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Deadly fire highlights immigration pressures on Mexico

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:18:36 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The fire that killed at least 40 people at an immigration detention center in Mexico happened as Western hemisphere countries face pressure to address the extraordinary number of people fleeing their homes.Mexico has expanded its network of dozens of detention centers while working closely with the United States to limit movement of asylum-seekers through its territory to the U.S. border, including to Ciudad Juarez, where authorities said migrants set mattresses on fire late Monday in a detention center after learning they would be deported.Here are some questions and answers about the conditions and policies that led to one of Mexico’s deadliest events at an immigration detention center.WHY WERE THESE MIGRANTS DETAINED?Specifics have yet to be released, but Mexico has emerged as the world’s third most popular destination for asylum-seekers, after the United States and Germany. It is still largely a transit country, though, for those on the way to the U.S.Asyl...

Brewers’ infielder Keston Hiura sent outright to Triple-A

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:18:36 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers assigned infielder Keston Hiura outright to their Triple-A affiliate in Nashville on Tuesday after he cleared waivers.The move means Hiura will remain with the Brewers organization after they had designated him for assignment.Hiura, 26, had an outstanding rookie season in 2019 but hasn’t been able to recapture that form. He batted .226 with 14 homers and 32 RBIs in 80 games last season and struck out in 111 of his 266 plate appearances.He has a .238 career batting average with a .318 on-base percentage, 50 homers and 132 RBIs in 284 games. His best season was that rookie year of 2019, when he hit .303 with 19 homers and 49 RBIs in 84 games while posting a .938 OPS.Hiura began his career as a second baseman but primarily has played first base since 2021. He also played five games in left field last season. ___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Hervé Renard quits as Saudi Arabia’s head coach

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:18:36 GMT

Hervé Renard has quit as coach of Saudi Arabia’s national team amid reports he is set to take over France’s women’s team. The Saudi national team on Tuesday said it had agreed to terminate Renard’s contract, ending a four-year spell in charge that was highlighted by a win over eventual champion Argentina in the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar last year. The 54-year-old French coach did not announce his future plans but he thanked the Saudi people and said he was “very proud to have been able to show to the world the progress and a good image of the Saudi football.”“It’s time for me to fly to an other horizon but with (these) memories engraved in me,” Renard wrote on Twitter. In a video message posted on the Saudi team’s Twitter page, Renard reflected on the win over Argentina by saying: “I think it will stay forever in the memory of the Saudi people.”“This experience was amazing, with a lot of support,” he added. Reports in France have said Renard...

Plantation Police search for elderly man with dementia

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:18:36 GMT

Plantation Police is asking for the public’s help to find 92-year-old Daniel Capobianco who police said has “altered mental status” and considered endangered.He was last seen wearing olive shorts and a dark shirt with grey hospital socks in the 800 block of 81st Terrace in Plantation.Capobianco is described as a white male, bald and weighs about 220 pounds.Capobianco drives a black 4-door 2015 Hyundai Sonata with Florida tag DSHZ55.Anyone with information is asked to call Plantation Police at 954-797-2100.

Julian Marley talks about new album and tour

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:18:36 GMT

If you’re a global icon your message must be clear. For reggae musician Julian “Juju” Marley, he wants you to vibe but with meaning. Deco Drive caught up with Mr. Royalty himself at iHeartRadio HQ in Pembroke Pines to chat about his newly dropped album.Julian Marley’s new album Colors of Royal will definitely put you in a mood and also give you different flavors of sound.Julian Marley: “Some good collaborations. South American vibe, Latin vibe with the reggae vibe with the Afro vibe and we mix it up in one vibration. Yes, different spice.”For Julian word is bond.Julian Marley: “Some people ask, ‘why did you change your sound?’ We didn’t really change the sound we widened the sound. The music is powerful but it’s really the content, the words. And the words must go to every nation, every tongue and every sound because we’re speaking of one love.As one of the sons of legendary reggae artist, Bob Marley, Juju is th...

