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LeBron posts historic first half, questions future after Lakers eliminated

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:30:59 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James began the final game of his 20th NBA season with the highest-scoring postseason half of his matchless NBA career.He ended the night by questioning how much longer he plans to chase history after his Los Angeles Lakers were swept out of the Western Conference finals.James set a personal record with 31 points in the first half of Game 4 on Monday night, but he missed two potential tying shots in the final minute as the Denver Nuggets ended the Lakers’ season with a 113-111 victory.The 38-year-old James finished with 40 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists and immense frustration after Los Angeles’ remarkable late-season surge ended with four consecutive defeats. Although the top scorer in NBA history spoke about himself as part of the Lakers next season, James also said he hasn’t made up his mind.“We’ll see what happens going forward,” James said in the final answer of his postgame news conference. “I don’t know. I don’t know. I’ve got a ...

Moniak’s homer in 8th inning propels Angels to 2-1 victory over Red Sox

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:30:59 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mickey Moniak continues to make his case for being an every day outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels.Moniak had two hits, including a home run in the eighth inning, as the Angels won for the fourth time in five games, beating the Boston Red Sox 2-1 on Monday night.Moniak, the top pick by Philadelphia in the 2016 draft, was acquired from the Phillies at the trade deadline last year. He is batting .429 (12 for 28) with three home runs and six RBIs since being called up on May 12.“It’s been special. I’ve always believed that it was in there, but you never know in this game,” Moniak said. “I’m just grateful to have the opportunity to be able to go out here every day, and I’m enjoying it. We’re winning baseball games and no complaints.”Moniak drove a changeup from Kutter Crawford (1-2) over the wall in right field to lead off the eighth. A changeup is a pitch that Moniak has had problems with in the past. He had a .229 average against the off-speed pitch from 2020...

Fiscalía de México recibe orden de aprehensión contra Genaro García Luna y 60 personas más por peculado

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:30:59 GMT

(CNN) — La Fiscalía General de la República de México (FGR), informó este lunes a través de un comunicado que obtuvo de un juez de control federal, órdenes de aprehensión contra Genaro García Luna y 60 personas más, vinculados con delitos de peculado, operaciones con recursos de procedencia ilícita y delincuencia organizada.La Fiscalía agregó que, según las investigaciones, estas personas se coludieron con el entonces titular de la Secretaría de Seguridad Pública Federal, Genaro García Luna y sus socios para robar recursos públicos del órgano que maneja las cárceles federales, que son dependientes de dicha Secretaría.Con esta acción, añadió la Fiscalía, se busca poder canalizar los recursos ilícitos que García Luna junto con sus socios y cómplices captaron del sector publico que se estima serian por la suma de 1,112 millones de pesos mexicanos.Juez aplaza por tres meses la sentencia contra Genaro García Luna en EE.UU.: ahora se dictará el 27 de septiembreEl comunicado agrega q...

The cyber gulag: How Russia tracks, censors and controls its citizens

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:30:59 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Yekaterina Maksimova can’t afford to be late, the journalist and activist avoids taking the Moscow subway, even though it’s probably the most efficient route.That’s because she’s been detained five times in the past year, thanks to the system’s pervasive security cameras with facial recognition. She says police would tell her the cameras “reacted” to her — although they often seemed not to understand why, and would let her go after a few hours.“It seems like I’m in some kind of a database,” says Maksimova, who was previously arrested twice: in 2019 after taking part in a demonstration in Moscow and in 2020 over her environmental activism. For many Russians like her, it has become increasingly hard to evade the scrutiny of the authorities, with the government actively monitoring social media accounts and using surveillance cameras against activists.Even an online platform once praised by users for easily navigating bureaucrat...

Hong Kong leader condemns suspicious uptick in registration withdrawals from organ donation system

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:30:59 GMT

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee condemned an unusual rise in the number of withdrawal requests to the city’s organ donation system, saying Tuesday that police would investigate suspicious cases. According to the government, the city’s centralized organ donation registration system received nearly 5,800 withdrawal applications in the five months since December, when the government raised the possibility of establishing an organ transplant mutual assistance program with mainland China. More than half of the withdrawal applications were found to be invalid, either as duplicate applications or coming from people who had never opted in.At a regular press briefing, Lee pointed to those who withdrew their applications without ever registering, calling the moves suspicious. “I severely condemn those who attempt to cause damages to this noble system which saves lives through organ donations,” he said. “This is a shameful act.” The government also issued a strong-worded st...

