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Reliever Joely Rodríguez’s $4.25 million option declined by Boston Red Sox

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:23 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The Red Sox declined a $4.25 million option on left-hander Joely Rodríguez, who gets a $500,000 buyout.Rodríguez, who turns 32 on Nov. 14, had a 6.55 ERA over 11 relief appearances and 11 innings in his one season with Boston. He agreed last November to a $2 million, one-year contract that included a $1.5 million salary this year. He earned a $500,000 roster bonus for being on the active roster for 30 days.Rodríguez began the season on the injured list with a strained right oblique. After making five appearances from May 17-30, Rodríguez went back on the IL with left shoulder inflammation. He made six more appearances from July 9-25, then went on the IL with right hip inflammaton. Rodríguez did not pitch for the Red Sox for the rest of the season.A six-year major league veteran, Rodríguez is 5-9 with a 4.70 ERA and one save in 168 games for Philadelphia (2016-17), Texas (2020-21), the New York Yankees (2021), the New York Mets (2022) and the Red Sox.Boston announced it...

Patriots have no answer for J.C. Jackson, Jack Jones playing time decision

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:23 GMT

FOXBORO — The Patriots elected to start Sunday’s loss to the Commanders with two of their top cornerbacks on the bench.Cornerbacks J.C. Jackson and Jack Jones began Week 9 on the sideline while Shaun Wade, who hadn’t played defense since Week 6, started at outside cornerback opposite Jonathan Jones. Jackson didn’t enter the game until the Patriots’ third defensive drive. Jack Jones had his helmet on but a towel around his neck for the entire first quarter. At one point, during a Patriots defensive drive, he sat on the Patriots’ bench next to kicker Chad Ryland while the rest of the team’s reserves stood closer to the sideline. He finally entered the game with 11:12 remaining in the second quarter.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots’ comeback bid ends with interception in 20-17 loss to Commanders New England Patriots | Patriots seemingly bench cornerback Jack Jones in first quarter vs. Commanders ...

Lewiston student launches clothing line to help families of Maine mass shooting victims

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:23 GMT

Lewiston High School senior Natalie Beaudoin has launched a clothing collection embodying the resiliency and togetherness displayed in her hometown following the mass shootings that took place on Oct. 25.Beaudoin, a basketball player committed to the University of Vermont, designed shirts sporting the “We Are Lew1ston” design after last month’s tragedy in town.U.S. Army veteran Robert Card entered a local bowling alley and Schemengees Bar and Grille on Oct. 25, killing 18 people and injuring 13 others in the mass shooting.Beaudoin said she was in Florida when she first caught wind of the shootings, immediately calling her parents to see if they were OK.“When I heard the news, I was definitely shocked, it almost didn’t feel real,” Beaudoin recalls. “I called my parents because I knew they were out to dinner in that area and checked up on my friends and other family. It was definitely a scary night, but I knew we’d get through it together and come out of it a lot stronger.”...

As Massachusetts shelters fill to capacity, Maura Healey says there are ‘a lot of places in the country where people can go’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:23 GMT

With the state’s shelter system at or approaching maximum capacity, the governor is suggesting new migrants could consider settling somewhere other than Massachusetts after they cross the U.S. border.According to Gov. Maura Healey, there are 40 to 50 new families arriving in the state every day and seeking state assistance with housing, and the influx of people to Massachusetts — many without lawful presence in the U.S. — has pushed the state’s shelter system close to its 7,500-family limit.“We expect to reach it soon,” Healey told WCVB. “We’ve just reached capacity here in terms of the physical space where we can house people, the number of service providers who are out there to provide services, and also the funds to pay for this.”Healey did not directly say what happens to a family seeking Emergency Assistance shelter after the cap is reached, though she said she hoped it didn’t come to unhoused people sleeping at Logan Airport or in emergency rooms. She a...

Tyson recalls 30,000 pounds of chicken nuggets after consumers report finding metal pieces

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:23 GMT

Tyson Foods is recalling nearly 30,000 pounds (13,600 kilograms) of breaded chicken “”Fun Nuggets” after consumers complained of finding metal pieces in the dinosaur-shaped patties.The nuggets, sold in 29-ounce bags, were produced on Sept. 5 by the Berryville, Arkansas, company. Tyson informed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and said it recalled the nuggets voluntarily “out of an abundance of caution.” USDA said that there had been only one report of a ”minor oral injury associated with consumption of this product.”The nuggets subject to the recall carry the number P7211 on the back of the package. They were shipped to distributors in Alabama, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin to be passed on to retailers.The USDA urged consumers with the nuggets in their freezers to throw them out or return them to the place of purchase.The Associated Press

