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Levis, Hooker among top prospects for Day 2 of NFL draft

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:09:08 GMT

Kentucky quarterback Will Levis was projected as high as the second overall pick in the NFL draft. Instead, he’s heading to Round 2 still waiting for a team to buzz his phone. “Not shocked — surprised,” said ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr., who had projected Levis as a top-four pick. “Once it got into that no-man’s land because there was nobody needing a quarterback mid-round, I thought maybe somebody would jump back in. Maybe the Rams would.“But the Rams pick early in the second round. Maybe they look at Will Levis,” Kiper said. “You know, he had the banged up year. Head to toe he was beat up, didn’t play nearly as well as he did in 2021, for obvious reasons — he was hurt, he couldn’t move. So, I guess teams held that against him more than I thought they would.”Other mock drafters figured Levis could go as high as No. 2 overall. “We all thought he’d be a first-round pick,” Kiper said, figuring at worst that Levis would drop to Tampa Bay at No. 1...

Mueren tres soldados al estrellarse un helicóptero militar en Alaska

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:09:08 GMT

(CNN) — Tres soldados murieron y uno resultó herido cuando dos helicópteros AH-64 Apache del 1er Batallón de Ataque, pertenecientes al 25º Regimiento de Aviación de Fort Wainwright, se estrellaron este jueves cerca de Healy, Alaska. Los helicópteros regresaban de una misión de entrenamiento cuando colisionaron en vuelo.Dos soldados fueron declarados muertos en el lugar del accidente y un tercero falleció de camino al Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. El cuarto soldado está siendo tratado en el Fairbanks Memorial de las heridas sufridas en el accidente.Los nombres de los fallecidos se mantendrán en secreto hasta que pasen 24 horas desde que se notifique a sus familiares.El Centro de Asistencia de Emergencia de Fort Wainwright (907-353-4452) fue activado para proporcionar apoyo a las familias, amigos y compañeros soldados de los implicados en el accidente.Mueren 9 soldados tras estrellarse dos helicópteros Blackhawk en Kentucky durante misión de entrenamientoCualquier miembro de la c...

Russia kills at least 10, including toddler, in massive rocket attack on Ukraine

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:09:08 GMT

KYIV — Russia launched 23 missiles at Ukraine’s sleeping cities and towns in the early hours of Friday, killing multiple civilians, including a toddler.It was the first massive Russian barrage in weeks.Ukraine’s Air Defense Forces reported shooting down 21 cruise missiles launched by Russian jets from the Caspian Sea.But one Russian missile hit a nine-story residential building in Uman, a town in central Ukraine famous for its vibrant Jewish culture, destroying a large section of it. On Friday morning, 10 people were found dead and 17 others were taken to hospital, Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s interior minister, said in a statement. Rescuers are still working at the scene.In Dnipro, Russia’s forces destroyed a house, killing a 31-year-old woman and a 2-year-old toddler. Three others were wounded.“Missile strikes killing innocent Ukrainians in their sleep, including a 2-year-old child, is Russia’s response to all peace initiatives,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmyt...

Russian ship spotted near Nord Stream pipelines days before sabotage: Reports

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:09:08 GMT

A Danish patrol boat detected a Russian vessel near the Nord Stream gas pipelines four days before they were sabotaged in multiple blasts, according to media reports.Norway’s defense command confirmed it had 26 images of the SS-750 Russian navy ship, which carries a small submarine that is designed to carry out underwater operations, photographed from a Danish patrol boat in the vicinity of the pipelines on September 22, 2022, Danish newspaper Dagbladet Information reported Thursday.Four days later, on September 26, 2022, explosions ripped through three of the four Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, which link Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea and are part-owned by Russia’s Gazprom. Swedish and Danish authorities called the blasts an act of deliberate sabotage. Sweden’s Prosecution Authority, confirmed in November that residues of explosives and several “foreign objects” were found at the “crime scene” on the seabed, around 100 meters below the surface of...

Europe’s next crisis: Water

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:09:08 GMT

It’s barely spring, and Europe is running dry. A key reservoir serving millions of Catalans is dwindling away. A conflict over water triggered clashes in France, where several villages can no longer provide their residents with tap water. And Italy’s largest river is already running as low as last June. More than a quarter of the Continent is in drought as of April, and many countries are bracing for a repeat — or worse — of last year’s bone-dry summer. A study using satellite data confirmed earlier this year that Europe has been suffering from severe drought since 2018. Rising temperatures are making it difficult to recover from this deficit, leaving the Continent stuck in a dangerous cycle where water becomes ever more precarious. “A few years ago I would have said we have enough water in Europe,” said Torsten Mayer-Gürr, a lead author of the satellite study. “Now it looks like we could face problems.” While wet conditions in coming weeks could r...

