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Trump’s bravado tested as legal woes overlap with campaign

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:43 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump stepped into a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday afternoon, his usual bravado was replaced with palpable anger and notable silence as the former president was reduced to a criminal defendant in custody. By the time he returned to his Mar-a-Lago club hours later, he was ready to unleash.“The only crime that I have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it,” the first former president to be indicted told a crowd of hundreds of loyal supporters.Trump made an unlikely transformation from reality television star to U.S. president by tapping into the grievance of Republican voters disillusioned with the political establishment. As he wages a comeback bid for the White House, Trump and his campaign hope that his indictment will serve as a rallying cry that will galvanize the same voters. Already, he has raised millions of dollars off the news.It’s an approach that will test Trump’s “all publicity is good publicit...

AP sources: Frustrated team owners boycott NASCAR meeting

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:43 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR teams boycotted a meeting with series leadership Wednesday as a show of frustration over the slow pace of negotiations on a new business model.Three team representatives told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity that the owners collectively decided to skip the quarterly meeting because they don’t believe NASCAR has negotiated in good faith. The request for anonymity is due to the sensitivity of the negotiations.The owners went public last October with their frustration over what they consider a broken business model in which racetracks and NASCAR make the bulk of the money and teams are forced to fund their organizations through outside sponsorship.NASCAR has said it is willing to work with the teams on financial security, and reiterated that commitment Wednesday after no owners showed for the meeting.“NASCAR is committed to open and productive dialogue on a regular basis with all industry stakeholders,” NASCAR said in a statement. &...

White Sox slugger Jiménez sidelined by strained hamstring

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:43 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox expect slugger Eloy Jiménez to miss two to three weeks because of a strained left hamstring he suffered running the bases.The team placed Jiménez on the 10-day injured list Wednesday and recalled infielder Jake Burger from Triple-A Charlotte.Jiménez sustained a low-grade strain running from first to third on Andrew Vaughn’s RBI double in the seventh inning of Monday’s 12-3 loss to the San Francisco Giants. The White Sox were off Tuesday. “The most important thing was how he was gonna wake up today and walk in here,” manager Pedro Grifol said. “He was in the weight room right now. I saw him, I spoke to him. He’s strong. He feels better than what anybody else thought he was gonna feel like.”The 26-year-old Jiménez is 4 for 19 in five games. He slugged 31 homers as a rookie in 2019, but played in just 55 games in 2021 after rupturing his left pectoral tendon trying to make a leaping catch in spring training. He had surgery on his r...

Indiana’s governor signs bill banning all gender-affirming care for minors, joining other states with health care bans

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:43 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s governor signs bill banning all gender-affirming care for minors, joining other states with health care bans.Source

Assault case dismissed against former Nebraska coach Joseph

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:43 GMT

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The felony assault case against former Nebraska interim head coach and assistant Mickey Joseph was dismissed Wednesday because the alleged victim refuses to testify.Joseph had faced a charge of assault by strangulation or suffocation in connection with a November domestic disturbance at a Lincoln home.A preliminary hearing was scheduled, but prosecutor Erica Pruess told Lancaster County Judge Laurie Yardley the alleged victim emailed her in February to say she wouldn’t testify. Pruess said a law enforcement officer in Arizona, where the alleged victim now lives, unsuccessfully attempted to serve a subpoena compelling the alleged victim to appear as a material witness. According to a court filing Monday, the officer made seven attempts to serve the subpoena at a Phoenix-area residence between March 22-27. The officer said on at least one occasion he saw somebody in the residence through a window.Joseph, dressed in a suit and tie, appeared at Wednesday’...

