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Djokovic eases past Norrie to send Serbia to Davis Cup semifinals. Sinner’s Italy beats Netherlands

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:59 GMT

MALAGA, Spain (AP) — Novak Djokovic became the most successful Serbian player in the history of the Davis Cup as he took his nation to the semifinals for the second time in three years with his 21st straight singles victory on Thursday.The top-ranked Djokovic beat Cameron Norrie 6-4, 6-4 to give Serbia a 2-0 victory over Great Britain and set up a last-four encounter with Italy on Saturday in the top team event in men’s tennis. It was a record 44th Davis Cup match win overall for Djokovic, moving him one ahead of Nenad Zimonjic. Djokovic now has 40 singles wins for his country.The Italians beat the Netherlands 2-1 in the other quarterfinal match on Thursday to reach the semifinals for the second straight season. Jannik Sinner kept Italy alive by winning his singles match and he then successfully teamed up with Lorenzo Sonego in the doubles.Djokovic’s last singles loss in the Davis Cup was when he retired against Juan Martin del Potro in Serbia’s 2011 semifinal defeat aga...

Canadian Army holding weekend training in Prince Edward County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:59 GMT

Members of the Canadian Armed Forces will be in Prince Edward County this weekend for training exercises. The infantry training exercises will be held in an area of low density to avoid disruptions to the public as much as possible, taking place near the Mountain View Airfield in Ameliasburgh, right in the middle of rural farm land properties per an official Land Use Agreement. Between the relatively remote location and the limitations like use of blank rounds and lack of pyrotechnics, there isn’t expected to be much public disruption throughout the weekend. For using live rounds and pyrotechnics training will take place in Petawawa, but staying local allows the group to squeeze out a few extra hours of training on each day in lieu of travel time. The training will be made up of roughly 75 Canadian Army Reservists, accounting for about a third of the reservists in the area with a few people coming from the Ontario Regiment in Oshawa to participate. Captain Rob Cybulskie said t...

2023 eastern and central Mass. Thanksgiving high school football scores

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:59 GMT

The tradition of high school football on Thanksgiving Day continued Thursday with games across Massachusetts. The 7NEWS sports department has all the scores from eastern and central Massachusetts games: Eastern Mass.ABINGTON – 46WHITMAN-HANSON – 6–WESTFORD ACADEMY – 35ACTON-BOXBOROUGH – 10–NEWBURYPORT – 44AMESBURY – 26–NORTH ANDOVER – 13ANDOVER – 27–OLD ROCHESTER – 21APPONEQUET – 36–ARCHBISHOP WILLIAMS – 42CARDINAL SPELLMAN – 14–WALTHAM – 7ARLINGTON – 27–SHAWSHEEN VALLEY TECH – 41ARLINGTON CATHOLIC – 7–HOPKINTON – 0ASHLAND – 35–NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH – 20ATTLEBOROUGH – 15–AYER-SHIRLEY – 18LITTLETON – 35–BARNSTABLE – 54FALMOUTH – 8–BEDFORD – 34BURLINGTON – 19–NORTON – 13BELLINGHAM – 20–BELMONT – 47WATERTOWN – 0–SALEM ...

Sage Fire burns 35 acres near Jamul, prompting evacuations: Cal Fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:59 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Firefighters are responding to a vegetation fire in the area of State Route 94 at the 13000 block of Vista Sage Lane in Jamul. The fire, dubbed the Sage Fire, broke out around 2:45 p.m. on Thursday. Cal Fire San Diego said the vegetation fire had a "critical rate of spread" and was threatening structures around Jamul.At 3:45 p.m., Cal Fire said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, the forward spread of the flames had been stopped around 35 acres and crews were holding the fire at 5% containment.Mandatory evacuations were issued for residents near the fire along Lyons Valley Road and SR-94. All evacuation orders were lifted by Cal Fire just after 4:30 p.m.A map of the area that was impacted by the evacuation order can be found below.Evacuations from the Sage Fire. (Courtesy of Cal Fire)A temporary evacuation point was set up at Steele Canyon High School at 12440 Campo Rd. for those that were impacted. MORE: California Wildfires Road closures have also been implemented alo...

Rainbow Bridge reopens to traffic after fiery fatal car crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:59 GMT

Traffic resumed Thursday night across the Rainbow Bridge between Canada and the United States following a fiery crash that claimed the lives of two people. The bridge was the lone border crossing between the two countries which remained closed after a speeding vehicle lost control on the U.S. side of the border before crashing and bursting into flames just before 11:30 a.m. Wednesday.The FBI has ruled out terrorism and says there was no evidence of explosive materials in the crash debris of the Bentley sedan. The identities of the deceased have not been released, but sources have told The Associated Press they were a husband and wife.The FBI Buffalo Field Office has turned the matter over to the Niagara Falls Police Department, who are considering it a traffic investigation.

