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NFL draft: Top offensive players on the board

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:07 GMT

Last year’s draft broke a streak of four straight in which a quarterback was selected first overall.Only one went in the first round, fewest since 2013.It’s back to normal this year, with QBs expected to go Nos. 1 and 2 and maybe as many as four in the top 10. The draft kicks off with the first round on Thursday night in Kansas City, Missouri.Aside from the quarterbacks, this draft’s best offensive players include about as many tight ends as wide receivers and one running back who is challenging the conventional wisdom on whether teams should spend a first-round pick at that position.(x-underclassmen)QUARTERBACKSPosition overview: A group with question marks, but at least three of them will likely go in the top 10 and as many as five in the first round.Bryce Young-x, 5-foot-10, 200 pounds, AlabamaScouting report: Poised leader and creative playmaker, who excels at buying time while seeing the entire field. Elite combination of instincts and intelligence with a good...

Boat sinking on lake between Zambia and Congo leaves 15 dead

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:07 GMT

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Fourteen people drowned in a lake on the border between Zambia and Congo when the boat they were taking across sank earlier this week, Congolese lawmakers said Friday. The boat passengers died on Lake Mwero as they were leaving Chinsamba island, according to Abraham Kitanika Soriano, a member of Congo’s parliament. A 15th passenger died of a heart attack due to the stress of the incident, he said. The boat left the island Monday morning with approximately 50 people on board and encountered severe wind. Zambian authorities rescued an unknown number of survivors from the water after the vessel went down. All fourteen bodies were recovered from the lake, officials said. Boat sinkings are common in remote parts of Congo and have caused dozens of fatalities. Many watercraft are overloaded with cargo and people who don’t know how to swim. Rescue operations are extremely limited in remote parts of the country. At least 145 passengers went missing and were feare...

LIV Golf Adelaide 2023 Par Scores

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:07 GMT

FridayAt The Grange Golf ClubAdelaide, AustraliaPurse: $25 millionYardage: 6,968; Par: 72First RoundTalor Gooch 62_62 -10Dean Burmester 66_66  -6Richard Bland 66_66  -6Danny Lee 67_67  -5Pat Perez 67_67  -5Brendan Steele 67_67  -5Graeme McDowell 67_67  -5Bernd Wiesberger 67_67  -5Scott Vincent 68_68  -4Peter Uihlein 68_68  -4Charl Schwartzel 68_68  -4Jason Kokrak 68_68  -4Henrik Stenson 68_68  -4Kevin Na 68_68  -4Louis Oosthuizen 68_68  -4Sergio Garcia 68_68  -4James Piot 69_69  -3Cameron Tringale 69_69  -3Abraham Ancer 69_69  -3Charles Howell III 69_69  -3Anirban Lahiri 69_69  -3Cameron Smith 69_69  -3Brooks Koepka 69_69  -3David Puig 70_70  -2Chase Koepka 70_70  -2Joaquin Niemann 70_70  -2Bubba Watson 70_70  -2Phil Mickelson 70_70  -2Patrick Reed 71_71  -1Harold Varner III 71_71  -1Thomas Pieters 71_71  ...

Japan PM sends offerings to controversial Tokyo shrine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:07 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida donated religious offerings on Friday to a Tokyo shrine that China and the Koreas consider a symbol of Japan’s wartime militarism.Kishida donated Shinto “masakaki” ornaments for Yasukuni Shrine’s biennial festival, as he has since becoming prime minister in October 2021. The donations are seen as a gesture toward conservative governing party lawmakers and voters. Yasukuni honors about 2.5 million Japanese war dead, including convicted war criminals. Victims of Japanese aggression during the first half of the 20th century, especially China and the Koreas, see the shrine as a symbol of Japanese militarism, and visits by lawmakers to the shrine as signs of their lack of remorse over Japan’s wartime actions.Japanese prime ministers have avoided going to the shrine while in office after a visit to Yasukuni by then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2013 enraged China and the Koreas. However, some Cabinet members and governing party...

El conservador Larry Elder anuncia su candidatura a la presidencia por el Partido Republicano

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:07 GMT

El locutor de radio conservador Larry Elder, quien buscó reemplazar al gobernador de California en un intento fallido de destitución de 2021, anunció el jueves que se postulará para la nominación presidencial republicana en 2024.“Estados Unidos está en declive, pero este declive no es inevitable. Podemos ingresar a una nueva Edad de Oro estadounidense, pero debemos elegir un líder que pueda llevarnos allí. Por eso me postulo para presidente”, escribió en su cuenta de Twitter.Elder, de 70 años, hizo el anuncio en “Tucker Carlson Tonight” de Fox News. Tiene una estrella en el Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood y cuenta con millones de seguidores en las redes sociales.El candidato de pocas posibilidades se une a un campo republicano que incluye al expresidente Donald Trump, la exgobernadora de Carolina del Sur Nikki Haley, el exgobernador de Arkansas Asa Hutchinson y el empresario Vivek Ramaswamy. El presidente Joe Biden, un demócrata, ha dicho que planea buscar la reelección. ...

