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Julius Peppers and Antonio Gates headline 15-player finalists for Pro Football Hall of Fame

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:12:42 GMT

First-time candidates Julius Peppers and Antonio Gates joined nine returning finalists who advanced to the final stage of voting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2024.Peppers and Gates were announced Wednesday as finalists in their first year of eligibility. They will be joined on the 15-player ballot by five-time finalist receivers Torry Holt and Reggie Wayne.Seven other players returned as finalists with Patrick Willis, Andre Johnson, Dwight Freeney, Jared Allen, Willie Anderson, Darren Woodson and Devin Hester all getting back to this step.Defensive backs Eric Allen and Rodney Harrison, running back Fred Taylor and offensive lineman Jahri Evans made it to this stage for the first time after previously being semifinalists.The 15 finalists will be trimmed to 10 and then five during the selection meeting early next year. The final five candidates will need to get 80% of the votes from the panel to get into the Hall.Four finalists previously announced are Buddy Parker in ...

Acusan a adolescente de 14 años de matar a su hermana por disputa de un regalo de Navidad, dice la policía

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:12:42 GMT

(CNN) — Un joven de 14 años fue acusado de homicidio después de que una discusión familiar sobre regalos de Navidad desembocara en un tiroteo, dijo la oficina del sheriff del condado de Pinellas, en Florida, en un comunicado y una conferencia de prensa.El domingo, los agentes acudieron a una casa en Largo y encontraron al chico de 14 años y a Abrielle Baldwin, de 23 años, con heridas de bala, según el comunicado.Según la policía, la familia, que incluye a Abrielle Baldwin, sus dos hijos, el chico de 14 años, un hermano de 15 y su madre, estaban comprando regalos de Navidad en una tienda de la ciudad.La familia discutió porque el joven de 15 años sintió que su hermano menor estaba recibiendo más regalos, dijo el sheriff Bob Gualtieri durante una conferencia de prensa el martes.“Tuvieron una disputa familiar sobre quién obtenía qué y qué dinero se gastaba en quién, y estaban haciendo un gran alboroto en la tienda y todos estaban discutiendo entre ellos”, dijo Gualtieri.La famili...

Partido Republicano de Colorado pide a la Corte Suprema que deje a Trump en las boletas estatales

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:12:42 GMT

WASHINGTON – El Partido Republicano de Colorado pidió el miércoles a la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos que anule un fallo de un tribunal estatal que dice que Donald Trump no es elegible para postularse para presidente en el estado debido a su papel en los eventos previos al ataque del 6 de enero de 2021 contra el Capitolio en Washington, D.C.El propio equipo legal del expresidente ya ha dicho que tiene la intención de presentar su propia apelación en el caso. Mientras tanto, según los términos del fallo de la Corte Suprema de Colorado, Trump permanecerá en la boleta para las primarias republicanas en ese estado.En un primer fallo de este tipo, la Corte Suprema del estado dictaminó que Trump fue descalificado para el cargo de presidente en virtud de la 14ª Enmienda de la Constitución, que prohíbe a las personas que “participaron en insurrección” ocupar cargos. El caso plantea varias cuestiones jurídicas novedosas, incluido si el lenguaje se aplica al cargo de presi...

Reinhart has 2 goals, Sergei Bobrovsky makes 27 saves, Panthers beat Lightning 3-2

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:12:42 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Sam Reinhart had two goals, Sergei Bobrovsky made 27 saves, and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Wednesday night.Panthers coach Paul Maurice joined Scotty Bowman (2,141) and Barry Trotz (1,812) as the only NHL coaches to have coached 1,800 games. He is sixth in wins with 837.Aaron Ekblad also scored for the Panthers, and Aleksander Barkov had three assists.Nikita Kucherov scored his 300th goal and Michael Eyssimont had the other Lightning goal. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 27 shots.The Panthers were the Prince of Wales Trophy winners last year as the top team in the Eastern Conference after Tampa Bay won it the three previous three years.Reinhart made it 2-0 early in the second period off a nice back-hand pass by Evan Rodrigues.After Kucherov scored 29 seconds into the third, Reinhart got a short-handed goal to put Florida up 3-1 at 3:11. Tampa Bay got back within one 20 seconds later on Eyssimont’s power-play goal.Kucherov, the NHL points le...

The uncertain future of the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:12:42 GMT

Anchal Vohra is an international affairs commentator and was based in Beirut until recently.The India-Middle East-Europe Corridor (IMEC) was launched on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi amid much fanfare.A key pillar of United States President Joe Biden’s Indo-Pacific and Middle East strategies, the American leader hailed the project as a “real big deal.’’ European Commission President Ursula von Der Leyen called it “nothing less than historic,’’ and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi — under whom country has decided to try and shake up China’s global supply chain dominance — sold IMEC as the “basis of world trade for hundreds of years to come.”Described as Biden’s alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative — Beijing’s multinational infrastructure and trade project — the West hopes IMEC can limit China’s rising geopolitical influence. However, the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict has now put a spanner in the works, and it is stalling IMEC’s development.With war raging...

