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Hatch scores late PK as Washington Spirit earns 1-1 draw vs. Portland

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:34 GMT

Ashley Hatch’s goal in the final minutes pulled the Washington Spirit into a 1-1 draw with the Portland Thorns on Sunday in the National Women’s Soccer League.Sophia Smith, the league’s top scorer and reigning NWSL Most Valuable Player, appeared to injure her right knee in the second half and was on crutches after the break.Portland went ahead in the 63rd minute when Sam Coffey slipped a pass to Morgan Weaver in the box, who then chipped a shot into the goal with the outside of her foot. Coffey now has a league-leading seven assists.Just as the match was ending, the Thorns were whistled for a handball in the box. Hatch put her penalty into the left corner in stoppage time to secure a draw for the Spirit (6-3-8) in front of 13,048 fans at Audi Field in Washington, D.C.Five of Hatch’s nine goals this year have come from penalties.The Thorns (8-4-5) remain at the top of a tight NWSL table with five matches left in the regular season.Each NWSL team over the weeke...

73-year-old female inmate dies at Arlington County Detention Center

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:34 GMT

Officials say a 73-year-old female inmate died on Sunday morning after she was found unresponsive in her cell at the Arlington County Detention Center in Virginia.In a news release, the Arlington County Police Department said 73-year-old Aboneesh Woldegeorges was discovered unresponsive in her cell by deputies at the detention center around 7:02 a.m. on Sunday. Resuscitation efforts by the deputies were attempted before Arlington Fire & Rescue units arrived on the scene and transported her to Virginia Hospital Center, where she was declared dead.The elderly inmate had been arrested and charged with trespassing by the Washington Airports Authority on Aug. 13. She was awaiting transport to Loudoun County for Failure to Appear charges related to another trespassing incident.No official cause of death, medical history of Woldegeorges or timeline leading up to her death have been released.Police say that the family has been notified of her death and that an investigation is underway ...

All 30 managers that started the MLB season are still employed, but the axe could be coming soon

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:34 GMT

It’s five months into the regular season and all 30 Major League Baseball managers that started the year with their respective teams are all still employed. That’s fairly rare, but not totally uncommon.The axe could be coming soon.Here’s a look at some of the managers who are in a tenuous position as the season winds down.— Aaron Boone, New York Yankees: This is Boone’s sixth season and the previous five were all very good. But the Yankees have fallen to last place in the AL East with a 62-68 record, GM Brian Cashman called the season a “disaster” and it’s fair to say that patience isn’t always the best virtue for teams in the Big Apple. The Yankees haven’t had a losing season since 1992.— Buck Showalter, New York Mets: The 67-year-old had the Midas touch in 2022, leading the Mets to 101 wins before a disappointing wild-card round exit against the San Diego Padres. Another big season was expected after owner Steve Cohen spent huge on the tea...

Many Americans say they’ve interacted with deceased family members in dreams, study says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:34 GMT

(CNN) — The connections people experience with their loved ones don’t necessarily end after death, a recent Pew Research Center survey’s results suggest.Just over half of 5,079 surveyed American adults – 53% – reported ever having been visited by a dead relative in dreams “or some other form,” according to the survey results released Wednesday.And 44% of respondents said they’ve experienced at least one of these three encounters in the past year: feeling a dead relative’s presence, telling a late family member about their lives or having a deceased relative communicate with them, according to Pew Research Center.The center conducted the survey among its American Trends Panel members between March 27 and April 2. The survey included responses from “Americans of all religious backgrounds,” including Buddhists, Jews and Muslims, the center said.The results showed moderately religious people – measured partly by how often they attend religious services and whether they said th...

San Jose low-cost tattoo removal nonprofit opens Sacramento shop

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:34 GMT

SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A nonprofit from San Jose dedicated to changing lives through tattoo removals has arrived in Sacramento.New Skin Tattoo Removal offers free and low-cost procedures to former gang members, incarcerated individuals and victims of human trafficking.They also offer radiation mark removal to cancer survivors.“There’s nothing that provides this kind of service for adults as well as youth,” said Adam King of New Skin Tattoo Removal. “There’s a void here, and we just saw an opportunity. Plus, we get reached out to from a lot of our clients who drive from Sacramento to San Jose to get tattoo removals.”New Skin Tattoo Removal celebrated their shop’s grand opening on Saturday on Elk Grove Florin Road.

