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Yahoo
01-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Brock Thompson hits walk-off 2-run homer as Oklahoma State eliminates No. 7 national seed Georgia
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Kollin Ritchie started a four-run ninth inning with his 17th home run of the season and freshman Brock Thompson hit a walk-off two-run homer as Oklahoma State eliminated No. 7 national seed Georgia 11-9 on Sunday in the Athens Regional. It was Ritchie's fourth homer of the regional and Thompson's shot to the opposite field was Oklahoma State's 15th. Advertisement Oklahoma State (30-24) will play Duke in the regional final on Sunday night and would have to beat the Blue Devils twice to reach super regionals. Georgia (43-17) entered the regional 29-4 at home this season. Matthew Brown (1-0) gave Oklahoma State a chance by striking out the side in the top of the ninth after entering with two on. Tyler McLoughlin and Zach Harris (3-1) each gave up a home run in the ninth. Slate Alford went 3 for 4, with two home runs and three RBIs for Georgia. Alford started a five-run third with a two-run blast and he added a solo shot in the fourth for a 6-3 lead. The Bulldogs used RBI singles in the seventh and eighth innings for a 9-7 lead. ___ AP sports:
Associated Press
01-06-2025
- General
- Associated Press
Brock Thompson hits walk-off 2-run homer as Oklahoma State eliminates No. 7 national seed Georgia
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Kollin Ritchie started a four-run ninth inning with his 17th home run of the season and freshman Brock Thompson hit a walk-off two-run homer as Oklahoma State eliminated No. 7 national seed Georgia 11-9 on Sunday in the Athens Regional. It was Ritchie's fourth homer of the regional and Thompson's shot to the opposite field was Oklahoma State's 15th. Oklahoma State (30-24) will play Duke in the regional final on Sunday night and would have to beat the Blue Devils twice to reach super regionals. Georgia (43-17) entered the regional 29-4 at home this season. Matthew Brown (1-0) gave Oklahoma State a chance by striking out the side in the top of the ninth after entering with two on. Tyler McLoughlin and Zach Harris (3-1) each gave up a home run in the ninth. Slate Alford went 3 for 4, with two home runs and three RBIs for Georgia. Alford started a five-run third with a two-run blast and he added a solo shot in the fourth for a 6-3 lead. The Bulldogs used RBI singles in the seventh and eighth innings for a 9-7 lead. ___ AP sports:
Business Wire
20-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Diversified Healthcare Trust to Present at Nareit's REITweek 2025 Investor Conference on Tuesday, June 3 rd
NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC) today announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Chris Bilotto and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Matthew Brown will be presenting at Nareit's REITweek 2025 Investor Conference in New York, NY on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at 1:45 p.m. Eastern Time. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available in a listen-only mode on the company's website at Participants wanting to access the webcast should visit the company's website about 15 minutes before the start of the presentation. About Diversified Healthcare Trust DHC is a real estate investment trust focused on owning high-quality healthcare properties located throughout the United States. DHC seeks diversification across the health services spectrum by care delivery and practice type, by scientific research disciplines and by property type and location. As of March 31, 2025, DHC's approximately $6.8 billion portfolio included 343 properties in 34 states and Washington, D.C., with more than 26,000 senior living units, approximately 7.6 million square feet of medical office and life science properties and occupied by approximately 450 tenants. DHC is managed by The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR), a leading U.S. alternative asset management company with approximately $40 billion in assets under management as of March 31, 2025 and more than 35 years of institutional experience in buying, selling, financing and operating commercial real estate. DHC is headquartered in Newton, MA. For more information, visit A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of beneficial interest listed on the Nasdaq. No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.
