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Williams, Harrison, Maye are top prospects in 2024 NFL draft

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:05:06 GMT

The 2024 NFL draft class could quickly transform losers into winners.With a full season of college football still to be played, two future franchise quarterbacks are already being penciled into the top of draft boards: Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams of Southern California and North Carolina’s Drake Maye.Conventional wisdom is that both would grade out higher than Alabama’s Bryce Young, who went No. 1 overall to the Carolina Panthers last Thursday night in Kansas City, Missouri.Things can change, of course, but barring injuries the top prospects in 2024 should include two QBs, a wider receiver with Hall of Fame bloodlines, a couple of foundational left tackles and several Alabama defensive players.A way-too-early look at how the 2024 draft could play out:1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers after trade with Cardinals (via Houston): CALEB WILLIAMS, QB, USCThe Texans’ big move in this draft, trading up to No. 3 to take OLB Will Anderson Jr., gives Arizona two first-round pic...

Mets, Braves rained out for 2nd straight day, play 2 Monday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:05:06 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets and Atlanta Braves were rained out for the second straight day on Sunday.The game was postponed about 3 1/2 hours before the scheduled first pitch at 1:40 p.m. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader Monday starting at 1:10 p.m., originally scheduled as a single game.Saturday’s rainout was rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader at Citi Field on Aug. 12.The teams’ series opener Friday night was shortened by rain to five innings.The slumping Mets have lost five of six. The Braves have won seven of the past eight meetings between the teams dating to last year, including a pivotal three-game sweep in Atlanta near the end of last season that sent them to their fifth straight division title.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Man United sale: Fans stage latest protests against Glazers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:05:06 GMT

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Days after a third round of bidding for Manchester United, the Premier League club’s supporters stepped up efforts to drive out American owners, the Glazer family. A protest was held outside United’s Old Trafford stadium ahead of Sunday’s game against Aston Villa. Fans were urged to wait until 18 minutes after kickoff to take their seats, to represent the 18 years that the Glazers have been in control of the storied soccer team. A large group held up a banner that read “Full Sale Only” amid fears the owners may yet retain a majority or minority stake, despite inviting offers for their shares after announcing plans to “explore strategic alternatives” in November. On Friday, Qatari banker Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani and British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe submitted their latest bids for the club. It is estimated the price for United could reach around $6 billion if a full sale goes through. Supporters, however, have grown increasingly co...

“Podría estar en cualquier parte”: continúa la búsqueda del hombre de Texas sospechoso de matar a sus vecinos tras pedirle que dejara de disparar su rifle afuera

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:05:06 GMT

(CNN) — El FBI colabora en la búsqueda del atacante acusado de disparar y matar a cinco personas -entre ellas un niño- en una casa de Cleveland (Texas) después de que sus vecinos le pidieran que dejara de disparar su rifle afuera, informaron las autoridades.“Lo consideramos armado y peligroso”, dijo el agente especial del FBI a cargo de Houston, James Smith. “Está ahí fuera y es una amenaza para la comunidad”.Los vecinos le pidieron a un hombre que dejara de disparar un rifle afuera. Luego abrió fuego contra ellos y mató a 5 personas, dice un sheriff de TexasFrancisco Oropeza, de 38 años, presuntamente abrió fuego contra sus vecinos la noche de este viernes después de que le pidieran que dejara de disparar un rifle en su patio porque un bebé intentaba dormir, dijo este sábado el sheriff del condado de San Jacinto, Greg Capers.Después de declinar su petición, el sospechoso en algún momento fue visto en las imágenes de una cámara de timbre acercándose a l...

This Denver restaurant will close after 50 years in business

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:05:06 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Piccolo Italian and Mexican restaurant has been open for over five decades. However, on Sunday, the restaurant will close for good.Piccolo announced in a message last month that the restaurant's last day would be April 30. Blake Street Tavern closing after 20 years in Denver Here is a goodbye note Piccolo posted on its website:From our first day in business we have been committed to providing great food and great service at a great price. Throughout those years so many of you have become dear friends, loved ones, and supporters of Piccolo. It’s because of you we have been able to hold to that commitment and achieve our dream of being a neighborhood staple. There will never be enough words to thank you for that.It is with heavy hearts we have made the impossibly difficult decision to let Piccolo go. The years of great memories made will remain forever, but our time in southeast Denver has come to an end. This decision is not made hastily. Our staff’s wellbeing and ...

