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Napoli hires Rudi Garcia as coach to replace Luciano Spalletti

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:10 GMT

NAPLES, Italy (AP) — Italian champions Napoli hired Rudi Garcia as coach on Thursday to replace Luciano Spalletti, who said he needed to “take a year off” after helping the club end a 33-year Serie A title drought.The well-traveled Garcia most recently coached Al Nassr, the Saudi Arabian team that Cristiano Ronaldo joined after the World Cup.Garcia, a 59-year-old Frenchman, has also coached Roma, Marseille, Lyon and Lille.Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis announced the hiring of Garcia in a short statement: “The president would like to give him a warm welcome and wish him the best of luck.”The length of the contract was not specified.Under Spalletti, Napoli this season won its first Serie A title since Maradona led the club to the 1987 and 1990 championships.Afterward, the 64-year-old Spalletti said he needed a break: “I need to take a year off. I’m a bit tired.”___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Former Loveland officer faces assault charge for punching handcuffed woman

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A former Loveland Police officer is facing a charge of third-degree assault for striking a handcuffed woman while she was in custody.Former officer Russell Maranto is accused of punching Angelia Hall in the face after she spat on him in a hospital emergency room on May 20.The Larimer County Sheriff's Office investigated the incident and submitted probable cause to charge Maranto with third-degree assault, which is a misdemeanor. The District Attorney's Office issued Maranto a court summons on Thursday. Bodycam video shows former Loveland cop punching handcuffed woman Maranto was fired from the department on May 23.Bodycam video shows officer punch handcuffed womanLPD said Hall was taken into custody after she was found wandering in and out of traffic and speaking incoherently in the area of North Garfield Avenue and East 29th Street on the evening of May 20. The officers took her to a local hospital for evaluation.Loveland Police Chief Tim Doran explained in a vide...

Denver weather: More rain and cooler temperatures before drier days

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay in a wet pattern Friday and Saturday, followed by sunshine and more seasonal temperatures on Father's Day.Weather tonight: Evening storms ending The chance for thunderstorms will continue through Thursday evening before wrapping up overnight. Temperatures will fall down to the 50s, which is right in line with normal for this time of year. Weather tomorrow: Rain, coolerIt will be a soggy and cooler end to the workweek. Clouds will stick around through Friday morning and will be followed by rain showers and a few thunderstorms in the afternoon. This will limit high temperatures to the mid-60s, which is more than 15 degrees cooler than average. Looking ahead: Warmer and drier Soggy weather will continue into Saturday. Like Friday, Saturday will start out with increasing clouds followed by showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. A drier weather pattern will start Saturday night into Sunday. Father's Day will be mostly sunny with a high...

Family member of newlywed couple killed in Surfside collapse reacts to findings pointing to pool deck as possible cause

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:10 GMT

A South Florida man who lost his sister and brother-in-law in the partial collapse in Surfside is weighing in on new findings from federal investigators pointing to the condominium’s pool deck as a possible cause7News cameras on Thursday afternoon captured Martin Langesfeld and his father as they placed flowers on the fence surrounding the site where their loved ones lived. “Now it’s a gravesite. Ninety-eight people died here, including my sister,” said Langesfeld. Nearly two years ago to the date, his sister, Nicole Langesfeld, and his brother-in-law, Luis Sadovnic, were killed when the Champlain Towers South collapsed, the place the newlywed couple called home.“First of all, it still doesn’t feel like a reality. It’s a never-ending nightmare, and having to fight for justice when you would think it’s given to you after such a horrific tragedy,” said Langesfeld. On Thursday, some new findings from the National Institute of Standa...

Boston sports icons pay tribute to longtime 7NEWS Sports Director Joe Amorosino

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:10 GMT

Tributes poured in for Sports Director Joe Amorosino on Thursday as the final buzzer sounded on his 25 years spent covering sports at 7NEWS.There have been many amazing sports moments in Boston over the last 25 years.From the Red Sox’s breaking their 86-year championship curse in 2004, to the end of decades-long title droughts for the Celtics and Bruins and all six Patriots Super Bowl titles, Joe was there covering them all.After more than two decades, Joe signed off the air one last time Thursday as he steps away from broadcasting to focus on his family business. Joe’s mother, father and children were among those sharing their well wishes during his final broadcast at 7NEWS. Others including Patriots owner Robert Kraft, Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron, former Red Sox manager Terry Francona, and hall of famer and former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz also shared their own messages. Joe will be missed on the sidelines and in the 7newsroom.

