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Analysis: For USA Basketball, the defense rested. And that means there’s no World Cup title

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:51:25 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A week ago, USA Basketball’s men’s senior national program held an all-time record of 97-0 when scoring 100 points in games at the Olympics or the World Cup.The record in the past week: 1-2.There’s the story. Win or lose the bronze-medal game against Canada on Sunday, this U.S. World Cup team will fly home in a couple days lamenting how it just couldn’t get stops when it needed them most. And there will be no defense for having no defense. If scoring 100 points in a 40-minute game isn’t enough to win, that’s a problem no matter which NBA players are or aren’t on the U.S. roster.“It means the game has been globalized over the last 30 years or so,” U.S. coach Steve Kerr said. “These games are difficult. This is not 1992 anymore. Players are better, all over the world. Teams are better. It’s not easy to win a World Cup or Olympic Games.”He’s not wrong. Lithuania 110, U.S. 104 in the second round of this World Cup was supposed to be a wake-up call, and i...

Hallan y arrestan al prófugo sospechoso de terrorismo Daniel Khalife en Londres

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:51:25 GMT

(CNN) — La Policía Metropolitana de Londres encontró y arrestó a Daniel Khalife, anunció la fuerza este sábado, marcando el final de una búsqueda de tres días del prófugo sospechoso de terrorismo que escapó de prisión este miércoles.“Los agentes de la Policía Metropolitana arrestaron a Daniel Khalife, quien escapó del HMP Wandsworth el miércoles 6 de septiembre”, dice el comunicado.Khalife fue detenido poco antes de las 6 a. m. ET de este sábado en el área de Chiswick en el oeste de Londres, donde los esfuerzos de búsqueda se reorientaron ese mismo día, dijeron.“Nos gustaría agradecer al público y a los medios de comunicación por su apoyo a lo largo de nuestra investigación para localizar a Khalife y proporcionaremos más información actualizada sobre su arresto a su debido tiempo”.Noticia en desarrolloThe-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Doncic, Slovenia top Italy 89-85 for 7th place at Basketball World Cup

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:51:25 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Luka Doncic ended his summer schedule with a win.Doncic, the Dallas Mavericks star, finished with 29 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, and Slovenia topped Italy 89-85 on Saturday in the seventh-place game at the Basketball World Cup.Mike Tobey scored 12 points and Zoran Dragic added 10 for Slovenia (5-3).Marco Spissu scored 22 points for Italy (4-4), which dropped its last three games in the tournament. Simone Fontecchio scored 16 and Achille Polonara added 13 for Italy.It was the final game before retirement for Italian veteran and former NBA player Gigi Datome. Italy’s captain had one point in 10 minutes on Saturday.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and AP sports: https://apnews.com/sportsSource

Huracán Lee, tormenta tropical Jova y tormenta tropical Margot, en vivo: trayectorias, última hora, noticias y más

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:51:25 GMT

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British police say they have arrested an ex-soldier facing terrorism charges who escaped from prison.

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:51:25 GMT

LONDON (AP) — British police say they have arrested an ex-soldier facing terrorism charges who escaped from prison.Source

Person barricaded in Miami apartment surrenders to police after alleged armed dispute

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:51:25 GMT

A person barricaded inside a home in Miami finally surrendered to police peacefully after a standoff that lasted about three hours.It began around 4:30 a.m. on Saturday after Miami Police received a call about a fight where one man was allegedly slashed during the dispute. He was transported to the hospital and is reportedly expected to be okay. The man walked out of a ground-floor apartment in NW 35th St and 19th Ave to a large police presence armed with long rifles. The neighboring apartments were evacuated while authorities tried to convince the man to come out. Children appeared to be in the unit as well. Detectives continue investigating the incident. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Thousands still without power after severe thunderstorms moved through region

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:51:25 GMT

Storms rolled through much of southern New England Friday afternoon, bringing down trees and utility poles while knocking out power for thousands of people.As of Saturday morning at 8 a.m., some 39,000 customers were without power across the Bay State alone, according to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency’s outage map.Around 77 percent of Andover, totaling more than 11,00 customers, is out of power, and North Andover, Lawrence are all experiencing significant outages as of Saturday morning.In terms of damage, scenes across the region included one in Andover where crews were responding to report of a tree that splintered and fell onto a vehicle. In Maynard, strong winds knocked down trees and electrical poles while in Tewksbury, a tree was completely uprooted and ripped up a sidewalk.Heavy winds and rain in Andover topped trees into power lines, blocked roads and smashed cars. Susan Lerner said a tree hit two of her cars and her house.“The tree hit and split the car,...

Fallen tree kills Massachusetts camper in Vermont

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:51:25 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The heat that has gripped much of the nation seeped into New England on Friday, forcing some schools to close or send kids home early while powerful thunderstorms also swept through the region.A Massachusetts man was killed early Friday when a tree fell on him during a storm while he was camping with his fiancee in Somerset, Vermont, police said. High winds downed downs tree limbs and power lines across the region, leaving tens of thousands without power in Massachusetts and Maine.The mayor of Boston declared a heat emergency with cooling centers opening around the city.In Lowell, Massachusetts, where none of the 28 schools have air conditioning, all classes remained closed on Friday for safety reasons. The temperature was expected to reach a high of 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius), with the humidity making it feel like 95 F (35 C).Other schools in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire were also closed or sent students home early — and curtailed after...

Biden, Modi and EU unveil rail and shipping project linking India to Middle East and Europe

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:51:25 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — President Joe Biden and his allies on Saturday announced plans to build a rail and shipping corridor linking India with the Middle East and Europe, an ambitious project aimed at fostering economic growth and political cooperation.“This is a big deal,” said Biden. “This is a really big deal.” The corridor would help to boost trade, transport energy resources and improve digital connectivity. It would include India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Israel and the European Union, said Jake Sullivan, Biden’s national security adviser.Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the project during the annual Group of 20 summit of the world’s top economies. It is part of an initiative called the Partnership for Global Infrastructure Investment. “We think that the project itself is bold and transformative, but the vision behind the project is equally bold and transformative, and we wi...

Clashes resume in largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, killing 3 and wounding 10

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:51:25 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — Clashes resumed early Saturday at the largest refugee camp in Lebanon between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah group and militant Islamist groups, killing three people and wounding 10 others Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, discussed with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the volatile situation in an attempt to end the fighting. Mikati called for an end to the fighting saying that what is happening in Ein el-Hilweh “does not serve the Palestinian cause and is harmful to the Lebanese state.”Sounds of gunfire and explosions could be heard in the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp and nearby areas on the edge of the southern port city of Sidon.The fighting resumed Friday, after a month of creative calm, forcing hundreds of people to flee for safety in nearby areas.Fatah had accused the militant Islamist groups of gunning down one of their top military officials on July 30. At least 20 people were wounded Friday.The Lebanese army said in a statement th...