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Sakkari, Vekic win 1st-round matches at grass-court Nottingham Open

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 21:34:26 GMT

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Top-seeded Maria Sakkari won her opening match at the Nottingham Open on Monday, while former champion Donna Vekic also advanced to the last 16 at the grass-court tournament.Sakkari, the No. 8-ranked Greek, beat Xiyu Wang of China 6-2, 7-6 (6) after Vekic of Croatia defeated Cristina Bucsa of Spain 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.Vekic won the event in 2017 and lost in the final in ’19.Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil is the defending champion in Nottingham and is coming off reaching the semifinals at the French Open last week.She plays Tuesday along with a slew of British players including new British No. 1 Katie Boulter, who has taken over from Emma Raducanu.___More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Browns’ Winfrey has assault charged dismissed after he completed diversion program

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 21:34:26 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns defensive tackle Perrion Winfrey had a misdemeanor assault charge against him dropped in Texas after he completed a pretrial diversion program.According to Harris County Court documents, Winfrey’s case was dismissed on June 9.The 22-year-old Winfrey was arrested in April after he allegedly caused “bodily injury” during an argument with a woman he was dating.Winfrey has had a turbulent tenure with Cleveland since the Browns drafted him in the fourth round in 2022 out of Oklahoma. He was disciplined by the team as a rookie last season on at least two occasions, and Winfrey acknowledged he needed to mature as a professional.Last week, Winfrey and cornerback Greg Newsome II were robbed at gunpoint by six masked men in downtown Cleveland outside a nightclub. Neither player was hurt in the incident, which remains under investigation.Winfrey remained inside the team’s facility last week for two days while the Browns practiced outdoors during mi...

Biden bringing on ex-labor secretary and DNC chair Tom Perez to help with implementation push

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 21:34:26 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has named Tom Perez, a former labor secretary and Democratic National Committee chairman, to be a senior adviser and his liaison to state and local governments as the White House turns its focus toward implementing Biden’s infrastructure and climate legislation.Perez will lead the office of intergovernmental affairs, replacing Julie Rodriguez whom Biden tapped to be the manager for his reelection campaign. The White House emphasized that he brings experience working at the local, state and federal levels, which prepares him to meet the needs of officials across government. He will also advise Biden on immigration and labor issues, and work on other projects as assigned. Perez’s selection reflects the administration’s view that the successful implementation of massive infrastructure, technology and climate legislation passed in Biden’s first two years in office — and with it Biden’s own legacy — will rise and fall on...

Oregon jury finds PacifiCorp utility responsible for causing devastating 2020 wildfires in civil lawsuit

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 21:34:26 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon jury finds PacifiCorp utility responsible for causing devastating 2020 wildfires in civil lawsuit.Source

Top teams not worried when NASCAR Cup Series takes only break in grinding schedule

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 21:34:26 GMT

SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — The relentless grind of the NASCAR Cup Series pauses this week, and just about everybody involved with the cars is looking to take advantage.Martin Truex Jr. plans to go fishing after claiming his second victory of the season on Sunday at Sonoma Raceway. Aric Almirola’s wife and children were in wine country to watch his surprising Xfinity Series victory at Sonoma on Saturday because they’re all spending the next 10 days in California, surfing and hiking and going to a Dodgers game on Father’s Day.NASCAR’s schedule in its top flight is famously busy: This is the teams’ sole weekend without a race between the Daytona 500 on Feb. 19 and the Cup Series championship at Phoenix on Nov. 5.But for the teams and drivers doing their best work now, it’s natural to wonder whether the break could slow their momentum right before the start of the 10-race sprint to the eight-race Cup playoffs.Kyle Busch is the hottest driver on the grid, with fo...

What is causing the recent sinkholes in Colorado?

