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Rybakina wins Italian Open; Rune to play Medvedev in men’s final

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:50 GMT

ROME (AP) — Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina won the Italian Open when Ukrainian opponent Anhelina Kalinina retired due to a left thigh injury early in the second set of the rain-delayed final on Saturday.Rybakina was leading 6-4, 1-0, 15-0 when Kalinina called for a trainer and grasped her left leg as she teared up. She then decided she couldn’t continue.The final began at almost 11 p.m. on Saturday and ended just after midnight on Sunday.“I’m really sorry that I couldn’t play,” Kalinina said during the trophy ceremony as the crowd whistled after waiting under the rain for hours before the night session started. “I was trying to do my best.”Holger Rune will face Daniil Medvedev in the men’s final on Sunday.The 20-year-old Rune rallied past Casper Ruud 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2 and Medvedev performed a little celebratory dance after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas 7-5, 7-5 in a semifinal that was suspended twice in the first set for a total of nearly 4 ½ hours due to rain.Ryba...

Corbin wins consecutive starts, Nationals beat Tigers 5-2, stop 4-game skid

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:50 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Patrick Corbin won consecutive starts for the first time since last summer and Lane Thomas had a go-ahead, two-run single in the fifth inning that led the Washington Nationals over the Detroit Tigers 5-2 Saturday and stopped a four-game losing streak.Corbin (3-5) allowed two runs and six hits in six innings against the Tigers, the only big league team he had never faced. He struck out three, reaching 1,500 in his career when he fanned Jonathan Scoop in the sixth.Coming off a win over the New York Mets, Corbin won consecutive starts for the first time since beating Cincinnati on Aug. 28 and the Mets on Sept. 3.Carl Edwards Jr., Hunter Harvey and Kyle Finnegan finished with hitless relief, with Finnegan getting his ninth save in 11 chances to finish a game that took 2 hours, 3 minutes.Jeimer Candelario homered and hit a run-scoring double for Washington, which fell behind when Spencer Torkelson hit a two-run homer in the first.Alex Faedo (0-2) gave up three runs and ...

PGA Live Updates | Scottie Scheffler finally makes a birdie but still lagging behind

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:50 GMT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — It took 14 holes, but Scottie Scheffler finally made a birdie Saturday in the PGA Championship.The third round has been a battle among Corey Conners and Viktor Hovland, who started the rainy day tied with Scheffler. Brooks Koepka has moved into contention. He was one shot behind with two holes to play. Bryson DeChambeau is lingering.Scheffler started with a three-putt bogey on No. 1, made another bogey from the bunker on No. 2 and then dropped shots on the sixth and seventh with errant tee shots. He didn’t make birdies and fell as many as five shots behind.He holed a 12-footer for birdie on the 14th to get within four shots. Only nine players are at par or better, and that remarkably includes California club pro Michael Block. He made consecutive birdies and was in ninth place — six out of the lead — going to the 18th. The last time a club pro was among the the top 10 after 54 holes in the PGA Championship was 33 years ago at Shoal Creek.___Canadian Core...

Jefe mercenario ruso dice que controla Bakhmut, pero Ucrania lo niega

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:50 GMT

KIEV, Ucrania — El jefe del ejército privado ruso Grupo Wagner aseguró el sábado que sus fuerzas han tomado el control de la ciudad ucraniana de Bakhmut después de la batalla más larga y encarnizada de la guerra ruso-ucraniana. Funcionarios de la defensa ucraniana lo negaron.En un video publicado en Instagram, el jefe del Grupo Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, sostuvo que la ciudad quedó bajo control total ruso hacia el mediodía.Prigozhin habló flanqueado por media decena de efectivos, con el trasfondo de edificios en ruinas y el ruido de explosiones a la distancia. Cumbre del G7: Zelenskyy llega a Hiroshima mientras líderes sancionan a Rusia Rusia lanza 30 misiles de crucero contra objetivos en Ucrania; derriban 29, según funcionarios Sin embargo, después de la aparición del video, la viceministra de Defensa ucraniana Hanna Malier dijo que continuaban los combates.“La situación es crítica”, admitió. “Por el momento, nuestros defensores...

