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Two Wisconsin businesses offered deals in response to Jesse Winker’s comments about Milwaukee.Winker played just 61 games for the Milwaukee Brewers last season. During that time, he recorded a .199 batting average, one home run and 23 RBI. He also appeared in two at-bats for the Brewers during the 2023 Wild Card series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Winker was booed after going 0-2 in those postseason at-bats and struck out in one of them.Winker recently returned to Milwaukee during this year’s Wild Card series against the Brewers as a member of the New York Mets. He was met with even more boos after recording a two-run triple in Game 1 while also jawing with Brewers shortstop Willy Adames. He was also hit by a pitch twice in the series. In Game 3, he spiked his helmet after scoring an insurance run for the Mets to help them eliminate the Brewers from the postseason.Recently, Winker reflected on the series and told the New York Post, Its part of sports, these fans, they can react to you however they want. They pay the tickets. Theyre the veins and the lifeblood of our sport but Ill hate the city of Milwaukee forever.In response, the Lakeshore Chinooks, a collegiate summer baseball team, offered a promotion for general admission vouchers for just $1.99 to any Monday-Wednesday home game. The price was a reference to Winker’s batting average with the Brewers. The deal has since expired. It was only available for 199 minutes.Broken Bat Brewery also posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, that all pints would be $1.99 on Oct. 10 if their post received 100 likes. At last check, the post has received more than 4,000 likes on X. Broken Bat Brewery kept their promise to customers. The original post has since been removed because of the Brewers asking them to take it down because it displayed one of their logos without proper licensing.The Mets are now heading to the NLCS after defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS. In the divisional series, Winker recorded a solo home run and two walks in two games.Every team that has beaten the Brewers in the postseason has appeared in the World Series. After beating the Brewers in 2023, the Diamondbacks lost to the Texas Rangers in the World Series.
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STORM AND ITS DESTRUCTION HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. RECOVERY EFFORTS REMAIN AFTER HELENE. THE AVERY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAYS SEARCH EFFORTS CONTINUE AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY TAKING THINGS ONE DAY AT A TIME. OUR SARAH SOWERS SPOKE TO RESIDENTS ALONG PARK ELM FALLS WHO WITNESSED HOMES FLOAT DOWN ALONG THE RIVER. I SPOKE WITH A MAN WHO SAYS HE IS STILL HEARTBROKEN AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO TWO OF HIS NEIGHBORS, THE DEVASTATION AROUND HIM, HE SAYS, MAKES THIS CORNER OF AVERY COUNTY NEARLY UNRECOGNIZABLE. IF IT HAPPENED ONCE, IT CAN HAPPEN AGAIN AND MORE THINGS YOU KNOW, MORE THAN THE TRAGEDY OF LOSING A HOME IS LOSING A DREAM. JOHN BEAR SAYS FOR MANY NEIGHBORS, THAT VACATION HERE, ELK RIVER FALLS, IS AN ESCAPE FROM REALITY. BUT FOR HIM, ITS HOME. 30FT OF FLOODING, NEARLY REACHED THE ONLY ROAD IN AND OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY. IT CAME UP TO ABOUT RIGHT HERE. YEAH, YEAH. SO THIS WHOLE THING, YOURE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE YOUR EYES WHEN YOU SEE THIS DOWN HERE LATELY, HIS STREET HAS BEEN FILLED WITH THE SOUNDS OF RESCUE TEAMS AND DOGS, INCLUDING CREWS FROM THE WINSTON-SALEM FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HELICOPTERS SEARCHING FOR ANY REMAINING SIGNS OF LIFE. MAYBE ITS BETTER EXPLAINED AS A BIBLICAL EVENT. NEVER SEEN 66 YEARS OLD, NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT, BEAR TOLD US. HE FIRST SENT OUT AN EMERGENCY SIGNAL THROUGH HIS IPHONE WHEN THE RIVER TOOK OUT HIS NEIGHBORS HOME. KNOWING THAT ROD AND KIM WERE IN THEIR HOUSE FLOATING DOWN THE RAGING RIVER. YEAH, IT WAS. YEAH, THATS EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. YEAH, IT WASNT FOR IT WASNT FOR ME. BECAUSE WE WERE SAFE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROAD. THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD WAS NOT SAFE. HE DESCRIBES THE COUPLE AS SOME OF HIS DEAREST NEIGHBORS AND SAYS ROD BUILT THE TWO STORY WOOD CABIN HOME HIMSELF. ROCKS AND RUBBLE REMAIN WHERE IT ONCE STOOD. THAT WAS HIS DREAM. RIGHT, SIR. THAT WAS HIS DREAM. BEAR SAYS WHEN HE SAW RODS TRUCK FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER, HE REALIZED THEY MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE HOME THAT STARTED FLOATING SHORTLY AFTER IT. ROD WAS FOUND ALIVE AFTER BEING SWEPT INTO THE RIVER WHEN THEIR HOUSE SPLIT INTO PIECES, BUT KIM HAS NOT YET BEEN FOUND. YOU THINK YOURE OVER IT AND THEN YOU TALK TO A LOVED ONE, AND YOU JUST START GETTING EMOTIONAL AGAIN. AS FOR SURVIVORS IN THE COMMUNITY, POWER IS STILL OUT IN MUCH OF ELK PARK FALLS. BEAR TOLD US THAT WHAT WOULD HELP MOST NOW IS FREE FUEL OR SOLAR POWERED GENERATORS FOR THE HOMES, AS WELL AS RESTORING THE BRIDGES.
