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Wimbledon: Top seed Carlos Alcaraz starts with a straight-set win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:20:12 GMT

By CHRIS LEHOURITES | AP Sports WriterWIMBLEDON, England (AP) — In only his third Wimbledon tournament, Carlos Alcaraz is already one of the main men to beat.The top-seeded Spaniard hasn’t been past the fourth round at the All England Club, but he has become the primary threat in Novak Djokovic’s quest for a record-equaling eighth men’s title at the grass-court Grand Slam.On Tuesday, Alcaraz beat Jeremy Chardy 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 on No. 1 Court — a fitting location for the No. 1 player in the world.The match was played under the roof because rain affected play on the outside courts for the second straight day.“Obviously without the roof, with sun, is much better for me. I think for everyone as well,” Alcaraz said on court. “With the roof or not, I have to show my best level.”His best led Alcaraz to his first major title at the U.S. Open last year. He reached the final at this year’s French Open, but Djokovic ended up winning his 23rd Grand Slam title in that match.At Wimbledon, Alcaraz re...

Philipsen makes it back-to-back Tour de France stage wins, Yates keeps overall lead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:20:12 GMT

NOGARO, France (AP) — Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen won a mass sprint to earn a second straight stage victory at the Tour de France on Tuesday, while Adam Yates kept the race leader’s yellow jersey heading into the Pyrenees mountains.Philipsen followed up his win on Monday’s third stage and was once again expertly helped into position to attack by his Alpecin–Deceuninck teammate and countryman Mathieu van der Poel.Philipsen showcased his pure speed by holding off Australian rider Caleb Ewan at the line to underline his credentials to win the sprinter’s green jersey with another impressive performance. Philipsen’s countryman Wout van Aert won it last year.German rider Phil Bauhaus was third to make it the same top three finishers as Monday, with Ewan beating Bauhaus this time. Several riders behind them crashed as they jostled for position on the final straight. The 181.8-kilometer (112.7-mile) route from Dax to Nogaro in southwestern France was almost totally flat...

Violento 4 de julio: los tiroteos masivos ocurridos en EEUU durante las últimas horas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:20:12 GMT

WASHINGTON – Al menos 8 personas murieron el lunes en tiroteos que ocurrieron en los estados de Texas y Pensilvania, producidos en las horas previas a que EEUU celebre este martes el Día de la Independencia, una jornada que, según las estadísticas, suele ser de las más violentas del año.La Policía de la ciudad de Filadelfia, en Pensilvania, informó que un hombre fue detenido la noche del lunes tras disparar indiscriminadamente contra varias personas en el barrio de Kingsessing, en el suroeste de la ciudad.Cinco personas murieron en este suceso y dos más, dos menores de 2 y 13 años, resultaron heridos. El hombre vestía un chaleco antibalas y tenía varios cargadores, un rifle de asalto AR 15 y una pistola. Tiroteo luego de festival local deja tres muertos y 8 heridos en Texas, según la policía Hombre vestido con chaleco antibalas mata a 5 personas y hiere a dos menores En otro suceso violento registrado en la ciudad de Forth W...

Retired tennis champion Ash Barty announces birth of baby boy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:20:12 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — Retired tennis champion Ash Barty on Tuesday announced the birth of her first child.The former No. 1 player, who retired just over 15 months ago, revealed on social media that she and husband Garry Kissick had welcomed a baby boy.“Our beautiful boy. Welcome to the world, Hayden!” the Australian wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of the newborn.The three-time Grand Slam champion who spent more than two consecutive years at No. 1 in the rankings retired at the age of 25, just two months after winning the 2022 Australian Open title.Barty won the Wimbledon title two years ago and the French Open in 2019.___AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Yan Mingfu, Communist Party envoy to protesters in China’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, dies at age 91

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:20:12 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Yan Mingfu, a former top Communist Party figure who acted as an envoy to pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989 and was forced out after the protests were crushed, has died, according to Chinese news reports. He was 91.Yan died Monday in a hospital of unspecified causes, media including the business news magazine Caixin and Phoenix Satellite TV reported.Born in 1931, Yan was the son of Yan Baohan, an intelligence official for the party, then an underground group fighting a guerrilla war against the Nationalist Party-led government of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek.Yan joined the party in 1949, the year the Nationalists were driven into exile on Taiwan and the Communist government was established. He studied Russian and spent two decades as an official interpreter, including for then-leader Mao Zedong in meetings with the Soviet Union’s Josef Stalin and other foreign leaders.Yan and his father were arrested in 1967, a year after Mao launched t...

