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A medida que Occidente avanza hacia los autos eléctricos, aquí es donde van a parar los indeseados devoradores de gasolina

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:14:42 GMT

Cotonú, Benín (CNN) — De pie sobre el pedregoso suelo del bullicioso estacionamiento del Fifa Park, Rokeeb Yaya regatea el precio de un auto rojo oscuro. Es uno de los dos centenares vehículos aparcados en largas filas que se extienden por el inmenso estacionamiento, algunos relucientes y nuevos, otros abollados y polvorientos.El auto que le interesa a Yaya, un Ford Escape 2008 fabricado en EE.UU., está a la venta por unos US$ 4.000. Es relativamente asequible — los coches estadounidenses son más baratos que la mayoría de las otras marcas del lote — y quiere cambiar su moto por un carro. No le interesa la historia del vehículo, dice, solo que se lo puede permitir.Pero el hecho de que este Ford acabara aquí — en uno de los mayores estacionamientos de la ciudad portuaria de Cotonú — contribuye a explicar cómo muchos de los autos occidentales que consumen mucha gasolina empiezan una segunda vida en África Occidental.Salen a subasta 230 autos clásicos de co...

Adams has career-high 4 hits, Nationals beat Tigers 6-4

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:14:42 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Riley Adams had a career-high four hits and finished a triple short of the cycle as the Washington Nationals tied their season high with 18 hits in a 6-4 win over the Detroit Tigers 6-4 on Sunday.The backup catcher homered, singled and doubled in his first three at-bats, then hit a bloop double in the seventh in his first game since May 14.“Getting pitches in the zone and being aggressive,” said Adams, whose averaged jumped from .192 to .300 in eight games. “It’s been a goal of mine to be a little more aggressive and swing at strikes. That was the best part and hopefully we can build on that for next time.”Ildemaro Vargas hit his first home run since last Aug. 28 and Jeimer Candelario had four singles.Josiah Gray (4-5) allowed one run and three hits over five inning but matched his career high with six walks. He has allowed two earned runs or fewer in eight of his past nine starts.Hunter Harvey pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save.Nick Maton ...

Bailey hits 1st big league homer, squeezes in a run, Giants beat Marlins 7-5

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:14:42 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Patrick Bailey hit his first major league homer and drove in a run with a squeeze bunt, helping the San Francisco Giants beat the Miami Marlins 7-5 on Sunday for their fifth win in six games.Two days after making his major league debut and less than 24 hours after getting his first hit, the 23-year-old catcher homered in the second off Jesús Luzardo and bunted in a run in a two-run sixth for a 6-4 lead.“Obviously the home run was cool but one of my biggest priorities here at the plate is just put up quality ABs and do what we need to do to win games,” Bailey said. “To be able to kind of get all the milestones out in the weekend and settle in is pretty cool.”J.D. Davis hit his team-leading eighth home run in the third inning, then doubled and scored the go-ahead run on Mitch Haniger’s sixth-inning single on a day when the Giants latest crop of young players repeatedly came through.“It was a team effort and I thought the guys had a good plan and approach against L...

Brooks Koepka delivers another major performance to win PGA

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:14:42 GMT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — All those injuries that made Brooks Koepka wonder if he was still among golf’s elite were put to rest Sunday at Oak Hill when he beat the strongest field of the year and won the PGA Championship for his fifth major title.Determined as ever to restore his reputation as the player to beat in the majors, Koepka ran off three quick birdies early, never lost the lead amid a gritty fight from Viktor Hovland and closed with a 3-under 67 for a two-shot victory.He won his third Wanamaker Trophy — only Jack Nicklaus and Walter Hagen with five and Tiger Woods with four have won the PGA Championship more time — and captured his first major in four years.And to think the 18 months Koepka was so wounded he felt he couldn’t compete, a decision that might have led to him leaving the PGA Tour for Saudi-funded LIV Golf in a shocking move last June after the U.S. Open.In the Netflix series “Full Swing” that began aired earlier this year, he was quoted as saying his c...