New Zealand’s new government promises tax cuts, more police and less bureaucracy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:59 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders can expect tax cuts, more police on the streets and less government bureaucracy, according to the three leaders who signed an agreement Friday to form a new government.The coalition deal ended nearly six weeks of intense negotiations after New Zealand held a general election on Oct. 14.The deal will see Christopher Luxon serve as prime minister after his conservative National Party won 38% of the vote, the largest proportion of any party.Luxon thanked New Zealanders for their patience during the negotiations and said each party had made policy compromises to close the deal.“Our government will rebuild the economy to ease the cost of living, and deliver tax relief to increase the prosperity of all New Zealanders,” Luxon said. “Our government will restore law and order, and personal responsibility, so that Kiwis are safer in their own communities.”The leaders agreed to make cuts to the public service and train 500 more police within ...

Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius up for parole Friday, 10 years after a killing that shocked the world

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:59 GMT

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius could be granted parole on Friday after spending nearly 10 years in prison for murder. It’s the latest turn in the story of the double-amputee Olympic runner who was one of the world’s most admired athletes before he killed his girlfriend by shooting her multiple times through a toilet door at his home.Pistorius, who had his 37th birthday this week, was sent to prison in late 2014 and has been given a second chance at parole in the space of eight months after he was wrongly ruled ineligible for early release at a first hearing in March. That was due to an error made by an appeals court over when Pistorius’ jail sentence officially started and if he’d served the required time.He was initially convicted of culpable homicide — a charge comparable to manslaughter — for killing Reeva Steenkamp in the predawn hours of Valentine’s Day 2013. That conviction was overturned and he was convicted of murder after an app...

3 men charged in Midlothian liquor store armed robbery

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:59 GMT

MIDLOTHIAN, Ill. — Three men were charged Thursday after being taken into custody following an armed robbery of a southwest suburban liquor store Wednesday, according to the Midlothian Police Department (MPD).From left-to-right, 52-year-old Lourenzie Conner, 53-year-old Gentree Mcelroy, and 35-year-old Michael D. Lewis. (Courtesy: Midlothian Police Department)MPD said Gentree Mcelroy, Lourenzie Conner and Michael D. Lewis were all charged with aggravated kidnapping and armed robbery, while Mcelroy was also charged with possession of a controlled substance and violation of his parole with the Illinois Department of Corrections.According to MPD, the armed robbery took place around 11 a.m. Wednesday at Emporium Liquors near the intersection of 147th Street and Springfield Avenue. A SWAT team arrived and helped resolve a situation where two of the three suspects barricaded themselves inside the liquor store before eventually being taken into police custody. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: 3 in cus...

Letters: Gondola answer | Doing her job | Clean energy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:59 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Gondola could beanswer over estuaryRegarding the drawbridge over the Oakland Estuary (“Boaters, bicyclists at odds over Alameda’s plan for drawbridge to get in to Oakland,” Page A1, Nov. 20), I’d like to suggest considering a gondola with an elevator at each end. Besides getting pedestrians and byciclists across the estuary, it may even become a tourist destination attraction on its own right.Olive Lee-DeaconOaklandPrice is doing herjob, and doing it wellRe: “DA Price delivers firey rebuke as she launches anti-recall campaign” (Page A1, Nov. 18).I am so thankful for Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price. She has taken on an enormous job and she is doing it well.Price inherited the problems we are facing, she didn’t create them, although I wish she would engage the media and remind us why we were so eager to elect her and what she has accomplished in such ...

3 people found dead at BART stations in San Francisco, Oakland

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:59 GMT

Three people died at BART stations on Wednesday night, authorities reported Thursday. Two of the cases were suspected to have been related to fentanyl/other drugs, given that Narcan — a medicine given to help people who are overdosing on an opioid — was deployed in the case of both individuals.The first death occurred at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland, after BART Police Officers and medical personnel responded around 6:19 p.m. to an alert about an unresponsive male. A dose of Narcan was administered to the subject and medical personnel began doing life-saving measures, before ultimately declaring the individual dead. The Alameda County Coroner’s Office arrived and took custody of the body.There were no signs of foul play, according BART police, and the case is still under investigation.The second death occurred at the Powell Street Station in San Francisco, where BART police and medical personnel responded around 11:34 p.m. to the alert about another unresponsive...