FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — An Italian court docket reconvicted Amanda Knox of slander Wednesday, quashing her hope of eradicating a authorized stain in opposition to her that has continued after her exoneration within the brutal 2007 homicide of her British roommate whereas the 2 had been alternate college students in Italy.

The choice by a Florence appeals court docket panel marked the sixth time that an Italian court docket discovered Knox had wrongly blamed the killing on an harmless man, the Congolese proprietor of the bar the place she labored half time.

Knox has argued that her statements to police had been compelled throughout an intense evening of questioning that included bullying as she relied on her then-remedial Italian when she was a 20-year-old college pupil.

The panel of two judges and 6 jurors, nonetheless, confirmed the three-year sentence, which she already served throughout 4 years in Italian custody whereas the investigation and a number of trials ensued. The court docket’s reasoning might be launched in 60 days.

Knox’s look Wednesday in Florence, in a bid to clear her identify “as soon as and for all,” was the primary time she had returned to an Italian court docket since she was freed in 2011. Accompanied by her husband, Christopher Robinson, she confirmed no seen emotion as the decision was learn aloud.

However her lawyer, Carlo Dalla Vedova, stated shortly afterward that “Amanda could be very embittered.”

“We’re all very shocked on the consequence of the choice,’’ Dalla Vedova stated exterior the courtroom. He added that Knox had anticipated an acquittal would put a cap on practically 17 years of judicial proceedings.

One other protection lawyer, Luca Luparia Donati, stated they anticipated to attraction to Italy’s highest court docket.

Knox’s new trial was set in movement after a European court docket ruling that stated Italy violated her human rights throughout in a single day questioning days after Kercher’s homicide, disadvantaged of each a lawyer and a reliable translator.

Addressing the Florence court docket in a delicate and generally breaking voice, Knox stated that she wrongly accused Patrick Lumumba below intense police strain.

“I’m very sorry that I used to be not robust sufficient to withstand the strain of police,″ Knox learn in Italian from a ready assertion, addressing the panel from the jury bench. She advised them: “I didn’t know who the assassin was. I had no strategy to know.”

The slaying of 21-year-old Meredith Kercher within the idyllic hilltop city of Perugia fueled world headlines as suspicion fell on Knox, a 20-year-old alternate pupil from Seattle, and her new Italian boyfriend of only a week, Raffaele Sollecito.

Flip-flop verdicts over practically eight years of authorized proceedings polarized trial watchers on either side of the Atlantic because the case grew to become one of many first trials by social media, then in its infancy.

All these years later, the depth of media curiosity remained, with photographers massing round Knox, her husband and her authorized workforce as they entered the courthouse about an hour earlier than the listening to. A digicam knocked her on the left temple, her lawyer Luparia Donati stated. Knox’s husband examined a small bump on her temple as they sat within the entrance row of the court docket.

Regardless of Knox’s exoneration and the conviction of an Ivorian man whose footprints and DNA had been discovered on the scene, doubts about her position continued, significantly in Italy. That’s largely as a result of accusation she made in opposition to Lumumba.

Lumumba’s lawyer, Carlo Pacelli, advised reporters that the accusation branded him internationally, and his enterprise in Perugia floundered. He has since re-established himself in his spouse’s native Poland.

“Patrick has at all times been dutiful to all the court docket selections, and all of the courts up till at present have affirmed that Amanda Knox was a slanderer,’’ Pacelli stated.

Knox is now a 36-year-old mom of two babies who advocates for prison justice reform and campaigns in opposition to wrongful convictions. She was freed in October 2011, after 4 years in jail, by a Perugia appeals court docket that overturned the preliminary responsible verdict within the homicide case in opposition to each Knox and Sollecito.

She remained in the USA via two extra flip-flop verdicts earlier than Italy’s highest court docket definitively exonerated the pair of the homicide in March 2015, stating flatly that that they had not dedicated the crime.

Within the fall, Italy’s highest Cassation Courtroom threw out the slander conviction that had withstood 5 trials, ordering a brand new trial, because of a 2022 Italian judicial reform permitting instances which have reached a definitive verdict to be reopened if human rights violations are discovered.

This time, the court docket was ordered to ignore two damaging statements typed by police and signed by Knox at 1:45 a.m. and 5:45 a.m. as she was held for questioning in a single day into the small hours of Nov. 6, 2007. Within the statements, Knox stated she remembered listening to Kercher scream, and pointed to Lumumba for the killing.

Hours later, nonetheless in custody at about 1 p.m., she requested for pen and paper and wrote her personal assertion in English, questioning the model that she had signed, nonetheless in a state of confusion.

“With regard to this ‘confession’ that I made final evening, I wish to clarify that I’m very uncertain of the verity of my statements as a result of they had been made below the strain of stress, shock and excessive exhaustion,” she wrote.

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Halsey is sharing extra about their well being in a collection of confessional posts on social media.

On Wednesday, the singer and actor – who makes use of the pronouns she/they – revealed on Instagram that in 2022, they have been “first identified with Lupus SLE after which a uncommon T-cell lymphoproliferative dysfunction.”

