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House Republicans vow payback for Trump indictment

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:02 GMT

By Nicky Robertson, Haley Talbot and Lauren Fox | CNNThe top two Republican leaders in the Senate remain silent a day after former President Donald Trump, the current GOP 2024 presidential frontrunner, was indicted by the federal government.While the charges have yet to be unsealed, the top two Republicans in the Senate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Minority Whip John Thune have not put out statements, a stark contrast to the swift reaction among House GOP leaders who quickly rushed to Trump’s defense.“Today is indeed a dark day for the United States of America. It is unconscionable for a President to indict the leading candidate opposing him. Joe Biden kept classified documents for decades,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tweeted Thursday night. “I, and every American who believes in the rule of law, stand with President Trump against this grave injustice. House Republicans will hold this brazen weaponization of power accountable.”The third ranking GOP senator, John Barrasso ...

4 children, missing in Amazon for a month, reportedly found

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:02 GMT

By Stefano Pozzebon and Caitlan Hu | CNNFour young children have been found alive after more than a month wandering the Colombian Amazon, according to Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro.“A joy for the whole country! The four children who were lost 40 days ago in the Colombian jungle were found alive,” Petro tweeted on Friday.Petro also shared a photo that appears to show search crews with the four children, whose condition is unknown.The children are the only survivors of a May 1 plane crash that killed pilot Hernando Murcia Morales, Yarupari indigenous leader Herman Mendoza Hernández, and their mother Magdalena Mucutuy Valencia.Their subsequent disappearance into the deep forest had galvanized a massive military-led search operation involving over a hundred Colombian special forces troops and over 70 indigenous scouts combing the area.For weeks, the search turned up only tantalizing clues, including footprints, a dirty diaper and a bottle. Family members said the oldest child had s...

SF Giants: Ross Stripling inches closer to return, hopes to improve with mechanical tweaks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Ross Stripling is inching closer to a return from his lower back strain. And he expects to return to the mound not only with a healthy back, but a few much-needed mechanical tweaks.Stripling threw a bullpen on Thursday in San Francisco and expects to throw at least two more, including one on Sunday, before potentially going on a rehab assignment, he said. The 33-year-old right-handed pitcher went on the injured list with a lower back strain after departing his May 17 start in pain early against the Phillies.“It definitely has been a little longer than what we originally anticipated,” Stripling said Friday. “When I first did it, it almost felt like I could have pitched a couple days later. But needed to go on the IL because you can’t crunch the roster.”Stripling received a Cortisone shot last week when his lower back pain kept lingering. The pain has subsided significantly since, he said, and has allowed him to focus on some adjustm...

Photos: Bears made headlines in three cities in four days

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:02 GMT

Three black bears wandered into civilization in three American cities in the last month and as far as we know, not one of them was high on cocaine.Blaze, the first black bear to climb his way to viral stardom and into the internet’s warm embrace, was first spotted last weekend hiding in trees at Lake Eola Park in Orlando.He eluded authorities until Tuesday evening, when he surrendered to his fate by walking into a trap set by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission workers outside a World of Beer restaurant.The bear vacillated for a moment between entering and exiting the trap with a quiet audience surrounding him and watching, but eventually he accepted his circumstances and the workers drove him north to Ocala National Forest and released him.June 5, 2023: Blaze the black bear traverses the branches of a tree at Lake Eola Park in Orlando, Florida.(Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel) Then on Friday morning, Franklin, the second black bear to reach online c...

Greg Louganis to part with Olympic medals for HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ+ causes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:02 GMT

As bubbles agitated the surface of the pool for young divers at the Mission Viejo Swim Club, Olympian Greg Louganis laid out three of the medals he won diving for the United States – and his plans to auction them off to support HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ+ organizations.Mission Viejo is where Louganis first started diving and while visiting Thursday, June 8, he said that he will always have that connection with the city. Building on his early success here, Louganis went on to win five Olympic medals and is considered by many to be the greatest diver in history. Now, as an LGBTQ+ rights activist and an openly gay man who lives with an HIV diagnosis, he is selling his medals to support organizations dedicated to those causes.Greg Louganis is considered to be one of the best divers to ever grace the sport. Photographed on Thursday June 8th 2023 in Mission Viejo, California. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)The Gold medal won by Louganis in Seoul, Korea in 1988. Photographed o...

