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Russian defense chief wants wartime missile output doubled

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:12 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s defense chief on Tuesday urged a state company to double its missile output, as a possible Ukrainian counteroffensive looms and both sides in the 14-month war reportedly feel an ammunition crunch.Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking at a meeting with top military brass, said the state-owned Tactical Missiles Corporation had been fulfilling its contracts in a timely manner.But, Shoigu added, “right now it is necessary to double the production of high-precision weapons in the shortest possible time.”Analysts have been trying to figure out whether Russia is running low on high-precision ammunition, as its missile barrages against Ukraine have become less frequent and smaller in scale.The U.K. defense ministry noted in an assessment Tuesday that “logistics problems remain at the heart of Russia’s struggling campaign in Ukraine.”“Russia does not have enough munitions to achieve success on the offensive,” it said.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on...

Woman identifies 4 of 7 bodies found by authorities in rural Oklahoma as her daughter and grandchildren

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:12 GMT

HENRYETTA, Okla. (AP) — Woman identifies 4 of 7 bodies found by authorities in rural Oklahoma as her daughter and grandchildren.Source

Comcast, NFL Network reach new carriage agreement

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:12 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Comcast subscribers will be able to view the NFL Network after all. The cable company said Tuesday morning in a statement that there is a new carriage agreement. The old one expired Monday. The NFL is expected to announce its regular-season schedule on May 11.NBCUniversal, which airs “Sunday Night Football,” is owned by Comcast. Comcast has 16.1 million subscribers according to a company filing in March.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://twitter.com/AP_NFLSource

NBA Playoffs: 76ers win without their MVP, Chris Paul hurt

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:12 GMT

The Philadelphia 76ers pulled off a Game 1 stunner in Boston without their MVP — and maybe the MVP of the whole league.And the Phoenix Suns watched Chris Paul walk off with an injury, making a bad start to their series with the Denver Nuggets seem even worse.Philadelphia — without Joel Embiid — remained the only unbeaten team left in these NBA playoffs by topping Boston 119-115 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series, behind a 45-point masterpiece from James Harden.Nikola Jokic scored 39 points and Denver topped Phoenix 97-87, a game where the Nuggets trailed by eight points in the third quarter when Paul got hurt. The Nuggets then went on a 46-26 run over the next 16 minutes to take control.WHAT’S NEXT?Tuesday’s schedule has Game 2 of the Miami-New York series, and Game 1 of the Western Conference series between Golden State and the Los Angeles Lakers.Philadelphia will play Game 2 at Boston on Wednesday.HOW TO WATCH— The Heat-Knicks and Lakers-Warriors matchups...

Biden contempla enviar tropas a la frontera con México ante el fin del Título 42, según NBC News

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:12 GMT

El gobierno de Joe Biden está considerando enviar tropas militares a la frontera sur con México para respaldar a la Patrulla Fronteriza ante el fin del Título 42 el próximo 11 de mayo, según confirmaron varias fuentes a NBC. Hasta el momento se desconoce cuántas patrullas se enviarían y cuándo, pero la medida se tomaría ante el temor que tienen las autoridades de una llegada masiva de migrantes a partir de esa fecha. Los militares no estarán armados y no arrestarán a los migrantes, serán del servicio activo y no de la Guardia Nacional, de acuerdo con oficiales. El gobierno de Donald Trump militarizó la frontera y envió en su momento más de 5,000 soldados. Biden está considerando enviar muchos menos militares, agregaron las fuentes. ¿Qué pasará con el Título 42 cuando termine el estado de emergencia por el COVID-19? Crisis migratoria: hasta cuándo seguirán las expulsiones en la frontera El Título 42, las restricciones de Covid-19 ...

