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Medjedovic upsets Fils to win 5-set Next Gen Finals championship match

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:01:53 GMT

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Hamad Medjedovic squandered two match points before he finally upset the top-seeded Arthur Fils and won the Next Gen Finals championship match on Saturday.It was the first five-set final in six editions of the tournament.Medjedovic missed the chance to seal it in four but converted his third match point in the fifth to beat Fils 3-4 (6), 4-1, 4-2, 3-4 (9), 4-1 after two hours, 11 minutes.The 20-year-old Medjedovic did not lose a match on his way to becoming the first Serbian to win the tournament for the top eight players aged 21 or under.The tournament was held in Saudi Arabia for the first time after it was played in Milan ever since the inaugural edition in 2017. Besides shorter sets, other changes to the usual tennis rules included shorter changeovers and less time on the shot clock for some points.“I can’t believe I have won this title, but it’s going to give me a lot of confidence for 2024,” said Medjedovic, the lowest-ranked champion yet at No. 110...

DC man sentenced to 35 years in prison for shooting outside Chevy Chase restaurant

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:01:53 GMT

A D.C. man was sentenced to 35 years in prison for a shooting that happened outside the Clyde’s restaurant in Chevy Chase, Maryland, last November.Prosecutors said 30-year-old David Lee Brown III was sentenced to 55 years in prison, with all but 35 years suspended. He was also sentenced to serve five years of supervised probation upon his release.In September, he was found guilty of attempted voluntary manslaughter, first-degree assault and use of a handgun.Police said two men were injured, one of them shot, outside Clyde’s of Chevy Chase in November 2022.They received a call to go to the restaurant at 5441 Wisconsin Avenue around 12:15 a.m. for a report of an assault.Two men had gotten into a physical argument inside of Clyde’s in response to an altercation between Brown and a woman, according to the investigation.Police said Brown pistol-whipped one man and shot another in the upper body outside the restaurant and left the scene.“This was a violent act at p...

Reddish’s 14 lead Presbyterian over VMI 75-71

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:01:53 GMT

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — Trevon Reddish’s 14 points helped Presbyterian defeat VMI 75-71 on Saturday.Reddish had seven rebounds for the Blue Hose (6-3). Marquis Barnett shot 5 for 8 (1 for 3 from 3-point range) and 2 of 5 from the free throw line to add 13 points. Jonah Pierce had 11 points and was 4 of 7 shooting and 3 of 6 from the free throw line.Brennan Watkins led the way for the Keydets (2-7) with 20 points and five assists. Tyran Cook added 16 points for VMI. In addition, Taeshaud Jackson finished with nine points and 14 rebounds.NEXT UPPresbyterian plays Wednesday against Florida A&M at home, and VMI hosts American on Saturday.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Assailant targeting passersby in Paris attacked and killed 1 person and injured another

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:01:53 GMT

PARIS (AP) — An assailant going after passersby in Paris on Saturday night attacked and killed one person and injured another, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.The minister said on X, formerly Twitter, that “police have courageously arrested” the man, who was going after people in the 15th district of the capital, not far from the Eiffel Tower.He asked that people avoid the sector. The attacks appeared to be random. A motive was not immediately known.

Julianna Margulies, Susan Sarandon issue apologies over recent controversial comments sparked by Israel-Hamas war

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:01:53 GMT

(CNN) — Julianna Margulies has released an apology after her recent comments on a podcast stoked controversy.In comments she made on an episode of the “Back Room with Andy Ostroy” podcast last month, the actress voiced criticism of certain marginalized communities for what she perceived to be their lack of support for Jews, among other things. The conversation between Margulies and Ostroy – who are both Jewish – was prompted by the Israel-Hamas war and the rise in antisemitism they have seen in this country since the war began.In a statement emailed to CNN on Friday via a representative, Margulies said she is “horrified” that her comments “offended the Black and LGBTQIA+ communities, communities I truly love and respect.”“I want to be 100% clear: Racism, homophobia, sexism, or any prejudice against anyone’s personal beliefs or identity are abhorrent to me, full stop,” she continued. “Throughout my career I have worked tirelessly to combat hate of all kind, end antisemitism, speak ou...

