 marks the 29th year of the initiative, and this summer's program will operate in a "congregate setting", departing from the pandemic-era grab-and-go model. This year, SiCM is preparing to serve lunches at several different sites, supported by volunteers, partnerships with local organizations, and the generosity of donors. “The congregate meals will be a new experience for hundreds of children throughout Schenectady who experienced better and safer access to meals during the pandemic.” said Amaury Tañón-Santos, Executive Director of SiCM. “Partnering with organizations offering summer programs to children and youth throughout Schenectady can ensure that, ...

4 dead in fiery high-speed crash on 5 Freeway in Downey 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:48 GMT

A crash on the 5 Freeway in Downey claimed the lives of four people early Saturday morning. According to a release from the California Highway Patrol, the single vehicle crash involving a 2018 Dodge Charger happened around 2:30 a.m. on the southbound span of the 5 Freeway south of Lakewood Boulevard. CHP confirmed that the vehicle was on fire when they arrived and that all four occupants of the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene. "Preliminary information indicates that the driver lost control of the vehicle at a high rate of speed causing the vehicle to collide with a guardrail and the bridge abutment of the Lemoran Avenue pedestrian overcrossing," CHP said in a statement. "The force of the impact caused the vehicle to split in two, subsequently ejecting the two rear passengers onto the right shoulder."The rear end of the car was found approximately 100 feet south of the front end, authorities said. 5-year-old killed, teen hospitalized in South L.A. hit-and-run crash ...

Armed truck driver arrested on multiple weapons, narcotics charges in Pasadena

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:48 GMT

A man who fell asleep with his U-Haul truck stopped in a Pasadena street was arrested when police discovered several weapons, magazines and body armor inside the vehicle. According to a release from the Pasadena Police Department, officers responded to the area of Claremont Street and Wilson Avenue regarding a truck stopped in the street. Upon arriving on the scene, they noticed the truck had been involved in a minor accident. When officers went to contact the driver, they found him asleep in the driver’s seat. “[Officers] woke up the driver and asked him to exit the vehicle,” Pasadena Police said in a statement. “As he exited, officers saw a handgun in the driver’s waistband.” The driver, later identified as 36-year-old Carson resident Marc Oliver David, fled from officers and was apprehended after a brief foot pursuit. Upon detaining David, they discovered a loaded 9mm handgun.  Man stops elderly couple from being robbed in San Gabriel Police searched the U-H...

Saudi Arabia wants tourists. It didn’t expect Christians.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:48 GMT

HAQL, Saudi Arabia — The caravan of five Toyota Land Cruisers raced across Saudi Arabia’s rocky desert, weaving onto a highway so new it was not on the map. At the cleft of sea that splits the kingdom from Egypt, they stopped on a barren beach. Fifteen tourists spilled out and gathered around Joel Richardson, a Kansas preacher.As the sun dipped below the mountains of the Sinai Peninsula — hazy across the water in Egypt — Richardson asked the group to imagine standing on the other side at the moment of the biblical Exodus, fleeing from Pharaoh’s army with Moses, when the sea ripped in half.He opened a Bible, donned his glasses and began to recite. “Who among the gods is like you, oh Lord?” he said. “Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?”Two Florida retirees, a Colorado pharmacist, an Idaho bookkeeper and an Israeli archaeologist listened intently.These were not the visitors Saudi officials expected when they opened the country’s borders to leisure ...

Human remains found near Oakland Zoo investigated as homicide

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:48 GMT

(KRON) -- Human remains were found near the Oakland Zoo on Friday afternoon, and police are investigating the death as a homicide, the Oakland Police Department confirmed to KRON4. Suspect in custody after death of Oakland baker Just before 1:15 p.m. a person notified OPD that they found human remains in the 9700 block of Golf Links Road. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a dead victim, OPD said. Investigators with the Homicide Section arrived at the scene to conduct a follow-up investigation. Anyone with information is asked to reach out to the OPD Criminal Investigations Division at 510-238-3821 or the Tip Line at 510-238-7950.

Kremlin spokesman says Wagner owner Yevgeny Prigozhin will move to Belarus as part of deal to defuse rebellion tensions

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:48 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Kremlin spokesman says Wagner owner Yevgeny Prigozhin will move to Belarus as part of deal to defuse rebellion tensions.Source

Rays ace Shane McClanahan has next start pushed back a couple days

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:48 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, (AP) — The next start of Tampa Bay Rays ace Shane McClanahan was pushed back a couple days after leaving a game against the Kansas City Royals in the fourth inning due to mid-back tightness.McClanahan leads the majors with 11 wins and started Saturday with the a 2.23 ERA, the big league low among qualified pitchers. His start was cut short Thursday. Originally set to start Wednesday at Arizona, the 26-year-old left-hander instead will take the mound Friday against Seattle.“Totally out of precautionary for us,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “We just felt like with the workload to date, where he’s at, that’s not the worst thing in the world.”The left-hander threw for five minutes in the outfield before the Rays hosted the Royals on Saturday.“He felt really good,” Cash said. “He’s pretty adamant that he’s ready to go.”Second baseman Brandon Lowe, out since June 4 with a herniated disk, will play with the rookie-level Florida Complex League R...

“El chef de Putin”: la extraña relación del líder mercenario con el presidente de Rusia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:33:48 GMT

Yevgeny Prigozhin, que alguna vez fue un empresario de bajo perfil que se benefició de tener al presidente ruso Vladimir Putin como un poderoso patrocinador, ha pasado a captar la atención mundial con la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania.En su papel de dirigente de una fuerza mercenaria que dice estar librando muchas de las batallas más duras de las fuerzas armadas rusas en Ucrania, Prigozhin, de 62 años, ha pasado ahora a desempeñar su papel más peligroso hasta la fecha: predicar la rebelión abierta contra la cúpula militar de su país.Prigozhin, propietario del Grupo Wagner, aliado del Kremlin, ha intensificado lo que han sido meses de duras críticas hacia el manejo de la guerra por parte de Rusia, exhortando el viernes a un levantamiento armado para echar al ministro de Defensa. Quién es el jefe de mercenarios rusos que puso a temblar a Vladimir Putin Crisis en Rusia: jefe de mercenarios detiene avance a Moscú para evitar un baño de sangre ...