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Homa comes home: Los Angeles’ own Max Homa aims for major breakout at US Open

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:43:06 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Homa knows he could walk around Los Angeles Country Club this week like he owns the place.After all, he’s returning to his hometown to play in the 123rd U.S. Open, and he’s doing it at a hallowed venue where he set the course record with a 61 at the Pac-12 championships a decade ago.Homa will have big, loud, supportive galleries at this Beverly Hills-adjacent golf haven while he chases his first major title this week. He already tasted that atmosphere Tuesday when he played his practice round with Michael Kim, his college teammate at California when he shot that course-record 61.“On a regular basis I get people yelling my college if they went there, (but) getting people yelling my high school is different, so that’s been awesome,” Homa said. “It’s just a really great golf course in my favorite city in the world.”Homa is already one of the most interesting players on the PGA Tour, and his latest return to LA has the potential to be a landmark moment...

German court orders Cologne archdiocese to pay clergy abuse victim over $300,000

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:43:06 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — A court on Tuesday ordered a German diocese to pay 300,000 euros ($323,000) in compensation to a former altar boy who was repeatedly abused by a Catholic priest in the 1970s, a ruling that a victims’ association said was the first of its kind in Germany.The state court in Cologne ruled in a case in which the plaintiff, a man now aged 62 who was raped and otherwise abused more than 300 times by a now-deceased priest, had sought 750,000 euros from the Cologne archdiocese, German news agency dpa reported. The archdiocese decided against invoking the statute of limitations in the case.Presiding Judge Stephan Singbartl said that the court hadn’t ordered higher compensation because the victim’s life fortunately hadn’t been destroyed, noting that he had married, had children and been able to work.The German church has been making voluntary payments to abuse survivors. Victims’ groups criticized the amounts as too small. A system that took effect ...

Alexander eager to help Packers wideouts by lining up against them in practice

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:43:06 GMT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander got some early evidence that second-year receivers Romeo Doubs and Christian Watson will make major strides this upcoming season.Doubs beat Alexander for a catch on a red zone drill Tuesday during the first day of the Packers’ mandatory minicamp. Watson raced past Alexander to catch a deep pass from new starting quarterback Jordan Love.Neither of those scenes happened very often last season.“Doubs caught a touchdown on me today, and I gave him a hug almost,” Alexander said. “I was like, ‘Good stuff,’ because the year before he didn’t catch anything on me.”Opponents also don’t catch much against him.Alexander, 26, had a career-high five interceptions and was a second-team selection in the All-Pro balloting last season. Alexander delivered one of the top individual single-game performances by any cornerback when he helped the Packers limit Justin Jefferson to one catch for 15 yards in a 41-17 victory over the Minnesot...

¿Cuánto cuesta ir a ver el debut de Messi en el Inter Miami?

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:43:06 GMT

(CNN Español) —  Lionel Messi anunció que su futuro futbolístico está en Estados Unidos. El crack argentino deja atrás dos temporadas en el Paris Saint Germain, donde, pese a haberse coronado recientemente campeón en la liga francesa, nunca terminó de estar a gusto. Las grandes críticas y hasta abucheos que recibía de la propia hinchada tampoco ayudaron a una mejor despedida de allí.Por esta razón, Messi decidió continuar su carrera en el Inter Miami, equipo que compite en la Major League Soccer (MLS). Y, al conocerse la noticia, sus seguidores argentinos comenzaron a buscar opciones de pasajes y paquetes turísticos a Miami para ir a ver a su ídolo.El Inter Miami no está pasando su mejor momento. Está último en la liga y perdió el último partido que jugó (1-3 contra New England). Sin embargo, eso parece importar poco a sus seguidores argentinos, que tienen unas expectativas tan altas por la llegada de Messi que ya sacan cuentas para ir a verlo en su debut.Tan es así que el cof...

Vikings get Jefferson back for minicamp as star WR takes contract talk in stride

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:43:06 GMT

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Justin Jefferson jogged onto the sun-soaked practice field, proceeding to jump in the air with a karate kick of his left leg as he approached his teammates.Absent all spring on his own offseason training and business agenda, Jefferson’s salient presence was a natural highlight for the Minnesota Vikings as they convened for minicamp.“You can just tell when he’s walking the halls in our building, just the energy and the juice that he brings,” coach Kevin O’Connell said Tuesday. “He was in great shape, moving around today like I expected him to be, mentally still really sharp.”Jefferson, an unanimous All-Pro pick for 2022 who has two years remaining on his rookie contract, has entered the window for what will likely be an extraordinarily expensive extension with his 4,825 yards and 324 receptions that are the most in NFL history over a player’s first three seasons.The Louisiana native has been working out in the Miami area during the voluntary port...

