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Stephens: The fallacy of the Mideast war “Cease-Fire Now” crowd

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:23 GMT

Of all that’s been said and written about the war between Israel and Hamas, nothing has cut through the mental fog quite so brightly as a remark this month from Hillary Clinton on “The View.”“Remember,” the former secretary of state said, “there was a cease-fire on Oct. 6 that Hamas broke by their barbaric assault on peaceful civilians and their kidnapping, their killing, their beheading, their terrible, inhumane savagery.”Those three words — that Hamas broke — aren’t trivial. They give the lie to the “Cease-Fire Now” mirage, or imposture, that has become a rallying cry at pro-Palestinian demonstrations. They are at the heart of what the war is about, and the key to how it can end. And they are the bright dividing line between those who would allow Hamas to get away with murder, and those who would refuse.Why should it matter that it was Hamas that broke the cease-fire when Palestinian civilians are being killed in large numbers by Israeli bombs and bullets? Those saying...

Grealish misses Man City vs. Liverpool match because of illness. Haaland starts

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:23 GMT

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Jack Grealish was left out of Manchester City’s squad against Liverpool on Saturday because he was was unwell.But Erling Haaland was in the starting lineup for the clash between the Premier League’s top two at Etihad Stadium. The striker sustained a knock while on international duty with Norway last week.City manager Pep Guardiola said England international Grealish was “feeling unwell” and that was the reason for the midfielder’s absence.John Stones was on the substitutes’ bench after recovering from a muscle injury.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Así está el legado de Diego Maradona, tres años después de su muerte

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:23 GMT

(CNN Español) — “Para nosotros los argentinos, el 10 es un número muy especial. Vos decís ‘10’ y automáticamente se te viene Maradona a la cabeza”, dijo Lionel Messi en semanas atrás en diálogo organizado por Adidas con el exfutbolista Zinedine Zidane.Diego Maradona tendría hoy 63 años. Habría visto campeón del mundo por tercera vez a la Selección de Argentina. Estaría, como siempre, con su aura magnética, con su presencia de fuego y con ese espíritu quijotesco que marcó el sendero de su vida.Maradona fue un rayo que recorrió el mundo gracias a sus hazañas deportivas, a su rebeldía incombustible, a su andar intrépido y sin pausas. Esa leyenda en vida se apagó un 25 de noviembre de 2020, a sus 60 años. Aunque con la inmortalidad que había adquirido, por una vida de tan alto voltaje, la cual tras su deceso no hizo más que agrandar ese legado de una figura distintiva mucho más allá del propio fútbol.Asimilando día a día su partida por parte de sus íntimosEste 25 de no...

At FGCU, there are no guards, no forwards and no centers. Only shooters.

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:23 GMT

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — If one was to break down Florida Gulf Coast’s scoring so far this season by position, this would be the mathematics:— 0% from guards.— 0% from forwards.— 0% from centers.— 100% from shooters.FGCU — a mid-major program that has won at least 30 games in six of the last nine seasons and has led all of Division I women’s basketball in 3-pointers made in each of the last four years — has taken the concept of positionless basketball to an entirely new level. The Eagles have 16 players on their roster, and every one of them is listed at the same position: shooter.Some may seem like guards, some may have post moves like forwards or centers, but the Eagles just classify everyone the same way.“I was being asked what position everybody was,” said Eagles coach Karl Smesko, who has guided his team into the season-ending AP Top 25 in two of the last three seasons; only nine schools have been ranked in the final poll in each of the last three seasons. “We don’t really have a po...

Mujer que afirmó que el exgobernador de Nueva York Andrew Cuomo la había manoseado presenta una demanda

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:23 GMT

(CNN) — Una exayudante del exgobernador de Nueva York Andrew Cuomo, que anteriormente afirmó que Cuomo le había manoseado un pecho, presentó una demanda contra él alegando acoso y abuso sexual, según una citación presentada esta semana.Brittany Commisso, una de las 11 mujeres cuyas denuncias de acoso fueron corroboradas por un informe de agosto de 2021 de la fiscal general del estado, presentó una demanda contra el exgobernador en virtud de la Ley de Supervivientes Adultos de Nueva York, alegando “conducta abusiva generalizada” y “acoso sexual continuo” durante su empleo como su asistente, según la citación presentada el miércoles en el Tribunal Supremo del Condado de Albany.Seis meses después de su firma en mayo de 2022, la ley estatal abrió una ventana de un año para que los supervivientes adultos de delitos sexuales demandaran a sus presuntos abusadores, incluso si el plazo de prescripción de sus reclamaciones había expirado.Cuomo es una de las varia...

