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Bridge: June 24, 2023

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

A tour guide at a Revolutionary War battlefield, dressed in colonial-era garb, slipped and fell, fractured a wrist and wound up in an ER. The doctor who saw him was taken aback:“Sir, just how long have you been waiting?”Sometimes a defender can wait around for tricks, sometimes not. Against today’s four spades, West led the ace of diamonds: four, seven, queen. He then led a second diamond. Declarer ruffed, drew trumps and lost a club to East’s ace. South ruffed the next diamond and ran the clubs to discard his losing hearts. Making five.CLEAR THREATWest needed heart tricks to beat the contract and couldn’t wait to get them; dummy’s clubs were a clear threat to provide discards. At Trick Two, West must shift to the five of hearts. The defense will get two hearts, a club and a diamond.At matchpoint scoring, West might consider shifting to the king of hearts, which might stop an overtrick. At IMPs or Chicago scoring, to shift to a low heart is his be...

Horoscopes June 24, 2023: Mindy Kaling, take advantage of the possibilities

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Candice Patton, 35; Minka Kelly, 43; Mindy Kaling, 44; Sherry Stringfield, 56.Happy Birthday: Observe what’s happening around you to ensure you make decisions in your best interest this year. Focus more on your needs and less on accommodating others. Take better care of your emotional, physical and financial concerns by refusing to let others deplete your resources or take advantage of your generosity. A steady pace will help you take advantage of the possibilities and opportunities you encounter. Your numbers are 3, 11, 24, 27, 30, 39, 45.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Speak up, gather facts and encourage those you encounter. You don’t have to go overboard to make a difference; when you do the right thing, doors open and positive change occurs. Focus on making your world a better place. 3 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Put your heart and soul into exploring what interests you. Expand your circle of friends and implement the changes that make yo...

Word Game: June 24, 2023

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

TODAY’S WORD — NEWSPEAK (NEWSPEAK: NOO-speek: Deliberately ambiguous and contradictory language used to mislead the public.)Average mark 34 wordsTime limit 45 minutesCan you find 47 or more words in NEWSPEAK? The list will be published Monday.YESTERDAY’S WORD — STELLAR sale salt salter sate seal sear seat sell slat slate stale staler stall star stare steal tale tall taller tare teal tear tell tsar earl east lase laser last late later least lest alert alter arts aster rale rase rate real restTo purchase the Word Game book, visit WordGameBooks.com. Order it now for just $5 while supplies last!RULES OF THE GAME:1. Words must be of four or more letters.2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3. Additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. For example, if “bake” is used, “baked” or “bakes” are not allowed, but “bake” and “baking” are admissible.4. Proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar ...

Putin corre el riesgo de perder su férreo control del poder. Las próximas 24 horas son críticas

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

(CNN) — Esto sencillamente no ocurre en la Rusia de Vladimir Putin. Sobre todo en público.El presidente se enfrenta a la amenaza más grave a su control del poder en los 23 años que lleva dirigiendo el Estado nuclear. Y es asombroso ver cómo se desmorona de la noche a la mañana la apariencia de control total que ha mantenido todo ese tiempo, el punto de venta definitivo de su autocracia.Por qué Rusia investiga al jefe del grupo Wagner, Yevgeny PrigozhinEra a la vez inevitable e imposible. Inevitable, ya que la mala gestión de la guerra había significado que solo un sistema tan homogéneamente cerrado e inmune a la crítica como el Kremlin podría sobrevivir a una desventura tan atroz. E imposible, ya que los críticos de Putin simplemente desaparecen, o caen por las ventanas, o son envenenados salvajemente. Sin embargo, ahora el quinto ejército más grande del mundo se enfrenta a un fin de semana en el que el fratricidio —el vuelco de las armas sobre sus compañeros soldados— es lo ú...

Nearly 13 years later, DC man found guilty of killing missing woman that’s never been found

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

A D.C. man was convicted Friday in connection to the 2010 murder of Unique Harris, a 24-year-old mother that disappeared from her home and was never found, according to the Department of Justice.Isaac Moye, 46, was arrested in December 2020 for Harris’ killing after police had interviewed him multiple times after her disappearance, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.“Thanks to dogged police work by the Metropolitan Police Department detectives who worked this case, and the dedicated, tireless efforts of the prosecution team, a jury held this defendant accountable for this heinous murder,” said U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves in the statement.Harris was hosting a sleepover for her two young children and their nine-year-old cousin at her home in Southeast D.C. when she disappeared on Oct. 9, 2010, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. She put the children to bed an hour before Moye arrived at her home at 10:39 p.m., calling her on her cellphone before e...

