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New US aid for Ukraine by year-end seems increasingly out of reach as GOP ties it to border security

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:33 GMT

By Stephen Groves and Lisa Mascarao | Associated PressWASHINGTON — A deal to provide further U.S. assistance to Ukraine by year-end appears to be increasingly out of reach for President Joe Biden. The impasse is deepening in Congress despite dire warnings from the White House about the consequences of inaction as Republicans insist on pairing the aid with changes to America’s immigration and border policies.After the Democratic president said this past week he was willing to “make significant compromises on the border,” Republicans quickly revived demands that they had earlier set aside, hardening their positions and attempting to shift the negotiations to the right, according to a person familiar with the talks who was not authorized to publicly discuss them and spoke on condition of anonymity.The latest proposal, from the lead GOP negotiator, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., came during a meeting with a core group of senators before they left Washington on Thursday afternoon. It coul...

Grant Thornton Invitational Par Scores

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:33 GMT

SaturdayAt Gold CourseNaples, Fla.Purse: $4 millionYardage: 7,382; Par: 72Second RoundL.Ko/J.Day58-66—124-20L.Maguire/L.Glover57-69—126-18N.Korda/T.Finau56-70—126-18B.Henderson/C.Conners59-69—128-16L.Thompson/R.Fowler60-68—128-16M.Khang/D.McCarthy57-71—128-16R.Yin/N.Taylor58-70—128-16C.Hull/J.Rose58-72—130-14C.Boutier/H.English63-69—132-12M.Sagstrom/L.Aberg60-72—132-12R.Zhang/S.Theegala58-74—132-12L.Vu/J.Dahmen61-72—133-11M.Reid/R.Henley64-70—134-10A.Lee/B.Horschel64-71—135-9A.Corpuz/C.Champ59-78—137-7C.Knight/T.Hoge66-71—137-7Source

Grant Thornton Invitational Scores

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:33 GMT

SaturdayAt Gold CourseNaples, Fla.Purse: $4 millionYardage: 7,382; Par: 72Second RoundL.Ko/J.Day58-66—124L.Maguire/L.Glover57-69—126N.Korda/T.Finau56-70—126B.Henderson/C.Conners59-69—128L.Thompson/R.Fowler60-68—128M.Khang/D.McCarthy57-71—128R.Yin/N.Taylor58-70—128C.Hull/J.Rose58-72—130C.Boutier/H.English63-69—132M.Sagstrom/L.Aberg60-72—132R.Zhang/S.Theegala58-74—132L.Vu/J.Dahmen61-72—133M.Reid/R.Henley64-70—134A.Lee/B.Horschel64-71—135A.Corpuz/C.Champ59-78—137C.Knight/T.Hoge66-71—137Source

A hospital fire near Rome kills at least 3 and causes an emergency evacuation of all patients

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:33 GMT

ROME (AP) — A fire broke out in a hospital on Rome’s outskirts, killing at least three people and forcing the overnight evacuation of the smoke-filled facility and its nearly 200 patients, officials said Saturday.The blaze began in the ground floor emergency room of the St. John the Evangelist hospital in Tivoli at around 11 p.m. Friday, which was a holiday in Italy. The flames spread to a few other wards, “but the smoke went everywhere,” said chief prosecutor Francesco Menditto.Using fire truck ladders to reach patients on high floors, fire and police rescue crews worked through the night to evacuate the 193 patients. The ones in intensive care were transferred immediately to other hospitals in ambulances, while patients in less critical condition were moved into a nearby municipal gymnasium and then transferred to other facilities, officials said.The governor of the Lazio region, Francesco Rocca, said from the scene that three people were killed and an investigation would de...

