West among 5 ex-umps to sue over retirement plan, claim they're owed money
A lawyer for the retired umpires said Thursday the amount owed is in excess of $2 million.
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West among 5 ex-umps to sue over retirement plan, claim they're owed money — MLB | theScore — Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Anthony Santander posted Islamophobic videos to his Instagram story following the United States’ midterm election Tuesday. Santander’s stories, which have since been removed, showed content that claimed Sharia law would be coming to the U.S., while another video featured a Christian preacher who said there’s “no such thing as kind Muslims.” “Baseball is for everyone, and the Jays have created an inclusive experience where all fans feel welcome at our ballpark,” the team said in a statement Thursday. “Individual comments do not represent our organization’s values and beliefs.” Santander has three years and over $57 million remaining on his heavily deferred contract. The 32-year-old has played in just 54 games since signing a five-year, $92.5-million deal in January 2025. He missed all of 2026 due to injuries. Copyright © 2026 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license. The Nasdaq closed in correction territory Thursday, wiping out roughly $2.5 trillion in market value, as investors grappled with the possibility that Democrats’ midterm gains could put the brakes on the massive data center buildout underpinning the industry’s growth and powering the US economy. https://t.co/sISu6d4nB4 Today, Nov. 5, 2026, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he plans to change all California death sentences to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted death sentences for 548 state prisoners, saying “state-sanctioned killing is incompatible with California’s values.” Victims rights advocates criticized his decision. It’s worth noting that Californians On Nov. 6, 2012, defeated Proposition 34, an initiative to replace the death penalty with a sentence of life without parole, by a vote of 53% to 47% in 2012. California’s death sentence inmatesIn 2024, California dismantled what was Death Row and merged its condemned inmates into the general prison population. In 2024, the Condemned Inmate Transfer Program was completed and the state transferred all 582 men out of San Quentin’s death row to 24 prisons throughout the state. Nine remain at San Quentin in the Psychiatric facility. The 18 death-sentenced women who were formerly on the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla’s death row have been transferred to the general population. In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom said “I will not oversee the execution of any person while Governor… Our death penalty system has been, by all measures, a failure.” A Gallup Poll in November 2024 found that support for the death penalty in the U.S. is at 53%, the lowest ever. Gallup attributes the decrease to the fact that younger people — those born after 1980 — are less likely to support capital punishment than older Americans. California’s death row inmates were transferred to institutions with at least a Level II security level and a lethal electrified fence. They are designated as “Close Custody” for a minimum of five years, providing the highest security level while still allowing integration into the general population. You can see a list of California’s condemned inmates here. Most executions by stateSince 1976, only top 20 listed (so far In 2026) Texas 602 (6) Florida 141 (16) Oklahoma 132 (3) Virginia 113 Missouri 102 Alabama 85 (2) Georgia 77 Ohio 56 South Carolina 50 Arizona 43 (1) North Carolina 43 Arkansas 31 Louisiana 29 Mississippi 25 Indiana 23 Tennessee 17 (1) Delaware 16 Federal 16 California 13 Illinois 12 Total executions in U.S. since 1976: 1,683 How many condemned inmates California hasCalifornia is one of four states that has a death penalty but paused executions. The others are Oregon, Ohio and Pennsylvania. California has more people sentenced to death than Florida, Texas and Alabama combined. Here’s how many states carry out executions and how many inmates are sentenced to death in America. Sources: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, State of California, Death Penalty Information Center, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — This year’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was cut down on Thursday and will be trucked to New York City to usher in the holiday season. The 76-foot Norway spruce is expected to arrive Saturday following its journey from a yard in West Edmeston, New York. The conifer is approximately 75 years old and measures 50 feet in diameter. A crane hoisted the tree onto a flatbed truck before it began the 200-mile trip to its perch at Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, where it will overlook the center’s iconic skating rink. Then the tree will be wrapped with more than 50,000 multicolored LED lights and crowned with a 900-pound (408-kilogram) Swarovski star. It will be lit during a televised ceremony on Dec. 2. The tradition dates back to 1931, when crews building Rockefeller Center put up a small Christmas tree with handmade garlands. The first formal lighting ceremony took place in 1933. The Rockefeller Christmas tree will be on display until Jan. 9, after which it will be milled into lumber for the housing nonprofit Habitat for Humanity. — Will Sammon – The Athletic — New York City girl dies after falling out 5th-story window in the Bronx, parents and police say A 2-year-old New York City girl died after falling out a 5th-story window in the Bronx, her parents and police say. |
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