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Woods secures big win at top of famed Tour de France mountain as Pogacar closes gap on Vingegaard

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:46:40 GMT

PUY DE DOME, France (AP) — On the same mountain where five-time Tour de France champion Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor wrote themselves into race history 59 years earlier, all eyes Sunday were on Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar’s continued rivalry at cycling’s biggest race. Neither Vingegaard nor Pogacar finished first at the summit of the Puy de Dome after Canadian Michael Woods delivered an impressive solo effort to claim the biggest success of his career.But the fierce rivals, riding well behind the day’s breakaway they had allowed to form, were again in the spotlight.The two have been in a fierce duel since the start in Bilbao, Spain, of this year’s pulsating Tour and will certainly enjoy Monday’s first rest day. Vingegaard, the defending champion from Denmark after he dethroned Pogacar last year, had the upper hand in the first round of their battle in altitude. His Slovenian rival responded in style to regain time in the next two mountain stag...

Max Verstappen takes 6th straight F1 win at British GP after epic fight for 2nd

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:46:40 GMT

SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — On a day when Brad Pitt joined the Formula One grid to shoot his new movie, defending champion Max Verstappen was reduced to a cameo role in his own win with F1 fans gripped by the fight for second place.Apart from losing the lead to Lando Norris at the start — and then taking it back — Verstappen’s cruise on Sunday to yet another win — his sixth in a row — lacked the Hollywood-style drama of Norris’ battle with seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton for second.That fits a pattern this season of dominant wins for the Red Bull driver and increasingly hard-fought battles behind him as Mercedes, Ferrari, Aston Martin and now McLaren jostle to be the second-fastest team.“It’s very confusing, to be honest, because every single race it’s someone else,” Verstappen said.Filming for Pitt’s upcoming F1-themed movie had been taking place all weekend around the F1 sessions, using black-and-gold cars from the fictional APX team. Pitt hi...

Stormy weather alters Seattle’s travel plans for 1-hour flight to Washington

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:46:40 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — With thunderstorms blanketing the Northeast again, the Seattle Storm had to alter their travel plans to get from New York to Washington for their game against the Mystics on Tuesday.Seattle was originally planning to fly to Washington on Sunday, but when their operations staff got to the airport ahead of the rest of the team they heard their flight was canceled because of incoming storms in the area. The next direct flight out they could get that would be able to accommodate their 24-person travel party was Wednesday — a day after the game. There were also limited seats available on Amtrak trains to Washington with it being the end of a holiday week.After checking with the bus company that the driver would be allowed to take the team to Washington, the Storm picked up their staff at LaGuardia Airport and headed south for the potentially 5-hour drive to D.C. A flight to Washington usually takes about an hour.It already had been a busy travel week for the Storm. They f...

Rockville man charged with stealing two French bulldogs at gunpoint in DC

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:46:40 GMT

A Rockville, Maryland, man has been arrested and charged for knowingly receiving two stolen French bulldogs that were taken at gunpoint in D.C.D.C. police say Enrico Brown, 51, has been charged with receiving stolen property in the incident that happened on Monday morning.In the first case, an owner of a dog was approached on Monday morning around 10:30 a.m. near 7th Street Southwest while walking their dog alone. They said a suspect approached them, assaulted them and then fled the scene when they were unsuccessful in stealing the dog.Then, two minutes later, police say the original suspect, along with Brown, approached the second victim on V Street Southwest. One of the suspects brandished a handgun, assaulted the victim and then took their dogs, fleeing in a vehicle.The two dogs, a 1 1/2-year-old male named “Uno” and a 5-month-old female named “Cartier,” were later returned to their owner in good health.D.C. police are still searching for another suspect a...

Retiran más de 80,000 bicicletas para niños tras informes de que los manillares podrían desprenderse

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:46:40 GMT

Más de 80,000 bicicletas para niños están siendo retiradas del mercado luego de docenas de informes de que los manillares podrían desprenderse, de acuerdo a un informe de NBC. Woom Bikes USA retiró las 84,000 bicicletas después de los informes de que el manillar podría desprenderse o aflojarse durante el uso.Todos los tamaños de su modelo original 2018 A 2021, diseñadas para niños de 18 meses a 14 años son parte del retiro. Peloton retira del mercado 2.2 millones de bicicletas por un defecto con la tija del sillín Retiran más de 124,000 vehículos Honda por problemas con los frenos Según la Comisión de Seguridad de Productos de Consumo de EEUU, había 77 informes de desmontaje o aflojamiento del manillar.Los consumidores deben dejar de utilizar las bicicletas recuperadas y contactar a Woom Bikes USA para obtener un kit de reparación gratuito.Las bicicletas fueron vendidas en woom.com, amazon.com y tiendas locales de bicicletas en to...

