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60 years after Medgar Evers’ murder, his widow continues a civil rights legacy

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:19:42 GMT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — At 90, Myrlie Evers-Williams still speaks in a clear, strong voice as she says she terribly misses her first love, civil rights icon Medgar Evers, as she reflects on his work to push the U.S. toward a promise of equality and justice for all.It’s been 60 years since a white supremacist hid in the darkness of night and assassinated Evers outside the family’s Jackson home, shooting the Mississippi NAACP leader hours after then-President John F. Kennedy gave a televised speech advocating civil rights legislation. Evers-Williams and the couple’s three young children were in the house. After hearing the crack of a rifle, she rushed to her mortally wounded husband, who lay bleeding in the carport.“Medgar is so very much a part of me, and he’s here,” Evers-Williams told about 200 people who gathered on a hot and humid morning last week for the ceremonial opening of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument, a unit of the National Park Service...

Texas baseball falls Sunday; set for decisive Game 3 against Stanford

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:19:42 GMT

PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA (KXAN) - Texas baseball came back late to win Game One of the Super Regionals against Stanford but couldn't do the same Sunday night, losing to the Cardinal 8-3.Stanford evens the series at a game a piece, forcing a decisive final game Monday afternoon slated for 7:00 p.m.The hosting team scored first against Texas starter Lebarron Johnson Jr. but the Longhorns quickly picked up their pitcher. A Jared Thomas RBI triple and Dylan Campbell sac fly in the third gave Texas a 2-1 lead.Johnson Jr. threw a complete game in the Coral Gables Regional last weekend but was chased after 4.1 innings Sunday giving up four runs. Travis Sthele came in relief allowing three runs in four innings. Stanford led 5-2 until the seventh when Mitchell Daly crushed a solo home run to left. The long ball gave the Longhorns their third and final run.The Cardinal added some insurance in the top half of the ninth with three runs to make it 8-3, the final score. Stanford pitcher Quinn Matthe...

9-year-old falls off tube, drowns in Boulder Creek

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:19:42 GMT

A 9-year-old boy was pulled from Boulder Creek by emergency workers Sunday evening and later pronounced dead, city officials reported.Police and fire units responded to a 911 call just before 5 p.m. on a report of a child who had fallen from an inner tube into Boulder Creek and was missing. Searchers saw him minutes later and pulled him from the creek near Broadway and Canyon Boulevard. First responders administered CPR before transporting him to Boulder Community Hospital. The boy was pronounced dead in the hospital’s emergency department at 5:41 p.m.“This is an unspeakable tragedy for everyone involved, especially the boy’s family,” said Jeff Long, deputy fire chief of operations. “All our responders were there — police, fire, medics, our swiftwater crew. We got to him as quickly as possible, and it’s a terrible feeling to not be able to save someone. Especially when that someone is a child.”The child’s parents sustained minor injuries and were also treated by medics a...

NCAA Super Regional: Stanford lefty throws staggering number of pitches in win over Texas

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:19:42 GMT

Quinn Mathews’ unforgettable performance Sunday night has Stanford within one win of advancing to the College World Series for the second straight year.Mathews, a senior left-hander, recorded a career-high 16 strikeouts and threw a staggering 156 pitches in a complete game performance to help lead the host Cardinal to an 8-3 win over Texas, leveling the best-of-three Super Regional at one win apiece.Every player in the Longhorns lineup struck out at least once.“I told (the coaches) I was good to go. It wasn’t like they were trying to take the rock out of my hand,” Mathews told ESPN after the game. “Did the job, got the win, but we’re not done yet.”The third and deciding game is Monday at 5 p.m. The winner advances to play top-ranked Wake Forest in the opening round of the College World Series on Friday in Omaha, Neb.Stanford is now 8-0 when it has faced elimination in Regional and Super Regional games this season and last.“We never like to m...

Quinn Mathews has 16 Ks, Stanford beats Texas 8-3, forces Game 3 at super regional

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:19:42 GMT

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Quinn Mathews threw 156 pitches and had 16 strikeouts — both career highs — in a complete game, Drew Bowser hit a two-run home run and Stanford beat Texas 8-3 Sunday night to avoid elimination at best-of-3 Stanford Super Regional. The Cardinal (43-18) forced a decisive Game 3 on Monday with the winner advancing to the College World Series. Stanford and Texas, which used a five-run top of the ninth to win 7-5 in Game 1, are both trying to make their third consecutive trip to Omaha. Mathews (10-4), who has thrown at least 100 pitches in 15 of his 17 starts this season, scattered eight hits and a walk to get the win. After fouling off a pair of two-strike pitches, Malcolm Moore hit an RBI double to left that gave Stanford it first lead of the game in the top of the fifth. Travis Sthele replaced starter Lebarron Johnson, with one out and Moore on second, to face Bowser, who hit a two-run shot over the wall in left and stretched the Cardinal’s lead to 5-2. Alberto...

