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Prigozhin and Putin: Dead Men Walking

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:36:51 GMT

Head of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin left the Southern Military District headquarters on June 24, 2023 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia.Photo: Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesYevgeny Prigozhin is a dead man walking. But so is Vladimir Putin.In an insane series of events over the weekend, Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin launched what appeared to be a coup against Putin’s regime, marching his Wagner Group mercenaries from their positions in Ukraine, where they had been fighting alongside the Russian military, into Russia. They seized control of Rostov-on-Don, a key military hub, before marching north to Moscow. Prigozhin and his troops met little resistance from the Russian military; he seemed poised to enter the capital and seize power. Nothing would stop him, he said, vowing that “we will go to the end.”But his bravado didn’t last long. Just as Wagner forces were closing in on Moscow Saturday, Prigozhin suddenly reversed himself. He cut a deal with the Russian president, b...

Ruoning Yin, 20, wins the Women’s PGA Championship, becoming the second Chinese player to win a major

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:36:51 GMT

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. (AP) — Ruoning Yin, 20, wins the Women’s PGA Championship, becoming the second Chinese player to win a major.Source

All-Star Nneka Ogwumike scores 27 with 12 boards to lead Sparks to 93-83 win over Wings

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:36:51 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike scored 27 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Los Angeles Sparks to a 93-83 win over the Dallas Wings on Sunday.Ogwumike, named to her eighth all-star game earlier in the day, scored six points in the final four minutes to give the Sparks (7-7) some breathing room. Her two free throws at 1:03 made it 88-81 and the Sparks made five of six in the final minute to pull away.Dearica Hamby added 17 points for the Sparks (7-7) and Karlie Samuelson added 14. Ogwumike also had four assists, two steals and two blocks.Crysal Dangerfield and Arike Ogunbowale both had 18 points for the Wings (6-8). Teaira McGowa added 14 points and Natasha Howard 13. Ogunbowale and Satou Sabally were also announced as all-star starters but didn’t have matching games. Ogunbowale was 6-of-18 shooting, including 1 of 9 from 3-point range, and Sabally was held to eight points while dealing with foul problems.Kalani Brown’s layup had Dallas on top 79-78 with 51/2 m...

Springer hits 55th career leadoff homer as Blue Jays rout Athletics 12-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:36:51 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — George Springer moved into second place on baseball’s career list with his 55th leadoff home run, Yusei Kikuchi pitched a season-high seven innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Oakland Athletics 12-1 on Sunday.Tony Kemp hit a solo home run, his third, but Oakland lost for the 10th time in 11 games following a seven-game winning streak. The Athletics are 40 games below .500 at 20-60, tying for the ninth-worst record through 80 games in major league history. It’s the worst 80-game start since Detroit opened 19-61 in 2003.Springer went 2 for 3 with a walk and two RBIs, including a sacrifice fly. His game-opening drive broke a tie with Alfonso Soriano and gave the 2017 World Series MVP sole possession of second place on baseball’s all-time list. Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson leads with 81 leadoff home runs.“It’s special, it’s cool,” Springer said. “You don’t really think of that as a kid or as a player, but it’s awesome. I’m happy about it.”Springer connected on ri...

Olson’s go-ahead homer helps Braves earn another wild 7-6 victory over the Reds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:36:51 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Matt Olson hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the fifth inning and the Atlanta Braves held on for another wild 7-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. The Braves, who snapped the Reds’ longest winning streak in 66 years with a 7-6 win on Saturday, have won 17 of their last 20. The Reds had runners on first and third in the ninth when Raisel Iglesias got Kevin Newman to roll into a game-ending double play. It was Iglesias’ 11th save. The game was played before another sellout crowd of 40,140. A combined 126,724 fans attended the weekend series between first-place teams. There were 19 home runs hit in the series. The Reds lost despite a big day from Matt McLain, who went 4 for 5 with three doubles, a homer and five RBIs. McLain is the first Reds rookie to have four extra-base hits in a game since Chris Sabo in 1988. Reds rookie Levi Stoudt was recalled from Triple-A to start Sunday’s game when scheduled starter Ben Lively was placed on the injured ...

