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Juan Soto traded to New York Yankees from San Diego Padres in 7-player blockbuster

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:17 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees acquired All-Star slugger Juan Soto in a blockbuster trade with the cost-cutting San Diego Padres on Wednesday night.San Diego received right-handed pitchers Michael King, Jhony Brito, Randy Vásquez and Drew Thorpe along with catcher Kyle Higashioka. In addition to Soto, the Yankees get Gold Glove center fielder Trent Grisham. Both teams announced the trade late Wednesday night.It’s the second blockbuster deal involving the 25-year-old Soto in less than two years. The three-time All-Star has one season of team control left and is likely to get a salary around $32 million after batting .275 with 35 homers, 109 RBIs and a .930 OPS in his only full season with the Padres. San Diego acquired Soto from Washington on Aug. 2, 2022, after he turned down a $440 million, 15-year offer from the Nationals.Soto joins a Yankees outfield that projects to have fellow All-Star Aaron Judge in center and newly acquired Alex Verdugo in the other corner. Soto, ...

UN: Russia intensifies attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities, worsening humanitarian conditions

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:17 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Intensifying Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities are worsening humanitarian conditions across the war-torn country, where heavy snow and freezing temperatures have already arrived, U.N. officials said Wednesday.Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca told the U.N. Security Council that Russia’s continuing daily attacks on Ukraine’s critical civilian infrastructure have resulted in civilian casualties, and Moscow recently escalated its barrages in populated areas including the capital, Kyiv.“All attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure must stop immediately,” he said. “They are prohibited under international humanitarian law and are simply unacceptable.”Jenca also raised the risks to all four of Ukraine’s nuclear power plants.The Zaporizhzhia plant, which is Europe’s largest, suffered its eighth complete off-site power outage since the invasion on Saturday, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Jenca said. And IAEA staff...

China’s exports in November edged higher for the first time in 7 months, while imports fell

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:17 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports rose in November, the first increase since April, while imports fell, according to customs data released Thursday. Exports rose 0.5% from a year earlier to $291.9 billion, a sign that demand may be picking up after months, but imports fell 0.6%, to $223.5 billion, after they climbed 3% in October.China has been grappling with sluggish foreign trade this year amid slack global demand and a stalled recovery, despite the country’s reopening after its strict COVID-19 controls were lifted late last year.The trade surplus of $68.4 billion was up 21% compared to October’s $56.5 billion.Demand for Chinese exports has been weak since the Federal Reserve and central banks in Europe and Asia began raising interest rates last year to cool inflation that was at multi-decade highs.The Associated Press

Chicago man charged in connection to string of armored truck, ATM robberies in suburbs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:17 GMT

CHICAGO — A man from Chicago was charged in federal court Wednesday with conspiring to rob armored trucks and ATMs across the Chicago suburbs on more than a half-dozen occasions.According to the FBI, 24-year-old Brian Snyder was charged with conspiracy to commit robbery in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Chicago.The complaint said Snyder conspired with others to rob two armored trucks in Country Club Hills and Chicago Heights, and three ATMs in Lansing, Blue Island, and Homewood. The conspirators also later attempted to rob a second armored truck in Country Club Hills, but did not obtain any money. COPA releases bodycam video from fatal South Shore shooting involving police In the armored truck robberies, two-to-five robbers armed with handguns took cash from the truck drivers as they were servicing ATMs or stores, and the group often drove vehicles they stole with a key re-programmer to the robbery locations and abandoned the vehicles afterward, the compl...

Haley on Trump's Muslim ban: Ban people from 'certain countries'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:17 GMT

Watch the full fourth Republican presidential debate only on NewsNation. View our Voter Guide to find all the information you need to make an informed choice at the polls. Not sure how to find us on your TV? Use our ChannelFinder and download our app to get fact-based, unbiased news for all America.  (NewsNation) — Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley appeared to endorse an immigration ban similar to the one that was in place during the presidency of Donald Trump on Wednesday night during the NewsNation GOP primary debate.Responding to a clip of Trump saying that "if you empathize with radical Islamic terrorists and extremists, you're disqualified" from coming to America, Haley at first rejected the idea of a purely religious litmus test."I don't think that you have a straight-up Muslim ban as much as you look at the countries that have terrorist activities that want to hurt Americans. You can ban those people from those countries," she said.She pointed to recent mig...