'It just went south real quick': Witnesses detail LoDo shooting after Nuggets win

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:43:06 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Thousands of people filled downtown following the Denver Nuggets NBA championship win Monday night, but while the crowd was there a shooting unfolded, injuring 10 people. "The energy was bright, everyone was having an amazing time," Zeon Winter, who witnessed the shooting, said. "I didn’t have any indication that was going to happen whatsoever." Winter was actually on a livestream when the gunfire began, and his camera caught the sound of several shots. “We thought it was just a lot of fireworks, then we realized it was shots coming near our direction. It was all just really instant," Winter said. Nikola Jokic is by far the lowest draft pick to win finals MVP Luis Arguelles, who said he was just feet from where the shooting happened, said when he heard the gunshots he ducked and waited until there was no longer a threat. “It was pop, pop, pop, pop, and I was like, that changed the whole mood real quick," Arguelles said. As of Tuesday evening, representatives wit...

Strawberry products sold in 32 states recalled over Hepatitis A risks

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:43:06 GMT

TOPEKA (KSNT) - Multiple packages of frozen fruit, specifically strawberries, are being recalled due to possible Hepatitis A contamination. The Food and Drug Administration said Willamette Valley Fruit Co. of Salem, Oregon, is voluntarily recalling select packages of frozen strawberries and a frozen fruit blend containing strawberries. The impacted strawberries were grown in Mexico and are potentially carrying Hepatitis A. Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Denver on Friday Hepatitis A is a contagious liver disease caused by the Hepatitis A virus, which can be spread through close contact with someone who is infected, or by eating foods or consuming beverages that have been contaminated, according to the CDC.Illnesses can be mild, lasting a few weeks, or serious, with symptoms lasting for several months, the FDA explains. This can include fatigue, abdominal pain, jaundice, abnormal liver tests, dark urine, and pale stool. Hepatitis A can also lead to liver failure in rare cases...

Everett Police investigating ‘suspicious’ death of 18-year-old woman

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:43:06 GMT

Police are investigating the death of an 18-year-old woman whose body was found in Everett as “suspicious,” but details for why are sparse.“Based on the preliminary investigation, there were no obvious injuries,” the Middlesex District Attorney’s office wrote in a statement at around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday. “However, due to the circumstances around the location of the body it is being investigated as suspicious at this time.”The woman’s identity is not being released at this time, according to the DA’s statement.A resident of Springfield Avenue in Everett called police at around 2 p.m. to report that she had found the woman’s body “apparently deceased behind her home,” according to the statement.The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause and manner of death.

Lexington, Lincoln-Sudbury to meet for Division 1 state title

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:43:06 GMT

NEWTON – A rematch of the 2022 Division 1 girls tennis state championship is officially on for 2023.Defending champion Lexington defeated top-seeded Boston Latin 3-2 to clinch a chance at a repeat, while runner-up Lincoln-Sudbury topped second-seeded Acton-Boxboro 4-1 to earn a shot at redemption.A big difference between this season and last is where the teams were in the power rankings. The Warriors and Minutewomen entered the final last season as the top two seeds, respectively. This year they were third and fifth. Warriors coach Jason Walsh said that helped his squad have some extra motivation.“It’s kind of exciting because we are not the top two teams,” Walsh said. “I like the bracket busters that happen in these tournaments.”Both teams needed to flip a loss from the regular season to reach this point, and for Lexington, the focus was on doubles play. In the team’s 3-2 loss to Wolfpack on May 24, they won first and second doubles, but lost the remaining matches. Head coach...

Live updates | Trump: Indictment is “election interference,” special prosecutor a “thug”

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:43:06 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Follow along for live updates on former President Donald Trump, who made his first court appearance Tuesday after being indicted on 37 charges related to the mishandling classified documents. The indictment marks the first time in U.S. history that a former president faces criminal charges by the federal government he once oversaw. ___Donald Trump is characterizing the federal charges against him as “election interference and yet another attempt to rig and steal a presidential election.”He aired his grievances to hundreds of supporters at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey, hours after becoming the first former president to face charges in federal court. He entered a plea of not guilty. Previewing a possible legal defense, Trump said he had a right to go through boxes and separate personal records from government documents. He also said he had not had a chance to review all the materials transferred from the White House before FBI agents searched h...