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Astros starter Luis García to have Tommy John surgery

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Houston starter Luis García needs Tommy John surgery and will miss the rest of the season, another major blow to the Astros’ rotation.The defending World Series champions announced García’s status before Friday night’s game in Seattle. The right-hander was placed on the 15-day injured list this week. He left Monday’s start against the San Francisco Giants after eight pitches with elbow discomfort.García’s injury came the same day fellow right-hander Jose Urquidy was placed on the IL with inflammation in his pitching shoulder. A date for García’s surgery had not been set. García’s injury is another major hurdle for the Astros to deal with. Star second baseman Jose Altuve has been out all season after breaking his right thumb in the World Baseball Classic. Veteran outfielder Michael Brantley hasn’t played this year while recovering from right shoulder surgery.Houston is also without outfielder Chas McCormick, who has been sidelined since April 15 with lower ...

¿Cuán prometedores son los nuevos medicamentos para tratar la obesidad y quiénes deberían tomarlos o no? Analista médica responde

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

(CNN) — La empresa farmacéutica Eli Lilly anunció la semana pasada que un medicamento desarrollado para tratar la diabetes, la tirzepatida, también tenía un efecto sustancial en la pérdida de peso.Entre los más de 900 adultos con obesidad y diabetes que participaron en un estudio, la tirzepatida no solo controló su nivel de azúcar en sangre, sino que también ayudó a los que tomaron la dosis más alta a perder una media de 15,4 kilogramos, lo que suponía casi el 16% de su peso inicial, según un comunicado de prensa de la empresa. Los participantes tomaron el fármaco durante un año y cinco meses.Los carbohidratos refinados y la carne roja impulsan el aumento mundial de la diabetes tipo 2, según un estudioEli Lilly tiene previsto solicitar la aprobación de la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE.UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) para comercializar la tirzepatida en el tratamiento de la obesidad.Otra empresa farmacéutica, Novo Nordisk, fabrica el medicamento semagluti...

How to challenge what you pay in property taxes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Coloradans are feeling the pain from a sharp rise in property tax assessments. On Monday, Gov. Jared Polis announced a plan that could soften the impact when you pay your property taxes next year. But there is something you can do about it right now: You can file an appeal. "Homeowners are freaking out!" said Kelly Moye with Compass Real Estate and spokesperson for the Colorado Association of Realtors. "Our phones have been ringing off the hook." Land use bill passes amid tension between parties Moye has already helped 20 clients who had questions about the eye-popping property tax assessments they received in the mail this week."They think that what the assessment says is not what it is worth today, and that is accurate," Moye said. The assessed value is taking the market value from January 2021 through June 2022."That happened to be up 35%," Moye said. How to appeal your property tax assessmentBut you may still be left feeling like the number on the mailer is ove...

Colorado isn't the only place thinking about state-controlled land use

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- It isn't just the Centennial State. Colorado's land-use bill is a local example of a zoning policy discussion happening in state legislatures across the nation. The original bill would have preempted local land control, requiring 30% of single-family zoned land to be rezoned for denser development. Representatives heavily amended the bill, however. Instead, the bill would create a state board to review land use issues. House members debate drastically changed land-use bill Across the country, the measures seek some kind of pressure valve for housing prices, which have mushroomed in price in the last decade and particularly in the West. As with Colorado's bill, some are bipartisan. Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, Utah, Virginia and Washington have each considered some kind of state control measure in the last five years, according to a policy analysis group Lincoln Institute of ...

Loved ones mourn 11-year-old boy killed in random shooting at Dania Beach 7-Eleven

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

Loved ones came together to mourn the sudden and tragic loss of an 11-year-old boy who, authorities said, was killed in a random shooting at a convenience store in Dania Beach.7News cameras captured family members and friends who gathered at a funeral for Naabigh Zayed Ali, Friday evening.Surrounded by loved ones, the victim’s brother, 20-year-old Talaal Ali, opened up about the shooting.“I was there with him when it happened, and I couldn’t do anything. I do not wish this on anyone ever,” said Talaal.Talaal said he lost his brother right in front of him inside a 7-Eleven, late Thursday night. He said he saw the suspect moments before shots rang out.“Trust your instincts, trust your sixth sense. We saw the guy glaring at us as he was walking, and we decided to park somewhere else instead of just leaving,” said Talaal. “We should not have taken the chance to even get ice cream then.”According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, 29-ye...