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NOW ITS TIME FOR WDSU. FIRST WARNING WEATHER. WEVE ENJOYED SOME GREAT WEATHER HERE. WERE STILL GOING TO START WITH THE TROPICS, THOUGH THERE IS STILL MILTON IN THE ATLANTIC IS NO LONGER A TROPICAL SYSTEM. ITS AN ORDINARY SYSTEM. THERES TROPICAL STORM LESLIE. ALL THOSE WILL STAY OUT TO SEA. MOVING FARTHER EAST, NORTHEAST. NOW, THERES THIS OTHER SYSTEM. LOW CHANCE OF DEVELOPMENT ALL THE WAY OUT HERE. CAPE VERDE, CABO VERDE ISLANDS, 20% CHANCE. BUT WHERE? THAT WOULD GO, IF IT DEVELOPS, THAT STAYS OUT TO SEA. LISTEN, I KNOW THERES A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT. LISTEN, WERE SEEING MAYBE MORE STORM ACTIVITY STUFF THATS GOING TO BE OUT THERE AND ITS BEING SHARED. IF ANYTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN, THIS IS NEARLY TWO WEEKS AWAY FROM NOW. FORECAST DATA ARE ALL OVER THE BOARD. WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU FOR SURE IS OVER THE NEXT 7 TO 10 DAYS, AS WE KNOW, NOTHING IS POPPING IN THE CARIBBEAN. IVE LOOKED AT THE FORECAST DATA. IM WRITING AN ARTICLE TO BE ON WDSU.COM LATER ON THIS EVENING. AND EVEN IN THE GULF, NOTHING EXPECTED HERE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. IVE SEEN SOME FORECAST DATA THAT ARE CALLING FOR EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING, AND ITS ALL OVER THE PLACE. BUT THE THING IS, RIGHT NOW WE JUST NEED TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN. AND ILL GIVE YOU THAT DATA LATER ON TONIGHT. WEVE ENJOYED SOME GREAT DAYS, 90 STILL IN OUR STATES CAPITAL, LAKEFRONT AT 83, GOT A 78 TO BURAS OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS TO GULFPORT. BILOXI ARE STANDING 86 AND 81. WERE STILL AT 86 RIGHT HERE. THE DEW POINTS DROPPED A BIT MORE TODAY AS THEYVE BEEN UP MID 60S YESTERDAY, 48 ALREADY IN BOGALUSA WITH THE SHOT OF DRIER AIR WHERE WELL CONTINUE THESE NORTHERLY BREEZES TO BRING IN EVEN MORE OF THIS DRIER AIR. AND COOLER MORNINGS. NICE WEATHER IN PLACE, JUST NOTHING GOING ON OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS. THIS IS A CLOUD COVER FORECAST AND THE TEMP FORECAST THAT WE WILL TAKE AFTER SUCH A HOT END TO THE SUMMER. NOTHING HERE. WEAK FRONT NORTH. WE JUST GET INTO WHAT HAPPENS BY TOMORROW MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES TO START OFF THE WEEKEND. IN MY MIND HERE ON FRIDAY ITS SOME JACKETS FOR US HERE OUTSIDE THE CITY. MAYBE EVEN IN TOWN TO AT 6657 TO SLIDELL, FRANKLINTON IN HERE AMITE TANGIPAHOA AT 56 TOMORROW MORNING. COVINGTON EVEN TO MANDEVILLE. I GOT YOU AT ABOUT 58 TOMORROW MORNING. HOME AT 62 CLOUD CAST. DID YOU SEE THAT? PLENTY OF SUN TOMORROW. GOT US AT 83, 84, MAYBE 85. STILL LOW HUMIDITY AND OCTOBERFEST. FIRST DAY KICKING OFF 84 INTO THE 80S TO 72. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL WEATHER FOR THE FIRST DAY, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ALL OF OCTOBER 53 INTO SATURDAY MORNING INTO BOGALUSA, FRANKLINTON. AND WE GOT 62 INTO BELLE CHASE. SO WEVE STILL GOT A COOL START TO THE WEEKEND, TRULY. AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS AND INTO 83, 84, 85 DEGREE DAY AGAIN SUNDAY STARTS OFF 50S NORTH SHORE, 60S SOUTH SHORE REALLY NO CHANGE TO THE WEEKEND. WHAT WILL BRING IN A DECENT