Siri homers as MLB-leading Rays salvage spilt of 4-game series with 3-1 win over Royals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:36:51 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jose Siri homered, Wander Franco had a sacrifice fly in a two-run seventh, and the MLB-leading Tampa Bay Rays beat Kansas City 3-1 Sunday for a split of a four-game series against the lowly Royals.The Rays are 6-7 over their last 13 games, including a four-game split with Oakland, which has the worst record in the majors.Still, Tampa Bay reached the halfway point of the season at 54-27, with a 4 1/2 game lead over Baltimore in the AL East.“It’s awesome,” Rays starter Tyler Glasnow said. “It’s great. We’ve been playing really well all season and we’ve maintained it throughout the season as well.”Kansas City dropped to 22-56 and is winless in 11 consecutive series, the third-longest stretch during the same season in franchise history.“Tough game,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “We were in it right to the end. The game was delayed approximately 15 minutes in the fifth inning when plate umpire and crew chief Mark Wegner took a har...

1 injured in hit-and-run on I-225, Denver police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:36:51 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Police in Denver are investigating a hit-and-run that sent one person to the hospital with serious injuries Sunday afternoon.The crash was in the area of Interstate 225 and Tamarac Drive and involved a motorist and a motorcyclist. No other information was available, and police said people should expect delays in the area due to the crash.

Man critical after overnight shooting outside Miami nightclub

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:36:51 GMT

Rescue crews rushed a man to the hospital after, police said, he came under fire outside a nightclub in Miami.City of Miami Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the shooting outside of El Palenque Night Club, in the area of Northwest 22nd Avenue and 11th Street, just after 1 a.m. Sunday.Responding officers arrived to fins the victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.Paramedics transported him to Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition.Back at the scene, officers shut down the shopping center where the nightclub is located.Witnesses inside the nightclub said they left the area as soon as they heard two gunshots ring out.One witness said she saw a group of men following another individual.“We arrived, and five people followed one man, and they hit him,” she said.The witness said they heard gunshots moments later.“My friend and I, we were walking towards the car, and then we hear the shots,” she said. “There were two, and that...

NFL star Aaron Rodgers credits psychedelics for improving his performance on the football field

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:36:51 GMT

(CNN) — Aaron Rodgers has continued to advocate for the legalization of some psychedelics, claiming this week that ayahuasca helped to improve his performance on the football field.Speaking in Denver, Colorado, at Psychedelic Science 2023, which calls itself the largest psychedelic conference in history, the NFL quarterback referred to his experience of using ayahuasca, a drink made from Amazonian plants that contain a psychoactive ingredient.“It’s going to be hard to cancel me because the previous year [in 2019] – 26 touchdowns, four interceptions, we had a good season,” Rodgers, who was then playing for the Green Bay Packers, said on Wednesday. “Ayahuasca – 48 touchdowns, five interceptions, MVP. What are you gonna say?”Rodgers has often been the subject of ridicule for embracing alternative therapies, but has previously credited psychedelics like psilocybin and ayahuasca for helping to alleviate his fear of death and deepening a sense of self-love.The NFL has confirmed that takin...

Netanyahu urges Israeli settlers not to ‘grab land illegally,’ following West Bank violence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:36:51 GMT

Jerusalem (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stark warning Sunday instructing Jewish settlers not to “grab land illegally” in the occupied West Bank, after humanitarian bodies raised the alarm over a series of deadly attacks on Palestinian villagers.At the same time, Netanyahu repeatedly endorsed the construction of settlements approved by the government, which are considered illegal under international law.“Calls to grab land illegally and actions of grabbing land illegally, are unacceptable to me. They undermine law and order in Judea and Samaria [West Bank] and must stop immediately,” he said at a cabinet meeting on Sunday.“Not only will we not back such actions, our government will take strong action against them.“These calls and actions do not strengthen settlement – on the contrary, they hurt it. I say this as someone who doubled settlement in Judea and Samaria despite great and unprecedented international pressure to carry out withdrawals that I have n...