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Browns add backfield depth, acquire RB Pierre Strong Jr. in trade from Patriots for T Wheatley

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:08:23 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Looking to bolster their backfield depth behind star Nick Chubb, the Cleveland Browns acquired running back Pierre Strong Jr. on Sunday in a trade with the New England Patriots.The Browns sent offensive tackle Tyrone Wheatley Jr. to the Patriots for Strong, a fourth-round pick last season by New England.Cleveland made the move two days before NFL teams are required to trim their rosters to 53.The 5-foot-11, 205-pound Strong, who played at South Dakota State, appeared in 15 games as a rookie. He gained 100 yards on 10 carries and scored a touchdown, adding seven catches for 42 yards.With second-year back Jerome Ford out with a hamstring injury, Cleveland has been looking to add another experienced runner to slot behind Chubb, a four-time Pro Bowler who for a career-high 1,525 yards last season.The Browns recently signed running back Jordan Wilkins, who had one carry, a fumble and a bad exchange with quarterback Deshaun Watson in Saturday’s exhibition loss at Ka...

Fatal crash causes highway closure in Douglas County

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:08:23 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Colorado State Patrol and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office were on the scene of a fatal crash in Douglas County Sunday afternoon, according to DCSO.The crash occurred on Colorado Highway 86 east of Franktown.Eastbound CO 86 was closed as a result of the crash. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, delays should be expected.Further information about the crash was not available.

Honey bee swarm delays Orioles’ game vs. Rockies in first inning

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:08:23 GMT

Talk about the Birds and the bees.The Orioles’ game against the Colorado Rockies on Sunday at Camden Yards was temporarily paused in the bottom of the first inning because of a swarm of honey bees in left field near the bullpens. The five-minute bee delay will not count in the time of game for the series finale.After Orioles designated hitter Adley Rutschman popped out to open the bottom of the first, umpires stopped the game as Rockies left fielder Nolan Jones moved away from the area.“The swarm has been identified as honey bees, and are now calmed down,” the Orioles said in a statement.This story will be updated. ()

Yankees’ youthful Sunday lineup prompts questions about other prospects

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:08:23 GMT

TAMPA — After just five major league games and two hits, Everson Pereira found himself batting fourth on Sunday.“I just feel like he has a chance to impact the ball in there,” Aaron Boone said before the Yankees’ series finale against the Rays. “Despite not having a lot of results and even taking some lumps here in a couple of these games, I do feel like he’s put together some good at-bats, too.”The 22-year-old left fielder’s designation as the cleanup hitter accentuated a rather youthful Yankees lineup on Sunday. Boone also had Anthony Volpe batting fifth and playing shortstop after an unprecedented Saturday off day for the 22-year-old.Oswaldo Cabrera, 23, hit seventh and played right. Oswald Peraza, also 22, hit eighth and played third base.“Excited to see what all of them are able to do here in this final month-plus of games playing regularly, playing together,” Boone said. “And hopefully they can take and run with...

Mending fences: Raimondo latest on trade mission to China 

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:08:23 GMT

WASHINGTON — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo is the latest member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet to visit China as his administration tries to mend the deteriorating ties between the world’s two largest economies. She promises to be “practical” without compromising the U.S. push to “responsibly” manage that economic relationship.Raimondo plans meetings with Chinese officials and U.S. business leaders in Beijing and Shanghai in an effort to “promote a healthy competition, a competition on a level playing field, playing by the rules.”“I’m also very realistic and clear-eyed about the challenges. And the challenges are significant,” she told reporters before leaving Washington on Saturday on a trip that ends Wednesday.The secretary said she wants to find “actionable, concrete steps where we can move forward on the commercial relationship,” but she offered few details. One matter to be discussed is promoting...

