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SF Giants offseason outlook: Key dates, decisions, questions ahead

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:53:26 GMT

First on the Giants’ offseason to-do list: Hire a manager.That, however, is only the start of what promises to be a crucial winter for a club at a crossroads.When are the key dates this offseason?Farhan Zaidi, the president of baseball operations, has said he wants to have a new manager in place by the time free agency begins.While players file for free agency on the day after the World Series, they cannot sign with other teams under five days afterward. On this year’s calendar, that means the start of free agency could fall between Nov. 5 – Nov. 9.Executives will convene in Scottsdale that same week for the annual GM meetings from Nov. 7-9. The more noteworthy offseason gathering comes a month later, in Nashville, with the Winter Meetings running from Dec. 3-7. That is traditionally the hotbed of free agency and trade activity, and is also when the amateur draft lottery (Dec. 5) and Rule 5 draft (Dec. 6) take place.In between the World Series and start of free age...

Apple releases fix for issue causing the iPhone 15 to run ‘warmer than expected’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:53:26 GMT

Apple has released an iOS 17 system update that includes a fix to prevent the iPhone 15 lineup from becoming uncomfortably hot.According to the release’s accompanying patch notes, iOS 17.0.3 “addresses an issue that may cause iPhone to run warmer than expected.”The Cupertino, California, company blamed a software bug and other issues tied to popular apps such as Instagram and Uber for causing its recently released iPhone 15 models to heat up and spark complaints about becoming too hot to handle.“We have identified a few conditions which can cause iPhone to run warmer than expected,” Apple in a short statement provided to The Associated Press last week after media reports detailed overheating complaints that are peppering online message boards.Related ArticlesTechnology | Apple exec defends tech giant’s decision to make Google default search engine on Apple iPhones, Macs Technology | Apple’s $59 fake-suede ‘FineWoven’ iPhone case is its biggest ...

Disneyland offers deep discounts on kids’ tickets in early 2024

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:53:26 GMT

Disneyland is offering deep discounts of more than half off the price of tickets for young children early next year after the Christmas holiday season comes to a close and before Spring Break starts.Disneyland is launching a limited-time kids’ ticket offer good for early 2024 for children ages 3 to 9 years old.The special kids ticket offer goes on sale starting Oct. 24.The deal offers tickets for as little as $50 per child per day that can be used Jan. 8 to March 10 at Disneyland or Disney California Adventure.SEE ALSO: 20 loudest Disneyland rides and 20 noisiest shows — with decibel readingsThe kids deal is for 1, 2 or 3-day ticket packages — which likely means the 3-day pass will cost around $150.That’s a significant savings over the current $270 2-day and $340 3-day one park per day tickets for kids offered on the Disneyland website. One-day tickets for kids cost $104 to $179, according to the Disneyland website.Related ArticlesTravel | Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk annou...

5 wounded in shooting at Morgan State in Baltimore

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:53:26 GMT

By Lea Skene and Denise Lavoie | Associated PressBALTIMORE — A shooting interrupted a homecoming week celebration at Baltimore’s Morgan State University on Tuesday, wounding five people and prompting an hourslong lockdown of the historically Black college.Students hunkered down for several hours, as police went room to room looking for suspects. No arrests were made.Police Commissioner Richard Worley said the five victims, four men and one woman, are between the ages of 18 and 22. Their injuries were not life-threatening, he told reporters at a news conference early Wednesday.Morgan State Police Chief Lance Hatcher said four of the victims are students at the university. The police did not release information about a suspect or suspects, and Worley said that investigators didn’t know how many shooters were involved.The shooting happened shortly after the coronation of Mister & Miss Morgan State at the Murphy Fine Arts Center, as students were heading to a campus ball...

Joe Jonas considered claiming that Sophie Turner chose Taylor Swift over kids: report

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:53:26 GMT

Before Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner agreed to begin four days of mediation this week to work through their child custody issues, the singer reportedly considered leaking some more negative claims about his estranged wife, alleging that she twice chose to go out with her new BFF Taylor Swift instead of spending time with their young daughters.Over the weekend, the gossip site, Crazy Days and Nights, revealed that Jonas was the singer mentioned in a Sept. 23 blind item. This singer, according to the blind item, planned to leak a story that his “actress ex” had “two chances to spend time with his kids” the week of Sept. 23 but instead went out with a certain “A+ list singer.” Crazy Days and Nights revealed that the “actress ex” is “Game of Thrones” star Turner, and the singer is Swift.This alleged leak would fit the early PR strategy deployed by Jonas and his team after he filed for divorce on Sept. 1: Use media leaks to portra...

