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Braves tie season record with 307 homers as Ozuna hits pair in 10-9 loss to Nationals

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:27 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — One final power milestone for the Atlanta Braves was especially memorable for Marcell Ozuna.Ozuna homered twice as the Braves tied the major league season record of 307 but lost their regular-season finale 10-9 to the Washington Nationals on Sunday as Jacob Young drove in two runs with a go-ahead single in the ninth.Ozuna reached 40 homers with a ninth-inning drive off Kyle Finnegan. He had four RBIs to reach 100 for the first time since 2017. He batted .274, remarkable final stats for a player who hit two homers in his first 18 games and was batting .189 on May 19.“People didn’t believe the way I believe in myself,” Ozuna said.When he walked in the seventh, he thought he wouldn’t have another opportunity to hit No. 40.“God gave me another chance, and I did it,” Ozuna said, adding “it feels amazing.”Atlanta matched the season home-run record set by the 2019 Minnesota Twins. The Braves set a major league record with a .501 slugging percentage, topping the ....

Cowboys score twice on defense in 38-3 blowout of Patriots, Belichick’s worst loss

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:27 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott is getting used to sitting back and watching the Dallas defense do its thing.DaRon Bland returned one of his two interceptions for a touchdown, Leighton Vander Esch scooped up a fumble for a score and the Cowboys blew out the New England Patriots 38-3 on Sunday.Mac Jones was responsible for all three turnovers and was pulled in the second half of the worst loss in Bill Belichick’s 29 seasons as a head coach, 24 of them in New England.The six-time Super Bowl winner will have to wait at least another week to join George Halas and Don Shula as the only NFL coaches with 300 career regular-season victories.Bland had his second pick-6 of the season after getting one in a season-opening rout of the New York Giants, when Dallas also returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown in a 40-0 win. “Just to sit back and watch the defense do that, it’s awesome,” said Prescott, who had a touchdown pass before the defense took over. “I’d love to get out the...

Fairfax Co. police seek person of interest after woman found dead in tent at Burke Lake

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:27 GMT

Police in Fairfax are asking the public if they saw this tent at Burke Lake Park campgrounds between Sept. 19 and Sept. 30. (FCPD)Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are looking for a ‘person of interest’ after a woman was discovered dead at Burke Lake Park campgrounds.In a news release, police said that around 3:09 p.m. Saturday, officers were dispatched to Burke Lake Park at 7315 Ox Road in Fairfax Station after receiving a 911 call.On the scene, officers found the victim, 40-year-old Cara Abbruscato of Fairfax, inside of a tent. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue personnel pronounced her dead on the scene, according to police.Police in Fairfax County say they are seeking Rami El Sayed as a person of interest connected to a woman found dead at Burke Lake on Sept. 30. (Courtesy FCPD)Police said that during the initial investigation, the Chief Medical Examiner’s office determined there was evidence of “trauma to the upper body.” The office will conduct an a...

MLB playoffs guide: Openers Tuesday at Minnesota, Tampa Bay, Milwaukee and Philadelphia.

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:27 GMT

Major League Baseball’s playoffs open Tuesday with Toronto at Minnesota, Texas at Tampa Bay, Arizona at Milwaukee and Miami at Philadelphia.Defending champion Houston gets five days off until the Division Series start, as do Atlanta, Baltimore and the Los Angeles Dodgers.There will be a lot of familiar faces in October, particularly in the National League. The speedy and strong Ronald Acuña Jr. — the one and only member of the 40-70 club — will lead the Braves as they try to win their second title in three years. Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and the Dodgers also look like a tough out.Over in the American League, the upstart Orioles will try to build on their 100-win season with a deep run in the playoffs. The franchise lost 110 games just two seasons ago.Houston will be trying to become the first repeat champion since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees won three in a row.Here’s a look at what’s coming as October approaches:HOW DOES BASEBALL’S WILD-CARD ROUND WOR...

Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes sets the NFL record for the fastest to reach 200 TD passes

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:27 GMT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes threw the 200th touchdown pass of his career, reaching the milestone in his 84th game to break Dan Marino’s NFL record.Mahomes, playing in his first game at MetLife Stadium, connected with Noah Gray on a 34-yard touchdown that gave the Chiefs a 17-0 lead against the New York Jets with 3:24 left in the first quarter on Sunday night.Marino threw his 200th TD pass in his 89th NFL game with Miami in 1989.Mahomes surpassed 25,000 yards passing last week in Kansas City’s win over Chicago. He accomplished that in 83 games, seven faster than Matthew Stafford’s record.Mahomes entered the game needing 23 yards rushing to break the Chiefs’ career mark for a quarterback held by Alex Smith (1,672). He had 17 on two carries at the time of his touchdown pass.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflSource

