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Bridge: July 17, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:00 GMT

When you make a mistake (and every monkey falls out of a tree occasionally), look where you slipped, not where you fell.Today’s South played at four hearts. (Three notrump would have been a fine spot but tough to reach.) South won the first club with the queen, drew trumps and tried a diamond to dummy’s queen. East took the king and returned a club.Declarer won and had to attack the spades. He led low to dummy’s jack, losing to East’s king, and ducked the spade return, hoping West had held the doubleton ace. Alas, down one.HIGH CLUBSSouth fell when he tried to find a lucky lie of the spades, but he slipped earlier. After South draws trumps, he can take two more high clubs, pitching a diamond from dummy, and then lead the ace and queen of diamonds.The defender who wins is end-played. He must lead a diamond or a club, letting South discard a spade and ruff in dummy, or break the spades to South’s advantage.Learning from your mistakes is a route to improve...

Horoscopes July 17, 2023: Luke Bryan, be the one to make a difference

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:00 GMT

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Luke Bryan, 47; Carey Hart, 48; David Hasselhoff, 71; Donald Sutherland, 88.Happy Birthday: An open mind will absorb information that will help you excel this year. Use your imagination to explore the possibilities and enrich your life. A passionate approach to life, love and happiness will prompt you to dream big. Change may not be your thing, but it will help you achieve your long-term goals this year. Step up and be the one to make a difference. Your numbers are 4, 11, 20, 24, 36, 39, 45.ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don’t let outside influences cause upset. Concentrate on using your intelligence and knowledge to outmaneuver anyone in your way. Let your actions speak for you, and align yourself with people who share your concerns and goals. Mix business with pleasure. 2 starsTAURUS (April 20-May 20): Move forward, but don’t make unnecessary changes. Focus on what makes you feel good about yourself and improves your health, appeal and ability...

Más de 1,300 vuelos en EEUU son cancelados debido a tormentas severas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:00 GMT

Se cancelaron más de 1,300 vuelos hacia y desde el noreste debido a que las tormentas continuaron azotando la región durante el fin de semana.Más de 1,320 vuelos hacia y desde EEUU fueron cancelados hasta el domingo por la tarde, con más de 350 de ellos llegando y saliendo del Aeropuerto Internacional Newark Liberty, según el rastreador en línea FlightAware.El clima severo provocó paradas en tierra en los aeropuertos John F. Kennedy y LaGuardia en Nueva York y el aeropuerto de Newark en Nueva Jersey, según la Administración Federal de Aviación. Ambas aerolíneas anunciaron en Twitter que estaban experimentando interrupciones en los vuelos debido a las condiciones climáticas y alentaron a los viajeros a consultar con sus aerolíneas antes de dirigirse al aeropuerto. Millones en EEUU y el mundo se enfrentan a temperaturas récord Inundación mortal: ascienden a 5 los muertos; niño de 9 meses entre los desaparecidos Las tormentas eléctri...

Elton John has been called as a defense witness in Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:00 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Elton John has been called as a defense witness in Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial.Source

Rusia dice que el acuerdo sobre cereales del Mar Negro con Ucrania “se ha terminado”

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:00 GMT

(CNN) — El Gobierno ruso permite que expire el acuerdo sobre los cereales del Mar Negro, al afirmar este lunes que “se ha dado por terminado”.El acuerdo, negociado por Turquía y las Naciones Unidas en julio de 2022, expiraba oficialmente este lunes a las 17.00 horas ET (medianoche local en Estambul, Kyiv y Moscú). El acuerdo permitía a Ucrania exportar grano desde sus puertos y navegar de forma segura a través del mar Negro, hasta el estrecho del Bósforo, en Turquía.“Desgraciadamente, la parte de los acuerdos del Mar Negro que concierne a Rusia no se ha aplicado hasta ahora”, declaró este lunes a la prensa el portavoz del Kremlin, Dmitri Peskov. “Por lo tanto, su acuerdo se ha dado por terminado. En cuanto se complete la parte que concierne a Rusia, la parte rusa retomará inmediatamente la aplicación de este acuerdo”.Cómo funciona el acuerdo del Mar NegroEl Gobierno ruso informó formalmente a Turquía, Ucrania y las Naciones Unidas que deja e...

