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Brazil president proposes South America currency, as he hosts summit to rebuild regional bloc

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:50 GMT

BRASILIA (AP) — Brazil’s president proposed the creation of a regional trade currency to rival the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as he hosted a regional summit in a bid to revive a bloc of South America’s 12 politically polarized countries.The Union of South American Nations, or Unasur, was launched in 2008 to boost cooperation, but became largely defunct about a decade later in disputes over leadership. Countries with right-leaning leaders at the time — including Brazil — saw the bloc as having a leftist bent and objected especially to the inclusion of Venezuela’s authoritarian leftist President Nicolás Maduro.Brazil’s new leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has proposed restarting the bloc now that the region has a greater number of leftist and centrist leaders. He called a South America Summit in Brasilia that has drawn all but one of the region’s presidents.In his opening speech, Lula said the group should discuss creating a currency to challenge the hegemony of the U.S. dollar...

Play ball: Things to know entering NCAA baseball regionals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:50 GMT

The NCAA baseball tournament opens Friday with play in 16 double-elimination regionals. Regional winners advance to best-of-three super regionals next week, and the final eight go to the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska, beginning June 16. Some of the top storylines:WHO’S HOTOral Roberts (46-11) has won 18 straight, the longest active win streak in the country, and 36 of 39. The Golden Eagles won’t be an easy out as the No. 4 regional seed in Stillwater. They won both regular-season meetings with host Oklahoma State, including 8-5 in Stillwater in April.Clemson (43-17) has won 16 straight for its longest win streak since 2006, and 21 of its past 22. WHO’S NOTSouth Carolina (39-19) is a regional host despite losing 13 of 18 since its 34-6 start. The Gamecocks were rewarded for eight early wins over top-50 RPI opponents and cut slack by the selection committee for dealing with significant injuries to three infielders.West Virginia (39-18) has the longest losing streak ent...

Las Vegas Aces celebrate title and are dominating WNBA once again

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:50 GMT

The Las Vegas Aces celebrated last season’s championship over the weekend and are looking once again like the team to beat n the league.The Aces unveiled the championship banner on Saturday before dismantling a short-handed Los Angeles team. An easy win over Minnesota the next day has Las Vegas at 4-0, winning by an average of 24.75 points.“This team has not given me any reasons to think they will not show up on any given night,” Aces coach Becky Hammon said. “No matter the circumstances, they come to compete, they come to play and they play hard.”The Aces, who now begin a four-game road trip, once again were the top team in the AP WNBA power poll. They were followed by Connecticut, New York, Chicago and Washington. Dallas was sixth with Los Angeles, Phoenix and Atlanta next. Indiana, Seattle and Minnesota round out the rankings.Jackie Young has been a big reason why Las Vegas has gotten off to a hot start. Young, who was the AP Player of the Week, is averaging 23 points this ...

Report: Denver isn't keeping longtime retiree residents

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:50 GMT

KDVR (DENVER) -- Retirees simply don't mix with Denver. Denver: No city for old men Denver became one of the hotspots for younger Americans to relocate in the last 10 years. In the process, however, it shed some of its older residents. According to a new report, Denver has one of the lowest shares of longtime resident retirees in the nation.Precious metal trading information site U.S. Money Reserve analyzed U.S. Census Bureau data on the homeownership patterns of Americans 65 years old and older. Among 55 large U.S. metros, Denver has the 14th-lowest share of 65-years-olds who have moved into their homes 30 or more years ago. Among 65+ households, only one third (32.2%) moved in more than 30 years ago. It isn't only very longtime retirees. Denver also has among the nation's lowest shares of retirees that had moved into their homes 20 or 10 years ago. The Denver metro already has among the lowest share of 65+ households anyway. Only 25.7% of Denver area households are owned by som...

Alleged self-proclaimed Nazi arrested for stockpiling weapons

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:50 GMT

FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KXRM) — An alleged self-proclaimed Nazi and supporter of white supremacy is in federal prison once again after he was accused of stockpiling assault weapons and ammunition at his 2.5-acre mountain home in Cotopaxi.Courtesy of Fremont County Sheriff's OfficeForty-one-year-old Chad Edward Keith was arrested on May 8 after an undercover FBI informant documented Keith's criminal activities for a year. He now faces federal weapons charges for being in possession of firearms as a "prohibited person," due to a prior felony conviction back in 2003.A cause for more concern, however, is Keith identifies as a "National Socialist," and Nazi wanting to create a "white private community," – beliefs Keith also said "he would die for absolutely," per court documents. Man previously sentenced for sexual assault found guilty in 2nd case "Keith frequently makes comments disparaging Jews and notes how he is unhappy that Jews control all financial and scientific aspects and run ...