University of Pennsylvania president resigns after her testimony to Congress on antisemitism draws sharp criticism

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:33 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — University of Pennsylvania president resigns after her testimony to Congress on antisemitism draws sharp criticism.Source

Fiscalía de San Juan no encuentra causa para formular cargos de agresión sexual contra Ricky Martin

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:33 GMT

(CNN Español) — El Departamento de Justicia de Puerto Rico informó este viernes que no hay base para acusar a Ricky Martin tras realizar una investigación entre la Fiscalía de San Juan y el Negociado de la Policía con relación a una querella de agresión sexual presentada contra el cantante puertoriqueno por su sobrino Dennis Yadiel Sánchez Martin.“No procede la formulación de cargos contra Enrique Martin Morales, conocido públicamente como Ricky Martin, como resultado de una querella de agresión sexual presentada en su contra en septiembre de 2022”, señala el comunicado enviado por la oficina de prensa de la institución.El documento detalla que la prueba obtenida por la Policía y el Ministerio Público en la investigación no es consistente con las alegaciones ni sustenta las imputaciones. “Ante esto, la Fiscalía de San Juan está impedida de iniciar un proceso criminal en el tribunal”, puntualiza el comunicado.José Andreu Fuentes, abogado de Martin, le dijo a C...

Oden’s 22 points leads DePaul past Louisville ending Blue Demons’ 5-game skid

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:33 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Jeremiah Oden scored 22 points and Chico Carter Jr. scored 14 points and DePaul ended its five-game losing streak by beating Louisville 75-68 on Saturday.Jaden Henley and Da’Sean Nelson each scored 10 points for the Blue Demons (2-7) who shot 51% (25 for 49) despite just 34.8% (8 for 23) from 3-point range.Mike James scored 18 points, Skyy Clark scored 16 points and reserve Ty-Laur Johnson 10 points for Louisville (4-5).Emmanuel Okorafor’s layup with 5:50 before halftime pulled Louisville into a 20-all tie and it was the closest Louisville found itself for the remainder. DePaul closed the half outscoring Louisville 18-2. Oden’s layup before time expired to intermission made it 38-22 at the break.In the second half, the Cardinals closed within 41-32, 48-40, and 53-47 — the latter with 9:33 left — on Tre White’s layups but they couldn’t get closer. Leading by six, Oden responded with a 3-pointer, Terry made a jumper and layup and in less th...

Two-time AL MVP Shohei Ohtani agrees to historic deal with Los Angeles Dodgers

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:33 GMT

(CNN) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have won the race to reach terms with Shohei Ohtani, baseball’s transcendent two-way star, to one of the richest contracts in professional sports.The two-time American League MVP announced on Instagram he had “decided to choose the Dodgers” as his next team; their historic deal is for 10 years and $700 million, according to ESPN, MLB.com and other media outlets citing Ohtani’s agent, Nez Balelo.The deal would see the Japanese phenom, who pitches and bats as a designated hitter, move across town from the Los Angeles Angels of the American League to the Dodgers, winners of 10 of the last 11 division titles in the National League West.The Dodgers declined to comment on the situation. CNN has reached out to Ohtani’s representatives to confirm the terms of the agreement.The star’s free agency has been the topic of fevered speculation in recent weeks, and his contract is reportedly the most expensive in North American sports history. He confirmed ...

Vigil to be held for National Grid worker killed in crash at Waltham job site

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:33 GMT

A vigil will be held in Cambridge on Saturday in honor of a National Grid worker who lost his life in a crash at a work site in Waltham on Wednesday.The vigil for 36-year-old Roderick Jackson will be held at Hoyt Field in Cambridge. Jackson was working at a utility project when he was struck by a driver. Two other National Grid workers were injured and Waltham Police Officer Paul Tracey was also killed.Jackson is being remembered by his loved ones as the heart of his family. His mother called him “her treasure.” His brother called him his “everything.” This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

University of Pennsylvania president resigns as antisemitism testimony draws backlash

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:43:33 GMT

The University of Pennsylvania’s president has resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say under repeated questioning that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy.The departure of Liz Magill, in her second year as president, was announced by the the Ivy League school late Saturday afternoon. The statement said Magill will remain a tenured faculty member at the university’s Carey Law School. She has agreed to keep serving as Penn’s leader until the university names an interim president.Calls for Magill’s resignation exploded after Tuesday’s testimony in a U.S. House committee on antisemitism on college campuses, where she appeared with the presidents of Harvard University and MIT.Universities across the U.S. have been accused of failing to protect Jewish students amid rising fears of antisemitism worldwide and fallout from Israel’s intensifying war in Gaza, whic...