After stating that they have been able to share extra about their well being after a interval of uncertainty, Halsey wrote, “You’ve all been so sort so I need to share a bit extra.”

In addition they wrote that each the lupus and lymphoproliferative dysfunction “are at the moment being managed or in remission” and that each “I’ll probably have at some point of my life.”

Lupus is an autoimmune illness through which the physique’s immune system assaults wholesome cells resulting in ache, fever, rashes, organ injury and different signs. T-cells are a sort of immune cell, and lymphoproliferative issues are situations that trigger the physique to make uncontrolled quantities of white blood cells known as lymphocytes.

“After a rocky begin, I slowly received all the things beneath management with the assistance of wonderful docs,” Halsey continued. “After 2 years, I’m feeling higher and I’m extra grateful than ever to have music to show to.”

On Tuesday, followers of Halsey expressed their help after the singer posted a previous confessional, saying “I’m fortunate to be alive.”

The “With out Me” star up to date followers, writing: “lengthy story quick, i’m Fortunate to be alive. quick story lengthy, i wrote an album. it begins with The Finish. out now.”

The message was accompanied by a collection of quick video clips, the primary of which confirmed Halsey sitting down and repeatedly rubbing their legs.

“Significantly, significantly… like an previous woman,” the 29-year-old stated within the video. “I instructed myself I’m going to offer myself two extra years to be sick.

“At 30 I’m having a rebirth and I’m not going to be sick and I’m going to look super-hot and have plenty of vitality and I’m simply going to get to redo my 20s in my 30s.”

One consumer reacted: “Halsey is the voice for therefore many chronically in poor health. Simply another excuse why she’s my hero since I’ve one thing for the remainder of my life however nonetheless need to reside my dream. I’m so excited to listen to this story. I really like you a lot”

One other, wrote: “ I really like you 🤍 persistent sickness is hell however you’re unbelievable.”

On the time on Tuesday, Halsey didn’t elaborate on what their situation is however tagged the Lupus Analysis Alliance and the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. CNN has reached out to a consultant for Halsey for remark.

One other video confirmed Halsey hooked as much as some sort of infusion, sporting a masks and saying “therapy day one.” Different photographs confirmed them crying, sporting a headband and being on a drip.

“The Finish,” which debuted on Tuesday, is written and produced by Halsey, Michael Uzowuru and Alex G.

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The celebrities of the latest Star Wars live-action sequence are right here to inform you all about your latest fan-favorite characters.

We’ve solely simply begun to unravel the mysteries on the coronary heart of The Acolyte.

Within the two-episode premiere, now streaming on Disney+, the sunshine of the Jedi is being extinguished by a crafty murderer on the lookout for revenge. To have fun the sequence debut, StarWars.com invited the solid to introduce themselves and their characters. “I received my first selection for everyone,” creator and showrunner Leslye Headland has stated of the ensemble solid.

And now you’ll be able to meet the latest heroes and outlaws within the Star Wars galaxy, from the mystifying Mae to stalwart Jedi Grasp Sol.

Amandla Stenberg – Mae

Star Amandla Stenberg performs the murderer Mae, the mysterious masked warrior who’s out for revenge in opposition to the Jedi Order. 

For Mae, “loyalty to her household is crucial factor on this planet to her,” Stenberg says. “She’s spent her life growing a kind of masterful ability.”

Behind the scenes, Stenberg put within the work on the bodily coaching that was important to deliver this character to life. Weeks earlier than she discovered the primary combat choreography for the noodle bar sequence, Stenberg was within the stunt fitness center, studying the fundamentals for the bodily demanding function.

Lee Jung-jae – Jedi Grasp Sol

Emmy-winner Lee Jung-jae brings large compassion to the function of Jedi Grasp Sol, whose deep sense of empathy drives his life’s work as a guardian of peace, appearing to guard those that can’t defend themselves. “Grasp Sol may be very highly effective within the Power and properly revered by his friends,” the actor says. “He is additionally extremely warm-hearted.”

Getting solid was a dream come true for the longtime fan. “I can’t neglect the primary time I noticed Star Wars within the theater,” Lee says. “The shock, the strain, and the emotion. Truthfully, I can’t imagine I performed a component in Star Wars. I’m nonetheless attempting to be cool about it.”

Manny Jacinto – Qimir

Headland wrote the character of Qimir with actor Manny Jacinto in thoughts. “It’s actually laborious to imagine,” he says. “The truth that Leslye considered me for this function is…it’s unreal. I simply really feel extremely fortunate. I continually get pinch-me moments, even to today. I don’t suppose it’s ever actually stopped. The primary time I stepped on set — simply wanting round on the units, all of the backgrounds, and the props — I stored repeating, ‘Oh my gosh, we’re doing Star Wars.’”

Once we meet Jacinto’s character at an apothecary on Olega, he’s already hung out as a smuggler and dealer, within the type of the scoundrel Han Solo earlier than him. “He spends his time within the apothecary, possibly consuming just a little an excessive amount of, possibly sleeping just a little an excessive amount of,” Jacinto says. “He does not actually have any kind of ambitions. He’s mainly simply looking for his approach and finally ends up being reluctantly pulled into this mission with Mae and her Grasp.”

