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Crouser cruises through shot put prelims in search of second straight world championship

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:41 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — World-record holder Ryan Crouser needed only one attempt to advance to the shot put finals at world championships, where Saturday night he was set to defend his title.Crouser’s throw of 21.48 meters (70 feet, 5 3/4 inches) in a rain-soaked ring at Hungary’s National Athletics Centre put him into the 12-man final. The American, who posted on social media this week that he was dealing with two blood clots in his lower leg, has broken the world record twice over the past 26 months. It currently stands at 23.56.A thunderstorm delayed the start of the 20-kilometer men’s race walk, the first medal event of the nine-day championships. Spain’s Álvaro Martin, who finished fourth and missed the medals stand by 18 seconds at the Tokyo Games two years ago, won the race in 1 hour, 17 minutes, 32 seconds.“In Tokyo, I felt when I was in the fourth position that I could win a medal,” he said. “Unfortunately, it did not happen and that is why th...

After decades in the District, Hope House DC founder is retiring

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:41 GMT

A policeman talks to activists Carol Fennelly, left, and Dick Gregory, center, as the two kneel in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Washington, Jan. 14, 1991 after delivering a letter to the embassy urging a peaceful resolution to the Persian Gulf crisis. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)(AP/Doug Mills) A policeman talks to activists Carol Fennelly, left, and Dick Gregory, center, as the two kneel in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Washington, Jan. 14, 1991 after delivering a letter to the embassy urging a peaceful resolution to the Persian Gulf crisis. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)(AP/Doug Mills) After a quarter-century of helping incarcerated fathers maintain connections with their children in D.C., a local organization founder is retir...

Denver weather: Hot weekend, chance for a few showers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:41 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) —  Denver's weather will stay hot through the weekend with highs in the mid 90s.  Saturday, there will be a slight chance for a thunderstorm ahead of a stretch of drier weather. Heat advisories will be in effect today in southeast Colorado as high temperatures climb to 100-105 degrees. Fire weather watches are set to go into effect in eastern and south central Colorado on Sunday due to dry and breezy conditions. Weather today: Morning sun, hotSaturday will start with plenty of sunshine.  Then, as high temperatures climb to the mid 90s, clouds will increase ahead of the chance for a few afternoon and evening thunderstorms, mostly in higher elevations. Weather tonight: Mainly cloudyThunderstorms will wrap up this evening.  Clouds will linger tonight as lows fall to the mid 60s, which is about 5 degrees warmer than normal for this time of year. Looking ahead: Sunday, a drier weather pattern will move into the Denver area...

Russian missile kills six in Ukraine, including child

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:41 GMT

A missile launched by Russian forces into the center of the Ukrainian city of Chernihiv killed six people — including a six-year-old girl — and injured 42, the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior said on Saturday.“An ordinary Saturday, which Russia turned into a day of pain and loss,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine who is in Sweden for talks with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, said on the social media site Telegram.Speaking about the slain child, Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko said: “The police officers on patrol tried to give her first aid. They applied a tourniquet because there was a lot of blood loss. Unfortunately, the doctors could not save the child.” The girl’s mother had also been hit and was “in an extremely serious condition,” he said.The attack came as Russian President Vladimir Putin visited generals in Rostov-on-Don, the southern city that acts as the staging post for Russia’s invasion forces an...

It’s England vs Spain in World Cup final. But where are Sunak and Sánchez?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:41 GMT

It’s a time-worn World Cup photo opportunity — prime ministers and presidents gurning away high in the stands beside stone-faced football officials. But when Spain and England meet in Sydney on Sunday to determine who will be champions in the Women’s World Cup, neither country’s leader will be there.For some, the implication is clear: The women’s game is being disrespected.“It would be unthinkable for them to miss a men’s final,” Ed Vaizey, a former U.K. Conservative MP who was Culture Secretary from 2010 to 2016, wrote on social media on Friday, referring to the no-show in Sydney by U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Prince William, who is president of the English Football Association.To be sure, it is a very long flight from Britain to Australia. But if Sunak were concerned for his carbon footprint, he might have reconsidered his recent visit to Los Angeles to go to Disneyland and — rumor has it — a Taylor Swift concert. Or perhaps refrained fr...

