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Rangers twice let lead slip in 2-2 draw with PSV Eindhoven in Champions League playoff 1st leg

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:37:04 GMT

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Rangers twice let a lead slip away in a 2-2 draw with PSV Eindhoven in the first leg of a Champions League qualifying playoff on Tuesday.PSV captain Luuk de Jong’s header in the 80th minute — though he appeared to know little about the decisive contact he made — was a second leveler for the 1988 European Cup winner which hosts the return game next week.In other playoff first legs, Royal Antwerp held on with 10 men from the 50th minute for a 1-0 win over visiting AEK Athens, and Copenhagen won 1-0 in Poland against competition debutant Raków Częstochowa.Second-leg games are on Aug. 30 and winners advance to the lucrative 32-team group stage which is drawn the next day in Monaco.Rangers and PSV played to another 2-2 draw in Glasgow as they did at the same stage in Champions League qualifying exactly one year ago. Then, Rangers went on to win 1-0 in Eindhoven.The Scottish club first led in the 45th when Senegal forward Abdallah Sima sent a rising shot past goal...

Mike Trout returns to the Angels’ lineup after a 7-week absence with a broken hand

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:37:04 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Three-time AL MVP Mike Trout has returned to the Los Angeles Angels’ lineup after missing 38 games with a broken bone in his left hand.The Angels activated Trout before they hosted the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday night.Trout hasn’t played since July 3, when he broke the hamate bone by fouling off a pitch in the eighth inning. The 32-year-old superstar had surgery to repair the break, and he returned to the lineup seven weeks after the injury.Trout is batting .263 with 18 homers, 44 RBIs and a .862 OPS this season, his third consecutive campaign in which he has missed several weeks of playing time due to injury. He was still named the AL All-Star team for the 11th consecutive season, not counting 2020, despite currently having his lowest OPS since his rookie season in 2011.The Angels went 16-22 in Trout’s absence, including 11 losses in their last 18 games to fall to the fringe of the AL playoff race despite another stellar season from AL MVP f...

Ex-New York police chief who once led Gilgo Beach probe charged with soliciting sex in park

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:37:04 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A former suburban New York police chief who once led the Gilgo Beach killings investigation and later went to prison for beating a suspect was arrested again Tuesday after authorities say he attempted to engage in sex with an undercover ranger at a Long Island park.James Burke, Suffolk County’s police chief from 2012 to 2015, was arrested around 10:15 a.m. at Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park in Farmingville after exposing himself to the ranger and saying he was interested in oral sex, according to an arrest report obtained by the Associated Press.Burke, 58, then attempted to leverage his status as a former law enforcement official to get out of the arrest, which was part of a targeted operation spurred by complaints about people soliciting sex in the park, officials said at a news conference Tuesday.As he was being taken into custody, Burke asked the rangers if they knew who he was and told them that getting arrested would be a “public humiliation for him,” Sgt. ...

Transformer explosion cuts power to thousands in Arlington

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:37:04 GMT

A Dominion Energy employee suffered burns after a transformer exploded in Arlington, Virginia, leading to thousands of outages.Approximately 10,000 customers lost electricity around Crystal City and Pentagon City. Dominion Energy spokeswoman Peggy Fox said the incident began around noon, and that the injured employee was expected to recover.Fox attributed the transformer explosion to a fault in an underground cable. Dominion said power should be restored by Tuesday night.Arlington Now reported that county fire personnel responded to a large number of stuck elevator calls in the area, owing to the sudden outage.Reagan National Airport also briefly lost power around noon. A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said the issue there was resolved quickly, and it was unclear if the two outages were related.Outage mapSource

Denver weather: Pinpoint Weather Alert Day for heat advisory

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:37:04 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — There are still a few more days of summer heat in Denver weather with forecast highs in the 90s. But the best chance for rain in August arrives along the Front Range by the weekend to cool it down, according to Pinpoint Weather, Colorado’s Most Accurate Forecast.Tuesday is a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day with a heat advisory in effect for the Denver metro area and northeastern Colorado.Rain chances for the next week from Pinpoint WeatherWeather tonight: Another mild and breezy nightThere will be a few clouds drifting across the area during the overnight hours. It will be breezy at times with southerly winds up to 15 mph. Temperatures will be warm again across the Eastern Plains and in metro Denver. More refreshing overnight lows will be in the Colorado mountains.Overnight lows by Wednesday morning across ColoradoWeather tomorrow: Still hot with passing cloudsTemperatures look to return to the 90s in metro Denver on Wednesday. That would make the 27th day this summer the...

