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Rep. George Santos names himself campaign treasurer

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:56:08 GMT

By Fredreka Schouten | CNNRep. George Santos has named himself the treasurer of his campaign committee, marking the latest twist in a monthslong saga over puzzling filings his campaign has made with federal regulators.The new filing, made late Friday afternoon with the Federal Election Commission, comes a little more than a week after federal prosecutors unveiled a 13-count criminal indictment, charging the New York Republican with wire fraud, fraudulently obtaining Covid-19 unemployment benefits and lying about his personal finances on forms he submitted to the US House of Representatives as a candidate. He has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to the charges.Santos’ lawyer and an aide did not immediately respond to CNN’s inquiries on Friday evening.Questions long have swirled about the identity of Santos’ campaign treasurer. This year, Santos’ campaign named a new treasurer identified as Andrew Olson, but federal and state records did not show anyone with that name serving ...

PGA Championship at a glance

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:56:08 GMT

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A brief look at the second round of the PGA Championship:UP FRONT: Scottie Scheffler, Corey Conners and Viktor Hovland are tied for the lead at 5-under 135. Conners and Scheffler shot 2-under 68 on Friday while Hovland capped off a 3-under 67 with a tap-in birdie on the 18th hole.IN THE MIX: First-round leader Bryson DeChambeau is two back after shooting a 1-over 71 on Friday. Justin Suh is also 3 under after a 69 that helped him easily make the cut for the first time in a major. HANGING IN: Brooks Koepka bounced back from a 72 on Thursday to post the round of the day, a 66 that moved him to 2 under for the tournament. Koepka finished with a flourish, birdieing the difficult 17th and 18th holes to ensure himself a spot in one of the final pairings on Saturday.HANGING ON: Defending champion Justin Thomas made it to the weekend by draining an 8-foot bogey putt on 18 to make the cut on the number at 5 over. Good friend Jordan Spieth did the same, rolling in an 8-...

Defending champ Justin Thomas makes cut on number at PGA Championship

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:56:08 GMT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Forget defending his PGA Championship title. Justin Thomas had to scramble on his final hole to simply make the cut at Oak Hill on Friday.Two former PGA champions, Jason Day and Jimmy Walker, are out.So is Talor Gooch, whose failure to make the cut at 5-over 145 cost him a chance to earn a spot in the U.S. Open next month. Gooch is ranked 63rd in the world, with the U.S. Open inviting the top 60 after this week.And leave it to Phil Mickelson to correctly predict he’d still be playing this weekend after a second-round score of 2-over 72 pushed his two-round total to 145.The 156-man field was slashed to 76 players for the final two rounds.Thomas, ranked 13th in the world, turned making the cut into an adventure. He was 4 over on the 18th tee and his drive landed landed in a fairway bunker. His first attempt caught the lip and stayed in the sand. He punched the ball within 95 yards of the hole on his second attempt and eventually made an 8-foot putt for bogey.Jor...

Dos auxiliares de vuelo se enamoraron en un avión. Esto fue lo que pasó después

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:56:08 GMT

(CNN) — En un reciente vuelo transatlántico de Florida a Londres, los auxiliares de vuelo Hunter Smith-Lihas y John Lihas, ambos casados, cruzaron miradas al otro lado del pasillo.Ambos se sonrieron antes de volver a servir champán a los pasajeros de primera clase.Esta sonrisa compartida fue fugaz, pero lo dijo todo. Y más tarde, cuando Hunter y John estaban de vacaciones al mismo tiempo, la pareja se encontró sentada en la sala de descanso de la tripulación, reflexionando sobre la vida en común y las carreras que han construido juntos.“Pasé cinco minutos en el avión contigo, cuando ni siquiera debía hacerlo, y ahora vivimos juntos en la ciudad, y tú estás sentado frente a mí en el avión y trabajamos juntos”, recuerda Hunter que le dijo a John.“Cuando conoces a alguien por primera vez, nunca piensas que llegará tan lejos. Es algo surrealista. Y, sinceramente, te hace muy feliz, porque te preguntas cómo es que llegué hasta aquí”.Encuentro en un aviónLa h...

Mickelson relieved to make PGA Championship cut after 2nd-round struggles

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:56:08 GMT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — After plunking a tee shot in the water, and missing 10 fairways and six greens in regulation, Phil Mickelson closed a haphazard second round at the PGA Championship on Friday clinging to the one positive he could find.Poorly as Lefty played in carding a 2-over 72 that put him at 5-over 145 at Oak Hill, Mickelson anticipated he did enough to make the cut.“I’m just a fraction off. This is as bad as I’ve played in a long time,” Mickelson said. “And yet, I’m still here on the weekend and I have a chance to turn it around.”The two-time PGA Championship winner, who teed off in the morning, ultimately made the cut on the number, one of 76 players advancing to the weekend.And it wouldn’t be extraordinary for Mickelson, who has won 45 PGA Tour events and six majors, to mount a charge. He did so as recently as the Masters last month, when he shot a fourth-round low of 7-under 65 to finish in a tie for second with Brooks Koepka.Yet Mickelson’s surge at Augusta seems more...

