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Oscar Pistorius’ lawyer: ‘Mistake’ to deny parole, appealing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:25:24 GMT

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — There was an “obvious mistake” in the process to deny Oscar Pistorius parole last week and the former Olympic runner is seeking to overturn that decision and have a new hearing to be considered for early release from prison as soon as possible, his lawyer told The Associated Press on Monday.“I’m confident that common sense will prevail,” lawyer Julian Knight said, claiming that Pistorius was not given credit in his parole application for an extra year and four months he has served in prison after being convicted of murder for the 2013 shooting of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.The 36-year-old Pistorius was denied parole on Friday because he hasn’t served the minimum amount of jail time required, a parole board said, a surprise reasoning that prompted criticism of the Department of Corrections for holding the hearing at all if Pistorius wasn’t eligible. The parole board ruled that he will only be eligible in August 2024.PistoriusR...

Close title race exposing tensions at Bayern Munich

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:25:24 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich is back on top of the Bundesliga after beating main rival Borussia Dortmund but the closest title race in years is exposing uncharacteristic tensions at the Bavarian powerhouse.Bayern chief executive Oliver Kahn and former player Lothar Matthäus delivered a heated exchange Saturday before the team’s win over Dortmund with Kahn angrily defending the club’s treatment of Julian Nagelsmann, who was fired as coach the week before. Kahn acknowledged it had been a “catastrophe” that Nagelsmann learned of his dismissal from the media and not from the club directly but denied Bayern club was at fault, saying it had tried several times to reach him. Nagelsmann was on vacation at the time during the international break.The coach’s management team later contradicted Kahn’s account, telling Sky TV that it heard nothing from the club before telephoning Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidžić for an explanation after seeing the media reports of Nagelsmann’s fi...

Mujer de Virginia muere apuñalada en hotel al noreste de DC

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:25:24 GMT

Una mujer de Virginia fue apuñalada hasta la muerte dentro de una habitación de hotel en el noreste de DC el viernes, informó la policía.Los oficiales respondieron al Ivy City Hotel en la cuadra 1600 de New York Avenue NE alrededor de las 7 p.m. el viernes y encontraron a una mujer muerta por heridas de arma blanca, según el Departamento de Policía Metropolitana.La víctima fue identificada como Christy Bautista, de 31 años, de Harrisonburg, Virginia.Según la familia de Bautista, ella estaba visitando el Distrito para un concierto y no creen que conociera a su atacante.George Sydnor Jr., de 43 años, fue arrestado y acusado de asesinato en primer grado.Esta es una historia en desarrollo. Quédate con Telemundo 44 para más actualizaciones.Esta historia tiene elementos que podrían no funcionar en nuestra aplicación. Pulsa aquí para abrir la historia en el navegador de internet. Source

Falling out of love? Messi whistled by PSG fans, again

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:25:24 GMT

PARIS (AP) — The relationship between Lionel Messi and PSG fans is not getting better. It’s actually turning bitter.Less than a week after he scored a hat-trick and surpassed 100 career goals for Argentina, the world champion was whistled by sections of supporters before and during PSG’s 1-0 home loss to Lyon on Sunday amid persistent rumors he could leave the club soon. The former Barcelona star, who is out of contract at the end of the season, did not look better than the rest of his teammates at the Parc des Princes. He was involved in a few good moves, but also lost the ball 26 times as the French league leaders suffered a second straight defeat without scoring. PSG has lost eight of its 18 games in all competitions in 2023. It’s the most defeats after 18 games in a calendar year since Qatari owners took over the club more than a decade ago with the ambition of making it one of the most successful in Europe.Despite the hundreds of millions of euros invested, th...

