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Chelsea down to 11th after Villa defeat; spotlight on Potter

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea’s mini-revival looks to be over after a 2-0 loss to Aston Villa on Saturday put manager Graham Potter’s position back in the spotlight. Goals from Ollie Watkins and John McGinn at Stamford Bridge made it two games without a win for Potter’s team, which dropped into the bottom half of the Premier League in 11th place. Villa moved up to ninth and potentially in position to challenge for Europe. Chelsea looked to have turned a corner before the international break by advancing to the Champions League quarterfinals, where it faces Real Madrid. But this was the latest setback for Potter, who has struggled to get the Londoners’ season on track since he was hired in September.There were boos from inside the stadium after the final whistle. Watkins fired Villa ahead when racing onto a mistake from Marc Cucurella in the 18th-minute and lifting his shot over Kepa Arrizabalaga. Chelsea had chances to equalize.Joao Felix forced a good save from Emil...

Tuchel’s Bayern beats Dortmund 4-2 in ‘Klassiker’ to go top

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Thomas Müller scored twice and Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 4-2 in “der Klassiker” on Saturday to overtake the visitors at the top of the Bundesliga and give Thomas Tuchel a winning start as coach.Bayern capitalized on a poor performance from Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel on his return from injury to move two points above Dortmund with eight rounds of the league remaining.It was Tuchel’s first game in charge of the Bavarian powerhouse – and against his former club. “It was a good first step,” Tuchel said.Bayern fired his predecessor Julian Nagelsmann last week after the team’s 2-1 loss at Bayer Leverkusen. Kobel was adjudged to have scored an own-goal after letting through Dayot Upamecano’s hopeful forward ball, Müller added two more by the 23rd minute, and Kingsley Coman got the fourth in the 50th as Bayern overran the visitors.Emre Can scored a penalty in the 72nd, and Donyell Malen added another goal in the final minute for Dortmund’s consolation.It was D...

Man arrested at Dulles Airport on felony sex abuse charges

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

A man wanted in Montgomery County, Maryland, on multiple felony sex abuse charges was arrested Friday after arriving at Washington Dulles International Airport on a flight from El Salvador.Just after midnight Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested 57-year-old Calixto Lazo Cabrera on charges including sex abuse of a minor and both second and third degree sex abuse, according to a release.More Montgomery Co. NewsMore Local NewsBefore Lazo Cabrera’s flight landed, CBP’s National Targeting Center identified him as the subject of a Montgomery County arrest warrant and initiated an alert. Once his identity was confirmed by comparing international passenger and cargo documents to law enforcement databases, he was turned over to Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police officers, CBP said.“Customs and Border Protection is happy to help our law enforcement partners in Montgomery County by capturing an allegedly dangerous person wanted for very serious crim...

¿Cómo lo logró? Se gana la lotería por segunda vez en menos de dos años

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

Definitivamente hay personas a las que la suerte las acompaña. De esto puede dar fe un residente de Carolina del Norte que ganó la lotería por segunda vez en menos de dos años.Y es que no se trata de cualquier premio. Pharris Frank, de 41 años, ganó $2 millones luego de comprar el raspadito Diamond Dazzler, de solo $20.Casi dos años antes, en julio de 2021, Frank había ganado $1 millón en otra lotería, dinero que usó para hacer realidad la boda de sus sueños. Histórico: ganador del Powerball compra casa de $4 millones cerca de gasolinera que lo hizo millonario Lo que se sabe del afortunado ganador del premio mayor del Powerball de $754.6 millones “Llamé a mi esposa y le dije: ‘Lo hice de nuevo’. No sabía si estaba soñando o no. Estuve en estado de shock por un tiempo”, dijo Frank a la lotería de Carolina del Norte. El afortunado dijo que la noche anterior tenía el presentimiento de que iba a ganarse la lotería por segunda vez. “Es...

