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Minnesota Twins-Miami Marlins Series Preview

7.30.19-Jake Odorizzi RHP (11-5) 3.84 ERA Vs. Zac Gallen RHP (1-2) 2.76 ERA

7.31.19-Jose Berrios RHP (9-5) 2.94 ERA Vs. Sandy Alcantara RHP (4-9) 4.18 ERA

8.1.19-Michael Pineda RHP (7-5) 4.30 ERA Vs. Jordan Yamamoto RHP (4-2) 3.64 ERA

The Twins At A Glance- The Minnesota Twins are coming off a nice weekend in Chicago, where they took three out of four games from the White Sox. The Twins lead is back to two games in the American League Central as the Indians lost on Sunday. Sunday was the first day since June 29th that the Twins won and the Indians lost on the same day. Nelson Cruz won American League Player of the Week honors. He hit .414 with seven homers and thirteen RBI’s. He will likely sit this week in Miami without the DH. Luis Arraez continues to hit. He is hitting .338 in the month of July and has a .368 average on the year. Max Kepler hit 4-for-16 with two homers and five RBI’s in Chicago. The Twins starting staff got back on track against the White Sox. Jose Berrios and Michael Pineda tossed seven innings. Martin Perez and Kyle Gibson had six-inning outings and the team had Monday off. The bullpen should be well-rested. Sergio Romo did travel from Miami to Chicago for Sunday’s game. He now headed back to Miami with the team after not getting into the game on Sunday. The good news is that he had an off day on Monday to get some rest after all that traveling. Romo had a 3.58 ERA in 37 2/3 innings with 17 saves this year for the Marlins. Taylor Rogers did not pitch in the White Sox series at all. The Twins want to keep him fresh and are limiting his use to high leverage situations. I’m anxious to see how Sergio Romo gets used in games and I’m assuming he will be in Blake Parker’s old role. Parker rejected his outright to the minors and became a free agent.

The Marlins At A Glance- The Miami Marlins are in the middle of a massive rebuild. Of course, Marlins fans have seen this before with the 1997 and 2003 World Championships and tear downs. Derek Jeter is in charge and traded away JT Realmuto, Justin Bour, Christian Yelich, Marcell Ozuna, and Giancarlo Stanton, and Dee Gordon. The Marlins are a young team with decent pitching. Garrett Cooper leads the team with a .296 average and has taken over right field for the fish. Brian Anderson is the best run producer on the team with fifteen homers and forty-eight RBI’s. The Marlins did get some prospects in all the trades they made. They got Jorge Alfaro in the JT Realmuto deal. Sandy Alcantara and Zac Gallen were key pieces in the Marcell Ozuna trade. Sandy Alcantara has been one of the better starters for the Marlins. He has a 4.18 ERA in 118 1/3 innings. Zac Gallen owns a 2.76 ERA in 29 1/3 innings this year. The Twins will also see Jordan Yamamoto, who has been another solid starter for the Fish. The Marlins are still trying to figure out their closer situation after trading Sergio Romo to the Twins. They have Nick Anderson, Jarlin Garcia, and Adam Conley, who can all fill that void. Garcia has a 2.51 ERA in 29 games, Anderson has a 3.92 ERA, and Conley had a 7.23 ERA.

What To Watch For-The Twins are (7-6) all-time against the Marlins. The two teams have only played in five series all-time. The Twins took two out of three from the Marlins in 2002 and 2007. The Marlins won three out of four games in 2013 in a home-and-home series. The Twins won two out of three games in 2016. The Twins are (2-3) all-time in Miami and haven’t been to South Beach since 2013. Jake Odorizzi is (2-1) with a 3.81 ERA in five starts against the Marlins. Michael Pineda has one career start against the Marlins. He went 6 2/3 innings and allowed a run. Nelson Cruz will likely only pinch-hit in this series. The Twins didn’t play him in the outfield for either the Phillies or Mets series. The Twins head to Milwaukee later this week then are done with road Interleague play this year. Sergio Romo has a 4.91 ERA in 25 2/3 innings at Marlins Park. Nelson Cruz did play at Marlins Park for the Dominican Republic in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He went 3-for-10 with a homer off Andrew Miller against Team USA.

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Murder charge upgraded in Floyd case, other officers charged-Live | USA News

At least 9,300 people have been arrested across the United States amid the continuing protests after the death of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man who died last week in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and police brutality nationwide.

