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Kobe Bryant video helped bring Ohtani to Dodgers

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

A 2017 video recorded by Lakers legend Kobe Bryant helped bring slugging and pitching sensation Shohei Ohtani to the Los Angeles Dodgers, ESPN reported.Bryant filmed the minute-long video when the Dodgers first tried to recruit Ohtani, but the Japanese star signed with the Los Angeles Angeles before the team could show it to him.This time around, the Dodgers pulled out the video and it apparently had an impact on Ohtani. “This was one of the highlights of the meeting … strong and touching message,” Ohtani told ESPN.In the video, Bryant urges Ohtani to come to the Dodgers, saying Los Angeles is the city of champions and the best place to win a championship, ESPN’s Jeff Passan said.Passan described Ohtani as being "awe-struck" by hearing Kobe mention his name.

AC/DC original drummer Colin Burgess dies at 77, band says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

AC/DC's original drummer, Colin Burgess, has died at the age of 77, the band announced on its Facebook page Friday night."Very sad to hear of the passing of Colin Burgess. He was our first drummer and a very respected musician. Happy memories, rock in peace Colin," the band's post read. No details were provided about how Burgess died. A native of Australia, Burgess joined Malcolm Young, Angus Young, Dave Evans and Larry Van Kriedt in 1973 before leaving the band in 1974. Years later, Burgess would rejoin the band for a few weeks and was at The Music Factory in Lonon in 1980 on the night singer Bon Scott died. Matthew Perry died from ‘acute effects of ketamine,’ medical examiner says In 1998, Burgess and other members of the band The Masters Apprentices, who he played with from 1968-1972, were inducted into Australia's ARIA Hall of Fame.

Heavy rain forecasted for the Bay coming Monday

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

(KRON) -- The National Weather Service forecasts announced Saturday that Monday will be the most impactful day during the projected onset of rains in the Bay Area this coming week.The weather service said stronger showers, gusty winds, and potentially a few thunderstorms will be experienced that day across the region, with moderate risks likely in the North Bay, SF Peninsula, Santa Cruz, and Big Sur. Russian River dam to be lowered in anticipation of rising water levels Rains will begin Sunday through Thursday, with coastal mountains forecast to receive about 4-6 inches, and the Salinas and Santa Clara Valleys, 1-2 inches, it said.Nuisance roadway flooding is the most likely impact in affected areas, according to the NWS.KRON4's meteorologist Dave Spahr forecasts that Saturday will be mostly sunny. However, heavy rains are due for Sunday night and Monday morning. Spahr forecasts that the Bay Area will trend in the 60s on Saturday and sunny. For Sunday, showers and thundershowers ...

Browns star Myles Garrett fined $25,000 by NFL for criticizing officials after game, AP source says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns star defensive end Myles Garrett was fined $25,000 by the NFL for “public criticism of officiating” after he made pointed remarks following last week’s game against Jacksonville, a person familiar with the punishment told The Associated Press.Garrett was informed of the fine Saturday, said the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because the league has not made this week’s player fines public.Angered by the Jags not being penalized for holding him, Garrett called the officiating a travesty following Cleveland’s 31-27 win and said it’s time for the officials to be held to a higher standard.“Someone has to hold them accountable for the plays or the calls they don’t make,” he said. “And they need to be under the same kind of microscope as we are every single play.”Garrett’s frustration had been building at what he feels is a lack of penalties being called against offensive linemen while blocking him. He&#...

Russia and Ukraine exchange drone attacks after European Union funding stalled

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine each reported dozens of attempted drone attacks in the past day, just hours after Hungary vetoed 50 billion euros ($54.5 billion) of European Union funding to Ukraine. Ukraine’s air force said Saturday that Ukrainian air defense had shot down 30 out of 31 drones launched overnight against 11 regions of the country.Russia also said Friday evening that it had thwarted a series of Ukrainian drone attacks. Russian anti-aircraft units destroyed 32 Ukrainian drones over the Crimean Peninsula, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a move that most of the world considered illegal, and has used it as a staging and supply point during the war.Earlier, Russia’s Defense Ministry said that six drones had been shot down in the Kursk region, which borders Ukraine.In Ukraine’s partially occupied southern Kherson region, the Russia-installed governor, Vladimir Saldo, reported on Telegram that Russian anti-ai...

