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J-Rod Show gets All-Star stage at home despite challenging second season in majors

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:38 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Less than a block from T-Mobile Park, the image of Julio Rodríguez plasters the side of a warehouse. The mural is an ode to the Emerald City’s young baseball star — one the Seattle Mariners plan to have in center field for the next decade.At only 22, he’s already the face of the franchise, the one whose No. 44 jersey floods the stands nightly, both home and road. He’s carrying the expectations as the next generational player watching over that sacred position of center field in Seattle.This All-Star week in Seattle was supposed to be Rodríguez’s party. The “J-Rod Show” at home for the world to see on the All-Star stage.And it still might be, even with a season that to date hasn’t matched those expectations, for Rodríguez or the team.Already committed to competing in the Home Run Derby, Rodríguez was an injury replacement on the American League roster after injuries to outfielders Yordan Alvarez and Mike Trout created an opportunity for Rodríguez to be added.But his se...

Investigation continues after man shot in Hollywood neighborhood

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:38 GMT

The search for a shooter continues Monday after a victim remains in critical condition after being shot in Hollywood. Hollywood Police officers responded to the area of Fillmore Street, near North 26th Avenue, Sunday afternoon, after they received a 911 call about a possible shooting in the area at around 3:00 p.m.The home is believed to be a vacation property. “We see police patrolling during the day, during the night so we feel pretty safe. This house doesn’t really bring good news for the neighborhood,” said Christophe Barbier, who lives nearby. Responding officers arrived at a home to find the victim suffering from gunshot wounds.Barbier said he sees a lot of activity in the house with people constantly coming and going. It has not been confirmed if the home is linked to the shooting or if it just happen to occur in front of the property.Detectives said an altercation between two people led to the gunfire. They are investigating the incident as a possible attem...

Shiniest exoplanet ever found has reflective metal clouds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:38 GMT

(CNN) — An ultrahot exoplanet that zips around its host star every 19 hours is the shiniest exoplanet ever discovered.The scorching world, dubbed planet LTT9779b, has reflective metallic clouds made of silicates and metals like titanium.The exoplanet is the largest “mirror” in the universe that astronomers have spotted to date. The planet is located 262 light-years from Earth.Initially spotted by NASA’s planet-hunting TESS mission in 2020 and ground-based observations from the European Southern Observatory in Chile, the exoplanet was selected for follow-up observations by the European Space Agency’s Cheops mission.Cheops, or the Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, collected measurements that revealed LTT9779b reflects 80% of the light from its host star, outpacing the high shine of Venus in our own solar system. After the moon, Venus is the brightest object in our night sky, and its thick clouds reflect about 75% of the sun’s light. Meanwhile, Earth reflects only about 30% of sunlig...

Twitter’s future is in doubt as Threads tops 100 million users

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:38 GMT

Washington (CNN) — Twitter has weathered months, if not years, of mismanagement as well as mass layoffs, frequent service disruptions and an exodus of top advertisers, but the launch of a rival app from Meta could prove to be the final straw.Threads surpassed 100 million users this weekend, less than a week after it launched, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Monday, marking a staggering feat for any social network and one that puts it on pace to rapidly pass Twitter’s audience size.Meanwhile, multiple internet traffic analysts reported noticeable declines in Twitter usage in just the past few days. The results underscore the risk Meta poses to Twitter’s business and raise questions about how, or if, Twitter can stem its losses.Twitter traffic had already been trending downward for months, according to data from the internet infrastructure company Cloudflare and the web analytics firm Similarweb. But the pace of decline appears to have accelerated in recent days, both companies sai...

Madonna shares health update: ‘I’m on the road to recovery’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:38 GMT

(CNN) — Madonna is rescheduling the North American leg of her world tour following her recent hospitalization.The Grammy winner announced the news in an Instagram post on Monday.“Thank you for your positive energy, prayers and words of healing and encouragement. I have felt your love,” she wrote, ‘I’m on the road to recovery and incredibly grateful for all the blessings in my life.”She went on to write, “My first thought when I woke up in the hospital was my children. My second thought was that I did not want to disappoint anyone who bought tickets for my tour. I also didn’t want to let down the people who worked tirelessly with me over the last few months to create my show. I hate to disappoint anyone.”“My focus now is my health and getting stronger and I assure you, I’ll be back with you as soon as I can,” she added.Madonna stated that she will kick off the tour internationally in October.CNN has reached out to her representatives for further comment.Last month, Mad...