US President Donald Trump has outraged faith leaders and protesters for walking to an historic church near the White House and creating a photo opportunity, just minutes after police used chemical smoke canisters and flashbangs on peaceful protesters to clear the area.

Protesters are demanding all four officers involved be charged in Floyd’s death. So far, only one – white officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes as he pleaded, “I can’t breathe” – has been arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. Medical examiners have ruled the death a homicide.

Those protesting against police brutality have been met with, at times, excessive force by authorities. Journalists have also been targeted by police. Officers have also been injured in the protests.

Protesters have remained undeterred by curfews and the presence of the US National Guard in some cities. Largely peaceful protests have at times turned violent, with looting and vandalism. Monday’s protests, however, remained largely peaceful after curfews took effect.

Latest updates:

Wednesday, June 3

20:20 GMT –

Hundreds of people in the US state of Connecticut held a symbolic funeral procession to honor George Floyd and protest racial injustice.

In the city of Danbury, protesters shouted “I can’t breathe” as they marched through the city and walked onto Interstate 84, briefly shutting down traffic on the highway.

The procession in Floyd’s honor ended with a rally at the state Capitol, where speakers eulogized victims of police brutality and called for a sustained effort to address issues of poverty and discrimination.

20:15 GMT – Floyd family welcomes new charges against fired policemen

“This is a significant step forward on the road to justice,” Benjamin Crump, attorney for the Floyd family, said in a statement, “we are gratified that this important action was brought before George Floyd’s body was laid to rest,” Crump said.

He later told CNN that Chauvin should be facing a first-degree murder charge, and that Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison had informed Floyd’s family that the investigation is ongoing and other charges could be filed.

19:30 GMT – Four Minneapolis facing charges

All four fired Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s death now face charges.

According to a court document, Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J Alexander Kueng all face aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder charges, as well as aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter.

NEW: Three other Mpls police officers present at the scene of George Floyd’s death are charged with Aiding and Abetting Second Degree Murder and Manslaughter.

— Patrick Kessler (@PatKessler) June 3, 2020

And Derek Chauvin’s murder charge, previously third-degree, has been upgraded to second-degree unintentional murder.

The new charge can carry a sentence of up to 40 years, 15 years longer than the maximum sentence for third-degree murder.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, a black former US congressman, has requested that bail be set at $1mn for each of the four former officers, the documents showed. Ellison is expected to hold a briefing later.

19:15 GMT – Trump has no side effects from two-week course of malaria drug: doctor

Trump had no side effects from a two-week course of hydroxychloroquine – the malaria drug that can cause heart problems that he used as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, his White House physician said.

The results of Trump’s annual physical found that the 73-year-old president remains healthy but put one pound and now weighs 110.68 kg (244 pounds) compared to 110.22 kg (243 pounds) last year.

Trump is regularly tested for the coronavirus and has been negative each time, according to a summary of results by his physician, Sean Conley.

18:30 GMT – AG Ellison to elevate charges against officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck, charge others involved: reports

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will elevate charges against former officer Derek Chauvin to second-degree murder, according to US Senator Amy Klobuchar.

“This is another important step for justice”, Klobuchar, a former candidate for the Democratic nomination for president and rumoured contender for for Joe Biden’s vice president pick, tweeted on Wednesday.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison is increasing charges against Derek Chauvin to 2nd degree in George Floyd’s murder and also charging other 3 officers. This is another important step for justice.

— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) June 3, 2020

Klobuchar also said the other three officers involved will be charged. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune also publisehd a report with similar information.

Ellison is expected to make an announcement on the charges this afternoon.

18:05 UN high commisioner on Human Rights blasts US for ‘structural racism’

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelete on Wednesday decried “structural racism” in the US, and voiced alarm at the “unprecedented assault” on journalists covering protests across the country.

Michelle Bachelet insisted that the grievances at the heart of the protests that have erupted in hundreds of US cities needed to be heard and addressed if the country was to move forward.

“The voices calling for an end to the killings of unarmed African Americans need to be heard,” Bachelet, the former president of Chile, said in a statement.

Bachelet stressed the need for clear and constructive leadership to bring the country through the crisis.

