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For most of baseball's history, protective netting at stadiums only covered field-level seats behind home plate, which are typically the most expensive seats in stadiums. But a number of notable instances of people being struck by batted balls, some of whom were young children, has prompted baseball teams to expand netting. During Wednesday's MLB Winter Meetings, Commissioner Rob Manfred said all 30 MLB teams will now expand netting to extend "substantially" past the dugouts. This announcement goes beyond a 2015 study which recommended netting extend from dugout to dugout. Some teams were already planning on expanding netting in 2020 with several teams planning on expanding netting from foul pole to foul pole. The Washington Nationals announced in June plans to expand netting down the lines.In the last two years, two notable incidents seemed to prompt action from baseball officials.In 2017, Todd Frazier, then of the New York Yankees, drove a foul ball down the line, which struck a girl behind the third-base dugout. The incident drew an instant reaction from players. "I don't care about the damn view of a fan or what,'' Twins second baseman Brian Dozier told reporters after the game. "It's all about safety. I still have a knot in my stomach."Then in May, Chicago Cubs hitter Albert Almora struck a toddler sitting down the left-field line. The incident caused Almora to drop to his knees in grief as soon as the ball left his bat.The child was carried away to receive medical attention. According to MLB.com reporter Brian McTaggart, Almora went to a security guard to find out the child's condition. He then shared a hug with the guard and multiple teammates.The incident involving Almora was part of the reason why the Nationals decided to take action on expanded netting. "Over the past few weeks, we have seen several fans injured by bats and balls leaving the field of play at other stadiums," Nationals owner Mark D. Lerner said back in June. "I could not help but become emotional last month watching the Astros-Cubs game when a 4-year-old little girl was hit by a line drive. I can’t imagine what her parents must have felt in that moment. And to see the raw emotion and concern from Albert Almora Jr. was heartbreaking. Further extending the netting at Nationals Park will provide additional protection for our fans."Even with the risk to fans of serious injury at baseball games, the expansion of netting has been controversial. Some fans argue that expanding netting obstructs the view from the seats, and takes away opportunities to catch foul balls. 2594

HOUSTON, Texas — A federal grand jury has handed down a 206-count indictment in a large-scale marriage fraud scheme, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Homeland Security Investigations Houston, ICE and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services investigated the case in which 96 people have been federally charged. The indictment was handed down April 30.A suspected criminal organization created sham marriages to illegally obtain admission and grant status for illegal immigrants in the United States, ICE announced.The indictment says Ashley Yen Nguyen, known as Duyen, 53, of Houston, headed the Southwest Houston-based organization and had associates operating throughout Texas and the Republic of Vietnam.“Marriage fraud is a serious crime,” 778

France is imposing nationwide restrictions on how far from their homes people can go and for what purpose as part of the country's strategy to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. French President Emmanuel Macron said that "movements will be very strongly reduced” for 15 days starting at midday Tuesday. He says residents will only be permitted to leave their homes for necessary trips such as going to work or the supermarket. Macron said in televised remarks that the government decided to order the restrictions because people haven't complied with earlier public health measures and “we are at war.” Macron added that any violations from the law will be penalized, without elaborating how. 709

Heavy rain battered southeast Texas as the area was hit with another round of flooding and severe storms. Residents saw ping-pong ball sized hail, lightning and, in some areas, two to three inches of rain per hour on Thursday.The intensity of the storm brought not only flooding, but power outages and emergency rescues. The Houston Police Department received reports of about 40 people trapped on East Interstate Highway 10 at Wayside by flood waters Thursday and sent a high-water rescue vehicle to the area, the department said.Video shows vehicles stranded on the interstate, a portion of which is closed in both directions. It is just one of the many roads the Houston Police Department is reporting as closed.The road remains closed as of Friday morning, but drivers are no longer stuck.Houston Fire Department spokesperson, Sheldra Brigham, tweeted images of the department taking emergency calls from all over the city late Thursday night.Nearly half of all flash flood fatalities occur in vehicles, Brigham said on Twitter, and two feet of water can float most vehicles.Flash flood warningsMore than 20 million are under flash flood watch.The stationary thunderstorm cells began forming Thursday evening along a large swath of the Texas Gulf Coast.The Excessive Rainfall Outlook has been set to high overnight for southeast Texas, according to the Weather Prediction Center.The storms are pushing toward the Gulf coastline, according to the National Weather Service in Houston.Water is reported to have reached some homes and businesses and at least four creeks and at least three bayous are presently overflowing, according to data from the Harris County Flood Warning System.Flash flood warnings were in place overnight Thursday for Galveston County, Eastern Brazoria County, Chambers County, Southeastern Liberty County, Central Fort Bend County, Southern Montgomery County and Harris County.Harris county could see up to a foot of rainfall in some areas, and a judge warned Houston residents to stay off the roads.Eighteen school districts in the area will be closed or delayed Friday in response. There were more than 102,000 power outages in the early hours of Friday morning, according to CenterPoint Energy. That number has since decreased.Rains trap students earlier in the weekThis is the second time this week heavy rainfall has been hazardous to those in southeast Texas.About 60 students were stranded overnight Tuesday at a Cleveland, Texas elementary school after heavy rains kept buses and parents off the roads, according to Cleveland Independent School District spokeswoman Susan Ard.Another school district, New Caney Independent, posted on Twitter that it was also unable to transport students home after school, but remained open for parents to pick up their children.Sugar Land, southwest of Houston, had more than 10 inches of rain, the National Weather Service said Wednesday.There were 250 calls for high-water rescue to the Houston Fire Department, 2996

Former FBI Director James Comey counts himself among the many people questioning why special counsel Robert Mueller did not make a determination on whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice."I'm not prejudging it -- I'm just saying it doesn't make sense on its face, and so I have a lot of questions," Comey said in an interview that aired Wednesday on NBC's "Nightly News."He said he felt both Mueller and Attorney General William Barr "are entitled to the benefit of the doubt," but that he was surprised and confused by the choice.Mueller, Comey's predecessor as head of the FBI, was appointed to lead a special counsel investigation in the wake of Comey's firing, and a portion of the probe was dedicated to investigating if Trump had committed obstruction of justice.But 795

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