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Denver’s Nikola Jokic adds missing piece to impressive resume with NBA title

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:44:27 GMT

DENVER (AP) — There are no more holes in Nikola Jokic’s impressive resume.Denver’s do-it-all center commandeered these playoffs, smashing a 56-year-old playoff record with 10 triple-doubles, and he completed a transcendent two-month stretch by leading the Nuggets past the Miami Heat 94-89 on Monday night in a hard-fought Game 5 to secure the old ABA franchise’s first basketball championship.Jokic had 28 points, 16 rebounds and four assists in the clincher that came 55 years, seven months and 28 days after the Nuggets won the first game in franchise history. Denver struggled shooting the ball against the pesky Heat, missing 23 of 28 shots from 3-point range and 10 of 23 free throws.“It was ugly and we couldn’t make shots. But at the end we figured it out,” Jokic said after hugging all of his jubilant teammates and coaches and almost all of his dejected opponents, chasing down some of them as they walked off the court. “I am just happy we won the game.”The stoic Jokic finally let loos...

Trump busca otro abogado de Florida mientras impulsa una postura agresiva contra el Departamento de Justicia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:44:27 GMT

(CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump pasó el día antes de su comparecencia en Miami hablando con posibles candidatos para su equipo legal, ya que está presionando en privado para que su equipo legal adopte una postura más agresiva contra el Departamento de Justicia, según dijeron fuentes a CNN.Trump llegó a Miami, descontento por haber sido acusado, pero satisfecho de que los cargos se presenten en el sur de Florida y no en Washington, lo que consideró un hecho positivo para él. El abogado con sede en Miami Benedict Kuehne, a quien Trump ha estado considerando agregar a su equipo legal durante la última semana, fue visto en el Trump National Doral este lunes mientras Trump hablaba con múltiples candidatos potenciales, dijeron a CNN fuentes familiarizadas con la búsqueda.Está por ver si el asunto se resuelve en la comparecencia de este martes, pero CNN informó que su abogado Todd Blanche asumirá el liderazgo. Blanche sólo ha sido miembro del equipo legal de Trump durante poco m...

2023 Cycle Hitters

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:44:27 GMT

Regular SeasonJune 12 — J.T. Realmuto, Philadelphia at ArizonaApril 11 – Luis Arraez, Miami at PhiladelphiaMay 12 – Cedric Mullins, Baltimore vs. PittsburghSource

Miller anchors 1-hitter, Mariners top Marlins 8-1 as Arraez’s average dips to .391

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:44:27 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Switching around the rotation gave Seattle rookie Bryce Miller an extra day of rest and more time to fret about his last start, when he failed to make it out of the third inning. “I had eight days to think about the last one in Texas, so I felt like I haven’t thrown in a month,” Miller said. “But yeah, it was good getting back out there, getting back on track and feeling good.” Miller and two relievers combined on a one-hitter, Ty France, Eugenio Suárez and Tom Murphy homered, and the Mariners opened an important six-game homestand with an 8-1 win over the Miami Marlins on Monday night.Following a disappointing 2-6 road trip that saw Seattle fall 10 games back in the AL West, the Mariners rediscovered a winning formula of strong starting pitching and a few big swings.“The road trip was tough, but what can you do about it now?” France said. “Just got to keep moving forward and got just under 100 games left, so gotta make the most of them.”Miller was superb, throw...

Diamondbacks withstand Realmuto hitting for the cycle to beat Phillies 9-8

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:44:27 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Evan Longoria hit a three-run homer and the Arizona Diamondbacks withstood Philadelphia’s J.T. Realmuto hitting for the cycle to beat the Phillies 9-8 on Monday night.Two of baseball’s highest-scoring teams kicked off a four-game series by combining for 25 hits, including 10 for extra bases.Realmuto hit a solo homer in the first inning and a two-run triple in the third. He hit a double in the ninth inning to complete the cycle and scored on Bryson Stott’s single to cut Arizona’s lead to 9-8. Philadelphia’s Kody Clemens pinch-hit and thought he had hit a two-run homer off Miguel Castro, cheering as he circled the bases after the ball curled into the Phillies’ bullpen. The umpires ruled it a foul ball, confirmed it upon review and Castro struck out Clemens on the next pitch to end the game for his seventh save. Realmuto put the Phillies up 5-1 with his triple in the third inning, but the action picked up after the teams nearly came to...