Carrie-Anne Moss – Jedi Grasp Indara

As Jedi Grasp Indara, Carrie-Anne Moss embodies a strong Jedi who’s each expert in fight and instructions respect. “She’s fairly fierce and really, very sturdy along with her talents and her humanity,” Moss says. “I really like enjoying her. I type of work from the within out. It is laborious to clarify what she is from the skin.”

Moss skilled for the function for about three weeks main into manufacturing, getting ready for the motion and stunt fight, together with the combat between Indara and Mae glimpsed within the trailer. “I beloved it. It is difficult, you already know, your physique hurts, however you adore it,” she says.

Charlie Barnett – Jedi Knight Yord Fandar

Actor Charlie Barnett is a longtime fan of the Star Wars galaxy, with a deep appreciation for Lucasfilm Animation’s storytelling in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: The Unhealthy Batch. In Yord Fandar, he introduces a by-the-sacred-Jedi-texts type of disciple who’s devoted to the Order he serves and the beliefs of the Excessive Republic. “He’s a dedicated Jedi Knight, invested into the Council, the Republic, and the ahead motion of peace and justice,” Barnett says. “He’s one of many Jedi that lives in a black-and-white type of world. I typically considered him as an individual on a police pressure who’s so overcommitted to their job and justice that they don’t truly see the degrees or layers of justice that truly exist.”

Yord follows the letter of the regulation, a aspect of his persona that’s instantly obvious from his meticulous look and recently-pressed Jedi robes. “It’s in regards to the guidelines and the construction. He has no area for the uncontrolled and I believe it’s, in a approach, his response to attempting to regulate his personal existence and the world round him.”

Dafne Eager – Padawan Jecki Lon

Like Yord, Dafne Eager’s Padawan Jecki Lon, a half Theelin and half human, adheres to a inflexible understanding of the Jedi Order’s perception system. Jecki is dedicated to imposing the principles as wanted as she embarks on her first mission away from the Temple on Coruscant. “Jecki Lon is a younger, devoted Padawan who’s very gifted and smart past her years,” Eager says. “I really like Jecki. I really like how a lot she grows within the present. She begins off as actually inflexible and rule-prone. I believe what makes her a terrific Jedi is her capability to study and to develop. She’s intelligent.”

Being solid within the function additionally afforded Eager the possibility to work alongside Jecki’s on-screen Grasp, Lee Jung-jae as Grasp Sol. “I received to hang around with Lee Jung-jae who’s the Grasp himself,” she says.

“Really a grasp in some ways,” provides Barnett. “Not solely a Jedi Grasp, an appearing grasp, a soul grasp.”

“A life grasp,” says Eager.

Rebecca Henderson – Jedi Grasp Vernestra Rwoh

Followers of the Star Wars: The Excessive Republic books and comics will acknowledge the Mirialan Jedi from her youth, however actor Rebecca Henderson’s tackle the character was additionally impressed by different stars of the silver display, together with Meryl Streep’s flip in The Satan Wears Prada. “Once I started to fantasize about who Vernestra Rwoh was at this level in her life, I checked out quite a lot of older, revered actresses and their performances on this planet of cinema,” Henderson says. The actor additionally labored with two motion coaches to deliver a degree of gravitas to her efficiency. “It was actually essential that you would see that there was a lot occurring inside her, however that she could not actually present it,” Henderson provides. “When Vernestra is talking, she will see behind her, above her, beneath her, and throughout her. I labored with that type of power, which simply introduced me out of Rebecca and into this very particular older being.”

Once we meet this incarnation of Grasp Rwoh, she’s an elder on the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. “Vernestra is a revered Jedi Grasp who’s over 100 years previous. She’s simply been round for thus lengthy that I believe she has seen a lot,” she provides. Henderson instantly fell in love with Vernestra’s character on the web page. “Once I was studying the scripts and I noticed the phrase Vernestra I used to be like, ‘Who is that this?’ I beloved her first line. I beloved her first scene. I really like Vernestra greater than any half I’ve ever performed, for certain.”

Dean-Charles Chapman – Jedi Grasp Torbin

Because the mysterious Jedi Grasp Torbin, actor Dean-Charles Chapman hopes that followers will acknowledge one key ingredient to his character: “He’s kind-hearted.”

Stationed at a Jedi outpost on the world of Olega, followers have but to find a lot of Torbin’s story, however Chapman is happy for the sequence to unfold. “It is a very heavy motion present, combined with thriller, suspense, and the thriller facet of the present,” he says. “Motion is a driving pressure.”

Joonas Suotamo – Jedi Grasp Kelnacca

Joona Suotamo has been part of the Star Wars galaxy since he was first solid as Chewbacca, Han Solo’s Wookiee co-pilot initially performed by the late Peter Mayhew, starting with the sequel trilogy and Solo: A Star Wars Story. However the Jedi Grasp Kelnacca gave Suotamo the possibility to assist construct a brand new beloved character whereas difficult himself as a performer.

