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Prince Harry’s battle with British tabloids heads for courtroom showdown

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:06:35 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry’s battle with the British press is headed for a showdown in a London courtroom this week with the publisher of the Daily Mirror.The Duke of Sussex is scheduled to testify in the High Court after his lawyer presents opening statements Monday in the first of his legal cases to go to trial and one of three alleging tabloids unlawfully snooped on him in their cutthroat competition for scoops on the royal family.Harry will be the first member of the British royal family in more than a century to testify in court and is expected to describe his anguish and anger over being hounded by the media throughout his life, and its impact on those around him.Harry, 38, has blamed paparazzi for causing the car crash that killed his mother, the late Princess Diana, and said harassment and intrusion by the U.K. press, including allegedly racist articles, ultimately led him and his wife, Meghan, to flee to the U.S. in 2020 and leave royal life behind.Articles he has cited dat...

No. 1 Wake Forest dominant, joins Oral Roberts and 7 others moving on in NCAA Tournament

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:06:35 GMT

No. 1 national seed Wake Forest completed one of the most dominant runs through an NCAA Tournament regional Sunday and joined Oral Roberts of the Summit League and seven others advancing to super regionals. The Demon Deacons beat George Mason 15-1 in the final in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and outscored their three opponents by a combined 48-7.Oral Roberts extended its win streak to 21 games and became the eighth No. 4 regional seed since 2006 to make a super regional when it held off Dallas Baptist 6-5 in Stillwater, Oklahoma.No. 7 Virginia, No. 14 Indiana State, No. 15 South Carolina, No. 16 Alabama, Tennessee, Texas and Oregon also wrapped up regionals.Virginia defeated East Carolina 8-3 in Charlottesville to make a super regional for the second time in three years. Indiana State, hosting a regional for the first time, won 11-8 over Iowa to make its first super regional. South Carolina, which entered the tournament with losses in 11 of 14 games, beat Campbell 16-7 and is back...

McNairy has 11 Ks, Alabama beats Boston College 8-0, wins Tuscaloosa Regional

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:06:35 GMT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Jacob McNairy had 11 strikeouts over 7 2/3 scoreless innings, Mac Guscette hit a two-RBI single to cap a four-run first inning and Alabama beat Boston College 8-0 Sunday night to win the Tuscaloosa Regional and advance to the Crimson Tide’s first super regional since 2010. Andrew Pinckney drew a two-out walk on four pitches, Drew Williamson was hit by the first pitch he saw and Dominic Tamez walked on four consecutive balls to load the bases and Pinckney scored when the next pitch hit Colby Shelton. Ed Johnson worked an eight-pitch at-bat for an RBI walk before Guscette made it 4-0 in the first inning. McNairy (7-2) allowed just three hits and three walks for Alabama (42-19). Hagan Banks walked the first two batters he faced before he got Joe Vetrano to fly out to end the eighth inning and Hunter Hoopes walked Nick Wang and moved to second base on a single by Cameron Leary but a fly out, a pop out and a groundout ended the game. Boston College (37-19) t...

Ataque armado deja al menos cinco muertos y ocho heridos en Guayaquil, Ecuador

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:06:35 GMT

(CNN Español) — Al menos cinco personas murieron y ocho más resultaron heridas este domingo luego de que sujetos abrieran fuego en una vivienda ubicada en la Isla Trinitaria de Guayaquil, Ecuador, informó a medios de comunicación el comandante regional de la Policía Nacional, Fabary Montalvo Calderón.Montalvo dijo que entre los fallecidos hay un funcionario policial que trabajaba en una oficina del Servicio Integrado de Seguridad ECU 911, aunque no adelantó ninguna hipótesis sobre el ataque.El comandante indicó que –según testigos– tres sujetos llegaron al domicilio en una motocicleta y entraron al lugar, donde abrieron fuego.Los heridos fueron trasladados a hospitales de la ciudad, dijo Montalvo, aunque no detalló en qué condición estaban.Hasta este domingo no se reportaban arrestos por el ataque.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Oregon tops Xavier 11-2 to win Nashville Regional, reach super regionals for 1st time in 11 years

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:06:35 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Drew Cowley hit a three-run home run and drove in four runs as Oregon beat Xavier for the second time in three games, 11-2 Sunday night to win the Nashville Regional and earn its first berth in the super regionals in 11 years.The Ducks (40-20) were in their third straight regional tournament as the No. 2 seed.Freshman Grayson Grinsell started and worked four scoreless innings for Oregon, giving up three hits, walking two and striking out seven. Logan Mercado worked the final four innings and allowed just one earned run on six hits. Sabin Ceballos put the Ducks on the board with a solo home run in the fourth and Cowley laced an RBI double to right center field to cap a three-run fifth. Rikuu Nishida. laced a double to right center with the bases loaded to score three runs in the sixth, then scored on Cowley’s three-run homer.Xavier used six pitchers and allowed just seven combined base hits, but issued 10 walks. ___AP college sports: https://apnews.com/h...

