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Georgia’s Stegeman Coliseum to reopen in time for hoops

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:56 GMT

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s Stegeman Coliseum, which closed after a chunk of concrete fell from the roof in early March, will reopen in time for the next college basketball season.The school announced Thursday that an extensive structural review conducted by several engineering firms has been completed.The timeline for repairs will allow the men’s and women’s teams to compete at their longtime home arena when the hoops season begins in November.The gymnastics team will also return to the 10,523-seat coliseum next spring after being forced to move a pair of home meets to Gas South Arena in suburban Atlanta near the end of this past season.The volleyball program, which begins its season before the other sports, will be the only team affected by the repair schedule. It will relocate temporarily to the Ramsey Student Center, where it played from 1995-2017.Stegeman Coliseum has been closed since March 2 after a small piece of concrete fell from the ceiling of the nearl...

Avanzan los planes para que Biden anuncie la próxima semana que buscará la reelección

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:56 GMT

(CNN) — Ya están en marcha los preparativos para que el presidente Joe Biden anuncie formalmente su aspiración a un segundo mandato en la Casa Blanca la próxima semana, con un video de campaña que se lanzará para responder definitivamente a la pregunta de si buscará la reelección y encender un esfuerzo agresivo de recaudación de fondos para ayudar a los demócratas a mantenerse en la Casa Blanca.El pequeño círculo de asesores y aliados de Biden se prepara para un anuncio en video este martes que coincidiría con la fecha en que el ahora presidente dio a conocer en 2019 su intención de llegar a la Casa Blanca, según cuatro fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto.Asesores dentro y fuera de la Casa Blanca advierten que la fecha todavía podría cambiar, ante acontecimientos imprevistos, pero se llegó a la decisión de que “ya no es útil ni necesario evitar decir simplemente lo obvio: se postulará”, dijo a CNN un alto funcionario demócrata.Estos son los republicanos que están ...

Rizzo enjoys no shifts, helps Yanks take 2 of 3 from Angels

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:56 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Rizzo is among the players happiest with the new restrictions against defensive shifts.He singled in the opening run in a five-run first inning, going 3 for 3 with a pair of walks to help New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels 9-3 Thursday and take two of three in the high-profile matchup of MVPs.“Not having nine guys on the right side of the field definitely helps out a lot more,” Rizzo said. “It’s not really much in the back of my mind when I’m hitting but more after the fact or even when other guys are hitting.”Rizzo is batting .344, fourth in the American League and up from .224 last season. He has four homers, 10 RBIs and a 1.027 OPS.With the rise in shifts in the past decade, the left-handed hitter’s average dropped steadily from what had been a .273-to-.293 range from 2014-19.“He feels really good,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Really started his to find his stroke a little bit literally the last couple days of spring training and obv...

Poll: Johnston holds slight lead over Brough in Denver mayoral race

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:56 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The race to lead the state's largest city is heating up. The former CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Kelly Brough, is taking on former state Sen. Mike Johnston in the June 6 runoff.This week brought a first look at how Denver voters feel about the candidates ahead of that race. A bipartisan poll shows Johnston leading Brough 39% to 34%, but the margin of error is nearly 5%, making this a statistical tie. Also, 27% of voters said they're still undecided. GOP groups call Rep. Caraveo’s seat ‘vulnerable’ in 2024 Brough talked about that poll and, if elected, how she will tackle all the issues Denver is facing on "Colorado Point of View" this week.The new poll also showed 34% of voters said crime is the most important issue in the race. Brough said she wants to get the Denver Police Department up to full staff. She also discussed dealing with a rise in gun violence in Denver.“We’ve seen the buyback strategies, the really trying to address the consequences, ...

Extra room could mean extra income — and affordable housing for older adults

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:56 GMT

(KDVR) — A Front Range program pairs homeowners with extra space with renters looking for a room. The nonprofit organization is called Sunshine Home Share.“We work with older adults, 55 and over, who have an extra room in their house and they’re looking to rent that out to someone who needs affordable housing,” Sunshine Home Share's Becky Brazell said. How much do fees tack onto a Colorado short-term rental? A Sunshine Home Share flyer poses the question: “What would you do with an extra $11,196 per year?” Brazell said the intake process includes:ReferencesCriminal background checkCredit history"It’s affordable housing for someone who needs it and extra income for a provider, who also needs that extra income," Brazell said.Sunshine Home Share also serves the Colorado Springs Area.