In Bulgaria, demise of ex-top prosecutor raises questions about judicial reform

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:34 GMT

SOFIA — At the beginning of July, Bulgaria’s former chief prosecutor, who rarely took questions while in office, turned to Facebook Live. As Ivan Geshev read awkwardly from the teleprompter, staring stiffly into the camera, he announced plans to establish a new movement, Justice for Bulgaria — the first step, some said, to him entering politics. Geshev, who once referred to himself once as “an instrument in the hands of God” and was dismissed as the top prosecutor in June, plodded through his speech, not referring to the years of protests and public outcry about his cozying up to oligarchs and corrupt politicians while in office, and his failure to investigate high-ranking graft.This attempted return to public life by Geshev so swiftly after he was ousted as prosecutor was another outlandish moment as the new government — which has made no secret of its dislike for him — aimed to course-correct years of stagnation, and as it agreed to focus on eliminating corruption among ...

Macron: EU should consider ‘multi-speed Europe’ to cope with enlargement

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:34 GMT

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday the EU should “maybe” evolve toward a “multi-speed” union as it considers integrating Ukraine, Moldova and countries in the Western Balkans.Macron said the EU needs to reform if it wants to integrate new nations and has to build consensus with more than 30 member countries.“The risk is to think we can enlarge without reform. I can testify that it is hard enough for Europe to advance on sensitive topics with 27 members. With 32 or 35 members, it won’t be any easier,” he said at the annual gathering of French ambassadors in Paris.“We’ll need audacity, to accept more integration in some areas and maybe even a multi-speed Europe,” he said.The French president did not elaborate on how this multi-speed Europe would function, but added that an overhaul of EU procedures was necessary for bloc to deepening and maintain “its attractiveness.” According to several Fren...

Czech PM: Russian imperialism makes us nervous

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:34 GMT

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala delivered a warning Monday about the major threat posed by Russian imperialist foreign policy. “The consequences of Russian aggression are manifold and to a certain extent they also affect the nervousness we feel in our country,” he said during an annual meeting with Czech ambassadors in Prague, local press reported.“The chances for a quick resolution of the conflict turned out to be small and are getting smaller and smaller,” he added, referring to the Kremlin’s ongoing onslaught in Ukraine. It’s not only Russia which poses a big threat to the Czech Republic, but caution is also needed over China, which has monitored the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine to use for its own interests, Fiala told the ambassadors.He also said that Russia’s war against Ukraine might lead to a “stalemate” and a “frozen conflict.” Political cooperation with strategic allies like NATO and the EU is essentia...

Mother of Spain’s defiant football boss goes on hunger strike in a church

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:34 GMT

Ángeles Béjar, mother of suspended Spanish football federation President Luis Rubiales, locked herself in a church on Monday and declared she would go on hunger strike until the “inhumane and bloody persecution” of her son is brought to an end.From inside the Church of the Divine Shepherdess in Motril, Spain, Béjar told Spanish news agency EFE that she would not eat until star player Jenni Hermoso — who Rubiales forcibly kissed after the World Cup final in Sydney — “tells the truth” about what happened.In a statement issued last week Hermoso said that she was “a victim of an aggression, of an impulsive, sexist, inappropriate and completely non-consensual act.” The members of Spain’s World Cup-winning women’s football team last week said that they will not play again under the federation’s current leadership.On Friday, a defiant Rubiales — who was roundly condemned by top Spanish politicians — rejected Hermoso’s statemen...

Cody Bellinger is an RBI machine and Keegan Thompson shows good stuff: 3 takeaways from Chicago Cubs’ series win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:44:34 GMT

Jordan Wicks was still embracing the highs of his major-league debut 12 hours after a memorable night at PNC Park.The Chicago Cubs’ lefty set up the Cubs to go for the series win Sunday against the Pirates after striking out nine in five innings Saturday to earn his first victory. His performance prompted so many messages that he joked Sunday it would take five-to-seven business days to get back to everyone.The Sunday getaway vibes haven’t always been great this year, but the spirits were high following a 10-1 win to improve Cubs’ Sunday record to 6-15 as they return to Wrigley Field for a three-game series versus the division-leading Milwaukee Brewers.1. Cody Bellinger is in rare company in franchise history as a run-producing force.Cody Bellinger’s consistency in the middle of the Cubs lineup has been a driving force in their success and postseason contention.Coming through with runners on base is a big part of why he’s been such a dangerous threat th...