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No. 6 Ohio State squeezes past No. 9 Notre Dame on Trayanum’s last-second TD run

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:12:36 GMT

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Chip Trayanum plunged across the goal line from a yard out with 1 second left and No. 6 Ohio State beat No. 9 Notre Dame 17-14 on Saturday night.Trayanum’s score capped a gutty game-winning drive by Kyle McCord and the Buckeyes that included a fourth-down conversion and a third-and-19 completion that got Ohio State to the Notre Dame 1 with time for two plays.After an incomplete pass on second down, the Buckeyes went to a running play with 3 seconds left to take advantage of an overloaded defense to one side and what appeared to be only 10 defenders on the field for the Fighting Irish.Notre Dame (4-1) took the lead when Sam Hartman threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Rico Flores Jr. with 8:22 to go to make it 14-10. The Fighting Irish defense came up with a fourth-down stop on its 11-yard line on the next drive.But the defense couldn’t come up with a second stop. Notre Dame still hasn’t beaten Ohio State since 1936.NO. 1 GEORGIA 49, UAB 21ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Tight...

Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores ruso acusa a Occidente de ser un “imperio de mentiras”

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:12:36 GMT

(CNN) — Luego de una semana en la que la Asamblea General de la ONU fue dominada por el debate sobre la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania, Moscú contraatacó este sábado, cuando el ministro de Asuntos Exterioresde Rusia, Sergey Lavrov, se dirigió a los delegados primero en un discurso en el salón de la Asamblea General y luego se dirigió a la prensa internacional en una sesión informativa llena de recriminaciones contra Occidente, a la que describió como un “imperio de mentiras”.“En los discursos de muchos oradores que hablaron antes que yo, ya se expresó la idea de que nuestro planeta común está experimentando cambios irreversibles y un nuevo orden mundial está naciendo ante nuestros ojos”, dijo Lavrov en su discurso ante los Estados miembros.“Los contornos del futuro se están creando en la lucha entre la mayoría mundial, que aboga por una distribución más equitativa de la riqueza global y la diversidad de civilizaciones, y entre aquellos pocos que utilizan métodos neocol...

Jet Thomas ties program record with 4 rushing TDs, UNLV beats UTEP 45-28

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:12:36 GMT

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Freshman Jai’Den “Jet” Thomas tied the program record with four rushing touchdowns to help UNLV beat UTEP 45-28 Saturday night and earn first-year coach Dave Odom’s first road win. Thomas, who finished with 100 yards rushing on 13 carries, scored on runs of 12 and 17 yards in the first quarter and his 5-yard TD run with 1:01 left in the second quarter made it 28-14 at halftime. The Miners opened the third quarter with a six-play, 77-yard drive that culminated when Torrance Burgess Jr. scored on an 11-yard run but UTEP got no closer. Donavyn Lester had a 1-yard TD run for UNLV (3-1) and Courtney Reese scored on a 32-yarder. Vincent Davis had 97 yards rushing on 13 carries and the Runnin’ Rebels ran for 307 yards as a team. Burgess finished with 17 carries for 99 yards and Kelly Akharaiyi had 92 yards receiving on four receptions for UTEP (1-3). Redshirt freshman Jayden Maiava was 15-for-27 passing for 190 yards in place of injured starter Doug ...

Williams accounts for 5 touchdowns, No. 5 USC outlasts Arizona State 42-28

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:12:36 GMT

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Caleb Williams threw for 322 yards and accounted for five touchdowns, Marshawn Lloyd ran for 154 yards and No. 5 Southern California outlasted Arizona State’s upset bid with a 42-28 win on Saturday night.Nearly five-touchdown favorites, the high-scoring Trojans (4-0, 2-0 Pac-12) were off-kilter offensively for long stretches, plagued by ill-timed penalties and an early fumble in their own end.USC had a touchdown negated by a penalty, lost a fumble to set up an Arizona State score and turned it over deep in the Sun Devils’ end in the third quarter.The Trojans’ defense stepped up while the offense stagnated, coming up with three big sacks — one that led to a fumble by Arizona State quarterback Drew Pyne near midfield. Williams darted and danced through Arizona State’s defense on the ensuing drive, hitting Brenden Rice for a 29-yard touchdown and a 35-21 lead.Arizona State pulled within a touchdown on Cam Skattebo’s balancing-act 52-yar...

No. 8 Washington uses 45-point first half to cruise past California 59-32

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:12:36 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Rome Odunze scored on an 83-yard punt return and a 35-yard reception in the first half, Edefuan Ulofoshio returned an interception 45 yards for a score on the first possession of the game, and No. 8 Washington scored 45 first-half points on its way to a 59-32 win over California on Saturday night.Washington led 14-0 before star quarterback Michael Penix Jr. ever saw the field. And when he did, Penix threw for three first-half touchdowns as the Huskies tied a school record for points in a half.Washington (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) made everything look surprisingly easy, leading by as much as 40 against an opponent that’s been a problem in recent years.Penix played into the third quarter and finished 19 of 25 for 304 yards. He found Ja’Lynn Polk for touchdowns of 8 and 24 yards, the first of which Polk pinned the ball against his helmet as he went to the turf.Odunze followed up his TD catch in the first half with a 13-yard scoring reception in the third quarter on a screen pass....

