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Jennings has game-winning double, Oklahoma tops Stanford, reaches Women’s College World Series final

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:05:51 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — It wasn’t pretty, but Oklahoma kept its historic win streak alive.Tiare Jennings doubled in the ninth inning to score two runs, leading the top-seeded Sooners past No. 9 Stanford 4-2 on Monday for a shot at their third straight Women’s College World Series title.Oklahoma increased its Division I record to 51 consecutive victories. The Sooners advanced to play No. 3 Florida State or No. 4 Tennessee for the national championship. Oklahoma (59-1) looks to become the first program since UCLA in 1988-90 to win three consecutive titles. The best-of-three championship series starts Wednesday.“We win a lot, and that’s fabulous,” Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso said. “But sometimes I think we’re so used to taking it for granted, and this means a lot. This means a lot. To get to the championship game means a lot.”Stanford (47-15) reached the World Series for the third time, and the first time since 2004.Because Oklahoma was unbeaten in the double-elimination bracke...

Dozens evacuated from small cruise ship in Alaska after engine room fire

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:05:51 GMT

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A fire in the engine room of a small cruise ship in Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve prompted the evacuation of dozens of passengers and crew on Monday. No injuries were reported, and the fire was extinguished, the U.S. Coast Guard said.The fire on board the Wilderness Discoverer was reported to the Coast Guard around 7:30 a.m. UnCruise Adventures, which operates the ship, said 78 passengers and crew members were on board at the time.All 51 passengers and most crew members were removed from the ship and placed on another cruise ship in the area, the Coast Guard said. About 10 crew members remained with the Wilderness Discoverer, which was expected to be towed to Ketchikan. UnCruise Adventures said the cause of the fire was under investigation. The company said it would provide full refunds to affected passengers.Source

Biden says Chiefs ‘building a dynasty’ as he hosts Kansas City Super Bowl champs at White House

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:05:51 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said the Kansas City Chiefs are “building a dynasty” as he hosted the team at the White House Monday to mark their Super Bowl victory in February.Speaking on the South Lawn, Biden praised the team for playing with “the real joy of the game and love for each other and the great city you represent.” He also praised the team for their charitable work off the field, saying, “as these guys know about football, they know about life and how to use their platform to make a difference. ”Biden joked that first lady Jill Biden, a “rabid” Philadelphia fan, is still not over the dramatic end to the game, which included a controversial holding penalty against the Eagles that set the Chiefs up for their game-winning field goal. The president added, “I have to be careful what I say today,” even thoughhis wife was out of the country.Biden led the crowd in a moment of silence to mark the death Sunday of Norma Hunt, wife of the late team founder Lamar Hunt, ...

Stuttgart wins playoff, prolongs Hamburg’s wait to rejoin Bundesliga

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:05:51 GMT

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Stuttgart ended Hamburger SV’s last hopes of a return to the Bundesliga this year by winning the second leg of their playoff 3-1 on Monday.Enzo Millot scored twice and Silas Katompa Mvumpa grabbed another to cancel Sonny Kittel’s opening goal and seal a 6-1 win on aggregate for the first-division team.It’s Hamburg’s second straight failure to clinch promotion in the playoff against the team that finished third from bottom in the Bundesliga and it condemns the former league heavyweight to a sixth season in the second division since its demotion in 2018.Hamburg, which lost 3-0 in the first leg, needed a good start to keep the raucous supporters’ hopes alive and Kittel provided it in the sixth minute when he left fly with his right boot to send a brilliant shot in off the left post.Serhou Guirassy thought he’d equalized with his heel with Stuttgart’s first attack in the 17th minute, but the goal was ruled out through VAR as he’d originally come from an offside p...

Loss of oxygen in cabin may have led to Virginia plane crash, expert says

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:05:51 GMT

FILE - A crew of workers supervised by the National Transportation Safety Board place flags among the wreckage of a private jet transporting Payne Stewart in a farm field near Mina, S.D., Oct. 26, 1999. Some aviation experts are citing pilot hypoxia as a leading theory for why an unresponsive business plane flew over the nation’s capital on Sunday, June 4, 2023, and caused the military to scramble fighter jets. One of the most well-known crashes involving hypoxia was the 1999 crash of a Learjet that lost cabin pressure and flew halfway across the country on autopilot before running out of gas and crashing in a South Dakota pasture, killing professional golfer Stewart and five others. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver, File)(AP/Dave Weaver) FILE - A crew of workers supervised ...

