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Madrid tries to avoid Liverpool comeback in Champions League

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid got used to pulling off dramatic comebacks in the Champions League last season. Now it needs to avoid one to keep its title defense going.It will be Liverpool needing to do something magical at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on Wednesday to reverse a 5-2 loss from the first leg in the round of 16.It definitely won’t be easy — no away team has ever erased a three-goal loss from the first leg in the Champions League. Only five times the team that lost at home rallied in the second leg, with Manchester United the only one to overcome a two-goal deficit in a round-of-16 matchup against Paris Saint-Germain in 2019.Liverpool did manage a huge comeback at home in the 2019 semifinals, rallying against another Spanish club, Barcelona. It had lost 3-0 at the Camp Nou before pulling off a 4-0 win in the second leg at home to keep alive a run that eventually ended with the team winning the trophy. Only three other teams overcame a deficit of three or more goals — Barcel...

Denver weather: Warmer before rain, snow chances

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Partly to mostly sunny skies are expected in Denver Tuesday with above-average highs in the middle 60s. Precipitation arrives late Wednesday and lingers into Thursday afternoon in the Denver weather forecast.Weather today: 60s and sunshineWith temperatures climbing to the middle 60s Tuesday, most of the Front Range will be above average with a mix of sun and clouds. Winds will be mostly light today with comfy conditions. ‘Unusual pink coloring’ seen in treated water sent into Clear Creek Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast for March 14. Weather tonight: More clouds, mildA few extra clouds push into the area Tuesday night as winds pick up a little. Overnight lows are mild as Denver only dips into the middle to upper 30s.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on March 14. Looking ahead: Rain, snow before cooler weekendDenver and the Front Range get even warmer on Wednesday topping out in the upper 60s and flirting with 70 degrees. Clouds push in for the second half of the...

Zebra attacks Ohio man before killed by a deputy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

(CNN) — A man was hospitalized after a zebra attacked him and bit his arm in Ohio Sunday before a deputy shot and killed the animal, according to law enforcement.Deputies were dispatched to a home in Circleville, Ohio, after getting a call from a man who said “his arm had been bitten off by a Zebra,” according to a Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office report obtained by CNN.The first deputy on scene, about 28 miles south of Columbus, arrived to see a “hostile” zebra charging his patrol vehicle and used his air horn and sirens to scare it away long enough to get out and apply a tourniquet to the wounded man’s arm and get him in an ambulance, the report says.As medical personnel were tending to the victim, the zebra continued to linger around the area and was acting aggressive, according to the report.Another man on scene told deputies that “this Zebra is aggressive and to put the Zebra down if needed,” the sheriff’s office repor...

Sweden’s PM: Finland likely to join NATO without us

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

Turkey’s reluctance to approve Sweden’s NATO candidacy is hampering chances that Stockholm and Helsinki will join the military alliance together, the Swedish prime minister said Tuesday.“It is not excluded that Sweden and Finland will ratify in different steps,” Ulf Kristersson said at a press briefing, according to public broadcaster SVT.The likelihood of this scenario “has increased” in recent weeks, Kristersson added, highlighting the ball was now in obstinate Turkey’s court.Spurred by Russia’s war on Ukraine and the rising threat coming from Moscow, Sweden and Finland officially asked to join NATO last May, and later committed to joining the alliance together.Most members of the transatlantic military alliance quickly signed off on the joint application — except Hungary and Turkey, whose national parliaments have yet to ratify the membership bids.Although Stockholm has taken steps to ease some of Turkey’s concerns — including...

MassDOT expects to deploy more than 3,000 pieces of equipment during late season nor’easter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation expects to deploy about 3,000 pieces of equipment during Tuesday’s daylong nor’easter, according to Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver. As of 7 a.m., MassDOT already has over 500 pieces of equipment deployed and is updating those numbers quickly.“These late season storms are really tough,” Gulliver said. “When you’re looking out the window and you’re looking at rain, you’re thinking this is going to be easy. It’s not, this is going to deteriorate very quickly as the temperature drops and the snowfall starts.” Gulliver said one of the biggest challenges with storms that start with rain is the roads cannot be pretreated. “When it starts raining and you have warm roadways, pretreatment is ineffective, and that means that when the snow really hits it’s going to ice up very quickly. When you have rates that we are talking about, two inches per hour, our snow plows a...

