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There’s a tradition in Basketball World Cup play. Pregame handshakes often include gifts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Not everybody who plays in the Basketball World Cup goes home with a medal. Most players don’t even come close to that level.But everybody goes home with something.It’s a tradition that goes back at least a half-century at most FIBA events. The pregame handshake between teams is a gift exchange. That ritual has continued at this World Cup, which ends with the medal games on Sunday.Players listen to their anthems, standing in unison on opposite foul lines, then approach midcourt for a handshake and each player and coach presents an opposing contemporary with a gift. For USA Basketball this summer, opponents received a blue baseball cap featuring the federation’s logo. The Americans brought about 300, just in case.“It’s obviously different,” U.S. guard Austin Reaves said. “The first time we did it, I thought it was different. But it’s cool. It’s a sign of respect before the game … mutual respect that kind of sets the...

Whole Foods Market opening larger, relocated store this fall in Springfield

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today.Whole Foods Market will open a new 49,499-square-foot store in Springfield Plaza on Oct. 4.The store is a relocation of the existing Springfield store at 8402 Old Keene Mill Road, which has been serving the community for more than 25 years.The new location nearly doubles the size of the original store and offers a full-service meat department, additional prepared foods bars and an expanded product assortment which includes more than 600 local items sourced with the help of Daniela D’Ambrosio, a local forager for Whole Foods Market.During its grand opening, Whole Foods will present a refrigerated van to the Northern Virginia Food Rescue, donated through Whole Foods Market’s Nourishing Our Neighborhoods program.Features of the Springfield Plaza store include:Produce sourced from 14 regional farms, including apple t...

El secreto de una anciana para vivir 105 años, y el aterrador oso de tres patas: lo más insólito

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

Si crees que lo has visto todo, estás equivocado. Estas son algunas de las noticias más insólitas de esta semana.El secreto de Vivian, la anciana que cumplió 105 añosVivian tiene la salud que muchos envidiamos. Esta residente de Mesa, Arizona, celebró sus 105 años por lo alto: comiendo pastel y rodeada de las personas que más la quieren.¿Cuál ha sido su secreto? Todos los días camina, hace 20 minutos de ejercicios y usa las escaleras, nunca toma el ascensor.“No me duele nada. Me siento igual que cuando tenía 100!”, bromeó durante la celebración.Qué pasó con Baby Mary, la recién nacida abandonada en 1984El famoso caso sin resolver de “Baby Mary”, la recién nacida abandonada que murió hace casi cuatro décadas en NJ, finalmente se resolvió. La policía ahora sabe quiénes eran sus padres, y uno de ellos enfrenta cargos.El caso se remonta a la Nochebuena de 1984 en una remota zona boscosa cerca del municipio de Mendham. Dos niños encontraron el cuerpo de una niña recién nacida...

Analysis: For USA Basketball, the defense rested. And that means there’s no World Cup title

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A week ago, USA Basketball’s men’s senior national program held an all-time record of 97-0 when scoring 100 points in games at the Olympics or the World Cup.The record in the past week: 1-2.There’s the story. Win or lose the bronze-medal game against Canada on Sunday, this U.S. World Cup team will fly home in a couple days lamenting how it just couldn’t get stops when it needed them most. And there will be no defense for having no defense. If scoring 100 points in a 40-minute game isn’t enough to win, that’s a problem no matter which NBA players are or aren’t on the U.S. roster.“It means the game has been globalized over the last 30 years or so,” U.S. coach Steve Kerr said. “These games are difficult. This is not 1992 anymore. Players are better, all over the world. Teams are better. It’s not easy to win a World Cup or Olympic Games.”He’s not wrong. Lithuania 110, U.S. 104 in the second round of this World Cup was supposed to be a wake-up call, and i...

Hallan y arrestan al prófugo sospechoso de terrorismo Daniel Khalife en Londres

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

(CNN) — La Policía Metropolitana de Londres encontró y arrestó a Daniel Khalife, anunció la fuerza este sábado, marcando el final de una búsqueda de tres días del prófugo sospechoso de terrorismo que escapó de prisión este miércoles.“Los agentes de la Policía Metropolitana arrestaron a Daniel Khalife, quien escapó del HMP Wandsworth el miércoles 6 de septiembre”, dice el comunicado.Khalife fue detenido poco antes de las 6 a. m. ET de este sábado en el área de Chiswick en el oeste de Londres, donde los esfuerzos de búsqueda se reorientaron ese mismo día, dijeron.“Nos gustaría agradecer al público y a los medios de comunicación por su apoyo a lo largo de nuestra investigación para localizar a Khalife y proporcionaremos más información actualizada sobre su arresto a su debido tiempo”.Noticia en desarrolloThe-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Doncic, Slovenia top Italy 89-85 for 7th place at Basketball World Cup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Luka Doncic ended his summer schedule with a win.Doncic, the Dallas Mavericks star, finished with 29 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, and Slovenia topped Italy 89-85 on Saturday in the seventh-place game at the Basketball World Cup.Mike Tobey scored 12 points and Zoran Dragic added 10 for Slovenia (5-3).Marco Spissu scored 22 points for Italy (4-4), which dropped its last three games in the tournament. Simone Fontecchio scored 16 and Achille Polonara added 13 for Italy.It was the final game before retirement for Italian veteran and former NBA player Gigi Datome. Italy’s captain had one point in 10 minutes on Saturday.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and AP sports: https://apnews.com/sportsSource

Huracán Lee, tormenta tropical Jova y tormenta tropical Margot, en vivo: trayectorias, última hora, noticias y más

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

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British police say they have arrested an ex-soldier facing terrorism charges who escaped from prison.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

LONDON (AP) — British police say they have arrested an ex-soldier facing terrorism charges who escaped from prison.Source

Person barricaded in Miami apartment surrenders to police after alleged armed dispute

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

A person barricaded inside a home in Miami finally surrendered to police peacefully after a standoff that lasted about three hours.It began around 4:30 a.m. on Saturday after Miami Police received a call about a fight where one man was allegedly slashed during the dispute. He was transported to the hospital and is reportedly expected to be okay. The man walked out of a ground-floor apartment in NW 35th St and 19th Ave to a large police presence armed with long rifles. The neighboring apartments were evacuated while authorities tried to convince the man to come out. Children appeared to be in the unit as well. Detectives continue investigating the incident. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Thousands still without power after severe thunderstorms moved through region

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

Storms rolled through much of southern New England Friday afternoon, bringing down trees and utility poles while knocking out power for thousands of people.As of Saturday morning at 8 a.m., some 39,000 customers were without power across the Bay State alone, according to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency’s outage map.Around 77 percent of Andover, totaling more than 11,00 customers, is out of power, and North Andover, Lawrence are all experiencing significant outages as of Saturday morning.In terms of damage, scenes across the region included one in Andover where crews were responding to report of a tree that splintered and fell onto a vehicle. In Maynard, strong winds knocked down trees and electrical poles while in Tewksbury, a tree was completely uprooted and ripped up a sidewalk.Heavy winds and rain in Andover topped trees into power lines, blocked roads and smashed cars. Susan Lerner said a tree hit two of her cars and her house.“The tree hit and split the car,...