“Especially during a crisis, a country needs its leaders to condemn racism unequivocally; for them to reflect on what has driven people to boiling point; to listen and learn; and to take actions that truly tackle inequalities,” she said.

17:57 GMT – Active-duty troops deployed to DC will leave

Active-duty troops brought in to help if needed with the civil unrest in the nation’s capitol are beginning to return to their home base, after two days of more peaceful demonstrations in Washington, DC, senior defense officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

The officials said that about 200 soldiers with the 82nd Airborne’s immediate response force will be the first to leave on Wednesday.

The remainder of the active-duty troops, who have all been kept at military bases outside the city in northern Virginia and Maryland, will also get pulled home in the coming days if conditions allow, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss imminent troop movements.

The active-duty troops were available, but were not used in response to the protests.

17:45 GMT – George Floyd’s family and their lawyers visited the site where the 46-year-old died.

Benjamin Crump, the prominent civil rights lawyer who is representing the family, called for the arrests of all officers involved in Floyd’s death to be arrested and charged before Thursday’s memorial in Minneapolis.

So far, only one – the officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck – has been charged. CNN reported earlier on Wednesday that the Minnesota attorney general is expected to announce it’s decision on whether additional charges will be filed. Crump pointed out that some of Floyd’s last words were “I can’t breathe”.

Crump said he called on all those present and across of the to take a “breath for peace. “Let’s take a breathe for justice, let’s take a breath to heal our country. And most importantly take a breath for George Floyd,” he said, joined by members of Floyd’s family. “Let’s take a breath this week to heal this country.

Let’s follow George’s example,” he added, reading the names of several Black people who have been killed by police.“Let’s take a breath for all the marginalised and disenfranchised and dehumanized people.. who were killed unjustifiably, who were killed unnecessarily and who was killed senselessly because they are American citizens … and they human beings and finally they are children of god”.

16:15 GMT – Decision made in further charges for officers in Floyd case

Minnesota Attorney General’s office has completed its review of initial evidence in the investigation of the four police officers involved in the killing of George Floyd and will announce its decision on further charges later this afternoon, CNN reports.

Protesters have demanded all four officers involved be charged in Floyd’s death.

Only one – white officer Derek Chauvin, who knelt on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes as he pleaded, “I can’t breathe” – has been arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.

Former officers JA Keung and Thomas Lane, who helped Chauvin restrain Floyd, and Tou Thao, have not yet been charged.

Medical examiners have designated the death a homicide, though this is not a legal determination.

16:10 GMT – Reports challenge Trump’s Antifa claims

Part of a June 1 internal intelligence assessment of the protests viewed by Reuters shows that US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said most of the violence appears to have been driven by opportunists.

Trump has threatened to designate Antifa, a loose conglomeration of anti-fascist activists, as a “terrorist” organisation for allegedly causing violence in the protests.

Reuters cited two unnamed Justice Department officials who said they had seen little to support claims that far-left groups were causing violence.

The DHS report said there was some evidence based on open-source and DHS reporting that Antifa may be contributing to the violence, a view shared by some local police departments in public statements and interviews with Reuters.

The part of the document seen by Reuters did not provide any specific evidence of extremist-driven violence, but noted that white supremacists were working online to increase tensions between protesters and law enforcement by calling for acts of violence against both groups. There was no evidence, however, that white supremacists were causing violence at any of the protests, the document said.

But the Southern Poverty Law Center, an Alabama-based monitoring group, claims it has found evidence that a person arrested at a North Carolina for allegedly shooting at groups of protesters has ties to neo-Confederate groups.

16:25 GMT – Secretary of Defense Esper does not support invoking Insurrection Act

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has said during a news conference that he supports the rights of US citizens to protest peacefully and does not support the invocation of the Insurrection Act.

“It is these rights and freedoms that make our country so special. It is these rights and freedoms that American service members are willing to fight and die for,” Esper said in remarks before taking questions.

“I do not support invoking the Insurrection Act.”

A demonstrator walks in front of a row of military police members wearing riot gear as they push back demonstrators outside of the White House [Jose Luis Magan/AFP]

President Trump threatened to use the act to use the military to quell protests across the country. The Insurrection Act dates to the early 1800s and permits the president to send in US forces to suppress a domestic insurrection that has hindered the normal enforcement of US law.

Esper further said he was not informed about Trump’s controversial photo-op at a church which took place on Monday.

