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Olympic gymnastics champion Gabby Douglas says she is aiming for the 2024 Paris Games

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:08:47 GMT

Gabby Douglas, the first Black woman to win the Olympic all-around gymnastics title, is taking aim at the 2024 Games in Paris.Douglas announced on her Instagram page Thursday that she is making a comeback attempt, a dozen years after her triumph in London in 2012 and eight years after her last competition, the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.“I wanted to find the joy again for the sport that I absolutely love doing,” Douglas posted. “I know I have a huge task ahead of me and I am beyond grateful and excited to get back out on the floor.” The now 27-year-old Douglas also posted video of herself practicing uneven bars, her signature event. Douglas is the second Olympic champion in recent weeks to say they are pointing toward Paris.Simone Biles, who won the all-around gold in Rio and was teammates with Douglas on the five-woman U.S. squad that cruised to the team gold in Brazil, is returning to competition at the U.S. Classic in Chicago in early August.Douglas has yet to outline a time...

Hollywood actors poised to join writers on strike after talks collapse

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:08:47 GMT

FILE - Actors and comedians Tina Fey, center, and Fred Armisen, right, join striking members of the Writers Guild of America on the picket line during a rally outside Silvercup Studios, Tuesday May 9, 2023, in New York. Unionized Hollywood actors on the verge of a strike have agreed to allow a last-minute intervention from federal mediators but say they doubt a deal will be reached by a negotiation deadline late Wednesday, July 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)(AP/Bebeto Matthews) FILE - Actors and comedians Tina Fey, center, and Fred Armisen, right, join striking members of the Writers Guild of America on the picket line during a rally outside Silvercup Studios, Tuesday May 9, 2023, in New York. Unionized Hollywood actors on the verge of a strike have ag...

Fiscalía de Guatemala realiza allanamientos en Tribunal Supremo Electoral en medio de investigación a partido Semilla

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:08:47 GMT

(CNN) — La Fiscalía Especial contra la Impunidad (FECI) de Guatemala realiza este jueves diligencias de “allanamiento, inspección, registro y secuestro de evidencia” en la sede del Registro de Ciudadanos del Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE), informó el Ministerio Público en Twitter.Esto ocurre un día después de que un tribunal ordenara la suspensión de la agrupación Semilla, cuyo candidato Bernardo Arévalo avanzó a la segunda vuelta presidencial. El Ministerio Público dice que en su investigación “existen indicios que posiblemente más de 5.000 ciudadanos habrían sido adheridos ilegalmente al movimiento Semilla, mediante falsificación de documentos. Así también, al menos 12 personas fallecidas habrían sido inscritas en dicho partido político”.Tribunal de Guatemala suspende la personería jurídica del Movimiento Semilla, el partido del candidato presidencial Bernardo ArévaloIrma Palencia, presidenta del TSE, se manifestó sorprendida ante las diligencias. “Esa invasión a la instit...

Christian Pulisic signs with US-owned AC Milan to revive his club career before home World Cup

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:08:47 GMT

MILAN (AP) — Christian Pulisic will attempt to revive his sagging club career at American-owned AC Milan leading into a home World Cup in the United States in 2026.Milan announced on Thursday that Pulisic has signed a four-year deal with the club, with the Rossoneri retaining the option for a further season.Considered the top U.S. player, the 24-year-old Pulisic struggled with injuries and never fully lived up to expectations at Chelsea. He has left the London club with a year left on his contract.The midfielder-forward is set to become the third American to play for the Rossoneri after Oguchi Onyewu and Sergiño Dest.Milan, which is owned by American investment firm RedBird, paid a transfer fee of 20 million euros ($22 million) for Pulisic, according to the Gazzetta dello Sport. That’s less than a third of what Chelsea paid Borussia Dortmund for Pulisic in 2019.“I’m very happy to be here. I’m excited. I’m excited to start with this historic club,” Pulisic told reporters waiting for ...

Lo que el presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, quería de la OTAN, y lo que obtuvo

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:08:47 GMT

(CNN) — En la cumbre de la OTAN del año pasado, en Madrid, la alianza invitó formalmente a Suecia y Finlandia a unirse a sus filas. En la cumbre de este año, en Vilna, el presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, esperaba que la Alianza Atlántica le otorgara a su país el mismo favor.Pero no ocurrió. En su comunicado final, emitido este miércoles por la noche, la OTAN afirmó que “el futuro de Ucrania está en la OTAN”, pero no dijo cuándo podría comenzar ese futuro.A lo largo de la invasión rusa, los aliados occidentales se han preocupado por aprobar lo que Kyiv ha pedido: primero, artillería; luego, tanques Leopard; después, aviones de combate F-16 y luego, municiones en racimo. Cada vez, lo que al principio parecía estar más allá de los límites, eventualmente llegó a ser visto por algunos miembros como sensato y justo.Pero la pertenencia a la OTAN es mucho más importante que el equipamiento militar, y puede pasar algún tiempo antes de que se conceda el último deseo de Kyiv. E...

