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7-year-old trick-or-treater injured in Berkeley hit-and-run

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:18:48 GMT

(KRON) -- A 7-year-old child broke their leg in a hit-and-run crash while trick-or-treating in Berkeley on Tuesday, the Berkeley Police Department confirmed. The crash happened on the 1200 block of Derby Street at 6:24 p.m. Police said the child and their mother were trick-or-treating when the mother stepped onto the street and the child was struck by a car. The child is in stable condition, police said. The car fled the scene and has not been spotted by police. It was described as a "dark-colored compact car" by Berkeley PD.

World Series 2023: Corey Seager has the Rangers on the brink of their first title

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:18:48 GMT

The Texas Rangers offered Corey Seager $325 million before the 2022 season hoping the 2020 World Series MVP could help the franchise finally earn a title of its own. It could all pay off Wednesday night.Seager and Marcus Semien each homered early in an 11-7 rout of the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 4 on Tuesday night, pushing the Rangers’ Series lead to 3-1 and putting them on the brink of a title. Seager and Semien, signed as free agents for $500 million in December 2021, have six RBIs each in the Series. Seager is the first shortstop with three World Series homers, and he has four homers in his last five games dating to the AL Championship Series. His 19 career postseason homers are second among shortstops, trailing Derek Jeter by one. After leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to the 2020 title, he could join Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson and Reggie Jackson as the only two-time World Series MVPs.Texas improved to 10-0 on the road this postseason and moved within one win of the first t...

Helicopters drop water on Oahu wildfire for 2nd day, while some native koa and ohia trees burn

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:18:48 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire in Hawaii’s Central Oahu has grown to cover more than a square mile (2.5 square kilometers) in a remote mountainous area and has burned native koa and ohia trees, officials said Tuesday. No structures or homes were threatened and no evacuations were ordered.Multiple helicopters from the Honolulu Fire Department, the U.S. Army and the state dropped buckets of water on the blaze from the air for a second straight day. Mililani and Wahiawa are the towns closest to the flames, but they weren’t at risk. Army installations Schofield Barracks and Wheeler Army Airfield are also in the area, which is about about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Honolulu.Video footage shot by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources showed white and brown smoke rising from green forests. Black and grey patches covered already scorched hillsides.Firefighters battled flames from the air because the terrain is rough and inaccessible. The fire was moving east on a...

Davante Adams and Maxx Crosby watching best years slip away as Raiders again struggle

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:18:48 GMT

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — As the Raiders at 3-5 watch another season likely slip away, their two best players — and two of the best at their positions in the NFL — are watching their peak years slide right along out of sight.Davante Adams and Maxx Crosby could have been key pieces for a championship contender elsewhere, but are instead stuck in Las Vegas with a Raiders team that will likely miss the playoffs for the 19th time in 21 years.Both remained on the roster Tuesday after the league’s trade deadline.Adams has voiced his displeasure since the offseason and he has been careful not to blame the coaches.He had potential touchdowns wiped out in Monday night’s 26-14 loss to the Detroit Lions on errant passes from Jimmy Garoppolo. One was underthrown in the end zone and the other two were overthrows after Adams got wide open.After the last overthrow in which Adams used a brilliant move to get open, he went to the sideline, slammed his helmet and said a few choice words.Adam...

Semien’s 5 RBIs, Seager’s home run lead Rangers over Diamondbacks 11-7 for 3-1 World Series lead

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:18:48 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Marcus Semien’s two-run triple and three-run homer powered Texas to a 10-run lead by the third inning, Corey Seager hit another long home run and the Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-7 on Tuesday night to move ahead three games to one in the World Series.Rangers batters whipped through Diamondbacks pitching like a desert storm, taking a 10-0 lead and becoming the first team in Series history with consecutive five-run innings. Seager’s third two-run homer of the Series capped the second, Semien’s drive punctuated the third and Jonah Heim added an eighth-inning shot.Texas improved to a record 10-0 on the road this postseason and moved within one win of the first title in the 63-season history of a franchise that started as the expansion Washington Senators in 1961.Nathan Eovaldi tries to close out the third all-wild card Series on Wednesday night against Zac Gallen in a rematch of Game 1 starters.Forty-two of 49 previous teams to take 3-1 leads have gone o...

