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LawConnect is first out of the harbor in Sydney to Hobart race, Scallywag an early withdrawal

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:57:58 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — Super maxi LawConnect was the first out of the harbor in a close and dramatic start to the annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Tuesday.Rival 100-foot yachts SHK Scallywag and defending champion Andoo Comanche followed in that order as light winds made for a challenging start to the race. LawConnect has been runner-up in the last three Sydney to Hobart races.But line honors contender Scallywag later retired from the race with a broken bow sprit. The Hong Kong-based super maxi withdrew off the New South Wales state south coast about six hours after the start of the race.“The team are obviously very disappointed given the great progress we were making but thankful no one was injured and that we could safely recover the sails that were in the air at the time,” a statement from SHK Scallywag said. ”The team are currently making their way back to Sydney.”Comanche flew a protest flag from the start, accusing Scallywag of tacking too close to her as the yachts made their way...

El líder de la oposición rusa encarcelado, Navalny, “aliviado” después de un “agotador” traslado de prisión de 20 días

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:57:58 GMT

(CNN) — El líder de la oposición rusa Alexey Navalny, ahora trasladado a una prisión al norte del Círculo Polar Ártico, expresó su “alivio” en su primer mensaje compartido a través de sus asistentes en las redes sociales este martes después de sobrevivir a lo que, según él, fue un traslado de prisión “agotador” de 20 días que cubrió miles de millas.“Me trajeron aquí este sábado por la noche. Y me transportaron con tanta precaución y por una ruta tan extraña (Vladimir – Moscú – Chelyabinsk – Ekaterinburg – Kirov – Vorkuta – Kharp) que no esperaba que nadie me encontrara aquí antes de mediados de enero”, escribió Navalny en X anteriormente conocido como Twitter.1/9 I am your new Santa Claus.Well, I now have a sheepskin coat, an ushanka hat (a fur hat with ear-covering flaps), and soon I will get valenki (a traditional Russian winter footwear). I have grown a beard for the 20 days of my transportation.— Alexey Navalny (@navalny) December ...

Cal Baptist hosts Chicago State after Daniels’ 32-point game

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:57:58 GMT

Chicago State Cougars (7-10) at Cal Baptist Lancers (7-4, 1-1 WAC)Riverside, California; Wednesday, 10 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lancers -11; over/under is 131.5BOTTOM LINE: Cal Baptist hosts the Chicago State Cougars after Dominique Daniels Jr. scored 32 points in Cal Baptist’s 73-70 loss to the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers.The Lancers are 5-3 in home games. Cal Baptist averages 70.4 points and has outscored opponents by 4.6 points per game.The Cougars are 3-4 in road games. Chicago State is 3-8 against opponents over .500.Cal Baptist is shooting 42.4% from the field this season, 4.2 percentage points lower than the 46.6% Chicago State allows to opponents. Chicago State’s 40.3% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.8 percentage points lower than Cal Baptist has given up to its opponents (43.1%).TOP PERFORMERS: Daniels averages 2.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Lancers, scoring 18.6 points while shooting 35.5% from beyond the arc. Blondeau Tchouk...

Virginia hosts Thomas and Morgan State

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:57:58 GMT

Morgan State Bears (4-10) at Virginia Cavaliers (9-2, 1-0 ACC)Charlottesville, Virginia; Wednesday, 7 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Cavaliers -27.5; over/under is 132.5BOTTOM LINE: Morgan State takes on the Virginia Cavaliers after Will Thomas scored 20 points in Morgan State’s 89-75 loss to the James Madison Dukes.The Cavaliers are 7-0 in home games. Virginia is 3-0 in one-possession games.The Bears are 0-6 on the road. Morgan State is 4-7 in games decided by at least 10 points.Virginia scores 65.6 points per game, 14.0 fewer points than the 79.6 Morgan State gives up. Morgan State scores 19.1 more points per game (74.6) than Virginia allows (55.5).TOP PERFORMERS: Reece Beekman is averaging 12.5 points, 5.5 assists and 2.6 steals for the Cavaliers. Isaac McKneely is averaging 10.2 points over the last 10 games for Virginia.Wynston Tabbs is averaging 15 points for the Bears. Thomas is averaging 12.6 points over the last 10 games for Morgan State.LAST 10 GAMES: Cavaliers: 8...

Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny located at Siberian penal colony two weeks after disappearance

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:57:58 GMT

(CNN) — Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has been located at a penal colony in Siberia, his team said Monday, two weeks after they lost contact with him.“We have found Alexey,” his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter. “He is now in IK-3 in the settlement of Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District.”She said Navalny’s lawyer had visited him earlier Monday and that the jailed activist was “doing well.”Navalny’s lawyers said on December 11 they had lost contact with him. Until then, he was imprisoned in a penal colony about 150 miles east of Moscow.Navalny had “never been hidden for so long,” his team said after he was absent from two scheduled court hearings last week. They warned he had been in poor health before his disappearance after being “deprived of food” and “kept in a punishment cell without ventilation.”His disappearance, which came just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he will run for re-electi...

