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Max Morath, musician who revived ragtime via public television, dies at 96 in Duluth

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:57:00 GMT

DULUTH, Minn. — Max Morath, a national practitioner and proponent of ragtime music who became a public television pioneer, died Monday morning in Duluth. He was 96.Morath was living at Aftenro Home in Duluth, having moved to the area after marrying his wife, Diane Skomars, in 1993. No further details were immediately available about Morath’s death, which was confirmed by Skomars in an email to the Duluth News Tribune.Diane Skomars and Max Morath in their Duluth retirement years. (Diane Skomars via Forum News Service)“Beloved by his family, friends and fans,” she wrote, “Max was an entertainer ’til the end.”For decades, Morath was one of the best-known proponents of ragtime music, crossing the country countless times over decades of touring that began in the mid-20th century and extended into the 21st. His shows combined musical performances with entertaining, educational commentary on ragtime music and the turn-of-the-century era that produced it.“The Ragtime Era” was the name of a ...

Local students received educational grants

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:57:00 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Some Capital Region students received a significant investment in their future education. The Albany Police Athletic League awarded grants on Monday for local student finalists.Claudia Corradino, an eighth grade student at Hackett Middle School, received a $2,000 scholarship toward her future education. She was one of five other finalists in the running to receive that grant. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The two runner-up students received $1,000 grants and the remaining three students received $500 grants. Organizers said educational investments can help students set future goals."It basically gives them something to look forward to. It gives them something to set goals to achieve not only to graduate high school but to continue your education," Albany PAL Exec. Dir. Lenny Ricchiuti said. "And those dollars can be used for trade school, for college, however the student deems fit when the time co...

Sick marine mammals overwhelming Southern California rescue organization

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:57:00 GMT

Sickened marine mammals poisoned by an algal bloom in Southern California waters are overwhelming a local rescue organization. Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute responds to beached sea lions and other sick mammals, evaluates their condition and, if needed, attempts to nurse the animals back to health.But a recent algal bloom off the coast of Southern California is leading to more and more marine mammals getting sickened by a type of poison that is growing ever more prevalent: domoic acid toxicity. Known colloquially as the "Red Tide," domoic acid is a naturally occuring neurotoxin that is produced by blooming algae in California waters. The blooms tend to happen more regularly in spring and autumn when nutrients from the deep are brought to the surface and exposed to sunlight.Fish and other animals low on the food chain eat the toxic algae without much issue, but marine mammals and birds that eat those animals aren't so lucky. Through a process called "biomagnificatio...

Authorities seeking suspect involved in L.A. County stabbing

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:57:00 GMT

Police in Los Angeles are searching for a suspect who allegedly stabbed two people in Porter Ranch on Monday. According to the LAPD, officers responded to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon in the 19100 block of Salt Lake Place round 5 p.m.When they arrived on scene, they found a 45-year-old woman suffering from an apparent stab wound and a 50-year-old man suffering from a contusion. The suspect barricaded himself into a home and is refusing to come out. Video footage from the scene shows an unknown substance flowing from the garage that authorities believe could be potentially dangerous. The neighborhood has been evacuated as police surround the home where the suspect is hiding.The suspect is described as a 55-year-old white male standing at 5 feet, 10 inches tall, with brown hair and brown eyes. The investigation into what led up to the stabbing remains ongoing.

SF Giants’ first-round pick Reggie Crawford talks return from Tommy John, two-way plans

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:57:00 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — The main attraction Monday night at Oracle Park was the home debut of 21-year-old phenom Luis Matos. But it was hard not to notice the 6-foot-4, 235-pound hunk of human being hanging behind the batting cage, who also figures to play a major part in the Giants’ future.San Francisco’s top pick in 2022, Reggie Crawford, paid a visit to the ballpark he hopes to call home one day. Visiting family who live in the city, Crawford was enjoying an off day from Single-A San Jose, where he recently began attempting to chart his path as the first domestic two-way player to make the majors since Babe Ruth.“Obviously we’re at where we’re at right now and we’re gonna be making strides, but I don’t feel like this is a foreign place to me,” Crawford said, wearing a 2007 All-Star Game sweatshirt while standing on the dirt warning track of Oracle Park, coming up on a year since being drafted 30th overall and 20 months post-Tommy John surgery. “I know that t...

Ocean City brings fireworks back to the beach for the first time since 2019

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:57:00 GMT

Ocean city, Maryland aerial view of the boardwalk and beach(Getty Images/iStockphoto/abriggs21) Ocean city, Maryland aerial view of the boardwalk and beach(Getty Images/iStockphoto/abriggs21) It’s been a long wait, but Ocean City in Maryland is once again planning on holding a dazzling Fourth of July fireworks display.The plans for this year’s fireworks show includes displays at two different locations: one at the North Division Street Beach, and another at Northside Park at 125th Street.In each case, there will be musical entertainment starting at 8 p.m., and the fireworks are scheduled to go off at 9:30 p.m.The long-awaited restoration of the beach holiday tradition comes after a few challenging years for the Ma...

