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Canada suspends consular services in Sudan amid crisis

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:31:31 GMT

OTTAWA, Canada (AP) — Canada suspended its consular services in Sudan on Sunday, saying a rapidly deteriorating situation has made it impossible to safeguard the safety and security of its staff in the capital city of Khartoum.Hundreds have been killed and thousands injured in just 10 days after power-sharing negotiations between the country’s armed forces and its paramilitary troops rapidly deteriorated.“The situation in Sudan has rapidly deteriorated making it impossible to safeguard the safety and security of our staff,” Global Affairs Canada said in a statement. “After consulting with Canada’s Ambassador to Sudan, the decision has been made to temporarily suspend our operations in Sudan.Canadian diplomats will temporarily work from a safe location outside of the country, the statement said, adding that they will continue working with others to coordinate the response to Sudan’s crisis.Canada’s decision came as U.S. special operations forces carried out a precarious evacuat...

Bed Bath & Beyond se declara en bancarrota

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:31:31 GMT

(CNN) — Bed Bath & Beyond, la tienda que aparentemente tenía todo para tu hogar durante las décadas de 1990 y 2000, se declaró en bancarrota este domingo. La compañía dijo que vendería su mercancía y luego cerraría.“Gracias a todos nuestros fieles clientes. Tomamos la difícil decisión de comenzar a cerrar nuestras operaciones”, se leía la mañana de este domingo en un comunicado en la parte superior del sitio web de la compañía.Las ubicaciones de 360 ​​Bed Bath & Beyond de la compañía, junto con sus 120 tiendas buybuy BABY, permanecerán abiertas por ahora, al igual que sus sitios web. Pero las ventas de cierre de tiendas comenzarán este miércoles y la compañía liquidará todo su inventario.Las acciones de Bed Bath & Beyond caen con fuerza tras la muerte de su director financiero“Millones de clientes han confiado en nosotros durante los momentos más importantes de sus vidas, desde ir a la universidad hasta casarse, establecerse en un nuevo hogar y tener un bebé”, dijo...

Barcelona ends Atletico’s winning run, moves closer to title

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:31:31 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Barcelona ended Atletico Madrid’s unbeaten run — and its own slump — with a hard-fought 1-0 win in the Spanish league on Sunday, moving closer to its first league title in four years.The victory halted a six-game winning streak and 13-game unbeaten run for Atletico, which lost ground to Real Madrid in the fight for second place. Barcelona, meanwhile, restored a comfortable 11-point lead over Madrid with eight rounds remaining.Madrid, focused on the Champions League and the Copa del Rey final, beat Celta Vigo 2-0 at home on Saturday.Ferran Torres scored a 44th-minute winner at Camp Nou with a well-placed low shot from just inside the area, giving Barcelona its first victory after a three-match winless run that had prompted fears of a meltdown entering the final stretch.Barcelona hadn’t scored in three straight games after being humiliated at home by Madrid 4-0 in the Copa del Rey semifinals and held to scoreless draws against modest league opponents in Girona and ...

Nets open and ‘prepared’ to go after superstar this summer: ‘That could happen’

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:31:31 GMT

Nets general manager Sean Marks says star forward Mikal Bridges can be Brooklyn’s No. 1 scoring option moving forward — but that’s not going to stop him searching for another one this offseason.Speaking to reporters in his end-of-the-season exit interview, Marks was complimentary of the job Bridges did holding down the fort as the Nets’ primary option on offense after he arrived in Brooklyn as part of the Kevin Durant deal.The GM, however, also left the door open for striking an offseason deal that brings more of a household-name kind of star scorer into the fold for next season, especially if it vaults Brooklyn back into championship contention.“It would be way too soon to call that. I think we need to let the dust settle a little bit but we’ve always been prepared,” Marks said on Sunday. “In this day and age, we’ve all seen players demand trades, players behind the scenes ask for this, teams change — whether it’s ow...

Torn patellar tendon for Victor Oladipo, Heat guard out with knee injury for playoffs and months beyond

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:31:31 GMT

A worst-case scenario turned into Victor Oladipo’s scenario Sunday, with an MRI confirming that the veteran Miami Heat reserve guard suffered a torn patellar tendon in his left knee during the closing stages of Saturday night’s NBA playoff victory over the Milwaukee Bucks at the Kaseya Center.Oladipo will be out for the balance of the playoffs and beyond, the second Heat guard sidelined during the series, after starting shooting guard Tyler Herro broke his right hand during Game 1 of the best-of-seven Eastern Conference playoff series the Heat lead 2-1 going into Monday’s 7:30 p.m. Game 4 at the Kaseya Center.The Kaseya Center went silent Saturday with the Heat ahead by 25 late in the fourth quarter, with teammates in shocked disbelief when Oladipo went down on a drive to the basket with 3:56 left in Saturday night’s 121-99 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.His career derailed numerous times since he ruptured a quadriceps tendon in his right knee while with th...

