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Betts hits 2 HRs, Kershaw beats Yankees for 1st time in Dodgers’ 8-4 win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:17:08 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clayton Kershaw beat the Yankees for the first time with nine strikeouts over seven innings of four-hit ball, and Mookie Betts hit two more homers in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 8-4 victory over New York on Friday night.Betts hit a leadoff homer and an RBI single during Los Angeles’ six-run, eight-hit first inning against Luis Severino (0-1). Betts finished 4 for 4 with three RBIs in his second straight two-homer game for the NL-leading Dodgers, who got off to an impressive start in this high-profile interleague series.Kershaw (7-4) was 0-1 in four previous starts against the Yankees over his 16-year career, but the three-time Cy Young Award winner got a huge early cushion and didn’t falter after allowing early homers by Giancarlo Stanton and Josh Donaldson, who both returned from lengthy injury absences.Kershaw eventually retired his final seven batters, earning a standing ovation from Dodger Stadium after recording his final out. He has now beaten every...

San Diego prepares for Rock 'N’ Roll Marathon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:17:08 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The Rock 'N’ Roll Marathon is back for its 25th year, and runners are resting up for their big race. Saturday will kick off the weekend with a 5k through Balboa Park, but runners are being warned parking is going to be more difficult than in previous years. New bike lanes have shut down hundreds of parking spaces while Metropolitan Transit Service is trying to make up for the loss with runners utilizing mass transit.“There’s going to be thousands of riders, we are expecting a higher-than-average rate, so it’s best to be prepared," said Max Walther with the MTS. Allstate quietly stopped accepting new insurance applications from California homeowners Experts are telling runners to download the MTS pronto app to buy tickets seamlessly. The Saturday 5K is expected to shut down roads from 5:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the Balboa Park area. The official Rock ‘N’ Roll Marathon is set for Sunday. Roads and highways all over downtown San Diego are expected to be jammed from...

No winning ticket sold for Friday’s $70 million Lotto Max jackpot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:17:08 GMT

There was no winning ticket sold in Friday’s Lotto Max $70 million draw.However, one of 10 available Maxmillion prizes of $1 million each was won by a ticket holder in the Prairies.The jackpot for the next draw on June 6 will be an estimated $70 million, with 16 $1 million Maxmillion prizes up for grabs.The Canadian Press

As anti-gay sentiment grows, more LGBTQ+ people seek to flee Uganda

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:17:08 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Pretty Peter flicked through frantic messages from friends at home in Uganda. The transgender woman is relatively safe in neighboring Kenya. Her friends feel threatened by the latest anti-gay legislation in Uganda prescribing the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.”Frightened Ugandans are searching for a way to get out like Pretty Peter did. Some have stayed indoors since the law was signed on Monday, fearing that they’ll be targeted, she said.“Right now, homophobes have received a validation from the government to attack people,” the 26-year-old said, standing in a room decorated with somber portraits from a global project called “Where Love is Illegal.” “My friends have already seen a change of attitude among their neighbors and are working on obtaining papers and transport money to seek refuge in Kenya,” she said.That’s challenging: One message to Pretty Peter read, “Me and the girls we want to come but things a(re) too hard.” Another said tha...

Inside the penal colonies: A glimpse at life for political prisoners swept up in Russia’s crackdowns

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:17:08 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Alexei Navalny turns 47 on Sunday, he’ll wake up in a bare concrete cell with hardly any natural light.He won’t be able to see or talk to any of his loved ones. Phone calls and visits are banned for those in “punishment isolation” cells, a 2-by-3-meter (6 1/2-by-10-foot) space. Guards usually blast patriotic songs and speeches by President Vladimir Putin at him.“Guess who is the champion of listening to Putin’s speeches? Who listens to them for hours and falls asleep to them?” Navalny said recently in a typically sardonic social media post via his attorneys from Penal Colony No. 6 in the Vladimir region east of Moscow.He is serving a nine-year term due to end in 2030 on charges widely seen as trumped up, and is facing another trial on new charges that could keep him locked up for another two decades. Rallies have been called for Sunday in Russia to support him.Navalny has become Russia’s most famous political prisoner — and not just because o...