‘He’s got some fire in him’: Pedro Grifol focused on the here and now as he begins 1st season as Chicago White Sox manager

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:18:36 GMT

Pedro Grifol sets expectations roughly seven to 10 days at a time.“I don’t talk about anything past (that),” the Chicago White Sox manager said recently. “I think it keeps you in the moment. It keeps you right where you’re thinking about, ‘OK, where am I right now? Where do I need to be in the next five days seven days?’“When you get caught up too far ahead, you don’t worry about what’s going on right now. You lose sight of what you need to accomplish in this particular moment.”This seven-day period will include a first — Grifol’s debut as a major-league manager in a regular-season game with the Sox.That comes Thursday night against the defending champion Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. But even Tuesday morning, Grifol’s mind wasn’t on the trip, rather the final game of the spring against the Cubs.“Maybe (Wednesday) you can ask that questions and I’ll say, ‘Yeah, I’m...

Chris Sununu is facing pressure to cancel NRA forum appearance after Nashville school shooting

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:18:36 GMT

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu is facing pressure to not show up to an upcoming NRA forum in the wake of Monday’s school shooting in Nashville.Sununu, a Republican governor who has been exploring a run for president, has been scheduled to speak at the National Rifle Association’s annual leadership forum next month.Other politicians who are set to speak at the Indiana Convention Center for the NRA forum include former President Donald Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence, Congressman Jim Jordan and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.Following Monday’s school shooting at the private Christian school in Tennessee, Granite State Democrats are calling on Sununu to nix his appearance at the NRA forum.“Chris Sununu has shown time and time again that he values his NRA rating more than the safety of Granite Staters,” New Hampshire Democratic Party Chair Ray Buckley said in a statement. “In light of yet another devastating and preventable tragedy where innoc...

Photos: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum springtime tradition

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:18:36 GMT

Volunteers Robin Ray and Patricia Fleck prepare 20-foot-long vines of nasturtiums during the annual springtime tradition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on Tuesday, in Boston, MA. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) March 28, 2023Erika Rumbley, director of horticulture, and Jenny Pore, horticulturist, hang 20-foot-long vines of nasturtiums during the annual springtime tradition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on Tuesday, in Boston, MA. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) March 28, 2023Erika Rumbley, director of horticulture, hangs 20-foot-long vines of nasturtiums during the annual springtime tradition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on Tuesday, in Boston, MA. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) March 28, 2023Volunteers Patricia Fleck and Robin Ray help carry 20-foot-long vines of nasturtiums during the annual springtime tradition at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on Tuesday, in Boston, MA. (Nancy Lane/Boston Herald) March 28, 2023Volunteer Patricia Fleck helps carry 20-foot-long vin...

Jeremy Piven starring in film about former Knick Nat ‘Sweetwater’ Clifton, wants team to honor first African-American to sign NBA contract

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:18:36 GMT

Jeremy Piven says he’s bringing a pitch to James Dolan at the Knicks game on Wednesday, with the goal of seeing a trailblazer honored in the Garden rafters.“It would be nice to retire Sweetwater’s jersey, No. 8, up in the stands,” Piven, the Emmy-winning actor of ‘Entourage’ fame, told the Daily News. “It would be pretty cool.”“I don’t know if (Dolan) will listen to me, either. But I’d love to have my day in court with him. That would be amazing.”Piven’s interest in Nat ‘Sweetwater’ Clifton derives from his new film, ‘Sweetwater,’ which details the true and inspirational path of the first African-American to sign an NBA contract.Piven plays former Knicks coach Joe Lapchick, who pushed for Clifton’s signing in 1950 while working against the surrounding forces of racism. It’s a personality Piven said he understood and admired after growing up in the Chicago area.“I g...

Seth Moulton lays out transportation vision, but says MBTA is too much of a ‘mess’ to implement it

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:18:36 GMT

U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton laid out a transportation vision for the state, something he said has been lacking for the past decade, but noted that since the MBTA is such an “epic mess,” it’s in no position today to take on his rail transformation initiatives.Moulton said that while incoming MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng can’t turn around the struggling agency on his own, he is responsible for rebuilding its current team, which includes making key hires, firing underperforming employees, and transforming its culture to make it a place where people want to work.“The first thing he needs to do is make a very clear and public change to the organizational culture, because the fundamental reason they have such serious staffing problems is because, understandably, people don’t want to work at the T,” Moulton told the Herald on Tuesday.“I mean the organization is a mess and he needs to signal to everybody who’s considering applying for one of these jobs, that this is not the T that you’ve bee...