Home

Rangers acquire Scherzer while losing 4-0 to Padres, their 6th loss in 8 games

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:39:42 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The slumping Texas Rangers acquired three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer on Saturday night during a 4-0 loss to Yu Darvish and the San Diego Padres, their sixth loss in eight games cutting their AL West lead to one game over Houston.The blockbuster trade with the New York Mets came as Rangers ace Nathan Eovaldi had his next start pushed back again and manager Bruce Bochy spoke of the need for the rotation to improve. Then Martín Pérez gave up four runs in the second inning, when the 32-year-old left-hander allowed five straight baserunners and two runs before getting his first out.The Rangers added the 39-year-old Scherzer with another former Mets pitcher with Cy Young credentials, two-time winner Jacob deGrom, sidelined by Tommy John elbow surgery, possibly all the way through the end of next season. A person with knowledge of the deal spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn’t been announced.According to multiple repor...

Big changes ahead for Kiowa Gordon in ‘Dark Winds’ second season

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:39:42 GMT

“Dark Winds” returns for its second season Sunday with significant changes for Kiowa Gordon’s Jim Chee.Executive produced by Robert Redford and adapted from Tony Hillerman’s bestselling series about two Navajo policemen in the early 1970s, “Dark Winds” follows tribal policeman Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon) and Chee.  In Season 1 Chee was Leaphorn’s deputy — and secretly an undercover FBI agent.This season is an adaptation of Hillerman’s novel “People of Darkness” – and “dark’ it is, in its subject matter and violence.“This is just a whole lot more, taking that deep dive into the world Tony Hillerman created,” Gordon, 33, said in a Zoom interview conducted before the current actors’ strike.Chee’s changed dramatically; he’s now an independent private investigator with issues.  “He’s become completely disillusioned; so he goes back to the rez. Coming back home and trying to find himself — find the center, find his balance.“Along the way, he is picking up some meaningful peo...

Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo join Pink for summer shows

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:39:42 GMT

As Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo thundered through a few immortal rock hits at their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in November, they noticed an especially enthusiastic fan. Now super fans are expected at every Benatar & Giraldo performance – the icon and her songwriter/guitarist/producer husband have combined for piles of Grammys, platinum records and an astounding 19 Top 40 hits. But this one stood out because, well, it was Pink.“I just remember looking down and she was giddy,” Benatar told the Herald of spotting the pop star in the crowd. “I didn’t know her, we’d never met, so it was just so fun to look down and see her having such a great time.”“She was in the front row and dancing,” Giraldo added. “Then when we were leaving she came up and said, ‘I want you two on the road with me. I want you to play dates with me this summer.’”True to her word, Pink booked Benatar & Giraldo as support at some of her biggest shows – the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will play Fenw...

Call authorities to step ex’s relentless calls

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:39:42 GMT

Q. My ex and I were married for five years. He worked nights and I worked days. He would call me every day at 9 a.m. to say he was home and wish me a good morning. I thought it was cute, but then a year and a half ago I found out he was cheating and I filed for divorce. He still calls every morning at 9 a.m. I’ve blocked him. He changed his number and continues to call. I changed my number, but my sister felt sorry for him and gave him my new number. What’s good ex-etiquette?A. You haven’t mentioned children, so from an ex-etiquette standpoint (or good behavior after divorce or separation), there’s really no reason to continue with contact.I have to wonder why your ex is still trying to win you over after a year of you not answering the phone. If, as you say, you have told him in no uncertain terms that you are no longer interested, his calling every day at 9 a.m. would be a little unnerving — and cause for concern. It sounds a little like stalking.You can request a restraining orde...

5 travel ideas to make adults & kids happy

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:39:42 GMT

Will you be traveling solo with kids or grandchildren soon?If so, here are five ideas to consider:1. Opt for a guest ranch.With an authentic and scenic setting as backdrop, you and your junior adventurers can enjoy beautiful places and learn horsemanship from experienced hands who will tailor the instruction to your skill and interest level. Opt to ride in open meadows, on mountain trails or in the desert Southwest. Will your family members choose to participate in a real cattle drive? Are you up for a horse pack trip into the backcountry? Will your youngsters be eager to learn the skills required for team penning and other arena games? Or will you be happy to relax during daily trail rides. The options are yours at working dude ranches and guest ranches across the country. Furthermore, you’ll easily meet other families and share stories on the trail, around a campfire or across the breakfast and dinner tables.For more: www.duderanch.org2. Choose an all-inclusive resort.With so much...

