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Australia keeping calm and moving on to Rugby World Cup finish against Portugal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:32:52 GMT

SAINT-ETIENNE, France (AP) — In spite of the doom and gloom around Australia at the Rugby World Cup, it hasn’t been knocked out yet.Eddie Jones’ misjudged bluster about winning the tournament with a young squad died after consecutive defeats to Fiji and Wales over the last two weekends, but his Wallabies are alive until Saturday evening at least.If, by then, Fiji has beaten Georgia with a bonus point in Bordeaux then Fiji joins Wales in the quarterfinals from Pool C and the Wallabies are shut out of the knockout stage for the first time ever. If Fiji loses to Georgia or doesn’t get a bonus point, it still has one more chance to make the quarters next week against Portugal.In the meantime, the two-time champion Wallabies can cross as many fingers as they can to hex Fiji, and will know their fate before they complete their pool campaign on Sunday in a first meeting with the lively Portuguese.Os Lobos have done their country proud for a team that was the 20th and last...

Ryder Cup Cards

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:32:52 GMT

FridayAt Marco SimoneGuidonia Montecelio, ItalyYardage: 7,181. Par: 71EUROPE 4, UNITED STATES 0FOURSOMESEurope 4, United States 0Par444-344-345-445-344-435Scottie Scheffler-Sam Burns, U.S.444-343-345-445-344-xxxJon Rahm-Tyrrell Hatton, Eur443-334-245-433-344-xxxEurope, 4 and 3.Par444-344-345-445-344-435Max Homa-Brian Harman, U.S.453-354-355-435-344-xxxViktor Hovland-Ludvig Aberg, Eur344-443-354-435-334-xxxEurope, 4 and 3.Par444-344-345-445-344-435Rickie Fowler-Collin Morikawa, U.S.545-334-455-354-254-33xShane Lowry-Sepp Straka, Eur543-244-334-554-344-53xEurope, 2 and 1Par444-344-345-445-344-435Xander Schauffele-Patrick Cantlay, U.S.444-334-364-444-335-33xRory McIlroy-Tommy Fleetwood, Eur444-234-346-434-344-42xEurope, 2 and 1.Source

Data Doctors: Zelle vs. Venmo, which is better?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:32:52 GMT

Q: What’s the difference between Zelle and Venmo?A: Mobile payment systems allow you to use your smartphone to transfer money, which eliminates the need to write checks, grab cash from an ATM or purchase money orders or cashier’s checks.This convenience also benefits the recipient as they don’t have to make a deposit or wait for a long period of time to get the money in their account.Zelle and Venmo are two of the most popular platforms providing similar services, but some significant differences exist.ZelleThis platform only works in conjunction with a U.S.-based bank account, as it was developed by seven large banks: Bank of America, Truist (formerly BB&T), Capital One, JPMorgan Chase, PNC Bank, U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo.It’s a seamless and fast way to transfer funds between two accounts, as over 1,800 banks and credit unions provide Zelle as an option within their banking apps.All you need is either the phone number or email address of the recipient to send funds. If they hav...

Police searching for suspect after drive-by shooting leaves man critical, woman grazed in SW Miami-Dade

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:32:52 GMT

Police are investigating a drive-by shooting after a woman opened fire on two people sitting in a vehicle in a Southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood. According to police, the incident occurred on Friday when a female driver approached a car with a man in the driver’s seat and a woman in the passenger seat. Officials said after the female shooter opened fire on both occupants in the other vehicle and were shot. The victims drove themselves to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center South for medical attention. The male victim was identified as 29-year-old Robert Harden Jr. According to his family, he was shot in the back. Authorities said the woman, identified as Michelle Mitchell, was grazed in the face by a bullet and is expected to be OK while the man is in critical condition. 7News cameras capture Mitchell speaking to detectives at the hospital. The female suspect behind this violent attack is still at large, police said. The Miami-Dade Police Department is curren...

Proud Boys member who disappeared ahead of his sentencing in the Jan. 6 attack has been arrested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:32:52 GMT

A member of the Proud Boys extremist group who disappeared days before he was supposed to be sentenced for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot has been arrested, the FBI said Friday.Christopher Worrell, of Naples, Florida, was on house arrest when he went missing last month ahead of his sentencing hearing in Washington, where prosecutors were seeking 14 years behind bars on convictions for assault, obstruction of Congress and other offenses.Andrea Aprea, a spokesperson for the FBI office in Tampa, confirmed Worrell’s arrest, but said she had no further details. Jail records show he is at the Collier County Jail, but a spokesperson for the Collier County Sheriff’s Office referred all questions to the FBI.Worrell’s attorney, William Shipley, didn’t immediately return a phone message on Friday.Worrell, 52, had been on house arrest in Florida since his release from jail in Washington in November 2021, less than a month after a judge substantiated his civil-rights c...

