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Carlos Alcaraz reaches the US Open semifinals and closes in on a second consecutive title

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:53 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz found himself in a hint of a predicament 35 minutes into his U.S. Open quarterfinal against Alexander Zverev on Wednesday night.At 3-all in the first set under the lights in Arthur Ashe Stadium, Zverev earned the first break points of the match. An opening. An opportunity to gain an early edge against the defending champion. And then — poof! — gone. Alcaraz dismissed those chances to hold, then gained a break himself in the next game by depositing an overhead that bounced into the stands. One more service hold arrived and, just like that, the set belonged to Alcaraz, as did, eventually, a spot in the semifinals.The top-seeded Alcaraz pushed aside Zverev 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 and moved a step closer to becoming the first man to win consecutive titles at Flushing Meadows since Roger Federer collected five in a row from 2004-08.“(If) I could have broken, it could have gone my way. It didn’t,” Zverev said about that key segment in the match’s seventh game. “...

Racing Louisville, North Carolina Courage advance to NWSL Challenge Cup final

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:53 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Kirsten Davis scored and Racing Louisville beat OL Reign 1-0 Wednesday night to advance to the National Women’s Soccer League’s Challenge Cup title game.Louisville will face the defending champion North Carolina Courage, a 1-0 winner over the Kansas City Current an the earlier semifinal.The title match is sent for Saturday at Cary’s WakeMed Soccer Park. The NWSL Challenge Cup is an in-season tournament among the league’s 12 teams that has a $1.1 million prize pool. OL Reign had a free kick in the defensive half in the 28th minute and mistakenly passed directly to Davis at the top of the 18-yard box on the reset. Davis took one touch to her right and fired a shot into the left corner. The Reign put a lot of pressure on Louisville after the goal, getting off 16 shots, but couldn’t score the equalizer at Lumen Field. In the earlier game, Brianna Pinto came off the bench and scored the winner in the 96th minute, sending the Courage past Kansa...

Unicef reporta cifra récord de niños migrantes en América Latina y el Caribe

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:53 GMT

(CNN) — Unicef dice que los niños están migrando a través de América Latina y el Caribe en cantidades récord debido a factores como la violencia de las pandillas, la pobreza, la inestabilidad y el cambio climático.La agencia de ayuda estima que en los primeros siete meses de 2023, más de 60.000 niños cruzaron la selva del Darién, una importante ruta migratoria entre Colombia y Panamá. Eso ya es más alto que cualquier otro año registrado.Unicef también dice que los niños más pequeños están haciendo estos viajes a un ritmo cada vez mayor, y los menores de 11 años representan ahora hasta el 91% de todos los niños que se mueven a través de algunos puntos de tránsito clave en la región.La administración de Biden pone fin parcialmente a la política fronteriza de la era Trump para los niños migrantes no acompañados (2022)Escuelas en Miami enfrentan el reto de educar a miles de niños migrantes 3:29“Cada vez hay más niños en movimiento, de edades cada vez más tempranas, a menudo solos ...

Britain rejoins EU’s Horizon science scheme

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:53 GMT

LONDON — Britain will rejoin two of the EU’s science funding projects in a major post-Brexit shift.The U.K. government announced Thursday that it will associate to both Horizon Europe, the bloc’s multibillion-euro research funding scheme, and Copernicus, its earth observation program, under a “bespoke new agreement.”Confirming the pact, which comes after months of talks, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak claimed he had struck the “right deal for the U.K., unlocking unparalleled research opportunities, and also the right deal for British taxpayers.”In its own statement, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU and U.K. “are key strategic partners and allies, and today’s agreement proves that point. We will continue to be at the forefront of global science and research.From Thursday, British researchers will be able to apply for grants and bid to take part in Horizon projects, the U.K. government said, and Britain will remain a fully associated member for th...

SDPD releases bodycam video of police shooting in Encanto

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:53 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego police on Wednesday released bodycam video from a deadly police shooting in Encanto.Around 8:40 p.m. on Aug. 28, a SDPD officer tried to rescue a wounded woman but is shot at by her son, police say. Police have identified the suspect as Jesse Nelson, 43.The officer tries to see where Nelson is hiding as dozens of his colleagues arrive as backup. "Due to the fact the suspect had killed one person, one dog, and had fired and continued to fire multiple rounds at responding officers, assistance from the San Diego Police Department’s Special Weapons and Tactics Unit (S.W.A.T.) was requested," police said.The SWAT team tried to get the suspect to give up, but he refuses.The suspect then begins throwing items out of the garage towards officers. An hour later, police say he set fire to the structure.An officer eventually shot and killed Nelson. Police say they recovered a rifle next to him. A handgun and shotgun were also found in the home, along with additional firea...