Wife of victim carjacked during multi-county chase speaks out

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:56 GMT

The wife of a man who had his Tesla stolen in a carjacking during a dangerous police chase spoke with 7News about the phone call he made to her as it was happening. He was caught in the chaos of a police chase and was forced out of his car at gunpoint, Wednesday.It’s hard to imagine what that victim and his family have been through after South Florida watched the whole thing play out.“I thought he was dead; I didn’t know what was happening,” said Daniela Cristea. “I heard sirens, and it was just extremely scary, scariest moment ever.”Cristea said she could only fear the worst when her husband frantically called her on his Apple Watch minutes after he was carjacked at gunpoint on live TV.“I know there was something wrong because I heard sirens, and I couldn’t hear him,” Cristea said. The frightening moments happened along Commercial Boulevard in Tamarac after Edward Foster, 22, and Matthew Geimer Jr., also 22, led police on a tri-...

Victim speaks out after being beaten and mugged of purse in South Beach; 2 suspects arrested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:56 GMT

A restaurant hostess is sharing details of a frightening encounter as she walked home from work on South Beach.“The streets are very empty and dark,” said the victim.And dangerous for a hostess was was simply headed home from work .“There was a girl near me, and she said, ‘Can you do me a favor?'” recalled the victim, who did not want to be identified.The encounter happened on Pennsylvania Avenue near 15th Street, on April 9, when a strange woman…“Began to run behind me, and she was telling me, ‘Don’t run, don’t run’ … She was chasing me,” said the 31-year-old, who feared for her life and ran away. “She was trying to get my purse.”But her horrible night got worse when, she said, a car pulled up with a man behind the wheel, blocking her ability to get away, and the woman who chased her grabbed her bag and began to beat on the victim.“Hitting me against the car many, many times,” said...

Sticker Shock: Repeated, unwanted locksmith ads plastered on doors angers some business owners

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:56 GMT

Some South Florida businesses are feeling “sticker shock” after getting stuck with repeated and unwanted advertisements from a locksmith company. And one town is taking action. 7’s Karen Hensel investigates.This two-block business district in Surfside is home to small business owners like Bernie Oberlender.Bernie Oberlender, Oberle Opticians: “I’ve been here 45 years.”But these little blue sticker ads have Bernie, an optician, seeing red.Bernie Oberlender: “I don’t know what to do. I’m beside myself.”Bernie says every time he scrapes them off, new stickers pop up, and over time, they have damaged the brass front door of his shop.Bernie Oberlender: “There, there.” Karen Hensel: “That’s awful.” Bernie Oberlender: “I had to scrape here.” Karen Hensel: “Yeah, I see the scratches.” Bernie Oberlender: “The heat, once it hits, it just makes it very difficult to peel off c...

‘I honestly don’t know if this is the last time’ — America’s great peacemaker returns to Belfast

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:56 GMT

BELFAST — He fought for peace in Northern Ireland — and now George Mitchell is fighting for his life.The former U.S. Senate majority leader from Maine, who became a diplomatic superhero in Northern Ireland after leading years of painstaking talks to produce the Good Friday Agreement, may be visiting his adopted homeland for the final time.He hopes not. But, as Mitchell reflected in an interview with POLITICO, he simply cannot know.Welcomed by well-wishers young and old this week as he returned to Belfast and to Queen’s University, where he served as chancellor for a decade following his peacemaking triumph in 1998, Mitchell opened a conference marking the accord’s 25th anniversary.For nearly 45 minutes, Mitchell argued passionately for the power of compromise, his message leavened with well-timed jokes poking fun at the entrenched attitudes — and tough-to-decipher vowels — that tested him in Northern Ireland.You’d never have known that Mitchell, 89, was making his first public speec...

The West’s shortsightedness makes life harder for Russia’s opposition

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:56 GMT

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former political prisoner and CEO of Yukos Oil company, is the author of “The Russia Conundrum: How the West Fell for Putin’s Power Gambit — and How to Fix It.”Due to pressure from the regime, as the war in Ukraine continues, Russia’s opposition and its anti-war movement are working in the most difficult of conditions inside the country — and the circumstances they face outside Russia aren’t simple either.Still, in the spirit of self-criticism, we must admit we’re not being as effective as we would like in opposing Russian President Vladimir Putin.In the background, there’s the constant buzz of the regime, accusing critics of “selling out the Motherland.” They are traitors, the regime says; and from time to time, draconian prison sentences are handed down. My friend Vladimir Kara-Murza — one of the leaders of the Russian democratic opposition — was sentenced to 25 years just earlier this week.Yet, while the opposition is targeted by the regime and leading dis...