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Photos: Bears made headlines in three cities in four days

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:00:30 GMT

Three black bears wandered into civilization in three American cities in the last month and as far as we know, not one of them was high on cocaine.Blaze, the first black bear to climb his way to viral stardom and into the internet’s warm embrace, was first spotted last weekend hiding in trees at Lake Eola Park in Orlando.He eluded authorities until Tuesday evening, when he surrendered to his fate by walking into a trap set by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission workers outside a World of Beer restaurant.The bear vacillated for a moment between entering and exiting the trap with a quiet audience surrounding him and watching, but eventually he accepted his circumstances and the workers drove him north to Ocala National Forest and released him.June 5, 2023: Blaze the black bear traverses the branches of a tree at Lake Eola Park in Orlando, Florida.(Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel) Then on Friday morning, Franklin, the second black bear to reach online c...

Greg Louganis to part with Olympic medals for HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ+ causes

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:00:30 GMT

As bubbles agitated the surface of the pool for young divers at the Mission Viejo Swim Club, Olympian Greg Louganis laid out three of the medals he won diving for the United States – and his plans to auction them off to support HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ+ organizations.Mission Viejo is where Louganis first started diving and while visiting Thursday, June 8, he said that he will always have that connection with the city. Building on his early success here, Louganis went on to win five Olympic medals and is considered by many to be the greatest diver in history. Now, as an LGBTQ+ rights activist and an openly gay man who lives with an HIV diagnosis, he is selling his medals to support organizations dedicated to those causes.Greg Louganis is considered to be one of the best divers to ever grace the sport. Photographed on Thursday June 8th 2023 in Mission Viejo, California. (Photo by Michael Kitada, Contributing Photographer)The Gold medal won by Louganis in Seoul, Korea in 1988. Photographed o...

Duke within a win of 1st College World Series since 1961; TCU beats Indiana State

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:00:30 GMT

Duke moved within a win of reaching the College World Series for the first time in 62 years, and TCU will clinch a spot in the final eight of the NCAA Tournament with one more victory over Indiana State.The Blue Devils opened their best-of-three super regional with a 5-4 win at No. 7 national seed Virginia on Friday, and TCU beat No. 14 Indiana State 4-1 in Fort Worth, Texas.Since the tournament went to its current format in 1999, the winner of a super regional opener advanced to the CWS in Omaha, Nebraska, 78% of the time (144 of 182).Oral Roberts played at Oregon and South Carolina visited Florida in super regionals Friday night.Virginia had entered Friday 35-4 at home, but two of those losses were to Duke in the regular season. Duke went ahead 5-4 in the eighth inning on an RBI groundout and Luke Storm’s base hit, then secured the win when left fielder Tyler Albright caught Jake Gelof’s deep fly to the wall to end the game. It was the first time in 46 games that Virgi...

Kentucky Oaks winner Pretty Mischievous takes Acorn Belmont

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:00:30 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Pretty Mischievous held off Dorth Vader in the stretch to win the $500,000 Acorn Stakes at Belmont Park by a head on Friday.Ridden by Tyler Gaffalione, Pretty Mischievous covered the 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-old fillies in 1:43.33. It was the second straight Grade I win for the Godolphin-owned filly, who won the Kentucky Oaks last month.“I’m just so proud of her. She’s really developed into an amazing filly,” Gaffalione said. “She seems to just be getting bigger and stronger with each race.”Off as the 9-5 second choice, Pretty Mischievous returned $5.80, $3.30 and $2.70 in winning for the sixth time in eight starts. She also gave veteran trainer Brendan Walsh his first Grade 1 victory on the New York Racing Association circuit.Dorth Vader paid $8.60 and $5.40 and was four lengths ahead of third-place finisher Occult, who returned $7.90 to show.Dorth Vader, bred in Florida and trained by George Weaver, made her first start since running fifth in the Kentucky Oaks.“...

Holmqvist surprise leader after first round of ShopRite LPGA Classic

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:00:30 GMT

GALLOWAY, N.J. (AP) — Dani Holmqvist shot a career-best 7-under 64 on Friday to take a one-shot lead over Jenny Shin and Chinese rookie Yan Liu after the first round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic.Two-time ShopRite winner Anna Nordqvist and Georgia Hall were in a group of five two shots off the lead in the 54-hole event on the Bay Course at Seaview, close to the casinos in Atlantic City.Having Holmqvist in front is a surprise. The 35-year-old Swede, who has never won on tour, had missed the cut in all five events she played this year. She had five birdies and an eagle playing in the afternoon groupings. She has two previous 65s, one here in 2018.Holmqvist said she’s had a slow start to the season and hasn’t played enough to get herself into a rhythm. Being in front is a good feeling though.“That’s what we all strive to do,” she said. “Some weeks you’re better than others, and some weeks you feel like you’re losing. So it’s fun to actually come up on top for you once. This ...

