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French teenager Arthur Fils wins clay-court tuneup title ahead of French Open

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:25:03 GMT

LYON, France (AP) — Arthur Fils, an 18-year-old from France, won his first ATP title Saturday by beating Francisco Cerundolo 6-3, 7-5 in the final of the Open Parc Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Lyon.“I will remember this forever,” Fils said.He is the youngest champion on the men’s tennis tour in 2023 and earned a spot in the Top 100 for the first time — just one of two teenagers in that elite group as the start of the French Open arrives Sunday at Roland Garros in Paris.At No. 112 entering the clay-court event in Lyon, Fils became the lowest-ranked player to win an ATP trophy this season.___AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Langenberg, three relievers lead Iowa past Michigan in Big Ten semifinal

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:25:03 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Ty Langenberg allowed two hits in seven innings, three relievers finished the three-hit shutout, and Iowa advanced to the Big Ten Tournament championship game with a 5-0 victory over Michigan on Saturday.Langenberg (6-3) struck out nine batters, walked two and hit one. He allowed one runner to reach second base — in the first inning. Iowa will play either Maryland or Nebraska in the championship game on Sunday. The Hawkeyes have reached the championship game for the fifth time, last doing so in 2017 when they won for the first time. After Langenberg finished the top of the seventh inning, the Hawkeyes scored three runs in the bottom half. Brennen Dorighi and Raider Tello delivered back-to-back RBI singles and Sam Hojnar added a sacrifice fly.Leading 5-0, Iowa’s bullpen closed it out as Will Christophers, Chas Wheatley and Luke Llewellyn finished with two more scoreless innings. Llewelyn came on with two on and nobody out in the ninth and struck out all three...

Acribilló a tiros a hermanos hispanos en Thanksgiving: esta es la condena que pagará

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:25:03 GMT

El exconductor de camión de helados Michael Keetley fue condenado a cadena perpetua por asesinar a dos hermanos hispanos y herir de gravedad a otras cuatro personas en un tiroteo durante la celebración de Thanksgiving cerca de Tampa.Juan Guitrón, de 28 años, y Sergio Guitrón, de 22, fueron baleados cuando jugaban cartas junto a otras cuatro personas frente a una casa en Ruskin, Florida, en noviembre de 2010.Los fiscales dijeron durante el juicio que Keetley se obsesionó con vengarse después de ser víctima de un robo mientras vendía helados en la calle. Durante el robo, le dispararon varias veces. “Monstruosos padres”: condenan a una pareja por el salvaje asesinato de su bebé en Navidad Increíble: joven hispano solicita admisión a 20 universidades y lo aceptan en todas Los médicos colocaron varillas de metal en sus huesos para reparar el daño. Quedó discapacitado permanentemente y comenzó a cobrar los beneficios del Seguro Social....

Texas House launches historic impeachment proceedings against GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton; vote expected in hours

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:25:03 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas House launches historic impeachment proceedings against GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton; vote expected in hours.Source

Dortmund’s players, fans stunned after falling short in German title race

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:25:03 GMT

DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — It takes a lot to stun Borussia Dortmund’s Yellow Wall of fans into silence, even for a moment.One of the most famous crowds in world soccer fell quiet Saturday as Dortmund missed the chance to win the German league title when it was held to a 2-2 draw by Mainz, making Bayern Munich the champion for an 11th consecutive year.At the final whistle, the atmosphere resembled a funeral as Dortmund players sprawled on the ground in ones and twos, trying to process missing out on the title, and coach Edin Terzic had tears in his eyes as he approached the fans. Lines of security personnel holding ropes blocked off the edge of the field, ready to hold back a tide of fans which never came. “It’s brutally disappointing,” said defender Mats Hummels, the only player remaining from Dortmund’s last title-winning team in 2012, in televised comments. “We had it in our own hands, we had it in our hands after our great second half to the season, but today we should ...

