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A special supermoon in the skies over St. Louis

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:01:41 GMT

ST. LOUIS - On Wednesday, the third and largest supermoon of the year rose in the night sky."People always like to know when it's the biggest, and supermoon is a good name,” Jim Small, president of the St. Louis Astronomical Society, said.It's the second full moon of the month, hence the blue moon moniker. At 222,043 miles away from Earth, it's about 100 miles closer than any other supermoon this year."Visually, it’s really not that spectacular,” Small said. “You’re not going to look at the full moon tonight and say, ‘Wow, that's so different from other full moons.’" In half a century, this St. Louis suburb grew from 500 to 50,000+ people Because it's only about 100 miles closer, Small explained that the difference between Wednesday night’s supermoon and any other is about the difference between a 15- and 16-inch pizza from 100 feet away. The fact that it's a blue moon—which happens once every two and a half years—aligning with a supermoon still makes it a sight to behold."Having ...

Sloppy Rockies swept by Braves, lose 20 games in August for first time

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:01:41 GMT

The dog days of summer are taking a big bite out of the raw, young Rockies. It isn’t pretty to watch.The Braves beat the Rockies 7-3 Wednesday night at Coors Field to complete a three-game sweep and send the Rockies to their 11th loss in their last 14 games. Colorado has lost nine in a row and 13 of its last 14 games vs. Atlanta.The loss also dropped the Rockies to 7-20 this month, marking the first 20-loss August in franchise history. Colorado also went 7-20 in April, which was the first 20-loss April in club history.Manager Bud Black has talked often about “growing pains” and “baptism by fire” for his rookies this summer. Wednesday night, there was a lot of pain and a lot of baptisms:• In the Braves’ two-run fourth inning, shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, who’s been so good this season, made a costly throwing error. Marcell Ozuna hit a tailormade double-play grounder to Tovar but he threw the ball into right field and his error kept Atlanta’...

Video captures thieves stealing from San Bernardino lingerie store

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:01:41 GMT

Security video captured two suspects walking into a store, assaulting employees and stealing merchandise from a San Bernardino lingerie store.The suspects, a man and a woman, are seen calmly walking into the store and browsing around before grabbing handfuls of items.As they attempt to leave without paying, a store employee blocks the couple at the front door. The woman eventually exits through the door while the man dashes outside. The employee, the suspect and another woman continue struggling outside of the shop.The couple eventually escaped with about $500 worth of merchandise, according to the San Bernardino Police Department.Security video captured two suspects walking into a store, assaulting employees and stealing merchandise in San Bernardino. (San Bernardino Police Department)Security video captured two suspects walking into a store, assaulting employees and stealing merchandise in San Bernardino. (San Bernardino Police Department)Security video captured two suspects walki...

Rare blue supermoon, with Saturn in tow, to put on show tonight: How to watch

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:01:41 GMT

Stargazers are in for twice the show tonight: a rare blue supermoon with Saturn peeking from behind.The cosmic curtain rises Wednesday night with the second full moon of the month, the reason it’s considered blue. It’s dubbed a supermoon because it’s closer to Earth than usual, appearing especially big and bright.This will be the closest full moon of the year, just 222,043 miles or so away. That’s more than 100 miles closer than the August 1 supermoon.As a bonus, Saturn will be visible as a bright point 5 degrees to the upper right of the moon at sunset in the east-southeastern sky, according to NASA. The ringed planet will appear to circle clockwise around the moon as the night wears on.If you missed the month’s first spectacle, better catch this one. There won’t be another blue supermoon until 2037, according to Italian astronomer Gianluca Masi, founder of the Virtual Telescope Project.Clouds spoiled Masi's attempt to livestream the supermoon rising earlier this month. H...

Crews quickly knock down fire at home in Napa: officials

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:01:41 GMT

(KRON) -- A fire broke out at a single-story home in Napa Wednesday evening, Cal Fire LNU said. Officials said the fire at North and Third Avenues was quickly knocked down by firefighters.Crews will remain on the scene for several hours as they continue to investigate the cause of the fire. No injuries were reported. Cal Fire did not say if there were any people displaced.Photos of the scene outside of the home were posted by Cal Fire (see below). More wolf packs appearing in Northern California (Cal Fire LNU)(Cal Fire LNU)North and Third Avenues is approximately four miles east of downtown Napa. Cal Fire tweeted about the blaze at 8:14 p.m.