“Once I first heard about this I noticed that it was not going to be my typical Star Wars factor,” Suotamo says. “I couldn’t wait to check myself and see what sort of lengths I might go to on this new function. Once I discovered that it was going to be involving Kelnacca, who occurs to be a Jedi, I used to be instantly excited. That drew me in and I knew that there was some enjoyable available with this function.”

The half provides Suotamo the possibility to put on Jedi robes and carry his first lightsaber. “We’ve by no means seen a Wookiee Jedi on display,” Suotamo says. “And that instantly sparked my creativeness. How does he behave? What has he discovered throughout coaching to be a Jedi? And the way does he carry himself? Kelnacca is a really calm however fierce Jedi who you don’t need to mess with.”

Jodie Turner-Smith – Mom Aniseya

Though now we have but to satisfy Jodie Turner-Smith’s Mom Aniseya on display, early glimpses within the trailer present a putting determine who’s equal components power and beauty. “She is fiercely protecting of her household, her coven, her youngsters, and he or she is doing her finest to protect their lifestyle,” Turner-Smith says. The actor beforehand labored with episodic director Kogonada on the movie After Yang, which impressed him to contemplate her for the half, she says. “He had thought lots about conversations that we would had once we had been selling our first movie. It was shortly after I might had my daughter and I used to be simply nonetheless so near the method of birthing and turning into a brand new mother,” she recollects. “So, he referred to as me and he stated he actually felt like this character can be excellent for me to play.”

Turner-Smith was instantly drawn to the regal nature of the Power-wielding witch. “He stated, ‘She’s a strong witch mom.’ And I used to be like, ‘Say much less,’” Turner-Smith recollects. “I received to actually start Mom Aniseya and Leslye [Headland] is such a collaborative individual. Her pleasure is contagious and he or she’s created one thing the place the writing was so good, the characters had been so thoughtfully and properly drawn, and I used to be going to be within the palms of one in all my favourite administrators I’ve ever labored with. So I used to be in. I used to be in, all the best way.”

Watch Star Wars: The Acolyte, with new episodes every Tuesday on Disney+.

Whereas The Acolyte is reviewing effectively sufficient, nearly as good as Ahsoka, maybe, however not fairly in addition to The Mandalorian and Andor, I got here away from the episode not likely liking the complete central premise.

This isn’t a spoiler, as each a late TV spot and an interview with the star herself confirmed this earlier than the present even got here out, that Amandla Stenberg performs force-powered twins on the present. Right here’s what she mentioned to The Electrical Playground:

“I play twins within the present. Their names are Osha and Mae and so they form of skew in the direction of totally different sides of the pressure. Though that’s form of up for debate and hopefully there’ll be one, as soon as everyone will get to see the present. Mae is on a path for revenge – she’s on a warpath. One thing that occurred of their childhood separated these twins and now Mae is out for revenge. Osha, who’s a mechanic, and who was part of the Jedi order, however left as a padawan, is accused of the revenge that’s going down and has to defend herself whereas additionally discovering that her twin sister continues to be alive.”

I…don’t prefer it to date. I don’t suppose it labored effectively within the first two episodes, and I’m undecided how I really feel about the way it looks as if it’s going to play out going ahead, however I suppose I’ve to present it extra of an opportunity.

There are a number of issues with this. The present tries to tug a “gotcha” within the first episode by having Mae stalk and kill a Jedi (Carrie-Anne Moss, who higher be in some flashbacks lest she not be completely wasted). Then, we see a chipper, very not-killer-seeming Osha within the subsequent scene, who’s arrested for the crime and everybody rapidly puzzles out {that a} twin sister she thought was useless is the truth is alive, and now searching Jedi. It seems like form of an inexpensive trick of a gap.

One minor factor that basically bothers me, and once more, looks as if it’s bending over backwards to make this idea work, is that each sisters have the identical coiffure, the purple braids organized in the identical approach (Mae’s is longer down the edges, I suppose). As I watched, I assumed “oh, possibly Mae is disguising herself as Osha on goal” besides no, it’s revealed Mae doesn’t even know Osha is alive both. However nonetheless, similar hair, including to the confusion and the gimmick that everybody thinks Osha is the killer initially. I assume it additionally helps with wardrobe adjustments when filming…

I additionally hope the story isn’t making a straight line towards precisely the place I believe it’s going, specifically:

• The 4 Jedi being stalked, together with her previous grasp, have some accountability for the fireplace that killed their household and separated the 2 ladies. And/or they purposefully left Mae to die, pondering she was evil for beginning the fireplace, whereas saving her sister.
• Osha finally convinces Mae to show from the darkish aspect to allow them to be sisters once more (particularly since a lot of that is seemingly revenge for a sister she now is aware of is alive?).

Once more, it’s simply two episodes, however I do hope issues get higher from right here, as I used to be not in love with the double premiere, and the dual factor feels grating and compelled to me. However we’ll see the way it goes.

