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Automated Ball-Strike System Sees 60.7% Success Rate In First Games

CINCINNATI (AP) — Terry Francona had every reason not be a fan of the Automated Ball-Strike System, after the Cincinnati Reds' 3-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Thursday. However, the longtime manager was taking the long view after game one of 162. Francona saw a walk by Eugenio Suárez on a full count overturned to a strikeout in the fourth inning while Connor Phillips' ninth-inning strikeout of Boston's Roman Anthony — also on a full count — overturned to a walk. "I think our pitchers are going to have to get used to thinking the inning might be over, and it's not," ...

No Injuries In Blast At Texas Refinery

An oil refinery fire near the Texas coast was put out Tuesday and a shelter-in-place order was lifted following air-quality testing, hours after a large explosion at the complex shot plumes of smoke into the air, officials said. No one was injured in Monday's explosion at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur, about 90 miles east of Houston, Carol Hebert, a Valero spokesperson, said in a statement. "All personnel are accounted for," Herbert said. Images and video posted online show a large plume of smoke and flames billowing out from the refinery. At Tuesday's City Council meeting, ...

A Castro Could Become Cuba’s Next President

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — As U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for change in Cuba's leadership, speculation is mounting about who, if anyone, might replace Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel. As Raúl Castro's handpicked largely figurehead successor in 2018, Díaz-Canel has been the only leader without the last name Castro to govern since the 1959 revolution. He still has two years left in his term —- but some experts and a growing number of Cubans doubt he'll make it. Two Castro cousins have come into focus as potential replacements, experts said. Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga ...

Minnesota Sues Trump Administration Over Shootings By Federal Officers

WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for access to evidence they say they need to independently investigate three shootings by federal officers, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The lawsuit claims that the federal government reneged on its promise to cooperate with state investigations after the surge of federal law enforcement in Minneapolis. State officials are seeking a court order demanding that the Trump administration comply. "We are prepared to fight for transparency and accountability that the federal government ...