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Arizona’s Jayden de Laura to enter transfer portal after losing starting job to Fifita

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:19:53 GMT

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona quarterback Jayden de Laura will enter the transfer portal after being supplanted as the starter by Noah Fifita.De Laura said in a social media post on Monday that he will remain with the Wildcats through Thursday’s Alamo Bowl.“On Friday, college football made a decision to allow a second undergraduate transfer,” de Laura posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. “I appreciate my time at the University of Arizona, but the opportunity to return as a starter my final year of college, while also getting my degree, is something I must explore.”Arizona made a big splash in 2022 by signing de Laura after he threw for more than 3,500 yards and 28 touchdowns in two seasons for Washington State. He had an immediate impact for the Wildcats, throwing for 3,685 yards and 25 touchdowns with 13 interceptions last season.De Laura opened 2023 as Arizona’s starter but suffered an ankle injury against Stanford in the fourth game of the season. Fifita played so w...

Taylor Swift celebrates Christmas Day by watching Travis Kelce and Chiefs play Las Vegas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:19:53 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Pop superstar Taylor Swift walked into Arrowhead Stadium alongside Santa Claus on Monday to watch her boyfriend and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce as they played the Las Vegas Raiders in a Christmas Day showdown.Swift and Kelce have become one of the hottest celebrity couples in the world since they began dating early in the season, and the 12-time Grammy Award-winner has watched her boyfriend numerous times at Arrowhead Stadium.This time she showed up in a festive red shirt under a black jacket with St. Nick by her side.Swift wasn’t the only celebrity in Arrowhead Stadium on Monday. Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark, the reigning AP women’s player of the year, was on the sideline for pregame warmups. She swapped jerseys with Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFLSource

1 driver seriously injured after 4 crashes along I-295, DC officials say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:19:53 GMT

D.C. officials responded to a string of Christmas morning accidents along a stretch of Interstate 295.D.C. Fire and EMS and the D.C. Department of Transportation told WTOP that four separate car crashes happened between 11:40 p.m. on Christmas Eve and 1 a.m. on Christmas Day.The first two minor crashes happened in the northbound lanes at 11:40 p.m., according to officials.At around midnight, as DDOT was on the scene clearing those crashes, another collision happened, flipping a vehicle in the southbound lanes upside down and pinning a man underneath the car.Traffic was snarled waiting for EMTs to free the trapped driver when first responders reported a fourth crash along the same stretch of I-295 between Eastern Avenue and Burroughs Avenue Northeast.Officials said a man driving the car that overturned had to be removed using extraction equipment and was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. No one else was in the car with him and no other serious injuries were reported.DDOT sai...

Florida Atlantic has highest ranking ever in AP Top 25. Purdue remains No. 1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:19:53 GMT

Florida Atlantic’s run to the Final Four last season was viewed as a nice story, a small program making a surprise run before sliding back into anonymity.The Owls are showing this season that that was no fluke.Coming off a double-overtime win over No. 4 Arizona, FAU moved up seven places to No. 7 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll released Monday. It’s the Owls’ highest ranking as a program after being No. 10 in the preseason poll.“We wanted to play it in the worst way for a lot of reasons,” FAU coach Dusty May said before the 96-95 win over Arizona on Saturday. “National television. Our guys wanted to be challenged. They love the challenge. And we felt our program was at a point where we needed these games to elevate even more than a Final Four run.”Purdue maintained its top ranking for the second straight week, receiving 46 first-place votes from a 60-person media panel after blowing out Jacksonville. No. 2 Kansas had five first-pla...

POLL ALERT: Florida Atlantic up to No. 7 in AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll after beating Arizona; Purdue remains No. 1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:19:53 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — POLL ALERT: Florida Atlantic up to No. 7 in AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll after beating Arizona; Purdue remains No. 1.Source

1 dead after Christmas morning fire in Centreville, firefighters say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:19:53 GMT

