ANAHEIM — It didn’t take Greg Weissert long to get over his major league debut. The rookie right-hander came out of Thursday night’s game after having hit two batters with his first two major league pitches and had a balk in between. He’d walked the next two guys and forced Aaron Boone to come out…
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NEW YORK — The New York Mets’ status as a postseason threat to the Dodgers rests largely on the potential for Jacob deGrom and Max Scherzer to dominate a seven-game series. The Dodgers won’t face old friend Scherzer in this three-game possible sneak preview. But they got a full dose of deGrom on Wednesday night.…
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NEW YORK — Charlbi Dean, the South African actor and model who had a breakout role in “Triangle of Sadness,” which won this year’s top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, has died at age 32. Dean died Monday at a hospital in New York from a sudden unexpected illness, her representatives said Tuesday. Dean…
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An extensive renovation of Montezooma’s Revenge at Knott’s Berry Farm will introduce a backstory about doomed treasure hunters along with Aztec-themed trains, randomized launch sequences and new rider restraints when the historic roller coaster returns next year. The reimagined Montezooma: The Forbidden Fortress launch roller coaster will debut in 2023 at the Buena Park theme…
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A young woman in Harlem hit the sidewalk hard when a police officer slugged her in a caught-on-video incident — and she ended up in handcuffs on assault and resisting arrest charges. A video posted to Twitter shows police officers making an arrest on W. 136th St. near Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd just before…
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In 45 cruises, never have I experienced rough seas, a “man overboard” (or woman or child for that matter) or an outbreak of norovirus, which, to refresh your memory, was the “it” disease on ships until the arrival of you-know-what. So, while this quasi-cruise addict can’t claim to have seen everything, at least not yet,…
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The Ravens claimed former New York Jets linebacker Del’Shawn Phillips off waivers Wednesday, adding another potential special teams contributor to their 53-man roster. The Ravens will need to make space for Phillips, whom the Jets released Tuesday as part of their final wave of roster cuts. General manager Eric Decosta can free up roster spots…
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By Derek Gatopoulos | Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine — A team of U.N. inspectors made its way toward Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Wednesday on a perilous, long-sought mission to safeguard the site and prevent a catastrophe from the fighting raging around it. Underscoring the danger, Kyiv and Moscow again accused each other of shelling…
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Mets’ center fielder Brandon Nimmo, the longest-tenured position player on the team, is still only 29 years old, and he’s getting better. Nimmo is also a free agent this winter, set to hit the open market at a time when he’s both in his prime and coming off a tremendous year. With a month of…
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Here’s a chile relleno unlike anything else in Orange County. In fact, here’s a Mexican restaurant unlike anything else in Orange County. The restaurant is Gema in San Clemente. It’s operated by chef Juan Pablo Cruz, who recently took over the space previously occupied Tamarindo. The charming interior looks exactly the same as it did…
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