Piden a los médicos revisar más allá del índice de masa corporal (IMC) como medida de riesgo para la salud

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:57:00 GMT

(CNN) — Hace aproximadamente 200 años, un matemático y estadístico belga llamado Adolphe Quetelet, en un intento de caracterizar al “hombre normal”, observó que el peso corporal de los adultos en kilogramos es aproximadamente proporcional al cuadrado de su estatura en metros, una medida que pasó a denominarse índice de Quetelet.No fue hasta 1972, cuando el fisiólogo Dr. Ancel Keys lo propuso como cálculo de la grasa corporal, cuando recibió su nombre más reconocible: índice de masa corporal o IMC.Ahora está en todas partes, sobre todo como herramienta de detección de la obesidad: un IMC inferior a 18,5 es “bajo peso”, un “peso saludable” es hasta 24,9, “sobrepeso” es de 25 a 29,9 y “obesidad” es un IMC de 30 o más.Y para ser una métrica diseñada para aplicarse ampliamente a la población general, ha adquirido una importancia desmesurada para los individuos, incluso a veces se le llama “letra escarlata”.R...

Carpenter’s 3-run homer rallies Tigers for 6-4 win, Royals’ 12th loss in 13 games

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:57:00 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Kerry Carpenter hit a three-run homer in a five-run, seventh inning that lifted Detroit Tigers over Kansas 6-4 on Monday night and sent the Royals to their 12th loss in 13 games.Kansas City wasted a 4-0 lead and dropped to 0-15 in games started by Jordan Lyles, who allowed three runs and six hits in six-plus innings. He is 0-11, the most losses in the major leagues, and he broke the team record for winless starts at the start of a season, which had been set by Vida Blue in 1983.Zach McKinstry started the comeback with a fifth inning RBI double that went through left fielder Edward Olivares’s legs, allowing Jake Rogers to score from first.Miguel Cabrera singled and Jonathan Schoop doubled, chasing Lyles in the seventh. Rogers hit a two-run single off Taylor Clarke (1-1) that cut the deficit to 4-3, and Carpenter hit a two-out line drive down the right-field line for his sixth homer this season.Tyler Alexander (2-1) allowed one hit in two scoreless innings with four str...

Los candidatos de Juntos por el Cambio atraen más votantes que el peronismo en la provincia de Chaco, Argentina

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:57:00 GMT

(CNN Español) — Este domingo se realizaron las elecciones Primarias, Abiertas, Simultáneas y Obligatorias (PASO) en el Chaco, provincia del noreste de Argentina, en medio de la convulsión social que desató el caso de la desaparición de la joven Cecilia Strzyzowski.El escrutinio provisorio del Tribunal Electoral de Chaco (con el 96,1% de las mesas escrutadas) mostraba este lunes que los candidatos de la coalición Juntos por el Cambio pudieron atraer más votantes que los del Frente Chaqueño, al sumar en estas primarias casi seis puntos porcentuales más de votos que el oficialismo.Según un analista, las elecciones en Chaco “estuvieron marcadas por la desaparición de Cecilia Strzyzowski”En la definición, JxC será representado en las elecciones generales de octubre por la formula integrada por Leandro Zdero y Silvana Schneider, candidatos a gobernador y vice, respectivamente, mientras el oficialismo estará representado por el actual gobernador, Jorge Capitanich, que busca su reelec...

Votto homers, hits 2-run single in return to Reds’ lineup after 10-month absence

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:57:00 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Joey Votto homered and hit a go-ahead, two-run single in his return to the Cincinnati Reds’ lineup after a 10-month absence that followed an operation to repair his left biceps and rotator cuff.The 39-year-old hit sixth and played first base Monday night in a series opener against Colorado in the first big league game since Aug. 16. The 2010 NL MVP hit a 104.4 mph lineout to center in the second inning, then drove a first-pitch, belt-high fastball from Austin Gomber in the fifth. The 102 mph drive landed about a dozen rows into the right-field seats and put the Reds ahead 3-1.After circling the bases on his 343rd home run, Votto emerged from the Reds dugout for a curtain call, wearing a celebratory Viking helmet and cape. He had not homered since last Aug. 6 against Milwaukee’s Jake McGee.Votto’s two-run single to center off Jake Bird, grounded at 108.7 mph, put the Reds ahead 5-4 in the sixth.Votto was greeted with a standing ovation when he walk...