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Some of soccer’s biggest stars are struggling to make an impact at the Women’s World Cup

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:14 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — Some of the biggest names in soccer have yet to show up at the Women’s World Cup. That’s literally been the case of Australian star Sam Kerr, who missed the first two games with a calf injury. Kerr has recovered in time to play for Australia in a crucial final Group B game against Canada on Monday. The Matildas need to beat the Canadians to ensure they advance to the knockout round, and the Chelsea striker’s return to the lineup brings needed energy to the team. “Mentally, it’s massive. It brings so much to our team and obviously also a lot to the opposition knowing that we have Sam available for this game,” Australia defender Ellie Carpenter said.Kerr’s injury on the eve of Australia’s opening game against Ireland set the tone for a tournament that hasn’t been kind to some of its biggest stars. She was the face of co-host Australia’s preparations for the tournament, which is also being staged in New Zealand. She dominated the ...

Mets follow up Max Scherzer trade with ugly loss to Nationals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:14 GMT

Boos rained down early and often Saturday night at Citi Field, where the Mets followed up their trade of ace Max Scherzer with a punchless performance against the last-place Nationals.Mets pitcher Carlos Carrasco surrendered eight runs — including four in the first inning — in his latest ugly outing, failing to get through three innings in New York’s 11-6 loss.A throwing error by Mets rookie third baseman Mark Vientos on the first play of the game set the tone, and a barrage of hits by the Nationals followed. Joey Meneses recorded an RBI single, ex-Met Dominic Smith added a two-run knock and Stone Garrett lifted a sacrifice fly to account for the first-inning offense.The booing started during that opening frame and grew louder with every Washington run. The contentious crowd let Carrasco especially hear it after a two-run double by Riley Adams knocked the 36-year-old pitcher out of the game with the Mets trailing 8-1.Six of the eight runs against Carrasco (3-5) wer...

African leaders leave Russia summit without grain deal or a path to end the war in Ukraine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:14 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — African leaders are leaving two days of meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin with little to show for their requests to resume a deal that kept grain flowing from Ukraine and to find a path to end the war there.Putin in a press conference late Saturday following the Russia-Africa summit said Russia’s termination of the grain deal earlier this month caused a rise in grain prices that benefits Russian companies. He added that Moscow would share some of those revenues with the “poorest nations.”That commitment, with no details, follows Putin’s promise to start shipping 25,000 to 50,000 tons of grain for free to each of six African nations in the next three to four months — an amount dwarfed by the 725,000 tons shipped by the U.N. World Food Program to several hungry countries, African and otherwise, under the grain deal. Russia plans to send the free grain to Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Mali, Somalia, Eritrea and Central African Republic.Fewer than 20 of Afri...

Taylor Swift breaks curfew for second night in a row at Levi’s Stadium

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:14 GMT

Curfews just can’t stop Taylor Swift.The multiplatinum-selling pop star roared right past the 11 p.m. weekend curfew at Levi’s Stadium for the second consecutive night on Saturday (July 29).Not that the approximately 58,000 fans in attendance likely minded, as the star delivered yet another sold-out show on her blockbuster Eras Tour, which supports not just one but four recent albums — 2019’s “Lover,” 2020’s “Folklore” and “Evermore” and 2022’s “Midnights.”“Swifties” were probably happy to just keep grooving to the dozens of tunes in the massive setlist.The show ended with a cascade of fireworks at 11:26 a.mSwift also broke curfew on Friday as she performed a 45-song, 3½-hour set that ran until roughly 11:38 p.m. So far, there have been no repercussions from Santa Clara city officials. Michelle Templeton, a spokeswoman for the city, said no noise complaints were filed with Santa Clara’s police department about Friday’s concert.Related Articl...

Secuestran a enfermera estadounidense y a su hijo en Haití

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:14 GMT

(CNN) — Una enfermera estadounidense y su hijo fueron secuestrados en Haití, según El Roi Haiti, la organización cristiana de ayuda humanitaria para la que trabaja.Según los informes, Alix Dorsainvil, esposa del director de El Roi Haití, Sandro Dorsainvil, y su hijo fueron secuestrados el jueves por la mañana, según un comunicado en el sitio web de El Roi Haití.Los dos fueron secuestrados mientras servían en su ministerio comunitario en el campus de El Roi Haití, cerca de la capital, Puerto Príncipe, según la publicación.“Alix es una persona profundamente compasiva y cariñosa que considera a Haití su hogar y al pueblo haitiano sus amigos y familiares. Alix ha trabajado incansablemente como nuestra enfermera escolar y comunitaria para brindar alivio a quienes sufren mientras ama y sirve a la gente de Haití en el nombre de Jesús”, dice el comunicado.EE.UU. ordena abandonar Haití al personal no destinado a emergenciasEmbajada de EE.UU. en Haití, en alerta por pandillas 0:48Dorsai...

