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Depleted Real Madrid beats Cadiz before trip to Chelsea

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:42:54 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid eased to a 2-0 win at Cadiz in the Spanish league on Saturday despite resting several first-choice players ahead of its trip to London to face Chelsea in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals.Karim Benzema had already hit the woodwork twice as Cadiz clung to the goalkeeping skills of backup David Gil to stay alive before Nacho Fernández and Marco Asensio broke though with goals in the 72nd and 76th minutes.The win left Madrid 10 points behind Spanish league leader Barcelona, which visits Getafe on Sunday.Madrid visits Stamford Bridge on Tuesday holding a 2-0 lead after its convincing win over Frank Lampard’s team in Spain.“David Gil played a great game and Nacho had to put it in for us,” Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois said. “We could have scored more goals, but hopefully we were saving them up for Tuesday.”Coach Carlo Ancelotti once again rotated his squad after his team’s 2-1 loss to Barcelona last month appeared to finish off ...

Sudan doctors say 26 people have been killed in day of fighting between the army and a powerful paramilitary force

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:42:54 GMT

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan doctors say 26 people have been killed in day of fighting between the army and a powerful paramilitary force.Source

Kikuchi fans 9 as Rays lose second straight, Jays win 5-2

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:42:54 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Yusei Kikuchi struck out a season-high nine over six innings, Danny Jansen had two hits and an RBI and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-2 on Saturday.Alejandro Kirk reached base four times, scored once and drove in a run as the Blue Jays made it two straight over the Rays, who arrived in Toronto having matched a modern record by winning the first 13 games of the season.Toronto has won four straight meetings with the Rays dating to last season, their longest streak against Tampa Bay since a five-game run from July to October 2015. Taylor Walls homered for the Rays, who have connected at least once in all 15 games this season. Only Seattle (20 games in 2019) has begun a season with a longer streak.Kikuchi (2-0) allowed one run and four hits, improving to 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA in six career games against Tampa Bay. The left-hander walked one and retired the final eight batters he faced.Erik Swanson worked the seventh and Adam Cimber gave up Randy Arozarena’s...

Tapón del Darién: en una de las rutas migratorias más peligrosas del mundo, un cartel gana millones con el sueño americano

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:42:54 GMT

Región del Darién, Colombia y Panamá (CNN) — Siempre hay una multitud, pero puede sentirse muy solo.Para acercarse a la libertad, lo han arriesgado todo.Ladrones y violadores enmascarados. Agotamiento, mordeduras de serpientes, tobillos rotos. Asesinato y hambre.Tener que elegir a quién ayudar y a quién dejar atrás.La caminata a través de la región del Darién, un tramo de selva tropical montañosa, remota y sin caminos que conecta a Sudamérica con Centroamérica, es uno de los recorridos más transitados y peligrosos del mundo.Casi 250.000 personas cruzaron la frontera en 2022, como respuesta a los desastres económicos y humanitarios, casi el doble de personas del año anterior y 20 veces el promedio anual de 2010 a 2020. Los primeros datos para 2023 muestran que la cantidad de personas que realizaron el recorrido de enero a marzo se multiplicó por seis, 87.390 en comparación con 13.791 el año pasado, un récord, según las autoridades panameñas.Una mujer venezolana guía a su hijo a...

Deputies: North Creek Fire appears to be human-caused

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:42:54 GMT

UPDATE: SATURDAY 4/15/2023 5:52 p.m.(BEULAH, Colo.) — According to the Beulah Fire Protection and Ambulance District (Beulah Fire and EMS), 17 homes are in the evacuation area, and no structures have been lost. "Currently we do not foresee expanding the evacuation zone and there is no timetable for lifting the current evacuation. Crews will be on scene all night and into tomorrow," said Beulah Fire and EMS.UPDATE: SATURDAY 4/15/2023 5:37 p.m.90 personnel from various agencies are currently working the North Creek Fire from the ground and air, according to PCSO. Beulah Fire and the U.S. Forest Service are working together as Unified Command and the Pueblo County Emergency Operation Center (Pueblo County EOC) has also been activated.UPDATE: SATURDAY 4/15/2023 5:15 p.m.According to PCSO, the preliminary investigation into the cause of the fire indicates it is human-caused. Deputies have apparently identified a person of interest in the investigation and are working with federal agents...

