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Duke’s Roach to enter NBA draft, keep college eligibility

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:47 GMT

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke guard Jeremy Roach is entering his name into the NBA draft but maintaining his college eligibility.The 6-foot-2 junior announced his decision in a social-media post Monday, saying he was looking forward to getting feedback on his game during pre-draft workouts.Roach was the team’s No. 2 scorer at 13.6 points per game for a team that won the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. Roach was coming off a strong postseason performance in a Final Four run in 2022 and battled through a lingering toe injury that briefly sidelined him as a team captain last season.Duke big man Dereck Lively II and wing Dariq Whitehead have declared for the NBA draft after one season in Durham, though fellow freshmen Tyrese Proctor and Mark Mitchell have announced his plans to return. Kyle Filipowski, The Associated Press’ newcomer of the year in the Atlantic Coast Conference, hasn’t announced his plans for next season.___AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketbal...

Biden dice planificar postularse para las elecciones 2024

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:47 GMT

WASHINGTON — Ni siquiera la ceremonia anual de Huevos de Pascua en la Casa Blanca está exenta de la política.El presidente Joe Biden, anfitrión del evento el lunes en el Jardín Sur de la mansión presidencial, declaró que planea participar en “por lo menos tres o cuatro ceremonias de los Huevos de Pascua más, quizá cinco”.Biden hacía referencia a su anticipado anuncio de que se postulará a la reelección, pero cuando el periodista Al Roker del programa “Today” de la NBC le presionó sobre el tema, el presidente se mantuvo evasivo y repitió lo que ha dicho durante meses. Biden propone reglamento que impediría a instituciones académicas imponer vetos a atletas transgénero Biden se niega a comentar sobre la acusación penal contra Trump “Mis planes son postularme, Al, pero no estamos listos para anunciarlo todavía”, dijo Biden a Roker.Tras hacer una aparición pública temprana para hablar con Roker luego que se abrieron los portones a las...

Memorable Masters ends with Rahm slipping into green jacket

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:47 GMT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — By the time Jon Rahm walked up the 18th fairway on Sunday, and made like his late idol Seve Ballesteros with a brilliant par save to finish off the Masters, the fact that the Spaniard would be soon slipping into the green jacket had long been decided.The most eventful of tournaments had a most uneventful finish.That was owed to the brilliance of Rahm, who began Sunday four shots back of Brooks Koepka as players arrived early to finish a third round that had been suspended by weather. He cut his deficit two two by the end of the round, pulled ahead on the front nine of the final round, and closed with a 69 for a four-shot victory over Koepka and Phil Mickelson.“We all dream of things like this as players, and you try to visualize what it’s going to be like and what it’s going to feel like,” said Rahm, who had three rounds in the 60s to finish at 12 under for the championship. “Never thought I was going to cry by winning a golf tournament,” he said, “bu...

National Gallery of Art in DC is most popular US art museum for 1st time since 2008

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:47 GMT

The National Gallery of Art is seen in this photo. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/stacey_newman)The National Gallery of Art, located on the National Mall in D.C., was the most popular art museum in the United States in 2022, according to an annual survey of museum visitors worldwide.For the first time since 2008, the National Gallery of Art pushed New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s main building to second place, according to the annual Visitor Figures survey. The National Gallery had 3.3 million visitors, compared to 3.2 million visits for the Met Fifth Avenue.While the National Gallery almost doubled its visitors from the height of the pandemic lockdown in 2021, it was still down 20% from its pre-pandemic figures. Last year’s attendance was almost 818,000 fewer visitors compared to 2019.More DC NewsMore Local NewsThe Met’s attendance last year was down 1.7 million visitors — a 34% drop — since 2019.The Smithsonian National Museum of African American His...

Terminan la repatriación de salvadoreños fallecidos en incendio de Ciudad Juárez

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:47 GMT

SAN SALVADOR — El Salvador culminó el domingo el proceso de repatriación de siete compatriotas que murieron en el incendio en un centro de detención migratorio de Ciudad Juárez, en el norte de México, el 27 de marzo y reiteró su exigencia para que se haga una investigación exhaustiva de esa tragedia.“Nuestro país busca un esclarecimiento de los hechos por lo cual hemos sostenido reuniones clave para dar a conocer nuestra posición” al Estado de México, dijo en conferencia de prensa la vicecanciller de Diáspora y Movilidad Humana, Cindy Portal.La funcionaria señaló que los cuerpos de los salvadoreños habían sido entregados a sus familiares en los departamentos de Sonsonate, Chalatenango, La Libertad y San Salvador.Explicó que el gobierno de México se hizo responsable de los gastos de repatriación terrestre, así como también de los gastos de transporte y estadía de los familiares que viajaron a ese país para identificar los cuerpos. Cinco acusados enfrentan cargos por inc...

