Bayer Leverkusen signs Switzerland midfielder Granit Xhaka from Arsenal
Published Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:43:20 GMT
LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen has brought Switzerland midfielder Granit Xhaka back to the Bundesliga from English Premier League side Arsenal.The 30-year-old Xhaka signed a contract through June 2028, Leverkusen said on Thursday.“In Granit we were able to win an absolute top professional for ourselves,” Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes said. “His footballing quality is known everywhere. But there are few players who can lead so well thanks to an outstanding mentality and personality.”Neither Leverkusen nor Arsenal divulged the transfer fee. Online sports website The Athletic reported it was 25 million euros ($27.1 million) “although sources close to Leverkusen are insisting the fee is lower.”Xhaka played 268 games for Arsenal since joining the London-based club in 2016 from Borussia Mönchengladbach. He helped the team to second place in the league last season with seven goals in 37 games. He scored 21 altogether for Arsenal.Xhaka also impressed in four years a...Conservative groups lose bid to see Delaware university’s records involving Biden senate papers
Published Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:43:20 GMT
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A conservative media outlet and an activist group won’t be allowed access to records related to President Joe Biden’s gift of his Senate papers to the University of Delaware, after the state Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed a judge’s ruling in favor of the university.The records have been the subject of multiple Freedom of Information Act requests, and the legal battle is playing out amid increased scrutiny of the handling of government documents by elected officials. The FBI searched the University of Delaware earlier this year for classified documents as part of its investigation into the potential mishandling of government records by Biden.In 2012, when Biden was vice president, he gave his alma more than 1,850 boxes of archived papers and 415 gigabytes of electronic records from his 36 years in the Senate. The donation is subject to a gift agreement that prohibits the records from being made publicly available until two years after Biden “retires from ...Malas noticias para viajeros nerviosos: por qué las turbulencias empeorarán con los años
Published Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:43:20 GMT
Un estudio reciente de investigadores de la Universidad de Reading en Inglaterra proporciona una idea de cómo ha cambiado la turbulencia en las últimas décadas.Los autores del artículo dicen que su investigación “representa la mejor evidencia hasta ahora de que [la turbulencia en el aire despejado] ha aumentado en las últimas cuatro décadas, en consonancia con los efectos esperados del cambio climático”.“A menos que hagamos algo drástico, habrá más turbulencias en las próximas décadas”, dice Paul Williams, profesor de ciencia atmosférica en la Universidad de Reading y coautor del estudio.Las turbulencias durante un vuelo pueden ser una experiencia incómoda para muchos, desde leves baches hasta instancias más graves de aviones dañados y pasajeros heridos.Con millones de personas que se van de vacaciones de verano, un estudio reciente de investigadores en Inglaterra proporciona una lectura desafiante pero importante.Según el análisis, que se publicó en Geophysi...Owner of the submersible that imploded during Titanic dive suspends operations
Published Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:43:20 GMT
The company that owned a submersible that fatally imploded on its way to explore the wreck of the Titanic said Thursday it has suspended operations.OceanGate, a company based in Everett, Washington, owned the Titan submersible that is believed to have imploded as it made its descent on June 18 in the North Atlantic. The implosion killed all five people on board, including Stockton Rush, the submersible’s pilot and the chief executive officer of the company.The company’s website said Thursday that it “has suspended all exploration and commercial operations.”The Coast Guard is investigating the implosion.OceanGate is based in the U.S. and OceanGate Expeditions, a related company that led the Titan’s dives to the Titanic, is registered in the Bahamas. The Titan submersible itself “was not a U.S. flagged vessel and was never certified or certificated by the U.S. Coast Guard,” the Coast Guard has said.SourceOceanGate suspende todas las operaciones de exploración y comerciales tras la implosión del submarino Titan, según su página web
Published Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:43:20 GMT
(CNN) — OceanGate -propietaria del submarino Titán que implosionó trágicamente durante un viaje al Titanic- dice haber suspendido sus operaciones de exploración y comerciales, según su página web.“OceanGate suspendió todas las operaciones de exploración y comerciales”, se lee en la parte superior del sitio web oficial de la empresa.En el sitio web siguen apareciendo videos de equipos y expediciones, así como descripciones de las expediciones ofrecidas, incluidas las visitas a los restos del Titanic.Un exempleado de OceanGate envió un inquietante correo electrónico que planteaba problemas de seguridad sobre el submarino Titán, revela informeCNN se puso en contacto con OceanGate para obtener más información.Su CEO, Stockton Rush, fue una de las personas que fallecieron en la implosión del sumergible Titán.Con información de Josh DuLac.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.SourceOceanGate, owner of the submersible that imploded on its voyage to the Titanic, says it’s suspending all operations
