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England will prepare for Rugby World Cup quarters against Samoa and welcome back Curry

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:41 GMT

LE TOUQUET, France (AP) — England will give free-again flanker Tom Curry a chance to start the Rugby World Cup anew against Samoa next weekend.Curry has completed a two-game suspension and tackle school.“Tough for him (with the ban) but he has reacted really well and got stuck into his training and looked really good,” England attack coach Richard Wigglesworth said on Sunday.“I don’t think he will hold much back. He is all action, he is as fit as a fiddle, and that is the way he plays. He has multiple actions in-game where he affects the game. I think we will get the best of Tom Curry in terms of him getting straight into it from the start so absolutely delighted to have him back.”Captain Owen Farrell, who had to miss England’s first two matches because of his own suspension, said of Curry, “I’m sure he can’t wait to show what he can do.“He is in a good place I think. I don’t think there’s too much revving up Tom can do anyway — he’s p...

Huge but glum: Poland’s opposition puts a million people on the streets

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:41 GMT

WARSAW — Poland’s opposition held an enormous rally in Warsaw and other cities on Sunday — claiming more than a million people took part — but the mood two weeks ahead of the election is grim rather than triumphant.That’s because the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has been holding on to a significant lead in the polls. POLITICO’s Poll of Polls has PiS at 38 percent while Civic Coalition, the main opposition grouping, is at 30 percent.The Million Hearts march called by Donald Tusk, a former prime minister who heads the Civic Coalition, was supposed to lift the spirits of opposition supporters and show them that PiS — in power since 2015 — can be beaten.“The impossible has become possible, when I see this sea of hearts, when I see these hundreds of thousands of smiling faces, I feel that this turning point in the history of our homeland is approaching,” Tusk told the crowd in Warsaw.But the mood among the thousands of people streaming through the hear...

EU’s top diplomat urges US to reconsider dropping Ukrainian aid from stop-gap budget bill

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:41 GMT

LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief called on U.S. lawmakers Sunday to reconsider their decision to omit financial support for Ukraine from a stop-gap budget bill Congress passed to halt a federal government shutdown.The legislation approved Saturday to keep the federal government running until Nov. 17 dropped provisions on providing additional aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of Republican lawmakers.Speaking in Kyiv after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said European officials were surprised by the last-minute agreement in Washington and pledged the 27-nation bloc would carry on helping the invaded country defeat Russia. “I have hope that this will not be a definitive decision and Ukraine will continue having the support of the U.S.”, Borrell said.“We are facing an existential threat. Ukrainians are fighting with all their courage and capacities, and if we want th...

Victim in hospital with gunshot wound in Etobicoke

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:41 GMT

A victim has attended the hospital with a gunshot wound after a potential shooting in Etobicoke.At approximately 12:39 p.m. the victim attended hospital with gunshot wound from an incident that police say possibly occurred yesterday in the Kipling Avenue and Dixon Road area.The victim’s injuries are non-life-threatening and anyone with information is asked to contact police.

2 people killed and 2 wounded in Houston shooting, sheriff says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:41 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Two people were killed and two more hospitalized with gunshot wounds in a shooting that authorities believe stemmed from a romantic dispute, a Houston-area sheriff said Sunday.Deputies responded to the shooting in northwest Houston Sunday morning and found multiple gunshot victims, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. He said two were confirmed dead on the scene and two others were taken to a hospital. He didn’t provide further information on their condition. The sheriff had earlier said four people were killed in the shooting. Gonzalez said the investigation is in its early phases but that the dispute may have stemmed from a break-up or divorce. He did not identify any of the people who were shot, nor the suspected shooter, but said there is no active threat to the community. The shooting took place in a residential neighborhood about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of downtown Houston.Associated Press, The Ass...

September ends with more heat and little rain

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:41 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The final numbers for September 2023 are in and—no surprise here—the month was much warmer than normal. The heat dome, that center of upper-level high pressure, maintained its stranglehold over our area for much of the month.90°-highs were recorded 27 times, with a much-too-hot 11 of those reaching triple digits. The hottest temperature in September was 107° on the Sept. 7. Those highs of greater than 100° ended during the weekend of September. Only three days had a high below normalSo, for 2023, there were 80 days ... 80! ... where the high at Camp Mabry made it to 100° or more. The record book will show that 2023 had the second most highs in three figures, topped by the 90 that baked this area in 2011.You may remember that back in May our team made its prediction of how many days triple digits would be reached. If you don't the guesses ranged from 33 days to 44 days. We all missed badly. September 2023 will also have the distinction of being the second warmest wi...

