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Fifth straight win for Atletico with Griezmann’s late penalty against Sociedad. Barcelona at Granada

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:57 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Antoine Griezmann scored with a late penalty kick as Atletico Madrid beat Real Sociedad 2-1 in the Spanish league for its fifth straight win in all competitions on Sunday.Griezmann converted from the spot in the 89th minute following a hand ball to move the team to fourth place. Sociedad stayed sixth with its first setback after four consecutive wins.Atletico had won three consecutive league games and beat Feyenoord 3-2 in the group stage of the Champions League on Wednesday. Diego Simeone’s team is unbeaten at home since January, with 15 wins and one draw in all competitions.Atletico’s home winning streak in the league reached 13 matches, one short of its best-ever run from 2012-13. Samuel Lino put the hosts ahead by scoring his first goal with Atletico in the 22nd before Mikel Oyarzabal equalized in a breakaway in the 73rd. Griezmann, a former Sociedad player, calmly rolled his penalty into the corner to secure Atletico the victory. The France forward has score...

Etienne runs for 2 TDs and Jaguars beat Bills 25-20 for back-to-back London wins

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:57 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Travis Etienne rushed for 136 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns and the Jacksonville Jaguars beat the jet-lagged Buffalo Bills 25-20 on Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.The Jaguars (3-2) may not want to leave London after getting back-to-back wins in the British capital, ending Buffalo’s three-game winning streak and proving they can hang with an AFC powerhouse.The Bills (3-2) had routed their past three opponents but looked tired at times, rushed for only 29 yards, and had a rash of injuries.Etienne scored on a 35-yard run with just under three minutes left after carrying it in from 6 yards earlier.Josh Allen twice brought the Bills back late in the fourth quarter. He ran it in from 3 yards to complete a 75-yard drive that took just 45 seconds, making it 25-20 before the two-minute warning.With the Bills out of timeouts, the Jags punted to the Buffalo 6, leaving the Bills just 22 seconds. Stefon Diggs caught a pass and tried to lateral it, but Jacksonville re...

The US will send an aircraft carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean to support Israel, a US official says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:57 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The US will send an aircraft carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean to support Israel, a US official says.Source

CNBC: el tequila y la cerveza mexicana dominan el mercado en EEUU

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:57 GMT

Las personas en Estados Unidos están bebiendo menos alcohol que antes, pero cuando lo hacen, es más probable que nunca que opten por una bebida originaria de México.Estados Unidos es el mercado más grande para las bebidas  a base de agave de México y sus mejores cervezas. En los últimos años, las marcas mexicanas han comenzado a dominar la industria de bebidas alcohólicas de EEUU a medida que los bebedores desarrollan una sed por productos de precio premium con historias auténticas.En 2022, el tequila y el mezcal, bebidas nativas de México a base de agave, superaron al whisky estadounidense para convertirse en la segunda categoría de bebidas de más rápido crecimiento por ingresos y volumen dentro de EEUU, según un análisis del Distilled Spirits Council, una asociación comercial de la industria. Solo en 2022, se vendieron casi 30 millones de cajas de 9 litros de tequila y mezcal en EEUU. Los expertos dicen que este segmento está a punto de superar al vodka en 2023 y convert...

The Week … of the Labour Party conference

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:57 GMT

Listen to the latest episode on your favorite platform They look to what’s in store at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool – including how Sir Keir Starmer will lay out his priorities ahead of a general election – and how what’s happening in the Middle East will be discussed by those at the conference.Plus, Jack and Sam check back on their predictions from the last episode – including Rishi Sunak’s HS2 announcement and the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election.