Disney’s ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ doesn’t have liftoff

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:09:08 GMT

MOVIE REVIEW“Peter Pan & Wendy”Rated PG. On Disney+Grade: C+ We’ve seen so many Peter Pan movies that we’ve lost count of them and their Peters, Wendys, Tinker Bells and Captain Hooks. Some of us are still recovering from Joe Wright’s career-crashing 2015 flop “Pan.” Then there was Benh Zeitlin’s 2020 mystery-wrapped-in-an-enigma “Wendy.” I could go on.J.M. Barrie’s character Peter Pan first appeared in his 1902 novel “The Little White Bird” and then became the lead in Barrie’s 1904 hit stage play “Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up.” Hook is often the meatier part in the many adaptations because the actor playing him gets to wave his sword and his hook around and do his best pirate impression. This is why Dustin Hoffman was able to steal the abysmal “Hook” (1991) from Robin Williams (petty theft). I wish I had seen Boris Karloff’s singing Captain Hook in the 1950 Broadway musical. This new “Peter Pan & Wendy” feat...

Heavy clashes rock Sudan’s capital, despite truce extension

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:09:08 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — Heavy explosions and gunfire rocked parts of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman early Friday, residents said, despite the extension of a fragile truce between the county’s two top generals whose power struggle has killed hundreds.The escalation came hours after both sides accepted a 72-hour extension of the truce, apparently to allow foreign governments complete the evacuation of their citizens from the chaos-stricken African nation.Multiple short truces have not stopped the fighting, but they created enough of a lull for tens of thousands of Sudanese to flee to safer areas and for foreign nations to evacuate thousands of their citizens by land, air and sea.Residents reported fierce clashes in Khartoum’s upscale neighborhood of Kafouri, where the military earlier had used warplanes to bomb its rivals, the Rapid Support Forces, in the area.Clashes were also reported around the military’s headquarters, the Republican Palace and the area close to the K...

Queen’s coronation recalled as UK prepares to crown her son

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:09:08 GMT

LONDON (AP) — In 1953, London was still recovering from World War II. The city was pockmarked with bomb damage, food supplies were tight and life was dull for children who had never eaten anything so exotic as a banana.But the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II helped lift the gloom. Central London buzzed with activity as workers built temporary stands along the 5-mile route of the queen’s procession. Giant crowns were suspended from arches that soared over The Mall approaching Buckingham Palace, and shopkeepers filled their windows with colorful banners and coronation-themed products.With Elizabeth’s son, King Charles III, set to be crowned on May 6, people are recalling his mother’s coronation 70 years ago, which was the last time the British public witnessed the ritual. “The whole of London was sort of a cauldron of people rushing to the area to look at what was happening,” said James Wilkinson, then an 11-year-old member of the Westminster Abbey choir, which sang durin...

Pakistan releases Chinese national charged with blasphemy

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:09:08 GMT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Chinese national who was arrested in Pakistan on charges of blasphemy has been released from a high-security prison after a court granted him bail, a defense lawyer and local police said Friday.Atif Khan Jadoon, the lawyer for the man who has been only identified as Mr. Tian said the Chinese national was granted bail by a judge in the northwestern city of Abbottabad on Thursday. Tian was released after he filed a surety bond of 200,000 rupees ($700), Jadoon said. The latest development comes weeks after Tian, who worked on a dam project, was detained after hundreds of residents and laborers in the town of Komela in northwestern Pakistan blocked a key highway and demanded his arrest. They alleged that Tian used insulting remarks about Islam, a charge the man denies.Tian was part of a group of Chinese working on the Dasu Dam, the biggest hydropower project in Pakistan. He was accused of blasphemy on April 15 after he criticized two drivers working on the pr...

Prince’s Trust gala draws plenty of celebrities, donations

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:09:08 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The star-studded Prince’s Trust Global Gala raised more than $1.7 million Thursday night at Casa Cipriani in New York City, as a wide range of grantees — past and present — explained how King Charles III’s charity has improved their lives.“Luther” star Idris Elba revealed that without a grant from The Prince’s Trust when he was 17, he would not have been able to join the National Youth Music Theatre, which launched his career. “One thing The Prince’s Trust gave me was confidence,” said Elba, who mingled among celebrities including actress Sienna Miller, supermodels Kate Moss and Winnie Harlow and fashion designers Tommy Hilfiger and Michael Kors among others. “It gave me the confidence to believe in what I do, who I am and what I can be.”The Prince’s Trust hopes to offer that kind of support in the United States, where it plans to further expand this year.“His Majesty couldn’t be with us this evening – I know he wanted to be,” said Charlotte Mensah, owner of the Hair...