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A strong earthquake has shaken the Timor region of Indonesia but no deaths, injuries reported

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:23 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck Indonesia’s Timor island on Thursday, causing panic and light damages to several buildings and houses but there no immediate reports of casualties.The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake had a depth of 36.1 kilometers (22.4 miles) and its epicenter was located 21 kilometers (13 miles) north-northeast of Kupang, the capital city of East Nusa Tenggara province.Daryono, who heads the Earthquake and Tsunami Center at Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency, said the land-based quake was causing panic as it was strongly felt in several cities and villages.The agency measured a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 for the quake and then revised it to 6.3. Variations in early measurements of quakes are common. The USGS reported that the quake had a magnitude of 6.1.“The quake has caused light damages in several buildings and houses,” wrote Daryono, who goes by a single name, on the social media platform...

Acusan a un piloto de amenazar con dispararle al capitán del vuelo si se desviaban por una emergencia médica, dicen las autoridades

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:23 GMT

(CNN) — Un piloto armado a bordo de un avión comercial amenazó con dispararle al capitán del vuelo si se desviaba de la ruta para atender el incidente médico de un pasajero, según un comunicado de la Oficina del Inspector General del Departamento de Transporte de Estados Unidos y documentos judiciales.El 18 de octubre, un jurado investigador de Utah acusó a Jonathan J. Dunn de interferencia con una tripulación de vuelo, en relación a un incidente ocurrido en agosto de 2022, según documentos judiciales.Dunn utilizó un arma peligrosa para agredir e intimidar a un miembro de la tripulación e interfirió en la capacidad de esa persona para desempeñar sus funciones, afirman los documentos.Dunn, que era el primer oficial de la tripulación, “le dijo al capitán que le dispararía varias veces” tras un desacuerdo sobre el posible desvío del vuelo por un problema médico de un pasajero, según la Oficina del Inspector General.Piloto arrestado dice que tomó “hongos mágicos&...

Live updates | Hundreds of foreign citizens and dozens of injured allowed to flee Gaza

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:23 GMT

Hundreds of foreign nationals and dozens of seriously injured Palestinians have been allowed to leave Gaza for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began more than three weeks ago. Their departures through the Rafah crossing into Egypt follow the release of four hostages by Hamas and the rescue of an Israeli soldier.The opening of the border crossing came as Israeli forces advanced deeper into Gaza and airstrikes on Wednesday struck a refugee camp for a second time in as many days.Communications and internet services were gradually being restored after the second major cut in five days, according to Paltel, the main telecommunications provider. Humanitarian aid agencies have warned that such blackouts severely disrupt their work in an already dire situation in Gaza.The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has reached 8,805, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza. In the occupied West Bank, 130 Palestinians have been killed in violence and Israeli raids.Mor...

House rejects bid to expel Rep. George Santos from office as lawmakers await findings of ethics probe and criminal trial

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:23 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — House rejects bid to expel Rep. George Santos from office as lawmakers await findings of ethics probe and criminal trial.Source

Goaltender Hart leaves Flyers game early after what appeared to be a lower body injury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:23 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart left Wednesday night’s game against the Buffalo Sabres midway through the first period with what appeared to be a lower body injury. Hart — who was 4-3 with a 2.30 goals against average in seven starts prior to Wednesday as Philadelphia’s primary goaltender — appeared to be in discomfort after a scramble in front of the net eight minutes into a tie game. Two minutes later, after Brandon Biro scored Buffalo’s second goal on a sliding puck in the crease, a member of the Flyers training staff came out and escorted Hart off the ice. Sam Ersson replaced Hart in net for the Flyers. ___AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/NHLSource

Djokovic starts Paris Masters with win over Etcheverry. Medvedev out of year-end No. 1 contention

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:23 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic demonstrated his desire to achieve the year-end No. 1 ranking for a record eighth time by beating Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday. Djokovic was competing in his first singles match since mid-September when he played for Serbia in the group stage of the Davis Cup. “At the beginning of the match, it was a bit difficult for me to find the rhythm,” the top-seeded Djokovic said on court, “but at the end of the second set, it was really good.” Djokovic won five straight games to take the opening set with an ace and lead 2-0 in the second set. The Serbian player only faced one break point that he saved with a forehand cross-court winner at 1-0 in the second set.A six-time champion at the Paris Masters, Djokovic increased his lead to 5-1 before converting his third match point when Etcheverry netted a backhand. Djokovic can widen the gap with No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in the race for the year-end top spot after th...

