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Barack and Michelle Obama attend Coco Gauff’s US Open match

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:25:45 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, were in the Arthur Ashe Stadium stands to watch Coco Gauff’s first-round victory at the U.S. Open on Monday night.After that match, Michelle Obama went down on the court to participate in a tribute to Billie Jean King marking the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Open becoming the first major sports event to pay equal prize money to women.Michelle Obama also was at Flushing Meadows last year, when she saw American Frances Tiafoe play during his run to the semifinals.___AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennisSource

New women’s pro hockey league provides sneak peak on its 6 markets: 3 in U.S. and 3 in Canada

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:25:45 GMT

The newly established Professional Women’s Hockey League provided a sneak peak as to where it’s six franchises will be based Monday night, a day before it is scheduled to make the news official.According to the PWHL’s newly launched account on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, the teams will be based in the New York tri-state area, Minnesota, Boston, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. Each market had an account with an @PWHL prefix. The sites just happened to be the only six accounts @theofficialpwhl is currently following.All six markets were among the eight potential sites provided to The Associated Press by three people involved in discussions — with the other two sites mentioned as Washington, D.C. and London, Ontario. The people spoke to The AP on condition of anonymity because those conversations were private and no announcement had been made.The PWHL is scheduled to formally announce its inaugural six franchises during a video conference call on...

Oviedo pitches 2-hitter for first complete game, leads Pirates over Royals 5-0

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:25:45 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Johan Oviedo pitched a two-hitter for his first complete game in 53 major league starts, Ke’Bryan Hayes had four hits and Zack Greinke lost his ninth consecutive decision in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ 5-0 win and the Kansas City Royals on Monday night.Oviedo (8-13) struck out five and walked two while throwing a career-high 112 pitches. It was just the 28th complete game in the major leagues this season and the first complete game in 150 professional starts for the 26-year-old right-hander dating to 2016.Kansas City (41-92) didn’t advance a runner past first base. The Royals were blanked for the 14th time this season and held to two hits or fewer for the eighth time.Greinke (1-13) gave up two runs and six hits in 4 2/3 innings, dropping to 0-9 in 17 starts since beating Baltimore on May 3. The 39-year-old right-hander is tied with Oviedo, Kyle Freeland and Rich Hill for second in the majors in losses, trailing only teammate Jordan Lyles at 15. Grienk...

Wyatt's Towing under investigation by state attorney general

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:25:45 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — After a Colorado state senator had her car towed, it raised questions about what rights people have when paying for a tow bill.This comes as the Colorado Attorney General's Office confirmed one of the largest tow companies in the state, Wyatt's Towing, is under investigation. Can you be towed without notice in Colorado? State Sen. Julie Gonzales said her car was towed by Wyatt's Towing last week. It turns out that was a mistake, and her car has since been returned to her and the fees refunded.Gonzales said she was parked legally at a business in the city when her car was towed.She said when she asked a Wyatt's employee if her tow bill could be paid in installments — a right guaranteed to Coloradans by a law she helped pass last year — they said "I would have to fill out some paperwork and that my paperwork would need to be approved by a Wyatt's manager.""Sure enough," Gonzales said, "it was about 40 minutes before they ultimately did release my vehicle."Gonzales wa...

Editorial: Councilor Fernandes Anderson learns first-hand Boston cops are vital

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:25:45 GMT

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes-Anderson was mugged by reality over the weekend.What was taken: her phone, and any pretext for portraying Boston Police as anything less than vital to public safety.As the Herald reported, Fernandes Anderson was robbed during a Mass and Cass walkthrough early Saturday night.According to a redacted Boston Police report, an “unnamed victim” approached a police officer around 7:43 p.m., and reported that an unknown white man stole her phone. The victim was Tania Fernandes-Anderson.Why the redaction? As Fernandes Anderson posted on X Monday: “I asked that I remain anonymous on the police report. Somehow information always gets leaked. How is this keeping victims of worse crimes safe? Then the Media writes their version. Stop your propaganda. I have children for crying out loud. Front page for a stolen cell phone?”No, not for a stolen cell phone. Front page for a Boston City Councilor who proposed sweeping budget cuts to the B...

