Wednesday Headlines: Prisoner rates, Death investigation, New baseball bat

Wednesday Headlines: Prisoner rates, Death investigation, New baseball bat

Q2 Top Stories and Weather for Tuesday, April 2Yellowstone County Commissioners approve new rate for federal inmates Yellowstone County Commissioners approve new rate for federal inmatesBILLINGS - Yellowstone County has approved a new contract for housing federal prisoners.County commissioners voted Tuesday night to accept a rate of $115 a day per inmate, even though they wanted $117.The county has been charging $85 per day, which was included i…

Yankees' torpedo bats can't sink anything if they don't hit ball

In the fourth inning Tuesday night, the torpedo-toting Anthony Volpe was Exhibit A for the new tech, blasting a 94-mph cutter on the lower-inside half of the plate for his third home run.

How do 'torpedo bats' work? We asked baseball physicists to explain

They look like baseball bats morphing into bowling pins, their ends flaring into an aggressive bulge that suddenly tapers. So how do they work?

Torpedo bats have taken MLB by storm; what are they?

The torpedo bats used by MLB players stirred conversation, especially after the Yankees thrashed the Brewers with multiple Yankees hitters using the new bats. What are they?

Ball-blasting 'Torpedo bats' making waves across MLB opening weekend

New "torpedo" baseball bats are making waves across America's national pastime, triggering an explosion of home runs in the first full week of the Major League Baseball season.

Columbia HS grad, former Yankee Kevin Smith talks viral 'torpedo bats'

Torpedo bats, developed by MIT-educated physicist Aaron Leanhardt, have been all the rage in MLB after the New York Yankees' hot start to the season.