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Orioles recall left-hander Cole Irvin, one of offseason’s biggest additions, as bullpen shuffling continues

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:24 GMT

The Orioles have had a roulette in the final spot of their bullpen of late. Tuesday, it landed on Cole Irvin.One of Baltimore’s major acquisitions in a modest offseason, the 29-year-old left-hander opened the year as the Orioles’ No. 3 starter. But after Irvin allowed 15 runs in 12 2/3 innings across three starts — uncharacteristically issuing eight walks in that time — he was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk. There, he found his footing, especially of late, with four earned runs allowed in 20 innings over his three most recent starts.With the Orioles’ five-man rotation set and largely pitching well of late, Irvin figures to provide length out of Baltimore’s bullpen. He replaces right-hander Logan Gillaspie, whose latest major league stint lasted one day. He joins left-handers Keegan Akin, Drew Rom and Nick Vespi in being optioned out of the Orioles’ bullpen in the past week. Barring an injured-list stint for another player, those pitchers must ...

76ers fire head coach Doc Rivers after being eliminated by Celtics in second round: report

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:24 GMT

Doc Rivers is the one to fall on the sword.The Philadelphia 76ers have fired Rivers after three seasons as head coach, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.The 61-year-old has led the Sixers into the second round in all of his seasons but has never advanced into the Eastern Conference Finals.Rivers owns a 154-82 (.659) record as head coach in Philadelphia. The longtime head coach joined the Sixers after seven seasons with the Los Angeles Clippers.The Chicago native was named one of the 15 greatest coaches in NBA history in 2021-22 and has won one NBA championship (2007-2008 Boston Celtics) in 24 seasons as a coach.The search for a head coach in Philadelphia already includes a big list of names. Mike Budenholzer, Sam Cassell, Mike D’Antoni, Nick Nurse, Frank Vogel and Monty Williams are all in the running to take over, according to ESPN.This is a developing story. Check back for details. ()

ChatGPT’s chief testifies before Congress as concerns grow about artificial intelligence risks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:24 GMT

By MATT O’BRIEN (AP Technology Writer)The head of the artificial intelligence company that makes ChatGPT told Congress on Tuesday that government intervention “will be critical to mitigate the risks of increasingly powerful” AI systems.“As this technology advances, we understand that people are anxious about how it could change the way we live. We are too,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified at a Senate hearing Tuesday. His San Francisco-based startup rocketed to public attention after it released ChatGPT late last year. ChatGPT is a free chatbot tool that answers questions with convincingly human-like responses.What started out as a panic among educators about ChatGPT’s use to cheat on homework assignments has expanded to broader concerns about the ability of the latest crop of “generative AI” tools to mislead people, spread falsehoods, violate copyright protections and upend some jobs. And while there’s no immediate sign that Cong...

San Diego-area cities among worst places to start a career: study

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:24 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Two San Diego-area cities were considered among the worst places to start a career in a new study of nearly 200 cities across the country.Oceanside and Chula Vista were ranked among the worst cities for recent college graduates to enter the job market for the first time, according to the study conducted by personal finance company WalletHub.Oceanside came in at the 154th spot, while Chula Vista came in at 167th. According to the study, both were given low scores in the two key dimensions analyzed: "Professional Opportunities and "Quality of Life."The City of San Diego fared slightly better, ending up in the 72nd spot on the best cities to start a career list.The highest-ranked California city on the list was Sacramento, which came in at 38th. Santa Clarita was the lowest positioned city from the Golden State in the 178th spot, in part due to less entry level jobs among those of working-age, according to WalletHub.Other California cities' positions can be found below:No....

Post Malone to make Chula Vista stop on 2023 tour

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:24 GMT

CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Grammy-nominated rapper, singer and songwriter Post Malone will be coming to the San Diego area as part of his newly-announced North American tour.The show will take place on Aug. 13 at North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre in Chula Vista as part of Post Malone's If Y'all Weren't Here, I'd Be Crying tour.Tickets for the Chula Vista show go on sale Friday, May 19 at 10 a.m., with presale tickets available for Citi cardmembers starting Wednesday, May 17 at 10 a.m.You can purchase tickets through Live Nation here. Various VIP packages will be available as well. Lil Yachty bringing tour to San Diego Known for some of his chart-topping hits like "Congratulations," "I Fall Apart," "Sunflower" and "Better Now," Post Malone's tour announcement precedes the release of his fifth full-length studio album "Austin," which is set to release on July 28, according to a Live Nation news release.His next single, "Mourning," will release Friday, May 19 through Mercury Records/...

