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Swiatek and Sabalenka set up another final in Stuttgart

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:57:45 GMT

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Defending champion Iga Swiatek will again play Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix after they came through their semifinals on Saturday.Swiatek had an easier path to the final than she expected when Ons Jabeur retired with a left calf injury. Swiatek was leading 3-0.Sabalenka eased into the final for the third straight year with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Anastasia Potapova. The Belarusian player lost the decider to Ash Barty in 2021, then to Swiatek 6-2, 6-2 last year. The Pole has won four of their six meetings overall.___ More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Denny Hamlin wins 1st superspeedway pole of his career

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:57:45 GMT

TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — Denny Hamlin won the first superspeedway pole of his career and will lead the field to green at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday. Hamlin, a three-time Daytona 500 winner and two-time winner at Talladega, turned a lap at 180.642 mph in Saturday qualifying to put his Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota in the top starting spot.“I was well aware that I’ve never gotten a superspeedway pole,” Hamlin said of the statistic. He has won 36 poles in his career. Hamlin bumped Aric Almirola in a Ford from Stewart-Haas Racing and Ty Gibbs, Hamlin’s teammate at JGR. Chase Briscoe of SHR qualified fourth and was followed by Ryan Blaney of Team Penske. JGR drivers Christopher Bell and and Martin Truex were sixth and seventh, while reigning Cup champion Joey Logano of Penske was eighth. Kyle Larson, winner last week at Martinsville Speedway, qualified ninth for Hendrick Motorsports and was the only Chevrolet driver to crack the top 10. Chris Buescher in a Ford from Roush Fenw...

Salah grabs winner as Liverpool beats Forest 3-2

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:57:45 GMT

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool twice relinquished a lead before scoring a winner through Mohamed Salah as a 3-2 victory over relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest preserved hopes of a top-four finish in the English Premier League on Saturday.Diogo Jota put Liverpool 1-0 and 2-1 ahead at Anfield only for goals by Neco Williams — a former Liverpool player — and Morgan Gibbs-White to pull Forest level.The last of five goals in a wild spell of 23 second-half minutes was converted by Salah, who side-footed in Trent Alexander-Arnold’s free kick in the 70th minute for his 16th of the league campaign.Liverpool jumped to seventh in the standings, six points behind Newcastle in fourth and three behind Tottenham in fifth. Newcastle hosts Tottenham on Sunday.Forest, which is in next-to-last place, remained without a win since Feb. 5 and has lost six of its last seven games, leaving manager Steve Cooper under lots of pressure after he was told results had to improve by owner Evangelos Mar...

Búsqueda de Noel Rodríguez-Alvarez, niño de 6 años desaparecido en Texas, continúa este fin de semana

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:57:45 GMT

La policía de Everman tiene previsto reiniciar su búsqueda este fin de semana en la investigación en curso sobre la desaparición de Noel Rodríguez-Alvarez, de 6 años.Noel lleva desaparecido desde octubre de 2022, que es la última vez que las autoridades dijeron que podían confirmar que alguien había visto al niño con vida. A principios de este mes, los investigadores dijeron que creían que había fallecido después de no encontrar pruebas que apoyarán las afirmaciones o rumores de que estaba viviendo con familiares en el extranjero o que había sido vendido a una mujer fuera de un supermercado local.La semana pasada, los perros detectores de cadáveres que ayudaban a los investigadores en la casa del niño en Wisteria Drive “alertaron” sobre una alfombra desechada y tierra vegetal debajo de un porche recién vertido, lo que indicaba que había habido restos humanos en algún momento del pasado; sin embargo, no se encontraron pruebas físicas que pudieran analizarse e identificars...

After uneven road run, Spoelstra turns to Heat’s ‘requisite type of resilience’

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:57:45 GMT

Despite up-and-down performances in the first two games at Fiserv Forum of this best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said he believes his team has grown grounded for such moments, with deep playoff runs in two of the three previous postseasons.“We’ve been through a lot as a group in a lot of playoff situations, but also just this year,” he said of a season that required constant rotation reshuffling. “And I think we’ve been able to manage a lot of different emotions and just stay the course.“I think that’s built up the requisite type of resilience that you need in a playoff series against a good team.”Spoelstra, ahead of Saturday night’s Game 3 at the Kaseya Center, also said there was no need to get overly caught up on the playing status of Giannis Antetokounmpo, with a respect in place for the Bucks’ depth of talent, including Jrue Holiday...