Woman IDs her daughter, 3 grandchildren among 7 Oklahoma bodies

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:12 GMT

A woman said Tuesday that her daughter and three grandchildren were among the seven people found dead at a rural Oklahoma property during a search for two missing teens and a convicted sex offender.Janette Mayo, 59, of Westville, Oklahoma, said the Okmulgee County Sheriff’s Office notified her late Monday that the other four victims were her daughter, Holly Guess, 35, and her grandchildren, Rylee Elizabeth Allen, 17, Michael James Mayo, 15, and Tiffany Dore Guess, 13.Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice said Monday that the state medical examiner would have to confirm the identities of the victims, but “we believe that we have found the persons.” He said Monday that the bodies were believed to include those of 14-year-old Ivy Webster and 16-year-old Brittany Brewer, along with Jesse McFadden, the felon authorities had said the teens were traveling with.“We are no longer looking,” Rice said. “We believe to have found everything that we were seeking this morning. Our hearts go out to the...

False active shooter calls lead to evacuations, alerts at several South Florida campuses

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:12 GMT

Multiple higher education campuses were on high alert following what appeared to be false active shooter calls made to police. The first alert was made to Florida International University just before 9:30 a.m. The campus-wide alert was described as a “dangerous situation” and prompted those in the area to evacuate. https://twitter.com/FIU/status/1653390447501275137?s=20According to FIU Police, that incident began inside one of their Acamedic Health buildings. As a result, nearby streets were closed as police investigated. Nearly 30 minutes after the alert went out, FIU Police confirmed officers were on the scene searching the building but that the call appeared to be false. https://twitter.com/FIUPOLICE/status/1653398456784887808?s=20While police investigated the situation at FIU, Fort Lauderdale Police were called to Broward College regarding heavy police activity at one of their buildings in the downtown area. Police confirmed there was no threat or victims and the a...

Biden admin asks for 1,500 troops at US-Mexico border

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:12 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has requested 1,500 troops for the U.S.-Mexico border amid an expected migrant surge following the end of pandemic-era restrictions, according to three administration officials.The troops would be sent down to focus on administrative tasks so that U.S. Customs and Border Protection can work in the field, two of the officials said. They would not do law enforcement work. The officials were not authorized to speak publicly about the request because it had not yet been approved and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.The COVID-19 restrictions allowed U.S. officials to turn away tens of thousands of migrants crossing the southern border. Those restrictions will lift May 11. The Biden administration has already made major changes to tighten the border ahead of time.

MBTA determines what caused equipment to fall at Harvard station, striking nearby woman

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:12 GMT

Officials at the MBTA say it was the corrosion of support straps that likely caused a piece of equipment to fall at Harvard station Monday night, striking and injuring a woman on the platform.The woman injured suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Cambridge Fire Department, which was called to the incident around 4:30 p.m. after a 200-pound piece of electrical equipment fell at the station’s Red Line inbound platform.A spokesperson for the MBTA said at the time that a utility box that was attached to a column “slid to [the] bottom of the column,” with a supporting brace making contact with the woman, who was nearby.In an update on Tuesday morning, the T said the utility box had been safely removed and that officials determined the cause of the incident was “corrosion on the support straps that secured the box to the column.”“General Manager Phil Eng personally visited the site and directed that every station be immediately inspected ...

Hollywood writers begin strike, late-night shows to go dark

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:55:12 GMT

By JAKE COYLE (AP Film Writer)NEW YORK (AP) — Television and movie writers soured by Hollywood’s low pay in the streaming era went on strike for the first time in 15 years on Tuesday, meaning late-night and variety shows would be the first programs to go dark. The labor dispute could have a cascading effect on TV and film productions depending on how long the strike lasts, and it comes as streaming services are under growing pressure from Wall Street to show profits. The Writers Guild of America’s 11,500 unionized screenwriters prepared to picket after negotiations with studios, which began in March, failed by Monday’s deadline to yield a new contract. All script writing is to immediately cease, the guild informed its members.The guild is seeking higher minimum pay, less thinly staffed writing rooms, shorter exclusive contracts and a reworking of residual pay — all conditions the WGA says have been diminished in the content boom driven by streaming....