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UEFA investigations, multi-club owners raise doubts for European competition entries

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:13:09 GMT

ISTANBUL (AP) — The European club soccer season ended this weekend with Manchester City beating Inter Milan in the Champions League final, so entry lists are now known for UEFA competitions next season.Not so fast.When late on Monday in Switzerland the entry deadline set by UEFA for the Champions League, Europa League and Europa Conference League passes, the lawyers will still have much work to do.Juventus, Barcelona and AC Milan are among clubs awaiting investigations and legal decisions that can decide which teams — if any — must be removed from European play.UEFA punishments and rulings often lead to appeals that in past years have kept the Court of Arbitration for Sport busy until the group-stage draws in late August.Juventus looks in most jeopardy of being banned from UEFA competitions for at least one season.Barcelona is under scrutiny for possible match-fixing linked to suspect payments over several years to a Spanish refereeing official.AC Milan is in shared American ownersh...

Escala de Saffir-Simpson: cómo surgió y por qué se usa para los huracanes

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:13:09 GMT

La temporada de huracanes en el océano Atlántico ya comenzó.La temporada, que históricamente ve la mayor cantidad de ciclones, dura desde el 1 de junio hasta el 30 de noviembre y durante ese período es muy probable que escuches hablar de las categorías de huracanes y el término de la “escala de Saffir-Simpson”. Pero, ¿qué es esta escala, cómo se creó y por qué se usa?Sigue toda la cobertura completa de la temporada de huracanes aquí.Bueno, empecemos desde el principio. Las categorías se conocen como la “escala Saffir-Simpson de vientos huracanados”. Las categorías, que van del 1 al 5, son un sistema de clasificación basado en la velocidad máxima sostenida de los vientos del huracán.Este sistema de clasificación surgió a principios de la década de 1970. Descubre cómo eligen los nombres de huracanes y por qué algunos son desterrados Qué son los modelos de espagueti de huracanes y cómo ayudan a predecir su trayectoria ...

Trump lamenta que la acusación sea un “sicariato político” mientras hace campaña con el asesor acusado

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:13:09 GMT

(CNN) — Donald Trump regresó a la campaña este sábado, acompañado por el asesor acusado Walt Nauta, mientras el expresidente calificaba su propia acusación federal de “interferencia electoral” y decía a los republicanos de Georgia que [la acusación] representaba un abuso de poder por parte de la administración Biden.“Esto es un sicariato político. Los republicanos reciben un trato muy diferente en el Departamento de Justicia que los demócratas”, dijo Trump, que no ofreció ninguna prueba de sus afirmaciones en una convención estatal del Partido Republicano en Columbus.Las declaraciones fueron su primera respuesta pública desde que el Departamento de Justicia hizo pública su acusación de que el expresidente y un ayudante manipularon indebidamente documentos clasificados.El asesor de Trump, Walt Nauta, que fue acusado junto al expresidente, es visto en la pista con Donald Trump y la representante Marjorie Taylor Greene en Columbus, Georgia, el 10 de junio ...

Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranks

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:13:09 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban condemned on Sunday a “baseless and biased” report from the U.N. Security Council highlighting rifts within the group’s ranks.The last seven months have seen a greater shift of power from the capital Kabul to the southern city of Kandahar, a Taliban heartland and the base of the group’s supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada.A report — issued earlier in June — by the U.N. Security Council’s Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team said that the Taliban governance structures remain “highly exclusionary, Pashtun-centred and repressive” toward all forms of opposition. It also said Kandahar’s return as the seat of power — like it was during the Taliban’s rule of Afghanistan in the 1990s — circumvents senior Taliban ministers in Kabul, the center of the current government, because of the way decisions are made.Key figures, such as the Taliban’s main spokesman, have set up offices in the south of Kandahar. Monumental decrees such as tho...