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San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano is going through a possible lifetime ban for betting on baseball after Main League Baseball obtained info that he wagered on video games involving the Pittsburgh Pirates when he was with the group final season, sources confirmed to ESPN on Monday.

Marcano, 24, has but to be formally penalized, however MLB Rule 21 explicitly states {that a} participant who bets on video games involving his personal group is topic to a lifetime ban. Marcano tore an ACL final 12 months and was on the injured record when he allegedly positioned the bets, which had been flagged by a sportsbook and reported to the league, in response to sources.

The potential ban of Marcano comes within the wake of the NBA handing down a ban to Toronto Raptors ahead Jontay Porter for disclosing confidential info to bettors, limiting his participation in a minimum of one recreation and betting on NBA video games whereas enjoying within the G League.

4 different minor league gamers are going through potential self-discipline for betting as nicely, sources informed ESPN. Even when a participant within the minor leagues is on a group’s 40-man roster, he would face a one-year suspension for betting on main league video games, in response to Rule 21.

The Wall Avenue Journal first reported the looming self-discipline for all 5 gamers.

As pervasive as betting in sports activities has turn out to be, it’s significantly delicate in baseball, a sport whose hit king, Pete Rose, stays banned for betting, and whose championship collection was thrown in 1919 by the Chicago White Sox. Los Angeles Dodgers celebrity Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, has indicated he plans to plead responsible to federal felony prices after admitting he had stolen cash from Ohtani to repay playing money owed.

MLB continues to analyze Ohtani’s former teammate with the Los Angeles Angels, David Fletcher, for betting on sports activities with the identical unlawful bookmaker who took wagers from Mizuhara, in response to ESPN’s Tisha Thompson.

Marcano’s case, about which MLB and the MLB Gamers Affiliation proceed to debate the last word self-discipline, would symbolize the primary direct penalty for a participant betting on baseball since Rose. In 2015, Miami Marlins right-hander Jarred Cosart was fined for putting bets not on baseball however with an unlawful bookmaker.

Because the Supreme Courtroom’s 2018 ruling that started the unfold of authorized betting within the U.S., 12 NFL gamers, an assistant coach and an undisclosed variety of league personnel have been suspended for violating the playing coverage, along with Porter’s banishment from the NBA.

MLB and the MLBPA declined remark, as did Marcano via his agent. Pirates senior vp of communications Brian Warecki informed ESPN: “We’re conscious of the matter that is underneath investigation and are totally cooperating. We are going to chorus from additional remark at the moment.”

In a press release, the Padres mentioned: “We’re conscious of an lively investigation by Main League Baseball relating to a matter that occurred when the participant in query was a member of one other group and never affiliated with the San Diego Padres. We is not going to have any additional remark till the investigative course of has been accomplished.”

Marcano rejoined the Padres this winter as a waiver declare after that they had despatched him to Pittsburgh on the 2021 commerce deadline in a deal for infielder Adam Frazier. In 149 profession video games, Marcano hit .217/.269/.320 with 5 house runs and 7 stolen bases in 447 plate appearances.

ESPN’s David Purdum contributed to this report.

SAN DIEGO — Main League Baseball is investigating San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano to find out whether or not he violated its playing coverage, which might result in a lifetime ban, a supply stated.

The MLB supply with information of the scenario confirmed a Wall Road Journal report that Marcano, 24, of Venezuela, who performed final season for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was the topic of a playing probe. The newspaper reported that the league was probing whether or not Marcano wager on video games final season when he was with the Pirates.

NBC Information has not independently confirmed that the probe is expounded to alleged bets final season. 

The MLB playing coverage says gamers who wager on any baseball sport “in reference to which the bettor has an obligation to carry out” shall be completely ineligible to play.

Rimas Sports activities, the company that represents Marcano, didn’t instantly reply to an e mail in search of remark Monday. By means of a consultant, Marcano declined to remark to The Wall Road Journal. 

The Main League Baseball Gamers Affiliation, which represents athletes in labor negotiations and different issues, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. A telephone name in search of remark to MLB’s communications line was not instantly returned Monday night. 

“We’re conscious of an lively investigation by Main League Baseball concerning a matter that occurred when the participant in query was a member of one other group and never affiliated with the San Diego Padres,” the group stated in an announcement, including that it might don’t have any additional remark till the investigation is full.

In their very own assertion, the Pirates stated: “We’re conscious of the matter that’s underneath investigation and are totally cooperating. We are going to chorus from additional remark presently.”

The Padres first signed Marcano as a world prospect in 2016. He finally performed for the group in 2021, solely to be traded to Pittsburgh, the place he performed in 2022 and 2023.

In response to NBC San Diego, he was in prime type with the Pirates final season till he tore a knee ligament. He was let go and picked up by the Padres as he continued to get better from surgical procedure. He has not performed this season.

Phillies’ subsequent man up philosophy continues with David Dahl’s 2-hit season debut initially appeared on NBC Sports activities Philadelphia

The Phillies misplaced starter Taijuan Walker to a sore shoulder in spring coaching. Spencer Turnbull took the ball and went 2-0, 1.67 in six begins.