“I was not aware of law enforcement’s plans for the park. I was not briefed on them, nor should I expect to be,” Esper said.

Trump holds up a Bible during a photo opportunity in front of St John’s Episcopal Church in the midst of continuing protests over racial inequality in the wake of the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody [Tom Brenner/Reuters]

The defence secretary also stated he was working hard to keep his department out of politics, though it is challenging as the country moves closer to elections.

12:43 GMT – Statue of divisive former Philadelphia Mayor Rizzo removed

Workers have removed the statue of controversial former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo, which was recently defaced during a protest following Floyd’s death.

As National Guard troops deployed in the wake of recent protests watched, a crane lifted the 10-foot-tall (3-metre) bronze statue and workers moved it from its stand outside the Municipal Services Building, across from City Hall. It was loaded onto the back of a truck.

14:25 GMT – Iran’s supreme leader condemns ‘duplicitous’ US human rights policies

Iran’s supreme leader has assailed Washington in the wake of Floyd’s killing for its allegedly duplicitous policies when it comes to upholding human rights.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed that in the US, “they kill people in an open crime, and they do not offer an apology while claiming [to support] human rights.”

Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, added: “Apparently, the African American man who was killed there was not a human being.”

14:05 GMT – Germany, shocked by Floyd’s death, promises to counter racism

The German government is shocked by the death of Floyd, an unarmed American Black man, at the hands of police and must work to counter racism at home like other countries, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.

“The death of George Floyd … shocked people in Germany and all over the world, it shocked the federal government [of Germany] too,” spokesman Steffen Seibert said. “It is an appalling and avoidable death.”

13:45 GMT – ‘Of course Black lives matter’, says British PM Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday Black lives mattered and he supported the right to protest, in a lawful and socially-distanced way, after the killing by police of Floyd in the US stirred widespread anger.

“Of course, Black lives matter and I totally understand the anger, the grief that is felt not just in America but around the world and in our country as well,” he told Parliament.

“I also support, as I’ve said, the right to protest. The only point I would make … is that any protest should be carried out lawfully and in this country protests should be carried out in accordance with our rules on social distancing.”

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Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s continuing coverage of the protests in the US over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This is Laurin-Whitney Gottbrath in Louisville, Kentucky, and Creede Newton in Washington, DC.

Here are a few things to catch up on:

George Floyd, an unarmed 46-year-old Black man, died on May 25 after a white officer used his knee to pin Floyd’s neck to the ground for nearly nine minutes. Floyd can be heard on a bystander video repeatedly pleading with officers, saying: “I can’t breathe.” He eventually lies motionless with the officer’s knee still on his neck. You can read about the deadly incident here.

The four officers involved in the incident were fired. Derek Chauvin, the white officer who pinned Floyd down, has been arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter. Protesters demand the three other officers be charged as well.

Protests – some violent – have since erupted nationwide as demonstrators rally for justice for Floyd and all unarmed Black people killed by police.

See the updates from Monday’s protests here.

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Trump Tests Negative for Coronavirus, Extends Travel Ban to Britain, Ireland

Donald Trump tested negative for the coronavirus, his doctor said on Saturday, as the U.S. president extended a travel ban to Britain and Ireland to try to slow the spread of a pandemic that has shut down much of the daily routine of American life.

After White House officials took the unprecedented step of checking the temperatures of journalists entering the briefing room, Trump told reporters he took a test for the virus on Friday night. On Saturday evening, his physician, Sean Conley, said the results were negative.

The U.S. president met with a Brazilian delegation last week, at least one member of which has since tested positive.

Trump said Americans should reconsider non-essential travel, and that his administration was also considering domestic travel restrictions.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the country has recorded 2,226 cases of the new coronavirus but has not yet reached the peak of the outbreak.

“This will get worse before it gets better,” Surgeon General Jerome Adams said at the briefing. But, he added, “99% of people will recover and people need to know that.”

Critics have accused Trump of focusing too much on markets, which on Friday saw the three major Wall Street indexes gain more than 9% after having had their worst day since 1987 on Thursday.

All three indexes were nevertheless down at least 8% for the week and about 20% below mid-February record highs.

At the briefing, Trump told reporters he was “honored to see that the stock market set a record in a short period of time over a 45-minute period.” He called it an “all-time record” that he hoped would be repeated daily.

