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Orioles minor leaguer Luis Andrés Ortiz Soriano dies at 20 from cancer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:53:06 GMT

Orioles minor league pitcher Luis Andrés Ortiz Soriano died from cancer Saturday. He was 20 years old.“Our hearts are heavy today as we mourn the passing of minor league pitcher Luis Andrés Ortiz Soriano,” the team said in a statement Sunday morning. “We will miss his passion and love for the game of baseball, and we extend our deepest condolences to his family.“Luis was an inspiration to all who knew him, especially as he courageously battled cancer. We hope that the cherished and treasured memories of Luis will be a comfort for his family and friends during this devastating time.”Ortiz, a left-hander, received one of the higher bonuses in Baltimore’s initial 27-player international signing class in 2019, their first significant investment in that marketplace under executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias and senior director of international scouting Koby Perez. He pitched in seven games in the Florida Complex League in 2...

Aaron Rodgers on his upcoming decision following Jets meeting: ‘Stay tuned’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:53:06 GMT

Jets fans have patiently awaited Aaron Rodgers’ decision after the team met with him last week.While Rodgers continues to keep the NFL world in the darkness, even he knows there’s a “time limit.”During an interview Saturday with former Jets wide receiver and current I Am Athlete host Brandon Marshall at a flag football charity event, Rodgers said “it won’t be long” until he decides whether to stay with the Packers, retire or request a trade.“It is always interesting meeting important figures in the sport,” Rodgers said about meeting with the Jets. “It is always interesting, it’s all I’m giving you. That’s all I’m giving you.”“Stay tuned,” it won’t be long. There’s a time limit for all of this.”Last Tuesday, Jets owner Woody Johnson, general manager Joe Douglas, coach Robert Saleh and offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett flew to California to meet with Rodgers ho...

8 dead after 2 pangas overturn near Black's Beach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:53:06 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Eight people are dead after two pangas overturned near Black's Beach overnight in what officials are calling a "mass migration incident."Lifeguards responded to an area near Black's Beach after receiving a call around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesperson. The caller stated she was on a panga with eight people who had made it to shore and that another panga had capsized, with several people in the water. Lifeguards and Customs and Border Protection officers arrived and found eight bodies and two overturned pangas, SDFD said.Agencies continued their search Sunday morning.A news conference will be held at 10 a.m. Watch in the video player above.

8 dead, 7 missing after boat capsizes off San Diego coast

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:53:06 GMT

At least eight people were killed when two suspected smuggling boats approached a San Diego beach and one capsized, and crews are searching Sunday for an estimated seven additional victims, authorities said.A woman on one of the panga-style boats called 911 late Saturday to report that the other vessel had overturned in waves off Blacks Beach, according to U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Richard Brahm.“The woman who called stated that the boat that overturned had 15 people on it, but that was just an estimate,” Brahm said.Coast Guard and San Diego Fire-Rescue crews pulled eight bodies from the water, but thick fog hampered the search for additional victims. A Coast Guard cutter combed the area early Sunday, and officials hoped to get helicopters in the air when weather improves, Brahm said.Daniel Eddy, San Diego Fire-Rescue’s deputy chief of operations, said there was a long debris field on Black’s Beach. Black’s Beach is jointly owned by the city of San...

Much of Florida Keys loses water pressure after main break

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:53:06 GMT

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Much of the Florida Keys lost water pressure after a water main broke, blocking traffic along the main roadway on the chain of islands and forcing businesses to close early. It was the third time a water main broke in the past week in the Florida Keys.The water leak was first reported Saturday night in an area between Tavernier and Islamorada and was finished being repaired less than 12 hours later, the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority said in a tweet.“Customers will gradually see water pressures increase thru out the day,” the authority tweeted Sunday morning.As a precautionary measure, the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority issued a boil water alert through Wednesday once water returned for residents and businesses impacted by the outage.Traffic on U.S. 1 was diverted to the Old Highway while repairs were made to the water main, but the roadway reopened Sunday morning, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.The Associated Press