Div. III transfer Raheem Anthony scores 23 in St. Thomas’ 75-71 win over Milwaukee

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:17 GMT

The Tommies opened the season at the University of California on Nov. 6, and the one player they pulled from the transfer portal, former Division III player Raheem Anthony, took one shot and didn’t score as a member of the starting lineup.First impressions proved to be inconsequential.The 6-foot-4, 220-pound Anthony, who played the past four seasons at Division III St. Mary’s in Winona, continues to show he belongs on the Division I level. In his latest effort, he had 23 points in the Tommies’ 75-71 win over the Milwaukee Panthers on Wednesday at Schoenecker Arena.Just as significant as the points were Anthony’s hustle, physical play and rebounding, the things he did at St. Mary’s and has continued to do for the Tommies since the season opener.“That was a good learning moment for me,” Anthony said of the game at Cal. “I kind of had the jitters a little bit. I remembered about a year ago being in St. Paul playing against Hamline. Then to be on the Pac-12 logo, it was different....

Without Dawson Garcia, Gophers stake big comeback to beat Nebraska

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:17 GMT

Gophers men’s basketball coach Ben Johnson knocked on wood when asked about the health of his team in the Williams Arena media room on Tuesday. As he shared no concerns, he tapped his knuckles on the table a few times.The U’s luck didn’t carry over to Wednesday in the Big Ten home opener at The Barn.And it ran out with their best player.Dawson Garcia played only seven minutes with an injured left ankle, and without their all-Big Ten forward, the U fell into a 17-point hole.But the Gophers didn’t let it derail them in a 76-65 win over Nebraska.In his third season, Johnson was carved out any way he can think of for his team to experience winning. And Wednesday’s conference win resilient and significant one, given who they were without.Less than three minutes into the game, Garcia had crumpled onto the court after going up for a rebound and landing awkwardly. He tried to walk it off, but was subbed out and headed to the locker room.Garcia returned to the court nearly 15 minutes later b...

Office of Cannabis shares CAURD plan for 2024

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:17 GMT

CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. (NEWS10) -New York’s Office of Cannabis Management is back on track to grant CAURD licenses after the injunction that blocked dispensaries from opening has been lifted. More than 400 prospective business owners can pick up where they left off, some opening as early as the end of the year.As the legal battle filed by veterans who attempted to get into the cannabis industry early has now been settled, the agency has a message for business owners continuing to grow in the budding industry.“Get open as soon as possible. We are here to support you. We need your businesses to succeed," said Executive Director of OCM, Chris Alexander. Cannabis industry reacts to CAURD block lifted Four dispensaries in Albany, Rensselaer, and Montgomery counties are set to open by the end of December 2023. These locations are run by people who were directly harmed by cannabis prohibition. This group is targeted by the CAURD program to have first access to legal marijuana sales."We sou...

Deion Sanders says CU Buffs faithful “best set of fans I have ever experienced” as he debuts season 2 of reality show

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:17 GMT

BOULDER — As the audience roared, the star of the show fought back tears.“You guys are gonna make me cry,” CU Buffs coach Deion Sanders told a crowd of roughly 4,600 at the CU Events Center on Wednesday night for a special screening of the Amazon Prime reality television show “Coach Prime.”“You have been the best set of fans I have ever experienced in my entire life.”After thanking those fans, who sold out CU’s football season despite a 4-8 finish and a 1-8 mark in Pac-12 play, Buffs faithful were treated on the arena jumbotron to episodes two and three of the reality program’s second season, which detailed the NFL icon’s move to Boulder last December and his debut campaign with the Buffs.Episodes 1 and 2 of “Coach Prime” are slated to drop Thursday via Prime Video.Sanders addressed the crowd and thanked Sports Illustrated, which recently named him its 2023 Sportsperson of the Year, via a makeshift stage on the Events...

Colorado weather: Wind gusts up to 70 mph in the foothills Thursday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:17 GMT

Wind gusts of up to 70 mph are expected along the foothills Thursday, though Denver will only see gusts reaching 15 mph, according to the National Weather Service.Mountain passes and towns are forecasted to be the most impacted by high winds on Thursday, with gusts of up to 92 mph on Longs Peak, 67 mph on Berthoud Pass, 58 mph in Estes Park, 55 mph in Nederland and 51 mph on Loveland Pass, according to the National Weather Service’s Boulder office.Related ArticlesWeather | Denver weather: Cold front, snow on the way Friday Weather | Colorado weather: Winter driving conditions continue with snowy, windy weather in the mountains Weather | Colorado weather: Avalanche warning, road closures in place amid Sunday’s snowstorm Weather | Colorado weather: Heavy snow and strong winds create hazardous travel conditions Weather | Colorado snow totals for December 2-3, 2023 Gusts in Denver will range 12 to 17 m...