Aspiring pilot creates replica of Denver International Airport

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:27 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The creator of the Youtube channel MileHigh Aviation Preston Waller took a year to recreate a replica version of Denver International Airport. “I built a huge airport of DIA in my room," Waller said. How to reserve a spot in the security line at DIA Waller told FOX31 he fell in love with aviation after his first flight on United Airlines at four years old. “We were going to California and as soon as we took off I thought yup this is what I want to do," Waller said.Waller has built a handful of replica airports, but he said his favorite so far was building the Denver airport.The terminals were 3D printed and purchased through someone online. Then the rest of the details he put on himself. Waller's replica includes runways and each concourse at DIA including all the correct replica planes. Waller said he has over 300 replica planes he has collected since he was a kid.The airports and his replica planes take up the majority of the room. Colorado artist unveils scu...

Denver weather: Warm start to the workweek ahead of a big cooldown

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:27 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay warm with highs in the 80s for the start of the workweek ahead of much cooler temperatures. Weather tonight: Mostly clear, Breezy Overnight, Denver will stay mostly clear and breezy with wind gusts out of the south reaching up to 40 mph. Temperatures will stay about 10 degrees warmer than normal and only fall to the mid-50s. Weather tomorrow: Breezy, evening ShowersMonday will start off mostly sunny and breezy, with wind gusts out of the south again reaching around 40 mph. High temperatures will reach the lower 80s as clouds build in ahead of the chance for showers and thunderstorms by the afternoon and evening. Looking ahead: Sunshine, below-normal temperatures The chance for showers will stick around Monday night into the start of Tuesday. Wind gusts will stay strong, reaching over 30 mph on Monday night and close to 20 mph on Tuesday. As winds shift out of the north by Tuesday, much cooler air will move in. Temperatures on Tuesday will ...

Brickell woman says burglar stole French bulldog, valuables and cash from apartment

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:27 GMT

A South Florida woman is pleading for the public’s help in finding the man who, she said, broke into her apartment and took off with valuables, money and, most painful of all, her beloved pet.The 25-year-old victim spoke with 7News about this past Tuesday’s burglary inside her unit in Miami’s Brickell section.“We don’t feel safe in this house,” said the woman, who asked not to be identified or show her face on camera.The victim said she feels violated and is scared of being at home. She believes the subject has been watching her for quite some time and knew exactly when to strike.“He was here for like a good 30 minutes. He knew we were playing soccer,” she said.The woman said the burglar was captured on surveillance video breaking into her first-floor apartment through her balcony, inside The Vibes Miami Apartments along Southwest First Street.Once inside, the woman said, the perpetrator stole thousands of dollars in cash, personal bel...

Fighting against the USSR didn’t necessarily make you a Nazi

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:27 GMT

Keir Giles is an author and commentator. His most recent book, “Russia’s War on Everybody,” looks at the effects that Russia’s malign influence around the world has on ordinary people.Everybody knows that a lie can make it halfway around the world before the truth has even got its boots on.And the ongoing turmoil over Canada’s parliament recognizing former SS trooper Yaroslav Hunka highlights one of the most important reasons why.Something that’s untrue but simple is far more persuasive than a complicated, nuanced truth — a major problem for Western democracies trying to fight disinformation and propaganda by countering it with the truth, and one reason why fact-checking and debunking are only of limited use for doing so.In the case of Hunka, the mass outrage stems from his enlistment with one of the foreign legions of the Waffen-SS, fighting Soviet forces on Germany’s eastern front. And it’s a demonstration of how when history is complicated, it can be a gift to propagandists...

Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts backs manager David Ross as team finishes 83-79: ‘He’s our guy’

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:53:27 GMT

The Chicago Cubs will have plenty of time to ponder the “what ifs” of a season that fell short of their postseason goal.Adding to the sting of finishing one game out of playoff position: the Cubs received the help they had needed coming into the weekend with the Arizona Diamondbacks getting swept by the Houston Astros. The Cubs, though, didn’t take care of business by dropping two of three games to the Milwaukee Brewers, including a 4-0 loss in Sunday’s season finale.They closed the season by losing 15 of their last 22 games. Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts described the up-and-down 83-79 year as “four different seasons” from getting off to an OK start and the subsequent slump that nearly derailed the season to rallying back over .500 and the rough final three weeks in September.“It’s tough to not achieve your goal,” Ricketts said Sunday. “It’s tough when you’re just a couple of games away from making the...