Denver weather: 70s and isolated storms

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:05:06 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver’s weather will stay mild in the 70s with a chance for some spring showers and thunderstorms throughout the week.Weather today: 70s with increasing cloudsMostly sunny skies will help Denver’s afternoon temperature climb to around 70 degrees. Clouds will increase by the afternoon with an isolated chance of a passing shower. Most of the metro area will stay dry but this pattern continues all week. Looking ahead: Spring patternAll week we are looking at 70-degree temperatures and isolated storms. Metro Denver has a better chance for some activity Tuesday and Thursday but most will be on the drier side throughout the week. Outdoor plans should be fine, just keep an eye on the sky for any quick pop-up storms and be prepared ahead of time.

Police: 1 dead after fiery crash in Norton

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:05:06 GMT

A Randolph man died in a crash in Norton early Saturday morning when his car rear-ended another vehicle, flipped over and caught fire, according to the Massachusetts State Police.Jeffrey Tagger, 52, was found dead at the scene of the crash around 2:30 a.m. Saturday after the Norton Fire Department extinguished the car fire. Tagger was heading northbound on Route 495 when he lost control of his Nissan Maxima after hitting a Toyota RAV 4 which was traveling in front of him. The Toyota swerved left and hit the guardrail, while Tagger’s Nissan rolled over off the road and caught fire. The Toyota’s driver, a 48-year-old Brockton man, and his passenger were transported to the hospital with apparent minor injuries.The crash is still under investigation by the Massachusetts State Police and other officials. 

Children among at least 23 killed in early-morning Russian strike on Ukrainian apartment block

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:05:06 GMT

(CNN) — Russia unleashed what is believed to have been the deadliest attack on Ukrainian civilians in months on Friday, killing at least 23 people in an early-morning missile strike on an apartment block in the city of Uman.The attack, which drew international condemnation, came around 4 a.m. local time, when a barrage of long-range cruise missiles was launched from Russian aircraft in the Caspian Sea area, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. Twenty-one of the 23 missiles were intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses, it claimed.But missiles hit the central Ukrainian cities of Uman, in the Cherkasy region, and Dnipro. In Uman, a small city around 125 miles south of the capital Kyiv — and some 200 miles from the front line — two rockets hit three high-rise buildings, which included residential buildings and a warehouse.Ukrainian Internal Affairs Minister Ihor Klymenko said there were 46 apartments inside one of the buildings that was hit, of which 27 were comple...

4.5-magnitude earthquake recorded east of Ocotillo Wells

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:05:06 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Yet another earthquake shook an area near San Diego County on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Niland, California in Imperial County at 12:09 a.m., USGS data shows. This area is east of Ocotillo Wells and just east of the Salton Sea. NWS says San Diego is in the peak of marine layer season, but why? The quake occurred at a depth of about 5 miles, sending shockwaves that could be felt for many miles, according to USGS. Data shows the quake was also followed by several aftershocks.A USGS intensity map shows the quake was felt in El Centro and Mexicali, which is directly across the U.S. border with Mexico.This comes one day after a series of quakes rattled the area south of El Centro, two days after a quake hit that same area in El Centro and three days after a quake also struck near the Ocotillo Wells area.There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Canada moving Sudan evacuation operations to port city as conflict continues

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:05:06 GMT

OTTAWA — Canada is relocating its efforts to get stranded Canadians out of Sudan from the capital to a distant port city as violence continues to escalate between the country’s army and a powerful paramilitary group.Defense Minister Anita Anand says about 550 people, including more than 400 Canadians, left the country on six military-run flights from the country’s main airport in Khartoum between Thursday and Saturday. But deteriorating safety conditions in the Sudanese capital made it necessary to suspend future flights as of Saturday night, and Anand says evacuation efforts will now be based out of the city of Port Sudan about 800 kilometres away.Canada’s Chief of the Defence Staff, Gen. Wayne Eyre, says pilots using night vision goggles saw gunfire exchanges and fighting on the ground in Khartoum on Saturday as they conducted two flights carrying 205 passengers, including 60 Canadians. Anand says Canadian officials are joining an American-led relocation to Port ...