Chang has 4 RBIs, Red Sox rally for 9-7 win over Angels

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:42:54 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Yu Chang snapped an 0-for-28 drought with a two-run homer and delivered a go-ahead, two-run single after Los Angeles’ Matt Thaiss was called for his second catcher’s interference in the eighth inning, lifting the Boston Red Sox to a 9-7 comeback win over the Angels on Saturday.Rafael Devers added his seventh homer, a two-run shot, and Rob Refsnyder drove in two runs for Boston.Gio Urshela hit a grand slam and drove in five runs and Mike Trout added three hits with his 300th career double for the Angels, who were sloppy in a 5-3 loss in the series opener.The 31-year-old Trout became the fourth in MLB history to reach 300 doubles, 300 homers and 200 stolen bases by his age-31 season, joining Willie Mays, Barry Bonds and Alex Rodriguez.Shohei Ohtani had two singles, his second had pushed the Angels ahead 7-6. He extended his on-base streak to 36 games, the majors’ longest current active stretch.Thaiss had his catcher’s interferences in three batters to help Boston load th...

Bombing survivors throw out first pitch at 10th annual Krystle Campbell Softball Tournament in Medford

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:42:54 GMT

The 10th annual softball tournament in Medford benefiting a scholarship in memory of Boston Marathon bombing victim Krystle Campbell drew a crowd of spectators and some survivors, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch together.Campbell, a former softball player at Medford High School, was 29 years old when she was among those who died in the bombings on Boylston Street in 2013.A moment of silence for Campbell and all of the other victims was held prior to the game. Many of those gathered wore sunflowers, Campbell’s favorite flower.

Showers overnight, even cooler Sunday

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:42:54 GMT

After record-breaking heat the past few days, cooler weather remains in the forecast as two weather systems look to send temperatures back to reality. Overnight tonight, a weak low pressure system will slide through Southern New England, bringing scattered showers to the area. An isolated thunderstorm or two is also possible. Showers will start moving in to southeastern New England after 10pm, and become more widespread after midnight. By Sunday morning, most of the shower activity is expected to diminish, with cool, cloudy conditions expected for the rest of Sunday. A cold front arrives Monday afternoon and it will reinforce the cooler conditions midweek. High temperatures will range in the 50s and 60s for the entire week.

Top Secret leaker case: New Jack Teixeira details revealed in search warrant affidavit

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:42:54 GMT

A 20-page FBI application for a search warrant at the home where Jack Teixeira was arrested provides more details on the case of leaked documents, including that the fellow forum user who reported him to the feds saw a video of him shooting an old Soviet pistol.Jack Teixeira, 21, was arrested at 1841 Maple St. in North Dighton Thursday. The E-3/Airman First Class for the Massachusetts Air National Guard was charged the next day in federal court in Boston with two charges: unauthorized removal and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or materials.Teixeira was the leader of a Discord server — which is what the gaming-dominated social media platform calls individual groups or forums — that the feds say illegally hosted more than 40 images “which contain various classification markings, including documents marked at the ‘TOP SECRET’ level, and which appear to depict U.S. Government classified national defense informa...

Magic aspiring to become playoff team while knowing more will be required

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:42:54 GMT

The Orlando Magic set the tone for their 2022-23 campaign at the end of last season when coach Jamahl Mosley said this past year, in part, would be about “leveling up one more.”The Magic lived up to that standard, making several improvements that resulted in a 34-48 record — a 12-win improvement from the previous season.Their objective for 2023-24 already has been set.“Playoffs,” center Wendell Carter Jr. responded when asked what the standard for success will be for next season.He added: “Guys don’t like to look at it as, ‘We got to make the playoffs,’ or ‘We got to win a champion to be successful.’ But we’re at a pretty good point where we can say that now. Guys want to win now. That comes with winning — making it to the playoffs.”The league’s playoffs started Saturday. And for the third consecutive year and ninth time in 11 seasons, they didn’t feature the Magic.Orlando’s focus g...