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Russia ends grain deal that allowed Ukraine exports

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:05 GMT

By Courtney Bonnell | Associated PressLONDON — Russia on Monday halted a breakthrough wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices have pushed more people into poverty.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Black Sea Grain Initiative would be suspended until demands to get Russian food and fertilizer to the world are met. An attack Monday on a bridge connecting the Crimean Peninsula to Russia was not a factor in the decision, he said.“When the part of the Black Sea deal related to Russia is implemented, Russia will immediately return to the implementation of the deal,” Peskov said.Russian representatives at the operation center for the initiative were more definitive, calling the decision “a termination,” according to a note obtained by The Associated Press. Russia has complained that restrictions on shipping and insurance have hampered its agricul...

San Jose roofing company owner caught in insurance fraud scheme

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:05 GMT

(KRON) -- The death of a man in San Jose revealed a $460,000 insurance fraud scheme orchestrated by a local business owner, the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office announced in a press release. Two Santa Clara County deputies die in one week in separate incidents Employees of a local roofing business were driving two company trucks in June 2020 when a tire blew out. The driver with the flat tire overcorrected and crashed. One of the employees was ejected from the vehicle and died.Charlie Duong, 64, is the owner of CD All Roofing, and the DA's office says he tried to cover up that his dead employee had been working full time at the company for years. Duong claimed that the victim in the crash only started working at the company days before the fatal crash and that he was only working part time. He also took efforts to prove that the victim was not "on the job" when the crash occurred, even though the crash happened in a company vehicle, the DA's office said. Close ...

Red River Rivalry returns as the name for the Texas-Oklahoma football matchup

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:05 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — The Red River Rivalry is back.The name, that is. The game itself never went anywhere.Allstate was announced Monday as the new title sponsor of the Texas-Oklahoma football matchup played every year at the Cotton Bowl amid the Texas State Fair in Dallas.And with it comes the return of the “Red River Rivalry” nickname for the game, ditching the unpopular “Red River Showdown” used since 2014. The game was long known as the Red River Shootout before being changed to the Red River Rivalry in 2005.The rivalry dates to 1900 and this year’s meeting on Oct. 7 will be the 119th matchup between the Longhorns and Sooners. It will be the last for both schools as members of the Big 12. Texas and Oklahoma move to the Southeastern Conference starting in 2024.This year’s Allstate Red River Rivalry will be broadcast on ABC. Texas lead the series 63-50-5.“Our annual, iconic matchup with the Longhorns each October features more than a century of tradition between our two ...

Sofía Vergara y Joe Manganiello anuncian que se divorciarán

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:05 GMT

(CNN) –– El matrimonio de Sofía Vergara y Joe Manganiello, que duró casi ocho años, llega a su fin oficialmente.La pareja compartió la noticia con el medio PageSix el lunes, a través de un comunicado: “Hemos tomado la difícil decisión de divorciarnos”.“Como dos personas que se aman y se preocupan mucho por el otro, pedimos amablemente que se respete nuestra privacidad en este momento mientras atravesamos esta nueva etapa de nuestras vidas”, se lee en la declaración.CNN se ha comunicado con los representantes de Vergara y Manganiello para obtener comentarios.La colombiana, recordada por su papel en “Modern Family”, se casó con Manganiello en una lujosa boda en Palm Beach en 2015, como reveló en su momento una serie de fotos que Vergara publicó en su página de Instagram.Los dos actores comenzaron a salir en 2014 y se comprometieron después de seis meses de relación.Manganiello publicó a principios de este mes una foto con Vergara para desearle un feliz cumpleañ...

Avalanche sign forward Ross Colton to a four-year contract and avoid arbitration

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:05 GMT

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche have avoided arbitration with forward Ross Colton, signing him to a four-year contract.The deal is worth $16 million with a $4 million annual salary-cap hit, according to a person with knowledge of the move. The person spoke Monday to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team doesn’t disclose contract terms.Colorado acquired Colton from cap-strapped Tampa Bay prior to the NHL draft for the 37th pick. Colton was a restricted free agent whose arbitration rights could have hurt the Lightning, making him their top trade candidate.Colton, now 26, scored the Stanley Cup-clinching goal for Tampa Bay in 2021. He was also with the Lightning the following year when they lost to the Avalanche in the final.“Ross is a hard-working, two-way center with a championship pedigree,” Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland said at the time of the trade. “He has physicality to his game, is ultra-competitive and his versatility will make...