Protesters opposed to Florida abortion ban march to Fort Lauderdale City Hall

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:50 GMT

Protesters came together in downtown Fort Lauderdale to take part in a rally for reproductive rights.Demonstrators representing several nonprofit organizations marched to City Hall along North Andrews Avenue on Saturday afternoon with their message against abortion restrictions.Protesters said they want the issue on the 2024 ballot.“It’s about women having control over their own body. That’s the bottom line,” said protester Leslie Sheffield. “This is human rights, reproductive rights; this isn’t right or wrong. This is civil rights.”Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a six-week ban on abortion with few exceptions in a private ceremony held April 13.The law is set to go into effect if the state’s current 15-week-ban is upheld in an ongoing legal challenge.

Soggy Saturday night, some sun Sunday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:50 GMT

More rain is in the forecast Saturday night as a slow-moving low pressure system continues to produce showers ahead of a cold front. Scattered showers with occasional downpours will continue through midnight tonight. Some thunder is also possible, especially past midnight as the cold front moves in. The front will eventually pushing the low pressure system off shore by Sunday mid-morning, giving way to some sunshine and 70 degree weather by the afternoon.In total, upwards of 2 inches of rain is possible for most of the area. Here is how much more rain to expect through the overnight…

South Shore Twilight Invitational: Ayer-Shirley’s Isabel Bresnahan shines in the rain

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:50 GMT

NORWELL — Isabel Bresnahan’s main focus at Saturday’s waterlogged South Shore Twilight Invitational was to maintain her form in the 400 hurdles on the slick Norwell High track.The Ayer-Shirley freshman did that and a whole lot more as she blitzed the field with a winning time of 67.38 seconds. Bresnahan not only clinched a gold medal but she was on the extremely short list of athletes who set personal bests in the rain swept meet. Bresnahan’s time bettered her school-record mark and left the young talent with a big smile.“I wasn’t in my head too much about it (school record),” she said. “I’ve never run in the rain before. It made my muscles tight. I expected a lot of wind but it wasn’t bad.”Connor Johnson had a day for himself in the 400 hurdles as well. The Bridgewater-Raynham junior and Southeast Conference champion in his specialty was just off his personal best as he held off North Quincy’s Jayden Francois (58.72)...

Boston City Council remains at odds over redistricting as deadline approaches

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:50 GMT

The Boston City Council is making headway on redistricting, but persistent disagreement continues to cast doubt on the body’s ability to reach consensus on a new map, and thus avoid an election delay, by the May 30 deadline.Four different redistricting maps were brought forward for discussion Friday, but Ruthzee Louijeune, chair of the Council’s civil rights committee, opted to dismiss proposals from Mayor Michelle Wu and two other councilors, in favor of using her own map as a “starting point.”“My map makes the fewest number of changes when compared to the baseline map and the enacted, now enjoined, map,” Louijeune said.Louijeune said her map was created with this month’s federal court ruling in mind. It addresses the constitutional violation that occurred on the border of districts 3 and 4, thus also resolving the “domino effect” that took place throughout the rest of the defunct map the City Council approved last fall, via a 9-4 vote, she said.“You look at that domino effect and ...

Passenger involved in deadly rollover crash last month identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:50 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A passenger who died in a rollover crash last month on a San Diego freeway has been identified, authorities said.Edgardo Bacani, 84, was announced as the deceased, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office stated on its website.The collision occurred on April 21 near westbound State Route 94 at the southbound Interstate 15 onramp, per California Highway Patrol. VIDEO: Boat washes ashore in Del Mar Bacani was a passenger in vehicle that struck a cement barrier before rolling over, according to authorities.First responders arrived and took the victim to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Bob Baffert's National Treasure wins Preakness, hours after another of his horses was euthanized

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:50 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Bob Baffert choked back tears and his voice cracked while trying to juggle the feelings of one of his horses winning the Preakness Stakes and another being euthanized on the same track.“This business is twists and turns, the ups and downs,” he said. “To win this — losing that horse today really hurt. ... It’s been a very emotional day.”National Treasure won the Preakness on Saturday in Baffert's return to the Triple Crown trail following a suspension, but it came hours after another 3-year-old colt, Havnameltdown, was put down because of a left leg injury in an undercard race. The victory ended Mage's bid for the Triple Crown in a conflicting scene similar to that of two weeks earlier when he won the Kentucky Derby in the aftermath of seven horses dying in 10 days at Churchill Downs. National Treasure, the 5-2 second choice, held off hard-charging Blazing Sevens down the stretch to win the 1 3/16-mile, $1.65 million race by a head in 1:55.12. “He fought the whole wa...