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Hendrick, Larson shows strength at Darlington to start the NASCAR playoffs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:52 GMT

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Another NASCAR playoff and another show of strength from Hendrick Motorsports.A week after drivers Chase Elliott and Alex Bowman missed out on the 16-team playoffs, the powerhouse organization made a formidable statement about their championship chances with Kyle Larson’s win in the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday night.Larson, the 2021 Cup Series champion, advances to the round of 12 no matter what happens in the next two first-round races at Kansas and Bristol. Larson’s teammate William Byron, tied coming as the playoff’s top seed, finished fourth to keep his chances of advancing strong.“A great way to start the playoffs for Hendrick Motorsports,” said Jeff Andrews, the company’s president and GM. “I like (how) across the company that the performance was there.”Throw in that Elliott finished eighth at Darlington as the No. 9 competes for an owner’s championship — “Which is a huge deal to Mr. H,” Larson’s crew...

Bielsa leaves Cavani and Suárez out of Uruguay squad for World Cup qualifying matches

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:52 GMT

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay’s new coach Marcelo Bielsa left veteran strikers Edinson Cavani and Luis Suárez out of his squad Monday for the first two rounds of South American World Cup qualifying. Bielsa took the Uruguay job in May with the aim of rejuvenating the squad, and 30-year-old goalkeeper Sergio Rochet is the oldest player picked for the games against Chile in Montevideo on Friday and at Ecuador on Sept. 12. Cavani and Suárez are both 36 and are playing for South American clubs now. Cavani is at Boca Juniors in Argentina and Suárez plays for Gremio in Brazil. Liverpool’s Darwin Núñez is expected to lead Uruguay’s attack. Bielsa also included two strikers playing in the MLS — Orlando City’s Facundo Torres and Los Angeles FC’s Cristian Olivera.___Uruguay:Goalkeepers: Sergio Rochet (Internacional), Franco Israel (Sporting Lisbon) and Santiago Mele (Junior Barranquilla)Defenders: Santiago Bueno (Girona), Bruno Méndez (Corinthians), Sebastian...

Muere Steve Harwell, exvocalista que interpreta canción en película animada “Shrek”, a sus 56 años 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:52 GMT

Steve Harwell, exvocalista de Smash Mouth, falleció el lunes en su casa de Boise, Idaho, según un comunicado de su representante Robert Hayes. Había estado en cuidados paliativos. Harwell cofundó Smash Mouth en 1994. El grupo alcanzó fama internacional con éxitos como “All Star”, “Walkin’ on the Sun” y una versión de “I’m a Believer” de The Monkees, que aparece en la película animada de 2001 “Shrek”. En video: avioneta se estrella durante fiesta de revelación de género en México Arrestan a actor español por presunto delito de abuso sexual Harwell llevaba dos años retirado de Smash Mouth. “Steve Harwell era un verdadero original estadounidense”, dijo Hayes en el comunicado. “Un personaje más grande que la vida misma que se disparó hacia el cielo como una vela romana. Steve debe ser recordado por su enfoque inquebrantable y su apasionada determinación de ...

Steve Harwell, vocalista fundador de Smash Mouth, muere a los 56 años

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:52 GMT

(CNN) — Steve Harwell, el cantante fundador del grupo de rock Smash Mouth, murió el lunes, según su manager.Tenía 56 años.No se compartió la causa de la muerte, pero Harwell había estado recibiendo cuidados paliativos durante el fin de semana. Murió en su casa en Boise, Idaho, con familiares y amigos a su lado, según Robert Hayes, gerente de Smash Mouth.“Steve Harwell era un verdadero estadounidense. Un personaje grandiosoque se disparó hacia el cielo como una vela romana”, dijo Hayes en un comunicado a CNN. “Steve debe ser recordado por su enfoque inquebrantable y su apasionada determinación de alcanzar las alturas del estrellato pop. Y el hecho de que haya logrado este objetivo casi imposible con una experiencia musical muy limitada hace que sus logros sean aún más notables. Sus únicas herramientas eran su encanto y carisma incontenibles, su ambición temeraria y sus cajones gigantes”.Harwell fue miembro fundador en 1994 y cantante principal de Smash Mouth, mejor conocido por...

Swedish rookie Ludvig Aberg caps rapid rise by getting captain’s pick for Europe’s Ryder Cup team

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:52 GMT

Ludvig Aberg had a big reputation from his amateur career. He clearly had the game, too.Still, Europe captain Luke Donald needed to see the 23-year-old Swede up close if he was going to make him a pick for the Ryder Cup. So, just one month after Aberg turned professional, Donald played the first two rounds with him at the Rocket Mortgage Classic on the PGA Tour in early July.“I was blown away,” Donald said of a young player who delivered one final flourish in the Swiss mountains on Sunday to ensure he’d make the transition from the amateur ranks to the Ryder Cup quicker than anyone in history.A day after surging to victory in the European Masters under intense pressure, Aberg capped his rapid rise in just three months as a pro by earning one of Donald’s six picks for the matches against the United States outside Rome from Sept. 29-Oct. 1.“I played with a lot of contenders over these last six to 12 months. Some haven’t played that well,” Donald said. “But he didn’t have a...

