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Park rangers rescue fallen climber at Alaska’s Denali National Park

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:16:26 GMT

TALKEETNA, Alaska (AP) — National Park Service rangers rescued a climber who fell from a 16,000-foot-high (4,800-meter-high) ridge at Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska, officials said Saturday.A mountaineering ranger evacuated the 24-year-old Japanese climber from a point at 15,100 feet (4,602 meters) in elevation, park officials said.The climber suffered minor injuries and was transferred by helicopter to a hospital, officials said.The climber was climbing with a partner on Friday, on the West Buttress climbing route on Denali just above the fixed line at 16,200 feet (4,937 meters). The climber’s partner told rangers early Saturday morning the fall occurred Friday around 11 p.m. while they were on a route known as the West Buttress to Peters Glacier, the agency said. The partner saw the fall but couldn’t see where the climber came to rest.Rangers began an aerial and ground search for the climber, but cloudy weather conditions prevented a helicopter from access...

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says destroyed Bakhmut “only in our hearts,” after Russians say they’ve taken city

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:16:26 GMT

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says destroyed Bakhmut “only in our hearts,” after Russians say they’ve taken city.Source

Gallo homers for 4th time in 7 games, Twins beat Angels 6-2

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:16:26 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Joey Gallo homered for the fourth time in seven games, Trevor Larnach hit an RBI triple that turned into a Little League home run and the Minnesota Twins beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 on Saturday night.Shohei Ohtani hit his 11th home run of the season for the Angels, a night before he takes a 5-1 record to the mound for the rubber game. Minnesota will be trying to win its second road series in eight tries this season.Kyle Farmer, Kyle Garlick and Willi Castro drove in runs in a three-run first. Farmer went 3 for 5 and is batting .395 (15 for 38) since becoming Minnesota’s starting third baseman on May 10.“Kyle Farmer’s a heck of a baseball player,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said. “I like relying on him, and he handles a lot of what comes with this job very, very well. And he’s here to play. He’s here to do whatever we’re asking him to do, and right now what we’re asking him to do is basically play every day, and right n...

OPINIÓN | La aristocracia multirracial representada en “Queen Charlotte” es una distorsión peligrosa

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:16:26 GMT

Nota del editor: Shaun Armstead es una historiadora cuya investigación se centra en el activismo internacional de las mujeres negras en el siglo XX. Es doctora en Historia por la Universidad Rutgers-New Brunswick y becaria predoctoral saliente en el Instituto Carter G. Woodson de Estudios Afroamericanos y Africanos de la Universidad de Virginia. Comienza este otoño como investigadora postdoctoral asociada en el Departamento de Estudios Africanos de la Universidad Brown. Las opiniones expresadas aquí son suyas. Puedes encontrar más artículos de opinión aquí.Una noble negra encuentra el amor y la felicidad como esposa del rey de Inglaterra: esa es la conmovedora aunque improbable trama de la última miniserie histórica de Shonda Rhimes, “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story”.La precuela de seis episodios de “Bridgerton” se emite actualmente en Netflix. “Queen Charlotte” explora los orígenes de la sociedad aristocrática racialmente integrada a la que l...

Greece votes in first election since international bailout spending controls ended

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:16:26 GMT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greeks were voting Sunday in the first election since their country’s economy ceased to be subject to strict supervision and control by international lenders who had provided bailout funds during its nearly decade-long financial crisis.The vote pitches conservative Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, 55, a Harvard-educated former banking executive, against 48-year-old Alexis Tsipras, who heads the left-wing Syriza party and served as prime minister during some of the financial crisis’ most turbulent years, as the two main contenders.The rising cost of living was at the forefront of many voters’ minds as they headed to polling centers set up in schools across the country.“Every year, instead of improving, things are getting worse,” said Athens resident Dimitris Hondrogiannis, 54, “Things are expensive. Every day, things are getting out of control. It’s enough to make you afraid to go to the supermarket to shop. We’ll see how things go.”Ho...

