Tornado watch around St. Louis, hail and thunder threats too

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:54 GMT

ST. LOUIS - A tornado warning has expired for many counties west of Missouri, but severe weather threats remain, primarily in the form of hail and thunderstorms. St. Louis City and St. Louis County could see high winds and hail head its way in the 6 p.m. hour after some threats intensified out west in the 4 p.m. hour. However, a tornado watch has been issued across the St. Louis region through 10 p.m. Saturday. The watch includes most St. Louis metro counties on both sides of the state, according to the National Weather Service.During a tornado watch, atmospheric conditions are favorable for a tornado to develop, but a tornado has not yet been sighted or indicated by weather radar.If a tornado warning is issued, a tornado has been sighted or indicated by weather radar and there is imminent danger to life and property. In that case, seek shelter immediately.Watch out for hail threats too. Strong instability up in the mid-levels of the atmosphere is making for the potential for very l...

Cardinals fall in extras, lose 6-3 to Pirates

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:54 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Andrew McCutchen hit a tie-breaking, two-run homer in the 10th inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 on Saturday.McCutchen hit a 3-2 pitch from Jordan Hicks (0-1) over the left field wall for his third home run of the season in leading off the inning.David Bednar (2-0) pitched a scoreless ninth inning, and Dauri Moreta worked around a leadoff walk in the 10th to earn his first save of the season.Roansy Contreras allowed two runs on six hits in becoming the fifth straight Pirates' starter to work into the sixth inning.Rodolfo Castro doubled off Ryan Helsley to score Connor Joe and tie the game 3-3 in the top of the eighth inning. Paul Goldschmidt had walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh to put the Cardinals ahead.Cardinals starter Steven Matz allowed two runs on three hits in 5 2/3 innings while walking five batters and striking out six.Matz walked Joe with the bases loaded in the top of the third inning to tie the ga...

Chinatown renters camp out at Mayor’s Mansion overnight in protest of rent hike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:54 GMT

Members of the Hillside Villa Tenant Association camped out in front of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ mansion on Friday night and are planning to remain there all day on Saturday until their demands are met. 124 families at Hillside Villa in Chinatown are facing housing uncertainties after L.A.’s COVID-era eviction moratorium expired at the end of March. Tenants, some of whom are still dealing with pandemic-related income loss, are facing a 300% rent hike and an inundation of eviction notices. “We got five three-day notices last month alone,” said Alfredo Espinoza, who has lived at Hillside Villa for over 25 years. “As the tenants and families of Hillside Villa, we stayed the night in front of the Mayor’s Mansion, and we start day two out here to show that we are not going to let the city’s inaction put us on the streets.” Residents are imploring the Los Angeles Housing Department to follow through with their plan to appraise and make an offer on the building. A plan to do...

A’s Shintaro Fujinami delivers best outing, not good enough for historic win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:54 GMT

OAKLAND – The way Shintaro Fujinami was dealing, he put himself in line for first his first major league win Saturday, and the first ever by a Japanese-born starting pitcher in A’s history.Alas, that will have to wait for another day.Instead, Fujinami’s best outing of his three-start career left him with his third loss, a typical result in this staggering start to the A’s season. They’ve now lost 12 of 15 games following Saturday’s 3-2 defeat to the New York Mets before 12,967 fans at the Coliseum.Fujinama’s line: six-plus innings, four hits, two runs, two walks, and five strikeouts on 92 pitches, those latter two categories behind career highs.A’s manager Mark Kotsay entered Saturday’s game seeking six innings from Fujinami, and that barely happened, once the 29-year-old right-hander induced three consecutive groundouts to reach the seventh with a 2-1 lead.But Fujinami opened the seventh by surrendering his second solo home run of the day, this one to former AR...

San Jose: CHP investigates dead body found near downtown freeways

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:54 GMT

SAN JOSE — The California Highway Patrol is investigating the circumstances surrounding a dead body that was found near a busy freeway interchange next to downtown San Jose a few blocks from an elementary school.The body was found Saturday around 9 a.m., according to the CHP.Local authorities discovered the deceased individual in the area of the 500 block of Minor Avenue in the vicinity of the interchange of Interstate 280 and State Route 87 next to downtown San Jose.The case was turned over to the CHP because the body was found on property owned by the state Transportation Department, or Caltrans.It appeared that the deceased individual had gained access to an area beneath the interchange prior to the person’s death, according to a CHP official.The Santa Clara County Coroner’s Office was attempting to determine the cause of death. There were no apparent indications that the death occurred due to suspicious circumstances, the CHP official stated.CHP investigators w...