“They said, ‘Sir, you just set a record in the history of the stock market. That was pretty good. Those great companies that were there, they couldn’t have been too unhappy about it … They are all big, publicly listed companies, so they did a good job,” he said before turning the microphone over to Vice President Mike Pence, who is running the White House’s response to the outbreak.

Pence said the administration was extending to Britain and Ireland travel restrictions that were first imposed on China and expanded this week to continental Europe.

Trump spoke to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday about the new restrictions, the White House said.

AIRLINES PLAN FLIGHT CUTS

U.S. airlines, which have already been battered by the restrictions and a steep drop in demand, said on Saturday that they were preparing more flight cuts. Pence said the new restrictions will take effect at midnight on Monday.

Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said Trump decided to add Britain to the travel ban because of the rising number of coronavirus cases there. Health authorities in England announced on Saturday a further 10 deaths caused by COVID-19, almost doubling the number of fatalities in Britain since Friday.

A senior DHS official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Britain and Ireland were added because the United States was not able to effectively determine whether travelers from those countries were trying to sidestep the European travel ban.

“The travel investigation couldn’t be effectively managed on our side,” the senior DHS official said.

U.S. citizens and legal residents will still be able to return home and will be funneled through certain airports, Pence said.

The vice president also told reporters that visits to nursing homes were being suspended to protect the most vulnerable. A nursing home in Washington state has been the site of most of the U.S. deaths caused by the coronavirus.

On Saturday, officials in New York confirmed that state’s first two fatalities from the outbreak: an 82-year-old woman in New York City’s borough of Brooklyn, and a man in his 60s in Rockland County, north of the city. Both had underlying health problems, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said.

Nationwide, at least 58 people have died.

SHELVES PICKED CLEAN

The pandemic has forced public schools, sports events and cultural and entertainment venues to close across the United States.

American shoppers picked grocery store shelves clean of products ranging from disinfectants and toilet paper to rice and milk, causing retailers to race to restock their stores. In response to the run on certain items, major retailers have imposed some purchase limits.

On Saturday morning, about 500 people were lined up for two blocks outside a Costco in Garden Grove, California, waiting for the store to open. Long lines of shoppers were reported outside food stores in other parts of the United States.

On Friday, Trump declared a national emergency in a move that he said would bring “the full power of the federal government” to bear on the escalating health crisis by freeing up some $50 billion in aid. He also urged every state to set up emergency centers to help fight the virus.

Early on Saturday, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a coronavirus aid package that would provide free testing and paid sick leave, in a bid to limit the economic damage from the outbreak.

Economists say the impact of the outbreak on businesses could tip the U.S. economy into recession.

(Reporting by Gabriella Borter in New York and Jan Wolfe in Washington; Additional reporting by Brendan O’Brien in Chicago, David Shepardson, Jeff Mason and Joel Schectman in Washington, and Barbara Goldberg and Kate Duguid in New York; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Himani Sarkar)

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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Donald Trump tested negative for the coronavirus, his doctor said on Saturday, as the US president extended a travel ban to Britain and Ireland to try to slow the spread of a pandemic that has shut down much of the daily routine of American life.

The US president met with a Brazilian delegation last week, at least one member of which has since tested positive.

Trump said Americans should reconsider non-essential travel, and that his administration was also considering domestic travel restrictions.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the country has recorded 2,226 case of the new coronavirus but has not yet reached the peak of the outbreak.

“This will get worse before it gets better,” Surgeon General Jerome Adams said at the briefing. But, he added, “99% of people will recover and people need to know that.”

Critics have accused Trump of focusing too much on markets, which on Friday saw the three major Wall Street indexes gain more than 9% after having had their worst day since 1987 on Thursday.

All three indexes were nevertheless down at least 8% for the week and about 20% below mid-February record highs.

Pence said the administration was extending to Britain and Ireland travel restrictions that were first imposed on China and expanded this week to continental Europe.

AIRLINES PLAN FLIGHT CUTS

US airlines, which have already been battered by the restrictions and a steep drop in demand, said on Saturday that they were preparing more flight cuts. Pence said the new restrictions will take effect at midnight on Monday.

“The travel investigation couldn’t be effectively managed on our side,” the senior DHS official said.

US citizens and legal residents will still be able to return home and will be funneled through certain airports, Pence said.

Nationwide, at least 58 people have died.

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