Estados Unidos da “luz verde” a los países europeos para entrenar a los ucranianos en aviones de combate F-16, dice un funcionario de Biden

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:00 GMT

(CNN) — Estados Unidos permitirá que los países europeos entrenen a los ucranianos en aviones de combate F-16, confirmó este domingo un alto funcionario de la administración Biden, una bendición potencial para los esfuerzos de Ucrania para contrarrestar la superioridad aérea de Rusia.“El presidente ha dado luz verde y permitiremos, apoyaremos, facilitaremos y, de hecho, proporcionaremos las herramientas necesarias para que los ucranianos comiencen a ser entrenados en aviones tipo F-16, tan pronto como los europeos estén preparados”, le dijo el asesor de seguridad nacional de Estados Unidos, Jake Sullivan, a Jake Tapper de CNN en “State of the Union”.La decisión consolida un cambio radical para el presidente Joe Biden, quien dijo a principios de este año que no creía que Ucrania necesitara los F-16. Uno de los principales problemas a los que se han enfrentado las fuerzas terrestres de Kyiv a medida que se pone en marcha su contraofensiva es que el poder aéreo ruso la frena. Rus...

Destiny Media: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:00 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Destiny Media Technologies Inc. (DSNY) on Monday reported earnings of $107,000 in its fiscal third quarter.The Vancouver, British Columbia-based company said it had net income of 1 cent per share.The distributor of secured pre-release music and video posted revenue of $1.1 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on DSNY at https://www.zacks.com/ap/DSNYSource

México: autoridades hallan a más de 300 migrantes en cajas de camiones

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:00 GMT

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO – En dos eventos, el Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) identificó este domingo a 303 migrantes extranjeros que eran transportados en cajas de camiones de carga tipo torton y un tractocamión.Los migrantes rescatados por las autoridades migratorias mexicanas dijeron ser originarios de Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Cuba y la India.De acuerdo con el organismo del Gobierno mexicano, una primera detención se dio en la carretera Orizaba-Puebla, en el centro del país, durante un operativo de verificación. Pese a nuevas restricciones: caravana de migrantes venezolanos parte desde México Activistas realizan huelga por presuntos abusos sexuales de oficiales a migrantes Se le procedió a hacerle el alto al conductor del vehículo torton, el cual era acompañado de una camioneta de color blanco.“Al revisar la caja de carga fueron localizados 107 extranjeros provenientes de Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador...

GOP and FBI are at odds as Republicans move to stop the agency’s new headquarters after Trump probes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:00 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested recently he might stop the FBI from relocating its downtown headquarters to a new facility planned for the Washington suburbs, it was more than idle thinking about an office renovation.The nod from the Republican speaker is elevating a once-fringe proposal to upend the FBI in the aftermath of the federal indictment of Donald Trump over classified documents and the Justice Department’s prosecution of his allies, including some of the nearly 1,000 people charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.Moving from far-right corners into the mainstream, the emerging effort to overhaul the nation’s premier law enforcement agency is rooted in increasingly forceful conservative complaints about an overly biased FBI that they claim is being weaponized against them. “This is a pretty dramatic reversal of what the politics would have been 50 years ago,” said Beverly Gage, a historian at Yale who won a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for her ...

Exclusive: Mother of Aurora man shot at house party wants justice

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:55:00 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — Armando Ramirez's mother, Jessica Lobato, said he was at a friend's house party when he was shot Sunday morning. Now, he will likely be paralyzed for the rest of his life."He's a hard worker, he's a good kid, friendly kid," Lobato said. "He likes to make money, so he's always finding ways to do little side jobs."Early Sunday morning, Lobato got news no parent wants to hear."I received a door knock, banging. I went downstairs and there were Armando's friends," Lobato said. Shooting in Aurora leaves 1 with life-threatening injuries His friends had to break the news to her that he'd been shot and was taken to the hospital."[The bullet] went through his arm, his chest and his spinal," Lobato said.Ramirez was at a house party in the 13000 block of East Louisiana Avenue when he and his friends told uninvited guests to leave. Aurora Police said the shooting was targeted, and Rameriez was the only person hit."He arrived with no pulse, he lost a lot of blood," Lobato...