Boston police investigating Roxbury car crash

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:13:09 GMT

Police are investigating a two-car crash on Columbus Avenue near Egleston Square Sunday morning. A pedestrian was hit, and both cars were towed, officials said.The victim was conscious and moving before being transported to the hospital. Police also said a building was also damaged in the 6:30 a.m. crash. This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Police investigating ‘domestic’ stabbing that sent two to hospital

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:13:09 GMT

Two people were injured in an incident on Arion Street in Dorchester early Sunday morning. Boston police said they transported both people to the hospital, including a young man who was stabbed in the chest just before 4 a.m.. He is expected to survive, and there is no update on the second patient.Officials said this was a domestic incident.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Extremely rare orange lobster caught in Maine’s Casco Bay has new home

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:13:09 GMT

(CNN) — An extremely rare, bright orange American lobster caught earlier this month in Maine’s Casco Bay by a lobstering crew has found a home at the University of New England’s marine science center.The chances of catching an orange lobster are one-in-30 million, according to Charles Tilburg, a UNE professor of marine science who said he bases that estimate on the total annual lobster landings and anecdotal reports of orange lobsters.The lobster was the first catch of the day on June 2 for the crew of the Deborah & Megan, a fishing vessel captained by Gregg Turner, Tilburg told CNN.The bright orange lobster came up alone in the trap of crew member Mandy Cyr, Tilburg said.“I knew right away I was going to contact UNE,” Cyr told CNN. “They took our last lobster ‘Sprinkles,’ a calico lobster, another one-in-30 million lobster that we caught this past winter.”Turner has been lobstering since he was a young boy and has only seen two orange lobsters in his life, a...

‘I would truly would love to stay a Cub,’ says Marcus Stroman. But pitcher says team hasn’t engaged in extension talks.

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:13:09 GMT

Marcus Stroman has made clear he wants to engage in contract extension talks with the Chicago Cubs.The feeling is not mutual, according to Stroman.President of baseball operations Jed Hoyer has repeatedly stated over the years he does not talk about players’ contract situations publicly. In this case, there does not appear to be engagement behind the scenes, either.“I want nothing more than to be a Cub,” Stroman told reporters Saturday. “I kill myself 24/7 on and off the field to perform, to keep my body is position, to keep my mind in position.“I truly believe I prepare like nobody else so I know my worth.”Coming off another stellar start in Friday’s 3-2 win against the San Francisco Giants, allowing two runs in 6⅔ innings, the love from Cubs fans on Twitter calling for the team to extend him didn’t go unnoticed by the 32-year-old right-hander.It prompted Stroman to share his feelings about his future Saturday morning through a ...

Chicago White Sox give up 5 runs in the 9th to the Miami Marlins in 5-1 loss: ‘It wasn’t a good day for us’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:13:09 GMT

The Chicago White Sox had escaped trouble several times throughout Saturday afternoon.Until the ninth, when the Miami Marlins scored five in the inning to beat the Sox 5-1 in front of 25,793 at Guaranteed Rate Field.The Sox were three outs from their seventh victory in eight games.But then came a ninth to forget, featuring two singles, a double, a pair of walks and a fielding error as a one-run lead became a four-run deficit.“It wasn’t a good day for us in the ninth inning today as a team,” manager Pedro Grifol said.With the loss and the Minnesota Twins’ 9-4 win at Toronto, the Sox (29-37) are 4½ games out of first in the American League Central.They had a chance at keeping pace, entered the ninth leading 1-0 thanks to a homer by Andrew Vaughn in the fourth.Reliever Joe Kelly surrendered back-to-back singles to begin the ninth. He walked Jorge Soler, loading the bases. Bryan De La Cruz hit a grounder to shortstop Tim Anderson, who charged but couldn̵...

MLB notes: Phillips Andover’s Thomas White a once-in-a-generation talent

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:13:09 GMT

Thomas White had barely moved into his new dorm at Phillips Academy when his phone started blowing up.Then 14 years old, the tall left-handed pitcher from Rowley had always been regarded as one of the region’s most promising young talents. But now he was about to go national, as news had just broken that White was now the No. 1 ranked player in the incoming high school class of 2023.Nothing was the same after that, and it’s been a whirlwind journey for White ever since.Four years later White has developed into one of the top baseball prospects to ever come out of Massachusetts and is considered a likely first-round pick in next month’s MLB Draft. At 6-foot-5, 215 pounds, White boasts mid-to-high 90s velocity and a combination of physical gifts and off-field intangibles that have scouts across the game salivating.“He’s the most talented pitcher at that age I’ve seen anywhere,” said Kevin Graber, who coached White his first three years at Phil...