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Bridge: Aug. 27, 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

“Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser.” — Major League baseball manager Leo Durocher.In baseball, there are good and bad outs. If a team has a runner on second with nobody out, and the batter hits a ground ball to the right side of the infield, he makes an out, but it’s a “productive out.” The runner advances to third and is in position to score on (for instance) a fly ball.In bridge, there are good and bad losers. Losing a finesse you didn’t need to try is bad, but trading one loser for another to your advantage is good.In today’s deal, West led his singleton ten of diamonds against four hearts. (West’s bid of two spades was preemptive; East’s pass to four hearts was inexplicable; only double-dummy defense would have beaten four spades.) East took the ace and returned the nine, and West ruffed South’s king and led the queen of clubs.South played low from dummy, ruffed in his hand and drew trumps, but...

Russia’s Investigative Committee confirms mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Investigative Committee confirms mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash.Source

Mueren tres infantes de Marina de EE.UU. en un accidente aéreo en Australia durante un ejercicio de entrenamiento

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

(CNN) — Tres infantes de Marina estadounidenses murieron y varios más resultaron gravemente heridos después de que un avión Osprey se estrellara durante ejercicios militares en Australia, dijeron funcionarios este domingo.De los 23 infantes de Marina a bordo del avión MV-22B Osprey, tres murieron mientras que otros cinco fueron trasladados al Hospital Royal Darwin en estado grave, dijo este domingo la Marine Rotational Force-Darwin en un comunicado.El incidente en la isla Melville en Australia tuvo lugar a las 9:30 a.m. hora local.“Los infantes de Marina a bordo del avión volaban en apoyo del ejercicio militar Predators Run. Los esfuerzos de recuperación están en curso”, se lee en el comunicado, y agrega que “la causa del incidente está bajo investigación”.Anteriormente, la ministra principal del Territorio del Norte, Natasha Fyles, dijo que algunos de los otros infantes de Marina estaban siendo tratados en el lugar.“Estamos trabajando increíblemente duro y tan rápido co...

Car slams into North Lauderdale mobile home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

A vehicle reportedly crashed into a mobile home overnight in North Lauderdale.The incident took place between Northwest 57th Street and Northwest 44th Avenue.7News is still working to gather additional information.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Thousands of athletes gather to swim, bike and run the Boston Triathlon

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

Thousands of athletes are gathering on Carson Beach in South Boston to run, swim and back as a part of the Boston Triathlon.Racers took off Sunday morning, marking the 15th year of the race. More than 20,000 athletes are competing from all 50 states and 36 different countries.Among the competitors is 12-year-old Eshe Stockton of Rhode Island, who is competing in the adults race. Stockton, who placed third in the Under-19 sprint race last year, said she wants to be an Olympian one day.The Boston Triathlon kids race took place Saturday, which Race Director Michael O’Neil said is an important part of the organization.. “We are open to everyone, and we invite them in and we help them whether it’s teaching them to swim, whether it’s helping coaching them to bike, whether it’s learning how to run,” O’Neil said. “We want to be supportive of everyone’s journey.”Around 7:30 a.m., the first two waves of racers were in the water completing the swimming portion of the race. The athletes th...

Police identify people arrested after 8 shot near Caribbean festival in Boston

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

Several people have been arrested on criminal charges in connection with a brazen daylight shooting near the Caribbean Festival in Boston on Saturday that left 8 people wounded and cast a shadow over the annual festivities.Officers working a detail for the J’ouvert Parade witnessed and responded to a shooting in the area of Blue Hill and Talbot avenues around 7:45 a.m., according to Boston police. Six men and two females were shot, five of the men and one of the females were taken to area hospitals. Two other victims with graze wounds declined treatment at the scene, police said. All eight victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries.Gerald Vick, 30, and Dwayne Francis, 30, both of Dorchester, were arrested and will be arraigned Monday in Dorchester District Court on a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm. After getting video that shows the two people involved in the initial gunfire, police learned that one of the men involved was shot in the leg and limped into the to...

Patriots-Titans film review: Marte Mapu’s main area for growth and 19 more takeaways

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

On the Titans’ seventh play from scrimmage Friday, Patriots rookie Marte Mapu flew up from his safety position to make a tackle over the middle.He whiffed.Of course he did.Mapu spent most of this summer hunting receivers and ball carriers in a red, non-contact jersey as he recovered from February surgery to fix a torn pectoral muscle. During team periods at practice, he would sprint to stop the ball and then … halt himself. He needs more live reps.Mapu didn’t engage in full-contact drills until a week ago at Green Bay, where he participated in joint practices but sat out the preseason game. His game-day drought ended Friday in Tennessee. Over 33 defensive snaps in the Pats’ preseason finale, Mapu missed two tackles on six attempts. Over time, a 33% missed tackle rate would drop any NFL defender on the street.But not Mapu. He’s a rookie brimming with potential and intrigue, a hybrid linebacker/safety the Patriots seem intent on shoehorning somewhere and ...

Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resume negotiations over a disputed dam

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan resumed their years-long negotiations Sunday over the controversial dam Ethiopia is building on the Nile River’s main tributary, officials said.The resumption of talks came after President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said last month that they aim to reach within four months an agreement on the operation of the $4.6 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile. The Blue Nile meets the White Nile in Sudan’s capital of Khartoum, before winding northward through Egypt to the Mediterranean Sea.Egypt fears a devastating impact if the dam is operated without taking its needs into account. It called it an existential threat. The Arab world’s most populous country relies almost entirely on the Nile to supply water for agriculture and its more than 100 million people. About 85% of the river’s flow originates from Ethiopia.The Egyptian Irrigation Ministry announced the new round of talks in Cairo. Irrigation Mi...

Trump’s drumbeat of lies about the 2020 election keeps getting louder. Here are the facts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — With Donald Trump facing felony charges over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the former president is flooding the airwaves and his social media platform with distortions, misinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories about his defeat.It’s part of a multiyear effort to undermine public confidence in the American electoral process as he seeks to chart a return to the White House in 2024. There is evidence that his lies are resonating: New polling from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 57% of Republicans believe Democrat Joe Biden was not legitimately elected as president.Here are the facts about Trump’s loss in the last presidential election:REVIEWS AND RECOUNTS CONFIRM BIDEN’S VICTORYBiden’s victory over Trump in 2020 was not particularly close. He won the Electoral College with 306 votes to Trump’s 232, and the popular vote by more than 7 million ballots.Because the Electoral College ultimately ...

Pope Francis says he’ll meet with Mongolia’s ‘noble, wise’ people in first visit there by a pontiff

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:17 GMT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday described his visit later this week to Mongolia, the first-ever pilgrimage by a pontiff to the east Asian country, as a much-desired occasion to encounter a “noble, wise” people. Speaking to the public in St. Peter’s Square, Francis said the trip would also be an opportunity to embrace the Catholic community there, describing the church in Mongolia as “small in numbers but lively in faith and great in charity.” The pilgrimage is also an opportunity “to meet up close with a noble, wise people,” he said. Francis departs on Thursday, returning to Rome four days later. There are fewer than 1,500 Catholics in Mongolia, where some 3.2 million people live in one of the world’s least densely populated countries. The pope said Mongolia has a great religious tradition that “I will have the honor to know,” especially in the context of an inter-religious event during the trip on Sept. 3. The largest percentage of Mongolia’s people are...