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Pepperdine University's 'Waves of Flags' display returns to honor victims of 9/11

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:47:31 GMT

Ahead of the 22 anniversary of 9/11, Pepperdine University's “Waves of Flags" display has returned to the campus.  Each of the nearly 3,000 American flags in Alumni Park, along Pacific Coast Highway and Malibu Canyon Road, represent the life of an innocent victim taken during the 2001 terrorist attack, with a national flag for each foreign country that lost one of its citizens that tragic day.  The Waves of Flags display seen here in Alumni Park on the campus of Pepperdine University. Actor and producer Chris Pratt will speak at the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony, along with university president Jim Gash and director of Student Veteran Affairs Eric Leshinsky.  “Attendees are invited to walk through the Waves of Flags display prior to or following the ceremony to pay tribute to the lives lost with prayer and reflection,” the university’s website said.  The remembrance ceremony is scheduled for Sept. 11, from 9-10 a.m. Registration is required to attend the event.  ...

Novak Djokovic has won 24 Grand Slam titles. Here is a look at each one

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:47:31 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic won his 24th Grand Slam title by beating Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the U.S. Open final on Sunday.That added to Djokovic’s record for the most major singles tennis championships won by a man — Rafael Nadal is next with 22; Roger Federer, who announced his retirement last year, has 20 — and broke a tie with Serena Williams for the most in the Open era, which began in 1968.Like Djokovic, Margaret Court won a total of 24, but some of hers were earned during the sport’s amateur era.Here is a look at each of Djokovic’s major championships so far — 10 at the Australian Open, seven at Wimbledon, four at the U.S. Open and three at the French Open — starting with the first:No. 1: 2008 Australian OpenFinal: Beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (2)What He Did: Eliminated Roger Federer in the semifinals, then didn’t face a break point in the second or third sets against Tsonga, before saving one in the fourth.What He Said: “I’m very, very hap...

Qué esperar del evento de revelación del iPhone 15 de Apple

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:47:31 GMT

(CNN) — Se espera que Apple presente su línea iPhone 15 el martes en el evento principal anual de la compañía, y podría introducir el mayor cambio en el diseño del teléfono en 11 años.El evento de prensa, que Apple adelantó con el eslogan “wonderlust”, se llevará a cabo en la sede de la compañía en Cupertino, California, y se transmitirá en vivo en su sitio web, a partir de las 10 a.m. hora local. (1 p.m. hora de Miami).Aunque el evento anual del iPhone se ha vuelto algo predecible a lo largo de los años, anunciando cambios incrementales en la duración de la batería, el sistema de cámara y las pantallas, este año se espera que Apple introduzca la carga USB-C en sus teléfonos inteligentes por primera vez. En última instancia, el cambio podría agilizar el proceso de carga en varios dispositivos y marcas.Pero la empresa tendrá que mostrar algo más que un nuevo sistema de carga para que los usuarios lo actualicen. El mes pasado, las ventas de Apple cayeron por tercer t...

Semien has another 2-HR, 4-hit game as Rangers beat A’s 9-4 for 1st consecutive wins this month

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:47:31 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Marcus Semien knows the Rangers need to focus on what is ahead and not dwell on what dropped them out of the AL West lead and left Texas chasing a playoff spot.Their leadoff hitter is doing his part to set the tone. Semien homered twice among his four hits for the second time in four games, Corey Seager went deep for the 30th time this season and the Rangers won consecutive games for the first time in September, beating the young last-place Oakland Athletics 9-4 on Sunday.“Each game is its individual game. We want to focus on that no matter who we’re playing,” Semien said. “Standings are the standings. But if we focus on the task at hand and see where we’re at at the end, I think that’s a better plan.”For the Rangers (76-64), with 20 games remaining over the next three weeks, they got only their second series victory in their last seven. They won for only the sixth time in their last 22 games, a span when they have gone from a 3 1/2-game lead in the AL West t...

Sharp’s late goal helps Galaxy rally for 2-2 draw with St Louis City

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:47:31 GMT

CARSON CITY, Calif. (AP) — Billy Sharp scored in the 82nd minute and the Los Angeles Galaxy rallied from a two-goal deficit to earn a 2-2 draw with St. Louis City on Sunday night.St. Louis City (15-10-3) jumped in front early when Samuel Adeniran took a pass from Jared Stroud in the 4th minute and scored his seventh goal of the season.João Klauss found the net for a sixth time this season, using an assist from Aziel Jackson in the 28th minute to push the lead to 2-0 at halftime.The Galaxy (7-10-9) got on the scoreboard in the 53rd minute on a penalty-kick goal by Riqui Puig. Puig’s sixth goal of the season came after a handball foul on Adeniran. Adeniran was hit with a second yellow card in the 60th minute, forcing St. Louis City to play a man down through 10 minutes of stoppage time.Sharp used an assist from Uri Rosell to notch his second netter of the campaign.Jonathan Bond finished with one save for the Galaxy. Roman Bürki stopped six shots for St. Louis City.The Galaxy imp...

