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Next year’s Giro d’Italia route aims to make early stages more important

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:49:27 GMT

TRENTO, Italy (AP) — Next year’s Giro d’Italia could see more “fireworks” than usual during the first two weeks after organizers unveiled a route designed to make the early stages more important. The full route of next year’s Giro was revealed in a televised ceremony on Friday after the first three stages were detailed earlier this week, including a tricky climb to Oropa on day two.Race organizer RCS Sport was keen to stress that there will be more opportunities than usual to build time gaps early on in the three-week race.“The riders who want to win it will have to be ready from the start and I expect a lot of spectacle,” Giro director Mauro Vegni said. The winners of the past two editions of the Italian Grand Tour — Primož Roglič and Jai Hindley — were among those on stage during the televised presentation at Trento’s Teatro Sociale.Roglič stormed to victory in this year’s Giro with a dominant ride on the penultimate stage, despite a mechanical problem. And the S...

Twins star Buxton has arthroscopic knee surgery, with mutual goal of returning him to CF

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:49:27 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Twins star Byron Buxton had arthroscopic surgery Friday on his troublesome right knee with the goal of alleviating the irritation related to patellar tendinitis and returning to center field next season.“That’s his focus. That’s what he wants, and that’s what we all want,” president of baseball operations Derek Falvey said Friday. “So that’ll be our mission through the offseason, to get him there.”The recovery timeline for Buxton is projected to be much shorter than after the cleanup procedure he had on the knee last year, Falvey said in a season-ending interview with reporters. “The hope here is in just a few short weeks he’s getting moving around again and starting to go through physical therapy in the offseason,” Falvey said. “We’re hopeful that this will get him on track. It obviously wasn’t the season Byron wanted from a physical standpoint. We did all we could throughout the course of the year to try to put him in the best position to be succ...

Kiwis return with new wingsail while SailGP celebrates an anniversary for female sailors

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:49:27 GMT

Peter Burling and Team New Zealand rejoin the rough-and-tumble SailGP fleet in Spain this weekend after an unexpected five-week layoff, eager to reel in their biggest rivals in the Season 4 championship chase in tech baron Larry Ellison’s global league.While the Kiwis return with a new wingsail five weeks after their old one shattered in a stunning sequence, Emirates Great Britain skipper Ben Ainslie looks for his third straight victory and three-time defending champion Tom Slingsby of Team Australia tries for his first win of the season. Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill has tapped Taylor Canfield to fill in for flight controller Hans Henken, who was seriously injured when the American catamaran crashed off its foils three weeks ago.The Spain Sail Grand Prix Cádiz on Saturday and Sunday will also mark the second anniversary of women sailing aboard the F-50 catamarans for the first time, and the environmentally conscious league said it will use 100% clean energy to fuel the supp...

Freddy Superlano se retira y suma respaldo a la favorita María Corina Machado en Venezuela

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:49:27 GMT

(CNN Español) –– El dirigente y fundador del partido opositor venezolano Voluntad Popular, Freddy Superlano, confirmó este viernes desde la sede de Vente Venezuela que declinó su candidatura a favor de María Corina Machado, fundadora de ese partido y favorita en las elecciones primarias de la opositora Plataforma Unitaria Democrática previstas para el próximo 22 de octubre.Superlano informó que le había notificado este jueves a la Comisión Nacional de Primarias el apoyo formal de Voluntad Popular a Vente Venezuela, con el fin de cumplir con lo establecido en el cronograma electoral que establecía el cierre del período de sustituciones para este 12 de octubre. De esta manera, los votos que se emitan en la tarjeta que tiene el nombre de Freddy Superlano serán contabilizados a favor de María Corina Machado.¿Quién es Freddy Superlano, el nuevo aliado de María Corina Machado?Tras un abrazo para sellar el pacto político, Machado agradeció el apoyo y aseguró que a todos, pero a ella en par...

Sean Payton and the Denver Broncos are still searching for the right chemistry

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:49:27 GMT

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Sean Payton is a man in search of his mojo. Payton never lost five of his first six games during his 15 seasons as the New Orleans Saints coach and the Broncos have never started out worse than the 1-5 record they brought back to Denver after their latest loss to Kansas City.Payton’s play-calling and the Broncos’ execution weren’t good enough to capitalize on a suddenly stout Denver defense that limited Patrick Mahomes to a single touchdown drive Thursday night. The result was a 16th consecutive loss to Andy Reid and the Kansas City Chiefs (5-1), this time by a score of 19-8.Defensive coordinator Vance Joseph has taken plenty of heat with the Broncos dead last in several statistical categories so far, and Payton deserves similar scrutiny after the Broncos’ bumbling offensive performance at Arrowhead Stadium on a night the Chiefs seemed ripe for an upset.Russell Wilson threw for a meager 95 yards, the third-lowest total of his 195 caree...