One person is dead after an early morning fire in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Monday.Firefighters were called around 5:30 a.m. to a townhouse on Red River Drive in Centreville, according to Fairfax County Fire and Rescue.The department said they found one person dead when they arrived at the home.Units are on scene of a townhouse fire in the 14100 blk of Red River Dr in the Centreville area. Crews arrived with smoke and fire showing from the home. The fire is under control. Crews located one deceased civilian. No firefighter injuries reported. pic.twitter.com/SMzXrUunOR— Fairfax County Fire/Rescue (@ffxfirerescue) December 25, 2023A spokesperson with the department told WTOP the age and gender of the person has not yet been confirmed.The cause of the fire remains under investigation.Below is a map of the area where the fire took place. Source

Así es el tren interoceánico en México: rutas, horarios, precios y más

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:19:53 GMT

(CNN Español) — “Lo han venido soñando desde hace siglos, autoridades, reyes, políticos, gobernantes. Desde que se llevó a cabo la invasión española, Carlos V le pidió a Hernán Cortés que buscara un paso que uniera a los dos océanos”.Esto es lo que dijo el presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, sobre uno de los planes prioritarios de su Gobierno: crear en el corredor interoceánico del Istmo de Tehuantepec una plataforma logística para interconectar, a través de 1.200 kilómetros de vías férreas, en conjunto con el sistema carretero nacional, los puertos de Salina Cruz (Oaxaca), Coatzacoalcos (Veracruz), Puerto Chiapas (Chiapas) y Dos Bocas (Tabasco), facilitando con ello, el comercio regional y mundial, con acceso a Estados Unidos, Centro y Sudamérica, señaló.Un proyecto con el cual México, según López Obrador, no busca competir con Panamá y su canal, sino que tiene en cuenta que esa vía interoceánica en la nación centroamericana “ya está saturada”.Uno de los puntos...

Salario mínimo en México: ¿de cuánto es el aumento para 2024 y cuándo entra en vigor?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:19:53 GMT

(CNN Español) — A partir de este 1 de enero, los trabajadores mexicanos que ganan el salario mínimo recibirán un aumento del 20% en su percepción.En México existen dos zonas salariales: la Zona Libre de la Frontera Norte, que está compuesta por 43 municipios de los estados de Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León y Tamaulipas, y el resto del país.Con el aumento del 20% aprobado el pasado 1 de diciembre —el quinto en lo que va del gobierno de Andrés Manuel López Obrador— así queda el salario mínimo en México:El salario mínimo general pasa de 207,44 a 248,93 pesos diarios (US$ 12,20 a US$ 14,64)Mientras que el salario en la Zona Libre de la Frontera Norte pasa de 312,41 a 374,89 pesos diarios (US$ 18,37 a US$ 22,04)Esto se traduce en que un trabajador recibirá 11.403 pesos al mes en la frontera norte (US$ 670,49) y 7.508 pesos mensuales (US$ 441,47) en el resto del país, de acuerdo con lo aprobado por la Comisión Nacional de los Salarios Mínimos (Conasami), or...

1 dead in potential hit-and-run crash early Christmas Day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:19:53 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Police in Aurora are investigating what is believed to be a fatal hit-and-run crash early Christmas morning.Around 1:20 a.m., officers responded to a report of a man down near the intersection of East Colfax Avenue and Yosemite Street. CSP: 1 dead in officer-involved shooting on US Highway 36 in Boulder County An unidentified man was found with life-threatening injuries. He was taken to a local hospital where he later died.Investigators believe the man is the victim of a hit-and-run, and that the vehicle in question is a dark-colored pickup truck.The driver and the vehicle have not been identified or located.Anyone with information about the driver or the truck is asked to contact the Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867.

Denver activates cold weather shelter plan amid potential policy change

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:19:53 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver activated its cold weather shelters overnight on Christmas Eve because of frigid temperatures. This comes as Denver City Council is looking to raise the threshold of what qualifies shelters to open. Last week, two resolutions expanding services for the unhoused population in the city were passed out of committee and will move to the council as a whole. The first would increase the threshold to 32 degrees. Right now, warming shelters in the city are only open when temperatures drop below 20 degrees.  Local woman looking for owner of Christmas card with cash The second resolution would prevent police from conducting homeless camp sweeps if temperatures are under 32 degrees. A big talker of the Dec. 20 meeting was the cost of the shelters. For December 2022, presenters estimated that if the warming shelter was open for 90 days, at $50,000 per day, it would equal a cost of about $4.5 million. During the meeting, a concern of Council Member Flynn was the num...