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UN chief sends Russia new proposals to revive Black Sea grain deal but Moscow isn’t satisfied

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:19 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief sent Russia a new proposal aimed at getting its grain and fertilizer to global markets in hopes of reviving the deal that allowed Ukraine to ship almost 33,000 tons of grain at a time of growing global hunger.But Moscow wasn’t satisfied with the letter that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier this week.Speaking at a press conference Thursday after meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Lavrov said he had given Ankara a list of actions that the West would have to take in order to resume Ukrainian shipments.The United Nations and Turkey brokered the deal in July 2022 that allowed Ukraine to ship grain and other foodstuffs from three Black Sea ports. A separate memorandum between the U.N. and Russia pledged to overcome obstacles to Moscow’s shipment of food and fertilizer to world markets.The deal followed Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine which sent global food ...

Noah Lyles wins again in Zurich in his first race since world championships triple

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:19 GMT

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) — Another race, another win for triple world champion Noah Lyles. Lyles won the 200 meters in 19.80 seconds at the Diamond League meet in Zurich on Thursday in his first race since the world championships in Budapest, Hungary, where he picked up gold medals in the 100, 200 and 4×100 relay. He was one of nine recently crowned world champions who followed up their titles with wins in Zurich in front of about 25,000 people at the Letzigrund Stadium.“Everybody wants to beat me and everybody wants the cake and the crown, but I am not giving it to them,” the American said. “Today, we did not have perfect conditions, it was pretty cold. But a win is a win.” Sha’Carri Richardson easily won the the women’s 100 in 10.88 ahead of a strong field that included Jamaican duo Natasha Richardson and Elaine Thompson-Herah, while Shericka Jackson dominated the women’s 200 in 21.82. Danielle Williams of Jamaica followed up her surprising title in the 100 hurdles in B...

ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ is facing changes and increased competition from Fox

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:19 GMT

Dynasties have come and gone at Miami, Florida State, Florida and Oklahoma while “College GameDay” has reigned as the preeminent Saturday morning pregame show.But the ESPN franchise heads into its 37th year having undergone the most change ever going into a new season while also facing competition from Fox and its upstart “Big Noon Kickoff.”While the core of the “GameDay” lineup is back with host Rece Davis and analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Pat McAfee, Desmond Howard and Lee Corso, it will have a different look.Analyst David Pollack, reporter Gene Wojciechowski, and Senior VP of Production Lee Fitting were let go while research producer Chris “The Bear” Fallica left for Fox.Fallica had the longest tenure with “GameDay” at 29 years. Fitting had been a producer since 2004, while Pollack (11 years) and Wojciechowski (12) were longtime veterans.“We’ll see how it unfolds. I think ‘GameDay’ will always be ‘GameDay,’ but I think it will come across different this year,” Fallica said.Corso has ...

Backpack exhibit, Md. football players encourage tackling mental health

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:19 GMT

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Jets’ Rodgers says Giants’ Ward was making things up when discussing their on-field exchange

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:19 GMT

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers added a little juice to the New York Jets’ regular-season showdown with the Giants in October.The Jets quarterback responded Thursday to comments made by Giants linebacker Jihad Ward, who said Wednesday that Rodgers and his teammates were laughing after wide receiver Randall Cobb hit safety Bobby McCain with an illegal blindside block in the teams’ preseason game last Saturday. McCain suffered a concussion.“He thought we were laughing at his teammate?” Rodgers asked. “That never happened and I think he’s making (stuff) up. I don’t care.”The play was shown on HBO’s “Hard Knocks” on Tuesday night, with Rodgers kidding with Cobb about the hit and saying he would be fined by the NFL. Also shown was Ward giving Rodgers a late shove after a pass, and the two yelling at each other — with Rodgers, who was wearing a microphone, saying: “I don’t even know who you are, bro.”Ward said Wednesday his shove of Rodgers was in retaliati...

