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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals agreed with six-time All-Star Zack Greinke on a $13 million contract for this season, reuniting the left-hander with the club that drafted him in the first round two decades ago, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals agreed with six-time All-Star Zack Greinke on a $13 million contract for this season, reuniting the left-hander with the club that drafted him in the first round two decades ago, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Potential jurors are being questioned about their political views and possible bias against the FBI in the trial of a little-known Republican congressman from Nebraska who’s accused of lying to federal authorities about illegal campaign contributions. U.S. District Court Judge Stanley Blumenfeld
Continue ReadingBy Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Netflix knows you share your password. And soon you might have to start paying for the privilege. Over the last year, Netflix been working on ways to “enable members who share outside their household to do so easily and securely, while also paying a bit more,” the company said in
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga has two of college basketball’s best big men and a roster loaded with talented players. Andrew Nembhard is usually the best player on the court. A heady distributor who can also score, Nembhard is the orchestrator of top-ranked Gonzaga’s highly efficient offense with a possible future in the
Continue Reading By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Carlton Davis weighed his options, then followed his heart in re-signing with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It helped that Tom Brady decided to return to the defending NFC South champions, but Davis felt all along that the Bucs are the best fit for him. The
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story METHUEN, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The MSPCA is looking for potential adopters after taking in 23 Yorkie-Chihuahua mixes from a home in Worcester County. Their living situation “grew out of control” after the dogs’ owners lost their own home, and moved nine of them to a
Continue Reading By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Coronavirus restrictions in Canada and New York have assured that baseball will again be affected by COVID-19 in 2022. As Yankees reliever Zack Britton put it, “life is not back to normal yet.” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference that
Continue Reading By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Coronavirus restrictions in Canada and New York have assured that baseball will again be affected by COVID-19 in 2022. As Yankees reliever Zack Britton put it, “life is not back to normal yet.” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference that
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Coachella Valley History Museum officials today began auctioning off VIP passes to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and Stagecoach Country Music Festival. The Light the Date Grove Silent Auction will be held virtually starting Wednesday and running until March 31, with proceeds going toward the museum’s project to install landscape lighting at the
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By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks shook off an afternoon stumble and ended higher on Wall Street Wednesday after the Federal Reserve announced its first interest rate hike since 2018. Bond yields also rose as the Fed started to pivot its policy to fighting inflation. As markets had anticipated, the
Continue ReadingBy TIM MCNICHOLAS Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A series of lawsuits filed against the State of Illinois claim the LaSalle Veterans’ Home was negligent in how it handled a COVID-19 outbreak that killed more than 30 veterans. The state is now facing a stack of 27 lawsuits, in which
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — El presidente de EE.UU., Joe Biden, llamó al presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, un “criminal de guerra” este miércoles mientras Rusia intensifica su ataque contra Ucrania. “Creo que es un criminal de guerra”, dijo Biden a los periodistas después de los comentarios en la Casa Blanca. La designación de Biden refleja
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — The University of Chicago announced Tuesday that it will give full-tuition scholarships for undergraduate students affected by the war in Ukraine. The U of C said the new initiative is influenced by the impact it has seen in supporting other students and
Continue Reading By BILL WHITEHEAD Associated Press PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Dominic Smith homered twice Max Scherzer in a simulated game at the New York Mets’ spring training stadium, a surprising development given that he’s 0 for 16 against the three-time Cy Young Award winner in games that count. Smith took Scherzer deep to right
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla’s most affordable car is only getting more expensive, while other electric vehicles sold as long as it have dropped in price. Tesla’s cheapest Model 3 now sells for $46,990 following a price hike this month, making the entry-level Model 3 34% more expensive than it was three years ago.
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Nearly two dozen San Francisco teachers remained entrenched inside the public school district headquarters Tuesday, pledging not to leave until a computer glitch that has led to missing or partial paychecks is corrected. The teachers, armed with sleeping bags and food,
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WFOR) — Miami-Dade County commissioners voted Tuesday on an ordinance to require landlords to give 60-days notice to tenants when rent is increasing by more than 5%. The move comes at a time the county is facing an affordable housing crisis with rent
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN Eugene Parker, an astrophysicist who pioneered the solar research field of heliophysics, has died at age 94. Parker died Tuesday, according to the University of Chicago, where he joined the faculty in 1955 and eventually became the S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus. Parker’s work revolutionized human understanding of the sun
Continue ReadingBy Nick Paton Walsh, CNN The road between Kherson and Mykolaiv is sparse and ghostly. Civilians flee at high speed in one direction, as vans of grimacing troops head the other way. The fate of the key port of Mykolaiv will likely be decided along this stretch of concrete in southern Ukraine. Russian forces are
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