Rep. Jamie Raskin shares update in cancer battle: ‘Chemotherapy has extinguished the cancer cells’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:07 GMT

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, of Maryland, who has been fighting cancer since December, will be having his last chemotherapy treatment Friday.“The doctors tell me the chemotherapy has extinguished the cancer cells,” he said during an online Progressive Change Institute event Thursday night.During the event, the Democrat from Montgomery County had his head covered in a bandana as a result of hair loss from the treatment.“They promised me that my eyelashes and my eyebrows and my hair will come one day soon,” Raskin said.In December, Raskin was diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, which is a “serious but curable” cancer. It’s a type of disease in which over 18,000 people are diagnosed with it each year, according to the Lymphoma Research Foundation.Raskin, who has been working throughout his cancer battle, is being treated as an outpatient at the Lombardi Cancer Center at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in D.C.This is the second time ...

Night sessions to start 30 minutes earlier at French Open

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:07 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Night sessions at this year’s French Open will begin 30 minutes earlier than last year, tournament director Amelie Mauresmo said Friday.Late finishes during last year’s matches caused problems for fans using public transport to get back home, and also meant less rest for tired players. The clay-court Grand Slam takes place at Roland Garros from May 28-June 11.The 10 night sessions are from May 29-June 7 and all will start at 8:30 p.m. on Court Philippe Chatrier — the main court. Fans can watch an interactive show starting at 8 p.m.A total of 613,586 spectators are expected to attend this year’s tournament. With its narrow and funnel-like paths, the grounds of Roland Garros are frequently congested and it is often slow to move from court to court.To reduce congestion, organizers are reducing the number of sales for the exterior courts this year by 2,000 each day. But unlike before, fans can watch players training on Chatrier from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. during the w...

Trudeau, Macron set for Global Citizen NOW conference in NYC

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:07 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will join business, political and philanthropic leaders, as well as celebrities, including Hugh Jackman and John Legend, for this year’s edition of the Global Citizen NOW conference in New York City starting April 27.The conference will combine major announcements on policy initiatives with discussions about immediate steps that can be taken on climate change, food insecurity, gender inequality, and other issues.“Building a future that is fair, equal, and peaceful, with clean air and clean water for everyone, is at the heart of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and reflects the vision of the Global Citizen NOW summit,” Trudeau said in a statement. “In New York City, I look forward to advancing our shared progress and advocating for strong global commitments to support gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls eve...

Indiana woman charged with federal hate crime in bus attack

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:07 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A southern Indiana woman now faces a federal hate crime charge in addition to attempted murder in the stabbing of an Indiana University student of Chinese descent on a public bus.Billie R. Davis, 56, of Bloomington, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Evansville Thursday on a charge of willfully causing injuries to the victim due to her race and national origin, the Justice Department said. Her lawyer said she’s mentally ill.Davis, who is white, is accused of repeatedly stabbing the 18-year-old woman with a folding knife on Jan. 11 as the victim, from Carmel, Indiana, waited to get off a bus in downtown Bloomington.Citing court records, WRTV-TV has reported that Davis told police she stabbed the woman multiple times in the head with a folding knife, because it “would be one less person to blow up our country.”Asian Americans have increasingly been the target of racially motivated harassment and assaults in recent years, particularly since the coron...

This Colorado town is getting a makeover on an HGTV show

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:16:07 GMT

FORT MORGAN, Colo. (KDVR) — One Colorado town is getting a huge makeover from two renovation duos on HGTV's "Home Town Takeover" airing Sunday.The whole city of Fort Morgan will be in the national spotlight come Sunday when Ben and Erin Napier from the HGTV show "Home Town" and Dave and Jenny Marrs from the show "Fixer to Fabulous" head to the Eastern Plains town of 11,000 for a big renovation.This renovation is extra meaningful to Dave as he grew up in Colorado, according to HGTV. Local designer picked to be on HGTV show According to HGTV, the second season of "Home Town Takeover" will kick off the Fort Morgan revitalization by surprising residents with its plan to finish multiple projects throughout the town in just four months.“Struggling small towns can do the hard work to become healthy again. It’s difficult, but nothing great is ever easy,” said Erin. “And while it is scary to take on a project of this scale, it helps so much to have a team to help carry the load.” HGTV’s...