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Israel’s economy could have trouble recovering from this war

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:59 GMT

By Amy Teibel | Associated PressJERUSALEM — Just last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu predicted a new era of peace and prosperity in the Middle East, based on growing acceptance of Israel within the region.Today, with the Israel-Hamas war in its fourth week, that vision is in tatters.The mobilization of 360,000 reservists and the evacuation of 250,000 Israelis from their homes, according to numbers provided by the Israeli military, has upended many businesses. Restaurants and stores have emptied. Airlines have canceled most flights to Israel, and tourists have called off trips. A main natural gas field has been shut down, farms have been destroyed for lack of workers and businesses have furloughed tens of thousands of workers.Israel has vowed to crush the Gaza Strip’s ruling Hamas group, which killed 1,400 people and took more than 240 others hostage in an Oct. 7 rampage in southern Israel. Israeli airstrikes have flattened entire neighborhoods in Gaza and kil...

Warriors have surprise starter in place of Klay Thompson against New Orleans Pelicans

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:59 GMT

NEW ORLEANS — Klay Thompson and Jonathan Kuminga will be out for the Warriors’ game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night.Thompson, 33, is nursing right knee soreness and Kuminga, 21, has a right knee contusion. Golden State is on the second half of their first back-to-back of the year, getting a win against the Houston Rockets on Sunday to move to 2-1.Moses Moody will make his 15th career start in place of Thompson alongside Steph Curry, Andrew Wiggins, Draymond Green and Kevon Looney. Chris Paul will come off the bench for a second straight game; his consecutive games started streak of 1,365 was snapped against the Rockets when he came off the bench for the first time in his 19-year NBA career in the Warriors’ win.Related ArticlesGolden State Warriors | Santa Cruz Warriors select 6-3 guard Marcus Burk, 6-9 forward Arinze Chidom in 2023 NBA G League Draft Golden State Warriors | Chris Paul comes off bench, Steph Curry ices War...

“Absolutamente devastadora”: compañeros de reparto en “Friends” sobre la muerte de Matthew Perry

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:59 GMT

Los compañeros de reparto de Matthew Perry en “Friends” calificaron el lunes su muerte como “una pérdida insondable” que los ha dejado “completamente devastados”.“Éramos más que simples compañeros de reparto. Somos una familia”, dijeron Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc y David Schwimmer en un comunicado conjunto.“Hay mucho que decir, pero ahora vamos a tomarnos un momento para llorar y procesar esta pérdida insondable. Con el tiempo diremos más, cuando podamos”, continuó el grupo. “Por ahora, nuestros pensamientos y nuestro amor están con la familia de Matty, sus amigos y todos los que lo amaron en todo el mundo”.Perry murió el sábado aparentemente ahogado en su casa en el vecindario Pacific Palisades de Los Ángeles, a los 54 años, dijeron a NBC News un representante de Perry y una fuente policial.Se recibió una llamada al 911 a las 4:07 p.m. hora local y fue tratado como un rescate acu...

Funeral home where 189 decaying bodies found sued over alleged fake ashes

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:59 GMT

DENVER (AP) — A family filed a lawsuit Monday against a Colorado funeral home where 189 decaying bodies were found, alleging the owners allowed the remains of their loved ones to “rot” away while they sent families fake ashes.The gruesome discovery at Return to Nature Funeral Home occurred earlier in October after reports of an “abhorrent smell” emanating from a building about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Denver. Colorado has some of the weakest rules for funeral homes Law enforcement has started identifying the remains and began notifying families that their loved ones were among the bodies — sometimes years after they were allegedly cremated and given as ashes to grieving relatives.The lawsuit accuses Return to Nature and its owners, Jon and Carie Hallford, of intentionally inflicting emotional distress, negligence, fraud and violating a number of Colorado laws, among other claims.Calls and texts sent to numbers listed for Return to Nature and owners have gone unanswered ...

Nine people arrested at protest outside Israeli defense contractor in Cambridge

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:59 GMT

Nine people were arrested in Cambridge on Monday during a protest at the offices of an Israeli defense contractor, Cambridge police said.Cambridge police said around 10 a.m., officers were at a peaceful protest of about 200 people outside Elbit Systems on Bishop Allen Drive. Police said then some of the crowd broke through metal barricades and began vandalizing the business. Officers said they were assaulted as they attempted to place people under arrest for defacing the building.Those arrested, aged 19 to 33, face charges including disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and assault and battery on a police officer. They will be arraigned in court on Tuesday.