Miami hit-and-run leads to police-involved crash; officer hurt

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:14:42 GMT

A City of Miami Police officer encountered danger on duty after a hit-and-run led to another crash.Miami Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the officer-involved crash near Northwest 58th Street and 17th Avenue, at around 11:30 a.m., Sunday.Investigators said the hit-and-run took place in the area of Northwest 54th Street and 17th Avenue.Following that first collision, police said, the victim of the hit-and-run started chasing the other driver, who ended up crashing into a Miami Police patrol vehicle.The officer involved was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Small plane pilot OK after landing gear malfunction at North Perry Airport

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:14:42 GMT

A pilot faced some plane problems while trying to land at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines.Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue crews responded to the airport, located at 101 SW 777th Way, Sunday afternoon.Officials said a small plane that had taken off from Jacksonville earlier in the day had a landing gear malfunction right after it touched down safely for its landing.The pilot, who officials believe was the only person on board, was not injured.

Cooler and drier air moving in

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:14:42 GMT

After a warm and sunny end to the weekend, some cooler and drier air is set to move in to start the work week. On Monday expect temperatures in the 60s, with 50s likely on the coastline as a northeasterly wind takes over during the afternoon.Tuesday will be a little warmer but still in the 60s, 50s along the coastline. We warm up considerably Wednesday as winds shift out of the west, reaching the upper 70s for most of the area.

Explosion in Kingston sends person to hospital with serious injuries; resident was allegedly ‘manufacturing fireworks in the basement’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:14:42 GMT

An explosion in Kingston sent a person to the hospital with serious injuries on Sunday after the resident was allegedly “manufacturing fireworks in the basement,” according to officials.The explosion happened at a home on Nobadeer Circle in the Plymouth County town.“The Kingston Fire Department, along with the Kingston Massachusetts Police Department, Massachusetts State Fire Marshal’s Office and Mass State Police Bomb squad, is operating at a residence on Nobadeer Circle after an explosion sent a resident to a Boston hospital with serious injuries,” Kingston Fire & Emergency Management wrote on social media.“It is believed the occupant was manufacturing fireworks in the basement,” Kingston Fire & Emergency Management added.Residents were told to avoid the area while the investigation was underway.

SpaceX sends Saudi astronauts, including nation’s 1st woman in space, to International Space Station

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:14:42 GMT

By MARCIA DUNN (AP Aerospace Writer)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight Sunday.SpaceX launched the ticket-holding crew, led by a retired NASA astronaut now working for the company that arranged the trip. Also on board: a U.S. businessman who now owns a sports car racing team.The four should reach the space station in their capsule Monday morning; they’ll spend just over a week there before returning home with a splashdown off the Florida coast.Sponsored by the Saudi Arabian government, Rayyanah Barnawi, a stem cell researcher, became the first woman from the kingdom to go to space. She was joined by Ali al-Qarni, a fighter pilot with the Royal Saudi Air Force.They’re the first from their country to ride a rocket since a Saudi prince launched aboard shuttle Discovery in 1985. In a quirk of timing, they’ll be greeted at the station ...

Celtics’ Derrick White returns to starting lineup for critical Game 3 against Heat

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:14:42 GMT

MIAMI — Under dire circumstances in Game 6 against Philadelphia, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla moved Robert Williams back into the starting lineup, a shift that helped turn the series.Facing a similar situation – down 2-0 heading into Sunday’s Game 3 – Mazzulla changed it back. The Celtics returned to the smaller starting lineup that they played with for most of the regular season, inserting Derrick White in place of Robert WilliamsThe lineup change wasn’t much of a surprise after Mazzulla went back to start the second half of Game 2, when the Celtics started strong and ultimately turned a four-point halftime deficit into an eight-point lead entering the fourth quarter.“I thought it gave us a different look,” Mazzulla said. “I thought we were able to change the matchups a little bit. I thought we got off to a good start.”Part of the thought process to moving back into the starting lineup was to help the Celtics get into their spacing better offensively after some tough stretches with t...