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Avoiding relegation was Girona’s goal this season. Now the Spanish title contender has bigger dreams

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:12 GMT

GIRONA, Spain (AP) — Girona’s chief executive isn’t hiding his surprise.At the start of the league season in August, Ignasi Mas-Bagà was hoping his team could avoid a costly relegation from Spanish soccer’s top tier that would badly damage the club’s growth plans for years.Few people are more pleased — and genuinely shocked— than Mas-Bagà to see the team from the northeast corner of Spain leading the standings ahead of powerhouses Real Madrid and Barcelona one-third of the way through the season. Girona entered the latest round as the outright leader before Madrid provisionally moved top Sunday. Girona can recover first place when it plays Athletic Bilbao on Monday.First or second place, it’s still a dream for Girona. “The goal was non-relegation. That has been the target since we arrived,” Mas-Bagà told The Associated Press at Girona’s training ground with the snow-capped Pyrenees in the distance.“Leading the table is like a dream for us. But it’s not an obsession...

Bills defensive end Shaq Lawson confronts, appears to shove fan during loss to Eagles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:12 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bills defensive end Shaq Lawson confronted Eagles fans and appeared to shove one of them in the waning moments of Buffalo’s loss to Philadelphia on Sunday night.Lawson, defensive tackle Jordan Phillips and other Bills players walked from the sideline toward the front row of stands at Lincoln Financial Field and started jawing at Eagles fans. Phillips got close to the face of one fan before Lawson walked up and seemingly made physical contact with the spectator, according to video circulating on social media. Security eventually intervened and the fan continued to shout toward the Buffalo players. Defensive end Leonard Floyd tried to defuse the situation and walked the players back to the sideline.The Bills did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Sunday night.The Eagles beat the Bills 37-34 in overtime.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFLSource

'I'll be doing this as long as I can': Why Knob Hill light display in San Marcos isn't on this year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:12 GMT

SAN MARCOS, Calif. -- Christmas on Knob Hill in San Marcos has become a tradition for thousands of people to drive or walk and see the dazzling lights, which have been on display for the last 36 years. If you stand outside 1639 Knob Hill Road in San Marcos as soon as it gets dark, you will quickly start to see cars drive by, or people walk by, wondering why the light display isn't up this year. Instead of the winter wonderland, people are met with a sign that tells people the owner of the home had an unexpected surgery and wouldn't be able to put the lights up this year.“I get so much satisfaction out of doing that, to see that I can make people that happy," said Bill Gilfillen, the mastermind behind the usual display. ‘Jingle Jets’: Celebrate the holiday season at USS Midway Museum “It’s a lot of fun. I enjoy doing it so much, and I feel really sad that I couldn’t do it this year," he added.Bill Gilfillen has been called Mr. Christmas for decades, and this year is recovering fro...

'Jingle Jets': Celebrate the holiday season at USS Midway Museum

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:12 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- San Diegans can kick off the holiday season at the USS Midway Museum's new holiday light experience "Jingle Jets."The aircraft carrier has been transformed into a winter wonderland for all ages to enjoy this holiday season. "Jingle Jets" opened the Friday after Thanksgiving and runs on select nights from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. through Dec. 23. Full Moon: When to see November’s full beaver moon Lights adorn the aircraft carrier at the inaugural holiday event. Those in attendance can send letters to service members, enjoy music from a live DJ, dancing, photo ops, meet Santa Claus, enjoy holiday food and cocktails, and listen to their favorite holiday music from a trio of carolers.The USS Midway Museum is a historical naval aircraft carrier museum located on the Navy Pier in downtown San Diego. The USS Midway was the longest-serving aircraft carrier in the 20th century, according to the USS Midway Museum's website. Santa speakeasies to winter wonderlands: 7 holiday pop-up ...

6 teenagers go on trial for their alleged role in the 2020 beheading of a French teacher

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:12 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Six teenagers go on trial Monday in Paris for their alleged roles in the beheading of a teacher who showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class, a killing that led authorities to reaffirm France’s cherished rights of expression and secularism.Samuel Paty, a history and geography teacher, was killed on Oct. 16, 2020, near his school in a northwest Paris suburb by an 18-year-old of Chechen origin who had become radicalized. The attacker was in turn shot dead by police.Paty’s name was disclosed on social media after a class debate on free expression during which he showed caricatures published by the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, which triggered a newsroom massacre by extremists in January 2015.All hearings at a Paris juvenile court are to be held without media in accordance with French law regarding minors. Among those going on trial, a teenage girl, who was 13 at the time, is accused of making false allegations for wrongly saying that Paty had aske...