They’ve been with out shortstop Trea Turner, who was hitting .343, a month in the past when he strained his hamstring. Edmundo Sosa has gotten a lot of the enjoying time in his absence and is enjoying a few of the finest ball of his profession.

Leftfielder Brandon Marsh went on the injured listing Monday, additionally with a strained hamstring, and also you’ll by no means guess what occurred subsequent. Really, you most likely will. . .

David Dahl, a 30-year-old who had performed a complete of 4 video games within the massive leagues since 2021, was known as up from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. He began in left. And he went 2-for-3 together with a house run and scored twice to assist the Phillies beat the first-place Brewers, 3-1, at Residents Financial institution Park.

That’s simply the way in which issues have gone for the Phillies thus far this season. It’s the kind of serendipity that may suffuse groups with a faint team-of-destiny aura. Subsequent man up is a superb philosophy, but it surely not often performs out so effectively for therefore lengthy.

“David can hit,” supervisor Rob Thomson mentioned after the sport. “Going into the offseason final 12 months we have been speaking about depth. Pitching depth but additionally place gamers. The entrance workplace went out and acquired it and also you want it. As a result of there are going to be accidents. You’re going to get banged up.

“And a credit score to our participant growth system for protecting these guys sharp and getting them going. It was nice to see.”

Signed as a minor league free agent with an invitation to massive league camp after spring coaching opened, Dahl was batting .340 for the IronPigs. He had 12 homers and a 1.076 OPS.

He’s anticipated to separate enjoying time with Cristian Pache till Marsh returns.

“I’m simply tremendous excited and grateful to be right here and attempting to benefit from the chance,” Dahl mentioned. “I used to be simply attempting to place good at bats collectively. Hit the ball onerous. And no matter occurs after that occurs.”

His minor league numbers counsel that he’s been locked in a lot of the season. “Simply being wholesome and getting constant ABs,” he mentioned. “Making an attempt to not do an excessive amount of. I’ve labored loads on the psychological facet over time and it’s undoubtedly helped me.”

Lehigh Valley was off Monday. Dahl was hanging round his lodge, watching Netflix, when Sam Fuld known as round 12:45 p.m. to provide him the information. About 20 minutes away he discovered he was within the lineup.

“I believe it helped as a result of I wasn’t occupied with it,” he mentioned. “It was like, ‘All proper, we’ve acquired to get going.’ Didn’t have a lot time to consider it. Simply go play.”

When Dahl returned to his place after hitting the house run, he acquired a standing ovation. “It was undoubtedly surreal,” he mentioned. “After I hit the house run they gave me a standing ovation on the market and that’s undoubtedly the best factor that’s ever occurred to me on a baseball subject.”

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The Phillies introduced a sequence of roster strikes as we speak, inserting outfielder Brandon Marsh and infielder Kody Clemens on the 10-day injured record. Marsh has a proper hamstring pressure and Clemens has low again spasms. The latter’s transfer is retroactive to Could 31. In corresponding strikes, they chose the contract of outfielder David Dahl and recalled infielder/outfielder Weston Wilson. To get Dahl onto the 40-man, right-hander Michael Rucker was transferred to the 60-day injured record.

Marsh was faraway from final evening’s sport attributable to his hamstring situation, and supervisor Rob Thomson stated after the sport that the 26-year-old was thought of day-to-day. It appears the membership has determined to let Marsh take it simple for a minimum of ten days to recover from the difficulty, although it might not be a protracted stint on the IL if it was a borderline case. The membership additionally has one of the best document within the Nationwide League at 41-19, maybe giving them the posh of being cautious. Clemens was initially in final evening’s lineup earlier than being scratched as a result of spasms. It’s unknown how critical his situation is however he’ll sit out for over per week alongside Marsh.

The subtraction of two place gamers from the Philadelphia roster will create a gap for Dahl. The 30-year-old signed a minor league take care of the Phillies within the offseason and he has been taking part in for Triple-A Lehigh Valley this yr, totally mashing thus far. He has 12 dwelling runs in 166 plate appearances and has walked 11.4% of the time. His .340/.416/.660 slash line results in a daft 171 wRC+.

It’s been fairly a while since this was the case, however Dahl, the No. 10 general decide by the Rockies again in 2012, was as soon as touted as one of many sport’s prime all-around prospects. He hit the bottom operating within the majors, posting a .315/.359/.500 slash in 63 video games as a rookie and batting .297/.346/.521 via his first 921 MLB plate appearances from 2016-19. Accidents have ravaged Dahl’s profession, nevertheless, and for a number of years rendered him a shell of the once-dynamic expertise he as soon as seemed to be.

