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Wrexham earns promotion on wild journey under Ryan Reynolds

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:08:21 GMT

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham secured promotion to the fourth tier of English soccer on Saturday, achieving the first part of the dream of celebrity owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.The Hollywood actors were among a crowd of more than 10,000 at the Racecourse Ground in north Wales to see Wrexham clinch the National League title with a 3-1 win over Boreham Wood.Reynolds and McElhenney seemingly have become soccer fanatics since completing their out-of-nowhere purchase of the Welsh club for $2.5 million in 2021.An offshoot of the takeover was the making of a fly-on-the-wall documentary — entitled “Welcome to Wrexham” — that has charted the journey of a historic but down-on-its-luck soccer team run by two actors learning the ropes of sports club ownership.The second season of the show will have a happy ending, with Wrexham heading back into the English Football League — the three divisions below the Premier League — for the first time in 15 years.Wrexham is four points cle...

76ers finish sweep of Nets without Embiid in 96-88 win

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:08:21 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Tobias Harris had 25 points and 12 rebounds, and the Philadelphia 76ers overcame the absence of Joel Embiid to beat the Brooklyn Nets 96-88 on Saturday, completing a sweep that made them the first team to reach the second round of the playoffs.James Harden added 17 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds for the third-seeded 76ers, who will wait for the winner of the series between the Boston Celtics and Atlanta Hawks. The defending Eastern Conference champion Celtics have a 2-1 lead.The 76ers hope Embiid will be recover from his sprained right knee in time for the start of the next series; the MVP finalist and two-time NBA scoring champion was ruled out Friday night and the 76ers struggled to score without him.So they turned to their defense, and ended up outscoring the Nets 21-4 during a stretch of more than eight minutes in the third quarter. Tyrese Maxey finished a strong series with 16 points and Paul Reed added 10 points and 15 rebounds after replacing Embiid in ...

Wrexham earns promotion to English soccer’s fourth tier under ownership of actor Ryan Reynolds

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:08:21 GMT

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham earns promotion to English soccer’s fourth tier under ownership of actor Ryan Reynolds.Source

Northeast DC apartment fire leaves 1 dead, 5 displaced

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:08:21 GMT

Firefighters fight a blaze in an attic area of an apartment building in the 1400 block of Saratoga Avenue Northeast. (Courtesy DC Fire and EMS)A fire in a Northeast D.C. Saturday morning has left one man dead and five people without a home, according to the D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Service Department.Around 10:30 on Saturday morning, firefighters responded to a fire in the attic area of a three-story apartment building in the 1400 block of Saratoga Avenue.One man was found in the fire and was pronounced dead, officials said.The fire has since been extinguished, and officials say crews are currently rehabbing and rehydrating after an extended firefight that required the assistance of 60 firefighters.Update Working Fire 1400 block Saratoga Ave NE. Fire under control. Request @RedCrossNCGC for 5 displaced residents. The victim is an adult male. Firefighters are rehabbing and rehydrating after an extended firefight. pic.twitter.com/O16JL1s83g— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) April 2...

Chun wins $1 million for charity with hole-in-one at Chevron

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:08:21 GMT

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — In Gee Chun of South Korea hit a million-dollar shot at the Chevron Championship. She won $1 million for charity with a hole-in-one on the 17th at the first major of the season on Saturday. Chun jumped around and high-fived members of her team after watching the ball curve and roll in at The Club At Carlton Woods. Chevron pledged to donate $1 million for the first hole-in-one on the par 3 17th to support partners in diversity, inclusion and education. The money won Saturday will be donated to the LPGA Foundation and Girls Golf of Greater Houston. Chevron took over sponsorship of the tournament and moved it from the California desert to suburban Houston this year. The company, which has more than 8,000 employees in Houston, is also donating $10,000 for each birdie on the 17th hole throughout the tournament.There were 46 birdies on the 17th at the end of the second round. ___ AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports Source