Biden, McCarthy to speak on debt limit; talks stalled as Republicans seek deep spending cuts

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:16:26 GMT

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — President Joe Biden planned on Sunday to speak directly with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, hoping to salvage talks to raise the debt limit that have stalled in recent days while he was abroad at the Group of Seven summit.GOP lawmakers are holding tight to demands for sharp spending cuts, rejecting the alternatives proposed by the White House for reducing deficits. Biden and world leaders at the gathering for industrial nations in Japan had been closely tracking the negotiations, looking for signs of a compromise that would ensure the federal government can keep paying its bills and avoid a potentially catastrophic default.Biden has tried to project optimism even as the talks back in Washington were rocky. Republicans are rejecting a White House plan that would impose less strict cuts while also increasing revenues. The two sides are up against a deadline as soon as June 1 to raise its borrowing limit, now at $31 trillion.“We’re going to get a chance to talk l...

Extremist Israeli Cabinet minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:16:26 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — An extremist Israeli Cabinet minister visited a sensitive Jerusalem holy site on Sunday at a time of heightened tensions with the Palestinians.The visit by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, his second known visit since becoming a member of Israel’s most right-leaning government ever, drew condemnations from the Palestinians and Israel’s neighbor Jordan, which acts as the custodian of the site.“I am happy to come up to the Temple Mount, the most important place for the Israeli people,” Ben-Gvir said during his early morning visit to the site, with the golden Dome of the Rock in the background, according to video released by his office. He praised the police presence at the site, saying it “proves who is in charge in Jerusalem.”Palestinian presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh called Ben-Gvir’s visit a “blatant attack” on the mosque. Jordan’s Foreign Ministry called it “a provocative step that is condemned, and a dangerous and unacceptable escalati...

State TV says armed group kills 6 Iranian border guards in clash near Pakistani border

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:16:26 GMT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Six Iranian border guards were killed in a clash with an unknown armed group trying to enter the country near the Pakistani border, state TV reported Sunday.The fighting happened in the town of Saravan in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, some 1,360 kilometers (850 miles) southeast of the capital Tehran. The report said the militants fled the area with casualties, but did not elaborate.TV also said two border guards were wounded in the clash. It did not blame the attack on any group and no group immediately claimed responsibility. There were no additional details.The area is one of the least developed parts of Iran. The relationship between the predominantly Sunni residents of the region and Iran’s Shiite theocracy has long been fraught.On Thursday, the top leaders of Pakistan and Iran inaugurated the first border market as relations warm between the two countries.Located in the remote village of Pashin in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan pr...

Una pareja de Carolina del Norte planea la boda de sus sueños después de que su prometido ganara US$ 150.000 en la lotería

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:16:26 GMT

(CNN) — La boda de ensueño de una pareja se hará realidad después de que un hombre de Carolina del Norte ganara el primer premio máximo de US$ 150.000 dólares en un juego de ‘rasca y gana’ lanzado recientemente.Se trata de la primera vez en que un ganador reclama el premio máximo desde que se lanzó el juego a principios de este mes.Alfred Harrell había prometido a su pareja la boda perfecta, según un comunicado de prensa de la Lotería de Carolina del Norte.“Ha pasado casi un año y esas promesas se harán realidad ahora”, dijo en el comunicado de prensa.Harrell estaba repostando gasolina cuando se detuvo en un Circle K de Cary, Carolina del Norte, y compró un boleto ganador de la Super Lotería de US$ 5.“Todavía estoy tratando de procesarlo”, dijo Harrell. “Si hubiera ido en la otra dirección y no hubiera puesto gasolina allí, no habría ganado”.Ahora Harrell y su prometida están buscando lugares para acomodar lo que espera que sea u...

MLB Notes: Ceddanne Rafaela confident his time will come soon

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:16:26 GMT

Coming off a breakout 2022 in which he emerged as the fastest-rising prospect in the Red Sox system, everything seemed to be coming up Ceddanne Rafaela’s way entering spring training.The 22-year-old from Curaçao had been added to the 40-man roster, was playing every day for the big league club in camp and was even offered a chance to play with Team Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic — an opportunity he turned down in favor of immersing himself with his big league teammates.It seemed like a no-brainer Rafaela would start the season in Triple-A, but when camp broke he was given the disappointing news that he’d be starting off back in Double-A, where he spent the bulk of last season.Why? For all his immense talent and a flair for the highlight-reel play in center field, the club felt Rafaela had more work to do refining his approach at the plate.“Defensively and on the bases, he’s showing all the skill that he has. Frankly, the skill that he has in those ...