Martinez, Pollock, Greinke power Diamondbacks past Braves J.D. Martinez hit a three-run home run to help Zack Greinke and the Arizona Diamondbacks cruise to a 10-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Monday. Martinez, hitless in his first five at-bats as a Diamondback after coming over in a trade with […]
Grichuk, Leake lead Cardinals to an 8-2 win over Rockies Randal Grichuk is riding his longest home run streak in the majors. Grichuk hit a two-run homer, Mike Leake pitched seven scoreless innings and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 8-2 on Monday night. Leake’s six-strikeout performance was […]
Swiss chainsaw massacre: Five hurt, manhunt underway Five people were wounded and a section of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen was sealed off Monday after a man armed with a chainsaw rampaged through the city’s Old Town. Police said the assault was not a terrorist attack, according to Swiss broadcaster […]
The USS Constitution ‘Old Ironsides’ is afloat again It took a whole lot of copper to make “Old Ironsides” ship shape again. After a restoration process that took more than two years, the USS Constitution first launched in 1797 and the oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat was eased back […]
Mystery deepens after African teens vanish from U.S. robotics fair Six African high school students who vanished from an international robotics fair in Washington remained missing — sort of — Sunday as investigators tried to determine where they are and whether their own families conspired in their disappearance. The Burundi […]
Wisconsin company to install rice-sized microchips in employees Welcome to the future? A Wisconsin technology company is offering its employees microchip implants that can be used to scan into the building and purchase food at work. Whether or not to get a chip is up to the employee to decide. […]
Blistering hot truck full of immigrants found at Texas Walmart; 9 dead An apparent smuggling operation involving undocumented immigrants came to a tragic conclusion early Sunday morning when emergency responders found dozens of people in distress inside a hot semi-trailer in a Walmart parking lot. Eight people were dead at […]
Minneapolis mayor looks to new police chief amid firestorm over fatal shooting Embattled Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges is turning to a veteran city cop to try to right the ship for the city’s police department in the aftermath of this month’s fatal shooting by an officer of an unarmed Australian […]
Human smuggling tragedy comes amid fewer border arrests Despite an apparent human smuggling operation that resulted in the gruesome deaths of nine in a tractor-trailer in Texas, the number of people apprehended for illegally crossing into the United States from Mexico remains sharply lower in recent months compared with past […]
Beltre bolstering Hall case while closing in on 3,000 hits Adrian Beltre needs 11 hits to reach 3,000 — a milestone that would bring some long overdue attention to a quietly great player. Beltre has never won an MVP award, and he’s been an All-Star only four times, missing out […]