Man arrested for child abuse and attempted kidnapping at Sunny Isles Beach

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:50 GMT

A 29-year-old man, identified as John Kelly Beaubrun, was apprehended on Monday afternoon following an incident of child abuse and attempted kidnapping involving two victims and their family on the beach.Beaubrun began to speak with the victims and said he would offer them candy if they would leave with him, according to court documents. Then, the victims told him to leave them alone and he intentionally grabbed both victims by their arms and proceeded to walk away with them toward the beach access exit which led to Collins Avenue, which is approximately 200 feet away. Upon hearing the cries of the victim’s family attempted to intervene. The defendant became belligerent and aggressive with them and was refusing to let them go. When Beaubrun refused to leave the victims, several other bystanders had to physically intervene to get him to release them from his custody, in that process he sustained an injury. This incident was taken care of in defense of the victims, who were both...

Jimmy Butler told tennis star Coco Gauff his Miami Heat would reach NBA Finals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:50 GMT

PARIS (AP) — To hear tennis star Coco Gauff tell it, basketball star Jimmy Butler assured her his Miami Heat would make it to the NBA Finals before they were guaranteed of so much as participating in the playoffs.Before the French Open began, 2022 runner-up Gauff — who lives in South Florida and is an avid Heat fan, one who uses the pronoun “we” when talking about the team — mentioned that she had “a funny story about Jimmy Butler, but I’m going to save it” until Miami was done playing in the Eastern Conference finals.“I don’t want to jinx it,” she said. “I will save it for another day.”Following a comeback victory in her first-round match at Roland Garros on Tuesday, which was about 12 hours after the Heat beat the Boston Celtics 103-84 in Game 7 of the East finals, Gauff told the tale involving the guy known as “Jimmy Buckets.”Gauff, a 19-year-old who is ranked No. 6 in women’s tennis, said Butler offered her tickets to see the Heat’s last regular-season ga...

Whitman police look to reunite lost Marine Corps ring with its owner

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:50 GMT

The Whitman Police Department is looking for the owner of a United States Marine Corps ring that was found during a Memorial Day parade.The police department posted images of the ring on Facebook this week, explaining how a citizen had found the ring on Monday in Whitman Town Park.“We would love to reunite it with its owner,” the department stated. “If you or someone you know owns this ring please call us at: 781-447-1212.”The ring itself appears to have a red gemstone, with an image of the 1945 flag raising on Iwo Jima on one side and an image of Tun Tavern on the other – the Philadelphia tavern believed to have held the first-ever recruitment drive for what would become the USMC in 1775.

TSA finds ‘Naruto ninja knife’ set in bag at Logan Airport

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:50 GMT

TSA New England shared a reminder for travelers Tuesday after a spokesperson said officers found a set of knives in a passenger’s carry-on bag over the weekend. Spokesperson Dan Velez said officers at Logan Airport in Boston detected the “Naruto ninja knife set,” which was inspired by the Naruto series, in the bag on Saturday. Knives, Velez said, should only be placed in checked bags, rather than carry-ons. https://twitter.com/TSA_NewEngland/status/1663564873840705537?s=20Saturday’s find at Logan came during a busy Memorial Day weekend at airports across New England. In total, TSA officials said they screened close to 334,000 people at the region’s six major airports between Thursday and Sunday, marking an increase of 32,000 from 2022 figures. On Memorial Day itself, Velez said officers at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut also found a 75 mm inert artillery shell in a passengerâ...

11-year-old Mississippi boy who was shot by responding police officer after calling 911 is released from the hospital

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:50 GMT

(CNN) — An 11-year-old Mississippi boy who was shot by a police officer after he called 911 for help is recovering after being released from the hospital, according to his family.The family is calling for the officer to be fired and charged with the shooting.Aderrien Murry was shot in the chest by an Indianola Police Department officer early Saturday morning while the officer was responding to a domestic disturbance call at the child’s home, according to his mother, Nakala Murry, and the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation.Murry told CNN that the father of another of her children arrived at her home at 4 a.m., “irate.”Concerned about her safety, Murry asked Aderrien to call the police.Murry said the officer who arrived at the home “had his gun drawn at the front door and asked those inside the home to come outside.” Murry said her son was shot coming around the corner of a hallway, into the living room.“Once he came from around the corner, he got shot,” Murry said. “I cannot gr...