Seawall collapses beneath Massachusetts waterfront restaurant

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

SWAMPSCOTT, Massachusetts (WBZ) — The seawall under Mission On The Bay, a waterfront restaurant in Swampscott, collapsed on Thursday afternoon. SkyEye footage showed that the seawall had fallen away under the restaurant on Humphrey Street.Swampscott fire and police responded and evacuated the building. There were no injuries and gas service to the building was disconnected as a precaution.The Swampscott staple is now dangling over King’s Beach, in danger of falling into the ocean. It was just after lunch when the seawall gave way and crumbled down.“I had someone text me saying, ‘Oh my God, are you OK?’ and that’s when I found out,” said Kiri Rostad, who works at the restaurant.Rostad happened to be off work, but she got calls from her coworkers saying the wall started sliding underneath the restaurant.“I have a lot of affection for the location. I worked there before it was this version, Mission On The Bay, so it was really appealing f...

Don’t be surprised Georgians are in the rugby World Cup: They’ve been training for 300 years

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

SHUKHUTI, Georgia — Every year, hundreds of Georgians gather on Orthodox Easter in April for a sporting match that makes rugby seem tame.Called Lelo Burti, this notoriously brutal game originated three centuries ago and was once played across Georgia. Now, a match is only held once a year, in one place in the world: Shukhuti, a village in the west of the country. An even more ancient form of the sport, called Burtaoba, dates back thousands of years.Watching this muddy and bloody sport gives an insight into how this Caucasian nation with a population of just 3.7 million carved out a place for itself at rugby’s top table in this year’s World Cup, alongside heavyweights such as New Zealand, South Africa and France.Lelo Burti has barely any rules, no time limit, and no set number of players.The match features two teams — Zemo (Upper) and Kvemo (Lower) Shukhuti — and a 16-kilogram ball, which is made from scratch each year by stuffing a leather casing with mostly sand, sawdust and ...

The Free Riders: How Qatar and Morocco paid for EU chiefs’ hotels

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

It was all within the rules. That’s the universal response of the clutch of European Commissioners who have accepted free hotel accommodation from non-EU governments, including Qatar, Morocco, Israel and Jordan. A POLITICO investigation analyzed expense disclosures from EU commissioners over the past three years and found that seven leading figures in Brussels accepted free lodging from foreign governments. At a time when the European institutions are already facing intense scrutiny over foreign influence following the Qatargate corruption scandal, the disclosures will raise new questions about ethics in the highest echelons of the EU. The individuals who took up the free hotel accommodation on work trips included top EU diplomat Josep Borrell, Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi and Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans. In statements explaining their actions, the commissioners’ offices all said they’d taken up the offer of fre...

Local woman excited to watch coronation of King Charles III in London

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

A local woman who already attended the coronations of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth is back in London this week ready to see a new monarch crowned king. Hazel Reynolds, 98, from Brewster was there when Charles III’s mother was crowned in 1953. She was there years earlier to see Charles’ grandfather crowned in 1937. “It was quite a different world,” Reynolds said.    Reynolds was just 12-year-old for George’s coronation. “All the children in the UK received coronation gifts,” she said. “We got a really nice royal book, a tin of chocolate, a tin of biscuits. We were all very, very excited about the coronation.”    One of Reynolds’ fondest moments came 16 years later with Elizabeth’s coronation.“I was so excited,” she said. “It was an absolutely amazing thing to see the queen in a gold coach and wearing a crown.” Reynolds is now looking forward to watching Charles make history. She said she couldn’t imagine leaving Englan...

Chris Sale in vintage form with 99 mph heat, 10 strikeouts against Phillies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:32:51 GMT

In the first five weeks of the season, there have been moments when Chris Sale looked like he just stepped out of a time machine from 2017, when he was a healthy tour de force in his prime.Friday night in Philadelphia was one of those times.Sale pitched six innings, and though he gave up three earned runs, it was a blip on the radar of an otherwise dominant outing that culminated in a 5-3 Red Sox victory.The game got off to a scary start. As Phillies starter Zack Wheeler stood on the mound, preparing to face his second batter, players from both bullpens (the two are stacked at Citizens Bank Park) began calling for help. A fan had been trying to retrieve a ball thrown to him on the landing above the pen, and fallen in. EMTs took him away on a stretcher, but he was conscious and responsive while being taken to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.When the game resumed, the Red Sox took a quick 1-0 lead, giving Sale a slim cushion for his first frame. The 34-year-old lefty started the ...