The Chargers’ defense got historically shredded by Tua and Tyreek in a season-opening loss

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:47:31 GMT

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Chargers entered the season cautiously confident they had a defense that could win a Super Bowl. With defensive guru Brandon Staley designing schemes for a star-laden unit including a healthy Joey Bosa and J.C. Jackson, Los Angeles thought this group was sturdy and solid.And then Tua Tagovailoa and Tyreek Hill ran over, around and through that defense in a historically ominous start to the Bolts’ season.Los Angeles yielded a franchise-record 466 yards passing in its 36-34 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, and that massive number was just the beginning of the Chargers’ woes.“It’s definitely a humbling loss defensively, knowing that we didn’t help the offense at all,” edge rusher Khalil Mack said. “We’ve just got to get it corrected and be ready for next week.”The Chargers gave up 536 total yards, the most they’ve allowed in an opener. Los Angeles couldn’t cover Hill (11 catches for 215 yards) and couldn’t counter Tagovail...

Messi is a doubtful starter for Argentina’s World Cup qualifying game in Bolivia

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:47:31 GMT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Excited Bolivian fans gathered at the La Paz international airport to welcome Lionel Messi ahead of Argentina’s World Cup qualifying game against the home team on Tuesday. The 36-year-old Messi traveled with the defending World Cup champions but is not a certain starter at the game because of fatigue.Meanwhile Brazil, coached for the first time by Fernando Diniz in a 5-1 win over Bolivia last Friday, is preparing to face Peru with the same squad.Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia won their opening games in continental qualifying last week. All 10 South American teams will play their second games on Tuesday.The 2026 edition of the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada is expanding to a 48-team format. The top six teams in South America will secure a direct spot. The seventh-place team will contest an intercontinental playoff for a berth.BOLIVIA vs. ARGENTINAArgentina coach Lionel Scaloni told a news conference he will have against Bolivia a ver...

The populist right wants you to make more babies. The question is how.

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:47:31 GMT

Can a baby-making conference in Budapest help Europe avoid demographic collapse? The populist right certainly hope so. For decades, Europe’s birth rates have been below the replacement level of 2.1 — the average number of births per woman needed to keep the population stable without immigration. But recently the threat of global demographic collapse has also become a cause célèbre in Silicon Valley. Elon Musk, who has 9 children, has called demographic decline “a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming.”In Europe, the political push to drive up birth rates has been led by Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. And this week his populist government is hosting a grab bag of rightwing crowd-pleasers at the 5th Budapest Demographic Summit. Starting Thursday, political leaders, religious evangelists and high-profile academics — including conservative Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, Italy’s right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić...

Cardona: 9/11 inspired military service, time to give back

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:47:31 GMT

I was nine years old when we were attacked. Watching the Twin Towers fall, a plane hit the Pentagon, and hearing the harrowing stories of Flight 93 had a profound impact on me. But what impacted me more was how our country rose together in unity. We were proud of our nation, we reveled in our freedoms, and we took care of each other. This profound sense of patriotism was at an all-time high. In a single year following the 9/11 attacks, 181,510 Americans enlisted in the active duty ranks and 72,908 joined the enlisted reserves. That’s more in a 12-month period than any of the 22 years since.As an impressionable kid, Sept. 11 and the months that followed inspired me to apply to the U.S. Naval Academy. Today, after graduating and now serving in the Naval Reserves, what inspires me most are the people. The United States Armed Forces are second to none because of the people who choose to serve. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the all-volunteer force, an incredible milestone for o...

Antoni: Why jobless rate is higher than it seems

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:47:31 GMT

The labor market is nowhere near as strong as it appears. If that sounds surprising, it’s because the Biden administration is playing a shell game with unemployment numbers.With millions of Americans missing from the workforce, the unemployment rate is being artificially depressed. Accounting for this sleight of hand reveals an unemployment rate of over 6%, not the official 3.8%.President Joe Biden inherited an economy that was growing at a $1.5 trillion annualized rate and was adding an average of 1.4 million jobs per month after the government-imposed shutdowns. At the same time, inflation was only 1.4%, which is even below the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. But Biden’s anti-growth, big-government agenda slammed the brakes on the economy and the labor market.After just 18 months of the Biden administration, inflation soared to 40-year highs, and the economy contracted for two consecutive quarters. Average monthly job growth has slowed 70%, and America remains 4.6 million jobs below ...