Dahl suffered a lacerated spleen in a violent outfield collision and wound up needing to have the organ eliminated totally. He’s additionally battled via a stress fracture in his ribcage, a damaged foot, a excessive ankle sprain, a shoulder pressure, a number of again accidents and a quad pressure in his large league profession. It’s an eye-opening harm historical past, highlighted by that splenectomy process — one which clearly took its toll on Dahl’s physique. From 2020-23, he appeared in solely 91 large league video games and hit simply .199/.235/.303 in that point. Even his Triple-A output was usually lackluster alongside the best way, however Dahl’s standout manufacturing in Lehigh Valley this season marks his strongest run of minor league play because the one which led to his unique MLB call-up again in 2016.

Whether or not Dahl can discover a second act in his profession after so many bodily illnesses, the mere indisputable fact that he’s performed his manner again to the majors but once more after so many setbacks is a testomony to his perseverance and fervour for the sport. For now, he’ll give the Phils a short-term possibility to assist cowl Marsh’s absence, however the Triple-An influence surge can be genuinely intriguing. If Dahl proves he’s as soon as once more an enormous league-caliber bat, he’d be controllable by way of arbitration via the 2025 season, making him a possible multi-year outfield/bench piece for the Phils in a perfect situation.

The tumultuous occasions of The Washington Put up continued Sunday night time, with maybe the most important shakeup of all.

Govt editor Sally Buzbee has stepped down.

In a observe to employees, comparatively new writer and CEO Will Lewis introduced that Buzbee left the Put up “successfully instantly.” Matt Murray, the previous editor-in-chief of The Wall Avenue Journal, is coming aboard the paper and might be government editor via the 2024 election.

In his observe, Lewis then wrote that after that, “Robert Winnett, Deputy Editor of Telegraph Media Group, will run information and options in a newly created function centered on our core providing.”

Lewis then introduced one thing new. He wrote, “I’m excited to let you recognize that later this 12 months we might be launching a brand new division of the newsroom completely devoted to higher serving audiences who need to devour and pay for information in a different way from conventional choices. This third newsroom might be comprised of service and social media journalism and run individually from the core information operation. The goal is to present the hundreds of thousands of Individuals — who really feel conventional information just isn’t for them however nonetheless need to be stored knowledgeable — compelling, thrilling and correct information the place they’re and within the fashion that they need.”

Murray will take over that division after the election, as Winnett takes over the core information division. David Shipley will stay head of the Put up’s opinions part, which is separate from the newsroom. All three will report back to Lewis, who was named writer and CEO by Put up proprietor Jeff Bezos late final 12 months.

Buzbee’s sudden departure comes simply two weeks after Lewis laid out a brand new plan for the longer term after telling employees the Put up had misplaced $77 million over the previous 12 months, and had a 50% drop off in viewers since 2020. He advised employees in an all-hands assembly on the time, “To be direct, we’re in a gap, and we have now been for a while.”

The Washington Put up’s Amy Argetsinger wrote, “The shakeup on the high of the Put up is the most important transfer by removed from Lewis — himself a veteran of each the Telegraph and the Journal — since he took over as CEO in January.”

Buzbee joined the Put up as government editor in 2021 after a profession at The Related Press. She was the AP’s government editor when she left to exchange the legendary Marty Baron, who introduced his retirement from the Put up in January 2021. Buzbee was the primary feminine editor of the Put up, which was based in 1877.

The New York Instances’ Katie Robertson and Benjamin Mullin wrote, “The Put up significantly expanded its modifying ranks beneath Ms. Buzbee, asserting the addition of roughly 41 positions in 2021, and revamping its vaunted Types part. The paper additionally shut down its Sunday journal, a transfer that upset most of the newspaper’s function writers. It has obtained six Pulitzer Prize awards since she joined, three of them this 12 months.”

The suspicious timing (late on a Sunday) and the truth that Buzbee is leaving “efficient instantly” would lead one to imagine that this was not a cordial parting. In his observe, Lewis talked about the Put up’s success, together with the awards, beneath Buzbee and added, “Please be a part of me in thanking Sally for all that she has carried out throughout her time with us.”

In accordance with the Put up, Lewis stated, “Sally is an unbelievable chief and a supremely gifted media government who might be sorely missed. I want her all the perfect going ahead.”

Paul Farhi, a longtime media author on the Put up earlier than taking a buyout late final 12 months, tweeted, “What this finally means: The main newspaper within the capital of the USA will quickly have a British-born writer and a British editor in chief. … On a really fundamental degree: the brand new boss (Lewis, who began Jan. 1) will get to select his personal workforce. That is the brand new workforce — three folks with no historical past on the Put up now working the Put up.”

I’m positive there might be extra to observe up on this story within the coming days and weeks.

Should you can’t ban ‘em, be a part of ‘em.

In 2020, when Donald Trump was president, he tried to ban TikTok with an government order. Trump — and he actually was and isn’t alone — feared that the Chinese language-owned app posed a nationwide safety menace. ByteDance, a Chinese language firm, owns TikTok, and there may be fear that the Chinese language authorities might power ByteDance at hand over knowledge that will compromise U.S. customers. TikTok stated it has not shared U.S. knowledge with the Chinese language authorities and would by no means achieve this.

Nonetheless, there has all the time been that concern.

Trump’s plan to close down TikTok ended after TikTok sued and the courts blocked Trump’s ban.