Play Ball! New York State Baseball Hall of Fame Museum open for business

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:14 GMT

GLOVERSVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The New York State Baseball Hall of Fame Museum had its grand opening Saturday in Gloversville. Fans from across the Capital Region lined up outside to take in the historic occasion and feast their eyes on some of New York State's baseball paraphernalia. In addition, local baseball legends like Union College's Paul Mound, Siena's John Degregory and MLB Network's Brian Kenny made an appearance to show support and spread their love for America's national pastime. "We want to keep this alive - the legacy of baseball in New York State alive," said the Hall of Fame's founder and executive director Rene LeRoux. "Gloversville is famous for making baseball gloves. Bats are made in Dolgeville, Amsterdam. there's a lot of baseball in Troy, New York, Albany New York. There's a rich history of baseball, and it really sort of focuses on this region. Obviously, Cooperstown is the epicenter for that, but we fall in that we wanted to be in that loop." Kenny hosted the...

Thousands remain powerless as DC area recovers from strong summer storms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:14 GMT

Listen live to WTOP for the latest on storm damage and outages.D.C., Maryland and Virginia are in recovery mode after severe weather walloped area trees and knocked off power for thousands across the region. Here’s what you need to know.Current Outages — Power outages continue for more than 25,000 Pepco customers, 28,000 Dominion Energy customers, 8,800 BGE customers and over 15,000 SMECO customers.Traffic Impact — Part of George Washington Memorial Parkway is closed through Sunday while crews remove trees in the road.Heat Support — Some heat relief services will remain open into the morning after the storm.After a multiday heat wave brought dangerously high temperatures into the forecast, storms packed with winds gusting above 55 mph found their way into the capital region. Those storms brought down powerlines, trees and some buildings in the area, creating a big challenge forBy 2:30 a.m., thousands of Pepco customers were still in the dark — the number is a far cry from the ...

Sam Kerr returns for Australia ahead of must-win Women’s World Cup match against Canada

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:14 GMT

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Sam Kerr is set to return for Australia at the Women’s World Cup just in time for a must-win match against Canada. If the Matildas lose, the tournament co-hosts will be eliminated.That was barely even a consideration ahead of this World Cup, with Kerr expected to take Australia deep into the tournament for perhaps a shot at the championship. But the star striker missed the the home team’s first two matches with a calf injury. She announced ahead of Monday’s match in Melbourne that she will play against Canada, the Olympic gold medalists in Tokyo. A win will put Australia into the knockout round for the fifth consecutive time. A shocking 3-2 loss to Nigeria dropped Australia to third in Group B, behind Nigeria and Canada, and a loss in the last group game would be devastating for the co-hosts.Kerr is Australia’s all-time leading scorer with 63 goals in 121 games.“I’m definitely going to be available,” Kerr said, “but how we decide ...

Today in History: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare into law

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:14 GMT

Today in History Today is Sunday, July 30, the 211th day of 2023. There are 154 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 30, 1945, the Portland class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, having just delivered components of the atomic bomb to Tinian in the Mariana Islands during World War II, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine; only 317 out of nearly 1,200 men survived. On this date: In 1619, the first representative assembly in America convened in Jamestown in the Virginia Colony. In 1729, Baltimore, Maryland, was founded.In 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces tried to take Petersburg, Virginia, by exploding a gunpowder-laden mine shaft beneath Confederate defense lines; the attack failed. In 1916, German saboteurs blew up a munitions plant on Black Tom, an island near Jersey City, New Jersey, killing about a dozen people. In 1918, poet Joyce Kilmer, a sergeant in the 165th U.S. Infantry Regiment, was killed during the Second Battle of the Marne in World War I...

Kenya ofrece desplegar 1.000 policías en Haití para combatir la violencia de las pandillas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:53:14 GMT

(CNN) — Kenya ofreció desplegar 1.000 policías en la nación caribeña de Haití, en medio de enfrentamientos armados entre grupos criminales y la policía, dijo en Twitter el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Kenya, Alfred Mutua.“A pedido del Grupo de Naciones Amigos de Haití, Kenya aceptó considerar positivamente liderar una Fuerza Multinacional a Haití”, escribió Mutua este sábado.La fuerza de Kenya ayudará a entrenar y ayudar a la policía haitiana a “restaurar la normalidad en el país y proteger las instalaciones estratégicas”, según Mutua.El índice de criminalidad en Haití se ha disparado más del doble en apenas un añoLa fuerza se desplegará una vez que se obtenga el mandato del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU y se lleven a cabo otros procesos constitucionales de Kenya, dijo Mutua.El Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. ordenó este jueves que todo su personal que no es de emergencia abandone el país, luego de advertir sobre una alta amenaza de delitos violentos y se...