McConnell released from hospital, headed to inpatient rehab

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was released from the hospital Monday after treatment for a concussion and will continue to recover in an inpatient rehabilitation facility, a spokesman said.McConnell’s office said his doctors discovered over the weekend that he had also suffered a “minor rib fracture” after he tripped and fell at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington on Wednesday evening.“Leader McConnell’s concussion recovery is proceeding well and the Leader was discharged from the hospital today,” McConnell spokesman David Popp said in a statement. “At the advice of his physician, the next step will be a period of physical therapy at an inpatient rehabilitation facility before he returns home.”The office did not give any additional detail on his condition or say how long McConnell will be out. Concussions can be serious injuries and take time for recovery, and even a single incident of concussion can limit a person’s abilities as they recover.It...

Column: Chicago Blackhawks’ race to the bottom of the standings — and the best odds for the No. 1 pick — is shaping up to be a nailbiter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

The fan bases of the Chicago Bears and Blackhawks are in different places right now.Bears fans: jubilation.Hawks fans: trepidation.Bears fans are celebrating the team’s trade haul — two first-round draft picks, two second-rounders and former Carolina Panthers receiver D.J. Moore — in exchange for the NFL’s No. 1 draft pick.Hawks fans are sweating out each win or close loss, knowing that the NHL’s No. 1 pick — and consensus favorite Connor Bedard — isn’t secure. Far from it.The Hawks have stiff competition for the best lottery odds for the top spot with the Columbus Blue Jackets, who have had the league’s worst record since Feb. 23. But others have recently entered the mix. The San Jose Sharks replaced the Hawks as the league’s second-worst team, and now the Anaheim Ducks are nipping at the Hawks’ heels.Before the season, it was a foregone conclusion the Hawks and Arizona Coyotes would battle it out for the bottom of t...

Cactus League report: Jake Burger is cooking for White Sox — and what motivated Nick Burdi to attempt a comeback with Cubs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

The White Sox and Cubs were off Monday. At Sox camp, manager Pedro Grifol encouraged everyone to take full advantage of the breather.“Days off are days off,” Grifol said Sunday. “This will be the last one before the one in Houston (the day before the March 30 season opener).”The Cubs come off the break with back-to-back night games against the Colorado Rockies and Cincinnati Reds.Chicago Tribune baseball writers LaMond Pope and Meghan Montemurro will be providing Cubs and White Sox updates throughout spring training.Jake Burger’s power display had added meaningSaturday was memorable in more than one way for Sox infielder Jake Burger.“It was Brooks’ first game,” Burger said Sunday, referring to his son born in November. “It was the first one he was at and I guess brought me some extra strength.”Burger homered twice in the 6-5 loss to the San Diego Padres at Peoria Stadium. He hit a two-run homer in the fourth and added a sol...

Billy Williams wants to be a resource for Chicago Cubs players — and it’s all thanks to Buck O’Neil’s influence 60 years ago

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

Billy Williams found an empty table adjacent to the agility field at the Chicago Cubs spring training complex and grabbed a seat.For the past week, the Baseball Hall of Famer was a staple at Cubs camp. He addressed the team March 6 after being introduced by manager David Ross, who rattled off Williams’ impressive career feats.And each morning, Williams sat in the patio area near the door to the clubhouse, watching as players gathered to stretch and go through their warmup routines before making his way to the main practice field. Most days, someone would stop on his way to say hello and chat with Williams.That engagement was fueled by Williams’ decision to make himself noticeably available to players during workouts. His desire to be a resource stems from when he was in his early 20s and trying to establish his big-league career. Back then, when old-timers games were played, Williams made sure he was never in the clubhouse, preferring to mingle with the former ballplayer...

Multiday winter storm bringing heavy, wet snow to Northeast

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:55:42 GMT

The start of a winter storm with heavy, wet snow led to hundreds of school closings, canceled flights and some power outages in parts of the Northeast on Tuesday.The storm’s path included parts of New England, upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania and northern New Jersey. Snow totals by the time it winds up Wednesday were expected to range from a few inches to a few feet, depending on the area.“This is shaping up to be a unique winter storm for our small state in that there will be big differences in snowfall amounts depending on where you are located,” said Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, who ordered all executive branch state office buildings closed. “Some towns may receive a significant snowfall total, while others may receive a fraction of that amount or maybe even just rain.”The airport in Albany, New York, which began clearing snow on Monday night, was open, but canceled 16 morning departures early Tuesday. Bradley International Airport in Connecticut also was open an...