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Column: Team USA always comes home with some drama. Just never the Ryder Cup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — The Americans always seem to come home from the Ryder Cup with plenty of drama.Just never the trophy.Maybe they need another task force to figure out a way to tip their caps — whoever is wearing one, anyway — and congratulate Team Europe for a superior performance, and then wait for their next chance to end three decades of losing on the road.But there was Phil Mickelson in 2014 at Gleneagles, using Tom Watson as leverage to give players more control over who gets to be captain. It led to a task force that has accomplished little else besides making the U.S. team feel like a social club.Then it was Patrick Reed in 2018 in Paris, getting on the phone with The New York Times after Europe had won convincingly. He blamed Jordan Spieth for breaking up their partnership, Jim Furyk for benching him twice and the entire U.S. team for putting ego over the Ryder Cup.And now it’s the father of Xander Schauffele, who watches golf with a monocular and spea...

AUTO RACING: Blaney joins Byron in NASCAR’s round of 8; Verstappen can clinch F1 title in Qatar

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT

All Times EasternNASCAR CUP SERIESBank of America ROVAL 400Site: Concord, North Carolina.Schedule: Saturday, practice, noon, and qualifying, 1 p.m.; Sunday, race, 2 p.m. (NBC).Track: Charlotte Motor Speedway road course.Race distance: 109 laps, 252.88 miles.Last year: Christopher Bell won after starting eighth.Last race: Ryan Blaney used a crossover move to nudge ahead of Kevin Harvick with two laps remaining and won at Talladega by 0.012 seconds to advance into the round of eight of NASCAR’s playoffs.Fast facts: Blaney, who has two wins but just five top-five finishes this season, joined William Byron as drivers locked into the next playoff round. … Harvick was later disqualified after failing postrace inspection. He remains winless this season, which will end with his retirement. … Harvick’s DQ gave second place to Byron with Denny Hamlin third. … The field of 12 drivers will be pared to eight following Sunday’s race on The Roval at Charlotte Motor Sp...

The UN food agency says that 1 in 5 children who arrive in South Sudan from Sudan are malnourished

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — At least one in five children arriving in South Sudan from Sudan are malnourished and more than 90% of arrivals haven’t eaten in days, the U.N. food agency said Tuesday.The World Food Program said that nearly 300,000 people have arrived in South Sudan in the last five months — the majority of whom are South Sudanese. South Sudan plunged into civil war in 2013, forcing thousands of its citizens to flee to neighboring countries, including Sudan.“We are seeing families leave one disaster for another as they flee danger in Sudan only to find despair in South Sudan,” says Mary-Ellen McGroarty, WFP’s country director in South Sudan.Sudan plunged into chaos in mid-April when long-simmering tensions between the military, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the Rapid Support Force paramilitary, or RSF, commanded by Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, escalated into open warfare.The WFP is appealing for additional funding of more than $120 million to meet humanitarian needs at t...

Stock market today: Wall Street buckles again under the weight of higher bond yields

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is sinking sharply Tuesday as it focuses on the downside of a surprisingly strong job market. The S&P 500 was 1.3% lower in midday trading and nearly back to where it was in May. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 371 points, or 1.1%, at 33,062, as of 11:16 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.7% lower.Stocks fell as the pressure on them cranked even higher from rising Treasury yields in the bond market. Such weight has been the main reason the stock market has lost more than 40% of its value since the end of July, after charging higher for much of the year. The 10-year Treasury yield climbed again Tuesday, up to 4.76% from 4.69% late Monday and from just 0.50% early in the pandemic. It’s near its highest level since 2007 and rose after a report showed U.S. employers have many more job openings than expected.When bonds are paying so much more in interest, they pull investment dollars away from stocks and other investments prone to ...

¿Qué lesión tiene Lionel Messi? Incertidumbre por el estado físico del argentino

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT

(CNN Español) — La última vez que se vio a Lionel Messi disputar minutos en cancha fue el pasado miércoles 20 de septiembre, cuando el Inter Miami se enfrentó al Toronto en partido correspondiente a la MLS.El encuentro terminó con una contundente victoria 4-0 para el cuadro dirigido por Gerardo “Tata” Martino. Sin embargo, ese triunfo se vio completamente eclipsado por la salida temprana Messi.Al minuto 37 del primer tiempo, el astro argentino dejó el terreno de juego y fue sustituido por Robert Taylor. (Para la muy mala suerte del Inter, apenas tres minutos antes también había salido lesionado el defensa español Jordi Alba).37’ | #PubSub x @PublixIN: R. Taylor OUT: L. Messi#MIAvTOR pic.twitter.com/M38Wciu6hh— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) September 21, 2023Desde entonces, el estado físico de Messi es pura incertidumbre.Al día siguiente del partido contra Toronto, el “Tata” Martino estuvo en conferencia de prensa y pareció apagar las alarmas respecto a...