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde clarifies Aaron Hicks missed hit-and-run sign on Gunnar Henderson’s failed steal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:57 GMT

After Saturday’s playoff loss, Brandon Hyde called it a “miscommunication.” Gunnar Henderson said Hyde made the call. Aaron Hicks declined to say what the sign was, echoing his manager’s description.So … what actually happened?There was confusion Saturday evening over what happened when Henderson was caught stealing in the ninth inning of the Orioles’ 3-2 Game 1 loss to the Texas Rangers, but Hyde clarified Sunday that Hicks missed a hit-and-run sign. By missing the sign, Hicks didn’t swing at a hittable pitch, leaving Henderson out to dry on his stolen base attempt.“We just missed the hit and run sign there,” Hyde said Sunday. “Hicksey has been wonderful for us this entire season in so many ways. We do put runners in motion, we don’t hit a ton of homers, trying to generate offense a little bit at times. And we bunt, we do the little things. And yesterday we just missed a sign in the ninth inning there....

Motorcyclists collide on I-5; 20-year-old killed

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:57 GMT

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- A 20-year-old Oceanside resident was killed in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 5 Saturday, the California Highway Patrol confirmed. Around 9:20 a.m., officers from the CHP Oceanside Area responded to reports of a collision on northbound I-5, south of the CHP San Onofre Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Facility/ US Border Patrol Checkpoint. 12-year-old arrested in connection to San Marcos High School bomb threat CHP says a 20-year-old from Oceanside was riding a black Yamaha R1 motorcycle in the northbound lanes of I-5. Ahead of the Yamaha, CHP says a 22-year-old Oceanside resident was riding a Honda CBR600RR motorcycle. For reasons still under investigation, authorities say the Yamaha collided into the rear of the Honda motorcycle, which caused both riders to be thrown from their motorcycles.According to CHP, the rider of the Yamaha was pronounced deceased at the scene, and the rider of the Honda was transported to a local hospital with moderate injuries. ...

Afghan Canadians unite to offer support following deadly earthquake

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:57 GMT

Afghans across Canada have gathered together to support one another and plan fundraisers as they scour the news for details about an earthquake that rocked their home country on Saturday, reportedly killing more than 2,000 people.Farid Teimoury, vice-president of the Afghan Society of Calgary, said he feels helpless watching videos of the devastation wrought by the powerful earthquake in western Afghanistan from more than 10,000 kilometres away in Alberta.“It’s a guilt that you have, right? You’re not there to be able to help them out,” Teimoury said Sunday. “All the disasters that have happened, the fall of the government and the earthquake on top of that, and people being displaced … it’s hurtful, to be honest. And the most we can do is just gather up a couple of dollars and send it out, and hope for the best.”The U.S. Geological Survey said the epicentre of the 6.3-magnitude earthquake was about 40 kilometres northwest of Herat, Afghanist...

Israeli hostage crisis in Hamas-ruled Gaza becomes a political trap for Netanyahu

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:57 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The capture of dozens of Israeli soldiers and civilians — elderly women, children, entire families — by Hamas militants has stirred Israeli emotions more viscerally than any crisis in the country’s recent memory and presented an impossible dilemma for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government.The Islamist militant group’s 2006 seizure of a sole young conscript, Gilad Shalit, consumed Israeli society for years — a national obsession that prompted Israel to heavily bombard the Gaza Strip and ultimately release over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, many of whom had been convicted of deadly attacks on Israelis, in exchange for Shalit’s freedom.This time, Gaza’s Hamas rulers have abducted dozens of Israeli civilians and soldiers as part of a multipronged, shock attack on Saturday. Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a militant group smaller and more brazen than Hamas, said Sunday that it alone had seized 30 hostages.Their captivity raises the heat on Netanyahu ...

Maple Leafs trade Sam Lafferty to Canucks for 2024 fifth-round draft pick

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:37:57 GMT

The Toronto Maple Leafs traded forward Sam Lafferty to the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday in exchange for a fifth-round selection in the 2024 NHL Draft.Lafferty had 27 points (12 goals and 15 assists) in 70 games last season split between the Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks.The move removes Lafferty’s $1.15 million salary cap from the cap for Toronto, who are struggling to get under the $83.5 million cap for the upcoming season.Toronto had acquired Lafferty from Chicago shortly before the trade deadline. He had two goals and four assists in 19 regular season games with the Maple Leafs and added one goal and two assists in nine playoff games.The 28-year-old has 59 points (23 goals and 36 assists) in 210 career games over four seasons with the Penguins, Blackhawks and Maple Leafs.