California officer involved in controversial police shooting resigns over racist texts, chief says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:23 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A California police officer involved in a controversial shooting last year has resigned after the discovery of racist text messages he wrote, including some making light of the shooting, a police chief says.Mark McNamara, who joined the San Jose Police Department in 2017, quit last week after being notified of an investigation into his offensive messages, Police Chief Anthony Mata told the Bay Area News Group. Mata said McNamara was being investigated by the department’s internal affairs unit for an unrelated and unspecified matter, and that led to the revelation that he “had sent disgusting text messages that demonstrated racial bias.”A dossier of text messages show McNamara talking to two unnamed recipients and referring to the March 27, 2022, shooting of K’aun Green, according to the chief.McNamara shot and wounded Green, who is Black, after Green appeared to have quelled a fight that broke out inside an eatery near San Jose State University. Green disarme...

Premiers to focus on energy costs, health care at Halifax meeting of leaders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:23 GMT

The effect of carbon pricing measures on the rising cost of living across Canada is slated to take centre stage at this week’s meeting of the country’s premiers and territorial leaders in Halifax.That focus comes after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last month a three-year pause on carbon pricing for home fuel oil, along with the expansion of a grant program to help some lower-income Canadians cover the cost of installing heat pumps.The relief is applicable only to the 10 jurisdictions where federal fuel charges apply, with British Columbia, Quebec and the Northwest Territories excluded because they collect their own fuel tax.Speaking from Halifax ahead of the meetings, British Columbia Premier David Eby said such unequal distribution of cost relief is unfair.“I don’t begrudge Atlantic Canadians the ability to get off home heating oil and not to have to endure those huge bills that come when the fuel truck shows up,” Eby said at a news conferen...

Taysom Hill's TDs receiving and passing, Paulson Adebo's takeaways lift Saints past Bears 24-17

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:23 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Taysom Hill caught a touchdown pass and threw for another, Paulson Adebo intercepted two passes and also forced a fumble that he recovered, and the New Orleans Saints beat the Chicago Bears 24-17 on Sunday.The Saints (5-4) forced five turnovers, intercepting rookie QB Tyson Bagent three times and recovering two fumbles. Those plays tipped the balance of a game in which the undrafted Bagent and the Bears (2-7) often had the Saints' defense off balance, outgaining New Orleans 368-301 in total yards and possessing the ball for just more than half the game.The final turnover — a fumble caused by Demario Davis' sack and recovered by fellow linebacker Pete Werner — all but sealed it with 2:05 left. New Orleans needed only one first down — and got it — to run out the clock. Read more: Latest Chicago news headlines Bagent passed for two touchdowns to tight end Cole Kmet. He finished with 220 yards passing and 70 yards rushing to keep Chicago within one score the whole w...

Gophers volleyball tops Northwestern in four sets

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:23 GMT

The Gophers volleyball team got 25 kills and nine digs from Taylor Landfair to rally to a four-set victory over Northwestern on Sunday, winning 25-27, 25-23, 25-21, 25-23 at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill.Melani Shaffmaster added 43 assists and 12 digs, and Mckenna Wucherer had a double double with 11 kills and 11 digs for Minnesota.As a team, Minnesota hit .240 with 56 kills, 11 blocks, 56 digs and seven aces, while Northwestern hit .190 with 56 kills, nine blocks, 66 digs and nine aces.Julia Sangiacomo had 16 kills with four digs to lead the Wildcats.The Gophers improved to 12-10 overall and 8-6 in the Big Ten with their sixth victory in eight matches. That moves Minnesota into a tie for fifth in the Big Ten, just one game out of third place.Related Articles Mckenna Wucherer, Taylor Landfair lift Gophers volleyball over Ohio State Big Ten volleyball: No. 2 Badgers sweep Gophers Gophers volleyball falls to Rutgers in four sets

Minnesota Opera’s ‘Cruzar La Cara De La Luna’ speaks to the Mexican immigration experience

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:18:23 GMT

The Ordway Music Theater gets a dose of mariachi music for Minnesota Opera’s production of “Cruzar La Cara De La Luna” (To Cross the Face of the Moon). Infusing the folk-derived Mexican musical genre into an opera format, the work speaks to the Mexican immigration experience as well as the enduring legacies of families who have made the United States their home over multiple generations.Relaying the journey of a family split apart by two countries and tragic fate, the piece is colored — metaphorically and in its scenic and costume design by Arnulfo Maldonado — with the hues of a monarch butterfly. The monarch serves as a key image in the opening song, “En Frágiles Alas,” (On Fragile Wings) first sung softly by Mark performed by Efraín Solís at the bed of his ailing father, as he plays the guitar. The song is repeated throughout the story, evoking the migratory cycles of the monarch butterfly and their tremendous journeys between Mexico and the United States across generations.The Ho...