Sister grieves for American killed in Mexico kidnapping

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:53:06 GMT

LAKE CITY, S.C. (AP) — Prepping for his first trip out of the country, 28-year-old Zindell Brown of Lake City, South Carolina, had something more than nerves. Perhaps it was a premonition about the trip he and several friends were taking to Mexico.“He said, ‘Something, it just doesn’t feel right,’” his older sister Zalandria Brown told The Associated Press over the phone. “(That was) the last thing we talked about.”Hopping into protection mode for the man so close to her that she called him her “hip bone,” Brown urged her brother to not take the trip planned earlier this month. As someone known to help others, however, Brown wasn’t surprised her sibling shook off the feeling and offered to drive with his group of childhood friends on a road trip to Mexico, where one was scheduled for cosmetic surgery and another planned to celebrate his 34th birthday. The inside of a rented white van would be the last place Brown would see her baby brother alive. Sometime during the nearly 22-...

Can the chaos from Silicon Valley Bank’s fall be contained?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:53:06 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Can Washington come to the rescue of the depositors of failed Silicon Valley Bank? Is it even politically possible?That was one of the growing questions in Washington Sunday as policymakers tried to figure out whether the U.S. government — and its taxpayers — should bail out a failed bank that largely served Silicon Valley, with all its wealth and power.Prominent Silicon Valley personalities and executives have been hitting the giant red “panic” button, saying that if Washington does not come to the rescue of Silicon Valley bank’s depositors, more bank runs are likely this week.“Either deposits in the U.S. are safe or they’re not. If not, look out below,” David Sacks of Craft Ventures, who is closely tied to billionaires Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, wrote on Twitter on Sunday.Silicon Valley Bank failed on Friday, as fearful depositors withdrew billions of dollars from the bank in a matter of hours, forcing U.S. banking regulators to urgently close the bank in the...

Italy estimates 680K migrants might cross sea from Libya

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:53:06 GMT

ROME (AP) — Intelligence reports indicate nearly 700,000 migrants are in Libya awaiting an opportunity to set out by sea toward Italy, a lawmaker from Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party said Sunday, but a U.N. migration official called the number not credible. Tommaso Foti, the lower parliamentary house whip for the Brothers of Italy Party, told television channel Tgcom24 the Italian secret services estimated that 685,000 migrants in Libya, many of them in detention camps, were eager to sail across the central Mediterranean Sea in smugglers’ boats.Meloni is hoping a European Union meeting later this month yields concrete solidarity from fellow leaders of EU nations in managing the large numbers of migrants and asylum-seekers who come to countries on the Mediterranean’s rim, including Greece, Cyprus, Malta and Spain as well as Italy.“Europe can’t look the other way,″ Foti said.While the intelligence services assessment sparked alarming headlines in Italy, a spokesperson f...

‘Scream VI’ tops box office with franchise-best $44.5M

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:53:06 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscar weekend belonged to “Scream VI” in theaters, as the horror sequel notched a franchise-best $44.5 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Paramount Pictures and Spyglass Media Group co-production sailed past expectations, easily surpassing the previous series high of $32 million that “Scream 2” opened with in 1997. The film’s robust debut, coming as Hollywood prepared to gather for the 95th Academy Awards, was yet another reminder of how horror has come to be one of the industry’s few sure things at the box office. After lying dormant for more than a decade, the “Scream” franchise, previously directed by Wes Craven and released by Dimension Films, has found a ripe revival with a young cast led by “Wednesday” star Jenna Ortega and Melissa Barrera. Directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have brought back the 27-year-old series’ meta slasher storylines and serial killer Ghostface, and it̵...

Over 130 cited for allegedly buying alcohol in California 'Shoulder Tap' operation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:53:06 GMT

(KTLA) – Over 130 people were cited in California on Saturday on suspicion of purchasing alcohol for minors.A “Shoulder Tap” operation took place statewide involving 44 local law enforcement agencies in partnership with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC).During the operation, a minor under the supervision of law enforcement stands outside of a liquor or convenience store and asks customers to buy them alcohol.The minor will indicate they are underage and cannot purchase alcohol.“If an adult agrees to purchase alcohol for the underage person, they can be arrested and cited for furnishing alcohol to a minor,” authorities said.Suspect arrested in Manhattan Beach for allegedly buying alcohol for a minor during a statewide undercover operation. (California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control)Suspect arrested in Culver City for allegedly buying alcohol for a minor during a statewide undercover operation. (California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Contro...