Toddlers who drowned in San Jose daycare pool identified

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:53:26 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- Two toddlers who fell into a San Jose daycare's pool and drowned were identified on Wednesday. Payton Cobb, 1, of Hollister, and Lillian Hanan, 1, of San Jose, died Monday, according to the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner's Office.Payton and Lillian were two of three young children who fell into the pool at Happy Happy Daycare on Fleetwood Drive and were rushed to a hospital. The third child survived.The San Jose Police Department is investigating circumstances around how the girls were able to crawl, toddle, or walk through a gate and access the home daycare's backyard pool without daycare workers noticing or stopping them. Happy Happy Daycare was inspected by state authorities as recently as last month. According to the California Department of Social Services, licensing program analysts toured the home in 2020 for a pre-licensing inspection. They ordered the daycare to make changes to the pool area and ensure that it was secured by a fence. CDSS rep...

Road rage shooting on I-80 in Berkeley damages victim’s vehicle: CHP

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:53:26 GMT

(KRON) -- A non-injury freeway shooting over the weekend on westbound Interstate 80 in Berkeley resulted in damage to the victim’s vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol.Officers from CHP Oakland took a report Monday about a possible freeway shooting that happened Saturday, Sept. 30, on I-80 near Gilman Street in Berkeley. The suspect in the shooting was described by police as a Black woman who is approximately 30 years old. The suspect’s vehicle in the shooting was a “newer model” gold BMW and had a boy estimated to be 8 years old sitting in the front passenger seat at the time of the incident, CHP said.It is believed that road rage was a contributing factor in the shooting, CHP said. San Ramon police use golf cart to arrest alleged fraudster on the links Police visited the victim at their residence and found damage to the victim’s vehicle as a result of the reported shooting.Anyone with information on the freeway shooting is asked to call the CHP Oakland Area office...

New York City moves to suspend ‘right to shelter’ as migrant influx continues

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:53:26 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City is challenging a unique legal agreement that requires it to provide emergency housing to anyone who asks for it, as the city’s shelter system strains under a large influx of international migrants who have arrived since last year. The city filed a request late Tuesday asking a court to allow it to suspend the requirement when there is a state of emergency where the shelter population of single adults increases at a rapid rate.The filing came as Mayor Eric Adams embarks on a four-day trip through Latin America, starting Wednesday in Mexico, where he said he will discourage people from coming to New York, telling them the city’s shelter system is at capacity and its resources are overwhelmed. The city has been moving to suspend the so called right to shelter for months under the surge of migrants, arguing the requirement was never intended to be applied to a humanitarian crisis such as the latest influx. The shelter requirement has been in...

OPINIÓN | Recrudece la eterna crisis de Cuba

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:53:26 GMT

Nota del editor: Jorge Dávila Miguel es licenciado en Periodismo desde 1973 y ha mantenido una carrera continua en su profesión hasta la fecha. Tiene posgrados en Ciencias de la Información Social y Medios de Comunicación Social, así como estudios posuniversitarios en Relaciones Internacionales, Economía Política e Historia Latinoamericana. Dávila Miguel es columnista de El Nuevo Herald en la cadena McClatchy, y analista político y columnista en CNN en Español. Los comentarios expresados en esta columna pertenecen exclusivamente al autor. Mira más en cnne.com/opinion.(CNN Español) — Los próximos seis meses serán decisivos para Cuba, me dice en La Habana un empresario privado cubano. Su pronóstico se refleja en la población del país. No hay café desde hace meses, la carne de cerdo escasea, hasta la azúcar falta en el país . En octubre, afirma, empezará la crisis dentro de la crisis: no habrá pan porque no habrá harina, no habrá combustible porque el Estado no tiene dinero, no h...

Prosecutor opens trial for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried saying he stole at least $10 billion

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:53:26 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor opened a fraud trial Wednesday by telling jurors that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was on top of the world a year ago, hobnobbing with celebrities, before his historic fraud was exposed, leaving customers and investors without at least $10 billion they thought was secure. A defense lawyer insisted his client didn’t steal from anyone.Assistant U.S. Attorney Nathan Rehn repeatedly pointed at Bankman-Fried, sitting with his lawyers in a suit, and accused him of “committing a massive fraud.”He said Bankman-Fried told lies to his investors while he spent their money on himself, his friends and family, buying lavish homes and beachfront property in the Bahamas, spending millions of dollars on political donations to gain influence in Washington.Bankman-Fried, 31, maintains he was not to blame for a massive fraud that prosecutors allege in seven charges, including wire fraud and conspiracy, brought against him since his arrest last December in the Bahamas...