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Reds hold off Royals 5-4 to give Brandon Williamson first big league win

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Reds batted through the lineup during a five-run second inning, and Brandon Williamson did just enough to earn his first big league win as Cincinnati held off the struggling Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Tuesday night.Williamson (1-0) allowed four runs, three of them earned, on seven hits over just five innings. But he left with a one-run lead, and the Reds bullpen survived some shaky moments to hand him the victory and the Royals an eighth consecutive defeat.Daniel Duarte, brought up from Triple-A Louisville, worked the sixth inning in his first appearance for the Reds after missing 143 games to injury a year ago. Ian Gibaut loaded the bases in the seventh before Lucas Sims escaped the jam with strikeouts of Nick Pratto and Salvador Perez. Sims then breezed through the eighth before Alexis Diaz handled the ninth for his 16th save.Jordan Lyles (0-11) allowed all five Cincinnati runs on six hits and three walks over six innings.Bobby Witt hit a two-run homer f...

PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan recovering from medical issue, cedes day-to-day control

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

LOS ANGELES (AP) — PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan is recovering from a medical situation, the tour announced Tuesday night.The tour did not disclose the nature of the situation or how serious it was, only that two of his executives would lead the day-to-day operations of the PGA Tour during the most intense time of its 54-year history.The announcement comes a week after Monahan stunned the golf world by announcing the PGA Tour had ended its battle with Saudi Arabia’s wealth fund and its LIV Golf League by agreeing to a business partnership.Monahan, 53, spent nearly two months working on the deal with two PGA Tour board members, investment banker Jimmy Dunne and New York attorney Ed Herlihy, without any players’ knowledge. Almost all of them said they were shocked. Some said they felt betrayed.The tour said its chief operating officer, Ron Price, and its president, Tyler Dennis, would be in charge while Monahan recovers.Monahan was expected to meet with players and the...

Fever earn first home victory with 87-66 win over Mystics

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

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rookie Aliyah Boston had 23 points, 14 rebounds and six assists and the Indiana Fever beat the Washington Mystics 87-66 on Tuesday night for their first home victory of the season.Indiana snapped a six-game losing streak against Washington — with its first double-digit victory since 2021.Kelsey Mitchell added 19 points and NaLyssa Smith, who scored a career-high 27 points on Sunday, had eight points for Indiana. Boston was 11 of 14 from the field to became the youngest player in WNBA history with a game of 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists while shooting 75%, according to ESPN Stats & Info.Elena Delle Donne was the lone double-digit scorer for Washington with 17 points. The Mystics were held to 22-of-66 shooting (33%).DREAM 86, LIBERTY 79NEW YORK (AP) — Allisha Gray scored 16 points, rookie Haley Jones had 13 points and nine rebounds in her second start and Atlanta beat a short-handed New York.AD Durr also scored 13 points for Atlanta. Nia Coffey, Rhyne...

Dream beat short-handed Liberty 86-79

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

NEW YORK (AP) — Allisha Gray scored 16 points, rookie Haley Jones had 13 points and nine rebounds in her second start and the Atlanta Dream beat the short-handed New York Liberty 86-79 on Tuesday night.Gray was fouled far from the basket with 42.2 seconds left and made two free throws to give Atlanta an 84-79 lead. Marine Johannes had a 3-pointer rattle out for New York and Gray sealed it with two free throws at 35.4.AD Durr also scored 13 points for Atlanta (3-5). Nia Coffey, Rhyne Howard and Monique Billings each added 12 points. Cheyenne Parker grabbed 11 rebounds to go with six points.Jones sank a long jumper just before the third-quarter buzzer to tie it at 60-all. She added a three-point play early in the fourth to start a 9-0 run for a 74-63 lead.New York (6-3) was without Sabrina Ionescu, who scored a career-high 37 points on Friday in a 106-83 victory over Atlanta.Johannes scored a season-high 18 points for New York. Betnijah Laney added 17 points and Breanna Stewart had 12...

Analysis: My visa was refused. Should I turn to the courts for help?

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

By: Hamid Moghimi, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterWith an increased number of temporary visa applications, there has also been a high number of refusals. This has led a number of applicants to consider the Federal Court for help, assuming, as perhaps most Canadians would, that courts can override administrative decisions.But that’s not the case with immigration decisions.According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), all the Federal Court can do is order a redetermination, which means a different IRCC officer has to make a new decision on the application by re-reviewing all available documents. The new officer may also request additional information before making a new decision.In some cases, the court may direct IRCC to allow the client to provide further information to support their application.In an email to NCM, IRCC communications advisor Julie Lafortune confirmed the only difference between a reconsideration request made directly to IRCC and a court-ord...