Jimenez, Brown work 7 scoreless innings of relief, Oregon State eliminates Sam Houston at regional

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:06:35 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Aiden Jimenez and Ryan Brown combined to pitch seven scoreless innings of relief, Brady Kasper’s two-run single gave Oregon State the lead for good and the Beavers beat Sam Houston 3-1 Sunday night in an elimination game at the Baton Rouge Regional. Oregon State (41-19), which lost 6-5 to LSU earlier Sunday. advances to face the Tigers on Monday. The Beavers need two wins — and LSU just one — to win the regional and advance to the super regionals. Mikey Kane hit an RBI double in the top of the fourth inning and scored on a two-RBI single by Brady Kasper to give Oregon State a 3-1 lead. Oregon State starter Ian Lawson walked four batters and gave up a hit and a run before being relieved in the top of the third by Jimenez (5-2), who struck out six while allowing three hits over six scoreless innings. Ryan Brown gave up back-to-back two-out singles before he Jake Tatom to fly out to end the game and earn his 11th save of the season. Starter Marshall Wales ...

No Russia sympathizers: Ukraine eyes postwar elections

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:06:35 GMT

BRUSSELS — Ukraine might still be at war, but it’s already gearing up for elections in peace time — and weighing how to deal with Russian infiltrators.Hundreds of miles from the battlefield, Ukrainian officials were in Brussels last week to discuss how to organize the country’s first postwar elections — which will be closely watched within the European Union — and in this sphere too, fear of Russian interference looms large.In an interview with POLITICO, Ukraine’s top election official Oleh Didenko said his country needed to prepare for the risk that Russia would try to “install their representatives, their agents, in Ukrainian authorities.”Ukraine was set to hold a parliamentary election in October, and a presidential election next year — but preparations for both of these have been put on hold because of the war.“I understand that Ukraine should ensure democratic standards when conducting postwar elections in terms of the rights of being elected...

Saudi Arabia welcomes Venezuelan leader Maduro, reaching out to yet another US foe

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:06:35 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has welcomed Venzuelan President Nicolas Maduro on an official visit, reaching out to yet another U.S. foe as the oil-rich kingdom engages in a flurry of diplomacy.Maduro arrived late Sunday in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, where he was greeted by Saudi officials, according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency. It did not give a reason for the visit or elaborate on his schedule, but Saudi Arabia is hosting an international conference on combating extremism later this week in the capital, Riyadh. The gathering will be co-chaired by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.Saudi Arabia has been a close U.S. ally for decades, but relations have been strained in recent years. Over the last few months, the kingdom has restored relations with Iran’s theocracy and Syria’s President Bashar Assad — both seen as pariahs in the West.Last month, the Saudis welcomed Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a close Western ally, to an A...

Israel’s Netanyahu appoints new media advisor, journalist who had called Biden ‘unfit,’ report says

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:06:35 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed a new media advisor who has tweeted critically against President Joe Biden, the daily Haaretz reported. The appointment comes at a time when U.S.-Israel relations are strained.Gilad Zwick, a journalist with a conservative Israeli TV station, has in his tweets called Biden “unfit” to rule and said that he was “slowly but surely destroying America.” He also posted tweets suggesting he supported President Donald Trump’s false claims that the 2020 U.S. election was rigged. The tweets were still online Monday.Both Netanyahu’s office and Zwick did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Zwick previously worked for Israel Hayom, a pro-Netanyahu daily.Zwick’s appointment comes as ties between Israel and its closest ally, the United States, are fraught over a contentious Israeli government plan to overhaul the judiciary and over the government’s ultranationalist character.B...

‘It was tough’: WWII veterans return to Utah Beach to commemorate D-Day

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:06:35 GMT

ON UTAH BEACH, France (AP) — Looking at the vastness of Utah Beach, its sand blowing in strong wind and bright sunshine, made Robert Gibson’s memory of D-Day even more vivid.“It was tough,” the 99-year-old veteran said of the moment when he landed there on June 6, 1944 alongside more than 150,000 other Allied troops.Gibson was among dozens of World War II veterans, mostly Americans and British, who traveled to Normandy this week to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, commemorating the decisive assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control.He remembered “lots of casualties. We had almost run over bodies to get in the beach. Never forget we were only 18, 19 years old. … I’m glad I made it.”Gibson landed on Utah Beach on D-Day in the second wave, after the assault troops. He survived to continue fighting in Normandy and eventually into Germany.The first job of his battalion, he said, was “to guard an ammunition dump and the first ni...