Patriots practice notes: Two players return, long list of absences ahead of cuts

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:08:23 GMT

Two key Patriots starters returned to practice Sunday, according to reporters on scene.Sunday afternoon’s practice session saw the return of cornerback Jonathan Jones and left guard Cole Strange. Jones was present but not wearing a jersey. Strange was present but not participating in team drills.The Patriots open their season in two weeks against the Philadelphia Eagles. Tight end Mike Gesicki was also cleared for contact. Rookie wide receiver Demario Douglas was spotted in a red non-contact jersey.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Source: Patriots trade RB Pierre Strong for Browns offensive lineman New England Patriots | Patriots-Titans film review: Marte Mapu’s main area for growth and 19 more takeaways New England Patriots | Patriots’ eight most difficult decisions on 53-man roster cutdown day New England Patriots | Patriots roster cuts tracker: Among three players out New England Patriots | ...

Sheriff provides the first details of how a white man fatally shot 3 Black people at a Florida store

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:08:23 GMT

By RUSS BYNUM and AARON MORRISON (Associated Press)JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The white man who fatally shot three Black people in a racist attack at a Florida store shot one of his victims as she sat in her car, chased another through the store and shot the third as he entered, Jacksonville’s sheriff said Sunday.Shooter Ryan Palmeter, 21, legally purchased his guns in recent months even though he had been involuntarily committed for a mental health examination in 2017, Sheriff T.K. Waters said. He killed himself after killing his three victims. Waters identified those shot in Saturday’s attack at a Dollar General as Angela Michelle Carr, 52, who was shot in her car; store employee A.J. Laguerre, 19, who was shot as he tried to flee; and customer Gerrald Gallion, 29, who was shot as he entered the store. Palmeter used an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and a Glock handgun in the shooting, Waters said. Palmeter lived with his parents in neighboring Clay County and had tex...

A House impeachment inquiry of President Biden is a ‘natural step forward,’ Speaker McCarthy says

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:08:23 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested Sunday that an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden was becoming more likely, calling it “a natural step forward” as Congress soon ends its summer break and House Republicans seek to expand their investigative powers.McCarthy, R-Calif., has so far avoided committing to an impeachment vote or offering a timeline for possible action. Some House Republicans are eager to go after Biden over claims of financial misconduct involving his son Hunter, but the Democratic president has not been shown to have done anything wrong.Meanwhile, McCarthy said passing a short-term spending bill to keep the government running past the end of September would ensure that investigations of Hunter Biden could continue, a pitch directed at conservatives worried a bipartisan deal with Senate Democrats would not cut enough spending. The stopgap measure would buy time to work out a longer-term budget deal before mandatory spending cuts that neither party pr...

Jacksonville killings: What we know about the hate crime

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:08:23 GMT

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A white man wearing a mask and firing a weapon emblazoned with a swastika gunned down three Black people Saturday in what the sheriff described as a racially motivated attack in Jacksonville, Florida. The shooter, who had also posted racist writings, then killed himself. Here’s what is known about the killings:WHERE AND WHEN DID THE SHOOTING TAKE PLACE?The shooting happened Saturday afternoon at a Dollar General store in New Town, a predominantly Black neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida. The store is near Edward Waters University, a historically Black school with about 1,000 students. The school said the man was spotted on campus by a security guard shortly before the shooting and asked to leave when he refused to identify himself. He was seen putting on his bullet-resistant vest and mask before he drove away. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters said Sunday that it does not appear that he intended to attack the school.WHO WAS THE SHOOTER?Ryan Palmeter...

Tropical Storm Idalia forms in the Gulf of Mexico on a possible track toward the US, forecasters say

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:08:23 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Idalia formed Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico on a potential track to come ashore as a hurricane in the southern U.S., the National Hurricane Center said.At 2 p.m. Sunday, the storm was about 80 miles (129 kilometers) east-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, moving north at 2 mph (3.2 kph) with highest sustained winds of 40 mph (64 kph), forecasters said. Hurricanes have winds of 74 mph (119 kph) and above.Forecasters said they expected Idalia to become a hurricane on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico and then curve northeast toward the west coast of Florida. Initial forecasts indicated that Idalia could approach Florida on Wednesday as a Category 1 hurricane.Large parts of the western coast of Florida are at risk of seawater surging onto land and flooding communities when a tropical storm or hurricane approaches. That part of Florida is very vulnerable to storm surges, Jamie Rhome, deputy director of the National Hurricane Center, said Sunday.“So it will not take a s...