Chris Sale, the 2024 National League Cy Young Award winner, had thrown 97 pitches through eight innings Thursday when he walked the length of the Atlanta Braves’ dugout, found manager Walt Weiss and made his intentions clear.”This is mine,” Sale declared.The left-hander needed just 12 more pitches to record the final three outs and complete a 1-0 shutout of the two-time defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers in Atlanta. The victory capped a three-game sweep for the NL East-leading Braves, who beat Los Angeles by one run in each game.At 37, Sale’s standout performance Thursday offered another reminder that he remains…

The Cincinnati Reds’ clubhouse was in a celebratory mood after a 10-8 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday.The Cubs, however, had little to celebrate after their bullpen struggled to contain Cincinnati’s late-inning surge.Much of the postgame conversation centered on home plate umpire Bill Miller and a game he will likely want to forget. Miller went 0-for-8 on automated ball-strike system challenges, with every challenged call overturned. The Cubs won five challenges, while the Reds won the remaining three.BASEBALL IS CHANGING FOREVER WITH ROBOT UMP CHALLENGESThe game’s first overturned call came relatively early in the matinée, when Miller initially ruled…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to pause funding Thursday for AI-powered Flock cameras, which have come under scrutiny nationwide amid privacy concerns.Abbott’s office told Fox News Digital that the state was moving to cut off state-agency funding for the cameras, while noting that most funding for them comes from the federal government.”Almost all Flock cameras in Texas are used by cities, and those cities are increasingly canceling their contracts with Flock,” Abbott spokesperson Andrew Mahaleris said in a statement.POWERFUL CRIME-FIGHTING SURVEILLANCE GROWTH SPURS LAWMAKERS TO ISSUE WARNING: ‘ORWELLIAN’ “To the…

The WNBA is gearing up to press the pause button for a couple of weeks so players can compete in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, and before they could head to the tournament or on vacation, the Indiana Fever had a date with the Connecticut Sun.Caitlin Clark and company came into the game looking to continue their momentum after a 113-90 win over the Chicago Sky on Sunday, while the Sun were hoping to take what would be just their 11th win of the season.However, despite the rough season, Connecticut came out firing on all cylinders, taking a 28-19…

As reunions go, Tua Tagovailoa’s return to South Florida as an Atlanta Falcon against his former Miami Dolphins teammates was not exactly a happy one.Dysfunctional is a better word for it.For six seasons, Tagovailoa and the Dolphins tried to make it work. They failed.DOLPHINS NOT GOING TO ‘THROW IN THE TOWEL AND JUST REBUILD’ BUT THAT COMES WITH HIGHER EXPECTATIONS Tagovailoa was set back by some coaches who didn’t like him and injuries that too often overshadowed him, so he never reached his goal of becoming the face of the franchise.And the Dolphins never came close to reaching the championship…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A wanted California man who twice escaped officers by running onto a freeway apparently ran out of luck when he unexpectedly walked into a Panda Express where the same officers were eating lunch, police said.Two attempts. Two escapes onto the freeway. Then came an unexpected third encounter.Officers with the Monrovia Police Department recognized the man when he entered the restaurant and quickly arrested him, ending a month long effort to take him into custody on a no-bail felony probation warrant.WATCH: FELONY SUSPECT’S OCEAN GETAWAY UNRAVELS AFTER 90-MINUTE STANDOFF WITH LIFEGUARDS Body camera…

Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off a blockbuster trade with the Detroit Tigers that brought aboard two-time Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal.Now, just weeks later, the Dodgers rolled into Motor City, and guess who got the start?… Yes, Tarik Skubal.TARIK SKUBAL SAYS HE WAS EMOTIONAL LEAVING DETROIT TIGERS FOR LA DODGERS, WOULD LOVE TO RETURN: ‘I’M CRYING’Outfielder Zyhir Hope and right-handed pitchers Brady Smith and River Ryan went the other way in the deal.Skubal’s return to Detroit came at an interesting time as the NL West leaders came into the evening fresh off of three-straight losses to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday on “Morning Joe” that New York banned formal civil immigration-enforcement agreements between local law enforcement and ICE because she wants officers focused on local crime, while a DHS spokesperson said in an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital that the restriction will force more federal agents into communities as 15 county sheriffs challenge the law in federal court.”When politicians bar local law enforcement from working with DHS, our law enforcement officers have to have a more visible presence so that we can find and apprehend…

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A sailor assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln expected to reenlist before the ship’s current deployment began. Now, after more than nine months of continuous operations, training and drills, the service member is questioning whether the U.S. Navy could be a long-term career.“I planned to reenlist before this deployment, but now I’m reconsidering,” the sailor told Military Times on the condition of anonymity, fearing reprisal.Aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, which was extended to support operations in the Middle East, uncertainty about the mission has taken a toll, the sailor said.“Not knowing what’s happening wears me down,” they said. “If we’re…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As the Trump administration’s efforts have choked off federal funding for LGBTQ groups, Keisha Lance Bottoms, former mayor of Atlanta and Georgia’s Democratic gubernatorial nominee, is sponsoring an upcoming Halloween event open to children that will include drag shows.”From 5-8, the little monsters roam free trick-or-treating through spooky trails and glowing Halloween worlds, and when night falls — the hallo queen show explodes with music, costumes and pure Halloween spectacle,” ColGay Pride, an LGBTQ+ group based in Columbus, Georgia, said in a video.Notably, the group’s programming states that the “adults-only” portion of…

For military families, a permanent change of station can mean more than adjusting to a new school. Government Accountability Office officials told Military Times that parents have repeatedly reported problems transferring educational records and individualized education programs when military families move, sometimes delaying services or leaving educators to reconstruct a child’s needs.A new GAO review found gaps at multiple stages of the Department of Defense Education Activity’s process for identifying and supporting students with specific learning disabilities, including screening, referrals, evaluations and instruction. GAO officials said those gaps can compound, affecting when students receive help and the quality of the…