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Unhealthy air alerts in eastern North Carolina as fire rages

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:39:19 GMT

NEW BERN, N.C. (AP) — Air quality across much of eastern North Carolina has reached unhealthy levels in several coastal counties as a 35,000-acre (14,000-hectare) wildfire burns the Croatan National Forest, the state Department of Environmental Quality said Saturday.The department’s Division of Air Quality issued alerts for 21 counties Friday night and Saturday morning, warning that the Great Lake wildfire in southwestern Craven County has blanketed coastal North Carolina and parts of Virginia in heavy smoke and falling ash.The fire was first detected Wednesday evening and spready rapidly Thursday due to dry and windy conditions, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Craven County officials said the fire was about 10% contained as of Saturday. Craven and Jones counties, which are directly downwind from the fire, are under a Code Purple alert — meaning the air quality is “very unhealthy” — due to particle pollution. Anyone who can see or smell smoke is advised to stay indoors.I...

Gayle King, Charles Barkley announced for weekly CNN show

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:39:19 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — TV personalities Gayle King and Charles Barkley will headline a new prime-time weekly CNN show, “King Charles,” debuting in the fall, the network announced Saturday as it tries to engineer a turnaround amid tumbling ratings. CNN chairman and CEO Chris Licht said in a statement that the show “will be an exciting new way we are delivering culturally relevant programming and unique perspectives to our audience, from two incredibly dynamic personalities.”Licht said King will continue to anchor CBS Mornings, and former NBA star Barkley will continue his current role at Warner Bros. Discovery Sports.Appearing on TNT to discuss the new show, the duo said they would talk about politics but that the show would not have a political slant.“We don’t want to say, ‘We’re a liberal, conservative, Republican, Democrat,'” Barkley said. “That’s one of the things that’s already ruined television in general.”Cable news ratings are down across the board compared to 2022, when Russi...

Presidente de Colombia se reúne con miembros de la opositora Plataforma Unitaria Democrática de Venezuela este sábado

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:39:19 GMT

(CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, se reunirá este sábado en Bogotá con miembros de la Plataforma Unitaria Democrátiva de Venezuela, que integra a miembros de la oposición venezolana, informó en un comunicado la Presidencia colombiana.“El encuentro tiene lugar en la Hacienda de Hato Grandre, en vísperas de la Conferencia Internacional sobre el proceso político en Venezuela, convocada por Colombia para el próximo martes 25 de abril”, se explicó en el comunicado.En el encuentro, por la parte colombiana, Petro estará acompañado del canciller Álvaro Leyva Durán. De parte de la plataforma -según el comunicado- asistirán el coordinador de la delegación de la Plataforma, Gerardo Blyde, así como Claudia Nikken, Tomás Guanipa, Stalin González, Luis Aquiles Moreno, Luis Emilio Rondón, Alejandro Mora y Roberto Enríquez.Gustavo Petro, presidente de Colombia, se reunió con Joe Biden en la Casa Blanca: ¿cuáles fueron los principales temas?Según la Presiden...

Wrexham earns promotion on wild journey under Ryan Reynolds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:39:19 GMT

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham secured promotion to the fourth tier of English soccer on Saturday, achieving the first part of the dream of celebrity owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.The Hollywood actors were among a crowd of more than 10,000 at the Racecourse Ground in north Wales to see Wrexham clinch the National League title with a 3-1 win over Boreham Wood.Reynolds and McElhenney seemingly have become soccer fanatics since completing their out-of-nowhere purchase of the Welsh club for $2.5 million in 2021.An offshoot of the takeover was the making of a fly-on-the-wall documentary — entitled “Welcome to Wrexham” — that has charted the journey of a historic but down-on-its-luck soccer team run by two actors learning the ropes of sports club ownership.The second season of the show will have a happy ending, with Wrexham heading back into the English Football League — the three divisions below the Premier League — for the first time in 15 years.Wrexham is four points cle...

