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Eddie Merrins, the ‘Little Pro’ who had an enormous influence on golf in LA, dies at 91

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:10:23 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Eddie Merrins was known as “The Little Pro” because of his 5-foot-7 stature, certainly not his influence on golf. The longtime pro at Bel-Air Country Club touched everyone from U.S. Open champion Corey Pavin to Fred Astaire and even Mikhail Baryshnikov.Merrins died Wednesday in Los Angeles at age 91 after a long illness, according to UCLA, where he coached for 14 years.“The game of golf is a very selfish game in the sense that you’re the only one who gets any real enjoyment out of what you do,” Merrins once said. “But in teaching, you get the satisfaction of knowing that you’ve helped somebody.”Merrins certainly could play. He played 82 times on the PGA Tour, but never more than 10 tournaments in a year. He qualified for the U.S. Open eight times and the PGA Championship six times. He once held the course record at Medinah (66) at the Western Open.But his passion was teaching, and his goal was to keep it simple. He wrote an instruction book in 1973 titled, “Swing ...

Violent clashes break out in Dublin after knife attack that injured 3 children, one seriously

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:10:23 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Violent clashes broke out in central Dublin on Thursday evening after a 5-year-old girl was seriously injured in a knife attack earlier in the day that also saw a woman and two other young children hospitalized.Irish police said the girl was receiving emergency medical treatment in a Dublin hospital following the attack outside a school. Soon after that announcement, at least 100 people took to the streets, some armed with metal bars and covering their faces. Police said over 400 officers including many in riot gear, were deployed in Dublin city center to contain the unrest, which they said was “caused by a small group of thugs.”Police with shields fended off people attempting to kick and punch them while flares and fireworks were fired at the police cordon around the scene of the incident. A number of police vehicles and a tram were damaged during the disorder, while a bus and car were also set on fire on the city’s O’Connell Bridge.Shop windows were routinely smashed...

St. Rose scores 26, Princeton rolls to a 77-63 win over No. 22 Oklahoma women in Florida

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:10:23 GMT

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Madison St. Rose matcher her career-high with 26 points, Kaitlyn Chen added 20 and Princeton rolled to a 77-63 win over No. 22 Oklahoma at the Fort Myers Tip-Off on Thursday.St. Rose opened the game with back-to-back 3-pointers and after a 3 by Oklahoma’s Nevaeh Tot the Tigers reeled off 11 points, four by Chen and the last five by Mari Bickley for a 17-3 lead.Skye Belker added 10 points for Princeton (4-1), which beat a ranked team for the fourth time in program history. The Tigers shot 48% and outrebounded the Sooners 50-37, piling up 20 second-chance points and posting a 46-28 advantage on points in the paint. Ellie Mitchell had 18 rebounds, six assists and four steals to go with six points.The Sooners (5-1), who haven’t been since 6-0 since the 2010-11 season, came in averaging 89.8 points a game on 49.5% shooting. They finished the loss at 35% and were better from 3-point range, 9 of 25 (36%) than inside the arc (33%).Aubrey Joens had 13 poin...

¿Probarías esta cerveza hecha con agua de ducha reciclada?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:10:23 GMT

(CNN) — No lo notarías si la probaras, pero lo cierto es que la cerveza Epic OneWater Brew está hecha con agua reciclada de las duchas, lavabos y lavadoras de un edificio residencial.La cerveza es segura para beber gracias a una serie de tratamientos que incluyen microfiltración y luz ultravioleta, y su objetivo es llamar la atención sobre el problema de la escasez de agua y la necesidad de reutilización del recurso.“Los edificios utilizan el 14% de toda el agua potable a nivel mundial “, dice Aaron Tartakovsky, director ejecutivo y cofundador de Epic Cleantec, la empresa de tratamiento de agua con sede en San Francisco que fabrica la cerveza en colaboración con una cervecería local. “Casi ningún edificio reutiliza esa agua; eso es lo que estamos tratando de cambiar”.La cerveza es una cerveza estilo Kölsch, una bebida fresca y de cuerpo ligero originaria de Alemania, y se creó con aguas grises recicladas de Fifteen Fifty, un edificio de apartamentos de ...

Australia and India play 1st T20 match 4 days after Cricket World Cup final. India wins this time

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:10:23 GMT

VISAKHAPATNAM, India (AP) — Just four days after losing the Cricket World Cup final, India beat Australia by two wickets in the first Twenty20 internationaI match on Thursday despite conceding three wickets in three balls of the final over.Both teams rested key players after their lengthy World Cup campaigns which saw India win its first 10 matches before losing Sunday’s final to Australia by six wickets.Josh Inglis scored the joint fastest T20 ton for Australia, reaching the landmark in 47 balls to match Aaron Finch’s onslaught against England in 2013. But it wasn’t enough as India captain Suryakumar Yadav’s 80 runs in 42 balls proved crucial to the chase. India finished with 209-8 in 19.5 overs in reply to Australia’s 208-3. India’s batters made it a dramatic final over bowled by Sean Abbott with three wickets lost off the third, fourth and fifth balls. Rinku Singh then smashed Abbott over long on for six. That didn’t count because the pacer had bowle...

