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It was an incredibly busy day down on the farm for Atlanta's MiLB affiliates as there were a total of seven games played on the day.We've got a lot to get into, so let's dive into Friday's minor league action.(29-38) Gwinnett Stripers 3, (35-31) Nashville Sounds 5


Joe Dunad, DH: 1-4, HR, RBI
Forrest Wall, CF: 2-4, RBI
Braden Shewmake, SS: 2-3, 2B, BB
Michael Soroka, SP: 6 IP, 3 H, ER, 4 BB, 3 K


Unlike their Double-A counterparts, Gwinnett couldn't quite pull out the win in extra innings on Friday.

While the big league club was busy sweeping both games of a doubleheader, it was a bit of a disappointing day down on the farm.Augusta was the only one of Atlanta's minor league affiliates to bring home a win on Wednesday as Gwinnett's late comeback came up short, Mississippi fell in extras and Rome fell.

While it wasn't the most exciting day down on the farm as Rome was the only team to notch a win, Mississippi hitters like Drew Campbell and Landon Stephens also put up solid performances on the day.(29-34) Gwinnett Stripers 4, (29-34) Charlotte Knights 5


Daniel Robertson, 3B: 2-4, 2B, RBI
Hoy Park, RF: 2-3, RBI, R
Justus Sheffield, SP: 3.2 IP, 4 H, 5 ER, 3 BB, 4 K


Gwinnett failed to hold onto an early lead on Sunday as they dropped Sunday's matchup against Charlotte, ending their five-game winning streak.

It wasn't the most exciting of days on the Atlanta Braves farm system, that is until a late charge by the Mississippi Braves led to a walk off bomb from Landon Stephens.Michael Soroka also put out a strong start, and down in the Dominican Summer League top signee Luis Guanipa continues to put up numbers.

The Atlanta Braves system had a nice evening, taking three wins from the full season affiliates with some solid nights from the team's best prospects.Augusta had a thrilling comeback win after a shaky Owen Murphy start, and down in the Dominican Summer League Luis Guanipa is living up to the early hype.

The News The track star Tori Bowie was eight months pregnant and in labor at the time of her death, according to an autopsy report shared with The New York Times.The autopsy lists respiratory distress and eclampsia as possible complications.Frentorish Bowie, or Tori for short, a sprinter who competed at the Rio Olympics and won a silver medal in the 100 meters, a bronze in the 200 meters, and a gold in the 4x100-meter relay, died suddenly at the age of 32.

The silhouette AR-15-style rifle is displayed on signage for the Firearms Unknown Guns & Ammo gun store in Yuma, Ariz., last week.Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Gun deaths in the United States reached an all-time high in 2021 for the second year in a row, with firearms violence the single leading cause of death for children and young adults, according to a new study released by Johns Hopkins University.

When Icelandic filmmaker Jon Karl Helgason hears that there are an estimated 11 million swimming pools in the United States, he nearly spits his hand-rolled cigarette out of the Zoom frame.Put end to end, American swimming pools would make up a river five times the length of the Mississippi; emptied all at once, they'd contain enough water to keep Niagara Falls crashing at full volume for at least two days.

Laws restricting transgender rights have piled up in recent months, underscoring likely 2024 election battle lines.A rush of legislation targeting transgender people has been introduced and in some cases passed in state legislatures across the United States as the topic has become a Republican priority.

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Perched above Alameda Ridge a few blocks north of the Hollywood District is a sleepy Northeast Portland neighborhood most Portlanders only see in passing when traversing east or west on Northeast Fremont street.Until recently, the majority of the establishments in Beaumont-Wilshire have been in the neighborhood for decades, known primarily to walking distance regulars.

The Senate voted late Thursday on a bill to suspend the country's debt limit through January 1, 2025 following weeks of contentious negotiations on the legislative deal between the White House and Republicans.The bill is now on its way to President Joe Biden for approval, and once signed, it will avert what could have been an economic catastrophe and the first time the US would have defaulted on its debt.

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A federal class-action lawsuit on behalf of more than 5,800 youths alleges San Bernardino County Children and Family Services, an agency that was deemed "too broken to fix" by a civil grand jury, failed to protect children under its care and at times placed them in danger.

In a remote field in Saskatchewan, not far from the border with North Dakota, the Boundary Dam coal power plant sends its exhaust into a massive system of pipes and tanks that absorb CO2 and then compress the gas so it can be shipped off to a nearby oil producer for injection underground.The carbon capture system, which cost more than $1 billion to build, first started running nine years ago.