Una mujer de 45 años quedó embarazada en un estado que prohíbe el aborto. Cruzó el país en avión para abortar.

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:46:40 GMT

(CNN) — Cuando Victoria, de 45 años, se dio cuenta de que llevaba cinco semanas de retraso y las líneas dieron positivo en dos pruebas de embarazo, la residente de Nueva Orleans ideó un plan para abortar.Viajar fuera del estado era la única opción para Victoria, que pidió a CNN que no revelara su apellido por miedo a las represalias contra ella y su familia. Louisiana es uno de los estados que prohibieron prácticamente todos los abortos.“Fue probablemente una de las cosas más duras por las que he tenido que pasar, desde el momento en que descubrí que estaba embarazada, a los 45 años, hasta el hecho de tener que ausentarme del trabajo, viajar por todo el país, reunirme con un médico, tomarme las pastillas, volver a casa y volver al trabajo como si no hubiera pasado nada”, contó Victoria a CNN sobre su experiencia a principios de este año.Una pareja de Kentucky está “furiosa” porque la ley estatal del aborto les impidió abrazar a su hija para despedirse d...

Sismo de magnitud 5,6 cerca de Santiago de Chile

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:46:40 GMT

(CNN Español) — Un sismo de magnitud 5,6 sacudió Chile este domingo, según reportes del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés).El foco sísmico estuvo localizado a 101 kilómetros de profundidad y el epicentro estuvo ubicado a 31 kilómetros al este noreste de Chicureo Abajo, Chile. A 40 kilómetros al suroreste se ubica Santiago de Chile, capital del país.¿Qué hacer durante un temblor o terremoto?Noticia en desarrollo…The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Sweden still not ready for NATO, Erdoğan tells Biden

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:46:40 GMT

Ankara hasn’t seen sufficient progress from Sweden to support its application to join NATO, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan warned U.S. President Joe Biden in a phone call Sunday ahead of a summit of NATO leaders this week. “Erdoğan stated that Sweden has taken some steps in the right direction by making changes in the anti-terrorism legislation,” Turkey’s communications directorate said in a statement following the bilateral call.But the supporters of “terrorist organizations” — pro-Kurdish groups including the PKK and YPG, which are banned in Turkey — continue to hold demonstrations in Sweden, the statement said. “This nullifies the steps taken,” it said.The call comes ahead of a two-day summit of NATO leaders in Lithuania that starts on Tuesday. Biden has thrown his support behind a push to get a deal done on Sweden at the meeting in Vilnius.Erdoğan’s administration has been blocking Sweden’s hopes of joining the ...

Obi Toppin eager for ‘fresh start’ with the Pacers after minutes issue with the Knicks

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:46:40 GMT

LAS VEGAS — It was drawn up as the feel-good homecoming. A kid from Brooklyn. Grew up rooting for the Knicks. On the day Obi Toppin was drafted, he posted a picture of himself as a child wearing a Latrell Sprewell jersey.“Meant to be,” he captioned the photo.Except, it wasn’t. If anything, Toppin’s tenure in New York was doomed from the start. And on Sunday, the power forward reflected on the disappointing stint while fixed on the better fit in Indiana.“All I can do is just do whatever the coach is asking me to do,” Toppin said when asked if either side could’ve done anything differently to make it work. “Whether that’s being out on the floor, having great energy, doing whatever I need to do to help the team win. I didn’t get the minutes I wanted. But now it’s a fresh start. I’m here in Indy. I got to work for everything I want. And I’m super excited to start.”As he did during his three seasons...

No. 1 Iga Swiatek comes back to beat Belinda Bencic and reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:46:40 GMT

By HOWARD FENDRICH (AP Tennis Writer)WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Top-seeded Iga Swiatek saved two match points Sunday and reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the first time with a 6-7 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-3 victory over Belinda Bencic at Centre Court.Swiatek extended her unbeaten run to 14 matches, which includes claiming her fourth Grand Slam title at the French Open last month.Swiatek has won three championships at Roland Garros, and one at the U.S. Open, but she never before had been past the fourth round at the All England Club. Last year, she had a 37-match winning streak snapped during a third-round Wimbledon loss.So comfortable on the red clay of Paris, so capable on the hard courts in New York — and at the Australian Open, where she has made it to the semifinals — Swiatek is just not quite the same player yet on the green grass used at the year’s third Grand Slam tournament.Against the big-hitting Bencic, the singles gold medalist at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Swiatek certainl...