Texans order this alcohol the most: report

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:41 GMT

TEXAS (NEXSTAR) — During the warmer months, you may have found yourself out to eat. Maybe you even sat on the patio, enjoying the warm moments before they faded into the chill of winter. There is also a pretty good chance you had a cold drink in hand, according to a new report. Toast, a restaurant point of sale and management system, recently reviewed customer trends across its roughly 93,000 U.S. restaurants, including people’s alcohol-purchasing behaviors. Overall, Toast found that if a customer was ordering alcohol, it was most likely going to be beer, which ranked as the most popular adult beverage being ordered in all 50 states during the second quarter of 2023. Restaurant-goers in Texas consumed the most tequila, Toast found. In fact, they consumed 119% more tequila than diners in any other state. Other southern states — Georgia, Arizona, and Florida — also consumed high amounts of tequila. It’s not surprising Texans choose tequila as their liquor of c...

Wild reduce training camp to 31 players

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:41 GMT

The Wild on Sunday reduced training camp to 31 players, sending prospects Adam Beckman, Carson Lambos and Ryan O’Rourke down to AHL camp and waiving or releasing a handful of others.Minnesota put Steven Fogarty, Jake Lucchini, Zane McIntyre and Lakeville South graduate Nick Swaney on waivers. If they go unclaimed, they’ll be assigned to Iowa. Forwards Mike O’Leary and Joel Teasdale were released from their tryouts.The Wild have 31 players in camp, four of whom are injured — Daemon Hunt, Sam Hentges, Michael Milne and Caedan Bankier. There were 26 on the ice for practice Sunday, minus goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, who missed Saturday’s practice, as well.Notably still on the camp roster are forwards Juhjar Khaira, Vinni Lettieri and Nic Petan, veterans who would have to be placed on waivers before they could be assigned to Iowa. Khaira signed a one-year, two-way contract days before training camp started.The team is scheduled to leave after practice for team building Monday in Two Har...

Gopher football’s ultra-challenging schedule hits peak with No. 2 Michigan up next

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:41 GMT

The Gophers football team has had its hands full with four of the five teams it has played so far this season.Minnesota improved to 3-2 overall with a comeback 35-24 victory over Louisiana on Saturday, and its strength of schedule to date ranks 72nd in the nation, according to ESPN.It pales in comparison to what is yet to come for Minnesota.The Gophers’ remaining seven games check in as the nation’s 12th-most-difficult schedule, per ESPN, and October kicks off with arguably the toughest team they will play all year, second-ranked Michigan at 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Huntington Bank Stadium.Instead of “challenging” or “daunting,” Gophers head coach P.J. Fleck has opted to use the word “opportunistic” when describing a slate which also includes Ohio State and arch rivals Iowa and Wisconsin. To start the season, the U was deemed to have the second-hardest schedule, before ESPN revised it down 10 spots as a month’s worth of results have come in.“Is it challenging? Yes. Do...

Business People: Fredrikson’s Thorelli honored by Minnesota Bar Association

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:50:41 GMT

OF NOTERoxanne ThorelliFredrikson, Minneapolis, announced that senior associate Roxanne N. Thorelli has been awarded the 2022-2023 Outstanding New Lawyer of the Year by the Minnesota State Bar Association. Thorelli represents clients with mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing, corporate restructuring, and general corporate matters;ARCHITECTURE/ENGINEERINGMSR Design, Minneapolis, announced the promotions of Jeryl Aman to director of operations and Ben Lewis to design technologies lead.FINANCIAL SERVICESHiway Credit Union, St. Paul, announced it received the 2023 Dora Maxwell Social Responsibility Community Service Award for its Black Police Officers Association – Backpacks and Barbers event; and the 2023 Desjardins Youth Financial Education Award for its partnership with St. Paul Schools; the awards are sponsored by the Minnesota Credit Union Network and the Credit Union National Association. Hiway Credit Union is in the process of merging with Spire Credit Union, Falco...