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Simone Biles makes history on opening day of qualifying at World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:30:02 GMT

(CNN) — Simone Biles announced her return to the world stage in some style on Sunday as she sits in first place in the women’s all-around qualification at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and became the first woman to land the Yurchenko double pike vault at an international competition.Biles stepped up to the vault, launched high into the air, twisting in angular blue blur, and landed with just a single backwards step to make history.That feat ensured the skill will now be named the Biles II in honor of the 19-time world champion, making it her fifth named element.A high-difficulty skill historically only done by men, the element is a roundoff onto the springboard, followed by a back handspring onto the vaulting table, ending with a piked double backflip into the air to landing.She posted an all-around score of 58.865 to sit in first place at the end of her qualifying session, and in a commanding position to reach all four individual finals and the all-around f...

Russell Wilson throws 3 TDs, Broncos rally from 21 down to top Bears 31-28

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:30:02 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Russell Wilson threw for three touchdowns, Wil Lutz kicked a tiebreaking field goal with just under two minutes remaining and the Denver Broncos bounced back from one of the most lopsided losses in franchise history by rallying to beat the Chicago Bears 31-28 on Sunday.Denver (1-3) was coming off a 70-20 blowout by Miami that was franchise’s second-worst loss of the Super Bowl era, behind only a 51-0 pounding by the Raiders in 1967.Lutz's 51-yarder capped a comeback from a 28-7, third-quarter deficit. Kareem Jackson then intercepted Justin Fields with the Bears (0-4) near midfield.Chicago looked like it was headed toward an easy win, leading by 21 after Fields threw a 2-yard touchdown to Khalil Herbert late in the third quarter. Instead, the Bears dropped their 14th in a row since a Week 7 win at New England last season.The Bears had a chance to break a 28-all tie late in the fourth quarter. Chicago opted to go for it on fourth-and-1 at the 18 rather than ki...

Josh Allen throws 4 TD passes, runs for score, Bills rout division rival Dolphins 48-20

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:30:02 GMT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen threw four touchdown passes and ran for a score, and the Buffalo Bills brought Miami’s unbeaten start to an emphatic end, beating the division rival Dolphins 48-20 on Sunday.A week after Miami had one of the most impressive offensive performances in NFL history in a 70-20 win over Denver, Buffalo (3-1) showed the Dolphins (3-1) a thing or two about efficient offense while taking over first place in the AFC East.Stefon Diggs caught three touchdowns and finished with six receptions for 120 yards. Allen went 21 of 25 for 320 yards and had his 10th game with four passing TDs.Miami moved the ball reasonably well, finishing with 393 yards of offense, but the Bills forced two turnovers and sacked quarterback Tua Tagovailoa four times.The Bills suffered one major setback when cornerback Tre’Davious White was carted off in the third quarter with what the team said was an Achilles tendon injury. White pulled up while covering Tyreek Hill and wa...

Turkey strikes suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq after suicide attack in Ankara

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:30:02 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish defense ministry says its warplanes have carried out raids on suspected Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq on Sunday following a suicide attack on a government building in the Turkish capital.A ministry statement said some 20 targets of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, were “destroyed” in the aerial operation, including caves, shelters and depots.Earlier, suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near an entrance of the Ministry of Interior Affairs, injuring two police officers. A second assailant was killed in a shootout with police Sunday, the interior minister said.An news agency close to the PKK said he group has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. The following is AP’s previous story.A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara, while a second assailant was killed in a shootout with police Sunday, the interior minister said.The attack occu...

Coalition jockeying revs up in Slovakia after Fico’s victory

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:30:02 GMT

Slovakia woke up Sunday to the likelihood of its new government being led by leftist-populist Robert Fico and his pro-Russia Smer party following their convincing victory in Saturday’s election.Smer drew 23 percent support, five points ahead of the liberal, pro-Western Progressive Slovakia (PS), which took 18 percent. The two parties exemplify the political polarization in Slovakia. Fico has rejected sanctions against Moscow over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and proposes to end military support for Kyiv. PS leader Michal Šimečka, meanwhile, acclaims Slovakia’s allegiance to the EU and NATO, and defends the rights of LGBT+ people — a rarity in the deeply conservative country. “I regard a government led by Robert Fico as an abiding evil,” Šimečka said following the release of the final results of the ballot.Fico, who did not address Smer’s victory until early afternoon on Sunday, said he would wait for a formal invitation from President ...