Report: Colorado crime cost $27 billion last year

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:08:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- As Colorado's crime rates have risen, so too have the costs. Free market think tank Common Sense Institute released its annual Cost of Crime analysis, wherein researchers calculate the direct and indirect economic hole left by violence, theft, fraud and property damage. The study included the period between 2008 and 2023.Costs include unrecovered stolen property, damaged property, victims’ out-of-pocket medical expenses, the cost of police, courts and correctional institutions, and lost earnings by both victims and perpetrators who are arrested and convicted. Murder is the highest costing crime in the analysis at $8.8 million per incident. Report: Taylor Swift legions about to drop $200 M on Eras In 2022, the cost of all police-reported crime was $10.9 billion in total. The cost of all crime was $27.2 billion - about $4,623 per every Coloradan. The cost has gone down since 2021, but CSI warns the current crime rate is too expensive in any case. "In 2021, after an...

Broward County couple arrested for operating prostitution-linked massage parlors

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:08:47 GMT

A couple was arrested for allegedly operating a network of massage parlors involved in prostitution, money laundering, and racketeering across Broward County. The crackdown came after an extensive investigation carried out by multiple agencies.The probe, which began in October 2022, zeroed in on various massage parlors and spas scattered throughout Broward County. Working together, detectives from the Broward Sheriff’s Office Strategic Investigations Division, along with Homeland Security Investigations, the Miramar Police Department, and the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, investigated the shady dealings. The agencies were able to pinpoint four key locations: 2464 E. Commercial Blvd. and 5130 N. Federal Hwy in Fort Lauderdale, 1001 E. Sample Rd. in Deerfield Beach, and 134 E. McNab Rd. in Pompano Beach. Investigators concluded that the establishments were raking in hefty illegal profits through prostitution-related activities. The accused individuals are Catalina Soto, Yon...

Andrew Tate sues Florida woman, saying her lies led to human trafficking case

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:08:47 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Controversial social media personality Andrew Tate and his brother are suing a Florida woman, saying she falsely accused them of imprisoning her in Romania, leading to their arrest there on human trafficking charges.The widely followed former professional kickboxer and his brother, Tristan, are seeking at least $5 million in the lawsuit, which was filed in Palm Beach County against the woman, her parents, another woman who lived at the Tates’ Bucharest estate and a male friend of the woman.The Tates say the five conspired to falsely accuse them of human trafficking and rape, costing them their freedom and millions of dollars in income from their lucrative social media, podcasting and business ventures. The lawsuit says the woman and her parents are residents of Palm Beach County, which is why it was filed there on Tuesday.Romanian officials arrested the Tates in December and indicted them last month, saying the brothers forced seven victims into po...

Spain votes by mail in record numbers, as conservatives feud with the postal service

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:08:47 GMT

MADRID — Spain’s conservatives have a new boogeyman: The postal service. Ahead of next weekend’s national election, post offices across the country have been mobbed by voters seeking to sign up for mail-in balloting before the deadline for that option expires this Thursday. Spain’s center-right Popular Party, however, isn’t happy — and is accusing the postal service of meddling in the election. According to Correos, the state-owned postal service, a whopping 94,000 Spaniards filed for mail-in voting on Wednesday. Madrid resident Alejandro Rodríguez, who is registered to vote in his hometown of Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, was one of them.“I waited until the last moment, more because of laziness than anything else,” he admitted sheepishly. “But fortunately it was all super straightforward: I came extra early, at 8:30 in the morning, and there was barely any line so I was done within 15 minutes.”It’s the first time that Spain ...

Fossil fuels still ‘elephant in the room’ as COP28 chief lays out plan

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:08:47 GMT

The COP28 presidency’s long-awaited plan for this year’s climate summit in Dubai spotlights renewables but sidesteps questions over the role of fossil fuels. With less than five months until the conference kicks off, COP28 President Sultan Al-Jaber has come under increasing pressure to outline a clearer vision for the talks. On Thursday, during a visit to Brussels, the embattled COP leader finally presented an agenda — a plan that was widely welcomed as a step forward but criticized for its muddled message on fossil fuels. “Today, I am calling on all of us to disrupt business as usual, unite around decisive action and achieve game-changing results,” Al-Jaber told officials attending the annual Ministerial on Climate Action, a conference co-convened by the EU, Canada and China. Calling on countries to engage in “brutally honest” negotiations at the summit, Al-Jaber said his plan was “guided by a single north star, and that is keeping 1.5C within reach.”He out...