Denver Broncos player arrested in Florida

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:25:24 GMT

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (KDVR) — Denver Broncos cornerback Faion Hicks was arrested in South Florida over the weekend, according to police. Hicks, 24, grew up in South Florida and was stopped by Hallandale Beach Police.According to officers, he was cited for disobeying a stop sign, driving with an expired license and carrying a concealed firearm without a permit. Colorado Rockies turn 30 this season, announce plans to celebrate Hicks was able to post bond and is no longer in custody in Hallandale Beach. Hicks was selected by the Broncos in the seventh round of the 2021 draft. He played two games as a cornerback in the 2022 season. This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue extinguish mobile home blaze

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:25:24 GMT

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue was dispatched to the scene of a mobile home fire at 869 NE 63rd St, Monday. Just after midnight, first responders discovered a single mobile home that was engulfed in flames.Despite the intensity of the blaze, firefighters were able to bring the fire under control within 10 minutes and completely extinguish it within 20 minutes. While the mobile home was severely damaged, there were no injuries reported.At the time of the fire, the residents of the property were not home. An investigation into the cause of the fire is currently underway.

50 years ago, he made the first cell phone call

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:25:24 GMT

(CNN) — On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk on sixth avenue in Manhattan with a device the size of a brick and made the first public call from a cell phone to one of the men he’d been competing with to develop the device.“I’m calling you on a cell phone, but a real cell phone, a personal, handheld, portable cell phone,” Cooper, then an engineer at Motorola, said on the phone to Joel Engel, head of AT&T-owned Bell Labs.While cell phones would not be available to the average consumer for another decade, anyone walking by Cooper on the street that day could have seen history being made.In the fifty years since that first call, Cooper’s bulky device has evolved and been replaced by a wide range of thinner, faster phones that are now ubiquitous and reshaping industries, culture and the way we relate to one another and ourselves. But while the vast reach and impact of cell phones may have caught some off guard, Cooper said the possib...

Bear Grylls’ new challenge: Helping Zelenskyy rebuild Ukraine

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:25:24 GMT

Famous British adventurer Bear Grylls has joined Ukraine’s fight against Russia, raising cash to help rebuild war-torn Kyiv apartments. In a statement to POLITICO, Grylls said he was “proud” to be supporting the people of Ukraine, and added that he wanted to “support the millions of people who have had their lives torn apart by this war.”Grylls — who recently met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv for a British TV documentary — also said that he knows from training experience that survivors develop a “quiet courage and resilience that becomes their character,” attributes which he sees in the Ukrainian people who have been under attack from a Russian assault for more than a year. Grylls has become famous over the past two decades for starring in TV survival shows in which he defies brutal weather conditions, harsh environments, hunger and thirst. Last week, he officially became an ambassador for the Rebuild Ukraine program, which aims to restore 18 apar...

The four astronauts NASA selected for historic moon flyby mission

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:25:24 GMT

(CNN) — Members of the crew who will helm the first moon mission in five decades were revealed on Monday, queuing up the quartet to begin training for their historic lunar flyby that is set to take off in November 2024.The astronauts are NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency.Wiseman is a 47-year-old decorated naval aviator and test pilot who was first selected to be a NASA astronaut in 2009. He’s completed one prior spaceflight, a 165-day trip to the International Space Station that launched aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket in 2014. Most recently, Wiseman served as chief of the astronaut office before stepping down in November 2022, making him eligible for a flight assignment.Hansen, 47, is a fighter pilot who was selected by the Canadian Space Agency for astronaut training in 2009. He is one of only four active Canadian astronauts, and he recently became the first Canadian to be put in charge of tra...

Lowell man faces slew of charges after allegedly causing multiple crashes on Mass Pike, fleeing into swamp

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:25:24 GMT

A 33-year-old man from Lowell is facing a number of OUI and motor vehicle charges after state police say he caused multiple crashes on the Mass Pike before his arrest over the weekend.Massachusetts State Police spokesman David Procopio said Carlos Rodriguez is facing at least twelve separate charges after troopers arrested him in Charlton Sunday evening.According to Procopio, it was around 5:30 p.m. when state police started receiving multiple reports of a gold Cadillac being driven erratically on the Pike headed westbound, causing multiple crashes as he continued to drive.When located by troopers at the 82.8 mile marker in Charlton, the suspect refused to stop and caused a pursuit that soon ended after the suspect caused another crash, leading the pursuing trooper to stop and tend to the crash victim(s).Procopio said a total of two vehicles allegedly struck by Rodriguez included a Toyota RAV 4 SUV driven by a 62-year-old from Utica, NY, who was not injured, and an Audi Q5 driven by...