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Georgia Tech’s Key and Louisville’s Brohm aim to deliver 1st-year spark to alma maters

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:25 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Brent Key grew accustomed to the days as an assistant coach with Georgia Tech players popping into his office, plopping down on the couch and venting a bit.Now that he’s the Yellow Jackets head coach? Not so much.“All of a sudden, I get named head coach and it’s like my door’s locked,” Key quipped. “It’s like, ‘We ain’t coming in there.’”Consider it one of the changes for Key and Louisville’s Jeff Brohm as the Atlantic Coast Conference’s two new football coaches. They’re back at their alma maters, eager to provide a spark to middling programs now competing in a division-less league.The hope is the familiarity that comes with being an alum — or in Key’s case, interim coach through much of last season — might help get things moving quickly.“In today’s age of college athletics, it’s about winning now,” Brohm said Tuesday at the league’s “ACC Kickoff” preseason media days.Their arrivals ...

Royals owner pens letter to fans in hopes of being more transparent about stadium plans

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:25 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals are trying to be more transparent about their plans for a new ballpark.Majority owner John Sherman released a letter to fans Tuesday in hopes of providing a timetable on stadium proposals.Sherman said “detailed renderings and many other components that will help us compare the broad benefits” of two competing sites will be released in the next 30 days. After that, the team expects to pick between downtown Kansas City and a spot in neighboring Clay County, which sits across the Missouri River.“We are committed to doing this right,” Sherman wrote. “This is a huge decision for us. We’re focused on playing the long game for the region we call home. In late September, we plan to announce which site will best fulfill our pledge to Kansas City to create 1) powerful community impact, 2) generate sustainable economic activity in the county, city, and state, and 3) greater opportunity for the citizens of our region.”The Royals previously said the...

Se cumplen 125 años de la invasión de EEUU a Puerto Rico y el futuro de la isla es aún incierto

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:25 GMT

SAN JUAN – La invasión estadounidense de Puerto Rico tuvo lugar hace 125 años en el marco de la guerra hispanoamericana, poniendo fin a la soberanía española y vinculando a la isla con Estados Unidos hasta la actualidad, cuando su futuro sigue en disputa.El 25 de julio de 1898, las tropas estadounidenses entraron por Guánica, en el sur de la isla, dando así comienzo a la ofensiva terrestre, después de que en los meses anteriores la armada bombardeara y bloqueara la capital, San Juan. “La invasión de Puerto Rico ocurrió luego de que ya España estaba derrotada militarmente en la guerra porque había perdido la batalla de Santiago (Cuba) y la de Manila (Filipinas)”, explicó a EFE el director de la Academia Puertorriqueña de la Historia, Jorge Rodríguez Beruff.Después de que cayera Santiago de Cuba, el general Nelson Miles recibió la orden de comandar una expedición a Puerto Rico. Aunque la guerra ya estaba ganada, en los planes de Estados Unidos siempre estuvo conquist...

Colorado businessman gets over 5 years in prison for 'We Build The Wall' fundraiser fraud

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:25 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A Colorado businessman convicted of fraudulently siphoning hundreds of thousands of dollars from an online fundraiser that raised $25 million to build a wall along the U.S. southern border was sentenced Tuesday to five years and three months in prison.Timothy Shea was sentenced in Manhattan federal court by Judge Analisa Torres, who presided over an October trial that ended with his conviction on charges including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering and obstruction of justice. A trial earlier in 2022 had ended when a jury deadlocked on charges.Shea, 52, of Castle Rock, Colorado, also was ordered to forfeit $1.8 million and to pay restitution of an equal amount.Shea was charged three years ago along with three others, including Steve Bannon, the former top adviser to then-President Donald Trump. Trump pardoned Bannon in early 2021 while two others pleaded guilty and were sentenced to prison. Bannon, who is now being prosecuted in New...

Renters will have a few extra rights starting in August

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If you rent in the state of Colorado, you're going to have a few extra layers of protection starting Aug. 7.This is because two laws that passed in the 2023 legislative session are going into effect.These laws are SB23-184, Protections for Rental Tenants, and HB23-1095, Prohibited Provisions In Rental Agreements. Both laws were passed in April and signed into law in June.Income requirements capped at 200% of rentOne big component of SB23-184 is that, with exceptions, prospective tenants won't be required to make any more than 200% of annual rent.Also, landlords will not be allowed to use information about income, except to verify that the tenant makes over 200% of annual rent. You will soon be able to buy marijuana online in Colorado, but there’s a catch A landlord also won't be able to use a credit score, lack of credit score or any adverse credit events like late payments unless they're federally required to.However, if they do, they won't be able to take any in...

