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German soccer league finds 2 more men to replace 2 men who replaced female CEO

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:10 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — The German soccer league will appoint two more men to take over as chief executive officers from the two men who took over from a woman last year.Marc Lenz and Steffen Merkel are to assume duties as co-CEOs on July 1, taking over from Axel Hellmann and Oliver Leki, the league, known as the DFL, said in a statement on Thursday.Hellmann and Leki took over on an interim basis from Donata Hopfen last December when she stepped down from the role as head of Germany’s top two soccer divisions after less than a year in charge.Hopfen became the DFL’s first female CEO when she took over from Christian Seifert on a three-year contract from January 2022, but she struggled to impose her vision to resolve longstanding questions on issues such as the league’s 50-plus-1 rule limiting the role of outside investors, marketing at home and abroad, and the sale of media rights.She suggested in a social media post she did not receive the support she needed from league members to make requir...

ANÁLISIS | Por qué Mike Pence ya tiene problemas en la carrera presidencial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:10 GMT

(CNN) — La vicepresidencia puede ser un trampolín hacia la presidencia. Si no que se lo pregunten a Joe Biden, que descubrió que servir como número dos de Barack Obama era el billete para ganar la nominación de su partido a la presidencia después de dos intentos fallidos.El exvicepresidente Mike Pence, que participó este miércoles por la noche en un debate público en CNN tras declarar su candidatura para 2024, ya se encuentra con un camino a la Casa Blanca mucho más pedregoso que el de Biden. Apenas llega al 4% en las encuestas nacionales, mientras que Biden entró en la carrera de 2020 como favorito.Esto refleja la historia, que muestra que aunque ser vicepresidente a menudo se correlaciona con el éxito en futuras ambiciones presidenciales, está lejos de ser una garantía.Piense en los últimos vicepresidentes que intentaron ascender en sus cargos. Biden llegó a presidente, pero el republicano Dick Cheney nunca se presentó. El demócrata Al Gore se aseguró fácilmente el apoyo del...

Watch: Boulder County announces cause of Marshall Fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — It has been nearly 18 months since the Marshall Fire devastated parts of Boulder County. Thursday, the Boulder County Sherriff's Office discusses the origin of Colorado's most destructive wildfire. You can watch the news conference in full in the player above as well as on FOX31 at 10 a.m.BCSO said they would discuss the "investigate outcome" of the Marshall Fire. Over the past 18 months, FOX31 has asked the sheriff's office about three potential causes based on viewer videos, tips, discussion and rumors within the community. Those include a fire at the property owned by Twelve Tribes, downed Xcel Energy power lines, and the Marshall coal mine fires underground. Man walking 5 years after Amtrak crash paralyzed him Those who were impacted by the fire are anxiously waiting for the announcement. “It’s mixed feelings because it won’t change what happened, but maybe it’ll bring closure to understand what happened,” said Jessica Carson, whose home burned down in the Mars...

Sold-out crowd supports Nuggets from Ball Arena

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:10 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Ball Arena was a sellout for the Denver Nuggets Game 3 watch party versus the Miami Heat.Tickets purchased for $20 allowed fans to watch the game on the big screen, high above the court.Claudia Duran bought tickets for her family near the first row.“I’m calling this a family affair,” Duran said. Nuggets bounce back for Game 3 win in Miami Duran, her daughter, her daughter’s boyfriend and Duran’s grandchild were all wearing navy blue and gold Nuggets gear.“I think it would be great for the city,” said Duran. “I mean, it just continues to uplift what we really like in Colorado, which is rooting on our home team.”Food and beverage were available for purchase.Rocky the mascot and the Denver Nuggets cheerleaders also performed.Arena officials said the Game 4 watch party, set for Friday night, is also a sellout. The Nuggets won Wednesday night 109-94.

2 hospitalized after stabbing in Tamarac

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:10 GMT

Two people were hospitalized after a stabbing in a Tamarac neighborhood. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a call around 8:40 a.m. Thursday near the 5900 block of Northwest 57th Court. When authorities arrived, they discovered a man and woman with apparent stab wounds. They were both transported by Tamarac Fire Rescue to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Witnesses remained on the scene and spoke to law enforcement officers. BSO’s Crime Scene and Special Victim’s Unit detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding this active incident.

Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama redistricting case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:10 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a surprising 5-4 ruling in favor of Black voters in a congressional redistricting case, ordering the creation of a second district with a large Black population.Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined with the court’s liberals in affirming a lower-court ruling that found a likely violation of the Voting Rights Act in an Alabama congressional map with one majority Black seat out of seven congressional districts in a state where more than one in four residents is Black.The case had been closely watched for its potential to weaken the landmark voting rights law.The court had allowed the challenged map to be used for the 2022 elections and at arguments in October, the justices appeared willing to make it harder to use the voting rights law to challenge redistricting plans as racially discriminatory.The chief justice himself suggested last year that he was open to changes in the way courts weigh discrimina...

Reports of student with gun prompts lockdown at 2 Fort Lauderdale schools; suspect in custody

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:10 GMT

Two Fort Lauderdale schools were briefly placed on lockdown as police responded to reports of a student brandishing a firearm in the presence of another student. The incident occurred Thursday morning just before 7:15 a.m. at Dillard High School, located at 2501 NW 11th Street, prompting a swift response from law enforcement.While officers initiated a thorough search of the school, they gathered information that suggested the student in question had already left the school.After expanding their search, the suspect was located just before 10 a.m. in the 700 block of NW 10th Avenue. The suspect was safely taken into custody.As a precautionary measure, both Dillard High School and Dillard Elementary were immediately placed on lockdown, ensuring the safety and security of students and staff. Once the suspect was apprehended, authorities downgraded the lockdown status to “code secure” and lifted the lockdown. Authorities have not released any additional details. The motive be...

Secrecy around von der Leyen’s vaccine texts hurting EU reputation, say campaigners

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:10 GMT

It’s the story that just won’t go away.The European Commission’s refusal to engage openly about text messages that may have been exchanged between its president and the Pfizer CEO as part of EU vaccine contract negotiations came under fire from transparency activists Thursday, who said that the secrecy is “slowly chipping away at public trust.”Rachel Hanna, deputy director of NGO Access Info Europe, said the way the Commission had handled a request by Alexander Fanta, a journalist for German news site Netzpolitik, to access text messages allegedly exchanged between Ursula von der Leyen and Albert Bourla, goes against the EU’s own regulations, which aims to give citizens the widest possible access to documents.The refusal to share the text messages, said Hanna, “denies the public its fundamental right.”The Commission has never confirmed the existence of the messages, which were first disclosed in a New York Times interview with Ursula v...

China seeking to spy on the US from a base in Cuba

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:10 GMT

China is in talks with Cuba to establish a foothold there to spy on the United States, two senior U.S. officials said, a provocative move that already has lawmakers warning about parallels to the Cold War.The officials, granted anonymity to discuss an extremely sensitive intelligence matter, said that China was in direct conversations with Cuba to set up a base on the island nation just 100 miles from the U.S. It would allow Beijing to collect signals intelligence on southeastern portions of America, home to many military facilities and major industries. Evidence of the negotiations came to light in recent weeks, they said.Such a base would threaten to derail the Biden administration’s efforts to “thaw” out frosty relations with Beijing. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is reportedly planning to visit China in the coming weeks, a trip that was postponed already after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon traversing the U.S. Diplomacy with China continues mainly at the econo...

DOJ: Wakefield man arrested for allegedly trying to aid ISIS via gift card reselling scheme

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:51:10 GMT

An 18-year-old man from Wakefield, Mass., was arrested for allegedly trying to provide support for ISIS via a plot to sell gift cards on the dark web, according to law officials.Mateo Ventura was charged on Thursday with one count of “knowingly concealing the source of material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization,” according to a news release from the office of acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Joshua Levy.Citing charging documents, Levy’s office described how Ventura allegedly provided gift cards to an individual he thought was a supporter of ISIS, with the intention of the cards being sold on the dark web and profits being used to support the terrorist organization.“Ventura allegedly stated that he wanted the proceeds to go to ISIS ‘for war on kuffar,’ (disbelievers),” the release stated. “In total, it is alleged that between January and May 2023, Ventura donated $705 intended to support ISI...