NHRA Route 66 Nationals Qualifying

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:56:08 GMT

FridayAt Route 66 RacewayJoliet, Ill.First Round QualifyingTop Fuel1. Mike Salinas, 3.686 seconds, 333.41 mph; 2. Austin Prock, 3.694, 331.20; 3. Justin Ashley, 3.717,332.10; 4. Doug Kalitta, 3.722, 331.61; 5. Spencer Massey, 3.722, 326.95; 6. Shawn Langdon, 3.745,331.12; 7. Leah Pruett, 3.756, 318.62; 8. Jacob McNeal, 3.774, 318.54; 9. Will Smith, 3.851, 303.57; 10. T.J.Zizzo, 4.178, 208.62; 11. Antron Brown, 4.207, 201.37; 12. Josh Hart, 4.542, 167.32; 13. Steve Torrence,4.609, 159.04; 14. Doug Foley, 5.537, 122.28; 15. Jacob Opatmy, 6.071, 103.44; 16. Tony Schumacher, 6.117,102.45. Not Qualified: 17. Buddy Hull, 7.310, 95.32; 18. Lex Joon, 7.796, 90.77; 19. Brittany Force, 8.067,78.10; 20. Clay Millican, 8.290, 83.85; 21. Kyle Wurtzel, 8.348, 83.22. Funny Car1. Robert Hight, Chevy Camaro, 3.831, 335.07; 2. Cruz Pedregon, Dodge Charger, 3.889, 327.59; 3. J.R.Todd, Toyota Supra, 3.906, 333.00; 4. John Force, Camaro, 4.442, 192.00; 5. Tim Wilkerson, FordMustang, 5.323, 173.90; 6. Te...

Police search for missing 40-year-old man in Miami

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:56:08 GMT

The Miami-Dade Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a missing 40-year-old man. Shelove Volmy was last seen in the area of the 16500 block of Southwest 107th Court, Friday evening. He was last seen wearing a white polo shirt with a mutli-color emblem in the front, black and white sneakers and he was carrying coloring books. Volmy stands at 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 175 pounds, has black eyes and is bald.He may also be in need of services. Anyone with information on Volmy’s whereabouts is urged to contact 305- 471-8477.

No swim advisory issued for Maule Lake, Oleta River State Park in North Miami Beach

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:56:08 GMT

Officials in Miami-Dade County have issued no swim advisories in North Miami Beach.In a release issued Friday night, county officials said a pipe rupture resulted in a discharge of wastewater to storm drains that emptied into Maule Lake.Crews have completed repairs on the broken 24-inch sewage pipe, but the outflow that already occurred has led to increased bacteria levels there.As a result, they advise people to refrain from fishing and boating and to stay out of the water at Maule Lake and Oleta River State Park until further notice.Officials advise to avoid contact with the water in the following areas:Northeast 183rd Street to the north.Oleta River to the south.The west side of Maule Lake to the west.The Intracoastal Waterway to the east.Greynolds Park is also within the affected area.

Lukashenko’s Belarus isn’t going anywhere just yet

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:56:08 GMT

Sergei Kuznetsov is a freelance journalist covering Eastern Europe. His work has been published in European outlets, including the Financial Times and POLITICO.The health of a nation’s leader would hardly disrupt the stability of a country with democratically elected institutions and prevailing rule of law. However, it may spell great trouble for authoritarian Belarus, where the entire political system has been concentrated in the hands of a single person.Sixty-eight-year-old Alexander Lukashenko has ruled Belarus since 1994, and his apparently shattered health was thrust into the spotlight recently, after an unusual public absence for almost a week after the Victory Day parade in Moscow earlier this month.Lukashenko looked unhealthy during the celebrations, which he left ahead of other attending post-Soviet leaders. And when he reappeared in public in Belarus, his battered appearance and bandaged left arm only added to mounting speculation regarding his condition.“There are many ru...

Greece’s ruling conservatives in election pole position but messy outcome likely

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:56:08 GMT

ATHENS — Greece’s conservative ruling party is expected to come out on top in Sunday’s election, but the marathon to form a government may be just starting.The New Democracy party of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis maintains a safe lead over its main rival, the left-wing Syriza, according to the latest polls, despite his premiership being burdened with a spying scandal, spiraling inflation and mounting concerns over the rule of law. Perhaps most importantly in Sunday’s vote, his government has also faced pressure over its handling of a deadly train crash earlier this year. But Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras seems to be still carrying the baggage of the tumultuous first months of his leadership in 2015 at the height of the financial crisis, which led to Greece’s third international bailout program.Nonetheless, New Democracy is unlikely to get enough votes — 45 percent — to win an outright majority, as these elections are being held under a new proportional representation...