CHANGE WILL BE THIS FRONT COMING IN TUESDAY, AND THAT LITTLE RAIN FORECAST IS A BIT OVERBLOWN. WHAT WE WILL HAVE IS A CHILLY MORNING SETTING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, THURSDAY MORNING THE AFTERNOONS WILL JUST BE MILD, AS WILL ONLY GET UP TO ABOUT 72, 73, 74. BUT THE MORNINGS COULD BE COLD. MAYBE IN SOME POINTS OF VIEW HERE. BOGALUSA, HAMMOND TO 4748. IVE GOT US WITH OUR FIRST 50 OF THE SEASON. EVEN HERE IN NEW ORLEANS, HOME IS FLIRTING WITH THE 40 DEGREE TEMP FOR BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY MORNING. AT 5152, I GOT US 55 BY THURSDAY MORNING. SO THIS WILL BE THAT FIRST KIND OF REAL CHILL OF THE FALL SEASON, MAKING IT FEEL LIKE GETTING TOWARDS HALLOWEEN RIGHT. 84 FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE WARMEST DAYS WILL BE SUNDAY. MONDAY, NO RAIN, MAYBE A CHANCE OF A DROP THAT COMES WITH THE FRONT TUESDAY, BUT RIG
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Following a national trend of proposed bans on menthol or flavored tobacco products, the Kansas City Council postponed a vote Thursday afternoon to disallow local businesses from selling such products as of Jan. 1, 2025.This ordinance and the debate surrounding it will be discussed and voted on in the Council Subcommittee in two weeks.Five city council members sponsored the ordinance that prohibits “the sale of flavored tobacco, nicotine, and vapor products within the city.” The Council began its effort to ban menthol cigarettes only over a year ago, which proved unsuccessful and was voted down at that time. Today’s vote to ban came as a shock to local business owners.”We’re going to lose 25 to 35% of sales,” said FavTrip gas station owner Babir Sultan. “We don’t sell lottery or liquor. My livelihood depends on this business.” He pointed to a glass case full of rows of vaping products with flavors like Tropical, Ice, and Juicy Peach. “This will be empty,” he said. Sultan owns four FavTrip stores three in Kansas City and one in Grandview. He said he was attending the National Convention of Convenience Store Owners in Las Vegas on Wednesday and rushed home to attend the council meeting.If the ban is approved, he says he will move all banned products from his Kansas City stores just three miles south to his Grandview store, where they will be legal to sell. He understands the need to prioritize public health, but he says this ordinance lacks common sense.”We lose all that tax revenue. What’s to stop someone from buying menthols from Independence, Grandview, or Lee’s Summit and selling them on the street? The Council is making choices for adults,” he said. The Council collects a cigarette tax stamp that brings in about $1.6 million a year. With this proposed ban, that revenue will be lost, but the Council says data backs up its decision to ban flavored products. It cites a recent study showing that 85% of Black smokers prefer menthol cigarettes, which carry a minty flavor. A Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health study shows that with a ban on menthol cigarettes, 24% of daily menthol smokers quit smoking entirely, compared to non-menthol smokers.More than 170 U.S. cities have already banned menthol or other flavored tobacco products.