The USPTO began establishing satellite offices a decade ago to expand beyond the traditional Alexandria (Washington DC) headquarters.We now have offices in Detroit, Dallas, Denver, and San Jose.Last year, Congress voted to further expand the decentralization by at least one more.The Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2022 (UAIA) mandates creation of a Southeast Regional Office (SERO).

Five-year-old Rood Morancy Siverne huddled close to his mother, who sat tired, yet hopeful, waiting to check in to what would become, at least for a time, their home.Rood and his parents had fled Chile and made the month-long trek north through mountains, Panamanian jungles, and the length of Mexico, until arriving at the U.S. border to claim asylum.

Road House: The Play! is funny.It's the sort of funny that makes you repeatedly punch the arm of the person next to you.Did they see that slow motion motorcycle scene played out on an office chair?Did they hear the narrator say, "open palm wiener slap?"The spoof adaption-co-written by Siren Theater owner Shelley McLendon and author Courtenay Hameister-ofa similarly-named Patrick Swayze film, Road House: The Play! tells the story of Dalton, a professional bouncer hired to clean up the fighting-est little club outside Kansas City.

That includes Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), a longtime Trump ally who - as of now - will only say that "I've endorsed his policies.""An official endorsement, I have not.I've been pretty clear I'd like to see someone articulate for the Republican Party what we're going to do policy-wise," added Braun, who's running for governor of his bright-red state.

After dreaming of paddling the Mississippi River since childhood, Wally Werderich finally got his chance.The 50-year-old Yorkville resident was part of Mississippi Speed Record, a four-man team that has claimedto have set a new world record for the fastest time by a team to paddle the length of the Mississippi.

The Atlanta Braves farm system had a mixed bag of games on Thursday evening, with a phenomenal pitching performance in Gwinnett stealing the show.Over in Mississippi they suffered a blowout loss, but Drew Lugbauer keeps hitting long balls and now has 12 on the season.(27-33) Gwinnett Stripers 2, (28-32) Charlotte Knights 1


Vaughn Grissom, SS: 0-4, .322/.398/.480

Multiple doses of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are safe in children as young as six months, reports the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Research published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on June 8 included the first study of a third mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose in young children.

Over the past few months, The New York Times has asked experts to answer the question, What would you play a friend to make them fall in love with jazz?We've covered lots of artists, instruments and musical styles but this time we're tackling a whole city.The United States is full of cities with their own rich jazz histories, but none goes back as far as New Orleans.

Aside from winning the sports perspective championship, one thing that never causes fans heartache is the nicknames of their favorite players.In Boston, there are some pretty spectacular ones that have graced us across the four major sports - especially the Red Sox.There are some simple ones that really are a mere play on the name itself, like "Tek" for Jason Varitek or "Eck" for Dennis Eckersley.

Michael Soroka's demotion to the minor leagues left a hole in the Atlanta Braves' starting rotation.Brian Snitker confirmed Tuesday that rookie right-hander AJ Smith-Shawver will fill that spot by starting either Friday or Saturday against the Washington Nationals.Snit confirmed Smith-Shawver will start either Friday or Saturday- Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman)
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Smith-Shawver was promoted to the majors on May 30 and the original plan was for him to pitch out of the bullpen.

The system didn't have an easy day as they lost three of four games and surrendered 10+ runs in all three of the defeats.At least we saw productive games from Vaughn Grissom, Luke Waddell, and Justin Dean plus four different additional players would add homers.Norfolk Tides 13, Gwinnett Stripers 4


Vaughn Grissom, 2B/SS: 2-5, 2B, RBI, .324/.405/.482

Fewer guns plus more gun control add up to less gun carnage.That's logical.And it's a fact.California is proof.So is Mississippi.We're a state with arguably the nation's strictest gun laws.And we've got one of the lowest rates of gun deaths.States with lax gun controls have some of the highest gun death rates.

Osteopathic physician Kevin de Regnier of Winterset, Iowa, checks Chris Bourne, who came in for an adjustment of his anxiety medication on May 9, 2023.Tony Leys/KFF Health News WINTERSET, Iowa For 35 years, this town's residents have brought all manner of illnesses, aches, and worries to Kevin de Regnier's storefront clinic on the courthouse square and he loves them for it.

The Covid-19 pandemic hit a major milestone this month as public health emergency declarations were ended by both the United States government and the World Health Organization.Emergency declarations for mpox also recently ended.This doesn't mean Covid-19 and mpox are no longer of concern, but it does mark the end of the availability of certain logistical capabilities to manage them.

