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Cuban baseball team draws ire, support in Little Havana

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:54:42 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Jose Vilela fled Cuba for the United States when he was 14 years old after spending six months in a concentration camp. Like many of his compatriots, he settled in Miami’s Cuban neighborhood, Little Havana.Vilela, now 68, paced Sunday afternoon outside loanDepot Park, the Miami Marlins’ home stadium, where the Cuban national baseball team was set to face the United States for a spot in the World Baseball Classic hours later. For prideful expats eager to separate sports from politics, the country’s first ever baseball game in Miami was cause for celebration.But for Vilela and hundreds of others, it was reason to protest the political oppression they escaped. Vilela stalked the stadium Sunday, yelling outside for anyone associated with the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who embraced Soviet-style communism, to leave the community. That included many Cuban players who are technically government employees.“We don’t want them here,” Vilela said. ̶...

5 Connecticut children, ages 8-17, dead after New York crash

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:54:42 GMT

SCARSDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Five children from Connecticut, ranging in age from 8 to 17, were killed in a fiery early morning crash Sunday on a New York highway, police said. Police believe the vehicle was being driven by a 16-year-old boy when it veered off the Hutchinson River Parkway in Scarsdale, hit a tree and caught fire. A 9-year-old boy, the sixth person in the Nissan Rogue, was the only survivor, according to a statement provided by Kieran O’Leary, spokesperson for the Westchester County Police Department.The 9-year-old was “apparently riding in the rear hatchback/cargo area and escaped out the rear,” according to the statement. The boy was taken to the hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.The five who were killed include four males and a female. Their identities have not yet been released. Police said they are all from Connecticut.Matt Conway, the superintendent of schools in Derby, Connecticut, said he learned the children were part of a family that recently m...

Hundreds rally for undocumented and migrant worker rights

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:54:42 GMT

Hundreds of people rallied Sunday to demand the Canadian government do more to help undocumented people, migrant workers, students, families and refugees.The rally at Christie Pits was held to mark the International Day for Elimination of Racism and was organized by the Migrant Workers Alliance and the FCJ Refugee Centre. Similar rallies were also held in Vancouver, Montreal and Sudbury. Jen, who moved to Canada from Uganda in 2017, says it’s been difficult to find an employer who will hire her because of her undocumented status. She says she’s only been able to work the odd job in her chosen field of healthcare. “I’ve gone through a lot that I can’t even put food on my table,” she tells CityNews. “I can’t work and in the few jobs that I got I was exploited because I don’t have rights to defend myself as a person.”“I don’t have rights to defend myself as a person. So at work, even my colleagues exploit me becaus...

Why the Texas Longhorns players love playing for Rodney Terry

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:54:42 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — This season has been a wild one for the Texas Longhorns men's basketball team to say the least, and one thing that's helping the players navigate it is the faith they have in interim head coach Rodney Terry.Following the Longhorns' 71-66 win Saturday over Penn State and the program's first berth in the Sweet 16 since 2008, some of the players described what Terry means to them and how his steady energy and calmness helped them through the adversity caused by Chris Beard's dismissal.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newsletters"He embodies what we are and what we try to be every day," said senior forward Timmy Allen about Terry. "Tough, somebody who has been there before and someone who never shakes at adversity. He's someone who wakes up and tries to attack the day to be great. When I have someone like that in my corner, I'll do anything for them. I'm blessed that h...

Wild get some reinforcements ahead of sprint to finish line

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:54:42 GMT

As the Wild paraded out of the tunnel on Sunday afternoon at Xcel Energy Center, the presence of a few players provided a major boost.Jonas Brodin stepped onto the ice, with Brandon Duhaime and Jake Middleton not far behind.Just what the doctor ordered for the Wild with 12 games left in the regular season.“We were good in that stretch, and I think we’re just going to get better throughout the next 10 or 15 games or whatever it is,” Duhaime said. “I think we’re trending in the right direction, and we’ll heat up at the right time.”Though the Wild were thrilled to have each player back in the lineup, Brodin’s return was particularly welcomed as he has missed the past month with a lower-body injury. He last played in a Feb. 21 win over the Los Angeles Kings before the Wild decided to shut him down.“I’m 100 percent,” Brodin said while noting that he reinjured himself a few times earlier this season trying to push through the pai...

