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3 dead in listeria outbreak in Washington state

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:42 GMT

Health officials in Washington state said Friday that three people had died and two had been hospitalized in the Puget Sound area after contracting foodborne listeria infections in what appeared to be an outbreak.Testing indicated that all five patients, three men and two women, became ill between Feb. 27 and June 30 and probably had the same source of infection, officials said, though an investigation had not identified a common food source.Each infected person was in their 60s or 70s and had a compromised immune system, officials said.Four of the cases were in Pierce County, and one was in Thurston County.The Washington State Department of Health said it was working with “local health jurisdictions to gather information from interviews with patients and their families to help identify any common exposures.”It was unclear where the cases originated. Officials said the bacteria are commonly found in unheated cheeses and deli meats, unpasteurized dairy products, and premade deli sala...

13-year-old Aussie skater Chloe Covell wins the women’s street competition at the X Games

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:42 GMT

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Chloe Covell, the 13-year-old Australian skateboarding prodigy, has won the women’s street competition at the X Games.Covell earned the biggest victory of her nascent career Saturday at the coastal Ventura County Fairgrounds, where she became the youngest winner in the X Games’ street skating discipline. Covell beat a strong field including Olympic gold medalist Momiji Nishiya of Japan and Brazilian star Leticia Bufoni.Covell already won a bronze medal in Chiba, Japan, and a silver medal in California last year in the X Games, becoming the youngest skater with two podium finishes in the competition’s history.After another year of growth and improvement, she won gold in Ventura with an impressive final run that included a heel flip down a flight of stairs and a 50-50 kickflip.Gui Khury is still the youngest gold medalist in X Games history after winning the men’s best vert trick competition at 12 years old in 2021.Covell started skating at 6 y...

Cody Bellinger drives in 4 runs as the Cubs top the Cardinals 8-6 on a rainy day at Wrigley

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:42 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Cody Bellinger drove in four runs and Nico Hoerner had three of Chicago’s 15 hits, helping the Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-6 on Saturday in a wet and wild matchup of NL Central rivals.Chicago trailed 1-0, 3-1, 5-3 and 6-5 before moving in front for the first time with three runs in the sixth inning. Bellinger yanked a two-run single into right field and Seiya Suzuki followed with an RBI single, giving the Cubs an 8-6 lead.After the start was delayed for 25 minutes, it rained intermittently before another downpour stopped play. Two members of the grounds crew were nearly swallowed by the tarp as they pulled it over the diamond in the middle of the seventh, and the Wrigley Field crowd of 40,425 sang along to Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Have You Ever Seen The Rain?” during the 87-minute delay.Bellinger, a possible trade target ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline, continued his torrid hitting. The 2019 NL MVP is batting .382 (42 for 110) with 21 RBIs in h...

Kiara Romero wins US Girls’ Junior at the US Air Force Academy

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:42 GMT

AIR FORCE ACADEMY. Colo. (AP) — Kiara Romero won the U.S. Girls’ Junior Championship on Saturday, outlasting Rianne Malixi 1-up in the 36-final at the U.S. Air Force Academy Eisenhower Golf Club.The 17-year-old Romero, from San Jose, California, took the lead with a par on the 31st — the 121-yard 13th hole on the Blue Course — and halved the final five holes with pars.An incoming freshman at Oregon, Romero earned spots in the 2024 U.S. Women’s Open at Lancaster Country Club in Pennsylvania and the 2024 Augusta National Women’s Amateur. Both finalists are exempt next month in the U.S. Women’s Amateur in Los Angeles.The 16-year-old Malixi was trying to become the second player from the Philippines to win the event, following Princes Mary Superal in 2014.Malixi had a 2-up lead through seven, and Romero won Nos. 9 and 10 to tie. Malixi took Nos. 12 and 16 for another 2-up lead, and Romero rallied to tie it with par wins on Nos. 18 and 22. Romero won the par-4 26th with a par for her fir...

Dansby Swanson, All-Star SS, activated by the Cubs after being sidelined by a heel injury

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:42 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — All-Star shortstop Dansby Swanson was activated by the Chicago Cubs on Saturday after he had been sidelined by a bruised left heel.Swanson had two hits and drove in a run in an 8-6 victory over St. Louis in his first big league game since he got hurt during a 4-3 win at Milwaukee on July 5. He is batting .261 with 10 homers and 37 RBIs in 84 games.The 29-year-old Swanson, who finalized a $177 million, seven-year contract with Chicago in December, played in 160 games in 2021 and 162 games last year in his final season with Atlanta. He said he was going “a little stir crazy” while he was on the 10-day injured list.“I felt like I was everybody’s honorable assistant,” he said. “I felt like hitting coaches, pitching coaches, like everybody, I felt like I was essentially an assistant coach for the last two weeks, which, it was driving me nuts. I love playing. I love going out there every day.”Infielder Jared Young was optioned to Triple-A Iowa to make room for S...