Deion Sanders talks after Colorado's 0-2 start to Pac-12 play

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The University of Colorado Buffaloes started the season hot with three wins, but since beginning conference play the team has yet to come out on top.The Buffs played Oregon two weeks ago and lost that game 42-6. This past weekend's game against USC was closer, but the Trojans still came out on top 48-41. No. 8 USC withstands late Colorado rally for 48-41 win This week the team travels to Tempe for a matchup against the Arizona State University Sun Devils. Unlike the prior two games, in which Colorado was a multi-touchdown underdog, the Buffs are favored over ASU by 4.5 points according to betting site DraftKings Sportsbook.During a news conference Tuesday morning, Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders is expected to address the team's losses against Pac-12 opponents this season and look ahead to the game upcoming on Saturday.Sanders is also likely to address injuries including Travis Hunter and Shilo Sanders.Coach Prime, as Sanders has been nicknamed, is scheduled t...

Surveillance video released in fatal Oakland Park shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT

Detectives from the Broward Sheriff’s Office Homicide Unit have released surveillance footage in connection with a fatal shooting in Oakland Park.The incident unfolded shortly before 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14, in the vicinity of the 3000 block of West Oakland Park Boulevard. According to investigators, BSO Oakland Park District deputies were responding to a disturbance call at a local flea market, which was linked to a music video shoot. While at the scene, deputies heard multiple gunshots coming from a nearby gas station, unrelated to the ongoing music video production. At the nearby gas station, deputies discovered two victims suffering from gunshot wounds.Oakland Park Fire Rescue responded and pronounced one of the victims, later identified as 36-year-old Anthony Dennis, deceased at the scene, while the other was transported to a nearby hospital.Witnesses told investigators that several individuals had approached the victims moments before the shooting. These suspects reported...

Police: Boy riding bike to school fatally struck by van in Miami Gardens

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT

A boy riding his bicycle to school was struck and killed by a white van early this morning in Miami Gardens, according to police. The Miami Gardens Police Department responded to the scene, located in the 200 block of NW 199th Street, following the report of a pedestrian hit around 6:30 a.m. The young bicyclist was struck by the van while in the roadway. The driver of the white van remained at the scene and cooperated with authorities.Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel rushed to the scene and subsequently airlifted the juvenile pedestrian to a local hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.

Rest of hurricane season in ‘uncharted waters’ because of El Niño, record ocean temperatures

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT

(CNN) — Experts fear an already active hurricane season could come to an eventful and exceptional end as unusually warm, storm-boosting ocean temperatures and a slow-to-emerge El Niño combine.The Atlantic season and its 18 named storms has already been above average, according to Phil Klotzbach, a hurricane researcher with Colorado State University.But October usually signals changes in activity and the areas where storms form. The first half of October is typically the final stretch of the busiest time of the Atlantic hurricane season.The number of storms usually begins to drop off quickly toward the end of October and craters by the time the season ends on November 30.Storms that do form typically do so in areas that are much too close for comfort – in the Gulf of Mexico, near the Bahamas and the western Caribbean – rather than in the open Atlantic, where storms like Category 5 Hurricane Lee formed earlier this year.This means places like Florida, which was devastated by Category ...

Biden calls allies amid concerns over support for Ukraine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT

President Joe Biden convened a call with world leaders Tuesday, the White House said, in an effort to reassure allies about U.S. support for Ukraine after Congress passed a short-term government funding bill that did not include aid for the warring country.The call comes amid concern from the Pentagon about dwindling resources available to send to Ukraine as the country looks to drive Russian forces out of its territory. The Defense Department still has $5.4 billion worth of weapons available to send to Ukraine, but is fast running out of money to replenish its own stockpiles.Leaders of several countries joined the call with Biden Tuesday, according to the White House, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna also joine...