However the American struggle towards TikTok didn’t finish there. Earlier this 12 months, the Home overwhelmingly voted (352-65) to power ByteDance to promote TikTok, or else it might be banned from app shops offered by, for instance, Apple and Google in the USA. President Joe Biden signed the invoice, though it nonetheless faces authorized challenges.

When the federal government was working towards ending what Trump began, he softened his stance on TikTok.

The Related Press’ Jill Colvin, Will Weissert and Meg Kinnard wrote, “Trump stated earlier this 12 months that he nonetheless believes TikTok posed a nationwide safety danger, however was against banning it as a result of that will assist its rival, Fb, which he continues to criticize over his 2020 election loss to Biden.”

Trump advised CNBC on the time, “Frankly, there are lots of people on TikTok that like it. There are plenty of younger youngsters on TikTok who will go loopy with out it.”

After Biden signed the invoice to power ByteDance to promote TikTok, Trump wrote on his Reality Social, “Younger folks, keep in mind: Crooked Joe Biden is the one that desires to take your TikTok away from you.”

Over the weekend, Trump determined to embrace TikTok by becoming a member of the app. In a video on — the place else(?) — TikTok from the Final Preventing Championship struggle in New Jersey, Trump stated it was an “honor” to affix the app. UFC president Dana White launched him within the video and stated, “The president is now on TikTok.”

That was Saturday night time. However Sunday morning, Trump had picked up greater than 1.1 million followers and the video had greater than 1 million likes and, by Sunday afternoon, greater than 38 million views.

It needs to be famous that Biden’s marketing campaign, though not Biden himself, is on TikTok. That account solely has about 336,000 followers.

In a press release, Steven Cheung, a spokesman for the Trump marketing campaign, stated, “We’ll go away no entrance undefended and this represents the continued outreach to a youthful viewers consuming pro-Trump and anti-Biden content material.”

Trump marketing campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt stated in a press release, “We refuse to cede any floor to Biden and the Democrats. We’ll get President Trump’s successful message to each voter attainable. He has already gained important floor with younger voters and that is one other method to attain them.”

Final Friday’s Poynter Report recapped media protection within the instant aftermath of Trump being discovered responsible on all 34 costs in his hush cash trial.

However what concerning the subsequent day, after Trump gave a teleprompter-free, 40-minute, take-no-questions speech?

The three predominant cable information networks — CNN, Fox Information and MSNBC — all carried Trump’s remarks dwell, as did NBC. The opposite two predominant networks, ABC and CBS, didn’t interrupt common programming. Nevertheless, CNN, MSNBC and NBC all lower away from Trump’s remarks whereas he was nonetheless talking.

The New York Instances’ Michael M. Grynbaum wrote, “Mr. Trump started by talking in his traditional discursive, dissembling method. He unleashed a litany of false statements about his Manhattan trial, attacking witnesses, calling the decide the ‘satan’ and falsely accusing President Biden of being concerned within the prosecution.”

NBC bailed about 20 minutes into Trump’s remarks, with “NBC Nightly Information” anchor Lester Holt saying on air, “We have been advised this was going to be a information convention.”

NBC Information had two authorized analysts go over a few of Trump’s phrases and fact-checked him in actual time. Holt, at one level, stated, “There isn’t any proof that Biden was behind any of this.”

The Related Press’ David Bauder wrote, “Each CNN and MSNBC instantly advised viewers that a few of what Trump had stated was deceptive or flat-out false.”

On air, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer stated, “Clearly, and not using a teleprompter, he’s raging towards virtually all the pieces.” MSNBC had an on-screen graphic that learn, “Trump Put up-Verdict Remarks Riddled With Lies and Assaults.”

Fox Information, in addition to conservative community Newsmax, carried Trump’s remarks in full. Writing for the Instances, Grynbaum reported, “The New York Instances, on its web site, had a livestream of Mr. Trump’s look for about six minutes earlier than chopping the feed and persevering with to publish written updates on its weblog.”

You needed to assume that an unfiltered Trump was going to go on an unhinged and lie-laden rant, so why did the accountable information networks carry his speech? As a result of, as Holt defined, there was initially a perception that Trump was going to take questions.

Rupert Murdoch has tied the knot. Once more. The 93-year-old media mogul — and man behind Fox Information, The Wall Avenue Journal, New York Put up, amongst many different media shops — married for the fifth time over the weekend. He married 67-year-old Elena Zhukova, a retired molecular biologist. The wedding comes a few 12 months after Murdoch referred to as off his transient engagement with Ann Lesley Smith.

The Murdoch-Zhukova ceremony came about at Murdoch’s California winery and property. The Related Press reported that Zhukova’s ex-husband is Alexander Zhukov, a billionaire power investor and Russian politician. Their daughter, Dasha, was beforehand married to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, who used to personal the Premier League soccer membership Chelsea.

Final September, Murdoch stepped down as chair of Fox Corp. and government chairman of Information Corp. His son Lachlan is now in cost, though Rupert nonetheless serves in an emeritus function.

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