D-backs’ Christian Walker boots grounder, ends record fielding run for both teams at World Series

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:18:48 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s sterling defense stumbled at the worst time.Gold Glove first baseman Christian Walker ended a record run of perfect fielding at the World Series in the third inning of Game 4, opening the door for a second straight five-run inning by the Texas Rangers.Walker and the Diamondbacks went on to an 11-7 loss Tuesday night. They trail the Rangers 3-1 in the best-of-seven Series going into Game 5 on Wednesday in Arizona.The Rangers and Diamondbacks combined for three errorless games to start this year’s World Series, the first time that’s happened. The teams also committed the fewest errors in the big leagues during the regular season — the D-backs with 56, the Rangers 57.Arizona’s Game 4 trouble started in the second inning, when Luis Frias uncorked a two-out, two-strike wild pitch that scored Josh Jung. Texas scored four more runs in the inning, capped by Corey Seager’s third two-run homer of the World Series.It got worse the next inning.Walker, ...

Facing elimination in World Series, D-backs need All-Star performance from Zac Gallen in Game 5

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:18:48 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Zac Gallen hasn’t been the ace Arizona’s hoped for this postseason.If the Diamondbacks right-hander can’t revert to his All-Star form in Game 5 of the World Series against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night, there’s a good chance his team’s unexpected October run be over.Arizona is facing elimination after a planned bullpen game went awry in Game 4, resulting in an 11-7 loss to the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night. The D-backs fell into a 10-run hole by the end of the third inning in a deflating performance and trail 3-1 in the best-of-seven series.Gallen — who started for the National League in this year’s All-Star Game — has a 2-2 record and a 5.27 ERA in the postseason.“He can’t just walk out there and get the job done because of his name,” D-backs manager Torey Lovullo said before Game 4. “It’s the time of year where everybody’s really, really good and really, really prepped.“Just gotta be more efficient with his pitches, where ...

Cam Talbot leads Kings to 4-1 win; Nylander sets Maple Leafs mark with 9-game point streak

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:18:48 GMT

Cam Talbot made 30 saves as the Los Angeles Kings beat Toronto 4-1 on Tuesday night in a game in which Maple Leafs winger William Nylander extended his season-opening point streak to a franchise record nine games.Adrian Kempe, Phillip Danault, Arthur Kaliyev and Andreas Englund scored for the Kings. Quinton Byfield added two assists.John Tavares scored for Toronto, which was coming off a 3-1-1 road trip that finished with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Nashville Predators on Saturday. Joseph Woll stopped 23 shots.With an assist on Tavares’ goal, Nylander passed former Maple Leafs Frank Mahovlich (1961-62), Lanny McDonald (1976-77) and John Anderson (1982-83) who had eight-game point streaks.___AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhlSource

Jacquez Stuart returns opening kickoff 97 yards and Toledo races past Buffalo 31-13

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:18:48 GMT

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Jacquez Stuart returned the opening kickoff for a 97-yard touchdown, Peny Boone rushed for 125 yards, including a 71-yard score, and Toledo raced past Buffalo 31-13 on Tuesday night for its eighth straight victory.Toledo had a 14-0 lead just three minutes into the game. After Stuart’s return and Buffalo’s three-and-out, Boone ran for his long TD on the Rockets’ second offensive play. Toledo extended it to 24-7 at halftime and Stuart added a 12-yard scoring run midway through the third quarter.Toledo (8-1, 5-0 Mid-American Conference) snapped a three-game losing streak in the series with Buffalo (3-6, 3-2). The Rockets are bowl eligible for the 14th consecutive season, which is the eighth-longest streak in the FBS and the second-longest among “Group of Five” schools. Dequan Finn threw for 173 yards with one touchdown and one interception for Toledo. Anthony Torres had 84 yards receiving and a score. Stuart had 40 yards rushing and 21 receiving.Co...

Talbot leads Kings to a win; Nylander sets Toronto record with season-opening 9-game point streak

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:18:48 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Cam Talbot made 30 saves as the Los Angeles Kings beat Toronto 4-1 on Tuesday night in a game in which Maple Leafs winger William Nylander extended his season-opening point streak to a franchise record nine games.Adrian Kempe, Phillip Danault, Arthur Kaliyev and Andreas Englund scored for the Kings. Quinton Byfield added two assists.John Tavares scored for Toronto, which was coming off a 3-1-1 road trip that finished with a 3-2 overtime loss to the Nashville Predators on Saturday. Joseph Woll stopped 23 shots.With an assist on Tavares’ goal, Nylander passed former Maple Leafs Frank Mahovlich (1961-62), Lanny McDonald (1976-77) and John Anderson (1982-83) who had eight-game point streaks.The Kings, who entered averaging an NHL-leading 4.38 goals, opened the scoring at 6:38 of the first period when Englund’s shot went in off the stick of Toronto defenseman Mark Giordano. It was the journeyman’s first goal in his 89th career game.Los Angeles doubled its lead ...