Colombian president says 4 children lost in the jungle were found alive after surviving a plane crash 40 days ago

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:00:30 GMT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian president says 4 children lost in the jungle were found alive after surviving a plane crash 40 days ago.Source

‘What are we leaving for future generations?’: Maryland city is mandating composting

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:00:30 GMT

Taking out the trash is getting more complicated for some folks in Maryland.Mandatory organics composting is on the way to the city of Laurel, according to an ordinance approved by the mayor and city council last month. The city says Laurel will be the first municipality to make composting a requirement.The composting law takes effect on July 1, 2025, leaving plenty of time for residents to get used to the idea and for the city to work out all the kinks on its end. The city said it will step up information and education campaigns to ensure everyone is ready to regularly separate organic waste from their other trash.City Environmental Programs Manager Michele Blair said the path to this law started four years ago with a composting pilot program.“We started out with 200 people in 2019. We then grew the program, doubled it and now we’re well into reaching 500 residents,” Blair says.Right now, the city borders on 30,000 residents and about 7,000 single family and town homes that t...

Quién es Jack Smith, el hombre clave detrás de la acusación contra Trump

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:00:30 GMT

WASHINGTON – Detrás de la imputación del expresidente Donald Trump por los papeles clasificados hallados en su mansión de Mar-a-Lago hay un hombre clave, Jack Smith, que antes de ser designado como fiscal especial para investigarlo ejercía como fiscal de La Haya para crímenes de guerra en Kosovo.Su nombre dio un salto al primer plano de la esfera pública el pasado noviembre, cuando el fiscal general de Estados Unidos, Merrick Garland, anunció que le encargaba las pesquisas sobre la implicación de Trump en el asalto al Capitolio del 6 de enero de 2021 y sobre la sustracción de los documentos clasificados, caso por el que el exmandatario afronta ahora 37 cargos penales.Smith, que acaba de cumplir 55 años, empezó su carrera en 1994 como asistente del fiscal de distrito del condado de Nueva York y cinco años más tarde pasó a ser el ayudante del fiscal federal para el Distrito Este neoyorquino. Caso por documentos clasificados: revelan el procesamiento judicial contra...

DC man arrested in killing of teenager inside Metro railcar

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:00:30 GMT

Police car with flashing lights on at night(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Daniel Tadevosyan) Police car with flashing lights on at night(Getty Images/iStockphoto/Daniel Tadevosyan) A 23-year-old D.C. man has been arrested in connection with last month’s deadly shooting of a 17-year-old inside a Metro railcar, police announced Friday.Keith Williams of Southeast, D.C., is charged with first degree murder while armed with a weapon.D.C. police said the shooting happened just before noon on May 28 inside a Metro railcar traveling to the Waterfront Metro Station in Southwest. The operator of the Green Line train found out about the shooting just before arriving at the Navy Yard Station, where the train ultimately stopp...

PGA Tour rookie Carl Yuan leads by 1 at Canadian Open; McIlroy 3 back

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:00:30 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Carl Yuan moved into position to turn around a forgettable rookie year on the PGA Tour, shooting a 5-under 67 in cool, rainy conditions on Friday to take a one-shot lead at the midway point of the RBC Canadian Open.Two-time defending champion Rory McIlroy gave himself a chance heading into the weekend at Oakdale. He shot 67 and was three shots back of Yuan’s two-day total of 9-under 135.“I felt like I putted pretty well (Thursday). But iron play was better, wedges were definitely better, got it in play a little more off the tee,” said McIlroy, who had never seen the course before the opening round. “So yeah, it was a better, more solid round.”Corey Conners, seeking to become the first Canadian to win his national open since 1954, shot 69 and was one shot back. Joining him were Tyrrell Hatton — who shot 64 to set the course record for Oakdale’s composite routing — C.T. Pan (66) and Aaron Rai (69).“Really happy with the start,” Conners said. “Fun playi...