French authorities link a school stabbing that killed a teacher to Islamic extremism

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:49:27 GMT

ARRAS, France (AP) — A man of Chechen origin who was under surveillance by French security services over suspected Islamic radicalization stabbed a teacher to death at his former high school and wounded three other people Friday in northern France, authorities said. France raised its threat alert to its highest level, and the attack was being investigated by anti-terrorism prosecutors amid soaring global tensions over the war between Israel and Hamas. It also happened almost three years after another teacher, Samuel Paty, was beheaded by a radicalized Chechen near a Paris area school.The suspected attacker had been under surveillance since the summer on suspicion of Islamic radicalization, French intelligence services told The Associated Press. He was detained Thursday for questioning based on the monitoring of his phone calls in recent days, but investigators found no sign that he was preparing an attack, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said. ’’There was a race against the clock....

Black bear heads right to the freezer of a Connecticut home, steals lasagna

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:49:27 GMT

 SIMSBURY, Connecticut (WFSB) — A bear managed to get into a home in Barkhamsted, Connecticut, and knew exactly where the goods were.A woman posted a sequence of Ring videos to social media on Wednesday that she shared with Channel 3.In them, the bear could be seen strolling through a living room area before heading into the kitchen.There, it pulled open the bottom freezer to a refrigerator, snagged a lasagna, then hopped out a nearby window.The bear could then be seen casually leaving by way of the home’s deck.The woman said she didn’t realize what had been in her home until she checked her Ring footage.The animal did have tags on it.The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection always likes to remind people to be “bear aware.”It warned earlier this year about habituated bears, or bears that lose their natural fear of humans. Those animals were exposed to human-sourced foods, such as trash, birdseed, or dogfood. They leads them to dangerous behavior, such a...

Pro-Palestine protesters holding rally in downtown Miami, as Israel supporters gather across street; 1 detained

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:49:27 GMT

Dozens of people have come together in downtown Miami to voice their support for Palestine as war rages on in the Middle East.7News cameras captured demonstrators as they waved Palestine flags and held up signs in front of the Torch of Friendship on Biscayne Boulevard, just after 5 p.m., Friday.Protesters said they are very concerned about the people of Gaza City and Israel Defense Forces’ response to Hamas’ surprise attack last weekend. Some said two wrongs don’t make a right.City of Miami Police have cordoned off the sidewalk in front of the Torch of Friendship, and officers were seen lined up facing the protesters in an effort to make sure no one crosses into the street.Across Biscayne Boulevard, a smaller group of Israel supporters were seen standing near officers. That sidewalk has also been cordoned off.One person who crossed the line and tried to run across the street was detained by police.The brother of the person who was taken away said the emotions just ...

Holocaust survivors tell their stories at new interactive learning center at Dania Beach museum

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:49:27 GMT

A South Florida museum is using technology to teach people about the Holocaust in a new exhibit that gives survivors an opportunity to tell their stories.With the world’s eyes on Israel, and the unbelievable images of war and desperation, comes a timely reminder at the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center in Dania Beach.Holocaust survivors took 7News inside the new interactive learning center at the museum, the first Holocaust museum in South Florida.The state-of-the-art facility allows visitors to open critical dialogue with survivors through prerecorded interviews.“The educational experience in this is quite extraordinary, and the technology, and for students to come,” said Rositta Kenigsberg, president of the Holocaust Documentation and Education Center. “We have seen this work all over the country and the world, and we are really proud to have two of them here.”These exhibits, known as “Dimensions in Testimony,” will provide gen...

‘Just amazing how good they get’: Kids and teens learn the art of Japanese anime at workshops in Sunrise

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:49:27 GMT

It is art inspired from half a world away. And here in South Florida, a unique workshop is giving students the chance to showcase their talent.Karen Hensel has today’s 7 Spotlight.These kids are not here to create viral videos or post on Instagram.Carlos Aleman/teaches anime workshops: “This is their chance to disconnect from technology and social media and all that.”What these artists are here for requires just a pad, pencil and a passion for anime.Carlos Aleman: “Anime is just the Japanese term for animation. So they are very inspired by western comics. The way we love Japanese anime, they love Marvel and DC and all that.”Carlos Aleman is an artist in his own right, creating these Asian-inspired paintings that burst with color.Carlos Aleman: “Well, it’s not good enough Art Basel, so they say. There’s highbrow and there’s lowbrow and I’m just the regular guy. I’m not very sophisticated.”A humble artist, who tea...