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Gov. Youngkin tells Virginians to ‘get off the sidelines’ for early voting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:57 GMT

Early voting gets underway Friday across Virginia for the Nov. 7 legislative elections, which will decide political control of the state’s currently divided General Assembly.Every seat in both the House of Delegates and state Senate will be on the ballot.“We’re encouraging everybody to get off the sidelines and go vote early,” Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin said in an interview with WTOP. “It’s the most important right that we have in our great democracy, which is to elect our leaders.”The early voting period lasts for 45 days.Starting Friday, voters will be able to cast a ballot in person or request that a ballot be mailed to them.“Oftentimes, something happens on Election Day where you have a sick child or you might be sick yourself or something happens at work and you miss it,” said Youngkin. “There’s no better way to ensure that your vote is counted then to go ahead and cast it early when you have a chance.”The Vi...

Tottenham is thriving after selling Kane. Now it faces biggest test so far against rival Arsenal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:57 GMT

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — There was little to suggest Tottenham would make an unbeaten start in the Premier League this season, winning four out of five games to leave it two points behind leader Manchester City and second in the standings. The London club did, after all, sell record goal scorer Harry Kane to Bayern Munich in the offseason without signing an obvious replacement. Spurs were also on the back of a campaign that saw them fail to qualify for Europe for the first time since 2009 after discarding a fourth manager in as many years when Antonio Conte became the latest in a long line of coaches to fail to bring success to the club. Few, then, would have expected Ange Postecoglou to bring the feel-good factor in such a short space of time after being hired in June and named Premier League manager of the month for August. It has been quite a honeymoon period for the Australian coach. Not that he agrees.“I don’t know what your honeymoon was like, but mine didn’t have me losing ...

Hollywood: guionistas y estudios retoman negociación para desbloquear la huelga

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:57 GMT

LOS ÁNGELES – El Sindicato de Guionistas de EEUU (WGA, en inglés) retomó este miércoles las negociaciones para la firma de un nuevo convenio colectivo con los estudios de Hollywood (AMPTP) y así poner fin a una huelga que paraliza la industria del entretenimiento estadounidense desde hace 142 días.El encuentro entre las partes se produjo en el barrio de Sherman Oaks, en Los Ángeles, y reunió a ejecutivos como Bob Iger, de Disney; Ted Sarandos, de Netflix; Donna Langley, de NBCUniversal; y David Zaslav, de Warner Bros. Discovery, junto con la presidenta de la AMPTP, Carol Lombardini, y la negociadora jefe de WGA, Ellen Stutzman, según informaron medios especializados.Los altos cargos de las empresas representadas por la AMPTP no habían formado parte de las primeras negociaciones, pero la urgencia por resolver el conflicto ha propiciado una participación más activa de estos en las discusiones. Fuentes cercanas del portal estadounidense Deadline detallaron que las conversaciones ...

Big 12 newcomers BYU, Cincy and UCF play 1st league games. Cougars take 7-game win streak to Kansas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:57 GMT

Things to watch in the Big 12 in Week 4, when newcomers BYU, Cincinnati and UCF play their first league games:GAME OF THE WEEKBYU (3-0) at Kansas (3-0). BYU goes into its first Big 12 game on a seven-game winning streak while the Jayhawks have consecutive 3-0 starts for the first time since 1991-92. It was during that time that the Jayhawks and Cougars had their only previous meeting, in the 1992 Aloha Bowl that Kansas won 23-20. After falling behind 14-0 at Arkansas last Saturday, the Cougars scored 21 in a row, then allowed 17 before scoring 17 more to give the Big 12 its second win in a Southeastern Conference stadium this season (Texas won at Alabama). It was the first time BYU overcame a 14-point deficit to win under coach Kalani Sitake, in his eighth season at his alma mater.The last loss for Kansas was in last season’s Liberty Bowl against the Razorbacks, 55-53 in triple OT.BEST MATCHUPRJ Harvey, Johnny Richardson and UCF’s running game against Kansas State’...

The AP Top 25 has been around since 1936. Who votes and how does it work?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:57 GMT

The Associated Press college football poll started in 1936, the brainchild of former sports editor Alan J. Gould.The number of teams ranked, the number of voters on the panel and how the ballots are tabulated has fluctuated over the years, but no organization has been ranking teams and naming a major college football national champion longer than the AP. It has been the Top 10, Top 20 and, since 1989, the Top 25.Here is how it works:WHO ARE THE VOTERS?AP Top 25 voters are writers and broadcasters who cover college football for organizations that are members of the AP.AP employees do not vote, but they do choose the voters. In recent years, the number of voters has been around 63, and they come from all over the country.Every state with a Bowl Subdivision school is represented by at least one voter, and the total of number of voters from each state increases with the number of FBS teams. There are also four spots reserved for national voters.HOW DO THEY VOTE?There was a time when vot...