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 21:34:26 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- With the rainfall that the Front Range saw in May and the first part of June, you may expect there to be some consequences.Vegetation is greener, rivers and creeks are fuller, and, in some places, the earth -- or, in many cases, the road -- crumbles and creates a giant crater. Road gives way to create sinkhole in Parker Colorado has seen a number of road collapses from sinkholes lately. Most recently, in Parker, when a road had to be closed due to a sinkhole.What is a sinkhole?A sinkhole is an area with no natural external surface drainage, according to the United States Geological Survey. Because of this, when it rains, water has nowhere else to go and will stay inside the sinkhole and typically drain into the rock below.What is likely causing these recent sinkholes?Not all sinkholes are caused by the same thing, but the recent sinkholes seen in Colorado have been likely caused by rain and water in general.According to USGS, rainfall moves down through the soil a...

History greatly favors the Denver Nuggets for Game 5

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 21:34:26 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- There's a chance the Miami Heat can recover from their 3-1 game deficit in tonight's National Basketball Association Finals game against the Denver Nuggets. It's a very small 35-1 chance, though. Game 5 of the NBA Finals is Monday night, and with the Denver Nuggets up 3-1 against the Miami Heat, there’s a chance this game could cinch the series and give the Nuggets their first-ever NBA Championship. How can you watch the Nuggets play in Game 5 of NBA Finals? The odds are long for the Denver Nuggets to lose, but if one team has them it's the Heat. There have been 36 instances in which an NBA team faced a 3-1 deficit in the finals. Only one of those teams managed to come back from behind. In 2016, the Cleveland Cavaliers bounced back from a 3-1 trail to win. There have been 12 other comebacks from a 3-1 in NBA playoffs, however. This includes the Miami Heat's victory over the New York Knicks in the 1997 Eastern Conference semifinals. The Nuggets are heavil...

Trump arrives in Florida as history-making court appearance approaches in classified documents case

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 21:34:26 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump arrived in Florida on Monday ahead of a history-making federal court appearance on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents and thwarting the Justice Department’s efforts to get them back.Trump’s Tuesday afternoon appearance in Miami will mark his second time since April facing a judge on criminal charges. But unlike a New York case some legal analysts derided as relatively trivial, the Justice Department’s first prosecution of a former president concerns conduct that prosecutors say jeopardized national security, with Espionage Act charges carrying the prospect of a significant prison sentence.Ahead of his court date, he and his allies have been escalating efforts to undermine the criminal case against him and drum up protests. He’s ratcheted up the rhetoric against the Justice Department special counsel who filed the case, calling Jack Smith “deranged” as he repeated without any evidence his c...

The Godfather Part IV: US hits back after Orbán mocks Soros handover

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 21:34:26 GMT

Hungary’s troubled relationship with the United States took another twist on Monday as the two sides clashed over conspiracy theories featuring competing references to “The Godfather.” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sparked the exchange when he tweeted the words “Soros 2.0” in response to news that Hungarian-American businessman George Soros has decided to hand over his multi-billion dollar foundation to his son, Alexander. The Hungarian leader included a clip from iconic movie “The Godfather” showing fictional mafia boss Vito Corleone kissing his son and heir, Michael. Orbán has for years run campaigns portraying Soros as a puppet master controlling Hungary’s opposition and plotting against the country’s interests, fueling concerns that the Hungarian government is spreading conspiracy theories and anti-Semitic narratives.  In 2017, the Hungarian government plastered the country with billboards depicting Soros smiling, with the...

Utah woman accused of killing husband then writing grief book for kids denied bail

Published Sun, 15 Dec 2024 21:34:26 GMT

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — A Utah mother of three who wrote a children’s book about coping with grief after her husband’s death, and was later accused of fatally poisoning him, will remain in jail for the duration of her trial on murder and drug charges, a judge said Monday.Kouri Richins knelt her head and cried as a detective testified about authorities finding her husband dead and “cold to the touch,” and prosecutors argued the evidence against her was strong enough to deny her bail.Her case became a true-crime sensation last month when charges were filed as a transfixed public pored over “Are You With Me?” — the illustrated storybook about an angel wing-clad father watching over his children after passing away — and scrutinized remarks Richins made promoting the book as a tool to help children grieve.Monday’s detention hearing offered both prosecutors and Richins’ attorneys a chance to preview their cases and provide contrasting theories of the case. Prosecutors called to t...