’60s pop stars so Happy Together on summer tour

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:39:42 GMT

If you had a hit single in 1967, you didn’t walk around thinking you’d still be performing it in 2023. That was back when rock was young, and long before anyone heard of the Happy Together Tour.“Back when we were 17, nobody was thinking that the songs would be serving us our whole life,” says Paul Cowsill of the Newport-raised family band. “I would have just said, ‘Yeah, if we’re doing this after 50, just get us off the stage fast.”Adds Vogues frontman Troy Elich , “Believe me, nobody back then thought they’d be doing these songs 60 years later. If they had, they never would have sung in those keys.”Now the biggest ‘60s pop tour, Happy Together has lasted far longer than the ‘60s themselves. The package tour was launched in 1984 with the Turtles as headliners, and named after their greatest hit. Faces have changed over the years: The Turtles will still close the show Sunday night at the Lynn Memorial Auditorium but their lead singer Howard Kaylan has retired; his place is being take...

Gaster & Atkinson: Clean energy solutions can’t be forced

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:39:42 GMT

With temperatures worldwide breaking records, there is an escalating sense of urgency that countries must make bigger, bolder and more enforceable commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions.But it would be a terrible mistake to double down on the current “kitchen sink” approach of trying to do everything, everywhere, all at once because we can’t force a green transition with regulatory mandates, subsidies and generalized moral pressure. That impulse isn’t wrong; it just won’t work.The harsh reality is that until clean energy is as cheap and performs as well as dirty energy, the world will not adopt it at anything like the needed scale. So, governments must focus on developing clean energy sources at price and performance parity with dirty fuels — “P3.” Only then will governments, organizations and individuals rapidly switch to a new energy system.Why won’t forcing approaches work? There are two primary reasons.First, climate change is a global issue, so solutions must be global. In...

Watch to watch: ‘Futurama’ returns after 10-year break

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:39:42 GMT

Comedy and comics fans are in luck this week. Here are top picks to watch.‘Futurama’After nearly a decade break, Matt Groening’s space odyssey returns with new episodes. The writers make up for lost time with bits aimed at Alexa, Bitcoin, Impossible Burgers and “Black Mirror.” The animated series works best when it takes a break from spoofing everything under numerous suns and zooms in on the characters’ emotions. Hulu‘Command Z’Chloe Radcliffe has been a writer for “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” and been named a TBS Comic to Watch. Now, the Minnesota native has snagged a juicy role in this Steven Soderbergh side project, which dropped on the Oscar-winning director’s own website with little fanfare. Radcliffe plays a reluctant time traveler who could change the fate of the world, if she can manage to leave her cynicism at the wormhole door. In addition to stealing scenes from co-stars such as Roy Wood Jr. an...

Aaron Judge homers in second game back as Yankees rebound vs. Orioles

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:39:42 GMT

BALTIMORE — It didn’t take long for Aaron Judge to make his presence felt.After drawing three walks in his Friday return, the reigning MVP got his bat going in the Yankees’ 8-3 win over the Orioles on Saturday. Judge, playing the field for the first time since tearing a ligament in his right big toe on June 3, recorded three hits, including a two-run, 442-foot blast to centerfield.The home run, Judge’s 20th of the year, came in the third inning off Tyler Wells. The Orioles starter, a frequent victim of Judge’s power, exited shortly after that.Judge wasn’t the only Yankees slugger to homer off Wells, as Giancarlo Stanton hit a 427-foot missile with nobody on in the first inning. Kyle Higashioka then crushed a Cole Irvin pitch 428 feet for another solo shot in the sixth inning.However, it was Isiah Kiner-Falefa who broke the game open, as he ended a 10-pitch at-bat with a three-run double off Bryan Baker in the sixth. The two-bagger gave the Yankees...

Editorial: Hunter Biden plea deal takes a bizarre twist

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:39:42 GMT

Hunter Biden’s plea deal on tax and weapons charges is on life support. Even if it makes a comeback in the coming days, this fiasco remains a stain on the president and the White House.On Wednesday, a federal judge refused to accept the agreement reached in June, under which President Joe Biden’s son would plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges while escaping prosecution on a gun charge. At issue is the scope of the immunity Hunter Biden would receive.According to news reports, Hunter Biden’s attorneys believed the deal would give their client protection from other charges that might arise in the government’s investigation. Prosecutors, on the other hand, insisted the agreement was confined to the tax and gun charges.It’s odd that the defendant and the government would be at odds over such a basic element of any plea bargain. Perhaps the events of the past few weeks — when more damaging information about Hunter Biden has emerged — led prosecutors to back off the broader immunit...