Nuggets champion Aaron Gordon celebrates with fans in the streets

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

DENVER (KDVR) — Aaron Gordon isn’t just an NBA champion, he’s also a man of the people of Denver – as he demonstrated by walking through crowds of celebrating fans Monday night.Gordon was an important part of the Denver Nuggets’ Game 5 victory over the Miami Heat, with 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 4 points. He also played nearly 29 minutes in the game. Nuggets’ championship parade will be Thursday: Here are all the details Then, he kept moving. Video shared with FOX31 by Alberto Portalatin, who you may recognize for his Joker makeup and costume, shows the newly minted champion walking through the streets of Denver.In the video, you can see a shirtless Gordon with several security guards and throngs of fans. He was seen in the area around Stout Street and the 16th Street Mall engaging with fans and thanking them for their support.Aaron Gordon celebrating with fans in downtown Denver after the Nuggets won the NBA Championship. (Credit: Alberto Portalatin)Aaron Gordon celebrating with fa...

How to plan to attend the Nuggets victory parade

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

DENVER (KDVR) — Fans are getting ready for the Nuggets victory parade and rally on Thursday.Fanson Freddy moved to Denver from Hawaii just six months ago and is very proud of his new home team.“I mean, we just made history," Freddy said. Freddy said he looks forward to cheering on the team and enjoying the spirit shown by fans from across the state during the parade. But for paradegoers, there are a few things to consider before hitting the streets.RTD detours, closures for Nuggets paradeRTD will need to put some train and bus detours in place due to street closures. Civic Center Station will be closed during the parade, and the 16th Street Mall Ride and L line will be suspended. Nuggets champion Aaron Gordon walks through Denver streets Visit RTD’s website or check the Next Ride app for riders for more information and to plan your route.Hundreds of thousands of people are expected, so parking could be a challenge. Drivers can use parking reservation apps to locate spaces.Use comm...

Golden Knights blast Panthers 9-3 in Game 5 to capture for Stanley Cup

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

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Golden Knights delivered their city a true Vegas-style party from dazzling passes to Mark Stone’s hat trick to all-out goal celebrations, capturing the young organization’s first Stanley Cup with an 8-3 romp over the beaten up and exhausted Florida Panthers on Tuesday night.Coach Bruce Cassidy, in a nod to the Knights’ brief history, started five of the original Vegas players known as the Misfits and put the sixth on the second shift. Cassidy sounded confident the day before the game that his team would play well, and it certainly did, blowing open a one-goal game in the second period to lead 6-1.Vegas closed out the series in five games to win the cup before a delirious franchise-record crowd of 19,058 at T-Mobile Arena that drowned out the pregame introductions of forward Jonathan Marchessault and goalie Adin Hill and cheered all the way through the final buzzer.Stone’s hat trick — with the third into an empty net with 5:54 left — was t...

20 people who matter in the UK’s race to net zero

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

LONDON — The U.K. has net zero targets. Now it’s just got to figure out how to get there — fast. In the space of four years, the U.K.’s legal net zero target has gone from words on paper to a vast national effort touching the lives of everyone in the country. Despite ambitious goals, enshrined in law, some in industry criticize what they see as the lack of a plan to aggressively reduce emissions.There are only a small number of people who can really shape the path the U.K. takes — and we’ve whittled down that cast of characters to 20 net zero influencers in politics, policy and business. Some are ardent climate campaigners, some are trying to swing the debate the other way, some sit somewhere in between. And some are just trying to get the nuts and bolts right. Here’s POLITICO’s 20 people who matter in U.K. net zero policy: 1. Nick Park, Sunak’s energy guruNo, not the Wallace & Gromit guy. Park is No. 10’s energy policy special adviser, the off...

Poland braces for abortion protests as doctors become center of storm

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

WARSAW — A wave of abortion rights protests is set to take place in Poland on Wednesday sparked by the death in May of a pregnant woman — an incident that has thrust doctors into the eye of the storm.Dorota Lalik, a 33-year-old pharmacist, checked into the Pope John Paul II hospital in the southern Polish town of Nowy Targ after her waters broke on May 21. She was five months pregnant.According to Polish media site gazeta.pl, Lalik was told initially that her pregnancy could be sustained and that her health was not in danger. A relative of the late woman said that the staff told Lalik to “lie with her legs up so that the waters might come back,” according to the report. After a three-day ordeal, Lalik’s health began deteriorating rapidly. While she was given an abortion on May 24, she eventually died from septic shock and multiple organ failure the same day.Her death has caused outrage in Poland, with anger directed at the country’s anti-choice laws but also at docto...