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Rangers designate veteran pitcher Ian Kennedy for assignment

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:55 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Right-hander Ian Kennedy has been designated for assignment by the Texas Rangers after a tough start to his 17th season in the big leagues.Texas recalled left-hander John King from Triple-A Round Rock, clearing roster room with Kennedy’s departure before Thursday’s opener of a four-game series at Oakland.The 38-year-old Kennedy was 0-1 with a 7.20 ERA, surrendering eight earned runs and 10 total over 10 innings and 11 appearances. He made the team for opening day as a non-roster invitee for the second time, also doing so in 2021.Manager Bruce Bochy said he spoke with Kennedy by phone on the way to the ballpark after the pitcher heard from Rangers general manager Chris Young.“I just told him how much I appreciated being with him, working with him, getting to know him,” Bochy said. “Great teammate. It was more the fit, what we needed here, innings, flexibility, those type of things. But he was a pro, let me tell you, he was good with these guys, ...

Exclusiva CNN: la administración de Biden busca rusos de alto perfil para un posible intercambio de prisioneros

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:55 GMT

Washington (CNN) — El Gobierno de Biden está buscando en todo el mundo opciones que podrían resultarle atractivas a Rusia para liberar a los estadounidenses detenidos ilegalmente Evan Gershkovich y Paul Whelan, según tres fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto.Estados Unidos no tiene actualmente ningún espía ruso de alto nivel bajo su custodia, dicen funcionarios y exfuncionarios estadounidenses, lo que impulsa la necesidad de recurrir a aliados en busca de ayuda.La administración de Biden está ampliando su búsqueda, acercándose a los países aliados que tienen espías rusos bajo custodia para evaluar si estarían dispuestos a hacer un intercambio como parte de un paquete mayor de intercambio de prisioneros. Pero algunos funcionarios estadounidenses también han estado encuestando a aliados sin rusos bajo su custodia, dijeron funcionarios, para obtener ideas sobre qué podría atraer a Moscú a liberar prisioneros estadounidenses.Rusia acusa formalmente de espionaje al periodista deten...

Broncos single-game tickets on sale

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:55 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Broncos will release the schedule for the upcoming 2023 season on Thursday night and a limited number of single-game tickets will go on sale shortly after the announcement.The complete NFL schedule will be announced at 6 p.m. MT on Thursday, but some teasers have already been revealed. Denver Broncos release 2023 schedule According to the Broncos, the team will host the Chiefs, Chargers, Raiders, Packers, Vikings, Patriots, Jets, Browns and Commanders during the regular season. Denver will visit the Chiefs, Chargers, Raiders, Bears, Lions, Bills, Dolphins and Texans.If you're interested in getting a notification as soon as tickets go on sale, you can sign up for an email alert from the team. A limited number of mostly single-seat tickets will be available at full price starting at $30 as well as ADA seating and club seating. The Broncos have sold out 410 consecutive regular-season games dating back to 1970, according to the team.

15-year-old boy hospitalized after shooting at Coconut Creek apartment complex

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:55 GMT

Rescue crews took a 15-year-old boy to the hospital after he came under fire at an apartment complex in Coconut Creek, police said.7News cameras captured an active scene along the 3500 block of Cocoplum Circle, just after 10 p.m., Thursday.According to Coconut Creek Police, the incident happened at around 8 p.m. inside an apartment unit.Responding officers arrived to find the victim suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.Paramedics transported the teen to Broward Health Medical Center. Police said he was alert and conscious during transport and is listed in stable condition.Investigators said this appears to an isolated incident, so it does not appear that there is a search underway for a subject.Detectives believe the victim and the shooter knew each other, but this was not a domestic situation.Police continue to investigate.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this breaking story.

Search underway for 14-year-old boy reported missing in Hollywood

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:55 GMT

Police seek the public’s help in their search for a 14-year-old boy who was reported missing in Hollywood.According to Hollywood Police, Railyn Balbuena was last seen leaving a home along the 1100 block of Hillcrest Drive, Thursday.Balbuena stands 5 feet, 6 inches tall and has black hair. He was last seen wearing, a black jacket, white and black sweatpants, and white sneakers.Officials urge anyone with information on his whereabouts to call Hollywood Police at 954-764-HELP (4357).