Migrantes podrán registrarse en Oficinas de Movilidad Segura en Colombia a partir del 19 de junio, informa la Cancillería colombiana

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:19:42 GMT

(CNN Español) — Colombia comenzará a recibir a partir del 19 de junio solicitudes de migrantes irregulares que estén en el país en las denominadas Oficinas de Movilidad Segura, informó este domingo la Cancillería colombiana en un comunicado.La medida fue acordada durante un encuentro que sostuvieron este sábado en la Casa Blanca, en Washington, delegaciones de Estados Unidos y Colombia, se explicó en el comunicado.“Durante la reunión, las dos partes subrayaron la necesidad de abrir vías legales nuevas y flexibles para reducir la migración irregular. Decidieron proceder, a partir del 19 de junio, con una fase inicial de implementación de las Oficinas de Movilidad Segura (SMO) de seis meses de duración, recibiendo solicitudes, con el propósito de identificar y registrar a los migrantes irregulares que, a la fecha, estén presentes en el país y asesorarlos sobre vías seguras, regulares y legales para la migración”, se indicó en la nota de prensa.The-CNN-Wire™ &am...

POLITICO Pro Central Banker: Bond tsunami — Turkish test — BTP Valore

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:19:42 GMT

Our one-stop source for central banking & monetary policy news.View in your browser or listen to audioBy GEOFFREY SMITHwith ANJULI DAVIES, BEN MUNSTER and IZABELLA KAMINSKASNEAK PEEK— Fed set to pause, ECB to hike as rate-setters digest U.S. CPI data on Tuesday.— Turkey’s ‘dream team’ faces a race against time.— Nigerian central bank governor is suspended after initiating system of parallel exchange rates.POLICY TICKERECB 3.75% ⇡ — BOE 4.5% ⇡ — FED 5.35% ⇡— SNB 1.5% ⇡— BOJ -0.10% ⇣— RBA 4.10% ⇡— PBOC 3.65%⇣— CBR 7.5% ⇣ — BOC 4.75% ⇡ — SARB 8.25% ⇡Good morning, everyone. I hope you had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the sun. Congratulations especially to fans of Manchester City (who said that money can’t buy you happiness?), and to Novak Djokovic devotees, who will start this jam-packed week with a suffused glow of satisfaction.The odds are on a relatively quiet start to the week, with both the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve hunkering down for policy meetings. The Fe...

18-year-old arrested on felony hit-and-run, attempted murder: police

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:19:42 GMT

CORONADO, Calif. -- A man was critically injured Sunday morning after attempting to stop a suspect who reportedly stole his vehicle in Coronado, authorities said.According to the Coronado Police Department, a call came in around 5:20 a.m. reporting a man on the hood of a tan sedan that was traveling on Orange Avenue. Authorities say the individual was yelling.A short time later, police say another call came in again reporting a man on the hood of a vehicle, this time near the Toll Plaza area. The caller notified authorities that a crash had occurred. According to the department, the driver of the vehicle and a passenger were seen fleeing the scene on foot. Responding officers located the vehicle facing eastbound in the westbound lanes near the Toll Plaza, where authorities say it had collided with the concrete toll structure. Pedestrian critically injured in hit-and-run An injured 33-year-old man was found laying in the next lane with injuries described as life-threatening. He wa...

Tony Awards telecast makes inclusive history and puts on quite a show despite Hollywood strike

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:19:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The intimate, funny-sad musical “Kimberly Akimbo” nudged aside splashier rivals on Sunday to win the musical crown at the Tony Awards on a night when Broadway flexed its creative muscle amid the Hollywood writers’ strike and made history with laurels for nonbinary actors J. Harrison Ghee and Alex Newell.“Kimberly Akimbo,” with songs by Jeanine Tesori and a book by David Lindsay-Abaire, follows a teen with a rare genetic disorder that gives her a life expectancy of 16 navigating a dysfunctional family and a high school romance. Victoria Clark, as the lead in the show, added a second Tony to her trophy case, having previously won one in 2005 for “The Light in the Piazza.”Producer David Stone credited the musical’s writers for penning a magic trick, calling “Kimberly Akimbo” a “musical comedy about the fragility of life, so healing and so profound and joyous that is almost impossible.” The musical took home a leading five awards, including best book and score.Earl...

Stock market today: Asian shares mixed as investors await Fed policy decision, price data

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:19:42 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday after the S&P 500 logged its fourth winning week in a row, while investors await another decision by the Federal Reserve on interest rates.Most observers expect no change in rates given recent data showing the U.S. economy slowing. This week also brings price data that might indicate whether the Fed is succeeding in snuffing inflation. Friday also will bring a policy meeting of the Bank of Japan, which has refrained from making any major changes to its minus 0.1% benchmark interest rate despite rising prices, citing a need to wait and see if the inflation is sustained. Tokyo’s benchmark NIkkei 225 added 0.3% to 32,362.58, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong gave up 0.6% to 19,279.66. In Seoul, the Kospi declined 0.5% to 2,627.52. The Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.3% to 3,222.35. Shares rose in Taiwan and India but fell in Bangkok. Australian markets were closed for a holiday. Stocks inched higher Friday to close out a li...