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January 9, 2025

Watch Athletics center fielder make spectacular home run-saving catch
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Rookie center fielder Denzel Clarke made yet another spectacular catch for the Athletics, this time reaching high above the wall to rob the Los Angeles Angels’ Nolan Schanuel of a home run on Monday night. The Angels had one out and no one on in the bottom of the first when Schanuel…
Panthers rout Oilers 6-1 to take a 2-1 lead in the Stanley Cup Final
SUNRISE, Fla. — Taking advantage of the Edmonton Oilers’ worst performance in several weeks, the defending Florida Panthers pounced on mistakes to win Game 3 in a 6-1 rout Monday night and take a 2-1 series lead. Brad Marchand became the oldest player to score in each of the first three games of a final,…
Ex-US envoy to Japan launches fund targeting security alliance tech
PALO ALTO, California — A venture capital firm founded by former U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos is launching its first fund targeting technologies that will help strengthen the U.S.-Japan security alliance, backed by $250 million from an initial round of funding. Roos co-founded desic Capital in 2015, after serving as ambassador from 2009 to…
Greta Thunberg deported from Israel after milit intercepts Gaza-bound aid boat
Greta Thunberg was deported from Israel on Tuesday, the country’s foreign ministry said, the day after she and other activists were detained while trying to deliver a symbolic shipment of aid to Gaza by sea. In a post on X, the Israeli foreign ministry said that Thunberg, 22, had “just departed Israel on a flight…
9 people killed in school shooting in Austria
9 people killed in school shooting in Austria Austria: At least nine people, including teachers and students, were killed in a high school firing in Austria. According to foreign media, the incident took place at a high school in the southern Austrian city of Greys, where an unknown person opened fire at a school. Police…
Pete Hegseth to face Congress after a rocky few months
In the first testimony since his confirmation, the defense secret is likely to be grilled for sharing sensitive information on Signal group chats.
Alabama to execute a long-serving death row inmate for the 1988 beating death of a woman he dated
ATMORE, Ala. — A man convicted of beating a woman to death nearly 37 years ago is scheduled to be executed Tuesday in Alabama in what will be the nation’s sixth execution with nitrogen gas. Gregory Hunt is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday night at a south Alabama prison. Hunt was convicted of…
Mexican state optimistic about future of its two Nissan plants
TOKYO — The governor of Aguascalientes said on Tuesday she was optimistic that Japanese automaker Nissan Motor would keep open its two plants in the central Mexican state. The embattled company, which has a long history of manufacturing in Mexico, last month announced its new business restructuring plan called “Re: Nissan”. This set out a…
Florida set to execute man convicted of raping and killing a woman 3 decades ago
A man convicted of raping and killing a woman three decades ago after kidnapping her from a supermarket parking lot in Florida is scheduled to be executed Tuesday. Anthony Wainwright, 54, is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. He was convicted in the April 1994 killing of 23-year-old Carmen…