Wealthy executives make millions trading competitors’ stock with remarkable timing

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:54:42 GMT

This story was originally published by ProPublica.Series: The Secret IRS FilesInside the Tax Records of the .001%On Feb. 21, 2018, August Troendle, an Ohio billionaire, made a remarkably well-timed stock trade. He sold $1.1 million worth of shares of Syneos Health the day before a management shake-up caused the company’s stock to plunge 16%. It was the largest one-day drop that year for Syneos’ share price.The company was one Troendle knew well. He is the CEO of Medpace, one of Syneos’ chief competitors in a niche industry. Both Syneos and Medpace handle clinical trials for biopharma companies, and that year they had jointly launched a trade association for companies in the field.The day after selling the Syneos shares in February 2018, Troendle bought again — at least $3.9 million worth. The value of his Syneos stake then rose 75% in the year that followed.In February 2019, Troendle sold much of that position, netting $2.3 million in profit. Two days later, Syneos disclosed that th...

Aurora dentist suspected of fatally poisoning wife, police say

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:54:42 GMT

An Aurora dentist is suspected of poisoning his wife to death, police said Sunday.James Craig, 45, was arrested Sunday morning on suspicion of first-degree murder, Aurora police spokesman Joe Moylan said in a news release. Craig’s 43-year-old wife, who was not publicly identified by police, died early Sunday morning, days after being hospitalized and declared brain dead.Police say Craig drove his wife to a hospital at about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday because she was suffering from severe headaches and dizziness. Soon after she arrived, her “condition deteriorated rapidly,” and she was put on a ventilator in the hospital’s intensive care unit, Moylan said. She was declared medically brain dead “a short time later,” police said in the news release.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Aurora man faces murder charges in wife’s poisoning death Crime and Public Safety | Man in custody accused of Westminster murder after vi...

Arrowhead wildfire: Voluntary evacuations in place for Larimer County wildfire burning in Poudre Canyon

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:54:42 GMT

The Larimer County Sheriff’s Office issued a voluntary evacuation order Sunday for a wildfire burning in Poudre Canyon.The voluntary evacuation area stretches from Riverside Drive to the US Forest Service Visitor Center on Poudre Canyon Road (Highway 14).The sheriff’s office is asking residents in the area to gather essential items and prepare for evacuation.Related ArticlesColorado News | Logging in Jefferson County for fire mitigation stokes anger among residents A Red Cross Red Cross site has been set up at Cache La Poudre IB Middle School, located at 3515 Co Rd 54G in Laporte.The Arrowhead Fire, as it is being called, is burning in the area of Highway 14 and Arrowhead and is currently estimated to be around 7 acres. Containment has reached 50% as of 4:30 p.m. Sunday.#ArrowheadFire 7 acres, 50% contained. pic.twitter.com/JgewIJ12OV— Canyon Lakes Ranger RD (@usfsclrd) March 19, 2023Read the full story at Denver7.com.Wildfire mapClick markers for details, use ...

French court fined Mukhtar Ablyazov for failure to appear in court

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:54:42 GMT

On March 7, 2023, the Court of Appeal of the French city of Aix-en-Provence ruled to impose a fine on Mukhtar Ablyazov for failing to appear in court. The court refused to accept Ablyazov's arguments about political persecution as an excuse for not appearing.Mukhtar Ablyazov was supposed to appear in the court of Aix-en-Provence on June 15 and 16, 2021 for interrogation. At the last moment before the meeting, Ablyazov, through his lawyer, announced that he did not intend to follow the instructions of the French court, arguing his decision with fear of political persecution.Later, BTA filed a motion to impose a fine on Ablyazov due to his failure to appear in court. In the appellate instance, the court found that Mukhtar Ablyazov had already appeared on a similar call in 2018. Ablyazov was also deprived of refugee status, first in England and then in France, so he could not use this status to fail to appear in court. At the same time, earlier the investigating judge appointed Ablyazo...

Firefighters rescue man who jumped from bridge into L.A. River

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:54:42 GMT

Los Angeles Fire Department crews rescued a man who jumped from the 6th Street Bridge into the Los Angeles River and was carried away by the current Sunday morning. The man was seen climbing the 6th Street Bridge around 10 a.m., before jumping into the water below, fire officials said. The river, which was moving at speeds of about 5-10 mph, according to officials, carried the man about three-quarters of a mile away until he ended up on an embankment south of the 10 Freeway overpass. Stormy weather to linger over SoCal until Wednesday The man suffered undisclosed injuries during the fall, which prevented him from getting himself to safety. Fire officials estimated the water was only about 2-feet deep below the bridge where he jumped.An LAFD helicopter responded to the scene and hoisted the man to safety with the assistance of crews on the ground. The unidentified man was taken to the hospital for moderate injuries and was listed in fair condition.This particular rescue went smoot...