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Americans urged to leave this country immediately

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:18:36 GMT

Officials with the U.S. Department of State are recommending that all Americans leave Lebanon while they still can as cross-border fighting between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies.The State Department issued the recommendation on X, formerly Twitter, for Americans to leave the Middle East country "while commercial flights remain available” due to the "unpredictable security situation" in the region. The warning comes as Israeli forces continue to exchange fire with Hezbollah fighters along the border as the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza rages on. Iran-backed Hezbollah is closely aligned with Hamas and concerns are mounting that the regional conflict could escalate.Hezbollah’s leader has praised Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack when militants attacked farming villages, towns and military posts, killing more than 1,400 people — most of them Israeli civilians — and taking hundreds of hostages back to Gaza while Israeli forces were slow to respond.Smoke rises from Israeli artillery she...

Live updates | Palestinians report deadly Israeli airstrikes including in southern Gaza

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:18:36 GMT

Palestinians in Gaza said Israeli airstrikes left multiple fatalities across the besieged enclave, including in the south where Israel had told civilians to seek refuge as its ground operation intensifies in northern Gaza. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is making a new push to ease the plight of civilians. He met with Arab foreign ministers on Saturday in Jordan, the day after talks in Israel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who insisted there could be no temporary cease-fire until all hostages held by Hamas are released.The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has reached 9,448, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza. In the occupied West Bank, more than 140 Palestinians have been killed in violence and Israeli raids. The UNRWA says 72 of its staff members have been killed.More than 1,400 people in Israel have been killed, most of them in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that started the fighting, and 242 hostages were taken from Israel into Gaza by the ...

San Jose Sharks exec lends insight to Erik Karlsson trade: Is it a blueprint for future deals?

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:18:36 GMT

SAN JOSE – Speculation continued for months earlier this year as to how the San Jose Sharks were going to trade Erik Karlsson and get decent value in return without retaining a huge amount of money.Finally, when the three-team trade was finalized on Aug. 6 and Karlsson became a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Sharks had kept only $1.5 million of the three-time Norris Trophy winner’s $11.5 million salary cap hit on their books through the end of the 2026-2027 season.In the offseason, Sharks president Jonathan Becher said general manager Mike Grier spoke to either him or owner Hasso Plattner nearly every other day over an approximately eight-week period about where the trade process stood.“There were occasional GMs that lobbed lowball offers at us,” Sharks president Jonathan Becher said recently, but that in the end, “there were three, sometimes four teams that were in the neighborhood of a reasonable deal, and eventually we got one done that makes sense.”Karlsson and the Pengu...

College basketball 2023-24: The Hotline’s preseason top-25 rankings

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:18:36 GMT

The Pac-12 placed just two teams in the Associated Press preseason top-25 rankings, fewer than any other major conference. The Hotline is a tad more optimistic.We see at least four teams capable of reaching the NCAA Tournament in the Pac-12’s final season of existence.Arizona and USC are the obvious picks; Colorado and UCLA also possess reasonable paths into March Madness. Anyone else? We won’t dismiss Arizona State or Oregon as at-large contenders. Beyond that, the pickings are a tad thin.Presenting the Hotline’s top-25 rankings for a season that begins Monday.1. KansasHunter Dickinson’s arrival (from Michigan) adds one of the nation’s top players to a stout group of returnees. It might take time for the pieces to coalesce — two-thirds of the roster is new — but the Jayhawks could be the NCAA Tournament’s top overall seed come Selection Sunday.2. PurdueThe Boilermakers were a lock for the upper echelon of the sport the moment center Zach Edey announced his r...

Bay Area high school football roundup 2023: Best of Week 11 action

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:18:36 GMT

Welcome back to the Bay Area News Group’s high school football roundup.Here, you’ll find all the details from the weekend’s action in this news organization’s coverage area, which encompasses teams that play in leagues based primarily in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.Check back every Saturday during the season for scores, highlights and top performers, updated throughout the day.If you have not already, please subscribe here for complete digital access all season long. Your contributions keep us going.On to the roundup …Ranked teamsNo. 1 Serra 43, No. 10 St. Ignatius 10When Central Coast Section officials assemble Sunday to fill out the brackets for the playoffs, the No. 1 seed will be easy. Serra completed its second straight perfect regular season by running away from St. Ignatius. It was 22-3 after one quarter and 36-3 at the half. The Padres (10-0, 7-0 West Catholic Athletic League) have won 20 regular-season games in succession. Their last loss in su...