Prince Harry seeks to challenge denial of request to pay for own UK police protection

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:24 GMT

LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Prince Harry argued in a London court Tuesday that he should be allowed to challenge a government decision that denied him the right to pay for police protection when he visits the U.K.The case is one of six the Duke of Sussex has pending in court that center around two issues: his security and claims that British tabloids hacked his phone and unlawfully obtained other information about him.His high-profile phone hacking trial against the publisher of the Daily Mirror is underway before a different High Court judge.The hearing in the security case centered around Harry’s claim that he doesn’t feel safe bringing his young children, Archie, 4, and Lilibet, nearly 2, from the U.S. to visit his home country without a police security detail. A spokesperson for the prince has said his U.S. security team doesn’t have jurisdiction abroad or access to intelligence in the U.K..The British government stopped providing security for Harry after he and his w...

Justice Minister David Lametti tables legislation to reform bail system

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:24 GMT

OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti introduced new legislation Tuesday morning to reform Canada’s bail system, after months of calls for tougher laws from premiers, police and opposition. Lametti’s update to the law aims to deal with repeat violent offenders and offences involving firearms and other dangerous weapons.The bill’s text says the proposed changes will create new reverse-onus bail conditions for people charged with serious violent offences involving a weapon who were convicted in the last five years of a similar offence.It will also add certain firearms offences to existing reverse-onus provisions, and expand them for offences involving intimate partner violence.While the burden of proof usually rests on prosecutors to convince judges why offenders should stay behind bars, this means that in some cases, the offender will be the one who has to prove in court why they should be released on bail. Lametti was scheduled to hold a news conference later in ...

Rent, mortgage interest helped drive inflation higher in April: Statistics Canada

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:24 GMT

OTTAWA — The first increase in annual inflation since its June 2022 peak was driven in part by higher mortgage interest costs and higher rent prices, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. Mortgage interest costs were up 28.5 per cent in April compared with a year ago as a result of the Bank of Canada raising interest rates at a breakneck pace over the past year. That’s up from 26.4 per cent in March and 23.9 per cent in February. Meanwhile, inflation for rent was 6.1 per cent year over year, up from 5.3 per cent in April. That’s despite overall shelter costs rising at a slower pace in April, at 4.9 per cent. The year-over-year increase in the homeowners’ replacement cost index also slowed for the 12th consecutive month, which Statistics Canada says reflects a general cooling of the housing market. A report by RBC Economics says shelter was the largest contributor to headline inflation in April, accounting for a third of the growth. The central bank’s interest-rate hikes ...

Man wanted for daytime sexual assault near Scarborough Bluffs trail

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:24 GMT

Toronto police are hoping to identify a man involved in a verbal altercation and subsequent sexual assault of a woman in Scarborough.Authorities said a woman was walking on the trails at the south end of Chine Drive near the Scarborough Bluffs just before 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 14.It’s alleged that a man emerged from the brush, had a verbal interaction with the woman, and then sexually assaulted her. The man was last seen running toward Brimley Road.Police said a day later, around 10:30 a.m., another woman was talking on the same trail when the same male suspect approached her and had a verbal interaction.The verbal interaction made the woman uncomfortable, and police said she fled the area.The man is described as 20-30s, white, with medium-length black hair, and unshaven. He was last seen wearing ripped light-coloured blue jeans and a red plaid shirt.

Rain-swollen rivers flood some towns in north Italy; Venice prepares to raise mobile dike in lagoon

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:40:24 GMT

ROME (AP) — Rivers swollen by days of downpours flooded some towns in northern Italy on Tuesday, while in Venice, authorities were preparing to activate a mobile barrier in the lagoon in hopes of sparing the city from high-tide flooding, which would be rare in May. In the tourist town of Ravenna in northeast Italy, authorities urged residents to move to upper stories of buildings to ride out the storm. In Riccione, a beach town on the Adriatic Sea, the mayor warned people to stay home as some took to rubber dinghies to navigate streets. In Venice, the barrier system, known by its acronym MOSES, and recalling the Biblical account of the Red Sea parting, will be lifted Tuesday night for the first time ever in May. It is nearly 20 years to the day when construction on the project, which is still not officially completed, began.Firefighters in Riccione, in the northern region of Emilia-Romagna, were deployed to rescue people from flooded homes and businesses. By Tuesday afternoon, firef...