NL Cy Young winner Alcantara misses start with tendinitis

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:08:21 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Miami Marins ace Sandy Alcantara was scratched from his scheduled start Saturday at Cleveland with biceps tendinitis, but the team said he is not expected to be placed on the injured list.The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner is sidelined with what the team called “very mild” tendinitis. Alcantara was pushed back to start in the series at Atlanta that begins Monday.Alcantara is 1-2 with a 5.84 ERA in four starts and had been lined up to possibly face Guardians right-hander Shane Bieber, the 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner.Left-hander Devin Smeltzer filled in for Alcantara in the first game of the doubleheader. The series opener Friday was rained out and rescheduled as part of a doubleheader.__More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

La conducta de Trump con las mujeres vuelve al centro de escena en una corte judicial

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:08:21 GMT

NUEVA YORK  — La conducta del expresidente Donald Trump con las mujeres, algo que ha jalonado su carrera política, vuelve al centro de la escena en un juicio en que se lo acusa de violación.La selección del jurado está prevista para comenzar el martes en la demanda iniciada por la excolumnista de consejos para mujeres E. Jean Carroll, quien dice que Trump la violó en una lujosa tienda de departamentos de Nueva York en los años 90.Trump, quien difícilmente asistirá al juicio, ha calificado las acusaciones de “fraude total”. Carroll, que pide una indemnización no especificada, dice que su demanda, inspirada por el movimiento #MeToo, busca una rendición de cuentas del más representativo de los hombres prominentes. Trump responde a denuncia de abuso sexual: “ella no es mi tipo” Trump responde preguntas por 7 horas en caso por fraude civil en Nueva York “Presento esta demanda no solo por mí, sino por cada mujer en Estados Unidos q...

Hawaiian officials block beach to protect adorable endangered monk seal pup

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:08:21 GMT

(CNN) — There’s an adorable new monk seal pup on Hawaii’s Kaimana Beach — and authorities are taking every step to make sure mother and baby are both unbothered by humans.Authorities have erected a “temporary fence” around the beach to protect the mother and pup, according to a Facebook post from the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources.The fence is intended to “promote public safety and seal protection during the nursing period,” the department said. “People are encouraged to use other areas for beach and ocean recreation.”The department added the pup will most likely stay with its mother while it is nursing for the next five to seven weeks.They noted mother seals in particular can be “very protective of their pups” and have seriously injured swimmers in the past, making it “unsafe to swim” in the Kaimana Beach area, the department added in a news conference about the birth.There will be ...

Viewing the Lyrids meteor shower could be a fun weekend activity

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:08:21 GMT

(CNN) — After no major annual meteor showers for months, the Lyrids are here to end the drought.Known as one of the oldest-recorded meteor showers, the Lyrids are expected to produce 10 to 15 meteors per hour for three nights centered around its peak of 9:06 p.m. ET on Saturday, according to EarthSky.The Lyrids have been making their appearance in the sky since April 15 and will hang around until April 29, but their peak is relatively narrow compared with the famous summer Perseids and other showers.The best time to view the Lyrids — with a chance at seeing the most meteors — will start late evening on Saturday through the early morning hours on Sunday.The good news is that a near new moon will leave perfect viewing conditions, with no bright light interference from what a full moon would cause.“The moon will obscure all but the brightest meteors, so when there’s no lunar interference, you can see bright, faint, all meteors that show up,” said Robert Lunsford...

Mets Notebook: Pete Alonso dominating, pitching plans without Max Scherzer

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:08:21 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — Pete Alonso has been garnering plenty of attention through the first 20 games of the 2023 season for what he’s been doing with the bat, but Mets manager Buck Showalter would like for his first baseman to get a little more attention for what he’s been doing defensively.“The thing that’s caught my eye is how good he’s moving at first base,” Showalter said Saturday morning at Oracle Park. “I think he physically kind of wore on him a little bit last year. And he really went into the offseason trying to gain another advantage.”Analytics show that Alonso has improved his lateral movement and Showalter said that matches up with the eye test. Part of that might be a result of the shift limitations but part of it might be the offseason “deep dive” that Alonso did into his own game.But it’s tough to ignore the offensive numbers that Alonso continues to put up: He came into Saturday’s game leading the...