Day: July 18, 2023

Reds grounds crew member gets gobbled up by ‘tarp monster’ during weather delay

10:17 pm July 18, 2023

One member of the Cincinnati Reds‘ grounds crew was not as fast as he needed to be during Monday night’s weather delay at Great American Ballpark. Rain began to fall in the eighth inning of a 2-2 tie between the San Francisco Giants and the Reds, and the grounds crew was instructed to bring out […]

Firefighters battle large Southern California wildfire amid high heat, containment challenges

10:16 pm July 18, 2023

Firefighters working in high heat patrolled for hotspots and built control lines around a large wildfire smoldering in the interior of Southern California on Tuesday. The Rabbit Fire remained at just under 13 square miles, with 45% containment after minimal activity overnight, according to the Riverside County unit of the California Department of Forestry and […]

Man arrested on Capitol riot charges after serving time for role in white nationalist march in Virginia

10:14 pm July 18, 2023

A man who served a prison term for joining torch-toting white nationalists in marching through the University of Virginia’s campus in 2017 rally has been arrested on charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol and attacked police officers. Tyler Bradley Dykes, 25, of Bluffton, South Carolina, was arrested in Charlottesville, Virginia, and made his initial […]

Federal judge considers Kansas governor’s arguments in transgender birth certificate issue

10:11 pm July 18, 2023

A federal judge is considering Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s arguments that a new Kansas law rolling back transgender rights doesn’t bar the state from changing the sex listing on transgender people’s birth certificates. U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree ruled Tuesday that Kelly’s office can defend her administration’s policy of changing birth certificates and accepted its […]

Highways closed, oil refinery threatened as Greek wildfires rage on

10:06 pm July 18, 2023

Fast-moving wildfires swept across hills in the searing heat outside the Greek capital on Tuesday, forcing authorities to close highways to help protect an oil refinery. Water-dropping airplanes and helicopters flew low though a blanket of smoke tinted orange by the sunset to try and contain two wildfires to the west of Athens before nightfall. […]