San Francisco 49ers owners assume control of English soccer club Leeds United

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:05 GMT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The owners of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers have assumed control of the English soccer club Leeds United.Leeds United announced Monday that the English Football League had approved the sale of the club to 49ers Enterprises, allowing for “an immediate transition of ownership.” Leeds was relegated from the Premier League to the second-tier Championship for next season.“This is an important moment for Leeds United and we are already hard at work,” said Paraag Marathe, who will take over as chairman of the club. “This transition is a necessary reset to chart a new course for the Club.”Marathe succeeds Andrea Radrizzani as Leeds’ majority owner. Leeds CEO Angus Kinnear will remain in that role.Marathe and 49ers CEO Jed York lead 49ers Enterprises. The ownership group first invested in Leeds in 2018 and increased its share to 44% in late 2021, then reached an agreement last month to take over Leeds with NBA players Larry Nance Jr. and T.J. McCo...

FDA aprueba inyección para bebés contra el RSV

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:05 GMT

La Administración de Drogas y Alimentos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) aprobó este lunes un medicamento inyectable que puede proteger a los niños de hasta 2 años del Virus Sincitial Respiratorio (RSV).El fármaco, una inyección de anticuerpo monoclonal llamada Beyfortus, se puede administrar como inyección única a recién nacidos y bebés durante su primera temporada de RSV. Los niños de hasta 2 años que son vulnerables a infecciones graves por el virus respiratorio, como aquellos con enfermedades cardiacas congénitas o bebés prematuros con problemas respiratorios y pulmonares a largo plazo, pueden recibir una segunda dosis durante su segunda temporada de RSV.El Comité Asesor de Prácticas de Inmunización de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades se reunirá para discutir las recomendaciones sobre quién debe recibir las vacunas. Una vez que la directora de los CDC, la Dra. Mandy Cohen, apruebe la recomendación del panel, las inyecciones podrán distribuirse al públic...

3 killed, 2 seriously injured in Aurora rollover crash

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:05 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Three people were killed and two others injured in a rollover crash in the same area two others were killed less than 24 hours before on Sunday, the Aurora Police Department said. The single-vehicle crash happened around 11 p.m. at the intersection of Interstate 225 and East 6th Avenue, APD said. Police said a Nissan 200Z with five people inside was traveling northbound on I-225 near East 2nd Avenue when the driver lost control and crashed into the center median causing the sports car to roll. 5 suffer life-threatening injuries in Aurora rollover crash All five people were taken to the hospital where three later died. The other two are expected to survive, police said. According to APD, none of their ages are known. Police are investigating the crash but believe speed was a factor. The deadly crash occurred in the same area where a man and woman were killed the same day around 4:30 a.m. APD said 40 people have now died in traffic-related crashes in the city ...

Hot and Stormy

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:05 GMT

South Florida continues to have blazing hot weather days with cooling showers and storms. Temperatures (Monday) stopped short of record highs except for Marathon which set a new record high of 98-degrees! Across the Mainland, the “heat retreated” as thunderstorms developed in the afternoon. Some of the storms reached severe limits and we had reports of quarter size hail in Parkland. Gusty winds also formed. Some gusts reached as high as 50-55 mph with some of the strongest activity. For now, we’re stuck with lingering deep moisture over the region. When combined with daytime heat and sea breeze boundaries, conditions are ripe for developing storms. The same general pattern is likely for Tuesday and Wednesday. The only small difference will involve a more onshore flow into the midweek. That will happen as Atlantic High Pressure builds back to the west (closer to the Bahamas). Another feature that could play role in our weather, mainly Wednesday, will be ...

Column: Wrigley Field’s drawing power means the Chicago Cubs need only the illusion of contending

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:00:05 GMT

Back in the opening week of the 2006 season, in a Chicago Tribune article accompanied by cartoonist Rick Tuma’s illustrations, I offered some predictions of what a Wrigley Field experience would be like 20 years in the future.“No one knows what Wrigley Field or the Cubs will look like 20 years from now,” I wrote. “But at this rate there will be far fewer day games, bleacher tickets will cost $400 and the manager still will be barking about his players’ fundamentals.”The 2006 Cubs were 98 years into the franchise’s famous World Series drought and entering the final year of the Andy MacPhail era, which began with the ill-advised marketing slogan “We’re Working On It” and ended with the dismissal of Dusty Baker.Though three years remain until 2026, I’ve given up on most of my predictions, some of which were purposely silly, such as “rent-a-glove booths” for fans and a section of the right-field bleachers offi...