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Atletico Madrid stays 3rd in Spain after losing to last-place Elche

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:17:44 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid failed to regain second place in the Spanish league after a 1-0 loss to already-relegated Elche on Sunday.The defeat kept Atletico two points behind Real Madrid, which beat Getafe 1-0 on Saturday. Barcelona has a comfortable lead at the top and can clinch the title with a win at Espanyol later Sunday.The loss also prevented Atletico from mathematically securing a spot in next season’s Champions League, though it can do this by earning a point from its last four matches.It was Atletico’s only second loss in its last 16 league games. The team’s other defeat was at Barcelona in April.Forward Fidel scored in the 41st minute to give last-place Elche its fourth league win of the season.RELEGATION FIGHTAlberto Mari scored with a header in the 88th as Valencia beat Celta Vigo 2-1 to boost its chances of avoiding relegation. The result moved Valencia to 14th place, three points from the relegation zone with four matches remaining.Justin Kluivert put ...

Shooting at Arizona neighborhood gathering kills 2, wounds 5

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:17:44 GMT

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — A shooting at a neighborhood gathering in Arizona left two people dead and five wounded, police said Sunday.The shooting happened just before 11 p.m. Saturday in the southwestern city of Yuma, said Yuma police spokesperson Sgt. Lori Franklin. She said an investigation is underway but no suspects have been arrested. A motive for the shooting wasn’t immediately known, but Franklin said there was no remaining threat to the community.Officers went to the gathering after getting reports of an aggravated assault, Franklin said. When they arrived, they found seven people with gunshot wounds.Two men — ages 19 and 20 — were pronounced dead at Yuma hospitals and a 16-year-old boy was airlifted to a Phoenix hospital with serious injuries, she said. Four boys ages 15-19 were being treated at Yuma Regional Medical Center for injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.The names of the dead and wounded weren’t immediately released Sunday.Source

Location for pedestrian bridge linking Crystal City to Reagan National Airport OK’d by Arlington Co. Board

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:17:44 GMT

Rendering of the proposed bridge that would link a future VRE station in Crystal City to Terminal 2 at Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Courtesy Arlington County)The Arlington County Board in Virginia has approved a location and a preliminary budget for the pedestrian bridge coming to Crystal City, Virginia.The bridge will connect the area to Reagan National Airport, making the downtown area only a short walk away to hop on a flight.Amazon’s selection of Arlington for the location of its second headquarters accelerated plans to put in the pedestrian bridge.“This is really gonna be an incredibly exciting feature,” said Arlington County Board chairman Christian Dorsey. “I have no doubt that it will look amazing but more importantly, it’ll be a pretty signature element of connectivity that you see in few places elsewhere.” The Arlington County Board unanimously approved a location for the bridge on Saturday and agreed to spend about $4.2 million on t...

Record crowd watches Chelsea beat Man United 1-0 in Women’s FA Cup final

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:17:44 GMT

LONDON (AP) — A world record crowd of 77,390 watched Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 in the Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley on Sunday. Sam Kerr’s 68th-minute strike proved decisive as Chelsea won the trophy for the third straight year to remain in contention for a league and cup double.The sold-out final smashed the previous record attendance for a women’s domestic club match, when Atletico Madrid hosted Barcelona in front of 60,739 people in 2019.Chelsea is second in the Women’s Super League, a point behind leader United, but with a game in hand. And while victory secured the FA Cup, it could also have given Emma Hayes’ team a psychological advantage in the closing stages of the title race.“It’s one piece of the jigsaw. I want more, this isn’t enough,” Chelsea midfielder Erin Cuthbert said. “We want to go for the league now. We can only control the controllables.”It might have been a different story had Leah Galton’s strike in the opening minute not been ...

Hurricanes face decisions in net with Andersen, Raanta healthy for East final

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:17:44 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Rod Brind’Amour felt comfortable all season distributing the Carolina Hurricanes’ goaltending load primarily between a pair of reliable veterans who were good enough to push his team to the league’s second-best record.Things have looked different by necessity through the Stanley Cup Playoffs so far.Carolina leaned on Antti Raanta through most of the first round with Frederik Andersen recovering from an illness, then Andersen started every game of the second round with Raanta battling his own ailment. Each played well in those longer stints and is healthy now with the Hurricanes set to face the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference Final, leaving their coach with a decision ahead of the best-of-seven series.“When they’re both healthy, now I have a good couple of options — we know that,” Brind’Amour said. “In both series, we didn’t really have that option. It was kind of like: OK, thankfully one guy was healthy so you...