Photos: Bay Area high school football Week 11, 2023

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:18:36 GMT

Campolindo 25, Acalanes 24See a photo you like? Click Here to see these and more and to purchase high-quality prints or a keepsake photos on mugs, buttons, greeting cards, and more.Campolindo’s Mack Fisher (16) celebrates with his teammates after intercepting a pass thrown by Acalanes quarterback Sully Bailey (9) in the fourth quarter of their game at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Campolindo defeated Acalanes 25-24. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Campolindo’s Tim Daugherty (3) reaches to make a catch over Acalanes’ Gavin Bender (7) in the first quarter of their game at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Campolindo defeated Acalanes 25-24. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) Acalanes quarterback Sully Bailey (9) fumbles the football while being tackled by Campolindo’s Henry Fitzinger (42) in the first quarter of their game at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 3, ...

Denver weather: More sunshine and above-average temperatures

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:18:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather is looking to stay dry and warm through the weekend. Temperatures cool off and there is a chance of showers by the middle of next week. Weather today: Sunny and warmWe're kicking off the weekend with plenty of sunshine and warm air. Temperatures will warm into the upper 60s nearing 70 degrees with winds coming out of the southeast around 5-10 mph. Highs will be around 10 degrees warmer than normal for the beginning of November. Weather tonight: More clouds, mildA few more clouds move into the mix this evening as lows sink into the upper 30s and lower 40s. Winds could be breezy at times with gusts up to 20 mph not out of the question.Looking ahead: Staying warm for the first half of the weekWe have a mix of clouds and sunshine to wrap up the weekend as temperatures will stay very warm. Highs tomorrow will be in the lower 70s. Lets keep the warm and dry trend going through Monday. We'll cool off a little bit on Tuesday as we await our next system, brin...

How you can celebrate the holidays with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:18:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- It's the holiday season!Well, at least it's the season to plan for the holidays. Here's what is scheduled at the Denver Performing Arts Complex during November and December. How much rain and snow did Colorado get during the 2023 water year? All tickets can be found online at the Denver Performing Arts Complex website.The NutcrackerFrom Nov. 25 - Dec. 24, ballet fans will be able to experience the magic of the holidays through the Colorado Ballet company's performances.The show features custom-made sets and costumes that were debuted in 2021, and sells out year after year — so act quickly if you want tickets.Additionally, to increase accessibility and allow for a diverse audience, a public sensory-friendly performance will be held Nov. 26 at 1 p.m. This is the third year the company has held a sensory-friendly performance.Colorado Children's Chorale: Merry & BrightOn Dec. 2 at 1 p.m., over 300 children are scheduled to sing at Boettcher Concert Hall. This year...

There is no pressure to negotiate with Russia, says Zelenskyy

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:18:36 GMT

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday denied a report that EU and U.S. officials have spoken with the government in Kyiv about possible peace talks with Russia. “No leader of the United States or European Union, our partners — nobody puts pressure on us for us sitting at the negotiation table with Russia and give something away,” Zelenskyy told a joint press conference in Kyiv with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who was on an unannounced visit to the worn-torn country.It “has never been like this and will never be,” Zelenskyy said.NBC News reported Saturday that U.S. and European officials have begun talking with the Ukrainian government about what possible peace negotiations with Russia might entail, citing one current U.S. official and one former U.S. official familiar with the discussions. The conversations may have included what Ukraine might need to give up to reach a peace deal with Russia, according to the report. The...

Erdoğan says (again) that Sweden isn’t doing enough against Kurdish militants

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:18:36 GMT

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Stockholm has not taken sufficient steps to deal with Kurdish militants, raising an earlier objection to Sweden’s request to join NATO after the Swedish bid had seemed to be making progress. Turkey will “try to facilitate the work” on ratifying Sweden’s accession to NATO “so long as our counterparts approach us positively,” Erdoğan told reporters on Friday, Reuters reported.His comments come after the Turkish government submitted Sweden’s NATO accession bid to the country’s parliament for ratification last month, ending a months-long guessing game over whether Ankara intended to postpone its approval process further.Erdoğan has demanded that Stockholm both crack down on what he called Kurdish “terrorists” operating in Sweden and relax restrictions on Swedish arms sales to Turkey before he will greenlight Swedish accession to the defense alliance.On a return flight from Kazakhstan,...