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France beats Italy to progress to a United Cup quarterfinal showdown with Norway

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:12:11 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — Caroline Garcia and Adrian Mannarino led France past Italy on Wednesday and into the United Cup quarterfinals. Mannarino beat Lorenzo Sonego in straight sets in the men’s singles before Garcia beat Jasmine Paolini 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the women’s singles to give France an unassailable 2-0 lead ahead of the mixed doubles, and top spot in Group D.France will play its quarterfinal against Group F winner Norway on Thursday at Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney. Greece faces Canada later Wednesday in Sydney to conclude Group B. Greece, which had to make do without Stefanos Tsitsipas in its opening match against Chile, must beat Canada to have any chance of making the quarterfinals. A win for Canada will see it advance as group winner.Later Wednesday in Perth, Poland plays China in the first of the quarterfinals, before Serbia — led by top-ranked Novak Djokovic — faces Australia in the night session.Djokovic has been bothered by a wrist injury during the tournament but fou...

Arrest made in New Year’s Day hotel shooting death

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:12:11 GMT

An 18-year-old D.C. man has been arrested and charged with the killing of 18-year-old Ashlei Hinds, who was shot to death at a New Year’s party at a Friendship Heights hotel.D.C. police have arrested Jelani Cousin, of Northeast, and charged him with second degree murder while armed.“I’m glad that … he was arrested and … now [we] just wait for the judicial system to convict him and get all of the details and make sure whoever is responsible … if it’s not just him — somebody else or whatever — is convicted and we get justice,” Hinds’ mother, Tiffany Falden of Clinton, Maryland, told WTOP.Police said the shooting happened around 1:20 a.m. on Jan. 1. Hinds was found inside a seventh floor room at the Embassy Suites Hotel in the 4300 block of Military Road NW.Eighteen-year-old Ashlei Hinds graduated earlier in 2023 as an honors student from Henry A. Wise Jr. High School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. (Courtesy Tiffany Falden)Falden had just spoken to her...

Guhle, Harris lead the way as Canadiens cool off Stars 4-3

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:12:11 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Kaiden Guhle and Jordan Harris added to Montreal’s NHL-leading 30 goals from defensemen and Sam Montembeault stopped 30 shots as the Canadiens held off the Dallas Stars 4-3 on Tuesday night.Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist and Cole Caufield also scored for the Canadiens, who ended a three-game losing streak and went 3-3-1 in a season-long seven-game road stretch.Wyatt Johnston had a goal and an assist while Jamie Benn and Jason Robertson also scored for the Stars, who had a six-game home winning streak snapped. Scott Wedgewood made 14 saves.Dallas pulled Wedgewood with more than six minutes left trailing 4-1. Johnston and Robertson scored 6-on-5 goals at 16:12 and 18:00. Johnston’s goal ended a 16-game goal drought.“They’re going to put up a fight to the end,” Harris said of Dallas, which trails first-place Winnipeg by two points in the Central Division. “As our team gets more experienced, we’ll learn to finish out those games better.”Dallas, coming off an eight-go...

Trump appeals Maine decision deeming him ineligible to run for president

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:12:11 GMT

Former President Donald Trump has appealed the Maine secretary of state’s decision that he is ineligible to run for president because he engaged in an insurrection, the first step in his court fight to remain on the ballot in the state.Trump’s legal team filed the appeal in state court on Tuesday, just five days after Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, plunged the state into an intensifying national dispute over whether the Constitution bars Trump from returning to the White House.That dispute likely will ultimately be resolved by the Supreme Court, and Trump is expected in the coming days to file a separate appeal there in hopes of reversing a Colorado ruling that deemed him ineligible.In Maine, however, he must first proceed through the state court system. His appeal on Tuesday did not break much new ground from the arguments his legal team has made in other court cases and hearings across the country. The filing argues that the secretary of s...

Del Cerro residents have one week to fight for or against proposed church in area

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:12:11 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Residents in Del Cerro have a week to raise concerns about a potential mega church project planned in the area. Now, people both for and against the project are being asked to write to city leaders ahead of a vote that could give the project the green light. There's been constant back and forth over the planting of this church, and now, its fate lies in the hands of the San Diego City Council ahead of a final vote one week from Tuesday at 2 p.m. on Jan. 9. It's a matter resident Mike Livingston has rallied against for the past five years once learning a spot meant for homes might be a new larger church with plans for a 900-seat sanctuary, 12 classrooms and 350 parking spots if given the green light. “It really grew to be about 60,000 square feet and all concrete, and a two-story parking garage…we just kind of went, ‘no, wait a minute?" Livingston said. El Cajon police release documentary on homeless crisis in San Diego County The proposal, coined as "The Light Projec...