Passenger who survived fiery crash that claimed 4 lives in Maine is facing charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:41 GMT

ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) — A woman who survived a fiery crash that claimed the lives of four Maine Maritime Academy students has been charged as an “accomplice or co-conspirator” in connection with the tragedy.Noelle Tavares, 20, of North Falmouth, Massachusetts, pleaded not guilty this week to charges of manslaughter, aggravated operating under the influence, reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, driving to endanger and reckless speed.Hancock County District Attorney Robert Granger said Friday the grand jury found probable cause of “accomplice liability” attached to the charges, meaning she’s accused of facilitating the conduct that led to the tragedy even though she wasn’t the driver. Granger declined in an email to comment on Tavares’ actions that provided the basis for the charges.Tavares’ lawyer didn’t immediately return a call from The Associated Press seeking comment.The driver, Joshua Goncalves-Radding, of North Babylon, New York, was traveling...

Some clouds today, nicer Sunday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:41 GMT

After yesterday’s severe weather, including at least 4 tornado touchdowns in Southern New England, calmer weather is in store for the weekend. Today, expect a mix of sun and clouds, with more clouds north and west of Boston and less cloud cover south of the city. A spot shower is possible but concentrated to higher terrain today (mainly above 500ft in elevation). On Sunday less clouds are in the forecast and with sunshine and winds out of the southwest, temperatures are expected to jump back up into the upper 70s and low 80s by afternoon. Our next opportunity for rain arrives Monday evening, with an isolated shower and/or thunderstorm possible.

Suspected Palestinian shooting attack at West Bank car wash kills 2 Israelis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:41 GMT

BALATA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Two Israelis were killed in a suspected Palestinian shooting attack on a car wash in a volatile stretch of the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the latest outburst of violence to rock the region.The Israeli military said it was searching for suspects and setting up roadblocks near the town of Hawara, a flashpoint area in the northern West Bank, which has seen repeated shooting attacks as well as a rampage by Jewish West Bank settlers who torched Palestinian property.The shooting attack came after Palestinian official media said a 19-year-old Palestinian died of his wounds following an Israeli military raid into the West Bank on Wednesday.The deaths are part of a relentless spiral of violence that has fueled the worst fighting between Israel and the Palestinians in the West Bank in nearly two decades. Nearly 180 Palestinians have been killed since the start of this year and some 29 people have been killed by Palestinian attacks against Israelis du...

Kids Again: MLB makes strides in attracting younger fans, ticket buyers in growing the game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:41 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper wants to get to Cooperstown.Sure, what baseball player, especially a two-time NL MVP such as Harper, doesn’t dream of induction into the Hall of Fame. But Harper’s hopes extend well beyond a call to the Hall — the Philadelphia Phillies slugger would love for Major League Baseball to stick one of its yearly attraction games — akin to recent “Field of Dreams” and London trips — in Cooperstown, New York, as part of Hall of Fame weekend.“I think it’s pretty cool being able to play in different areas and different countries,” Harper said. “The next one we were all talking about would be a Hall of Fame Game. … I grew up playing in Cooperstown, at Cooperstown Dreams Park. That was the travel ball place to go, kind of like Williamsport. It’s a little bit of a different level than Williamsport, but it’s pretty cool.”Harper and the Phillies hit Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on Sunday to play the Washington Nationals in the annual Major Le...

Yellowknife veterinarian helps pets flee fires, supports animals left behind

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:41 GMT

Yellowknife veterinarian Michelle Tuma was having a hectic month even before an encroaching wildfire forced the mass evacuation of her home community.Nothing prepared her for the chaos of getting thousands of people out of the city, but Tuma focused her efforts on making sure evacuees could take their animals with them and on protecting at least some of those left behind.“I know how much pets mean to people,” Tuma says.“I can’t even imagine having to evacuate and not being able to take your pets, and it’s the least I can do to be here and help support those people who are already so stressed and so anxious.”The 20,000 residents of the capital of the Northwest Territories were told late Wednesday that they to be out by noon Friday. They packed up their bags, vehicles and furry friends and started to stream out of the city. But fleeing the North with a pet isn’t simple.Born and raised in Yellowknife, Tuma is the northern Canada veterinary specialist with Veterinarians With...