Canceled and postponed fireworks shows: Check the updated list

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:20:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Fourth of July is here. Celebrate Independence Day with a bang at free fireworks displays in communities across Colorado.We put together a full list of events happening across the state.Postponed or canceled fireworks shows in ColoradoSevere storms are expected in Denver and along the Front Range on Tuesday afternoon and evening, with the potential to impact July 4th fireworks displays. Storms on July 4th: Check the Pinpoint Weather forecast These are the updates that have been announced:Estes Park: Postponed to July 15 at 9:30 p.m.Golden: Postponed to later this summerKremmling: Canceled due to eagles nesting in areaThis list will be updated with cancellations and postponements as they are announced. Look for details on events in red on the full list below.Colorado fireworks shows: Full listTuesday, July 4Arvada: Arvada’s Independence Day Celebration will be held at the Stenger Sports Complex starting at approximately 9 p.m. Gates will open to ...

Arvada police ask for help finding missing 10-year-old boy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:20:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the Arvada Police Department are asking the public for help in finding a missing boy.Demetrius Martinez, 10, reportedly walked away from Wolff Park, located at 8500 W. 57th Ave. in Arvada at approximately 6:40 p.m. Monday, according to CBI. Two homes destroyed, firefighter burned in 2-alarm firework fire The boy is described as white, 4 feet 11 inches tall with brown hair and hazel eyes.He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt and gray shorts with flip-flops.CBI said they are concerned about him at his young age and are asking the public to call the Arvada Police Department at 720-898-6900 if you see him.

Victims’ families and survivors granted private visits to Parkland school shooting building

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:20:12 GMT

In an effort to provide closure and support healing, officials will be conducting private visits to the interior of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s 1200 building. The building holds significance as the location where a lone gunman tragically took the lives of 14 students and three staff members on Feb. 14, 2018.The visits, set to take place over the next few days, were requested by the affected families and survivors and will be strictly private. Those who wish to see the crime scene before any changes are made will have the opportunity to be accompanied by representatives from the Broward State Attorney’s Office, advocates from Eagles’ Haven Wellness Center, law enforcement officials from the Broward Sheriff’s Office, and the liaison advocate for the Broward County School District.This arrangement, specifically tailored for the 34 victims involved in the mass shooting prosecution, was established based on their explicit request and with the full coope...

Partygate reignites as UK police probe fresh claims

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:20:12 GMT

LONDON — British police are investigating fresh claims of coronavirus lockdown-breaching gatherings in Westminster, in the latest twist in the Partygate scandal. The Metropolitan Police announced Tuesday that it is opening one new investigation — into a December 8, 2020 “gathering in Parliament” — and re-opening another, covering an “event in Matthew Parker Street on 14 December 2020.”The first date is the same as a gathering reportedly attended by senior Conservative MP — and Partygate inquisitor — Bernard Jenkin, according to the Guido Fawkes website.The second date matches with a controversial “jingle and mingle” event at Conservative HQ. That event, at which party aides were pictured dancing and laughing at a time social gatherings were tightly restricted, was the subject of an exposé by the Sunday Mirror.In June, Boris Johnson — who was fined for his own COVID-19 rule breaches and recently condemned by the Commons privileges committee fo...

European Commission cooks up GDPR steroids shot 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:20:12 GMT

The European Union executive on Tuesday presented a new law that would require European privacy regulators to share more information upfront in major privacy cases and more often settle such cases out of court — in an effort to speed up how its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is enforced.The European Commission suggested a set of new rules to speed up cross-border cases like the ones against Meta, Google, Amazon and others that the bloc’s privacy regulators have finished in past years as POLITICO previously reported Monday. The draft rules include sharing information earlier on to avoid last-minute haggling between authorities and nudging them to avoid litigation in court. Authorities are also asked to broadly keep investigations confidential to protect the process. “The GDPR is well enforced but we can do better,” Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders said today. “We’ve seen many fines, but sometimes it’s complex and long,” he said, referring...