Zacha wins it in OT as Bruins rally from 2-goal deficit to beat Panthers 3-2

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:59 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Pavel Zacha scored with 84 seconds left on the clock in overtime and the Boston Bruins rallied from a two-goal deficit to beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Monday night.Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy also scored for Boston, which remained unbeaten in regulation through nine games this season (8-0-1). Linus Ullmark stopped 36 shots against the team that knocked the Bruins out of the playoffs last season after a record-setting and Presidents Trophy-winning regular season.Aleksander Barkov scored one goal and assisted on another, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots for Florida, which eliminated Boston in seven games in the first round and went on to reach the Stanley Cup Final.Barkov gave the Panthers the lead six minutes into the game. He helped make it 2-0 with five minutes left in the period when he took advantage of Matthew Poitras’ turnover behind the net and fed it to Sam Reinhart in front.Marchand cut the deficit in half off a backhand feed from Jake DeBru...

Jaylen Brown scores 36 points as Celtics race past Wizards 126-107

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:59 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored 36 points and Jayson Tatum had 33 as the Boston Celtics won their third straight to open the season, cruising past the Washington Wizards 126-107 on Monday night.It’s the second straight season the Celtics have begun with three straight wins.Kristaps Porzingis scored 15 points in his return to Washington, where he spent his previous 1 1/2 seasons. Porzingis was traded to Boston in June and scored 30 points in his first game for the Celtics on Wednesday, setting a franchise record for scoring in a debut.Kyle Kuzma scored 21 points for the Wizards (1-2), who trailed throughout and were behind by 26 points after 10 minutes.Brown scored 16 points in the first quarter as Boston raced to a 42-19 lead. He had 27 points by halftime.Brown hit his final basket midway through the third quarter as the Celtics built a 37-point lead, and coach Joe Mazzulla rested his starters for the final 12 minutes.Tatum scored 17 points in the third quarter.Washington coac...

Column: When will the NFL and TV networks learn to stop putting the Chicago Bears in prime time?

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:59 GMT

A bad case of Collinsworth fatigue set in late Sunday during the fourth quarter of the Chicago Bears’ 30-13 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.A weekend of listening to NBC “Sunday Night Football” analyst Cris Collinsworth and his soundalike son, Jac, will do that. Both are competent announcers but are best used in limited doses. Jac’s ascension to play-by-play man for Notre Dame home games on NBC makes a Collinsworth family weekend inevitable for some of us, and too much Collinsworth is seldom a good thing.It was almost a given that Cris Collinsworth would spend most of Sunday night talking about quarterback Tyson Bagent, the only Bears player remotely worth discussing. This was a dog game on the “SNF” schedule, one of those unfortunate occurrences that happens whenever some TV executive thinks the Bears have turned a corner.You would think they have learned their lesson by now. According to Tribune reporter Dan Wiederer, the Bears have lost seven ...

Bruins notch thrilling comeback win over Panthers

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:59 GMT

The Bruins notched their best characer win of the young season, scratching back from a two-goal deficit, climbing over some serious in-game adversity and pulling out a 3-2 overtime win over the Florida Panthers at the Garden on Monday.Pavel Zacha scored with 1:24 left in overtime to lift the B’s to a victory that seemed improbable earlier in the night. Linus Ullmark, meanwhile, made 36 saves for the win.After a brutal first period in which they went down 2-0, the B’s found their footing in the second with a goal and then Charlie McAvoy tied it up at 7:20 of the third period off a beautiful rush. Zacha made a nice touch pass to David Pastrnak, who had speed going through the neutral zone. Pastrnak sliced from left to right through the offensive zone and lifted a pass to the rushing McAvoy, who flipped his second in as many games past Sergei Bobrovsky.But McAvoy put his team in a hole with a hit to the head on Oliver Ekman-Larson with the puck nowhere close to the area in ...

Toronto Paramedic Union issues another code red; no transport ambulances available

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:59 GMT

Toronto’s Paramedic Union (TCEU Local 416) has once again been forced to issue a code red due to an ambulance shortage that continues to impact those needing urgent care.On Monday, the union shared an update on the social media platform X that a code red was in effect and that no transport ambulances were currently available in the city.“Ambulance for an unconscious elderly person was over 28 minutes away, and Peel Paramedic Services had to be called in to help,” the union wrote on X.CODE RED ALERT! ????NO TRANSPORT AMBULANCES AVAILABLE IN TORONTO!Ambulance for an unconscious elderly person was over 28 minutes away and Peel Paramedic Services had to be called in to help. Stay safe #Toronto#statuscodered #paramedics #onpoli @CP24 @CTVToronto @CityNewsTO pic.twitter.com/Y9lbyrBvXw— TO Paramedic Union (@416TPSUnit) October 30, 2023In a video uploaded to YouTube four days ago, the union said they’re underfunded and “dangerously understaffed.”...