Yahoo
06-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Montana Republicans dominated the 2024 election. Things got 'weird' as some sided with Democrats
Matthew Brown and Hannah SchoenbaumAssociated Press HELENA, Mont. — Following Montana Republicans' dominance in the fall election, a group of GOP lawmakers kicked off the 2025 Legislature with an unexpected move: ceding power to Democrats. The minority took full advantage, remaking legislative committees and banding with a handful of moderate Republicans to thwart GOP leaders' efforts to make Montana's judicial system more partisan. Similar alliances bolstered Medicaid expansion, raised teacher pay and passed a state budget increase that includes investments in affordable housing and health care. The partnership seemed to defy divisions between America's two major political parties that have played out in Washington, D.C., and in many statehouses. But it may prove fleeting if elections in the Big Sky State continue mirroring national trends that have hardened party lines. Montana's conservative and moderate Republicans alike express allegiance to President Donald Trump. Lawmakers meet for just a few months every two years inside Montana's Capitol, perched on a hill overlooking Helena, a city of about 35,000 people founded during an 1864 gold rush. It remains a true citizen legislature, opening the playing field for compromise, said political analyst Jeremy Johnson. "Montana's becoming an outlier on how a state legislature is operating with this sort of dynamic," said Johnson, an associate professor at Carroll College. A 'weird' session for Republicans As lawmakers wrapped up the session Wednesday, GOP legislative leaders went home frustrated at their failure to remodel the state's judiciary, rein in spending or fix rising property taxes. Republican Sen. Barry Usher, a GOP whip, said the majority got "steamrolled" during the 85-day session. Republicans did band to impose more restrictions on transgender people and pass an income tax cut that Democrats decried as a handout to the wealthy. But conservative Republicans frequently found themselves sidelined as their moderate colleagues hammered out deals with Democrats on health care, education, taxes and other mainstays of government, effectively forming a new majority. Republican Senate President Matt Regier repeatedly called the turn of events "weird." "There's always politics. You're jockeying for control," Regier said in an interview. "But I think at the end of the day, what's weird about it is that I think the conservative faction has been largely left out of conversations, left out of a seat at the table." Moderates unbowed by rebukes Republican leaders tried to shame party members they viewed as defectors, censuring nine senators in February. In April, the party declared it would no longer recognize those lawmakers as Republicans and would stop funding or otherwise supporting their campaigns. The senators were unbowed and have continued to side with Democrats on key votes. "Really all we did is make sure everybody was treated fairly," said Sen. Josh Kassmier, one of the nine lawmakers. They were not alone in bucking party leadership: The defeat of Republican proposals to make Montana's judicial system more partisan came in the state House, where GOP moderates hold sway. Libertarian tendencies that transcend party Moderates have gotten some political cover from Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte, who has appeared with them at public events. "Every single person who was elected to the Legislature is representing their constituents," Gianforte replied when asked if party infighting was squandering its mandate from voters. Senate Minority Leader Pat Flowers said Montana's embrace of libertarianism — as seen in its aversion to big government and its tradition of gun ownership — transcends party lines. Montanans "don't want just hyperpartisan battles where there are winners and losers, because then there are winners and losers among our citizens too," Flowers said. Nationwide, Republicans control both legislative chambers in 27 states, versus 17 for Democrats. Republicans have held more statehouse seats and chambers than Democrats since 2002, and the political lines have become more static in the last several election cycles with fewer chambers flipping control, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. But in states with partisan control, factions often emerge. In Wyoming, the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus of Republicans holds its first majority in a U.S. statehouse and passed substantial property tax cuts and bans on diversity programs this year. Its members' differences with mainstream Republicans have become more consequential than those between Republicans and the state's few Democrats. In states like Oklahoma and South Carolina, mainstream Republicans still hold majorities but fend off challenges from both the left and the far-right. A tradition of bipartisanship Until recently, Montana had a tradition of "ticket splitting" — electing a mix of Democrats and Republicans to higher office. That forced state lawmakers to work together out of necessity. Both parties joined this year to establish an Indigenous People's Day in Montana, finding compromise after a decade of failed attempts. In contrast, Trump said this week that he would not follow his predecessor's practice of recognizing Indigenous People's Day nationally. "Every legislative session I've asked myself, 'Are we going to see this bipartisan effort, particularly without having a Democratic governor anymore?'" said Johnson, referring to former Gov. Steve Bullock, who left office in 2021 after serving two terms. "And, so far, the answer is yes. You have this group that keeps reemerging. I don't know how much longer it will keep happening that way." ___ Schoenbaum reported from Salt Lake City.