Sun will get heat check on 6-1 start with two games against the undefeated Aces

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:05:51 GMT

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut wasn’t supposed to be this good.The Sun lost 2021 league MVP Jonquel Jones to New York and coach Curt Miller to Los Angeles in the offseason, yet they are 6-1 and leading the Eastern Conference. Next up, two games this week against the defending champs and current Western Conference leading Las Vegas Aces (6-0).The games on Tuesday and Thursday at the Mohegan Sun Arena will be the first between the teams since last year’s WNBA Finals.Las Vegas was expected to continue its dominance after adding two-time MVP Candace Parker to an already loaded roster. Connecticut’s hot start under new coach Stephanie White has been more surprising — though maybe not to her.“You know, this group has had one of the best records in the league for the last, I don’t even know how many years,” White said. “And yes, we lost a big piece, but we gained a lot of other pieces that complement our core group so well. And this core group has played together and they...

House Republicans ready contempt vote against FBI director Wray over document

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:05:51 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Oversight Committee plans to move forward this week with holding FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress.Oversight Chairman Rep. James Comer said a more-than-hourlong briefing he received Monday from bureau officials about an unverified law enforcement tip against President Joe Biden does not amount to compliance with a subpoena. FBI officials came to the Capitol on Monday to brief Comer, R-Ky., and Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the panel, about a June 2020 document that purportedly relates to Biden and his family. The briefing was conducted privately in a secure space because FBI officials say the “several page” form contains sensitive information.“The FBI again refused to hand over the unclassified record to the custody of the House Oversight Committee,” Comer told reporters after the briefing. “And we will now initiate contempt of Congress hearings this Thursday.”House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporter...

Hate crime investigation underway after vandalism at Bolton Pride display

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:05:51 GMT

A hate crime investigation got underway over the weekend after a Pride Day display in Bolton was hit with hateful vandalism, police said. Police said spray-painted graffiti was found on a Pride banner attached to a railing on Main Street and on a separate sign roughly 100 yards away overnight between Saturday and Sunday. The community quickly got to work to hide the hateful words, putting a tarp over at least one of the signs. Someone also put a piece of paper on the sign saying “Love is love, hate has no home here.” Bolton’s police chief has asked for the public’s help as the police investigation into this weekend’s incident continues.

Unsettled Pattern Is Here

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:05:51 GMT

The ying and the yang of the atmosphere had to catch up with us at some point. Meaning, May was such a great month for us with a lot of sunny days, cool nights, mild afternoons; and of course limited rainfall. This is not to say that June is already a lost cause but rather, sooner or later we were bound to find a stretch of less than ideal days. These types of patterns are typical in spring/early summer tho…In May, we were under the influence of a slow moving High Pressure system and at least for this week, we’ll be under the influence of a Low Pressure system. The reason these systems move slow is due to the fact that the fast-moving winter jet stream has retreated (and slowed) up into northern Canada and will reside there until September-October.The good news is that even within an unsettled pattern, one can eek out a decent day…I think that happens for a lot of us Tuesday.We’ll still be under the influence of Low Pressure centered up in the Canadian Mariti...

Apple unveils a $3,500 headset as it wades into the world of virtual reality

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:05:51 GMT

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE (AP Technology Writer)CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple on Monday unveiled a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world, while also testing the technology trendsetter’s ability to popularize new-fangled devices after others failed to capture the public’s imagination.After years of speculation, Apple CEO Tim Cook hailed the arrival of the sleek goggles — dubbed “Vision Pro” — at the the company’s annual developers conference held on a park-like campus in Cupertino, California, that Apple’s late co-founder Steve Jobs helped design. The device will be capable to toggling between virtual reality, or VR, and augmented reality, or AR, which projects digital imagery while users still see can see objects in the real world.“This marks the beginning of a journey that will bring a new dimension to powerful personal technology,” Cook told the crowd. Although Apple executives ...