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On day Messi deal announced, Inter Miami’s winless streak reaches 11 with 3-0 loss to St Louis

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:14:32 GMT

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hours after Inter Miami announced its contract with Lionel Messi, the team’s winless streak reached 11 with a 3-0 loss to St. Louis City on Saturday night in Gerardo Martino’s debut as coach.Messi was to be introduced Sunday night as Miami’s stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Phil Neville was fired as Miami’s coach on June 1 after 2 1/2 seasons. Martino, who coached Messi with Barcelona and Argentina’s national team, was hired June 28.Miami has not won since May 13, losing seven straight games and losing its last four.Samuel Adeniran and Tim Parker scored first-half goals for St. Louis.Adeniran scored his third goal of the season, off a pass from from Indiana Vassilev, St. Louis (13-8-2) went ahead the 28th minute. Parker scored his third goal of the season in the 40th minute from Aziel Jackson’s assist.Eduard Löwen subbed in in the second half and got his sixth goal of the season in the 80th minute.Roman Bürki saved three shots for S...

Real Salt Lake ups unbeaten run with 3-1 win over Red Bulls

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:14:32 GMT

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Diego Luna scored in each half, Jefferson Savarino added a goal and an assist and Real Salt Lake cruised to a 3-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls on Saturday night, upping its unbeaten streak to nine.Real Salt Lake (10-7-7) improves to 7-0-6 all-time at home against New York (6-9-8) and remains the only team the Red Bulls have played at least three times on the road without a victory. Luna took a pass from Savarino in the 2nd minute and scored to give Real Salt Lake the lead for good. Luna stretched the lead to 2-0 eight minutes into the second half, using an assist from Danny Musovski to notch his third netter this season.Frankie Amaya found the net for a fourth time this season, taking a pass from Kyle Duncan in the 80th minute to make it 2-1. But Savarino answered one minute later to push the lead back to two goals. Bryan Oviedo had an assist on Savarino’s sixth goal of the campaign.Zac MacMath stopped three shots for Real Salt Lake. Carlos Coronel ha...

Shohei Ohtani homers in 9th inning, Angels win 13-12 in 10th on Astros error

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:14:32 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s major league-leading 33rd homer keyed the Angels’ tying rally in the ninth inning, and rookie Trey Cabbage scored on Grae Kessinger’s throwing error in the 10th to end Los Angeles’ wild 13-12 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday night.The Astros’ rookie shortstop threw wide of first base while attempting to turn an easy inning-ending double play on Taylor Ward’s grounder. Cabbage scored from third in only his second major league game to set off a wild celebration for the Angels, who rallied from a six-run deficit in the seventh and a three-run deficit in the ninth before snapping their six-game losing streak in improbable fashion.The AL West rivals combined for 18 runs in the final four innings of a much-needed victory for the Angels, who had lost 10 of 11.Houston starter Framber Valdez left with an apparent injury concern in the seventh before the bullpen imploded, allowing eight hits and eight runs —...

Powerball prize grows to $900 million after no jackpot winner drawn

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:14:32 GMT

Another Powerball drawing ended with no winner Saturday night, sending the jackpot soaring to an estimated $900 million.No ticket for Saturday’s drawing matched the winning combination: white balls 2, 9, 43, 55, 57 and red Powerball 18. The jackpot was estimated at $875 million.Ticket buyers for Monday’s drawing have a chance at either $900 million paid out in yearly increments or a $465.1 million, one-time lump sum before taxes.The jackpot will keep growing until someone wins.The game’s abysmal odds of 1 in 292.2 million are designed to build big prizes that draw more players. The largest Powerball jackpot was $2.04 billion in November.The last time someone won the Powerball jackpot was April 19 for a top prize of nearly $253 million. Since then, no one has won the grand prize in the past 37 consecutive drawings.Powerball is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.The Associated Press

Yellen visits India again to promote closer ties and tackle global economic problems

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:14:32 GMT

GANDHINAGAR, India (AP) — On the heels of a trip to Beijing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is back in India for the third time in nine months, this time to meet finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations about global economic challenges like the increased threat of debt defaults facing low-income countries.Yellen told reporters in Gandhinagar, the capital of the western Indian state of Gujarat, on Sunday that she was trying to foster warming relations between the U.S. and India. She also plans a stop in Hanoi, Vietnam, to address supply chain reliability, clean energy transition and other matters of economic resilience.Yellen said her goals for her time in India were to press for debt restructuring in developing countries in economic distress, push to modernize global development banks to make them more climate-focused and deepen the ever-growing U.S.-India relationship.Yellen’s frequent stops in the country signal the importance of that relationship at a time of tension ...