No. 15 Ole Miss visits No. 13 Alabama in Week 4 headliner in the Southeastern Conference

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:57 GMT

Things to watch in Week 4 of the Southeastern Conference:GAME OF THE WEEKNo. 15 Mississippi (3-0) at No. 13 Alabama (2-1) in the SEC opener for both teams. Any matchup of potential SEC West contenders is big, but this game is magnified by the Crimson Tide’s evident vulnerability the past two weeks. Jalen Milroe is back as Alabama’s No. 1 quarterback. The Rebels counter with Jaxson Dart, who has been one of the league’s top quarterbacks over the first few Saturdays. The two teams have met 12 times when both were ranked and Alabama holds a 9-3 advantage in those games. The Tide has won the last seven meetings but barely held on 30-24 last season. Ole Miss and Auburn are the only West Division teams still unbeaten.SECOND-BEST MATCHUPArkansas (2-1, 0-0 SEC) at No. 12 LSU (2-1, 1-0). KJ Jefferson versus Jayden Daniels is reason enough to watch this game. Daniels is second in the SEC with 976 passing yards and eight touchdowns while also topping the Tigers with 157 rushi...

No. 4 Florida State at Clemson and No. 17 North Carolina at Pitt headline Week 4 in ACC

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:57 GMT

Here are things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Week 4:GAME OF THE WEEKNo. 4 Florida State (3-0, 1-0 ACC) at Clemson (2-1, 0-1). The Seminoles have perhaps the young season’s best win in defeating LSU in their opener and now look to end just about all hope Clemson has at contending for titles this season. Florida State has not beaten Clemson since 2014, a string of seven losses and watched the Tigers take control of the league with seven ACC titles in the past eight years. Clemson was picked this summer as favorites to win the crown again, but Florida State can stamp itself as the league favorite with its first victory in Death Valley since 2013 when Jameis Winston led the program to its last national title. Jordan Travis has experience and talent at quarterback for the Seminoles and is surrounded by dynamic playmakers. Clemson has worked to steady its flustered, mistake-prone offense from its opening loss at Duke under sophomore passer Cade Klubnik, who is making...

2 children killed, 7 injured in Aurora house fire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Two people died and several others were injured in an Aurora house fire late Wednesday night.Aurora Fire Rescue responded to a fire at a multi-story, single-family home in the 2800 block of South Oakland Circle at 11:30 p.m. The neighborhood is north of Cherry Creek Reservoir.When crews arrived at the home, they found nine people inside. All nine residents were taken to local hospitals. Iraqi refugee killed in carjacking sought ‘freedom from violence’ in the US FOX31's Lisa D'Souza spoke with the public information officer on scene and learned that two children were killed as a result of the fire. According to the officer, the victims were a 1 and 9-year-old girl. Four other children remain in critical condition, two adults were treated at the hospital and released and one child was also treated and released. Aurora Fire Rescue was also able to safely rescue a dog.Crews said the fire was quickly brought under control, and crews did not find any other victims insid...

Opening statements begin in Davonte Barnes’ murder case following 2021 banquet hall mass shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:57 GMT

The long-awaited trial in the aftermath of the 2021 banquet hall mass shooting will commence with opening statements on Thursday in the case against Davonte Barnes.The incident unfolded on May 30, 2021, at the El Mula Banquet Hall located at 7630 NW 186th St., leaving the Miami community in shock and mourning. Desmond Owens and Clayton Dillard III lost their lives in the horrific incident, while Shankquia Lechelle Peterson later succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.The case took a twist when a second suspect, Warneric Buckner, was initially charged with the shootings. However, the proceedings against Buckner were abruptly dropped by prosecutors after they determined that Miami-Dade homicide detectives had violated his right to remain silent following his request for an attorney.Barnes was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and 21 counts of attempted first-degree murder.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Russian soldiers deliberately kill Ukrainian kids, new film says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:57 GMT

KYIV — Russia’s army has killed more than 500 children in Ukraine since the start of its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukrainian prosecutors say.    In the new documentary “Bullet holes,” journalists from the Kyiv Independent — a Ukrainian English-language news website — tell stories of three children killed by Russian troops in Ukraine: 10-year-old Kateryna Vinarska; 12-year-old Vladyslav Mahdyk; and 15-year-old Mykhailo Ustianivsky. All three were shot dead by Russians at close range, according to Kyiv Independent reporters.Vinarska was killed by Russian soldiers as they shot at a civilian car belonging to her grandparents at a checkpoint in an occupied village in the Kharkiv region. Mahdyk was shot dead by a single Russian bullet that also wounded his older sister as the family was trying to evacuate from Russian-occupied territory in the Kyiv region. And Ustianivsky was shot in the back for running away from a Russian armored vehicle in his vill...