The NHL is trying to follow Taylor Swift’s lead by selling out MetLife Stadium multiple times

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:23 GMT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Months after Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen and Beyoncé played to sellout crowds at MetLife Stadium, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman hopes his league can do the same with back-to-back outdoor games this winter.Bettman hopes the Meadowlands (Gary’s Version) is its next big hit.The New Jersey Devils and Philadelphia Flyers on Feb. 17 and then the New York Rangers and Islanders on Feb. 18 are set to play the NHL’s 40th and 41st regular-season outdoor games.“They’ve all been sold out, and we expect these two to be no exception,” Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday at a news conference promoting the 2024 Stadium Series games.Bettman said the NHL is on track to set an attendance record this season, and that doesn’t even take into account the 82,500 fans expected at each of the games at the home of the NFL’s Jets and Giants. It’s not quite the crowd of 100,000-plus that took in the Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium on Jan. 1, ...

Montana’s psychiatric hospital is poorly run and neglect has hastened patient deaths, lawsuit says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:23 GMT

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s state psychiatric hospital has been so poorly run for decades that patients are unsafe and not treated with dignity and respect, which combined with a pattern of understaffing, lack of training and neglect has hastened the deaths of two patients, a lawsuit filed this week states.The families of Lucio DiMauro and David Patzoldt, and patient Lesley Jungers, filed a federal lawsuit in Butte on Tuesday alleging low-income residents with mental health issues are “systematically abused and neglected,” at the Montana State Hospital. “This case is about holding those in power responsible and accountable for the entirely preventable damages to these Plaintiffs, and to force change so these tragedies don’t happen to others,” the lawsuit states.The lawsuit names Gov. Greg Gianforte, the director of the Department of Public Health and Human Services, and the director of the state hospital along with the state and its health department.State law prohibits any...

Bob Knight’s chair: college basketball’s classic furniture

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:23 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana fans always waited for Bob Knight to lose his temper. It was as much a part of Hoosiers basketball under Knight as the wins. On Feb. 23, 1985, it didn’t take long.Five minutes into a game against rival Purdue, Knight drew a technical foul then nonchalantly turned around, picked up a chair and hurled it past Boilermakers guard Steve Reid.It became a defining moment of Knight’s storied career.“There are times in my passion for basketball that led me into confrontations that I could have handled a lot better,” Knight said in a statement before taking the Texas Tech job in 2000. “I have always been too confrontational, especially when I know I’m right. I know as well as anyone does: I have to develop a more diplomatic approach. I’m not very good at just forgetting something and going on, and I am truly sorry about that.”There was no need to apologize to those fans who basked in The General’s epic on-c...

House rejects effort to censure Rashida Tlaib over the Palestinian-American’s rhetoric about Israel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:23 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House late Wednesday rejected an effort to censure Democratic Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, scrapping a Republican attempt to condemn the only Palestinian-American in Congress over her recent rhetoric around the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. A measure to move forward with a censure resolution of Tlaib, a punishment one step below expulsion from the House, was dismissed with broad bipartisan support as both parties raised concerns about violating First Amendment rights. A Democratic effort to in turn censure Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who had sponsored the Tlaib resolution, was called off in response. The scheduled votes were among the House’s first acts of business after a nearly monthlong gridlock caused by the removal of Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California as speaker. The agenda of retribution reflects the growing divisiveness of the House, where severe forms of punishment that had long been viewed as an option of last resort, to be triggered...