Miami woman in hospital gown arrested after stealing ambulance from Port St. Lucie hospital, police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:52 GMT

A 25-year-old Miami woman is now facing several charges after stealing an ambulance from the parking lot of HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital. The incident occurred on Aug. 30 while Marquisa Allen was seated outside the hospital in her hospital gown.According to The Port St. Lucie Police Department, as ambulance personnel were inside dropping off a patient, Allen seized the opportunity to steal the vehicle. Little did she know that the ambulance was equipped with a GPS tracker, allowing officers to determine her location and inform surrounding law enforcement agencies.Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) located the stolen ambulance stuck in traffic on the Turnpike. When FHP Troopers closed in on Allen, she exited the ambulance and attempted to flee. However, she was apprehended after a brief foot pursuit.FHP arrested Marquisa Allen, who was subsequently taken to the Martin County Jail. She faces charges for providing false information to police, driving with a suspended license and resisting ...

EU official from Sweden has been in prison in Iran for over 500 days

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:52 GMT

A Swedish citizen who works for the EU’s diplomatic corps has been imprisoned in Iran on espionage charges for well over a year.Johan Floderus, who works for the European External Action Service, was detained at Tehran’s airport in April 2022 on his way home from a vacation, the New York Times reported on Monday.He has been held in the Evin prison in the Iranian capital for more than 500 days, according to the media report.Floderus held several positions within the EU. He served as an aide to the European commissioner for migration, Ylva Johansson, and joined the EEAS in 2019.The EU and the Swedish government had not revealed details about the arrest until Monday. The European Commission refrained from making specific comments on this case on Monday, prompting a furious row between the NYT reporter who broke the story and an EU spokesperson during a daily media briefing.In a statement to POLITICO, Sweden’s Foreign Affairs Minister Tobias Billström said, “The G...

Live blog: Lawmakers set to grill incoming EU innovation chief Iliana Ivanova

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:52 GMT

A select group of European Parliament lawmakers will on Tuesday quiz Iliana Ivanova, Bulgaria’s designated commissioner for innovation, research, culture, education and youth, to assess whether she’s capable of taking over the portfolio from Mariya Gabriel, who resigned in May to become the country’s deputy prime minister and foreign minister. It’s the first of more such hearings, as more members of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s team jump ship as the end of the mandate looms. Ahead of her hearing, Ivanova made the pitch that the EU should team up with its non-member allies, such as the United Kingdom and Switzerland, on research and innovation in order to win the ongoing race to control new technologies. To do so, the EU could leverage the power of its flagship R&D program Horizon Europe, which lawmakers claim is underfunded — as it’s often raided to meet new requirements.

A suspected drunken driver accidentally called 911 on himself

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:52 GMT

(CNN) — A suspected drunken driver accidentally called Nebraska law enforcement on himself, leading to his arrest.The man called 911 to report another driver who he thought was driving on the wrong side of the highway, according to a Facebook post from the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office on Thursday released a video of the March incident along with audio from the driver’s 911 call.When authorities arrived, it became clear the caller himself was the one driving on the wrong side of the road – and he was intoxicated.“I’m on Highway 77 going north and there is somebody that is on the wrong side of the road,” the driver says in a recording of the 911 call. He added that the other driver “almost ran me off the road.”“That was gnarly,” he said. “That was like, a lot.”The video then shows the unidentified driver being pulled over by a police officer.“Do you know why I stopped you?” asks the officer.“Yeah, because I was on the wrong side of the road,” admit...

Two people detained in China for allegedly damaging Great Wall with excavator

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:14:52 GMT

(CNN) — Two people have been detained in China after allegedly damaging a section of the Great Wall in the northern Shanxi province with an excavator, according to state broadcaster CCTV.Authorities in Youyu County said they received a report on August 24 that a gap in the wall was created in Yangqianhe Township, CCTV reported.After an investigation, police found a 38-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman had used an excavator to breach the wall in order to create a shortcut to pass through, causing “irreversible” damage to the integrity and safety of that portion of the wall, the broadcaster said.Police said the investigation was ongoing.The area, known as the 32nd Great Wall, is one of the surviving complete walls and watch towers dated back to the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and is listed as a provincial cultural relic site. The Great Wall was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.