An Arkansas man visited a state park with his girlfriend. He picked up the largest diamond discovered there in 3 years

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:57:58 GMT

(CNN) — An Arkansas man who picked up what he thought was a piece of glass at a state park says he later learned his jelly bean-sized find was something much more valuable: It was a 4.87-carat diamond.Jerry Evans visited Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, for the first time with his girlfriend last spring, he told park officials.Evans says about 10 minutes after they arrived, he spotted what looked like glass a few feet away on top of a plowed ridge, according to a news release.Though he pocketed the pyramid-shaped find, he wasn’t sure if it was a diamond, Evans said in the release.“It was so clear. I really didn’t know,” Evans said. “We were picking up everything thinking it was a diamond.”Crater of Diamonds, which became a state park in 1972, is known as a source of diamonds from their original volcanic source, according to park officials.After later returning home about 250 miles away in Lepanto, Arkansas, Evans says he pondered whether the small o...

FBI says it’s investigating after reports of violent threats to Colorado judges in Trump case

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:57:58 GMT

(CNN) — The FBI is working with law enforcement officials in Colorado in the wake of threats made against state Supreme Court justices who ruled last week to remove Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot.“The FBI is aware of the situation and working with local law enforcement,” FBI Public Affairs Officer Vikki Migoya said in a statement provided to CNN on Monday. “We will vigorously pursue investigations of any threat or use of violence committed by someone who uses extremist views to justify their actions regardless of motivation.”A spokesperson for the Colorado Judicial Branch would not comment on reports of threats to the justices. Master Trooper Gary Cutler, a spokesman for the Colorado State Patrol, said any threats against judges would be handled by local authorities.The Denver Police Department said law enforcement responded to a justice’s residence Thursday evening “on what appears to be a hoax report.”“Everything checked clear ...

Police investigate Christmas Day swatting call made on Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:57:58 GMT

(CNN) — Authorities are investigating a Christmas Day swatting call at Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s residence in Rome, Georgia.Greene took to social media Monday morning, posting on X, “I was just swatted. This is like the 8th time. On Christmas with my family here.”On Monday, 911 dispatch informed officers that a call came through the suicide prevention hotline from a man possibly calling from Rome, New York, claiming he’d shot his girlfriend at Greene’s Georgia address, Rome, Georgia, police information specialist Kelly Madden told CNN on the phone. The caller also had threatened to kill himself.Rome Police informed Greene’s security team of the phone call while officers were en route to the home, according to Madden, and were told nothing was amiss at the home. Madden said officers were turned around before arriving at the house.“My local police are the GREATEST and shouldn’t have to deal with this,” Greene added in her post. “I appreciat...

Red Sox notebook: Pitching déjà vu and outfield intrigue

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:57:58 GMT

After losing out on the Yoshinobu Yamamoto sweepstakes last week, the Red Sox are pivoting hard in a familiar direction.As first reported by Rob Bradford of WEEI, the club has expressed a “strong interest” in reuniting with James Paxton.The 35-year-old left-hander became a free agent in November following a two-year stint with the Red Sox that saw him missing his entire first season due to injuries. Paxton was recovering from April ’21 Tommy John surgery when he signed a one-year, $10 million deal for ’22 with both club and player options for ’23. When the Red Sox declined to pick up his ’23 option, he exercised his.After a slow ramp-up, the southpaw debuted on May 12. He was excellent in the first half of the season, posting a 2.83 ERA and striking out 31.1% of batters faced across 10 starts (56 innings) before the All-Star break. He earned American League Pitcher of the Month honors for June, and drew considerable interest before the trade deadl...

Massachusetts vocational school admissions ‘moving in the wrong direction’: Legislators push leadership to nix selective criteria

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:57:58 GMT

Gateway cities’ legislators are railing against the selective criteria in vocational school admissions, urging Gov. Maura Healey and her administration to follow up on “inadequate” efforts to address inequity in the competitive process.“We write today to ask you to direct the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to prohibit selective criteria that discriminates against disadvantaged 8th graders and inhibits their social and economic mobility,” 26 members of the Gateway Cities Legislative Caucus wrote in a letter to Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll.“We believe children who grow up in poverty in Massachusetts — thousands of whom live in Gateway Cities — deserve the same opportunity to attend a vocational school,” the lawmakers added in the letter.Many advocates have long argued the 2003 decision to force vocational schools to implement selective criteria in their admissions discriminates against against students of co...