East Timor’s opposition party won most seats in parliamentary election

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:30:59 GMT

DILI, East Timor (AP) — East Timor’s opposition party won Sunday’s parliamentary election, meaning independence fighter Xanana Gusmao is likely to return as prime minister in Asia’s youngest democracy. The final vote count released by the National Elections Commission on Tuesday showed the National Congress of the Reconstruction of East Timor, known as CNRT, won 41% of the votes and gained 31 seats out of 65 in the National Parliament. The ruling Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, or Fretilin, had 25% of the votes and 19 seats. It promised to accept the election outcome.The Democratic Party won six seats, the rural-based Khunto Party five and the People’s Liberation Party four. A total of 17 parties ran. They were required to have a woman in at least every third position in their party list and seats were allocated for those with an electoral threshold of 4%.No parties formed coalitions before the vote, leaving the choice of who will head the government between Gusma...

Family of Colorado man killed by police during mental health crisis gets $19 million settlement

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:30:59 GMT

DENVER (AP) — The parents of a 22-year-old Colorado man killed by a sheriff’s deputy while suffering a mental health crisis will get $19 million from government state and local agencies and changes to how officers are trained, under a settlement announced Tuesday.The shooting of Christian Glass after his SUV became stuck in the mountain town of Silver Plume last year drew national attention and prompted calls to reform how authorities respond to people with mental health problems.As part of the settlement, Sally and Simon Glass also negotiated for changes they hope will prevent another family from suffering a loss like theirs. Clear Creek County will establish a crisis response team and its sheriff’s office will train and certify all deputies in crisis intervention, according to documents released by their attorneys.The state of Colorado, which had three officers on the scene of Glass’ June 11, 2022 killing, in addition to those from local agencies, will create a virtual reality tra...

Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic made NBA playoff history. And then he worked some more.

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:30:59 GMT

LOS ANGELES – Not even history can break routine.Nikola Jokic had just shredded the Los Angeles Lakers in tidy fashion en route to the Denver Nuggets’ first-ever trip to the NBA Finals. He’d played 45 minutes, 16 seconds, of sublime, scintillating basketball, including all 24 minutes of the second half.He’d bullied Anthony Davis for his third triple-double in four games and set an NBA playoff record with his eighth triple-double of the postseason. His 30-point, 14-rebound, 13-assist, three-block masterpiece carried the Nuggets further than this franchise had ever been, earning him MVP of the Western Conference Finals.Having already made history, you’d think he’d allow himself a chance to recover and soak in the astounding performance he’d just authored.But about 10 minutes after he and the Nuggets cleared the court following Monday night’s trophy presentation, Jokic left his stall in the far corner of Denver’s cramped but jubilant locker room and pivoted left.There, waiting for him,...

Family of Christian Glass to receive $19 million in settlement over son’s 2021 police shooting death

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:30:59 GMT

The state of Colorado and three local law enforcement agencies agreed to a record $19 million settlement in the death of Christian Glass, a 22-year-old who was shot and killed by police in June in Silver Plume after he crashed his car and called 911 for help.The settlement is the largest involving police misconduct in Colorado history, surpassing the $15 million paid in 2021 to the family of Elijah McClain, who died at the hands of Aurora police officers and paramedics during a violent 2019 arrest.Along with the financial agreement, the state of Colorado and the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office have agreed to non-financial concessions that include using Glass’s death in police training scenarios to teach the importance of de-escalation, the creation of a crisis response team in Clear Creek County and an agreement that Glass’s parents can participate in law enforcement training by speaking about the loss of their son.Three law enforcement agencies issued statemen...

Greek conservatives lead in national election

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:30:59 GMT

Greek conservatives led the leftist Syriza at Sunday's (21 May) elections, according to a combined exit poll of six polling agencies.The exit poll showed that the New Democracy party received between 37.5% and 41.5% of votes, while Syriza, the party which ruled Greece from 2015 to 2019, at the height of Greece's economic crisis, got 23.5-27.5%.New Democracy's chances of winning outright were not predicted by the projections.EXIT POLLALCO, Marc and MRB Hellas conducted exit polls. Pulse, GPO, MRB Hellas and ALCO also participated.* ND: Leader of the Conservative Party, PM Kyriakos MistiakosSyriza leader Alexis Tsipras: leftist partyNikos Androulakis, Socialist Party leader of PASOKKKE: Dimitris Koutsoumbas, leader of the Communist PartyYanis Varoufakis, the leader of Mera25, is a leftist party.Leader of Elliniki Velopoulos (Hellenic Solution), a right-wing party.Leader of the leftist Plefsi Eleftherias party is Zoe ConstantopoulouNiki, nationalist party, leader Dimitrios Natsios