Alabama woman returns home following disappearance and search after reporting child on interstate

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:14:32 GMT

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — A 25-year-old Alabama woman returned home late Saturday after being the focus of a two-day search by police and family members who reported her missing after she stopped to check on a child who was walking along a highway.Police said Carlethia “Carlee” Nichole Russell had returned to the home she shares with her parents in Hoover, AL.com reported late Saturday night.Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said Russell arrived home alone and was transported to a hospital for evaluation, AL.com reported.Russell’s whereabouts were not immediately clear since around 10:45 p.m. Thursday when she called 911 and a family member to say she saw a young child walking on the side of I-459. Police found Russell’s car and her cell phone but were unable to find her or a child in the area. Hoover Police Lt. Daniel Lowe said the family member on the phone with Russell lost contact with her even though the line remained open. A single witness reported possibly seeing a gray v...

Israel’s Netanyahu is feeling ‘very good’ after overnight hospitalization following a dizzy spell

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:14:32 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was still undergoing tests in hospital on Sunday after a dizzy spell but was expected to be released later in the day, his office said.Netanyahu, 73, was rushed to hospital on Saturday after feeling mild dizziness. His office said test results on Sunday were normal and that Netanyahu was feeling “very good.”His office said he had spent the previous day at the Sea of Galilee, a popular vacation spot in northern Israel where temperatures climbed to about 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) amid a stifling country-wide heat wave. After a series of tests, the initial assessment was that the veteran Israeli leader was dehydrated.After being hospitalized, Netanyahu released a video on social media last night. Smiling, he said that he had been out in the sun on Friday without wearing a hat and without water. “Not a good idea,” he said.Doctors ordered him to remain in the hospital overnight for further observation, an...

Ukraine bides its time in its counteroffensive, trying to stretch Russian forces before striking

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:14:32 GMT

The first phase of Ukraine’s counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied territory began weeks ago without fanfare. Apart from claiming that its troops are edging forward, Kyiv has not offered much detail on how it’s going.Taking place mostly out of sight of impartial observers, the fighting in eastern and southern Ukraine pits troops equipped with new Western-supplied weapons against Kremlin forces that spent months digging formidable defenses and honing tactics.Here’s a look at what’s happening after more than 16 months of war:WHAT ARE UKRAINE’S TACTICS?Fighting has intensified at multiple points along the 1,500-kilometer (930-mile) front line. Ukrainian forces are making steady progress along the northern and southern flanks of the wrecked city of Bakhmut, which Russian forces have been occupying since May.Battles are also raging along the southern front in Zaporizhzhia, where Ukrainian forces are making minimal gains and coming up against formidable Russian fortificatio...

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz meet in the Wimbledon final

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:14:32 GMT

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic is bidding for his record-tying eighth Wimbledon singles championship and fifth in a row.Carlos Alcaraz is trying for his first trophy at the All England Club.Djokovic wants his 24th Grand Slam title. Alcaraz wants his second.There is plenty on the line when Djokovic and Alcaraz meet each other at Centre Court in the Wimbledon final on Sunday.There’s also this: Alcaraz, a 20-year-old from Spain, is ranked No. 1, and Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, is ranked No. 2. In addition to the Wimbledon trophy, the winner will have the top ATP ranking.This is a rematch of the showdown between Alcaraz and Djokovic in the French Open semifinals last month.The first two sets were terrific, and each man won one. But then Alcaraz was overcome by cramping — he said later he thought nerves were the main cause — and Djokovic took the anticlimactic last two sets 6-1, 6-1.Marketa Vondrousova won her first Grand Slam title on Saturday by defeating Ons J...

Air Quality Alert and Marginal Risk for Severe Weather Sunday. Scorching Heat in U.S. Southwest

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 01:14:32 GMT

Death Valley heat approaching record levels The Southwestern U.S. is currently trapped under a persistent heatwave that has brought extreme temperatures to that region. The heat in Death Valley National Park could approach record levels on Sunday, with readings in excess of 130 degrees (F). Known as the hottest place on earth, the all-time record high temperature there was set on July 10, 1913 at Furnace Creek, California.