DJ LeMahieu homer, Isiah Kiner-Falefa 10th inning walk-off hit lead Yankees to win over Padres

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:25:03 GMT

DJ LeMahieu said he felt “close” to clicking after Friday’s loss to the Padres, but he didn’t have the results to show for it. That changed Saturday.LeMahieu, who entered the game slashing .133/.188/.133 with zero extra-base hits over his last 32 plate appearances, generated the Yankees’ first two runs against San Diego on Sunday. That set the stage for Isiah Kiner-Falefa, whose walk-off single in the 10th inning off Fordham product Nick Martinez shut the door on a 3-2, series-tying, Yankees win in the Bronx.LeMahieu started his day with an RBI single off Michael Wacha in the first inning. Wacha, a Yankees killer, settled in for a while after that, but LeMahieu got to the right-hander again in the seventh when he tied the game at two with a solo home run. The liner was LeMahieu’s first longball since May 10 and his first extra-base hit since May 16.While LeMahieu had Wacha’s number Saturday, the veteran only surrendered those two runs over s...

Ticker: Debt crisis negotiators are ‘closer to an agreement,’ but no deal yet

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:25:03 GMT

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Republican negotiators are “closer to an agreement” that would resolve the looming debt crisis, but there’s no deal yet with President Joe Biden.McCarthy also says there’s no firm timeline for a final compromise that would raise the nation’s borrowing limit and avoid a catastrophic default while also making spending cuts that House Republicans are demanding. House negotiators left the Capitol after 2 a.m. Saturday and returned hours later.McCarthy tells reporters that “we’ll get it when it gets right.” Biden said on Friday evening before departing for Camp David that bargainers were “very close.” He’s continuing to talk with his negotiating team multiple times a day, signing off on offers and counteroffers.A measure of inflation that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve increased in AprilA key index of U.S. prices ticked higher in April, and consumer spending rebounded, a sign that inflationary pressures in the eco...

Billerica police looking for man accused of robbing TD Bank

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:25:03 GMT

Police are asking the public to help identify a man who they say robbed a TD Bank in Billerica Friday afternoon.Billerica Police Chief Roy Frost said police were alerted at 2:45 p.m. of a bank robbery at a TD Bank on Boston Road. An unknown male entered the bank, passed a note to a teller demanding cash, and then fled on a bicycle, police said.No weapons were shown and no injuries were reported, according to police.The suspect has been described as an Asian male with an average build, about five feet six inches tall, according to police. He was wearing a dark-colored Toyota baseball cap, dark sweater with the word “Michael” on the right shoulder, and tan pants.Billerica police ask anyone with information to call (978) 671-0900.Billerica PoliceBillerica Police are asking the public for assistance as they seek to identify this suspect who robbed the TD Bank at 449 Boston Road on Friday afternoon. (Courtesy Billerica Police)

Multiple people hit by car outside Arlington Stop and Shop, police say

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:25:03 GMT

Multiple people were hit by a car outside a Stop & Shop in Arlington Saturday morning, according to police.An 87-year-old Belmont man pulled into the grocery store at 905 Massachusetts Ave and struck an occupied park vehicle and a building, according to police. The man then reversed the vehicle and struck multiple pedestrians, Arlington Police Chief Julie Flaherty said in a statement.A 61-year-old Arlington woman and a 70-year-old Randolph man were transported to local hospitals, police said. The driver was treated at the scene before heading to an area hospital, law enforcement said.The owner of the parked vehicle, a woman from Harwich, was not injured, according to police.Police said they responded to the incident at 10:16 a.m. for a report of a motor vehicle crash involving multiple pedestrians.Arlington police said they are investigating the crash and access to the parking lot “will likely be disrupted for much of the afternoon.”

‘Anatomy of a Fall’ wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:25:03 GMT

Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” won the Palme d’Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in a ceremony Saturday that handed the festival’s prestigious top prize to a twisty French Alps courtroom drama. “Anatomy of a Fall,” which stars Sandra Hüller as a writer trying to prove her innocence in her husband’s death, is only the third film directed by a woman to win the Palme d’Or. One of the two previous winners, Julia Ducournau, was on this year’s jury. Cannes’ Grand Prix, its second prize, went to Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest,” a chilling Martin Amis adaptation about a German family living next door to Auschwitz.The awards were decided by a jury presided over by two-time Palme winner Ruben Östlund, the Swedish director who won the prize last year for “Triangle of Sadness.” The ceremony preceded the festival’s closing night film, the Pixar animation “Elemental.” The jury prize went to Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki’s “Fallen Leaves,...