Published Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:43:20 GMT
EVERETT, Washington (AP) — OceanGate, owner of the submersible that imploded on its voyage to the Titanic, says it’s suspending all operations.SourceDenver weather: Severe thunderstorms on this Pinpoint Weather Alert Day
Published Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:43:20 GMT
DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will feature another chance for rain and thunderstorms on Thursday. Pinpoint Weather: Severe weather outlook on July 6. A Pinpoint Weather Alert Day has been issued for thunderstorms that could become strong to severe Thursday afternoon. The main threats will be large hail that could be golf ball- to tennis ball-sized, damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph, locally heavy rainfall and the possibility of tornadoes, especially east of Denver.Weather today: Morning fog, afternoon storms Dense fog advisories are in effect along the Interstate 25 corridor until 9 a.m. Thursday. Visibility at times could be less than one mile, so plan for extra travel time this morning and remember to use low-beam lights when driving through areas with low visibility due to fog. Officer opens fire at suspects targeting homeless encampments with fireworks Pinpoint Weather: Daily advisories on July 6.Morning fog will be followed by early afternoon sunshine, which will hel...Denver metro home prices steady in June
Published Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:43:20 GMT
DENVER (KDVR) — People aren't selling their homes as much in the Denver metro, but that doesn't mean prices are staying down. Large hail, gusty winds, tornadoes possible for these areas Thursday The median closing price of a Denver metro home has been nosing back up after it fell from historic highs last spring, according to the July market report from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors. The median close price for a detached single-family home was $655,000 in June, the same as in May. The median close price had reached nearly $700,000 last April before dipping just under $600,000 in the winter of 2022.Denver housing market low on inventoryThe lack of available homes is keeping prices higher. Denver's housing market is simply low on inventory, though not as critically as in 2022. There has been a 23.2% drop in the number of new listings compared to the same period last year. Experts say mortgage golden handcuffs are the cause. "Why are fewer homeowners choosing to sell?" aske...Did CSU researchers just find the oldest-known case of cannibalism?
Published Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:43:20 GMT
DENVER (KDVR) -- Researchers from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Colorado State University have uncovered evidence of what might be the oldest known case of cannibalism.They found cut marks on a 1.45-million-year-old shin bone from a relative of Homo sapiens in Kenya. How CU students challenged a popular astrophysics theory The study's author, Briana Pobiner, is a paleoanthropologist at the National Museum of Natural History. She discovered the tibia bone at a museum in Kenya when she was looking for bite marks or clues about prehistoric hunting and eating habits. Instead, she noticed the marks that immediately looked like those on other animal fossils that were being processed for consumption, according to a release from CSU. Evidence of butchery?Pobiner used dental molding materials to send a copy of the bone to co-author Michael Pante, a professor of anthropology at CSU, so he could perform a 3D analysis of the fossil bone.She did not give Pante details ...Eagles to bring farewell tour to Denver with Steely Dan
Published Tue, 03 Dec 2024 17:43:20 GMT
DENVER (KDVR) — After more than 50 years of touring, the Eagles are saying goodbye.The Grammy award-winning rock band is hitting the road one last time and bringing "The Long Goodbye" tour to the Mile High City. Legacy band members Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit — along with Vince Gill and Deacon Frey, son of the late Glenn Frey — will be at Ball Arena on Oct. 5.Steely Dan will be attending as a special guest. "Our long run has lasted far longer than any of us ever dreamed. But, everything has its time, and the time has come for us to close the circle," the Eagles said on their website. Red Rocks explains how it warns people of severe weather The Eagles originally formed in Los Angeles in 1971 and have been producing hits for five decades. Most notably, the band has given the world songs like "Hotel California," "Take it Easy," "Lyin' Eyes" and "One of These Nights."The Eagles' "Their Greatest Hits" album was the first album to ever be certified platinum and continue...Latest news
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