Texas guardsman suspended after wounding man in cross-border shooting, Mexico says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:19 GMT

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Texas National Guard soldier has been suspended after he shot and wounded a man on the other side of the U.S. southern border last week, Mexico’s president said Thursday.Calling the shooting “a violation of international law,” President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he received a report on the soldier’s suspension, without specifying which agency it came from. The soldier says he shot the Mexican man in defense of a migrant who the man was allegedly seeking to harm, and the soldier fired first into the air, López Obrador said at a news conference.A different account of Saturday’s shooting was given by Enrique Rodriguez, a spokesperson with the Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office, who says the 22-year-old Mexican man was shot while jogging. The man was hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the buttocks and has since been released, Rodriguez said.The Texas Department of Public Safety has confirmed it’s investigating the shooting in Ciu...

La historia de Luis Rubiales, protagonista de uno de los mayores escándalos en la historia del fútbol español

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:19 GMT

(CNN Español) — Luis Rubiales se encuentra envuelto en uno de los escándalos más grandes en la historia del deporte español. Hasta que la FIFA lo suspendió provisionalmente como presidente de la Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF), su gestión como dirigente tuvo grandes logros, desaciertos y polémicas. La última de ellas, el beso no consensuado a Jennifer Hermoso, durante la premiación del título de España en el Mundial 2023.El pedido de los dirigentes españoles para la salida de Luis RubialesSus inicios en el fútbolLuis Rubiales durante un partido del Levante contra el Sevilla, por la Liga de España, en el estadio Ciudad de Valencia, el 20 de octubre de 2007. (JOSÉ LUIS ROCA/AFP vía Getty Images)Rubiales fue un experimentado futbolista profesional y gran parte de su carrera la pasó como defensor en el balompié de segunda división.En España llegó a jugar en primera división con el Levante, tras alcanzar el ascenso con el equipo en 2004. Poco después sufriría un nuevo des...

I-70 eastbound closed in Golden for truck fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:19 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A semi truck caught fire near Golden on Thursday evening, shutting down the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70.I-70 is closed between C-470 and U.S. 6 in Golden, according to Colorado State Patrol. Eastbound traffic is being diverted to eastbound U.S. 6.CSP first posted about the crash at 6:20 p.m."The engulfed semi was carrying cardboard. The driver able to get out," CSP posted.Drivers were warned to expect delays. No time was given for I-70's eastbound lanes to reopen.

Howie Carr: Biden’s tall tales even stump loyal lefties

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:19 GMT

Stop the presses! The Washington Post broke a bombshell story about Dementia Joe Biden yesterday.“Biden loves to tell certain stories. Some aren’t credible.”Now they tell us! Better late than never, I suppose. And at least this Post story goes against the grain of most of their “reporting” – it’s true, for one thing, unlike, say, their “deeply reported” stories about the Russian collusion hoax, which were all false.But to commemorate the Post’s belated realization that Biden is full of you-know-what, let’s go straight to the audiotape from his recent appearances.As always, all dialogue guaranteed verbatim.First, as he came out Wednesday to speak to the press, news broke of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s latest “freeze.”“I just heard literally coming out,” he said. “Mitch is a friend as you know – not a joke… I don’t know enough to know.”Isn’t that the truth?This came just before he began an incoherent discussion of the wildfires in Hawaii, which he called “storms.”“Well, but by the way, you...

White man will stand trial for shooting Black teen Ralph Yarl, who went to wrong house, judge rules

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:02:19 GMT

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH (Associated Press)KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge ruled Thursday that the 84-year-old white homeowner who shot a Black teenager after he mistakenly went to the man’s house must stand trial. Clay County Judge Louis Angles issued the ruling after a dozen witnesses spoke at a preliminary hearing, including Ralph Yarl, the teenager who was shot by Andrew Lester on April 13 when Yarl went to the wrong house to pick up his younger brothers. Lester, a retired aircraft mechanic, is charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. He previously pleaded not guilty in the shooting that shocked the country and renewed national debates about gun policies and race in America. His next court date is an arraignment, scheduled for Sept. 20.Yarl spoke softly as he testified that he was sent to pick up his twin siblings but had no phone — he’d lost it at school. The house he intended to go to was just blocks from his own home, but h...