Andre Jackson gets first big league win as Pirates sweep Royals with 4-1 victory

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:01:41 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Andre Jackson pitched two-hit ball into the sixth inning in his first major league win, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Kansas City Royals 4-1 on Wednesday night for a three-game sweep.Jackson (1-1) struck out a career-high seven and walked two in 5 2/3 innings. The 27-year-old right-hander, who made his big league debut in 2021 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, allowed one run in his 20th major league appearance.“We saw in the fourth and fifth his velo started to tick down,” Pirates manager Derek Shelton said. ”But the changeup still played. He was able to execute some pitches.”Jackson became the first Pirate to strike out the first five batters in a game since Bruce Kison in 1979. But the last part of his outing was more difficult.“I felt like I started out strong and then kind of lost a little steam,” he said. “I tried to get ahead of guys. I battled.”Bryan Reynolds and Jack Suwinski homered for the Pirates (61-73), and Vinny Capra hit an...

Vines’ strong outing in big league debut leads Braves past Rockies 7-3

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:01:41 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Darius Vines pitched six strong innings to win in his major league debut and Marcell Ozuna homered for the second time in as many games as the Atlanta Braves beat the Colorado Rockies 7-3 on Wednesday night to complete a season sweep.Kevin Pillar and Orlando Arcia also homered for the Braves, who finished 7-0 against the Rockies for their third season sweep of Colorado. Atlanta outscored Colorado 64-20 over the season sweep.The Braves went 6-0 against Colorado in 2003 and 13-0 in 1993, the first year of the Rockies’ existence. Atlanta has won its last eight game at Coors Field against the Rockies, who lost for the ninth time in 10 games. The Braves are a major league-best 87-45, and have won 17 of their last 22.Alan Trejo homered for Colorado off reliever Michael Tonkin in the bottom of the seventh. Nolan Jones doubled twice, the first dropping in right-center in the bottom of the fourth when Ronald Acuña Jr. appeared to lose the ball in the lights. An inning later wit...

WNBA says playoff teams would have to fly commercially under certain scenarios

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:01:41 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA’s pledge to provide private planes for all postseason air travel has a few caveats, according to a memo sent to teams this week.The memo, obtained by The Associated Press on Wednesday night, outlined certain scenarios under which teams would have to fly commercially.WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced in April and repeated many times during the season that the league would provide charter flights for all postseason games where air travel was necessary. Last season, the league paid for charters for the WNBA Finals.The league memo specified that teams can’t take charter flights for multiple trips in between playoff rounds. That means a lower-seeded team that sweeps its best-of-three first-round series would have a choice: either charter home or to the site of the next round. If the team chose to charter home, it would have to fly commercially to the next site.Such a scenario isn’t extremely likely, but it’s possible. The league ...

Albert Rusnák scores a go-ahead goal in the 90th minute, Sounders beat Austin 2-1

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:01:41 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Albert Rusnák scored a go-ahead goal in the 90th minute and the Seattle Sounders beat Austin FC 2-1 on Wednesday night to snap a four-game winless streak.Seattle (11-9-7) picked up its first win since topping Vancouver 3-2 on July 8. Austin (9-12-5), which has lost three straight games, is 1-3-2 in six meetings with Seattle.Jordan Morris scored his team-leading 10th goal of the season to open the scoring in the 48th minute for Seattle. He flicked in a free kick from Nicolás Lodeiro, who became the fifth player in league history with six seasons of 10 or more assists.Sebastián Driussi tied it a 1-all in the 72nd for Austin by sending home Gyasi Zardes’ glancing header. Seattle returns home to host the Portland Timbers on Saturday. Austin travels to play the New England Revolution on Saturday.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerSource

Colorado cannabis workers mixed on proposed reclassification

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:01:41 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Federal officials could soon be easing restrictions on marijuana under new recommendations issued this week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.HHS has recommended reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I to a Schedule III substance, saying it has a moderate to low potential for dependence and a lower abuse potential. How you can trade your gas guzzler for an EV rebate in Colorado “I’m glad to see that people are finally realizing that cannabis is not as dangerous as cocaine and fentanyl," said Sam Taylor, CEO of The Grow Off. "It's a step in the right direction, but I don't think it's far enough."Still, Taylor and others in Colorado's marijuana industry have concerns about the change and how it could impact local producers and dispensaries.“Big money has always been around cannabis, and I think this opens the door for even bigger money to come in, and I think most of that money will go to multi-state operators, the big guys. And that’s going ...