Duke within a win of 1st College World Series since 1961; TCU beats Indiana State

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:02 GMT

Duke moved within a win of reaching the College World Series for the first time in 62 years, and TCU will clinch a spot in the final eight of the NCAA Tournament with one more victory over Indiana State.The Blue Devils opened their best-of-three super regional with a 5-4 win at No. 7 national seed Virginia on Friday, and TCU beat No. 14 Indiana State 4-1 in Fort Worth, Texas.Since the tournament went to its current format in 1999, the winner of a super regional opener advanced to the CWS in Omaha, Nebraska, 78% of the time (144 of 182).Oral Roberts played at Oregon and South Carolina visited Florida in super regionals Friday night.Virginia had entered Friday 35-4 at home, but two of those losses were to Duke in the regular season. Duke went ahead 5-4 in the eighth inning on an RBI groundout and Luke Storm’s base hit, then secured the win when left fielder Tyler Albright caught Jake Gelof’s deep fly to the wall to end the game. It was the first time in 46 games that Virgi...

Kentucky Oaks winner Pretty Mischievous takes Acorn Belmont

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:02 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Pretty Mischievous held off Dorth Vader in the stretch to win the $500,000 Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park by a head on Friday.Ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, Pretty Mischievous covered the 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-old fillies in 1:43.33. It was the second straight Grade I win for the Godolphin-owned filly, who won the Kentucky Oaks last month.“I’m just so proud of her. She’s really developed into an amazing filly,” Gaffalione said. “She seems to just be getting bigger and stronger with each race.”Off as the 9-5 second choice, Pretty Mischievous returned $5.80, $3.30 and $2.70 in winning for the sixth time in eight starts. She also gave veteran trainer Brendan Walsh his first Grade 1 victory on the New York Racing Association circuit.Dorth Vader paid $8.60 and $5.40 and was four lengths ahead of third-place finisher Occult, who returned $7.90 to show.Dorth Vader, bred in Florida and trained by George Weaver, made her first start since running fifth in the Kentucky Oaks.“...

Holmqvist surprise leader after first round of ShopRite LPGA Classic

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:02 GMT

GALLOWAY, N.J. (AP) — Dani Holmqvist shot a career-best 7-under 64 on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Jenny Shin and Chinese rookie Yan Liu after the first round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic.Two-time ShopRite winner Anna Nordqvist and Georgia Hall were in a group of five two shots off the lead in the 54-hole event on the Bay Course at Seaview, close to the casinos in Atlantic City.Having Holmqvist in front is a surprise. The 35-year-old Swede, who has never won on tour, had missed the cut in all five events she played this year. She had five birdies and an eagle playing in the afternoon groupings. She has two previous 65s, one here in 2018.Holmqvist said she’s had a slow start to the season and hasn’t played enough to get herself into a rhythm. Being in front is a good feeling though.“That’s what we all strive to do,” she said. “Some weeks you’re better than others, and some weeks you feel like you’re losing. So it’s fun to actually come up on top for you once. This ...

Colombian president says 4 children lost in the jungle were found alive after surviving a plane crash 40 days ago

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:02 GMT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian president says 4 children lost in the jungle were found alive after surviving a plane crash 40 days ago.Source

‘What are we leaving for future generations?’: Maryland city is mandating composting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:26:02 GMT

Taking out the trash is getting more complicated for some folks in Maryland.Mandatory organics composting is on the way to the city of Laurel, according to an ordinance approved by the mayor and city council last month. The city says Laurel will be the first municipality to make composting a requirement.The composting law takes effect on July 1, 2025, leaving plenty of time for residents to get used to the idea and for the city to work out all the kinks on its end. The city said it will step up information and education campaigns to ensure everyone is ready to regularly separate organic waste from their other trash.City Environmental Programs Manager Michele Blair said the path to this law started four years ago with a composting pilot program.“We started out with 200 people in 2019. We then grew the program, doubled it and now we’re well into reaching 500 residents,” Blair says.Right now, the city borders on 30,000 residents and about 7,000 single family and town homes that t...