Israel’s appetite for high-tech weapons highlights a Biden policy gap

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:23 GMT

Within hours of the Hamas attack on Israel last month, a Silicon Valley drone company called Skydio began receiving emails from the Israeli military. The requests were for the company’s short-range reconnaissance drones — small flying vehicles used by the U.S. Army to navigate obstacles autonomously and produce 3D scans of complex structures like buildings.The company said yes. In the three weeks since the attack, Skydio has sent more than 100 drones to the Israeli Defense Forces, with more to come, according to Mark Valentine, the Skydio executive in charge of government contracts.Skydio isn’t the only American tech company fielding orders. Israel’s ferocious campaign to eliminate Hamas from the Gaza Strip is creating new demand for cutting-edge defense technology — often supplied directly by newer, smaller manufacturers, outside the traditional nation-to-nation negotiations for military supplies.Already, Israel is using self-piloting drones from Shield AI for close-quart...

Russia barrages Ukraine with record number of drones in overnight attack

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:23 GMT

KYIV — In the largest aerial attack since its invasion started, Russia barraged Ukraine with 75 Shahed drones overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday. Most of the drones were aimed at Kyiv and the region around the capital, the Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement.Ukrainian forces managed to shoot down all but one of the Shahed kamikaze drones, as well as an X-59 cruise missile over the Dnipro region, the Ukrainian air force said.The assault included the highest number of Russian drones to be deployed in one night since Moscow launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The air attack lasted more than six hours, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said in a statement. Anti-aircraft missiles, tactical aviation, mobile fire groups, and electronic warfare units were involved in repelling the air attack. No deaths were reported as a result of the barrage, but falling debris damaged buildings. In Kyiv, a fire broke out at a kindergarten, while windows were damaged in n...

Hamas is set to release more hostages for Israel-held Palestinians on the second day of a truce

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:23 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas was preparing to release more than a dozen hostages Saturday for several dozen Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, part of an exchange on the second day of a cease-fire that has allowed critical humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and given civilians their first respite after seven weeks of war.While uncertainty remained around the details of the exchange, there was optimism, too, amid the scenes of joyous families reuniting on both sides. On the first day of the four-day cease-fire, Hamas released 24 of the about 240 hostages taken during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel that triggered the war, and Israel freed 39 Palestinians from prison. Those freed in Gaza were 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and a Filipino.On Saturday, Hamas provided mediators Egypt and Qatar with a list of 14 hostages to be released, and the list has been passed along to Israel, according to a Egyptian official speaking on condition of anonymity becau...

Four Patriots players to watch Week 12 vs. Giants include underrated defender

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:23 GMT

Week 12 marks another game the Patriots have no right losing.We’ll find out on Sunday if the Patriots let the Giants, led by undrafted rookie quarterback Tommy DeVito, let them beat them anyway.The Patriots, despite their 2-8 record and embarrassing Week 10 loss to the Colts, actually opened as 3.5-point favorites over the 3-8 Giants, who are without starting quarterback Daniel Jones and backup Tyrod Taylor. Neither Bill Belichick’s Patriots nor old friend Brian Daboll’s Giants have played up to expectations through 12 weeks.Here are the four Patriots players to watch Sunday.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | NFL notes: Why Patriots players see 3 future head coaches on staff besides Jerod Mayo New England Patriots | Patriots-Giants preview: How Bill Belichick and Mac Jones can end their losing streak New England Patriots | Bailey Zappe says players don’t know which Patriots QB will start New England Patriots...

Buyers worldwide go for bigger cars, erasing gains from cleaner tech. EVs would help

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:53:23 GMT

The negative impact on the climate from passenger vehicles, which is considerable, could have dropped by more than 30% over the past decade if not for the world’s appetite for large cars, a new report from the Global Fuel Economy Initiative suggests. Sport utility vehicles, or SUVs, now account for more than half of all new car sales across the globe, the group said, and it’s not alone. The International Energy Agency, using a narrower definition of SUV, estimates they make up nearly half. Over the years these cars have gotten bigger and so has their cost to the climate, as carbon dioxide emissions “are almost directly proportional to fuel use” for gas-powered cars. The carbon that goes in at the pump comes out the tailpipe.Transportation is responsible for around one-quarter of all the climate-warming gases that come from energy, and much of that is attributable to passenger transport, according to the International Energy Agency.But the negative environmental impact fr...