South Korean police raid house of suspect who stabbed opposition leader Lee in the neck

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:12:11 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police on Wednesday raided the residence and office of a man who stabbed the country’s opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, in the neck in an attack that left him hospitalized in an intensive care unit, officials said.The assault occurred when Lee was passing through a throng of journalists after visiting the proposed site of a new airport in the southeastern city of Busan on Tuesday. The attacker, posing as a supporter, approached Lee asking for his autograph before he took out a 18-centimeter (7-inch) knife to attack him.After receiving emergency treatment in Busan, Lee was transported by a helicopter to the Seoul National University Hospital for surgery. Cho Jeong-sik, the party’s secretary general, said Wednesday the two-hour surgery was successful and that Lee remained in the hospital’s intensive care unit for recovery. Police and emergency officials earlier said Lee was conscious after the attack and wasn’t in critical condition.The suspect ...

In 2024, Shapiro faces calls for billions for schools, a presidential election and wary lawmakers

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:12:11 GMT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In 2024, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro could face a more complicated sophomore year in charge of Pennsylvania after his first year brought a highway collapse, a budget stalemate and friction with allies and adversaries as he navigated the battleground state’s political divides.He is under pressure to respond to a court ruling that Pennsylvania’s system of public school funding unconstitutionally discriminates against poorer districts.His administration must also oversee a presidential election that, four years ago, was marred by a barrage of right-wing conspiracy theories, Donald Trump-allied efforts in court to overturn it and threats against election administrators.And Shapiro, viewed nationally as a rising political star, must navigate the nation’s only politically divided legislature in which allies and adversaries alike are wary of him.In his first year in office, Shapiro showed himself to be a low-key operator who took a hands-off approa...

Harvard president’s resignation highlights new conservative weapon against colleges: plagiarism

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:12:11 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The downfall of Harvard’s president has elevated the threat of unearthing plagiarism, a cardinal sin in academia, as a possible new weapon in conservative attacks on higher education.Claudine Gay’s resignation Tuesday followed weeks of mounting accusations that she lifted language from other scholars in her doctoral dissertation and journal articles. The allegations surfaced amid backlash over her congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus.The plagiarism allegations came not from her academic peers but her political foes, led by conservatives who sought to oust Gay and put her career under intense scrutiny in hopes of finding a fatal flaw. Her detractors charged that Gay — who has a Ph.D. in government, was a professor at Harvard and Stanford and headed Harvard’s largest division before being promoted — got the top job in large part because she is a Black woman.Christopher Rufo, a conservative activist who helped orchestrate the effort, celebrated her dep...

Late goal sends San Jose Sharks to ninth straight loss

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:12:11 GMT

SAN JOSE — David Perron scored with 1:30 left in the third period to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-3 win over the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday.Perron had control of the puck to the left of the Sharks’ net and sent it toward the crease, where defenseman Kyle Burroughs tried to tie up Wings center Dylan Larkin. But the puck appeared to go off Burroughs’ skate before it slid past goalie Kaapo Kahkonen.The goal was the second of the third period for Perron. Michael Rasmussen added an empty netter for Detroit with 5.6 seconds left as the Sharks were sent to their ninth straight loss.Kahkonen finished with 26 saves. The Sharks next play Thursday at home against the Winnipeg Jets.Alexander Barabanov snapped a 10-game goal drought and registered his 100th NHL point as he scored at the 9:24 mark of the third period to give the Sharks a 3-2 lead.The Red Wings got that goal back just 91 seconds later. With Jan Rutta serving a holding penalty, Daniel Sprong sent a seam pass ...

Warriors end losing streak with a win Orlando Magic behind Steph Curry’s 36-point night

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:12:11 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Steph Curry scored 36 points in the Warriors’ 121-115 win over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night. The win snapped a three-game losing streak and moved the Warriors to a 16-17 record.All five of the Warriors scored in double figures for the first time this season. Curry turned a cold start into a 12-point second quarter and 17-point second half. He shot 12-from-20 from the field and 4-for-9 from 3. Jonathan Kuminga had 19 points going 7-of-14 from the field with six rebounds and four assists. Klay Thompson had 15 points, Chris Paul had 12 and Trayce Jackson-Davis had 10.Gary Payton II suffered a left hamstring strain mid-way through the third quarter. He fell to the ground on a non-contact play and threw his headband as he exited for the locker room immediately. This was Payton’s second game back from a calf strain that sidelined him for a month.Related ArticlesGolden State Warriors | Warriors have meeting to address chemistry: ‘We ...