“Mark my words, okay?” said Rose, whose Staten Island-centered district was the only one Trump won in New York City. On Tuesday, lawyers moved to seize land in one case immediately before a scheduled court hearing in February. While progress has lagged, the process of taking land under eminent domain is weighted heavily in the government’s favor. ___AP Exclusive: Computer plate umps allowed in new labor dealNEW YORK — Computer plate umpires could be called up to the major leagues at some point during the next five seasons. Plate umpire Brian deBrauwere wore an earpiece connected to an iPhone in his pocket and relayed the call upon receiving it from a TrackMan computer system that uses Doppler radar.

Source: Washington Post December 22, 2019 04:07 UTC