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Crews from Arizona Public Service (APS) are going to Florida to help restore power following the destruction brought about by Milton.
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At least 10 people died as Hurricane Milton sent tornadoes spinning across Florida, officials said Thursday as the state grappled with flooding, power outages and other woes from a milder than expected storm that many had feared would be catastrophic. The hurricane blasted across the state late Wednesday before roaring into the Atlantic, leaving behind
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Residents in over two dozens counties are now able to seek assistance from FEMA, including Orangeburg County.
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Western Mass News spoke with John Sweeney, owner of John R. Sweeney Insurance in West Springfield, who laid out what the next steps will look like for those who fell victim to Helene damage with their insurance company.
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BIT. JACK. LIZ. ALL RIGHT. TYLER, CHECK THIS OUT. A STORM CHASER CAUGHT THE FEROCITY OF HURRICANE MILTON AS IT MADE LANDFALL LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS IS SARASOTA, FLORIDA. JUST A FEW MILES FROM WHERE THE HURRICANE MADE LANDFALL IN SIESTA KEY. THE DESTRUCTIVE STORM HIT THE PENINSULA WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF OVER 100MPH. HEAVY RAIN BROUGHT FLASH FLOODING AND A VERY DANGEROUS STORM SURGE THERE. THERE WERE REPORTS OF BOATS TOSSED AND OVERTURNED, ALONG WITH HOMES AND BUSINESSES HEAVILY DAMAGED. AFTER THE FORCE OF MILTON. AND THAT SHOWS WHY THIS NEXT STORY IS SO IMPORTANT AS RECOVERY EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY FOR BOTH HURRICANES HELENE AND MILTON, FOLKS FROM OUR REGION ARE NOW STEPPING UP TO HELP THOSE IN NEED. NBC5S BENNY NEZAJ SHOWS US HOW ONE NORTHERN NEW YORK CHURCH IS GIVING BACK. WHEN WE SAW THE PICTURES OF WHAT FIRST HURRICANE HELENE HAD DONE TO THE SOUTHEAST, AND NOW WHAT MILTON IS DOING TO FLORIDA, WE FELT VERY COMPELLED TO CHIP IN AND SHOW OUR SUPPORT TO ALL THOSE IMPACTED. REVEREND JOHN SAMPSON OF KEENE VALLEY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IS MAKING SURE FOLKS WHOVE BEEN HIT HARD BY THE RECENT HURRICANES HAVE THE BASIC NECESSITIES. THE CHURCH IS LOOKING TO COLLECT HYGIENE KITS WITH THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. SOME OF WHICH INCLUDES ONE GALLON ZIPLOC BAGS, AS WELL AS TOOTHBRUSHES AND BARS OF SOAP. IN ITS ORIGINAL PACKAGES. THE KITS WILL BE SENT THROUGH CHURCH WORLD SERVICE, WHICH WILL THEN BE DISTRIBUTED OUT TO THOSE IN NEED. SAMPSON SAYS ITS IMPORTANT TO HELP OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. TO BE ABLE TO HAVE JUST THE BASIC HYGIENE NEEDS AT THAT MOMENT, NOT WAITING TWO WEEKS FOR FUNDS TO BE DISTRIBUTED, BUT RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT THAT YOURE IMPACTED IS SO IMPORTANT. AND EVEN FROM THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY, LOCAL COMMUNITIES ARE READY TO GIVE AN EXTRA HAND, EVEN IF THEY RECEIVE LIKE LITTLE TOILETRY PACKS THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THAT SOMEBODY UP NORTH IS CARING FOR THEM, PRAYING FOR THEM, WISHING THEM THE BEST IN A REALLY DIFFICULT SITUATION. IN KEENE VALLEY, BENNY NEZAJ, NBC FIVE NEWS. AND WE WANT TO LET YOU KNO
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Hurricane Milton left scars along a huge area of the Florida Peninsula over 24 hours with a trail of destruction from South Florida to Central Florida’s east coast shores.
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More than three million Florida homes and businesses without power and 1,900 flights have been cancelled
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At least four people have died from Hurricane Milton. Damage was widespread across the state including flooding, downed trees, and cranes toppling over. Emergency crews rescued dozens of people overnight in some cities. Utility reports show millions of homes and businesses are without electricity across a large section of the state. FOX’s Connor Hansen reports.