Cardinal is convicted of embezzlement in big Vatican financial trial, sentenced to 5½ years

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5 ½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system.Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the first cardinal ever prosecuted by the Vatican criminal court, was absolved of several other charges and nine other defendants received a combination of guilty verdicts and acquittals among the nearly 50 charges brought against them during a 2 ½ year trial.Becciu’s lawyer, Fabrizio Viglione, said he respected the sentence but would appeal.Prosecutor Alessandro Diddi said the outcome “showed we were correct.”THIS IS BREAKING NEWS: The previous story is belowA once-powerful cardinal and nine other people learn their fates Saturday when a Vatican tribunal hands down verdicts in a complicated financial trial that has aired the tiny city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice syste...

Cardinal convicted of embezzlement in a big Vatican financial trial, sentenced to 5½ years

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal convicted of embezzlement in a big Vatican financial trial, sentenced to 5½ years.Source

As Trump threatens to repeal Obamacare, these ‘insurance godmothers’ are signing Florida Latinos up

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Salsa music blares from the food court in a rundown Miami shopping center as Latinos head to a kiosk and an office showing signs for “ Obamacare,” where they hope to renew their health coverage plans before the year ends.It’s areas near this mall where former Democratic President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul is more popular than anywhere in the country, according to federal data. The region has also shifted away from Democrats to Republicans in recent years, with Donald Trump hosting several rallies here as part of his outreach to Latino voters. Trump, the current front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, has pledged to renew efforts to repeal and replace the 2010 law — something that would be felt heavily in the region and could possibly reverse some of the GOP shift among South Florida’s Latinos, experts say. President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has already seized on Trump’s statements about “Obamacare,”...

Análisis | Ucrania tuvo una semana terrible. Culpa a Estados Unidos y a la UE

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

(CNN) — Ucrania está en el medio de un problema en el que debe luchar por explicar qué tan mal va la guerra.Hacer una evaluación pública sincera de lo mal que va un conflicto puede ser imprudente, ya que puede resultar en una pérdida de moral y apoyo. Después de que Obama aumentara la cantidad de tropas en Afganistán, el apoyo público disminuyó con el paso de los años, en parte debido a una falta de realismo sobre cómo se estaba desarrollando la guerra.La muy mala presentación que hace Ucrania de sus problemas se debe principalmente a la miopía de sus aliados.La falta de comprensión en partes del Congreso de Estados Unidos es asombrosa. Un congresista sugirió esta semana que Ucrania debería fijar un precio finito y un objetivo específico y simple. Es asombroso, después de dos guerras estadounidenses en dos décadas, que costaron billones de dólares, que la memoria del Congreso sea tan corta y la comprensión, tan limitada.En cambio, Kyiv señala constantemente los éxitos pasados ...

Ancelotti in ‘no rush’ to sign extension with Real Madrid amid Brazil speculation

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:52:42 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Carlo Ancelotti says he is in “no rush” to sign a contract extension with Real Madrid amid continued speculation that Brazil’s national team wants to hire the Italian coach.Ancelotti’s contract runs out at the end of this season.“Being Real Madrid’s coach is the most important thing,” Ancelotti said Saturday. “If the club is happy then I am too. There is no rush to renew my deal, it’s not a problem. We’re here until 30 June 2024.”Madrid hosts Villarreal in the Spanish league on Sunday.The 64-year-old Ancelotti has been linked to Brazil’s men’s team, a five-time world champion, ever since Tite stepped down as its coach in December 2022 after a disappointing World Cup.Ancelotti has said on several occasions that he wants to honor his current contract with Madrid, while never revealing his plans for the future beyond next summer.Brazil hired Fernando Diniz as head coach in July on a 12-month contract that will finish when Ancelotti’s deal with the 14-time European C...