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Solve It 7: Performance Playback

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

A local musician says he was getting played when he didn’t get paid for his performances. So he contacted Solve It 7, and the results were music to his ears. Brandon Gunnoe has the story.From taking it easy on the guitar.Playing folk music on the Irish bouzouki.And being his very own piano man.Matt Glover’s got talent!“You have to play in front of people. It’s a lot more fun playing in front of people,” Matt said.Matt did have fun when a nursing home hired him to play three times for residents last year.“The people loved it. They were happy. Do something you love and get paid for it. How can you beat that?” Matt said.But Matt didn’t get paid!“It was just frustrating,” Matt said.He says he sent the nursing home invoices totaling $240 for his performances.“They just weren’t responding to it,” Matt said.After months of calling to get his money, Matt emailed solve it seven.“If anything’s gonna get ...

Dean Kremer, Orioles bullpen unable to show 2022 form in 8-4 loss to Athletics

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

Part of the reason the Orioles could justify not being more aggressive in adding starting pitching this offseason was their confidence in their incumbent group.But then top pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez wasn’t deemed ready for their season-opening rotation. He arrived only because Kyle Bradish exited his season debut in the second inning with a bruised right foot. On Wednesday, Dean Kremer, who opened the year as Baltimore’s No. 2 starter, continued to struggle in an 8-4 defeat to the Oakland Athletics.The Orioles’ bullpen joined Kremer in not looking like the 2022 version, as an Oakland team that entered the night as baseball’s worst struck for four runs over the final two innings, while Kremer again was unable to perform as the pitcher who was perhaps the most improved member of Baltimore’s breakout season.Overcoming a disastrous rookie season to become the most dependable member of the Orioles’ rotation in the year’s second half, th...

Patchwork Red Sox can’t keep up with unbeaten Rays in 9-7 loss

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

Kiké Hernández in center field? Raimel Tapia in left? Yu Chang at second base? Bobby Dalbec at shortstop!?This, obviously, is not what anyone had in mind heading into the season.As injuries keep piling up it’s getting harder for the Red Sox to patch together a functional roster. Wednesday night things took a turn for the ridiculous when Masataka Yoshida was scratched due to right hamstring tightness, forcing the club to trot out its most unorthodox lineup yet.Even without several of their best hitters, the Red Sox still managed to put together one of their best offensive performances of the season, but at the end of the day they didn’t have the firepower to keep up with the high-powered Tampa Bay Rays, who won 9-7 to stay unbeaten at 12-0.Much of the pregame attention fell on Dalbec, who played 33 innings at shortstop during spring training but who had hardly any prior experience at the position entering the year. Naturally the first two balls put in play found their way...

LaVine leads Chicago Bulls to victory over Toronto Raptors in NBA play-in game

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

Zach LaVine scored 30 of his 39 points in the second half to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 109-105 win over the Toronto Raptors in their NBA play-in game Wednesday night. Former Raptor DeMar DeRozan poured in 23 points as Toronto misses the playoffs for just the second time in 10 seasons.The Bulls will face Kyle Lowry and the Miami Heat on Friday for the eighth seed and the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.More to come

After calls to resign, Feinstein seeks Judiciary replacement

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Recuperating U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California asked Wednesday to be temporarily replaced on the Judiciary Committee, shortly after two House Democrats called on her to resign after her extended absence from Washington.In a statement, the long-serving Democratic senator said her recovery from a case of shingles she disclosed in early March had been delayed because of complications. She provided no date for her return to the Senate and said she had asked Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to ask the Senate to allow another Democratic senator to serve in her committee seat until she was able to return.“I intend to return as soon as possible once my medical team advises that it’s safe for me to travel,” Feinstein said. “In the meantime, I remain committed to the job and will continue to work from home in San Francisco.”Feinstein’s decision to seek a committee stand-in during her recovery comes amid increasing anxiety within her party that her lengthy ab...

‘It’s been chaos’: Cirque du Soleil causes traffic circus at Etobicoke location

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

Cirque du Soleil has been back in Toronto for less than a week and already it is causing a traffic circus. After hoisting its tent at Ontario Place last year, the iconic big top was forced to relocate due to redevelopment plans at the lakefront location. It’s now situated at the former site of the Mr. Christie factory in Etobicoke, bringing with it a traffic nightmare – not just for those attending the show but for the thousands of residents living in the area. “It’s been chaos,” said Carrie Noble, who lives in a condominium across the street from the Cirque location. “It took so long for me just to get into my underground parking. I can’t believe that I have to deal with this for the next two months.”Area residents say they are concerned Cirque du Soleil didn’t think the decision through when choosing the location. “I don’t think they thought about the parking situation at all,” said Noble. “There’s...

4 people shot at Indiana park during memorial for slain man

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Four people were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at an Indiana park during a memorial, police said.The shooting occurred around 6:45 p.m. during a balloon release at McCormick Park in Fort Wayne, Officer Anthony Krock told The Journal Gazette.One woman and three men were taken to a hospital. Krock did not release their conditions.Krissy Williams told the newspaper that the memorial was held to honor Tyreece Vachon, 19, who was fatally shot Tuesday outside an apartment complex. Police did not immediately return a message from The Associated Press seeking comment.The Associated Press

B.C. Chinese community tells Mendicino of intimidation by foreign powers and proxies

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

VANCOUVER — Federal Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says Chinese community members in Vancouver have told him of “intimidation, harassment and abuse” linked to foreign governments or their proxies, confirming the need for a foreign agent registry.Mendicino says he met Wednesday with a cross-section of the local community including people with Chinese heritage or cultural links.The minister did not disclose exactly who was invited to the meeting, only that it included community advocates, business leaders and representatives.Mendicino says some told him they feared retribution if they spoke out about foreign interference, which he says “reinforces the need” for a registry of agents.The federal government announced in March that it wants to hear from Canadians on creating a foreign influence transparency registry to help prevent meddling in Canada’s affairs.The issue has been under debate amid media reports citing unnamed security sources and class...

Nebraska lawmakers advance bill to vastly restrict abortion

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday that would ban abortion once cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo, which is generally around the sixth week of pregnancy and before most women even know they are pregnant. Thirty-three lawmakers voted to end debate on the bill — just enough needed to set up an identical 33-16 vote to advance the bill. If just one other lawmaker had voted not to end debate, the bill would likely have been declared dead for the year. It must survive two more rounds of debate before the end of the 90-day session to pass.The effort to pass the so-called heartbeat bill in the Republican-controlled state remains in question. An amendment floated by a Republican co-signer of the bill that would push the ban out to 12 weeks of pregnancy has yet to be considered. The amendment — and concerns expressed by at least one lawmaker who voted to advance the bill — could signal that a ban set very early in pregnancy may face pushback even fro...

Man arrested after sexual assault against group of young people in Newtonbrook

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:57 GMT

A 27-year-old man is under arrest following a sexual assault investigation in Newtonbrook.Police say a man following a group of young people to a nearby restaurant in the area of Yonge Street and Drewry Avenue around noon on Wednesday. Police say the man removed his clothing and waited outside the restaurant until the group left at which point he chased them. He then allegedly sexually assaulted a girl in the group before fleeing the scene. Wesley Graham Nyarko of no fixed address has been charged with sexual assault, performing an indecent act and criminal harassment. Investigators say there may be other victims and have asked anyone with information to contact them.