Residents of Kentucky town can return home after crews extinguish derailment fire

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:10:23 GMT

LIVINGSTON, Ky. (AP) — A chemical fire at a Kentucky train derailment that caused evacuations has been extinguished and people can return to their homes, rail operator CSX said Thursday.CSX spokesperson Bryan Tucker said in an email Thursday afternoon that “the fire is completely out.” He said that authorities and CSX officials reviewed air monitoring data and decided it was safe to let displaced return home.The CSX train derailed around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday near Livingston, a remote town with about 200 people in Rockcastle County. Residents were encouraged to evacuate.Two of the 16 cars that derailed carried molten sulfur, which caught fire after the cars were breached, CSX said in a statement.It’s believed that the fire released the potentially harmful gas sulfur dioxide, but officials have not released results of measurements taken from air monitoring equipment that was being deployed Wednesday night.The derailment meant some Livingston residents woke up on Thanksgiving in a middl...

¿Cómo el pequeño Estado árabe de Qatar se volvió indispensable en las conversaciones con Hamas?

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:10:23 GMT

(CNN) — Qatar, el pequeño Estado del golfo Pérsico, vuelve a ocupar un lugar destacado en la diplomacia mundial, esta vez por sus esfuerzos para mediar en los acuerdos para liberar a los rehenes tomados por Hamas durante sus ataques del 7 de octubre en Israel, así como para evacuar a ciudadanos extranjeros de Gaza.Esta semana, Qatar, que jugó un papel crucial en la negociación del acuerdo entre Israel y Hamas para hacer una pausa en los combates y liberar a algunos de los rehenes en poder del grupo militante, a cambio de prisioneros palestinos encarcelados por Israel. La tregua comenzará a las 7 a. m. hora local (medianoche ET) del viernes 24 de noviembre y los rehenes civiles serán liberados a las 4 p. m. hora local.El acuerdo supondrá la liberación de 50 mujeres y niños cautivos en Gaza por Hamás, según Qatar, cuyo Gobierno medió en las negociaciones entre Israel y el grupo militante.La ruta que tomarán los rehenes liberados no puede ser revelada por razones de seguridad, di...

Back-to-back Broncos Super Bowl champ Harald Hasselbach dies at 56

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:10:23 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A defensive lineman and member of the Broncos' back-to-back Super Bowl championship team, Harald Hasselbach, died from cancer, the Broncos shared on Thursday.Hasselbach was 56 years old and had been fighting cancer for six months.According to a news release from the team citing his family, Hasselbach passed away pain-free in the comfort of his own home.Hasselbach appeared in 131 games during his seven seasons with the Broncos from 1994-2000. The defensive lineman started 29 regular season games with the Broncos and also started in all three games during the Broncos charge for the Super XXXIII championship. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox Hasselbach recorded 154 tackles, 17.5 sacks and four forced fumbles during his career in Colorado. Before becoming an NFL player, Hasselbach was born in the Netherlands and attended high school in the Greater Vancouver area of British Columbia. He played collegiate football at the University of W...

Denver weather: Pinpoint Weather Alert Day for Black Friday snow

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:10:23 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Pinpoint Weather Alert Day has been issued for Friday as snow and much colder temperatures move into Denver's weather forecast Thursday night into the weekend. Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories are in effect from Thursday evening through Saturday. Accumulating snow will make travel difficult during this time. Weather tonight: Snow and coldSnow will start to pick up after sunset and continue Friday night. Temperatures will be cold and fall to lows in the teens alongside a stronger breeze gusting up to 30 mph at times.Weather tomorrow: Snow showers, coldFriday, snow showers will thin, but Denver will be left with chilly and cloudy conditions. Highs will only reach the mid-20s, which is much more typical for lows this time of year. Looking ahead: Snow ending, milder workweekMost of the snow will start to taper off on Friday, but the chance for a few more snow showers will continue into Saturday morning. From this snowfall event, the Denver metro is ...

Migrant encampment attacked by man with knife, 1 dead

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:10:23 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — There were frantic moments in downtown Denver on Thanksgiving morning as a group of migrants was attacked by a knife-wielding man. One person died in the attack, but that person's identity has not been released. Thieves steal truck in Thornton, shoot at man trying to stop them FOX31 was covering an unrelated story at the street corner when this reporter witnessed the attack unfold. The Denver Police Department said it is investigating the stabbing.Cell phone video showed the scene unfolding as it continued to grow more violent. People can be seen fighting off a man they said had a knife and had been harassing them since late Wednesday night.“He came looking for problems,” one of the migrants said.A man with a knife attacked a group of migrants on Thursday in Denver. Venezuelan migrants fight back attackerThe migrants say they are from Venezuela and the attacker was telling them they were not welcome here and for them to return to their country.They told FOX31 they ...