Zelenskyy set for surprise summit with Macron

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:17:44 GMT

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will travel to Paris later Sunday as part of a tour of European capitals designed to shore up support among Kyiv’s allies, the Élysée Palace confirmed.Agence-France Presse and a handful of other outlets first reported on Sunday that French President Emmanuel Macron will receive Zelenskyy in the evening and the two leaders will hold talks over dinner ahead of a possible joint announcement. The Ukrainian president earlier Sunday was in Berlin to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who confirmed that his country would send a €2.7 billion package of military aid to support Ukraine.“Now is the time for us to determine the end of the war already this year, we can make the aggressor’s defeat irreversible already this year,” Zelenskyy said at a press conference with Scholz.On Saturday, Zelenskyy met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome, thanking her for “helping to save lives” by continuing to provide aid to Kyiv. He also sat down f...

Mets strand nine runners and fall to Nationals in resumption of Saturday’s rain-delayed game

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:17:44 GMT

WASHINGTON — The Mets found a way to lose on Sunday at Nationals Park.It was the continuation of a game that began Saturday afternoon and was delayed nearly four hours by rain. The Mets lost 3-2 with right-hander Dominic Leone giving up a go-ahead homer to CJ Abrams in the seventh.The Mets entered down 1-0 with runners on the corners in the third inning, but quickly tied it up with a sacrifice fly.Things were trending in the right direction in the fourth when they loaded the bases against Erasmo Ramirez with one out, but Daniel Vogelbach and Luis Guillorme went down quietly to strand the bases loaded.Stephen Nogosek got two outs in the bottom of the fourth, but walked Jeimer Candelario and hit Stone Garrett. Abrams then singled to right to score Candelario.The Mets came back to tie the game at 2-2 in the top of the seventh but the Nats moved ahead in the bottom, when Abrams teed off on a belt-high cutter from Leone (0-1) to make it 3-0.The Mets’ first run was charged to ...

Boy, 11, struck by vehicle during sword fight

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:17:44 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- An 11-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle in the Wooded Area neighborhood on Saturday in the midst of a toy sword fight, authorities said. The incident occurred shortly after 7 p.m. when a 27-year-old man was driving his 2018 Ford Fusion south at 700 Catalina Blvd. and the boy stepped into the path of the vehicle from a dirt path along the west curb line, according to the San Diego Police Department. 6 places to go kayaking in San Diego Authorities say the vehicle struck the boy in the southbound traffic lane. The young pedestrian sustained a fractured pelvis, left tibia/fibula fracture, hematoma left side of head and multipleabrasions, SDPD confirmed. He was transported to a local hospital.The driver of the vehicle was uninjured and police say a DUI was not a factor in this collision. The SDPD Traffic Division is investigating the matter. Anyone with information related to the incident is encouraged to call Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477.

Minnesota Democrats: City council nomination brawlers could be expelled

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:17:44 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Democratic Party will consider expelling anyone involved in a brawl that broke out over nominations for a Minneapolis City Council seat.At least two people were injured in Saturday’s confrontation. The head of the state Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, Chair Ken Martin, said on Twitter that he plans to call an emergency meeting later this week to consider banning anyone involved in the assaults from the DFL Party, an affiliate of the national Democratic Party.Video posted on social media showed the disturbance began after supporters of Minneapolis Council Member Aisha Chughtai took the stage, which caused an uproar among supporters of her challenger, Nasri Warsame. Some Warsame supporters then jumped on stage, shouting, banging on tables and waving signs.As supporters of both candidates pushed and shoved each other, a party official repeatedly banged a gavel and tried to quiet the crowd but was ignored.Convention chair Sam Doten called the behavior em...

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy makes surprise visit to Paris for talks with French President Macron

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:17:44 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make a surprise visit to Paris for talks Sunday night with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a multi-stop European tour that has elicited fresh pledges of military support as his country gears up for a counteroffensive against Russian occupation forces.Macron’s office announced the Paris leg of Zelenskyy’s trip, and France dispatched a plane to pick up Zelenskyy in Germany, where he met Chancellor Olaf Scholz earlier Sunday.Macron’s office said the two leaders will hold talks over dinner and that Macron will “reaffirm France and Europe’s unwavering support to reestablish Ukraine in its legitimate rights and to defend its fundamental interests.”They’ll also discuss Ukraine’s military and humanitarian needs and “the more long term perspectives for a return to peace in Europe,” Macron’s office said. France has supplied Ukraine with an array of weaponry, include air-defense systems, light tanks, ...