Colorado property tax relief measure cleared for November ballot

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:37:04 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado's Supreme Court has cleared the way for voters to decide on a property tax relief measure this November.Proposition HH would lower property tax rates for the next 10 years and backfill local government revenues with surplus tax money — that's the money normally refunded to Coloradans as "TABOR checks" under the Taxpayer Bill of Rights. Attorney John Eastman surrenders in Trump’s Georgia case The ballot measure was under a challenge from 12 counties and the conservative group Advance Colorado. They argued the measure addresses too many topics, in violation of the Colorado Constitution, which requires a single subject and clear title for ballot measures.A Denver District judge rejected the challenge, and in an opinion on Monday, the state's high court agreed. The court found that, based on precedent, neither court has jurisdiction to review whether Prop HH meets single-subject requirements "unless and until those measures have been approved by Colorado voter...

Florida state troopers take 16-year-old from Ohio into custody after assaulting and fleeing officers

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:37:04 GMT

Florida Highway Patrol shared a video of a pursuit in Doral.The pursuit was after a young male who assaulted a police officer in Opa-Locka and took off in a stolen vehicle, according to a Hialeah Police officer.The dashboard camera video showed the moment the trooper tapped the rear of the white sedan, then followed it as the driver dangerously through Doral. The car also drove over a concrete median ending up on the wrong side of traffic. It all came to an end when that trooper made a pit maneuver, pinning the car between the cruiser and a utility pole.The dashcam also caught the driver escaping the car and making a run for it. An Only In Dade video captured the incident from a different angle after the driver jumped out and tried to get away. But police and troopers eventually took him into custody, later confirming that the suspect is a 16-year-old from Ohio. He’s facing multiple charges including fleeing and eluding, and resisting officer without violence to his person. P...

Florida Missing Child Alert issued for 4-year-old girl in Miami; mother a suspect

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:37:04 GMT

A Florida Missing Child Alert was issued for a 4-year-old girl in Miami. The child, Carolina Rodriguez Vizcarra, was last seen in the area of the 200th block of Northwest 15th Street, Tuesday. According to Miami Police, the child may be with her mother, 34-year-old Carolina Vizcarra Olvera.They believe the child may be in danger of death or serious bodily injury. Police are taking this case seriously because of an incident that occurred back in October of 2021. A plainclothes officer, who was at a hospital attending a family member, saw Olvera, who told the officer she needed to use the restroom and to watch her child until she got back. She never returned and abandoned her child at the hospital. If you have any information concerning the child’s whereabouts, you are urged to contact the Miami Police Department at 305-579-6111.

Coconut Creek woman’s McDonald’s rampage ends in arrest, courtroom drama

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:37:04 GMT

A woman’s wild tantrum inside a Coconut Creek McDonald’s landed her in handcuffs, and it was all caught on video that made the rounds on social media.Last week, chaos erupted at the McDonald’s spot on 4200 Sample Road.Nirva Pierre, a 32-year-old, now finds herself in hot water, charged with burglary with assault or battery, criminal mischief, and child abuse, according to authorities.In a Tuesday court appearance, it was revealed that Pierre’s meltdown was sparked by a mix-up with her order. The video circulating online showed her storming behind the counter, grabbing a coffee pot, and launching it at employees.Nirva PierreThe commotion caused a 17-year-old employee to get hit, their distress evident from the cries heard on the video.Regulars at the McDonald’s chimed in with their reactions.“That’s just crazy,” said Anthony Williams. “Where are we living now?”Adam Brown shook his head, saying, “Oh my God. I feel bad. ...

New rescue center for dolphins opens on Cape Cod

Published Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:37:04 GMT

A new rescue center for dolphins has opened on Cape Cod, designed to provide care for stranded dolphins on the Cape and improve their chances of survival. The International Fund for Animal Welfare rescue center is located in Orleans and is the first of its kind in this area. 7NEWS recently got a look inside as staff say they’re excited to be able to help dolphins. “Because of where we’ve located the facility, we are about 20 minutes from all of our most frequent stranding locations,” said Brian Sharp of the International Fund for Animal Welfare. “That’s what we’re going to concentrate on because that’s where it most frequently occurs.”The area sees more instances of live mass strandings of dolphins than anywhere else in the world. Until now, though, there had not been any similar facilities for dolphins north of Florida. Now open, the new facility in Orleans occupies a formal retail space with a room containing two large pools and extensive equipment to maintain the r...