Aurora police investigating body found in Aurora condo crawl space

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:43 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- Police in Aurora are investigating after a body was found at the Red Sky Condos at 2nd Avenue and Sable Boulevard.Neighbors told FOX31's Courtney Fromm that the body was found in concrete under a bed. The Aurora Police Department later said it was encased in concrete in a crawl space, under the condo.APD has released very limited information about the discovery of the body, other than saying that the major crimes homicide unit is at the scene. Denver area home prices on their way back up According to neighbors, a woman who lived in the apartment was arrested.More details about the circumstances surrounding the incident are expected to be released Wednesday afternoon.This is a breaking story that will be updated as more information becomes available.

Coloradans who stayed in their jobs make 8.1% more now than last March

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:43 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Great Resignation gave workers great pay bumps, but even Coloradans who stayed in their jobs have managed sizable wage gains in the last three years. Labor economics analysts at ADP Research Insights released their March 2023 report on worker pay, using data from 10 million workers who have stayed in their current job or left for new ones. Nationally, those workers who stayed in their jobs made 6.9% more this March than a year ago. Retirees are fleeing Colorado, but one city still attracts them In Colorado, the pay for those employees who remained at their jobs rose even more. Colorado's year-over-year change in annual pay for job stayers was 8.1% in March. Those who have been in the same role for the last 12 months now have an annual median income of $62,100. This means Coloradans who stayed in their jobs outperformed the rest of the U.S., where workers who stayed made an average of 6.9% more this year. Wages for Coloradans who stayed in their jobs through t...

EU plan to buy Ukraine shells hits legal snag over who gets the money

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:43 GMT

BRUSSELS — The devil is now in the (legal) details. Two weeks after the EU announced a historic agreement to give Ukraine piles of ammunition, the bloc is still sorting out the legal specifics of how to actually implement it.The squabble has stalled a first-of-its-kind plan to jointly buy ammunition for Ukraine. EU ambassadors met Wednesday to discuss the issue but were unable to make significant progress on one of the key issues, according to several diplomats with knowledge of the negotiations. The bone of contention remains whether these arms contracts will go exclusively to EU companies (and how to legally define them), or also be open to outside manufacturers. France is pushing for the money to stay within EU borders, several diplomats said. And Greece and Cyprus back Paris in a move that some of the diplomats said is linked to their desire to avoid contracts going to Turkish manufacturers. Two diplomats added that the European Commission, the EU’s executive, also ne...

Chicago Cubs’ series finale against the Cincinnati Reds postponed because of rain

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:43 GMT

The Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds tried to wait out the stormy weather to conclude their three-game series Wednesday.Instead, after a 1-hour, 43-minute rain delay before a pitch was thrown, the series finale was postponed.The game was rescheduled as part of a split doubleheader September 1 at Great American Ball Park. Both games, scheduled to start at 12:10 p.m. and 5:40 p.m., respectively, will be nine innings. Major League Baseball used seven-inning doubleheader games during the 2020 and 2021 seasons.The postponement gives the Cubs back-to-back days off with Thursday’s scheduled off day. They are pushing their starters back one game, lining up Marcus Stroman, Justin Steele and Jameson Taillon to start the weekend series at Wrigley Field against the Texas Rangers. ()

Eloy Jiménez will be out 2-3 weeks — but Chicago White Sox ‘optimistic it’s not going to be anything long-term’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:48:43 GMT

Eloy Jiménez went from first to third on Andrew Vaughn’s double to right field in the seventh inning Monday.The Chicago White Sox outfielder/designated hitter suffered a low-grade left hamstring strain during that sequence. He was placed on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Tuesday, and will miss an estimated two-to-three weeks.“I didn’t really notice anything, I don’t think anybody did until next time at-bat,” Sox manager Pedro Grifol said before Wednesday’s game against the San Francisco Giants at Guaranteed Rate Field.“He had mentioned that he felt a little something in his hamstring and that he could take his at-bat and that he might need a pinch-runner, and then at that point in time, there was just no use taking any chances so we erred on the side of caution.”When healthy, Jiménez is one of the more dangerous hitters in the American League. But he played 84 games last season after spending more than two months on ...