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Mikaela Shiffrin wins World Cup slalom in Killington for record-extending 90th career victory

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:42 GMT

KILLINGTON, Vt. — Mikaela Shiffrin has extended her record of World Cup wins to 90.And she has done so in style.The American two-time Olympic champion dominated a slalom Sunday, pleasing the home crowd by posting the fastest time in both runs on the Superstar course and beating her Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova by 0.33 seconds.“It’s amazing to do this, especially here, with the home crowd,” said Shiffrin, who is from Colorado but can almost consider Killington a hometown race because she honed her skills nearby at the Burke Mountain Academy as a teenager.“It’s just such a good vibe and there’s a little extra intensity because we want this to be good for you guys to watch. I hope it was a good show,” she addressed the spectators in a course-side interview.Shiffrin was put to the test by a frenetic second run from Vlhova, the Olympic champion who led the race by more than a second with only the American left in the start gate.Shiffrin lost half of her first-run lead of 0.28 secon...

Man arrested after stripping naked, disrupting iconic Disneyland ride

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:42 GMT

Disneyland guests on “It’s a Small World” got an unexpected and unwelcome show Sunday when a man stripped nearly naked and got up close and personal with some of the set pieces on the iconic ride.Officers with the Anaheim Police Department responded to the theme park at around 1:30 p.m. to assist Disney security with the incident. Video of the streaker obtained by KTLA shows the man, eerily lit in blue, orange and pink lights, walking around nearly in the buff to the sound of Christmas music. A man was spotted on the "It's a Small World" ride after stripping off most of his clothes on Nov. 26, 2023. (@iheartdisneyland)A man was spotted on the "It's a Small World" ride after stripping off most of his clothes on Nov. 26, 2023. (magic.with.maegra)A 26-year-old man's clothes seen in a pile on the "It's a Small World" ride after he was spotted walking around the ride nearly naked on Nov. 26, 2023. (@iheartdisneyland)“I am on Small World and there was a streaker, I cannot believe this ha...

Monster tumbleweed seen blowing across Southern California road

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:42 GMT

An enormous tumbleweed was captured on video rolling across a road in Southern California last week. Video circulating on X, formerly Twitter, shows the massive tumbleweed rolling over one span of the road, over the median and on to the other side of the road in the direction of traffic. The National Weather Service even reposted the video, saying that a gargantuan tumbleweed was spotted in Simi Valley the day before.  California’s top cheeseburger joint is in L.A., according to Yelp Preliminary reports indicated that the video was taken in Simi Valley, but further investigation revealed that the actual location of the video was near Fairview Park on Placentia Avenue in Costa Mesa. Video circulating on X, formerly Twitter, shows the massive tumbleweed roll over one span of the roadway, over the median and on to the other side of the road in the direction of traffic. (X/@gunsnrosesgirl3 via @tuidelescribano)Many were quick to comment on the colossal tumbleweed, ...

Coastal flood advisory issued for parts of Bay Area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:42 GMT

(KRON) -- The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood advisory for Monday for the San Francisco Bay and North Bay shorelines.The advisory warns of possible minor coastal flooding due to high astronomical tides. Areas around San Francisco Bay and the North Bay could be subjected to minor flooding, with seawater on low lying areas. Flooding could also occur on roadways and underpasses, coastal trails and sidewalks, and accessways to beaches and coastal trails. NWS said coastal flooding does not necessarily have to do with precipitation. Grandfather, granddaughter swept out to sea: 1 dead, 1 missing The advisory will be in effect Monday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.Bay City News contributed to this report.

Milei viaja a Estados Unidos para visitar tumba de rabino y tener reuniones en Washington DC

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:42 GMT

BUENOS AIRES – El presidente electo de Argentina, Javier Milei, viaja la noche de este domingo rumbo a Nueva York, donde visitará la tumba de un rabino, y se desplazará luego a Washington, para tener allí una serie de reuniones, confirmaron a EFE fuentes del futuro gobierno.“Primero va al Ohel, en Nueva York, a dar las gracias por el lugar que le ha dado Hashem (término hebreo para referirse al nombre de Dios). Después va a Washington a mantener reuniones de trabajo”, indicaron las fuentes consultadas.Emplazado dentro del cementerio de Montefiore, en el neoyorquino barrio de Queens, el Ohel es una estructura que protege la tumba del rabino Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), conocido como el rebe de Lubavitch, y es un sitio de peregrinación para los judíos jasídicos (ortodoxos).Milei, líder de la formación de ultraderecha La Libertad Avanza, ya había visitado el Ohel en julio pasado, antes de las elecciones primarias de agosto en Argentina.Días atrás, en una en...

Darius Garland scores 24 points as the Cavaliers defeat the Raptors 105-102

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:42 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Darius Garland had 24 points and eight assists and Max Strus scored his 20 points in the third quarter, helping the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 105-102 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night.The Cavaliers took their largest lead at 89-77 early in the fourth quarter on a 3-pointer by Garland. Dennis Schroder countered with a 3-pointer that pulled Toronto within 103-102. Schroeder scored seven of his 15 points in the final 95 seconds.After Donovan Mitchell made two free throws to extend Cleveland’s advantage to 105-102 with 10 seconds remaining, Gary Trent Jr. stepped out of bounds in the corner before getting off a potential tying shot, and the Cavaliers ran out the final ticks.Strus added 11 rebounds and five assists. Jarrett Allen scored 18 points and Evan Mobley had 12 points and 14 rebounds for Cleveland, which is 1-2 on its five-game homestand. The Cavaliers lost to the Lakers 121-115 on Saturday night.Raptors center Jakob Poeltl set season highs of 18 po...

Dynamo blank Sporting KC 1-0 to advance to Western Conference Final

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:42 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Defender Franco Escobar scored a first-half goal, Steve Clark posted a clean sheet and the Houston Dynamo beat Sporting Kansas City 1-0 on Sunday night to advance to the Western Conference Final.No. 4 seed Houston (15-11-9), in its first season with Ben Olsen at the helm, advances to play the winner of Sunday’s other semifinal match between the No. 2 seed Seattle Sounders and defending champion and third-seeded Los Angeles FC next Saturday. No matter who the Dynamo play next it will be on the road.Escobar used an assist from Héctor Herrera to send a header into the top left corner of the net in the 39th minute and the Dynamo took a 1-0 lead into halftime. Escobar notched his fourth career postseason goal and his first in his first season with Houston. He spent last season with LAFC and scored three goals for Atlanta United in the 2018-19 playoffs.Clark finished with three saves to earn his first shutout this postseason after collecting 12 clean sheets during the...

Myles Garrett, Dorian Thompson-Robinson among several Browns players injured vs. Broncos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:42 GMT

DENVER (AP) — The Browns had already suffered more than their share of major injuries this season but still worked their way into playoff position at the end of November.They left Denver on Sunday with a host of new injuries to key players, including their quarterback — again.Two weeks after losing starter Deshaun Watson to a broken throwing shoulder, Cleveland (7-4) lost his replacement, rookie Dorian Thompson-Robinson, to a head injury late in the third quarter of Sunday’s 29-12 loss to the Broncos.Also hurt during the game was star defensive end Myles Garrett, who said he felt something pop in his left shoulder and departed Empower Field with his arm in a sling. He’ll get scans Monday in Los Angeles, where the Browns will practice before their game next weekend against the Rams (5-6).Wide receiver Amari Cooper (ribs) and defensive tackle Jordan Elliott (ankle) were injured, too. All were expected to undergo further evaluation to determine the severity of their injurie...

Nets hit NBA season-high 25 3-pointers, beat Bulls 118-106

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:42 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Spencer Dinwiddie scored 24 points and the Brooklyn Nets made an NBA season-best 25 3-pointers in a 118-109 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Sunday night.Lonnie Walker IV and Royce O’Neale each made six 3-pointers and Mikal Bridges had four. The previous high this season was 23 by Dallas at Memphis on Oct. 30. The Nets set a franchise record for any quarter with 11 3-poiners in the second and made 16 in the first half. They finished 25 of 52, falling short of the franchise record of 27 and the NBA mark of 29.Walker and O’Neale each scored 20 points and Bridges had 15 to help Brooklyn improve to 8-8 and follow its 112-97 victory over Miami on Saturday night with its second straight win. Trendon Watford added 11 points and Cam Johnson 10.DeMar Derozan led Chicago with 27 points. Coby White scored 23 points, and Zach LaVine and. Patrick Williams added 20 apiece. The Bulls dropped to 5-13 with their fourth straight loss. The Bulls had a 36-19 advantage at the end of the...

Franz Wagner, Cole Anthony score 30 each, Magic beat Hornets 130-117 for 7th straight win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:20:42 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Franz Wagner and Cole Anthony scored 30 points each to help the Orlando Magic pull away for a 130-117 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday night and extend their win streak to seven games.Anthony scored 17 points in the fourth quarter, keying a rally that helped the Magic stretch their lead as high as 16 points. Paolo Banchero added 23 points and eight assists.Miles Bridges had 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Hornets, who played the second half without LaMelo Ball after he went down with an ankle injury.Terry Rozier, playing for the first time since Nov. 4 after missing nine games with a groin strain, had 22 points and nine assists for Charlotte.The win streak is Orlando’s longest since a franchise-record nine-game streak from Dec. 23, 2010 to Jan. 12, 2011. Wagner, for one, doesn’t see any reason it can’t go much longer.“I think everybody in the building believes so and that’s what made this,” he said. “That’s how it starts for us, I think...