Man facing murder charge in deadly Manchester, NH stabbing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:10 GMT

A 54-year-old man was arrested for the murder of Laurie MacLellan, 59, in Manchester, New Hampshire, officials said.Robert Eastman was charged with second degree murder following an investigation in MacLellan’s death. Manchester police responded to Hanover Street around 2 a.m. Thursday morning where they found the victim with apparent stab wounds dead at the scene. Eastman allegedly caused her death by “manifesting an extreme indifference to the value of human life by stabbing her in the face and abdomen with a knife,” the attorney general reported.Eastman is set to be arraigned Friday.

Sales tax holiday Aug. 12-13

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:10 GMT

The House adjourned for an extra-long weekend after adopting a resolution designating the weekend of Aug. 12-13 as this year’s sales tax holiday.The Senate agreed to the same dates for the tax holiday. The House advanced a few local bills and adjourned in memory of former House Speaker David Bartley of Holyoke. With Juneteenth on Monday, the House plans to meet next on Tuesday.As the Herald previously reported, state Senate President Karen Spilka said she would not consider extending the pause on the state’s 6.25% sales tax. “We’re not there yet,” she added.“But we will be doing the weekend,” the Democrat from Ashland said and that has proven true.First tried for just one day in 2004 but made into an annual full weekend holiday in 2018, the law aims to boost consumer spending for one weekend a year at the expense of millions in sales tax revenue.There are some exclusions to the holiday, which only applies to purchases less than $2,500.Purchases of cars, boats, meals, uti...

Josh Walker’s mental approach helps reliever pitch with resilience out of Mets’ bullpen

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:10 GMT

In the biggest moment of Josh Walker’s career, disaster struck.The Mets rookie was pitching in only his third big league game Tuesday night against the Yankees. The stands were packed for an early summer rivalry game and the two New York teams were knotted at 6-6 in the top of the sixth.Billy McKinney was on second base with no outs when Anthony Volpe sent a shallow fly ball to right-center field. Brandon Nimmo and Starling Marte both converged, but it was Nimmo’s ball and it’s a catch Nimmo typically makes. The center fielder is having an outstanding season on both sides of the ball and has made several dazzling plays to save runs.But this time, it was too shallow and the ball drifted too far to the right. It went off his glove. It was an uncharacteristic mistake. The play was scored a double for Volpe and put runners on second and third. McKinney eventually scored the go-ahead run after the Mets went to the bullpen for Jeff Brigham.Nimmo took it hard, but Walker,...

A series of ghastly transactions: The Harvard and University of Arkansas human body trafficking ring told through federal charging documents

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:10 GMT

At least one of the members of an alleged human body parts trafficking ring that ranged from New Hampshire to Harvard to Pennsylvania and to Arkansas has entered into a plea bargain that acknowledges the federal allegations.Meanwhile, the family of a Granite State husband and wife who donated their bodies to help science are demanding action.“My mom just passed away in March and she’s down there, and we want her back,” Paula Peltonovich said to WMUR9. “Who could do something like that? What kind of person? No respect at all for the family,” Peltonovich, the victim’s daughter, added. “They need to pay.”Jeremy Lee Pauley, 41, of Enola, Penn., who a federal “information” complaint alleges purchased all kinds of body parts from a woman who worked for a crematorium contracted to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and also tanned human skin sent to him by a Massachusetts woman named Katrina MacLean, signed the plea agreement on ...

Ray Lewis III, son of ex-Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, dead at 28

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:10 GMT

Ray Lewis III, the son of ex-Baltimore Ravens star and Pro Football Hall of Famer Ray Lewis, has died at the age of 28.Details surrounding his death have yet to be released, according to TMZ.In an Instagram Story on Thursday, younger brother Rashaan Lewis memorialized his brother.“Really can’t believe I’m even typing this but RIP big brother,” he wrote over a picture of Lewis III. “A true angel, I pray [you’re] at peace now because [I know] how much you was [really] hurtin. I don’t and won’t ever have the words.”Lewis III was born on Aug. 26, 1995 and became a high school running back prospect at Lake Mary Prep, an esteemed private school in Seminole County, Fla. He also played for Miami University, Coastal Carolina and Virginia Union at the college level. In June 2017, he was cleared of a sexual assault charge after being indicted in South Carolina the year prior.Lewis, 48, starred at the University of Miami before being drafted...