King: AI already beginning to take jobs – control is needed

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:25:45 GMT

The conventional wisdom — don’t you love it? — holds that artificial intelligence won’t cost jobs. But it will. The evidence is mounting.I say this after doing my best to divine the thinking of the AI community on jobs in my reporting. I have made three television programs on AI and conducted one press briefing, and I have talked to experts at four universities and four AI companies.All these savants directed me to look at what happened with automation. They pointed out that it was feared that automation — the industrializing of production — would cost jobs, but it had the opposite effect. It created new work since the first steam engine was deployed in England in 1712.Trade unions have fought every advancement in automation in every industrial sector when they have feared jobs would be lost. Jobs have been lost, but new avenues of employment have emerged.But AI is different and will likely subtract jobs without producing new ones.All the indicators are that jobs will disappear. So ...

Treat Her Right fans treated to a reunion, and then some

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:25:45 GMT

When the now-legendary Boston band Treat Her Right did its regular shows at the Plough & Stars in Cambridge or the Rat in Kenmore Square, there would inevitably be a few female admirers dancing upfront. When the band plays a one-off reunion at Sally O’Brien’s Thursday, the “Treat Her Right Dancers” will take their rightful place onstage.A local favorite in the ‘80s and early ‘90s, Treat Her Right opened punk-trained ears to the blues and R&B that they loved. Two of its members, guitarist Mark Sandman and drummer Billy Conway, went onto national success with Morphine. Both are now deceased, but cofounders David Champagne (vocals/guitar) and Jim Fitting (harmonica) have remained fixtures on the rock and roots scene. They’ll take a rare spin through the Treat Her Right catalogue, with the core band completed by drummer Jerome Deupree (Conway’s friend and a fellow Morphine alum) and Russ Gershon (the local jazz saxophonist, here taking a rare turn on bass guitar). And the “dance...

Gallery: Red Sox blow lead and lose big to Astros 13-5

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:25:45 GMT

Boston Red Sox lose to the Houston Astros 13-5

Dear Abby: DIL uses false charges to cut off grandma visits

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:25:45 GMT

Dear Abby: I have had a wonderful relationship with my only grandson for nine years. Since I retired, he visits every other weekend, which makes me so happy. He has autism and didn’t speak for the first six years, but now he talks constantly. It’s wonderful. I’m very close to my son as well.I guess you know what’s coming: My daughter-in-law cut my grandchild out of my life four months ago. She says he was molested in my care by my husband. I took my husband of 13 years, who has never been alone with my grandson, ever, to the police station. He passed all lie detector tests, and the police said they believe my husband.My grandson didn’t say a word; only my DIL spoke. I had CPS come out and they did a thorough investigation. They said that, in their opinion, she was making this up. She hasn’t spoken to her family in 12 years. She cuts everyone off if they upset her.My grandson needs me. What can I do? My son says if I move and live next door to them...

Police release suspect description in sex assault near SDSU

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:25:45 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego police on Monday released new details in their investigation into a sexual assault involving a San Diego State student in the College Area.The university first announced the reported assault on Sunday.According to police, the student, a woman, got into a car on a residential street south of campus and believed she was getting into a rideshare vehicle."The male driver drove her around the College Area and sexually assaulted her inside the car," Lt. Carmen Rivera said in a news release. "The man dropped her off on 70th Street somewhere between Mohawk Avenue and Alvarado Road." Missing woman, 48, last seen in Del Cerro Shortly before 2 a.m., police responded to the 5100 block of 70th Street to meet the caller.Police described the suspect as a man in his mid-20s with tan skin and an accent who was driving a sedan. The color, make and model of the vehicle was still being investigated.Questions remain regarding the circumstances leading up to the assault, includin...