EU, US attempt to escape data-flows limbo with new transatlantic deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:38 GMT

BRUSSELS — The European Union on Monday approved a new deal allowing companies to freely transfer data between the EU and the United States, potentially ending three years of legal limbo for tech giants like Facebook and Google.The European Commission formally recognized the U.S. as a country with sufficient protection for Europeans’ personal data, adopting a so-called adequacy decision under its landmark privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation.The deal, known as EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, clears the way for lucrative transatlantic data exchanges after the EU’s top court in 2020 struck down the governments’ previous data agreement, known as Privacy Shield, over concerns that U.S. intelligence agencies had too much leeway to snoop on Europeans’ personal data.The stakes for success are high: According to the White House, transatlantic data flows underpin $7.1 trillion in economic activities, and thousands of companies do business on both continents.“Today we tak...

One person shot outside of courthouse in Brockton

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:38 GMT

Authorities are investigating after at least one person was shot behind a courthouse in Brockton on Monday.The Brockton Police Department said its officers were called to Brockton District Court on Main Street where the shooting was believed to have happened some time after noon.No details on the condition of the victim or any possible arrests have been released yet.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Just a bit of exercise counters depression in people with chronic conditions, study finds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:38 GMT

(CNN) — As little as 20 minutes of moderate activity a day for five days a week can significantly lower the risk of depressive symptoms for people over 50 who have conditions often linked to depression, such as diabetes, heart disease and chronic pain, a new study found.People with diabetes have twice the risk for depression, according to Diabetes UK, and a 2017 study found heart disease patients are twice as likely to die if they develop depression after their diagnosis. Up to 85% of people with chronic pain experience severe depression, according to a different 2017 study.People without chronic disease in the study, however, needed to do moderate to vigorous exercise two hours a day to see improvement in depressive symptoms, according to lead study author Eamon Laird, a researcher at the Physical Activity for Health Research Centre at the University of Limerick in Ireland.Moderate physical activity is typically defin...

Modelo tops Bud Light in sales for the second month in a row

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:38 GMT

New York (CNN) — Mexican-made Modelo Especial is the top-selling beer in the United States for the second straight month, once again snatching the crown from Bud Light.For the four weeks ending on July 1, Modelo Especial captured 8.7% of overall beer sales, compared to Bud Light’s 7% share, according to NIQ data given to consulting firm Bump Williams. Dollar sales for the pre-July 4 period continued to be grim for Bud Light, with sales falling 28.5%, while Modelo’s grew 8.5% during the same time period.Bud Light initially lost the title last month, which it has largely held for two decades. The beer has been struggling following the beginning of the Dylan Mulvaney controversy, when it sent the transgender influencer a custom can of Bud Light, which she posted on Instagram. Right-wing media and anti-trans commenters on social media unleashed a fury of negative and hateful attention. Anheuser-Busch’s lackluster response also angered LGBTQ+ advocates.In Ju...

Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin pledges loyalty at the Kremlin after short-lived mutiny

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:50:38 GMT

By The Associated PressMercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin pledged loyalty to the Russian government in a Kremlin meeting with President Vladimir Putin five days after the commander led a short-lived rebellion, a senior government spokesman said Monday, the latest twist in a baffling episode that has raised questions about the power and influence both men wield.The three-hour meeting took place June 29 and also involved commanders from Prigozhin’s Wagner Group military contractor, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Putin gave an assessment of Wagner’s actions on the battlefield in Ukraine — where the mercenaries have fought alongside Russian troops — and of the revolt itself.“The commanders themselves presented their version of what happened. They underscored that they are staunch supporters and soldiers of the head of state and the commander-in-chief, and also said that they are ready to continue to fight for their homeland,” Peskov said.The con...