Re-signing Cam Johnson a priority for Nets this offseason: ‘We hope he’s back’

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:31:31 GMT

Retaining restricted free agent Cam Johnson is a priority for the Nets — and Johnson suggests he’s more than open to the idea of staying in Brooklyn.There are a number of reasons why Johnson’s fit on a Nets team likely re-tooling this summer makes sense. Chief among them: He is a valuable player at his position, one the Nets are grateful to have pried from the Phoenix Suns in the Kevin Durant megadeal at the Feb. 9 NBA Trade Deadline.Johnson averaged 16.6 points on 37.5% three-point shooting in his 25 regular-season games with the Nets. In four playoff games, he assumed a larger scoring responsibility and managed to increase his efficiency. When the 76ers trapped Mikal Bridges, Johnson became another focal point of Brooklyn’s offense. He averaged 18.5 points through the four-game series against the Sixers and shot at a 43% clip from downtown.“Cam knows how we feel,” Nets general manager Sean Marks said during his end-of-the-season exit interview w...

Linus Ullmark will start Game 4, David Krejci out again

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:31:31 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla.–Though he teased that Jeremy Swayman could get the start for Sunday’s Game 4 on Saturday, Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said that Linus Ullmark would start his fourth straight game as the B’s try to take a 3-1 series stranglehold on the Florida Panthers.Also, Montgomery said that David Krejci will miss his second straight game and most likely will miss Wednesday’s Game 5 at the Garden. It is believed Krejci has some sort of arm injury.The B’s will go with the same lineup that they did in Friday’s 4-2 win in Game 3.On the decision to stick with Ullmark, Montgomery said, “I think Linus has played well and (goalie coach Bob Essensa) had his goalie union and they decided that’s what was best for the Boston Bruins. Like I’ve said, I have a lot of confidence in Goalie Bob. His feel for his goaltenders is outstanding and I never second-guess.”As for Krejci, even though there’s a two-day break between Games 4 and 5, Montgomer...

Lizzo brings drag queens on stage, protesting Tennessee law

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:31:31 GMT

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a concert Friday night in Knoxville, Tennessee, Lizzo filled the stage with drag queens in a glittery protest against the state’s legislation designed to restrict drag performances in public. While performing at Thompson-Boling Arena, the Grammy-winning “Juice” singer brought out a number of drag performers, including Aquaria, Kandy Muse, Asia O’Hara and Vanessa Vanji. On Saturday, Lizzo posted videos on Instagram from the show, including comments to the crowd that referenced the pending law. In February, Republican Gov. Bill Lee signed the legislation against “adult cabaret” in public or in front of minors. A federal judge temporarily blocked the law in late March, saying it was too vaguely written. Civil rights groups have criticized the law as a violation of free speech. The Tennessee law is part of a wider Republican effort to restrict drag shows and other LGBTQ+ public gatherings. “In light of recent and tragic events and current events, I was t...

$50M claim filed over fatal eviction shooting in Tucson

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:31:31 GMT

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The family of an Arizona property manager who was fatally shot during an attempted eviction in Tucson last year has filed a $50 million claim against Pima County and others.An attorney representing Angela Fox’s family alleges in the claim that county Constable Deborah Martinez-Garibay had cocaine, amphetamine, methamphetamine and alcohol in her system at the time of the fatal shooting and also was under investigation by the county for felony fraud, the Arizona Republic reported Sunday.Fox, 28, was a property manager for a management company that included Lind Commons Apartments in Tucson. She went with Martinez-Garibay to evict tenant Gavin Lee Stansell on Aug. 25 last year.An eviction complaint filed 10 days earlier by a landlord in Pima County Consolidated Justice Court indicated Stansell had previously threatened and intimidated neighbors with a gun in July.Tucson police said the 24-year-old Stansell fatally shot Fox, Martinez-Garibay and a neighbor at the ap...

Bird strike sparks plane engine fire shortly after takeoff

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:31:31 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bird strike sparked an engine fire on a plane shortly after it took off Sunday from an Ohio airport, and the aircraft returned safely with no injuries reported, authorities said.American Airlines flight 1958 had departed from John Glenn Columbus International Airport in Columbus around 7:45 a.m. and was headed to Phoenix. The fire was detected a short time later and the Boeing 737 returned to the airport, where firefighters quickly doused the flames.It wasn’t clear how many passengers and crew members were aboard the aircraft. The airline said the plane was taken out of service for maintenance and it was working to get the passengers on other flights.Airport officials said the facility remained operating as usual and the fire only caused some minor flight delays.The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate.The Associated Press