76ers finish sweep of Nets without Embiid in 96-88 win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:39:19 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Tobias Harris had 25 points and 12 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers overcame the absence of Joel Embiid to beat the Brooklyn Nets 96-88 on Saturday, completing a sweep that made them the first team to reach the second round of the playoffs.James Harden added 17 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds for the third-seeded 76ers, who will wait for the winner of the series between the Boston Celtics and Atlanta Hawks. The defending Eastern Conference champion Celtics have a 2-1 lead.The 76ers hope Embiid will be recover from his sprained right knee in time for the start of the next series; the MVP finalist and two-time NBA scoring champion was ruled out Friday night and the 76ers struggled to score without him.So they turned to their defense, and ended up outscoring the Nets 21-4 during a stretch of more than eight minutes in the third quarter. Tyrese Maxey finished a strong series with 16 points and Paul Reed added 10 points and 15 rebounds after replacing Embiid in ...

Wrexham earns promotion to English soccer’s fourth tier under ownership of actor Ryan Reynolds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:39:19 GMT

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham earns promotion to English soccer’s fourth tier under ownership of actor Ryan Reynolds.Source

Northeast DC apartment fire leaves 1 dead, 5 displaced

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:39:19 GMT

Firefighters fight a blaze in an attic area of an apartment building in the 1400 block of Saratoga Avenue Northeast. (Courtesy DC Fire and EMS)A fire in a Northeast D.C. Saturday morning has left one man dead and five people without a home, according to the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Service Department.Around 10:30 on Saturday morning, firefighters responded to a fire in the attic area of a three-story apartment building in the 1400 block of Saratoga Avenue.One man was found in the fire and was pronounced dead, officials said.The fire has since been extinguished, and officials say crews are currently rehabbing and rehydrating after an extended firefight that required the assistance of 60 firefighters.Update Working Fire 1400 block Saratoga Ave NE. Fire under control. Request @RedCrossNCGC for 5 displaced residents. The victim is an adult male. Firefighters are rehabbing and rehydrating after an extended firefight. pic.twitter.com/O16JL1s83g— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) April 2...

Chun wins $1 million for charity with hole-in-one at Chevron

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:39:19 GMT

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — In Gee Chun of South Korea hit a million-dollar shot at the Chevron Championship. She won $1 million for charity with a hole-in-one on the 17th at the first major of the season on Saturday. Chun jumped around and high-fived members of her team after watching the ball curve and roll in at The Club At Carlton Woods. Chevron pledged to donate $1 million for the first hole-in-one on the par 3 17th to support partners in diversity, inclusion and education. The money won Saturday will be donated to the LPGA Foundation and Girls Golf of Greater Houston. Chevron took over sponsorship of the tournament and moved it from the California desert to suburban Houston this year. The company, which has more than 8,000 employees in Houston, is also donating $10,000 for each birdie on the 17th hole throughout the tournament.There were 46 birdies on the 17th at the end of the second round. ___ AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports Source

NL Cy Young winner Alcantara misses start with tendinitis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:39:19 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Miami Marins ace Sandy Alcantara was scratched from his scheduled start Saturday at Cleveland with biceps tendinitis, but the team said he is not expected to be placed on the injured list.The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner is sidelined with what the team called “very mild” tendinitis. Alcantara was pushed back to start in the series at Atlanta that begins Monday.Alcantara is 1-2 with a 5.84 ERA in four starts and had been lined up to possibly face Guardians right-hander Shane Bieber, the 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner.Left-hander Devin Smeltzer filled in for Alcantara in the first game of the doubleheader. The series opener Friday was rained out and rescheduled as part of a doubleheader.__More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

La conducta de Trump con las mujeres vuelve al centro de escena en una corte judicial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:39:19 GMT

NUEVA YORK  — La conducta del expresidente Donald Trump con las mujeres, algo que ha jalonado su carrera política, vuelve al centro de la escena en un juicio en que se lo acusa de violación.La selección del jurado está prevista para comenzar el martes en la demanda iniciada por la excolumnista de consejos para mujeres E. Jean Carroll, quien dice que Trump la violó en una lujosa tienda de departamentos de Nueva York en los años 90.Trump, quien difícilmente asistirá al juicio, ha calificado las acusaciones de “fraude total”. Carroll, que pide una indemnización no especificada, dice que su demanda, inspirada por el movimiento #MeToo, busca una rendición de cuentas del más representativo de los hombres prominentes. Trump responde a denuncia de abuso sexual: “ella no es mi tipo” Trump responde preguntas por 7 horas en caso por fraude civil en Nueva York “Presento esta demanda no solo por mí, sino por cada mujer en Estados Unidos q...