Former Colombian military officer accused in base bombing extradited to South Florida

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:01:53 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — A former Colombian military officer accused of injuring dozens, including three U.S. soldiers, in a bombing attack at a Colombian military base has been extradited to South Florida.A five-count indictment against Andres Fernando Medina Rodriguez, 39, was unsealed Friday in Miami federal court, according to court records. A federal grand jury brought charges last year that include conspiring to murder members of the U.S. uniformed services and attempted murder of members of the U.S. uniformed services. He faces a possible life sentence.A defense attorney for Medina Rodriguez didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment from The Associated Press.Court records list another man charged in the indictment, Ciro Alfonso Gutierrez Ballesteros, as a fugitive.According to the indictment, Medina Rodriguez and others planned a bombing attack against the Colombian 30th Army Brigade Base in Cucuta, Colombia. Medina Rodriguez used his status as a medically discharged Colomb...

Former prep school teacher going back to prison for incident as camp counselor

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:01:53 GMT

OSSIPPEE, N.H. (AP) — A former prep school teacher who served 11 months for sexually abusing two students in Pennsylvania is going back to prison for an earlier incident when he was a camp counselor in New Hampshire.Matthew Scavitto, 39, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 to five years in state prison for incidents involving a boy from 2002 to 2003 at Camp Tecumseh in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, according to Eric MacLeish, a lawyer for the victim in the case.The victim, Will Addis, of Camden, Maine, said future abuse at an all-boys boarding school in Pennsylvania could’ve stopped if camp officials had alerted New Hampshire Child Protection. In 2015, Scavitto pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct with students at The Phelps School in Malvern, Pennsylvania.“Had the camp reported the abuse, Scavitto would have been prosecuted 20 years ago and he would never have been able to gain access to other victims at the camp and the Phelps School,” Addis sa...

Massachusetts Republicans stall funding, again, to shelter the homeless and migrants

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:01:53 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — For a third consecutive day, Republicans thwarted attempts by the Democratic-controlled Massachusetts Legislature to approve a spending bill that includes money for temporary shelter spaces for migrant homeless families.Saturday’s session had hardly gotten underway before the Republican caucus used a procedural process to once again delay a vote on the $2.8 billion spending package. A fraction of that money — hundreds of millions of dollars — would support shelters that are being strained by a crush of migrant and homeless families.Legislators already wrapped up their formal session without approval of the supplemental budget, and won’t return for another formal session until next month.Legislation can be adopted in informal sessions but rules for those sessions allow a single lawmaker to derail the process. Action on the budget was delayed on Thursday and Friday. They’ve scheduled another informal session on Monday.Republicans...

Ticker: Some OPEC+ members will cut the oil that they send to the world to try to boost prices

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:01:53 GMT

The OPEC oil cartel and allied producers have made another big swipe at propping up lagging crude prices. The OPEC+ oil ministers came out of an online meeting with more than 2 million barrels per day in voluntary cuts through the first three months of next year.They also declared that Brazil will join the bloc in January, bringing one of the world’s fastest-growing oil producers into an alliance that is trying to rein in global supply. Sweeping cutbacks from OPEC+ and individual member countries since October 2022 haven’t made lasting changes to oil prices because of concerns about oversupply in a weakening global economy. That’s a good thing for U.S. drivers who have been getting cheaper gas.BMW recalls SUVs after Takata air bag inflator blows apart, hurling shrapnel and injuring driverBMW is recalling a small number of SUVs in the U.S. because the driver’s air bag inflators can blow apart in a crash, hurling metal shrapnel and possibly injuring or killing people.U.S. ...

Report: Contaminants being removed from vacant Chicago lot where migrant housing is planned

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:01:53 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — High levels of mercury and other contaminants are being removed from a vacant Chicago lot where a tent camp housing 2,000 migrants is planned, a report from a consultant hired by the city said.The Chicago Tribune reported that the nearly 800-page assessment by Terracon Consultants released Friday night said high levels of mercury and other chemicals were being removed from the Brighton Park lot where workers had already begun building the giant tents for incoming migrants this week. City officials did not respond to requests by The Associated Press for comment, or access to the report, on Saturday. The document was only released to those who filing an open records request, despite being at the heart of roiling controversy over the site and in spite of a repeated vow from Johnson to keep the public informed, The Tribune reported.Local residents have been protesting the project, saying it doesn’t meet zoning requirements and that the soil at the site, which has a long h...