Uxbridge to be home to Ontario’s newest provincial park

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:57:45 GMT

The Ford government says Uxbridge will be home to Ontario’s newest provincial park.The park will be located in the Oak Ridges Moraine, calling it a “major step forward for conservation and biodiversity protection in Ontario.”First announced in the 2023 budget, the proposed urban park may include up to 532 hectares of provincially owned lands which it claims will be 50 per cent larger than New York’s Central Park.“Opening a new provincial park in Uxbridge would give families and people in the community new ways to enjoy the great outdoors all year around,” said Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy, who is also MPP for Pickering—Uxbridge. “These lands are situated on an ecologically important and gorgeous section of the Oak Ridges Moraine. They are near major urban centres in the GTA and perfect for hiking, mountain biking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing,” said Uxbridge mayor Dave Barton. The government says it will be conducting ...

Shannen Doherty files for divorce after 11-year marriage, hints at reason on Instagram

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:57:45 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Shannen Doherty of hit shows “Charmed” and “Beverly Hills, 90210” has filed for divorce from her husband, Kurt Iswarienko, after 11 years of marriage, her representative says.“Divorce is the last thing Shannen wanted,” publicist Leslie Sloane said in an emailed statement Saturday. “Unfortunately, she felt she was left with no other option.”In early 2020, Doherty, now 52, announced that she was battling a recurrence of breast cancer that had progressed to stage four, calling it "a bitter pill to swallow.”“I definitely have days where I say, ‘Why me?’ And then I go, ‘Well, why not me? Who else? Who else besides me deserves this?’ None of us do,” Doherty told “Good Morning America."The actor first revealed she had breast cancer in 2015 and has charted her battle with the disease on social media. Morgan Wallen falls hard during Kentucky concert, video shows Doherty did not refer to the divorce development on Instagram, but in a post Friday wrote: “The only peo...

44% of Republicans don't want Trump to run for reelection: poll

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:57:45 GMT

(The Hill) – A new poll found that 70% of Americans, including 44% of Republicans, do not want former President Trump to make a White House run in 2024.The poll, released Thursday from The Associated Press and the University of Chicago’s research center NORC, also found that 93% of Democrats and 63% of independents do not want Trump to run. Respondents with a college degree were more likely to say he should not run than those without, though majorities of both groups — at 80% and 65%, respectively — said so.The results come as polling shows Trump has expanded his lead in a hypothetical GOP primary against potential rival Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). While DeSantis has not officially announced a presidential campaign, he is widely expected to enter the race.A Wall Street Journal poll released this week found Trump had a 13-point lead over DeSantis. A Harvard CAPS-Harris poll found that he had a 35-point lead over the Florida governor. He holds a still greater lead over other curren...

Dad recounts night family was shot by neighbor: 'I was just protecting my kid'

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:57:45 GMT

GASTONIA, N.C. (WJZY) – A bouncing basketball at the intersection of April Drive and Grier Street is a welcome sound on Fridays in Gastonia, North Carolina. But things have been quiet for the last two days after a gunman opened fire on his neighbors. "He just started shooting," said William White from his hospital bed.On Tuesday night just after 7:30 p.m., police say 24-year-old Robert Singletary opened fire after a basketball rolled into the yard of the home he was living in. White's 6-year-old daughter was hit with a bullet fragment in the cheek, and his wife was grazed.White too was shot, and later rushed to the hospital in serious condition. Victims identified in Alabama birthday party shooting Speaking exclusively with Nexstar's WJZY from the hospital, White, now in stable condition, said he immediately ran toward his daughter Kinsley when he heard the gunfire."I said, ‘Kinsley come on, Kinsley come on,’” said White, remembering Kinsley was on a swing set at the time. "'Get u...

2 multi-car pileups causing traffic delays, first responders arriving on scene

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 07:57:45 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Fire Department said there were two multi-car pileups Saturday afternoon on opposite sides of Austin. AFD said the first was at the 12000 block of South Interstate 35 heading northbound in south Austin. The second was at the 12100 block of Research Boulevard heading northbound in northwest Austin.Crews with Austin Fire, as well as Austin-Travis-County EMS personnel, were responding to both incidents, according to AFD.ATCEMS is evaluating patients for transport to hospitals. Officials ask that drivers slow down and move over for first responders.This is a developing story. Check back for details.