Ending animal testing for good

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:44:27 GMT

It is a win-win situation: Developing animal-free safety methods and advancing safety science go hand in hand. Today, better safety science without animal testing is a scientific reality in many cases, but obstacles remain. One of them is that chemical regulations are still rooted in former safety science built on animal testing. To truly unlock the full power of existing non-animal safety science, we need regulatory change.Today’s customers are more astute and more conscious about the products they buy. People want to know what goes into them, where they come from, and what really sits behind the product labels. Is the product packaging environmentally friendly? Are ingredients sourced responsibly? Is a product tested on animals? These are just some of the wide-ranging ethical questions fueling shifts in consumer habits where science is an essential part of the solution.For more than 40 years, P&G has been working together with experts from academia, animal welfare organization...

POLITICO Pro Morning Energy and Climate UK: Shapps exclusive — Solar in space — Wind bonanza

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:44:27 GMT

Presented by SSE By CHARLIE COOPER and ABBY WALLACE PRESENTED BY View in your browser or listen to audioSNEAK PEEK— Grant Shapps tells Morning Energy and Climate UK why he thinks Britain doesn’t need its own version of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act.— Shapps today also sets out new funding for solar panels in space. Industry says that for now they’d really appreciate more solar panels on Earth.  — There’s a huge pipeline of offshore wind projects to power the U.K.’s net zero transition. But can they get a grid connection?Good morning and welcome to the very first edition of POLITICO Pro Morning Energy and Climate!We’re here to be your one-stop shop for news, analysis and intel on the politics and the policy battles around the U.K.’s net zero transition. The climate debate (and the weather) in the U.K. are hotting up, with a general election only a year or so away. We’ll guide you through...

Why Berlusconi’s death makes Meloni stronger

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:44:27 GMT

When she arrives at Milan’s spectacular gothic Duomo cathedral for Silvio Berlusconi’s state funeral on Wednesday, Giorgia Meloni will be among the most prominent of the mourners. The very fact that Meloni is prime minister — Italy’s first woman to hold the post — owes a lot to Berlusconi’s own influence. He gave Meloni her first big break in frontline politics, making her the youngest government minister in Italian history at age 31 in 2008. Then last year, he was instrumental in triggering the downfall of Mario Draghi’s premiership, convening a meeting of right-wingers over lunch at his luxurious villa, at which they plotted to bring down the government. And again after Draghi’s demise, it was Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party, now a moderate centre-right movement, that allied with Meloni’s far-right group in a coalition deal that put her in power. But aside from being Meloni’s useful partner in the business of gaining power, Berlusconi provided the templat...

Bus driver facing charges in crash that killed 10 wedding guests denied bail in Australian court

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:44:27 GMT

CESSNOCK, Australia (AP) — A bus driver was driving too fast when the vehicle rolled on its side and hit a guard rail in heavy fog in an Australian wine region, killing 10 wedding guests and injuring 25 others, police alleged Tuesday.Brett Andrew Button, 58, was driving 35 passengers on a 20-minute journey from a wedding reception at the Wandin Estate Winery to the town of Singleton, both in the Hunter Valley wine region of New South Wales state, when the 2009 Volvo bus rolled at a roundabout late Sunday.Button had been in police custody but was released on bail when he appeared in the Cessnock Local Court on Tuesday charged with 10 counts of dangerous driving in relation to each death and one count of negligent driving.Earlier, acting Police Assistant Commissioner David Waddell alleged that Button “entered that roundabout driving in a manner that was inconsistent with the conditions.”“Obviously, the speed was too quick for him to negotiate that roundabout, causing the vehicle to fa...

Japan’s Toyota announces initiative for all-solid state battery as part of electric vehicles plan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:44:27 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Toyota plans to make an all solid-state battery as part of its ambitious plans for battery electric vehicles, the company said Tuesday, amid mounting criticism Japan’s top automaker needs to do more to fight climate change.Toyota Motor Corp. aims for a commercial solid-state battery as soon as 2027. Charging time, one of the main drawbacks of electric vehicles, will get shortened to 10 minutes or less, the company said in a statement. It plans to deliver 1.5 million EVs in 2026 by expanding its battery EV lineup and developing technology. “With the evolution of the vehicle’s operating system, the next-generation battery EV will also enable customization of the ‘driving feel,’ with a focus on acceleration, turning and stopping,” it said.EV owners usually have charging stations in their homes and keep their cars plugged in overnight to recharge. That’s one of the main reasons Toyota has long insisted that hybrids are a better solution. A hybrid recharges as the car runs, ...