The Atlanta Braves farm system had its share of exciting performances on Saturday evening, but none were as good as that of their 2022 third and fourth round picks in Rome.Both Drake Baldwin and David McCabe hit home runs as the Rome Braves won 6-1 in their game.Luis De Avila had the system's top pitching performance as he led Mississippi to a win with six innings of one-hit shutout ball.

Box score link The Charlotte Knights led for the majority of the game, but after a ninth-inning bullpen collapse from Lane Ramsey, the Nashville Sounds were able to come away with the win, 5-3.John Parke started the game for the Knights and was able to limit the Sounds to just one run in his 2 2⁄3 innings, but he definitely seemed to struggle with his control, walking three consecutive batters in the first inning.

Tonight, the James Beard Foundation announced its Media Award winners for 2023.The Media Awards cover cookbooks and other books, journalism, and broadcasts like television and audio programming.Finalists were announced in April.The Awards this year happen on the heels of complicated headlines and backlash against the Foundation.

Atlanta's Triple-A and Double-A affiliates were the only ones to bring home victories on Friday, outscoring their opponents by a combined total of 29-7.(24-31) Gwinnett Stripers 16, (38-17) Norfolk Tides 0


Vaughn Grissom, 2B: 4-6, 2B, 3 RBI, 2 R
Forrest Wall, LF: 4-6, 2 RBI, 2 R
Braden Shewmake, SS: 2-6, HR, 2 RBI
Chadwick Tromp, C: 1-3, Grand Slam, 4 RBI, 3 BB
Allan Winans, SP: 7 IP, 4 H, 6 K


You'd be hard pressed to find a more dominating performance across the minor league than what Gwinnett put together on both sides of the ball on Friday.

The Atlanta Braves made an unexpected move on Tuesday by selecting the contract of top pitching prospect AJ Smith-Shawver.In a corresponding move, the club designated lefty Lucas Luetge for assignment.Twenty-year-old Smith-Shawver has had a quick trip to the major leagues.He was initially assigned to the Rome Braves on April 6 of this year.

There is no question that families have been really struggling to cover basic needs like food, rent, and transportation.There's been so much fluctuation between inflation and issues with supply chains that finding anywhere to save a little money each month can feel impossible.A new report from gives a snapshot of how costly keeping a roof over our heads has become, and a released a map of monthly changes in rent.

As New York embarks on an ambitious plan to overhaul how children in the nation's largest school system are taught to read, schools leaders face a significant obstacle: educators' skepticism.Dozens of cities and states have sought to transform reading instruction in recent years, driven by decades of research known as the science of reading.

TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR.Tomorrow Netflix premieres a new four-part documentary series called "Working: What We Do All Day." It's a modern take on Studs Terkel's influential 1970s book of interviews, also called "Working."This TV version is hosted and narrated by Barack Obama.

A passenger walks up to an airport security checkpoint, slips an ID card into a slot and looks into a camera atop a small screen.The screen flashes Photo Complete and the person walks through all without having to hand over their identification to the TSA officer sitting behind the screen.It's all part of a pilot project by the Transportation Security Administration to assess the use of facial recognition technology at a number of airports across the country.

The Atlanta Braves system had a frustrating run of it, taking two close losses in the late stages of those games.Mississippi did deliver the win on the day, clobbering Pensacola 10-1 as Drew Lugbauer drove in his 30th run of the season.(21-28) Gwinnett Stripers 3, (27-22) Durham Bulls 4


Vaughn Grissom, SS: 0-5, .311/.402/.491

The Atlanta Braves minor league system had a couple of massive individual performances on the day which led to a strong day for the organization.(16-23) Gwinnett Stripers 5, (24-15) Memphis Redbirds 4

Forrest Wall - 1-3, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
Hoy Park - 3-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K
Allen Winans, SP, 4 1⁄3, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K


The Stripers scored a run three batters into the game in this one.

AJ Smith-Shawver has become the show in the Atlanta Braves system, and despite taking the loss he put up one of the best starts of his career.He handled the Durham Bulls across seven innings, touching 96.9 mph on the gun.Elsewhere David McCabe helped lead the Augusta GreenJackets to a victory, hitting his second home run in as many days as he keeps a torrid stretch of play going.

It's Amtrak Joe vs. Cutter Kevin.The future of interstate rail travel is in jeopardy if the White House caves to House Republican spending cuts as part of the ongoing debt ceiling negotiations, advocates say.Rail supporters and Democratic leaders blasted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)for seeking to slash federal spending by 22 percent on housing, transportation, and urban development in a move that would curtail rail safety and stymie the nation's transportation network for generations.