Grains, Livestock mixed.

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:47 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures mixed Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May was unchanged at $6.7725 a bushel; May corn gained 2.75 cents at $6.48 a bushel; May oats was up 3 cents at $3.3975 a bushel; while May soybeans rose 1 cent at 14.9650 a bushel.Beef mixed and pork lower on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.Apr. live cattle gained .53 cent at $1.7120 a pound; Apr. feeder cattle lost .08 cent at $2.0012 a pound; Apr. lean hogs was off .02 cent at $.7365 a pound.Source

Mountain teams in Slovenia rescue climbers stuck in the Alps

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:47 GMT

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia’s emergency mountain teams on Monday rescued four French citizens who were stuck in bad weather in the Alps, the rescue service said. The operation on the Skuta mountain came a day after dozens of emergency workers used helicopters to rescue another five people swept away by an avalanche in an Alpine region further north. They were part of a group of seven people attending a mountaineering course when the avalanche hit. Three people were seriously injured.The French citizens brought down from the Skuta mountain on Monday were unharmed, said Katarina Janjic from the Mountain Rescue Association of Slovenia.The group had stayed overnight in a mountain shelter because they lacked proper equipment to descend, she told the official STA news agency.Slovenia’s rescue service has urged mountaineers to avoid climbing in bad weather. They said spring conditions mean avalanches could be unleashed easily because of changeable temperatures and unsta...

Biden and Irish poets: ‘Hope and history,’ a lifelong love

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:47 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — When President Joe Biden visits Ireland this week, he will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, confer with top officials on current issues and honor his Irish ancestors.You can also count on Biden to quote an Irish poet or two, especially two late Nobel laureates — Seamus Heaney and William Butler Yeats.“I think that’s a safe guess to make,” says former Biden speechwriter Dan Cluchey, who worked with the president from 2018-2022. “Yeats and Heaney encompass so much of the universal catalog of emotions poetry can express and they are the major wells he (Biden) goes to when he needs the perfect words to encapsulate a feeling.”Presidents have long made a point of citing a favorite writer, and for Biden that often has been Heaney, renowned for what Nobel judges in 1995 called “works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth.” Besides his original poems, his noted works include a bestselling translation of the Old English epic “Beowulf” and...

Is lane splitting legal in Colorado?

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- As temperatures continue to get warmer, motorcyclists will be riding more often.While you might see a motorcyclist lane splitting in traffic, it is actually illegal in our state. Police stop driver with tags from 2020 in Wheat Ridge What is lane splitting?The Colorado State Patrol said lane splitting is a traffic maneuver in which a motorcyclist drives between two rows of vehicles traveling in the same direction.According to the Colorado General Assembly, under current law, the driver of a motorcycle is prohibited from overtaking or passing a motor vehicle by driving in the same lane as the motor vehicle or between rows of motor vehicle. Can you get a DUI while riding a bike in Colorado? “When accidents occur from lane splitting, the motorcyclist will be on the losing side,” Sgt. Troy Kessler with CSP said. “Whether a rider strikes a car side mirror, runs into a car, or travels too fast when a motorist attempts to change a lane, riding predictably helps everyone...

1 killed during a fight in Five Points, suspect wanted

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:45:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Police are investigating a deadly fight in the Five Points neighborhood.Officers with the Denver Police Department were called to a fight Sunday morning in the 1100 block of 32nd Street. DPD located one victim who was sent to a local hospital. At that time, police did not know the extent of the victim's injuries. Man sentenced for sexually assaulting girlfriend’s daughter On Monday morning, DPD confirmed the victim in the fight was pronounced dead. This case is now being investigated as a homicide. Investigators are working to develop suspect information. Anyone with information on the fight is asked to call the Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. Tipsters can remain anonymous and still be eligible for a cash reward.