US Open Adaptive Surfing Championship to be held at Oceanside Pier

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:53 GMT

OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- Para surfers from around the world are ready to prove themselves as world champions.Dozens of elite athletes will compete in the sixth annual U.S. Open Adaptive Surfing Championship taking place by the Oceanside Pier Thursday through Sunday.This is the last stop in the 2023 World Tour after athletes competed in Hawaii and Costa Rica.Wednesday served as a free day for surfers to practice and get registered. Heats are slated about every 20 minutes starting Thursday. Athletes are grouped by skill sets in nine divisions.These surfers are highly experienced and full of heart, tenaciously overcoming trauma and obstacles. When he was 19 years old, Charles "Chaka" Webb thought he would never surf again after a motorcycle accident left him paralyzed from the waist down, but then he was introduced to adaptive surfing and paddleboarding."We are all about ocean therapy and the healing of the ocean," Webb said. Webb founded the Stoke for Life Foundat...

SDSU opens new Center for Tobacco and the Environment

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:53 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego State University’s Center for Tobacco and the Environment has opened a new policy research center in Kearny Mesa. The center will address the lasting dangers of tobacco on public health and the environment.  The center will study tobacco waste that accumulates in streets, storm drains, and inside homes and buildings and ends up on the beaches.  “Tobacco product waste has been with us from the first day tobacco was used,” said Dr. Georg Matt, a San Diego State University professor of psychology, and the Center for Tobacco and the Environment’s director.   DUI suspect arrested in hit-and-run that killed beloved bartender The center will study the toxic dangers of tobacco waste found indoors and outdoors, known as thirdhand smoke. Experts said thirdhand smoke is the residue left behind from tobacco smoke, and when cigarette butts and e-cigarettes are littered on beaches, parks and sidewalks. The chemicals leach out into the so...

Local leaders push for transparency on homelessness crisis spending

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:53 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The San Diego County Taxpayers Association joined forces with several mayors Wednesday to ask the San Diego Regional Task Force on Homelessness to provide more transparency when it comes to data sharing.“We want to see effective and efficient use of our taxpayer dollars," said Haney Hong, President and CEO of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association. "So much money is going into homelessness services and it is unclear to you and me whether that money is working."Standing with Vista Mayor John Franklin and Chula Vista Mayor John McCann, they are prescribing best practices for transparency and information sharing across all public entities that serve the homeless, they say, to better learn what’s working and what’s not.  Second SDSU student reports sex assault by presumed rideshare driver “We were disheartened to learn that the Regional Task Force on Homelessness doesn't automatically share their data with agencies that fund various homeless service pro...

3 sailors reach land safely after sharks nearly sink their catamaran in the Coral Sea

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:53 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Three round-the-world sailors reached land safely Thursday after sharks nearly sank their catamaran in the Coral Sea. Both of the inflatable hulls on their 9-meter (30-foot) boat were damaged in several attacks by what were thought to be cookiecutter sharks — a small species not considered dangerous to people. Aerial photos of the men’s rescue showed major damage to the boat, which was nearly submerged and a front section of one hull was completely missing.The Australian Maritime Safety Authority coordinated the rescue of the two Russian and one French sailor after they activated an emergency beacon early Wednesday 835 kilometers (519 miles) southeast of the Queensland state city of Cairns. The three were rescued by a Panama-flagged freight ship, which landed them at Mooloolaba Harbor on the Sunshine Coast north of the Queensland capital Brisbane on Thursday, the authority said.Rescued sailor Stanislav Beryozkin said he suspected the sharks mistook h...

Stock market today: Asian shares fall as China reports weaker global demand hit its trade in August

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:58:53 GMT

Shares slipped Thursday in Asia as China reported weaker global demand hit its trade in August, adding to pressures on its economy. Oil prices and U.S. futures also fell. Hong Kong’s benchmark fell more than 1% and most other major regional markets also declined.China said its exports fell 8.8% in August from a year earlier, while imports were down 7.3%. The declines were smaller than the double-digit drops in July, however, and were better than most forecasts. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng, which has yoyoed this week on news about Chinese policy changes for the property sector, declined on selling of tech shares. It fell 1.2% to 18,235.40.The Shanghai Composite index lost 0.9% to 3,130.70, while Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 shed 0.8% to 32,991.08. In Seoul, the Kospi sank 0.7% to 2,544.40. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was off 1.2% at 7,174.00. Shares in most other regional markets fell.On Wednesday, the S&P 500 dropped 0.7%, closing at 4,465.48. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ...