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Rublev and Lajovic set up final in Banja Luka

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:03 GMT

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina (AP) — Second-seeded Andrey Rublev reached his second final in two weeks at the Srpska Open on Saturday.Rublev took out Alex Molcan of Slovakia 6-2, 6-4 and has yet to drop a set this week. He won Monte Carlo last weekend for his 13th career title.In Sunday’s final, Rublev faces Dusan Lajovic, who followed his upset of top-ranked Novak Djokovic on Friday by progressing to his third career final.Lajovic defeated another seeded Serbian countryman, No. 4 Miomir Kecmanovic, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in their first meeting.Lajovic won his only previous tour-level matchup with Rublev, en route to his only career title in 2019 at Umag, Croatia. ___More AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

El presidente de Costa Rica frena ampliación de horario de policías por protestas

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:03 GMT

(CNN Español) — El presidente de Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, dijo que “congelaba” la medida de ampliar la jornada laboral para policías a seis días trabajados por cuatro libres, tras las protestas de grupos de agentes fuera de servicio registradas este jueves y viernes en varias zonas del país.Al anunciar que el cambio de horario ya no entraría en funcionamiento, el mandatario dijo que los policías no tenían que manifestarse más, porque ya los había escuchado.Este es el plan del Gobierno de Costa Rica para reducir los homicidiosAgregó que visitó la delegación policial de Sagrada Familia, un barrio de San José, donde conversó con varios policías sobre el malestar que generaba la modificación.“Una madre me dijo: Presidente sí, yo lo quiero hacer, soy patriota, pero ¿cómo pago los dos días extras de cuidados de mis niños?, una madre policía. Y decidí sobre la base de eso, congelar la medida de seis por cuatro”, dijo.La medida suspendida, que se anunció el miércoles por un período...

Jeffco dog rescued from under porch

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:03 GMT

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- South Metro Fire Rescue helped rescue a dog trapped under a porch in Jefferson County Saturday morning.Zoe, a 7-year-old lab, was stuck and frightened. Her humans called South Metro Fire, as well as Animal Control, for help. Photos: New Arapahoe County therapy puppies being sworn in Crews dismantled a deck and dug down to a cement patio that Zoe had tunneled into.Rescuers used remote cameras to guide them and cleared a path for Zoe to escape.After a little help from some dog treats and pepperoni, Zoe wiggled her way out 90 minutes later.She was uninjured.Firefighters closed off the old porch to prevent this from happening in the future and repaired the deck before leaving.

Miami Gardens Police asking public’s help in search of missing disabled man

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:03 GMT

The Miami Gardens Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating Wayne Allen Saffold, a 61-year-old disabled man.Saffold, who is a black male with brown eyes and black, close-cut hair, was last seen at 4 a.m. on Friday in the Miami Gardens area. He stands at 5 feet and 7 inches tall and weighs approximately 130 pounds.According to reports, Saffold was last seen driving a tan 1994 Dodge Ram pick-up truck with the Florida tag number 332RUT. The Miami Gardens Police Department is urging anyone with information about Saffold’s whereabouts to contact them immediately. Detective E. Rhymer can be reached at 305-474-1614 or the Miami Gardens Police at 305-474-6473.

Volleyball notebook: O’Bryant boys all grown up

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:03 GMT

Paul Pitts-Dilley hadn’t heard of the rule. Frankly, how would he?Before he became the O’Bryant boys volleyball head coach 15 years ago, Pitts-Dilley attended a game as a new teacher at the school. Warmups passed, the opposing team was ready to go and game time arrived, but there was a delay.“(O’Bryant) had to wait for a sixth player to show up,” Pitts-Dilley said. “Then I learned a rule that I didn’t think existed, that for every 10 minutes you don’t have six players, you lose a set. … When I took over, the numbers were really low.”It’s difficult to picture given the Tigers we see today. As soon as you walk through the double-doors into the gym for a home game, the courts are packed with players slugging balls around for warmups. Two sub-varsity teams bolster the program, with 30-plus student-athletes coming out to play over the last seven seasons.The varsity team is a serious Div. 2 state title threat. All-Scholastic senior outside hitter Jonathan Narsjo and senior setter Son Nguy...

Anthony Volpe’s 2-run homer, DJ LeMahieu’s walk-off single lead Yankees to 3-2 over the Blue Jays

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:03 GMT

Saturday’s pitching duel between the Yankees’ Gerrit Cole and the Blue Jays’ Alek Manoah lived up to the hype.But after both starters departed, Anthony Volpe and DJ LeMahieu stole the spotlight.Volpe, a 21-year-old rookie, scored the first runs of the game in the eighth inning when he took a Yimi Garcia fastball the other way and over the right field fence at Yankee Stadium. The two-run home run, the second of Volpe’s young career, gave the Yankees a 2-0 lead after Manoah spent most of the afternoon shoving.The Blue Jays answered right back in the ninth when pinch-hitter Danny Jansen hit his own two-run shot. Just like that, a game that had previously been starved of scoring was tied again.But the Yankees prevented extra innings with a ninth-inning rally, capped by a pinch-hit, walk-off single from LeMahieu. The hit sealed the deal on a 3-2 win for the Bombers.Developing story, check back for details. ()

76ers don’t need Joel Embiid to complete first-round sweep of Nets, win Game 4 96-88

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:03 GMT

The familiar sounds of celebration echoed from the visitor’s locker room throughout the Barclays Center corridors. It was impossible not to hear the cheers on the path from the court to the home locker room.It ended in a sweep — and Joel Embiid wasn’t the janitor on clean-up duty.The Sixers ruled the NBA’s presumptive MVP out for Game 4 with a sprained right knee sustained in the third quarter of Game 3.They didn’t need him to handle business at Barclays Center. The Sixers broke out the broomsticks and wiped the floors at Barclays Center, handing the Nets a 96-88 loss in Game 4 that ended their season Saturday afternoon.The Nets are officially eliminated from the playoffs, while the Sixers will advance to face the winner of the No. 2 vs. No. 7 matchup between the Boston Celtics and Atlanta Hawks.And it was a particularly disappointing finish to the season given who wasn’t in uniform for the Sixers.The Nets had done as good a job as any team at lim...

Bruins notebook: Brad Marchand filling leadership void

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:03 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla.–Brad Marchand arrived in the collective consciousness of the North American hockey-watching public a dozen years ago. In the Stanley Cup playoffs, he was an impactful player, notching 11-8-19 totals in 25 games. But it was in the highly contentious Finals against the Vancouver Canucks that he really made a name for himself, most notably with a post-whistle speed-bagging of Daniel Sedin’s head.This is a much different Brad Marchand we are seeing today.In the absence of captain Patrice Bergeron in this playoff series against the Florida Panthers, and in Game 3 David Krejci as well, Marchand has led not only with his play on the ice but also his restraint against a team that is attempting get him off his game with physicality.“I think he’s taken it upon himself, without Patrice being here, to be our mature leader, the guy who is leading us. And he’s doing a great job,” said coach Jim Montgomery. “I think he’s dragging people into the fight be...

Interior Secretary: US won’t end oil drilling, defends protested Willow project

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:03 GMT

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland defended her department’s approval of the contentious Willow oil project on Friday, saying that despite President Joe Biden’s campaign promise to end new drilling on federal lands, “We’re not going to turn the faucet off and say we’re not drilling anymore.”Speaking to the annual conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists, Haaland said the Biden administration is “following the science and the law when it comes to everything we do, and that includes gas and oil” leases considered by her agency, which oversees U.S. public lands and waters.Despite Biden’s pledge, “We’re not going to say we’re not going to use gas and oil. That’s not reality,” Haaland said. “So we are doing the best we absolutely can.”Haaland’s comments came after the administration faced sharp criticism from some of its strongest supporters — especially young climate activists — after Interior approved the $8 billion Willow project on March 13. The massive drilling plan by oil...

Celtics’ Marcus Smart unsure if he’ll play in Game 4 vs. Hawks after taking hard fall

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:03 GMT

ATLANTA — Marcus Smart is unsure if he’ll play in Sunday’s Game 4 after the Celtics guard suffered a lower back injury from a hard fall late in Friday’s Game 3 loss to the Hawks.With 2:33 remaining in the fourth quarter on Friday, Smart jumped up to grab a defensive rebound but fell straight on his tailbone. He stayed down on the court for several moments before getting up and walking gingerly. Smart stayed in the game, but he was still experiencing some soreness on Saturday.“I’m OK,” Smart said. “I’m a little sore, obviously. Rewatching the play, I took a hard fall. I didn’t realize how high I was. But I’m OK, relatively speaking. Little sore today. See how I feel tomorrow, though. Not really sure where we’re at right now with playing but we’ll see.”Smart said before the postseason began that he felt as healthy as he’s been at this stage of this season in years, but this injury is one that he’s had before. He said there’s not much he can do as fa...