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Hervé Renard quits as Saudi Arabia’s head coach

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:12:20 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 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:12:20 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 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:12:20 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 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:12:20 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 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:12:20 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 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:12:20 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 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:12:20 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 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:12:20 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...

What is the forecast for Padres Opening Day?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:12:20 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Our weather team may sound like a broken record, but here we go again with more rain headed for San Diego.Another storm system on the horizon will bring widespread light rain, strong winds and mountain snow Wednesday and Thursday.Satellite imagery showed a strong low-pressure system off the coast of Oregon and Northern California Tuesday morning. It's expected to take a dive southward and closer to Central California by late Wednesday, but will lose intensity as it moves closer to San Diego County. What to know about Padres Opening Day In Southern California, onshore flow has started to increase. Winds will be consistent over the course of Wednesday with strongest gusts in mountain communities. Rain will move in by late morning Wednesday with widespread showers expected in the afternoon. That is the first round of precipitation with this system. The second round will happen Wednesday night into Thursday and feature showery conditions with chances of thunderstorms...

Seattle, feds seek to end most oversight of city’s police

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:12:20 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department and Seattle officials asked a judge Tuesday to end most federal oversight of the city’s police department, saying its sustained, decade-long reform efforts are a model for other cities whose law enforcement agencies face federal civil rights investigations.Seattle has overhauled virtually all aspects of its police department since DOJ investigators in 2011 found officers were too quick to use force and too often escalated encounters to the point where force was necessary.Since then, officials say, the use of serious force is down 60% and the department has new systems for dealing with people in crisis, responding to complaints of biased policing, supervising officers and identifying any who get physical too often.Both sides asked U.S. District Judge James Robart to terminate their 2012 settlement agreement, known as a consent decree, which gave the court oversight of reform efforts.However they agree that more work remains to be done in two...