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Buddy Holly the Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen wins best in show at Westminster Dog Show

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:58:18 GMT

(CNN) — Buddy Holly the Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen has been named best in show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. He’s the first of his breed to win the top prize at the prestigious dog show.The PBGV, who earlier in the day won the hound group, charmed judges with his confidence and calm demeanor.Westminster is one of the oldest sporting events in the US, second only to the Kentucky Derby. Since 1877 — before the American Kennel Club even existed — canines from the frequently winning wire fox terrier and prissy poodle to the bug-eyed boxer and devoted Doberman have vied for best in show.More than 3,000 dogs from 210 breeds were expected to compete this week, per the Westminster Kennel Club. The canine competitors first face off against other dogs of their breed, during which they’re judged against American Kennel Club breed standards, and the best of the breed goes on to group judging. Dogs are divided into seven gr...

Ravens returning to London in 2023 season with game against Titans

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:58:18 GMT

The last time the Ravens played in London was in 2017 in what was a blowout loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium. Afterward, coach John Harbaugh said he had no interest in going back anytime soon.Six years later, the Ravens and Harbaugh are headed back overseas.The NFL unveiled its slate of five international games on Wednesday morning. The Ravens will play the Tennessee Titans on Oct. 15 in a Week 6 matchup at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The game will kick off at 9:30 a.m. and be broadcast on the NFL Network.“We look forward to taking on the Titans at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium,” Ravens president Sashi Brown said in a statement. “It’s exciting to witness and play a role in the NFL’s rise in popularity across the globe. This is an incredible opportunity to play in front of and connect with Ravens fans in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe.”The team’s full 2023 schedule, which also includes three trips to the West Coast to ...

NFL schedule news: Chicago Bears won’t play in Germany this year

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:58:18 GMT

The Chicago Bears will not play in Germany during the 2023 season.The NFL announced its five-game international slate Wednesday morning, and the Bears were not part of the lineup.Rumors and news reports this spring suggested the NFL was considering sending the Bears to play the Kansas City Chiefs in Frankfurt, Germany. But NBC Sports’ Peter King reported this week the Chiefs requested the Bears not be their international opponent.The Chiefs will play the Miami Dolphins in Frankfurt on Nov. 5.And later this year, the Chiefs will host the Bears at Arrowhead Stadium. The date and time of that matchup will be announced Thursday when the full NFL schedule is released.The Bears’ opponents for the 2023 season already are set. At home, they will play the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Denver Broncos, Las Vegas Raiders and Arizona Cardinals. The Bears will go on the road to play the Lions, Packers, Vikings, Chiefs, New Orl...

Chicago Bears Q&A: Is a reunion with Leonard Floyd a possibility? How much improvement can be expected from Justin Fields?

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:58:18 GMT

The NFL calendar never rests. With the draft and rookie minicamp in the rearview mirror for the Chicago Bears, this week brings the 2023 schedule release, followed by the start of organized team activities on May 22.The Bears still have holes to fill on their roster, too, and that’s where Brad Biggs’ weekly Bears mailbag begins.With a wide-open NFC North, why aren’t the Bears signing some of these defensive ends in free agency to prove-it deals? Plenty of cap space to make this roster better still. — @jameslawrencef2A couple of thoughts here. The Bears certainly have enough cap space to accomplish just about anything they want at this point in the offseason. Overthecap.com estimates they have nearly $31 million available after signing their entire draft class. General manager Ryan Poles has talked about being calculated and remaining flexible, and while you’re correct the division appears wide open, this doesn’t strike me as the time or place to f...

Mass event will let hackers test limits of AI technology

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:58:18 GMT

No sooner did ChatGPT get unleashed than hackers started “jailbreaking” the artificial intelligence chatbot — trying to override its safeguards so it could blurt out something unhinged or obscene. But now its maker, OpenAI, and other major AI providers such as Google and Microsoft, are coordinating with the Biden administration to let thousands of hackers take a shot at testing the limits of their technology.Some of the things they’ll be looking to find: How can chatbots be manipulated to cause harm? Will they share the private information we confide in them to other users? And why do they assume a doctor is a man and a nurse is a woman?“This is why we need thousands of people,” said Rumman Chowdhury, lead coordinator of the mass hacking event planned for this summer’s DEF CON hacker convention in Las Vegas that’s expected to draw several thousand people. “We need a lot of people with a wide range of lived experiences, subject matter expertise and backg...