Russian rockets strike five Ukraine regions amid Wagner rebellion

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

For live updates on Russia’s Wagner mutiny, follow our blog here.Moscow unleashed a barrage of missiles at Ukraine even as the renegade Wagner mercenary group staged a rebellion against the Russian military.Russian missiles struck five regions across the country, including those of Kyiv and Kharkiv, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on social media. In Kyiv, the missiles hit a 24-story residential building in the Solomyansky district, he said. Three people were killed and another eight injured. “Night shelling of civilians is the style of terrorists. Russian style,” Klymenko said in a post on Telegram. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram around 9 a.m. local time that search and rescue efforts were still ongoing at the stricken apartment building. In a video posted to Telegram, Klitschko can be seen wading through the rubble while emergency personnel search through the destroyed building. Pictures show a gaping hole in the side where the ...

Luggage, laundry and a chaotic lifestyle: Orioles shuttle players adjusting to challenging role

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

Logan Gillaspie doesn’t hang his clothes up.He figures, what’s the point? As one of several players who bounce back and forth from the Orioles and their Triple-A team, the relief pitcher has decided to live as a nomad.“I live out of my suitcase,” Gillaspie said. “If I wear something and it’s dirty, I put it in the laundry. I’ll wash it and then put it back in my suitcase because I already know I’ll be up and down and up and down.”The chaotic lifestyle is one that Gillaspie, a relief pitcher with Baltimore for the third time this season, has gotten used to. In addition to Gillaspie, the Orioles have three players on their 26-man roster who have frequented the shuttle, including infielder Joey Ortiz and catcher Anthony Bemboom.“I think as well as you possibly can,” manager Brandon Hyde said when asked how those players have handled that role. “It’s definitely not easy. I give them a lot of credit. When they ...

Who is Julian Phillips? 5 things to know about the Chicago Bulls’ No. 35 pick in the 2023 NBA draft.

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

The Chicago Bulls traded into the second round of the NBA draft Thursday to select Julian Phillips with the No. 35 pick.Get to know the Bulls’ latest draft pick before he arrives in Chicago to prepare for the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas next month.1. Where did Julian Phillips play in college?Phillips played one year at Tennessee before committing to the draft this spring. He averaged 8.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.4 assists as the Volunteers went 25-11 in the regular season before making it to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.A native of Killeen, Texas, Phillips started his high school career in Blythewood, S.C., before transferring to Link Prep — a biblical preparatory academy in Branson, Mo., created in 2020 — as a senior. He played in the 2022 McDonald’s All-American Game as a senior, earning interest as a consensus five-star recruit and a top-20 player in his class.2. Why did the Bulls select Phillips?Physicality and defense were the two defini...

Follow the timeline of the Titan submersible’s journey from departure to tragic discovery

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

By HOLLY RAMER (Associated Press)The wrecks of the Titanic and the Titan sit on the ocean floor, separated by 1,600 feet (490 meters) and 111 years of history. How they came together unfolded over an intense week that raised temporary hopes and left lingering questions.THE BUILDUPThe Polar Prince, a Canadian icebreaker ship, steamed out of Newfoundland on Friday, June 16, towing the experimental Titan submersible and carrying the five-man team headed to explore the iconic ocean liner’s watery gravesite. Three missions involving other teams had been scrapped due to bad weather in the previous four weeks, but the latest OceanGate Expeditions group was hopeful.“A weather window has just opened up and we are going to attempt a dive tomorrow,” renowned adventurer Hamish Harding said Saturday on Instagram. “More expedition updates to follow IF the weather holds!”THE DIVE DOWNMoving about the Polar Prince, mission participants were required to wear water-activated life vests, bright orange...

9/11 cancer cases cloud ‘sickening’ PGA-LIV golf merger

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:58:23 GMT

Victims of the 9/11 terror attacks are still dying — from cancer.“We estimate 125,000 people are sick,” said Dan Hansen, a toxic exposure attorney. “How do you forget 9/11 when you get a call from your doctor saying you have prostate, testicular, or male breast cancer?”That’s why the PGA’s shocking marriage with Saudi-backed LIV Golf is infuriating not only 9/11 loved ones but those hero police, firefighters, EMTs, Salvation Army volunteers and so many more who raced to Ground Zero after the Sept. 11, 2001, attack to help.A Senate investigative subcommittee chaired by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is calling both the PGA and Liv Golf honchos before the committee on July 11, according to NBC News, to question them about the deal. The Justice Department is also looking into the merger over antitrust concerns, the Wall Street Journal reported.Hansen said Friday the “PGA selling out and saying 9/11 is behind us” is “si...