RBC Heritage Scores

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:54 GMT

SaturdayAt Harbour Town Golf LinksHilton Head, S.C.Purse: $20 millionYardage: 7,213; Par: 71Third RoundMatt Fitzpatrick66-70-63—199Patrick Cantlay69-65-66—200Jordan Spieth68-67-66—201Tommy Fleetwood69-65-68—202Mark Hubbard68-66-68—202Taylor Moore68-67-67—202Scottie Scheffler68-65-69—202Jimmy Walker65-65-72—202Hayden Buckley69-68-66—203Cameron Davis70-67-66—203Rickie Fowler67-68-68—203Emiliano Grillo68-67-68—203Matt Kuchar68-67-68—203Chez Reavie72-66-65—203Xander Schauffele67-66-70—203Keegan Bradley73-67-64—204Brian Harman65-70-69—204Russell Henley72-66-66—204Sungjae Im66-72-66—204Patton Kizzire70-65-69—204Corey Conners70-68-67—205Lee Hodges70-67-68—205Jon Rahm72-64-69—205Aaron Rai63-71-71—205Patrick Rodgers68-71-66—205Justin Rose66-67-72—205Adam Scott69-68-68—205Sahith Theegala70-68-67—205Brendon Todd70-67-68—205Carson Young68-68-69—205Wyndham Clark67-73-66—206Ben Griffin70-65-71—206Chris Kirk69-69-68—206Denny McCarthy71-66-69—206Collin Morikawa72-68-66—206Scott Stallings66-72-68—20...

Doctor group says at least 26 killed in Sudan fighting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:54 GMT

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A Sudan doctors’ group said at least 26 people were killed and 103 wounded in fighting Saturday between the country’s army and a powerful paramilitary force. The deaths occurred in areas around the country, including the capital city, Khartoum and its sister city Omdurman, the Sudan Doctors’ Syndicate said in a statement. Many of the the wounded were located in southwestern Sudan. The violence comes after months of escalating tensions between the armed forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and years of political unrest since an October 2021 military coup. It raised fears of a wider conflict among many as fighting continued into Saturday night. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. The following is AP’s previous story:Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force engaged in fierce fighting Saturday in the capital and elsewhere in the country, dealing a new blow to hopes for a transition to democracy and raising fears of a wider conflict. A...

Brown scores 29, Celtics hold off late rally by Hawks 112-99

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:54 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown had 29 points and 12 rebounds, and the Boston Celtics capitalized on a woeful shooting performance by the Atlanta Hawks to hold on for 112-99 victory in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference first-round matchup on Saturday. Jayson Tatum scored 25 points, 21 in the first half. Derrick White finished with 25 points and 11 rebounds for Boston, which hosts Game 2 on Tuesday.The No. 2-seeded Celtics led by as many as 32 points, pouncing on an Atlanta team that missed its first 10 3-point attempts and shot 5 of 29 from beyond the arc for the game. Atlanta used a 32-12 run to cut the deficit to 96-84 on a three-point play by Bogdan Bogdanovic early in the fourth.The Celtics got the lead back up to 107-87. It was 110-97 with less than two minutes to play when Atlanta’s De’Andre Hunter got free on fast break. But his layup attempt was blocked from behind by Marcus Smart. Dejounte Murray led the Hawks with 24 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Trae Young added 16 po...

Depleted Real Madrid beats Cadiz before trip to Chelsea

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:28:54 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid eased to a 2-0 win at Cadiz in the Spanish league on Saturday despite resting several first-choice players ahead of its trip to London to face Chelsea in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.Karim Benzema had already hit the woodwork twice as Cadiz clung to the goalkeeping skills of backup David Gil to stay alive before Nacho Fernández and Marco Asensio broke though with goals in the 72nd and 76th minutes.The win left Madrid 10 points behind Spanish league leader Barcelona, which visits Getafe on Sunday.Madrid visits Stamford Bridge on Tuesday holding a 2-0 lead after its convincing win over Frank Lampard’s team in Spain.“David Gil played a great game and Nacho had to put it in for us,” Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said. “We could have scored more goals, but hopefully we were saving them up for Tuesday.”Coach Carlo Ancelotti once again rotated his squad after his team’s 2-1 loss to Barcelona last month appeared to finish off ...