Japan, South Korea partnership funds to go to chips, energy

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:58:18 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Top business leaders from Japan and South Korea announced Wednesday they will use a fund meant to underscore the two countries’ burgeoning ties to strengthen their cooperation in energy, industry and other sectors. Japan Business Federation, known as Keidanren, and its South Korean counterpart, the Federation of Korean Industry, announced a fund of 200 million yen ($1.5 million) in March. The money comes from an initial installment of 100 million yen ($750,000) from each side to complement efforts initiated by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s government to resolve a historical dispute over Japanese brutality during its 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. The two groups selected specific areas of joint projects for the Future Partnership funds, focusing on youth exchanges and industrial cooperation, said Kendanren chair Masakazu Tokura and Federation of Korean Industry acting chair Kim Byong-joon Wednesday at a joint news conference in Toky...

Disney board axed X-rated, liquor stores; forgot about jails

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:58:18 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Before allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis took over, Disney World’s governing district, which at the time was controlled by Disney supporters, reached an agreement in February with the company to prohibit a long list of businesses from ever being operated on its property.Forbidden establishments included tattoo parlors, liquor stores, adult entertainment, oil refineries and trailer parks. But they didn’t include prisons, which the Florida governor recently mused could be built there, when talking in a trolling tone about his year-long feud with the entertainment giant.“What should we do with this land? And so, you know, it’s like, OK, kids — I mean, people have said, you know, maybe have another — maybe create a state park. Maybe try to do more amusement parks. Someone even said, like, maybe you need another state prison,” DeSantis said last month. “Who knows? I mean, I just think that the possibilities are endless.”The agreement, which the DeSantis allies ...

Russia ends visa regime for Georgia, restores direct flights

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:58:18 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed decrees abolishing visas for Georgian nationals and lifting a 2019 ban on direct flights to the South Caucasus nation. According to the documents, starting from May 15, Georgian nationals will be allowed to enter Russia without visas — unless they’re coming to Russia to work or to stay for longer than 90 days. The second decree lifts a ban on flights to Georgia that Russia unilaterally imposed in 2019. Following Putin’s decrees, Russia’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement lifting its 2019 recommendation for Russian citizens to avoid traveling to Georgia. Russia-Georgia relations have been rocky and complicated since the Soviet Union’s collapse in the early 1990s. The two countries fought a short war in 2008 that ended with Georgia losing control of two Russia-friendly separatist regions. Tbilisi had severed diplomatic ties with Moscow, and the issue of the regions’ status remains a key irritant, even as relati...

Imran Khan in court as more violence erupts in Pakistan

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:58:18 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared in court Wednesday, a day after he was dragged from another court and arrested in Islamabad, setting off clashes between his supporters and police. Angry protesters stormed and set fire to a building housing Radio Pakistan in the northwest as the death toll from the violence rose to four. In Islamabad, a judge was asked to approve keeping the 70-year-old opposition leader in custody for up to 14 days. Khan, who lost power last year but remains the country’s most popular opposition figure, is the seventh former prime minister to be arrested in Pakistan. His dramatic arrest on Tuesday deepened the political turmoil and sparked violent demonstrations. Two people were killed first, one Tuesday in the southwestern city of Quetta and another in the northwestern city of Peshawar overnight. Two more were in clashes with police Wednesday in Peshawar. In eastern Punjab province, where authorities said 157 police...

Motorcyclist killed in two-vehicle crash on Hwy. 88 in Simcoe County

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:58:18 GMT

A 53-year-old man is dead after a crash involving a motorcycle and an SUV north of Toronto.Emergency crews were called to County Road 88 east of Highway 400, in the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury, just before 5 p.m. on Tuesday.Investigators with South Simcoe Police Service say the Bradford man who was riding the motorcycle was pronounced dead at the scene.The driver remained at the scene.