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Two Somali pirates have been sentenced to 30 years in prison for kidnapping American journalist Michael Scott Moore and holding him hostage for 977 days, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.. Moore ...
The home run was the 300th of McCutchen’s career, making him the 160th player in MLB history to reach the mark. It was also MCutchen’s 216th homer as a member of the Pirates, which ranks ...
The Pittsburgh Pirates cut first baseman Rowdy Tellez with six games left in the MLB regular season.. Normally, this move wouldn't mean much. However, Tellez was just four plate appearances shy of ...
As Revenge was the nearest of the three pirate vessels, Allen ordered Alligator 's boats lowered to run inshore and attack her. Some 40 men armed with small arms were put into the boats, with Allen personally taking command of the launch, Lieutenant Dale the cutter, and midshipman Henley the gig.
As the pirates were boarding the ship, the crew members locked themselves in the engine room. [12] The crew later successfully lured one of the pirates, Abduwali Muse, into the engine room and overpowered him, stabbing him in the hand in the process and keeping him tied up for some 12 hours. [12]
Many news reports cited the last pirate seizure as being during the Second Barbary War in 1815, although other incidents are believed to have occurred until at least 1822. It was the sixth vessel in a week to be attacked by pirates, who had previously extorted ransoms of tens of millions of dollars. [citation needed]
Pirates manager Derek Shelton ran out to discuss with the umps, but replay clearly showed Bell had caught the ball on the fly. Nationals players ran to the dugout, having avoided a tiebreaking ...
Forty sailors were lowered into five boats and Ramage led the advance. Though some of the pirates fled to shore, many resisted and the five American boats destroyed the five pirate ships by burning them. They also freed the Bolina. Three pirates were captured and several killed according to reports.