Caught on camera: Jetski rider driving over pod of manatees in Palm Beach County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:25 GMT

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) – A reckless rider on a jetski was captured on video getting much too close to some sea cows.Someone drove right over a pod of manatees Sunday near Peanut Island off Riviera Beach in Palm Beach County.The animals are seen panicking, quickly splashing and swimming away.Manatees are protected under federal law, meaning it is illegal to harass or even touch them.If you see someone harassing manatees, you are urged to call Florida’s Wildlife Alert hotline number at 888-404-FWCC. Violators face a possible fine of $500 and could spend months behind bars.

UK underestimated Prigozhin’s Wagner Group for years, inquiry finds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:25 GMT

LONDON — The British government failed for years to adequately respond to the threats posed by Russia’s Wagner Group, according to a damning assessment by a parliamentary committee.In a report on ministers’ efforts to counter the private military contractor — whose future has been left in doubt after its leader rebelled against the Russian military in June — the House of Commons foreign affairs committee on Wednesday said the government should now proscribe Wagner as a terrorist organization.And it warned Wagner still poses “serious national security threats” to the U.K. and its allies.“In the ten years since the Wagner Network’s formation, the U.K. government has lacked a coherent strategy and efforts to meaningfully tackle Wagner have been non-existent,” the committee’s chair Alicia Kearns said. “This has allowed the network to grow, spread its tentacles deep into Africa, and exploit countries on their knees due ...

Crews provide update on Sumner Tunnel work as two-month tunnel closure continues

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:25 GMT

MassDOT crews led a tour inside the Sumner Tunnel Tuesday, discussing progress being made as the tunnel’s two-month closure for a series of repairs continues. The tunnel shut down on July 5. Asked this week if there’s any chance they won’t make their deadline to reopen the tunnel on Aug 31, project managers said “no.”The tunnel is closed as part of a larger project involving repairs to the tunnel ceiling, roadway, walls and lightning. MassDOT District 6 Highway Director John McInerney said Tuesday that crews have been working on both sides of the tunnel, which connects East Boston to downtown Boston.“We have set work that needs to be completed by Aug. 31 to open up the tunnel for safety,” he said.Project managers said they have been installing 16 new arches per day throughout the tunnel as crews continue to work to meet the Aug. 31 deadline.Ultimately, 780 new arches will be put in place. “You’ll have better lines of sight within the tunnel,” one crew member said. “We...

Sumner Tunnel closure: About a third of this summer’s work completed, with 5 weeks to go

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:25 GMT

Three weeks into the eight-week long closure of the Sumner Tunnel, workers remain busy installing massive arches that will strengthen the structure’s worn out ceiling and enhance its ventilation.State transportation officials estimate a third of this summer’s work is done, with just over five weeks until the expected completion date of Aug. 31.Project officials from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation led a group of reporters through the tunnel on Tuesday, showing what has been done since the around-the-clock closure went into effect July 5, and what more needs to be done.“There is some extra work that the contractor’s dealing with, but I wouldn’t call it unforeseen,” MassDOT District 6 Highway Director John McInerney told reporters as the skies opened up near the tunnel’s entrance. “The work is pretty straightforward … it’s just the amount.”Workers started installing the precast concrete arches in the middle of the roughly mile-long tunnel, one of the four ro...

Yankees Notebook: Aaron Judge playing more sim games in Tampa

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:25 GMT

After taking cuts in a simulated game at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, Aaron Judge is doing more of the same in Florida.The reigning MVP, recovering from a torn ligament in his right big toe, played five simulated innings in Tampa on Tuesday, according to Aaron Boone. Judge hit, ran the bases and played the field, though the manager said the slugger didn’t see any action on defense. Boone had yet to receive a final report on Judge’s day when he spoke to reporters Tuesday, but he assumed it went well and expected Judge to play in another sim game with “maybe a little more volume” on Wednesday.Boone added that he doesn’t know if Judge will require a rehab assignment once he’s ready for actual games. “Everything’s in play,” the skipper said before the start of the Subway Series, but the current focus is on getting Judge as many at-bats as possible while he remains on a “day-to-day” schedule.“I wouldn’t rule anyth...