10 Lords-a-leaping: The most ludicrous House of Lords moments of 2023

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:12:42 GMT

LONDON — Britain’s honors system will be back in the spotlight Saturday as another procession of celebrities, government cronies and community heroes are handed New Year’s gongs. Up for grabs will be the usual mix of archaic titles, royal-approved medals and — best of all — jobs for life as lawmakers in the House of Lords.With the 12 days of Christmas in full swing, POLITICO homes in on those enjoying the highest rung of the British honors system with a look back at the 10 most ludicrous Lords moments of 2023. As ever, there were plenty to choose from.10. Jobs for the (nepo) boys The vast majority of peers are appointed by the government, but, astonishingly, 92 members of the Lords are still there thanks to old-fashioned English nepotism, their titles passed down the generations from father to son. If that wasn’t weird enough, Rishi Sunak decided this year that some of these ermine-clad nepo-babies were also the best men available to hold top positions in his ...

Unlocked: Top 10 behind-the-paywall stories of 2023

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:12:42 GMT

It’s been a busy year in EU policy land as lawmakers, leaders and officials raced to tie up loose ends before the European Parliament election next June, with some efforts more successful than others. The EU’s green ambitions became the center of a right-wing backlash as the real-life impact of proposed reforms started to bite. Europe’s drive for manufacturing self-sufficiency gained new political prominence, upending the bloc’s budget and competition rules and reshaping the way Europe thinks about trade. And policymakers started to lay out how they’ll govern new technologies, with an agreement on an AI act and new enforcement of the bloc’s digital rules. But POLITICO’s crack team of policy journalists have also been beavering away on plenty more juicy scoops and insider takes that didn’t initially make it over the paywall. So, as a special, extremely nerdy, Christmas gift for all the policy wonks out there, here’s a selection of our most popular articles.The...

Why Germany’s lifeless coalition won’t die

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:12:42 GMT

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made a simple promise to Germans after taking office: “You’ll never walk alone.” Scholz, a Social Democrat, borrowed the phrase from Liverpool Football Club’s anthem and has invoked it, mantra-like, at moments of tension, such as when Russia cut off natural gas deliveries to Germany, sending prices through the roof. Yet after two years in office, it is Scholz who walks increasingly alone amid a flurry of crises that have rocked and divided his three-way coalition with the Greens and the fiscally conservative Free Democrats (FDP), prompting voters to question whether the chancellor is up to the job and if his government should serve a full four-year term. To add insult to injury, Scholz received a fresh dose of COVID just in time for Christmas. After a year in which the German chancellor nearly poked one of his eyes out and won the dubious distinction of being the least-liked chancellor in his country’s mo...

Charlie Coyle scores twice as Bruins beat Sabres 4-1 to end 4-game skid

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:12:42 GMT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Charlie Coyle scored twice and Brad Marchand had two assists to lead the Boston Bruins to a 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.Mason Lohrei and Morgan Geekie also scored for the Bruins, who ended a four-game losing streak. Jeremy Swayman made 25 saves.Erik Johnson scored for the Sabres. Devon Levi made 21 saves.Special teams played a big role in the outcome as the Bruins scored on their first three power-play chances. Meanwhile, the Sabres went 0 for 6 with the man advantage.Lohrei opened the scoring 4:19 in, sending the rebound of a shot past Levi.Coyle stretched the lead to two goals, scoring on a power play with 6:18 left in the first period. Jake DeBrusk got the puck behind the Buffalo net and spotted a wide-open Coyle in front of the Buffalo crease. Coyle then buried a one-timer.Coyle scored his second power-play goal of the game 4:18 into the second, when his shot deflected off Johnson’s skate into the net.Geekie made it 4-0 with 6:16 left ...

Bruins get back on track with 4-1 win in Buffalo

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:12:42 GMT

The Bruins may or may not have gotten everything on their Christmas list, but they at least got a little of their mojo back on Wednesday.Coming out of the three-day holiday break riding a four-game losing streak, the B’s put on a special teams clinic to knock off the Sabres in Buffalo on Wednesday, 4-1.The B’s went 3-for-4 on the power play and 6-for-6 on the penalty kill to notch their first regulation win in seven games, dating back to December 9.Charlie Coyle led the way with a pair of power-play goals, wiht Jake DeBrusk getting both primary assists. Brad Marchand also picked up a couple of helpers.“Our game wasn’t at where we’d been playing for the most part this year, so we wanted to reset, come back and start building our game again in this second part of the season,” Coyle told TNT. “That was a pretty good effort for the most part.”Jeremy Swayman (25 saves) snapped a three-game personal losing streak (0-1-2) in which his teammat...