Upwards of 70 people streamed into the Third Baptist Church this morning to pay respects to Banko Brown, a trans Black man who was shot and killed by a Walgreens security guard last month in an incident that has rocked San Francisco with protest and political infighting.Family, loved ones and supporters approached a gleaming white casket topped with red and white roses set at the foot of the stage of the historic Fillmore church, where Brown, a San Francisco native, spent much of his childhood.

Good morning.It's Monday.We'll look at something so fundamental it's the first of the three R's and why New York City is about to change the way it is taught in public schools.Image Credit...Hilary Swift for The New York Times Half of the children in grades three to eight in New York City fail reading tests.

BRANDON, Miss.Before she became a three-time Olympic medalist and before she earned the title of world's fastest woman, Frentorish Bowie welcomed a camera crew to her hometown, Sandhill, Miss.This is where I found my strength, Bowie, who was nicknamed Tori, said of the small town 30 minutes northeast of Jackson.

On Monday, Jim Pillen, the Republican governor of Nebraska, signed a law that bans abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy and restricts gender-affirming care for anyone under 19.The ban on trans medical care takes effect in October and the abortion ban goes into effect immediately.And so Nebraska has become the latest state to determine through law what might have once been determined by the more pliable tools of custom or imagination: the way that the sexed body a person is born with shapes the kind of life they can live.

Protesters lie on the ground holding cardboard signs shaped like tombstones in front of the Marriott Fort Lauderdale Airport as the Florida Board of Medicine meets inside on Aug 5, 2022.On the agenda is a discussion about a proposed rule by the DeSantis administration to ban doctors from performing gender-affirming surgeries or providing puberty blockers to transgender minors.

Sunday saw the Braves system take three of four games behind a trio of strong pitching performances.Among the stars in the system on this day included a Nacho Alvarez homer as he finished a triple shy of the cycle in Rome, while 17-year-old pitcher Didier Fuentes turned in his best start of the season for Augusta.

The farm system for the Atlanta Braves didn't do much to make up for the big league club's performance on Saturday, as they combined to go 1-4 with a handful of pretty ugly offensive performances.The one exception was Rome, where they put a 10 spot on Hickory in a win that was the only game not on MiLB tv.

Atlanta's top prospect spun a solid performance for the Braves' Triple-A affiliate, while other clubs had standout performances of their own.(19-23) Gwinnett Stripers 5, (24-19) Memphis Redbirds 4


Chad Pinder, 1B: 4-5, HR, 2B, RBI
Forrest Wall, RF: 3-4, RBI
Braden Shewmake, SS: 1-4, 2B
AJ Smith-Shawver, SP: 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 5 K


AJ Smith-Shawver made his Triple-A debut at just 20-years-old in what was perhaps one of the most anticipated Gwinnett Stripers games in recent memory.

The injury bug continues to bite the Atlanta Braves.The team announced Friday that reliever Dylan Lee has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to shoulder inflammation.Lucas Luetge was reinstated from the injured list to take Lee's spot on the active roster.The #Braves today returned LHP Lucas Luetge from his rehabilitation assignment and reinstated him from the injured list.

Pitching was the name of the game down on the farm on Wednesday.With a former top pitching prospect continuing to work his way back from injury and a current top arm showing out, it was a good day if you were a Braves minor league squad.(17-23) Gwinnett Stripers 10, (24-17) Memphis Redbirds 4


Charlie Culberson, RF: 2-5, HR, 2B, 2 RBI, R
Joshua Fuentes, 1B: 2-5, HR, RBI
Joe Hudson, C: 2-3, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 BB
Michael Soroka, SP: 4.2 IP, 2 H, ER, BB, 5 K


Gwinnett used an early scoring barrage to carry them to a rout of Memphis on Wednesday afternoon.

Just two weeks ago we saw Atlanta Braves prospect AJ Smith-Shawver get promoted to Double-A Mississippi.It was an aggressive move that made him one of the youngest players in the league, but it apparently wasn't enough.Two games, totaling seven innings, was all it took for Smith-Shawver to earn his promotion to Triple-A Gwinnett where he now comes into play for Atlanta this season.

The Atlanta Braves announced that they have recalled left-hander Jared Shuster from Gwinnett and he will start Tuesday's game in Texas against the Rangers.Atlanta optioned Danny Young back to Gwinnett to open up a spot on the active roster.The #Braves today recalled LHP Jared Shuster to Atlanta and optioned LHP Danny Young to Triple-A Gwinnett following last night's game.

Red Water Rafting
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has found what scientists suggest could be evidence of a raging, fast-moving river that flowed on the Martian surface billions of years ago.Before the loss of most of its atmosphere, early Mars is believed to have been a watery world, featuring lakes and oceans.