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Showalter, whose deal runs for three years, becomes the 20th full-time manager in Mets history, counting Carlos Beltran who was officially hired but got fired before ever seeing a game. The franchise has also had four interim managers. In his 20 years of MLB managerial experience, Showalter has a 1,551-1,517 record (.506 winning percentage). He ranks 24th in all-time wins by a manager and needs just 69 to enter the top 20. His journey across big-league dugouts includes stints managing the Yankees (1992-95), Diamondbacks (1998-2000), Rangers (2003-06) and Orioles (2010-18).
Green used a 9 mm gun to shoot both Clarence Whalum, 22, and Kimani Whalum, 20, on Oct. 5 inside their residence in the 19000 block of Farm Crest Terrace, according to police Chief John Galvin. Police were called there at 7:30 p.m. for a report of a home invasion and found the brothers with gunshot wounds inside. They were taken to area hospitals and later pronounced dead.
The Nets have been hit harder than most teams as the Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic smacks the United States. Durant and Irving marked the eighth and ninth Nets to enter the health and safety protocols, joining teammates James Harden, LaMarcus Aldridge, Paul Millsap, DeAndre’ Bembry, Bruce Brown, James Johnson and Jevon Carter.
“I don’t see no quit in this locker room,” Gipson said. “It’s a tough season. When you’re losing everything seems to be bad. When you’re winning, everything is going good. Everyone is happy. There’s no disruption. It’s just a big, happy family. Obviously, losing causes for people to look in the mirror. The biggest thing is 4-9, 2-11, 9-4, at the end of the day, people are playing for pride. People are playing for the name on the back of the jersey and the team on the front and the logo.
U.S. Ambassador to Japan nominee Rahm Emanuel, left, speaks with Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., after Durbin spoke in support of Emanuel’s nomination before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) (Patrick Semansky/AP)
Danny Simmons, 28, of the 7700 block of South Honore Street in the Gresham neighborhood, was charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 22 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Tremayne Maltbia in the 7800 block of South Wood Street, also in the Gresham neighborhood, police said.
A 41-year-old passenger was taken to Stroger Hospital where she was pronounced dead. The driver was taken in fair condition to the same hospital, and three other passengers, two men and a woman were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, police said.
Rahm Emanuel, the former mayor of Chicago, was confirmed to serve as ambassador to Japan by a vote of 48-21. Nominees to be ambassadors to Spain, Vietnam and Somalia were among those confirmed by voice vote soon afterward. The votes came after an agreement was reached to hold a vote concerning Nord Stream 2 sanctions before Jan. 14.
For older kids, the trends are similar, with troubling signs heading into the winter break. Suburban Cook County, for example, now has the highest daily rate of kids age 12 to 17 testing positive, topping 80 per 100,000, when the rate was just half that heading into Thanksgiving break. Most other parts of the region are seeing similarly stark rises.
Nurturing a vigorous, healthy boxwood is the best way to protect it against winter damage. Any boxwood planted over the previous three years should be watered as needed in late fall, if conditions are dry. Recent rains may have been enough to benefit your boxwood, and the soil in my garden has now frozen, so it’s too late to water.