Emirati hosts want UN climate talks to deliver ‘game-changing results,’ with big oil at the table

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:17:08 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — A senior United Arab Emirates official says the Gulf nation wants the U.N. climate summit it’s hosting later this year to deliver “game-changing results” for international efforts to curb global warming, but doing so will require having the fossil fuel industry at the table.Environmental campaigners have slammed the presence of oil and gas lobbyists at previous rounds of talks, warning that their interests are opposed to the goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions — caused to a large degree by the burning of fossil fuels. Last month scores of U.S. and European lawmakers called for the summit’s designated chair, Sultan al-Jaber, to be replaced over his links to the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.The issue complicates already-delicate negotiations ahead of the Nov. 30 – Dec. 12 meeting in Dubai, known as COP28. Preliminary talks starting next week in Bonn, Germany, will show whether the incoming UAE presidency can overcome skepticism among ...

AP’s Global Week in Pictures: May 27 – June 2

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:17:08 GMT

May 27 – June 2, 2023From the campaign trail in Iowa of US presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump, to the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by the Associated Press in the past week.The selections were curated by AP photo editor Anita Baca in Mexico City.Source

Buscan desesperadamente a posibles sobrevivientes del choque de trenes que dejó cerca de 300 muertos en India

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:17:08 GMT

(CNN) — Los equipos de rescate de la India luchan por encontrar supervivientes tras el terrible accidente de tres trenes en el que murieron cientos de personas, en lo que constituye una de las peores catástrofes ferroviarias que ha vivido el país.Se han confirmado al menos 288 muertos y más de 1.000 heridos tras la colisión el viernes de dos trenes de pasajeros y un tren de mercancías en la ciudad de Balasore, en el estado oriental de Odisha.Sin embargo, los equipos de rescate prevén que el número de muertos aumente aún más, ya que se cree que muchas personas han quedado atrapadas bajo los vagones volcados.“No tenemos muchas esperanzas de rescatar a nadie con vida”, declaró el jefe de los servicios de bomberos de Odisha, Sudhanshu Sarangi, al canal de noticias local NDTV.La causa del accidente sigue sin estar clara, pero el ministro indio de Ferrocarriles, Ashwini Vaishnaw, declaró a la prensa el sábado que se ha ordenado una “investigación de alto nivel̶...

Taillon, Swanson lead Cubs to a 2-1 win over Padres

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:17:08 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jameson Taillon pitched effectively into the sixth inning, Dansby Swanson homered among his three hits, and the Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 2-1 on Friday night in the opener of a four-game series.“That is the best I have seen him I think since spring training – on the attack,” Cubs manager David Ross said of Taillon. “I thought he did spectacular – it is as good as I’ve seen him.”Taillon (1-3), who came in winless over his previous eight starts with an 8.04 ERA, kept the Padres batters off-balance twice through their lineup and earned the win. He gave up three hits and one run in a season-high 5 2/3 innings.“Been grinding, working really hard with everyone behind the scenes. It is nice to get the results,” Taillon said. “I haven’t felt like a huge part of what we are doing yet just because I haven’t been pulling my weight, so it is nice to contribute and be part of a win.”Padres starter Michael Wacha (5-2) struggled wit...

Texas A&M beats Cal State Fullerton 12-7 in regional nightcap

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:17:08 GMT

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Jack Moss and No. 9 hitter Max Kaufer had three hits apiece and combined for five RBIs as Texas A&M rolled to a 12-7 victory over Cal State Fullerton in Friday’s nightcap of the Stanford Regional.Kaufer, a catcher, drove in three runs for the second-seeded Aggies (37-25), who advance to play No. 1 seed Stanford on Saturday. The third-seeded Titans (31-23) will play an elimination game against No. 4 seed San Jose State earlier in the day.Moss, who was among four Texas A&M players with two RBIs, erased a 3-0 deficit with a go-ahead two-run single in a five-run bottom of the second inning. The Aggies pushed across three more runs in the third to take an 8-3 lead. Ryan Targac had a two-run homer in the fourth, Hunter Haas followed with a run-scoring double and the Aggies had an eight-run advantage.Zach Lew had two hits, including a double, and three RBIs for the Titans.Shane Sdao (4-1) earned the win, issuing two walks over four no-hit innings in re...