Time of India
30-04-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
Storm leaves 3 dead in Pennsylvania and about 500K customers without power
Representative image (AP) PITTSBURGH: A powerful storm downed trees and power lines, leaving more than half a million customers in Pennsylvania , Ohio and neighboring states in the dark on Wednesday morning, with officials reporting at least three deaths. More than 425,000 customers were without power in Pennsylvania and another 40,000 were in the dark in Ohio by midday Wednesday, according to a website that tracks outages. Neighboring states, including Michigan, New York, and West Virginia, also reported thousands of outages. "This is a natural disaster , folks, the level of which we don't see very regularly," said Matthew Brown, the emergency services chief for Pennsylvania's Allegheny County. Brown warned at a news conference that another storm was forecast to arrive on Thursday. A Duquesne Light spokesperson called the storm's damage "unprecedented" for knocking out electricity for some 250,000 of its customers and producing reports of 22,000 hazards, including felled trees, downed wires and broken poles. The utility was bringing in outside help to restore electricity, and outages could last a week, the spokesperson said. A Pennsylvania man was electrocuted on Tuesday evening while trying to extinguish a mulch fire near a utility pole as severe weather hit the State College area, damaging many trees and utility lines, police said. The 22-year-old man encountered an active electric current while trying to extinguish the fire and died at the scene, police said in a news release. State College police said they believe the man's death to be storm-related. In Pittsburgh, first responders were called to the South Side Slopes area Tuesday evening for reports of a person electrocuted by live wires, and that person also died on the scene, according to a Pittsburgh Public Safety Department social media post. The department urged residents to use extreme caution when moving through the city, citing multiple hazards such as downed trees and possible live wires. Allegheny County officials confirmed two storm-related deaths, including the one reported by Pittsburgh officials and a 67-year-old man killed by a fallen tree at a home in Ross Township, just outside Pittsburgh. The city's 911 system experienced some outages due to the extreme weather, but was later restored, the department said. The National Weather Service's Pittsburgh office said destructive wind damage was seen across its region Tuesday. Straight-line winds gusted over 80 mph to 90 mph (129 kph to 145 kph), which is stronger than many EF0 and EF1 tornadoes typically seen in the region, but over a wider area, the weather service office said in a social media post. A line of thunderstorms that swept across Pennsylvania on Tuesday night formed what's called a "bow echo," or a bow-shaped line of incredibly strong winds that are strongest at the apex of the curve, according to weather service meteorologist John Bowen in State College. Damage was most severe where the apex passed, he said. Pittsburgh International Airport recorded its third-highest wind gust in modern history at 71 mph (114 kph), according to Liana Lupo, a meteorologist with the weather service's Pittsburgh office. A team investigated wind damage in Wilkinsburg, just outside Pittsburgh, but could not conclusively say a tornado had touched down, Lupo said. The Storm Prediction Center's storm report map for Tuesday included tornado reports from Oklahoma and Missouri, dozens of hail reports and more than 580 wind reports stretching from Oklahoma to New York, including reports of downed trees and power lines and roofs blown off buildings. The weather service warned that heavy to excessive rainfall could produce additional flash flooding Wednesday across parts of the southern Plains, with the greatest risk along the Red River Valley into western Arkansas. Scattered severe thunderstorms were possible from north central Texas, across the region and into Louisiana with possible hail, damaging winds and tornadoes. Flash flood warnings were issued across much of southern Oklahoma and northeast Texas on Wednesday as slow-moving thunderstorms dropped record rainfall across much of the region, although there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries. At least one person was rescued after their vehicle became trapped in Oklahoma City floodwaters, which set a record on Wednesday with 11.94 inches (30.33 centimeters) of rain in April, surpassing the 1947 mark of 11.91 inches (4.85 centimeters), said Oklahoma State Climatologist Gary McManus. Statewide, Oklahoma was poised to break the 1942 record for statewide rainfall average of 8.32 inches (21.13 centimeters) for the month of April, McManus said. "It's in the process of being broken right now," he said.