Jordan McCloud accounts for 6 TDs, JMU holds off Utah State for 45-38 win

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:12:36 GMT

LOGAN, Utah (AP) — Redshirt senior Jordan McCloud accounted for a career-high six touchdowns Saturday night, including a 74-yard pass to Reggie Brown that capped the scoring, and James Madison held off a furious rally by Utah State to win 45-38. McCloud completed 23 of 34 for 364 yards with a season-high four touchdowns and two interceptions. He added a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs, the latter of which gave James Madison (4-0) a 38-14 lead with 1:32 left in the first half. Elliott Nimrod kicked a 28-yard field goal to pull Utah State within 21 points going into halftime. McCae Hillstead threw TD passes of 20 and 6 yards to Terrell Vaughn in the third quarter and then connected with Micah Davis for a 76-yard TD that made it 38-38 with 11:01 to play. JMU lost two fourth-quarter fumbles, but the Dukes defense — which went into the game leading the FBS in rushing defense, allowing 22.7 per game this season, and held Troy to minus-12 yards rushing last week — forced a three-and-out, a t...

Tragedia en Florida: cinco personas mueren arrolladas por tren en camino a fiesta de quinceaños

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:12:36 GMT

PLANT CITY, Florida – Un aparatoso choque entre un tren de carga y una camioneta dejó al menos cinco muertos la tarde del sábado en Plant City. Según las autoridades, el choque se registró justo antes de las 7:00 p.m. del sábado, cuando la camioneta estaba cruzando la intersección de la US-92 con la Jim Lefler Circle pero un tren la alcanzó. “Calificar el hecho como devastador no le hace justicia a la tragedia que ocurrió detrás de mi patrulla”, resaltó el aguacil del condado Hillsborough, Chad Chronister, en una conferencia de prensa. “El vehículo luce como una lata de refresco que fue aplastada, es muy difícil de ver.”Chronister añadió que de los siete pasajeros de la camioneta, cinco murieron al salir expulsadas del vehículo, que se volcó varias veces tras el impacto. Entre los fallecidos hubieron menores de edad.Las dos personas que sobrevivieron tuvieron que ser sacadas con ayuda de herramientas hidráulica de rescate. Luego fueron trasladadas ...

Donald Trump calls Rishi Sunak ‘smart’ for easing climate targets

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:12:36 GMT

LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s easing of green policies has won the backing of Donald Trump.In a post on his Truth Social media account late Saturday, the former U.S. president congratulated Sunak for announcing last week that he is paring back his green pledges.Sunak has confirmed a major roll-back of several key U.K. green policies, including easing the transition to electric vehicles and shifting a date for a ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 until 2035. He also promised there would be more time to transition to heat pumps.“I always knew Sunak was smart, that he wasn’t going to destroy and bankrupt his nation for fake climate alarmists that don’t have a clue,” Trump wrote.Trump, who is leading the polls in the contest for the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nomination, said the U.S. “keeps rolling merrily along, spending Trillions of Dollars trying to do that which is not doable, while at the same time brea...

Taiwan factory fire death toll rises to 9 after 2 more bodies found

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:12:36 GMT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Search teams found two more bodies on Sunday at the site of a golf ball factory fire in southern Taiwan, raising the death toll to nine, according to Taiwanese media reports. One person remained missing.Four of the victims were firefighters. An explosion about 6:10 p.m. on Friday caused part of the building to collapse, trapping firefighters and workers under rubble, Taiwan’s Central News Agency said, quoting a Pingtung County fire official. A second explosion followed 20 minutes later.The fire at the Launch Technologies Co. factory at Pingtung Technology Industrial Park was not extinguished until the next day. The cause remained unclear.About 100 people were injured. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen traveled to Pingtung County on Saturday and met with victims and their families, Taiwanese broadcaster TVBS reported.The Associated Press

The threat of wildfires is rising. So is new artificial intelligence solutions to fight them

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:12:36 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Wildfires fueled by climate change have ravaged communities from Maui to the Mediterranean this summer, killing many people, exhausting firefighters and fueling demand for new solutions. Enter artificial intelligence.Firefighters and startups are using AI-enabled cameras to scan the horizon for signs of smoke. A German company is building a constellation of satellites to detect fires from space. And Microsoft is using AI models to predict where the next blaze could be sparked.With wildfires becoming larger and more intense as the world warms, firefighters, utilities and governments are scrambling to get ahead of the flames by tapping into the latest AI technology — which has stirred both fear and excitement for its potential to transform life. While increasingly stretched first responders hope AI offers them a leg up, humans are still needed to check that the tech is accurate.California’s main firefighting agency this summer started testing an AI system that look...