Ukraine court orders house arrest for leading Orthodox priest accused by authorities of condoning Russia’s invasion

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine court orders house arrest for leading Orthodox priest accused by authorities of condoning Russia’s invasion.Source

Denver weather: Warm and windy weekend, snow Tuesday

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — While not as strong as Friday, Denver’s weather will stay windy, leading to elevated fire danger through the weekend.Weather today: Warm and breezySaturday will be sunny, breezy and warmer. High temperatures will reach the mid-60s with wind gusts reaching 20-25 mph.Looking ahead: More wind before snow TuesdayWarm and windy weather continues through Monday with high temperature in the mid to upper 60s and wind gusts reaching around 30 - 50 mph.The next chance for snow moves in late Monday night through Tuesday. This will come with a gusty north wind followed by much cooler temperatures.We stay chilly through Thursday with another chance for showers on Thursday, but looks to be light for the Rockies home opener.

Search underway for man reported missing in Hollywood

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

Police seek the public’s help in their search for a man who was reported missing in Hollywood.According to Hollywood Police, Bobby Perez was last seen along Atlanta Street at around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday.He stads 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighs around 250 pounds, and has black hair and hazel eyes.Perez was last seen wearing a gray shirt, black shorts and black running shoes.Officials urge anyone with information on his whereabouts to call Hollywood Police at 954-764-4357.

With 5 games left, where do the Chicago Bulls stand in the NBA play-in tournament?

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

The Chicago Bulls are fighting for a spot in the NBA play-in tournament, a battle for the last two playoff seeds in each conference. Here’s an explainer about the history of the event and how it works — and where the Bulls stand.When did the play-in begin?The NBA introduced the idea after the restart of the pandemic-delayed 2019-20 season, with a team needing to be within four games of the No. 8 seed to force a play-in for the last playoff spot in the conference.The Memphis Grizzlies finished a half-game behind the No. 8 seed Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference, and the Blazers won the first game of a play-in, thus earning the final playoff spot. In the East, the ninth-place Washington Wizards finished 7½ games behind the eighth-place Orlando Magic, meaning a play-in was unnecessary.How has the tournament evolved?The next year, the NBA expanded its play-in rules, with only the top-six seeds in each conference guaranteed of a playoff spot and the Nos. 7-...

Kodai Senga set for Mets debut on Sunday vs. Marlins: ‘It will hit me pretty soon’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

MIAMI — Kodai Senga wants to see how much his friends really care about him. If his friends and family in Japan aren’t awake at 2:40 a.m., to see him pitch in his first major league game, he’s going to wake them up himself.“I think a lot of people will be willing to stay up and watch me pitch,” Senga said Saturday at LoanDepot Park through a translator. “If I’m good friends with them and they are not going to be awake watching me, I will make sure they’re up.”How does he plan to do that?“A lot of calls,” he said.The 30-year-old right-hander is set to make his Mets debut and his MLB debut Sunday against the Miami Marlins in the final game of the first series of the season. The Japanese star never really thought he would be in this position considering he wasn’t exactly the phenom he’s considered today early in his career. He didn’t grow up dreaming of playing in the major leagues, but as his unlikely ...

Marquette’s Shaka Smart voted men’s AP coach of the year

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:59:30 GMT

Shaka Smart has packed an entire career’s worth of experiences into 14 years as a college head coach. He led VCU to an improbable Final Four as a 30-something wunderkind in 2011, guided mighty Texas to a Big 12 Tournament title during six otherwise tepid years in Austin, and now has turned Marquette into a Big East beast.It’s sometimes easy to forget he’s still just 45 years old.Yet his work with the Golden Eagles this season might have been his best: Picked ninth in the 11-team league by its coaches, they won the regular-season title going away, then beat Xavier to win their first Big East Tournament championship.That earned Smart the AP coach of the year award Friday. He garnered 24 of 58 votes from a national media panel to edge Kansas State’s Jerome Tang, who received 13 votes before guiding the Wildcats to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, and Houston’s Kelvin Sampson, who earned 10 before taking the Cougars to the Sweet 16.Voting opened afte...