IRS contractor charged with leaking tax info

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:30:02 GMT

WASHINGTON — A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service was charged Friday with leaking tax information to news outlets about thousands of the country’s wealthiest people.Charles Edward Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, D.C., is accused of stealing the tax return information and giving it to two news outlets between 2018 and 2020, the Justice Department said in a statement. Littlejohn declined to comment when reached by The Associated Press, which also left a message for his attorney, Lisa Manning.Both organizations published numerous articles about the tax information, some of which dated back more than 15 years, charging documents state.The outlets are not named in charging documents, but the description and time frame align with stories about former President Donald Trump’s tax returns in The New York Times and reporting about wealthy Americans’ taxes in the nonprofit investigative journalism organization ProPublica.The 2020 New York Times report found Tr...

‘PAW Patrol’ shows some bite at box office

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:30:02 GMT

After several quiet weeks in movie theaters, four films entered wide release over the weekend. “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie” came out the top dog, with $23 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.The performances of all four films – “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie,” “Saw X,” “The Creator” and “Dumb Money” – told a familiar story at the box office. What worked? Horror and animated franchises. What didn’t? Originality and comedy.“PAW Patrol,” from Paramount Pictures and Spin Master, had timing on its side. The film, a sequel to the 2021 “PAW Patrol” movie adapted from the Nickelodeon TV series, was the first family animated movie in theaters since “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” was released in early August.The first “PAW Patrol,” released during the pandemic, debuted with $13 million while simultaneously releasing on Paramount+, and its ...

Suspected DUI crash on Palomar Mountain leaves one dead

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:30:02 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- One person is dead and another was taken to the hospital following a single-vehicle crash on Palomar Mountain Saturday, authorities said. According to California Highway Patrol, a 20-year-old man from Escondido was driving a black Subaru Legacy in the southbound lane of South Grade Road, north of State Route 76, around 2:30 p.m. Northbound lanes of I-5 reopen following repair work For reasons still under investigation, authorities say the Subaru veered off the roadway down a steep embankment, where it rolled over and collided into a tree.A female passenger was pronounced dead at the scene, and the driver of the Subaru was transported to a local hospital for major but non-life threating injuries, CHP said. The identity of the female passenger will be released through the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. Does San Diego County owe you money? It’s now or never to find out The driver of the Subaru, now identified as Jean Ramirez, was subsequently arrested by o...

2 women killed and 2 men wounded in Houston shooting, sheriff says

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:30:02 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — A woman and her daughter-in-law were killed and two men hospitalized with gunshot wounds in a shooting authorities believe stemmed from a romantic dispute, a Houston-area sheriff said Sunday. A small child escaped the gunfire unharmed. Deputies were called to a home in northwest Houston Sunday morning and arrived to find multiple gunshot victims, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said at a news conference. Gonzalez said a 65-year-old woman and her 28-year-old daughter-in-law, who both lived at the home where the shooting occurred, were confirmed dead on the scene. Two men were taken to a hospital, where they were in serious but stable condition, the sheriff said.A 2-year-old was inside the house at the time of the shooting, but a relative carried the toddler to safety, he said.Investigators were still trying to piece together what happened in the dispute, which involved as many as three shooters and seven people total, the sheriff said. He said in an earlier statement...

John Herdman takes over as coach of Toronto FC but plans to be an observer this week

Published Sat, 28 Dec 2024 07:30:02 GMT

John Herdman plans a soft landing with Toronto FC. Probably a sound move given the mess that awaits.The former Canada coach, who was scheduled to arrive in Toronto on Sunday evening from the West Coast, will essentially spend his first week on the job observing the underperforming MLS club. Toronto (4-17-10) has two road games this week, at Charlotte FC on Wednesday and the New York Red Bulls on Saturday, before closing out the season at home against Orlando City on Oct. 21.Herdman will take charge for the season finale, using the international break that precedes it for extended training time with his new team.Interim coach Terry Dunfield will run practice and be on the sidelines for the Charlotte and Red Bulls games.Herdman has been watching TFC from afar. Now he will do it on location for the next week or so with his new staff, which is expected to borrow heavily from the team around him with the Canadian men.“As a staff, we’ve been thinking about this, talking about ...