Couple suing Disney World claims water slide caused ‘painful wedgie,’ severe injury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:32:52 GMT

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida (WESH) — A couple is now suing Disney World after they say a water slide caused a painful wedgie and severe injury.The lawsuit filed in Orange County on Wednesday is focused on Typhoon Lagoon and the 214-foot water slide there called Humunga Kowabunga.According to Disney, people plummet down a near-vertical five-story drop. Riders go without a raft or a tube.The complaint said riders can reach speeds approaching 40 miles per hour and before they go down the slide they are told to “cross their legs at the ankles.”The lawsuit said in this woman’s case, when she went down the slide, near the end “her body lifted up, she [became] airborne, and she was slammed downward against The Slide – which increased the likelihood of her legs becoming uncrossed.”The document said that and “her impact into the standing water at the bottom” caused a “painful wedgie” and immediate bleeding.The lawsuit said an ambulance took the wife to a hos...

US government quizzes British firms on Chinese investment links

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:32:52 GMT

LONDON — The U.S. government has been consulting British companies about their links to China as the U.K. considers banning its firms from investing in some areas of the Chinese economy.Business and Trade Minister Nus Ghani told POLITICO that the U.K. government was waiting on the results of the U.S. survey to make a decision on whether to follow America’s lead and clamp down on British investment into China.It comes after Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden agreed to work together to address the national security risks posed by “certain types” of outbound investment when they signed the joint Atlantic Declaration in July.The White House has already imposed capital controls on U.S. firms trying to invest in Chinese companies developing technologies like advanced semiconductors, quantum computing sensors and some forms of artificial intelligence (AI).The U.S. began to restrict economic cooperation with China in emerging technologies under former President Donald Trump. Biden has onl...

United Autoworkers strikes grow as 7,000 more workers hit pickets against Detroit’s big automakers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:32:52 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says its two-week strike against Detroit automakers will spread to 7,000 more workers at a Ford plant in Chicago and a General Motors assembly factory near Lansing, Michigan.Union President Shawn Fain told workers on a video appearance Friday that negotiations haven’t broken down but Ford and GM have refused to make meaningful progress. Jeep maker Stellantis was spared from the third round of strikes.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers strikes against Detroit’s three automakers that spread to dozens of parts distribution centers one week ago could deepen Friday.The union has vowed to hit automakers harder if it does not receive what it calls substantially improved contract offers as part of an unprecedented, simultaneous labor campaign against Ford, General Motors and Jeep maker Stellantis.UAW President Shawn Fain is scheduled to make an announcement at 10 a.m. Eastern ti...

Oxford High School shooter will get life in prison, no parole, for killing 4 students, judge rules

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:32:52 GMT

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A teenager who killed four students at Michigan’s Oxford High School will be sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole, a judge said Friday.Judge Kwamé Rowe announced the decision over video conference, weeks after hearing from experts who clashed over Ethan Crumbley’s mental health and witnesses who described the tragic day in 2021 in sharp detail.Crumbley heard the decision with his lawyers while sitting in a room in the county jail.The 17-year-old will be formally sentenced in Oakland County court on Dec. 8, a day when survivors and families can tell the judge about how the shooting affected their lives.First-degree murder carries an automatic life sentence for adults in Michigan. But the shooter was 15 at the time, and the judge had the option of choosing a shorter term that would mean an eventual opportunity for freedom.“Even if the defendant changes, and he finds some peace and some meaning in his life beyond torturing and killing, d...

Billionaire with ‘more wine than could be drunk in a lifetime’ to sell 25,000 bottles worth $50M

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:32:52 GMT

(CNN) — Taiwanese billionaire Pierre Chen is auctioning off 25,000 bottles of wine from his vast collection, with some of the rarest items expected to fetch as much as $190,000 each.Predicted to sell for up to $50 million, they form the largest and most expensive wine collection ever to be offered at auction, said Sotheby’s, which is organizing the five-part sale.Chen’s wine knowledge puts him in a “league of his own,” said George Lacey, Head of Sotheby’s Wine for Asia in a statement, describing the collection as “staggering both in volume and range.” The auction house said the billionaire, who is founder and chair of electronics giant Yageo Corporation, had assembled the bottles over four decades.“There is currently more wine in his cellars than any one individual could ever hope to drink in a lifetime, but wine is for drinking,” said Lacey.While the auction house would not confirm the exact size of Chen’s collection, a spokesperson told CNN via email&...