Baseball Hall of Fame Year-by-Year Inductees

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:42 GMT

Year-by-year inductees to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame:BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; TGE: Today’s Game Era (1998-present) committee; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro League career; SCNL: Elected by the special committee on the Negro Leagues and the Pre-Negro League; PI: Elected by Pre-Integration (1871-1946) committee; G: Elected by Golden Era (1947-72) committee; E: Elected by Expansion Era (1973-present) committee; ME: Elected by Modern Era (1970-87) committee; TG: Elected by Today’s Game (1988-present) committee; GD: Elected by Golden Days (1950-69) committee; EB: Elected by Early Baseball (1871-1949) committee; CBE: Contemporary Baseball Era (1980-present committee:2023 — BBWAA: Scott Rolen. CBE: Fred McGriff.2022 — BBWAA: David Ortiz. GD: Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Minoso, Tony Oliva. EB: Bud Fowler, Buck O’Neil.2021 — None.2020 — BBWAA: Derek Jeter; Larry W...

Fred McGriff’s Career Statistics

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:42 GMT

ABRHHRRBIAVG1986, Tor51100.2001987, Tor29558732043.2471988, Tor5361001513482.2821989, Tor551981483692.2691990, Tor557911673588.3001991, SD5288414731106.2781992, SD5317915235104.2861993, SD-Atl55711116237101.2911994, Atl424811353494.3181995, Atl528851482793.2801996, Atl6178118228107.2951997, Atl564771562297.2771998, TB564731601981.2841999, TB5297516432104.3102000, TB5668215727106.2772001, TB-CHC5136715731102.3062002, CHC5236714330103.2732003, LAD29732741340.2492004, TB7271327.181Totals8757134924904931550.284___Division SeriesYearABRHHRRBIAVG1995, Atl184626.3331996, Atl91313.3331997, Atl94201.222Totals36911310.306___League Championship SeriesYearABRHHRRBIAVG1989, Tor211303.1431993, Atl2361014.4351995, Atl165700.4381996, Atl286727.2501997, Atl210704.333Totals1091834318.312___World SeriesYearABRHHRRBIAVG1995, Atl235623.2611996, Atl204626.300Totals4391249.279Source

Grichuk’s go-ahead RBI single in the ninth rallies Rockies past Marlins 4-3

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:42 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — After Colorado mounted a late comeback win against the Miami Marlins on Saturday, right-hander Justin Lawrence credited the success of the bullpen for helping the Rockies win five of seven games since the All-Star break.Lawrence worked a scoreless ninth inning for his seventh save and was part of a bullpen effort that helped the Rockies rally from an early three-run deficit to beat the Marlins 4-3, handing Miami its season-high eighth straight loss.“Young guys to old guys, we’re all going out there in whatever role we’re given, and we’re running with it,” Lawrence said. “It’s just confidence we all have in each other in that bullpen.”Randal Grichuk delivered a go-ahead RBI single in the ninth that sealed the win and clinched the series. Grichuk’s first hit of the game scored Ryan McMahon. He led off the inning with a single off reliever Tanner Scott (4-3) and went to second when pinch-hitter Elias Díaz was hit by a pitch.The Marlins squandered a three-run lead built aga...

Sea otter harassing surfers off the California coast eludes capture as her fan club grows

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:42 GMT

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A sea otter launched into the national spotlight after images of her aggressively wresting surfboards away from surfers off the coast of Santa Cruz, California circulated on social media is building a fan club as she continues to evade capture.A team of wildlife experts with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the nearby Monterey Bay Aquarium have been trying to capture the 5-year-old animal, known as otter 841, since last week because they say she poses a public safety risk.They say they want to examine her and relocate her at a zoo or aquarium —as yet to no avail.She now has a growing fan club, with people showing up every day to get a glimpse of her spending time sunbathing on the rocky shore, diving in the water and chomping down on crabs.Jessica Fujii, Sea Otter Program Manager at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, said the team has faced some challenges in its pursuit, including bad weather.“The main issue is more just her ability to evade. Bec...

Smile restored: Nonprofit covers dental surgery of Pompano Beach man who lost teeth in accident

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:50:42 GMT

A South Florida senior’s wish has been granted, and it’s giving him a reason to smile.Pompano Beach resident Barry Greco was involved in a major accident years ago that broke several of his teeth and left him reliant on a wheelchair.Greco was unable to go to the dentist during the COVID pandemic, but he wanted his smile restored.The national nonprofit Twilight Wish Foundation recently made that happen.Greco spoke with 7News about his experience on Saturday.“My wish was to have a smile back on my face, so as the COVID restrictions started to loosen up, take my mask off and have this nice smile,” he said. “Just through the works of love itself, I ended up getting picked.”Greco now donates to the organization and also does volunteer work in the community.