Most leaders of the attacks on Sierra Leone’s military barracks and prisons arrested as curfew eases

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:12 GMT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Sierra Leone’s president said most leaders of attacks on the nation’s main military barracks and prisons had been arrested and normalcy had returned across the country after a 24-hour curfew was relaxed to a dusk-to-dawn lockdown.The attacks early Sunday morning surprised residents and security forces in the West African nation and raised fears of a possible coup in a troubled region.But “most of the leaders” of the attacks now have been arrested and “calm has been restored,” President Julius Maada Bio said in a Sunday night address. Residents in the capital city of Freetown were awoken by sounds of heavy gunfire as gunmen tried to break into the key armory in the country’s largest military barracks, located near the presidential villa.They engaged in sustained gunfire with security forces and targeted major detention centers – including the central prison holding more than 2,000 inmates – and freed or abducted an unconfirmed number of people,...

Burst water pipe in Hermosa Beach sends Redondo Beach residents scrambling

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:12 GMT

A burst water pipe in Hermosa Beach sent residents in Redondo Beach scrambling to help one another as water poured down local streets Sunday evening.  The incident, according to the Hermosa Beach Police Department, occurred at around 8 p.m. when a pipe controlled by California Water Service burst in the area of Harper Avenue and Ormond Lane.  Crews with the Redondo Beach Fire Department responded to the scene as water could be seen rushing down neighborhood streets.  A Hermosa Beach water pipe burst and flooded streets in Redondo Beach on Nov. 26, 2023. (Greg Hancock)A Hermosa Beach water pipe burst and flooded streets in Redondo Beach on Nov. 26, 2023. (Greg Hancock)A Hermosa Beach water pipe burst and flooded streets in Redondo Beach on Nov. 26, 2023. (Greg Hancock)A Hermosa Beach water pipe burst and flooded streets in Redondo Beach on Nov. 26, 2023. (Greg Hancock)Video of the incident obtained by KTLA shows a heavy downpour of water streaming down residential streets a...

How to get tech right in Europe?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:12 GMT

As our societies navigate challenging times and undergo widespread digital transformation, fostering growth in our homegrown tech businesses has never been more critical to achieving the wider goals of the European project.Via EUTA. Kristin Skogen Lund, president, European Tech Alliance; CEO, Schibsted The European Tech Alliance (EUTA) represents leading tech companies born and bred in Europe. We believe that with the right conditions, EU tech companies can enhance Europe’s resilience, boost our technological autonomy, protect and empower consumers, and promote European values such as transparency, the rule of law and innovation to the rest of the world.The European Commission’s ambitious targets for 2030 in the Digital Decade program represent a vision for a sustainable and more prosperous digital future. However, more is needed if we are to achieve our goals.Europe must boost its tech competitiveness over the next five years. To unlock European tech leadership both at home and bey...

Enquête sur l’Expo 2030 : rien ne vous sera caviardé !

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:12 GMT

Notre newsletter quotidienne sur les enjeux de lobbying et de transparence en France.Par ALEXANDRE LÉCHENETAvec AURORE GORIUS, GIORGIO LEALI et PAUL DE VILLEPINInfos, tuyaux et mini-drames à partager ? Ecrivez à Océane Herrero, Aurore Gorius, Alexandre Léchenet et Paul de Villepin | Voir dans votre navigateurLE MENU DU JOUR— Budget : les sénateurs se mobilisent contre les choix du gouvernement.— Star du ballon, caviar et jeux d’eau : plongez dans la campagne de Riyad pour l’Expo 2030.— Coup de Mistral AI pour Thierry Breton.Bonjour à toutes et à tous, pendant que vous vous reposiez, les sénateurs eux, n’ont pas chômé. La semaine dernière, ils ont voulu le faire savoir : “Alors qu’aucun débat n’a eu lieu à l’Assemblée nationale, [le Sénat] débattra, pendant trois semaines, jusqu’au 12 décembre.”De vrais marathoniens. Ils ont discuté des recettes, au risque de la répétition, tout le weekend, votant plusieurs mesures contre l’avis du gouvernement. Ils remettront le couvert dans la foul...

What London’s mayor learned when he took on the cars

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:52:12 GMT

It looked like group therapy. One late summer day, Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, sat with a group of faith leaders and clean-air campaigners in a small circle in the near-empty hall of a suburban church.The moment was meant to be one of celebration, for Khan and for London. He was marking the creation of the largest clean air zone in the Western world through the expansion of restrictions on polluting cars to cover the entire British capital, a city of 8.9 million people. Instead, the gathering was reminiscent of a group of conspirators meeting under siege. “I’m very moved to be here,” said Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, brow furrowed, tone hushed. He praised Khan’s “courage.”Sitting beside the mayor was Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, a 53-year-old teacher turned campaigner. She reflected on the tragedy that had turned her into an activist. Just over a decade ago, her daughter Ella died of severe asthma caused by the pollution from the busy road by their home. “She drowned in her ...