More than 6 years after three men stormed his club, former owner talks for first time about surviving bloody battle 

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:55 GMT

An overnight rampage at a South Florida club in 2016 left the owner shot and shaken. It has taken him more than six years to even speak about the bloody battle inside. Now — for the first time — he is sharing his survival story with 7 Investigates’ Karen Hensel.911: “Where is he shot, sir?”Caller: “He was shot in the head. He was shot in the face.”Sept. 17, 2016, a panicked call to 911 just before 3 a.m.Caller: “We don’t know if they’re still there. We got it barricaded. Please, get someone here. He needs help.”In a botched robbery attempt, the owner of the Castle bar in Hollywood had just been shot after three men stormed the door.Caller: “He’s alert, but he’s going down fast.”Crime scene photos show the bloody scene inside and at least a dozen shell casings.Dean Gramenidis was the owner of the bar.Dean Gramenidis: “The doctors thought I was going to end up dying. I still have one bullet...

Police investigating shooting and fire at Fort Lauderdale home

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:55 GMT

Police are investigating a shooting and a fire at a home in Fort Lauderdale.Fort Lauderdale Police and Fire Rescue units responded to a home along the 1700 block of Northwest 27th Terrace, just before 8:25 p.m., Thursday.Police said they responded in reference to a shooting, but upon arrival, the armed subject barricaded himself inside the residence and is believed to have set it on fire.SWAT negotiators have also arrived at the scene.Detectives have not provided further details about the incident, as they continue to investigate.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this breaking story.

In Ukraine, collaboration cases aren’t always clear-cut

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:55 GMT

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe.KYIV — Fifty-eight-year-old Viktor Kyrylov told the Shevchenkivskyi District Court in Kyiv he didn’t see himself as a collaborator, and that’s why he remained in Kherson when Russian forces retreated from the Ukrainian city last year. The judge, however, thought differently, and last month, Kyrylov was handed a 12-year prison term for working as a police driver for Russian occupation authorities.“I worked as a driver; drove an investigation team, repaired cars. The situation was difficult. There was no work. There was banditry and marauding. I thought I was helping the people of Kherson to protect public order,” Kyrylov told the court. “It’s not like I was fighting against Ukraine,” he added, explaining that the Russian-appointed investigators he drove handled “family scandals, robberies, marauding” and weren’t “chasing guerrillas.”Kyrylov’s is just one of the many collaboration — and treason — cases that have been cramming Uk...

Reality TV can make or break a politician (unless you’re Donald Trump)

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:55 GMT

Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column.Living in Belgium is a giant reality TV show, albeit one designed by people on the strongest of psychedelic drugs. But actual reality television proved too much this week for Georges-Louis Bouchez, leader of the French-speaking Reformist Movement political party, who quit Flemish reality show “Special Forces: Who Dares Wins” after just two episodes. Bouchez’s performance had come under fire because of a perceived lack of team spirit and effort — which sounds exactly like every party’s performance in every Belgian coalition government formation talks but was clearly too much for a bit of telly.“I take responsibility. If the group is punished because of me every time, I can’t continue,” Bouchez said, which also sounds like something a party leader would say after the collapse of Belgian coalition government talks.While we’re on the subject of politicians on reality TV, all eyes during the coronation in the U.K. were on P...

New EU border chief vows to clean up Frontex agency as migrant numbers surge

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:42:55 GMT

BRUSSELS — Europe is facing an increase in migrant arrivals — but the EU border agency will not again turn its back to human rights violations along its borders.That’s the message of Hans Leijtens, the new head of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, also known as Frontex, in an interview with POLITICO. Leijtens, described by some as “a cop with strong diplomatic skills,” started as Frontex’s executive director in March.The Dutchman took office as agency figures show a more than 300 percent increase in migrant arrivals in the Central Mediterranean in the first three months of this year alone.“I became a bit allergic [to] the word crisis,” he said, speaking at the agency’s office in Brussels. “I just see facts and figures. And those worry me — because what I see is a huge rise,” in people crossing the Mediterranean especially.He noted that along other routes, such as the Western Balkans, migrant crossings have decreased. Yet on average across all tracks, the in...