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Jude Bellingham scores again as Real Madrid held to draw at Betis

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:54:49 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Jude Bellingham scored again for an injury-depleted Real Madrid in a 1-1 draw at Real Betis in the Spanish league on Saturday.The 20-year-old England midfielder used his chest to cushion a nifty pass from Brahim Díaz before slotting under Betis goalkeeper Rui Silva to open the scoring in the 53rd minute.Bellingham’s transformation into a clinical finisher with a league-leading 12 goals has kept Madrid at the top of the standings. He has 16 goals in 18 games between the domestic competition and the Champions League, compared to 14 goals in 42 games in all of last season for Borussia Dortmund.Betis right back Aitor Ruibal equalized in the 66th from outside the right corner of the box with a powerful looping strike that sailed past goalkeeper Andriy Lunin.The draw left Madrid atop the table, but Girona was just one point behind before it visits third-placed Barcelona on Sunday in a clash of Catalan clubs.Both sides had late chances to snatch the victory. Former ...

Burnley goalie Trafford frustrates Brighton in EPL draw

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:54:49 GMT

BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Brighton was frustrated by a superb performance from Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford as the home side came from behind to draw 1-1 in the English Premier League on Saturday.Brighton ended up eighth in the standings on goal difference, missing a chance to leapfrog Tottenham, Manchester United and Newcastle.Burnley’s valuable point kept it second to last on goal difference.Burnley scored against the run of play thanks to Wilson Odobert’s sensational solo effort at the end of the first half, and looked set to claim a second away win in the league.But Simon Adingra headed in from Pascal Gross’ cross in the 77th minute and Brighton bombarded the Burnley goal.Trafford, however, produced the form of his life to keep out, first, Jack Hinshelwood’s header then Kaoru Mitoma’s bullet at the death.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/SoccerSource

Wolves rally to draw with Nottingham Forest in EPL

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:54:49 GMT

WOLVERHAMPTON, England (AP) — Matheus Cunha’s goal denied Nottingham Forest a much-needed win as Wolverhampton came back to draw 1-1 in the English Premier League on Saturday.Forest manager Steve Cooper has faced intense speculation about his position after a 5-0 rout by Fulham on Wednesday.While his team managed to halt a four-game losing run at Molineux, it has won only one of its last 12 league games. Forest is 16th in the standings and five points above the relegation zone, having played a game more than Everton and Luton in 17th and 18th respectively.Forest was ahead in the 14th minute through Harry Toffolo, who headed in a cross from Neco Williams.But thoughts of a first win since Nov. 5 were hit by Cunha’s leveller in the 32nd, with Pablo Sarabia providing the assist.Wolves were 12th in the standings.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/SoccerSource

Man U set back again in home loss to Bournemouth in EPL

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:54:49 GMT

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United fell to an 11th defeat of the season after losing at home to Bournemouth 3-0 in the English Premier League on Saturday.Goals from Dominic Solanke, Philip Billing and Marcos Senesi sparked loud jeers inside Old Trafford as Erik ten Hag’s team missed out on the chance to move level on points with defending champion Manchester City.The latest loss — a seventh in the league — came a day after Ten Hag was named manager of the month for November.It also followed a morale-boosting win against Chelsea in midweek after reports of player unrest in the locker room.Despite a troubled campaign so far, United went into the game just three points off fourth-placed City.But a mistake-ridden performance against Bournemouth highlighted the problems within United it was roundly beaten.Bournemouth had won three of its last four games and was unbeaten during that run.That was a warning to United of the threat posed by Andoni Iraola’s improving tea...

Sheffield United beats Brentford as Wilder’s last-place squad shows fight

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:54:49 GMT

SHEFFIELD, England (AP) — James McAtee scored to help Sheffield United beat Brentford 1-0 in the English Premier League in Chris Wilder’s second game back in charge on Saturday.The bad news for the Blades? They’re still in last place.Still, Sheffield’s second win of the season snapped a three-game losing streak and gave the Bramall Lane faithful some hope that they can avoid relegation.Sheffield is even with Burnley on eight points but stays in last place on goal difference. Luton is one point better and 17th-placed Everton has 10 points.Wilder returned to Sheffield as manager on Tuesday after the firing of Paul Heckingbottom. A day later, Wilder’s squad made a good showing in a 2-0 loss to Liverpool. Wilder was in charge at Sheffield from 2016-21.McAtee, a midfielder on loan from Manchester City, sent a curling left-footed shot into the top left corner of the net in first-half stoppage time.Mid-table Brentford has lost two in a row and four of its last five games....

Protests at UN climate talks, from cease-fire calls to detainees, see ‘shocking level of censorship’

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:54:49 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Activists designated Saturday a day of protest at the COP28 summit in Dubai. But the rules of the game in the tightly controlled United Arab Emirates at the site supervised by the United Nations meant sharp restrictions on what demonstrators could say, where they could walk and what their signs could portray.At times, the controls bordered on the absurd. A small group of demonstrators protesting the detention of activists — one from Egypt and two from the UAE — were not allowed to hold up signs bearing their names. A late afternoon demonstration of around 500 people, the largest seen at the climate conference, couldn’t go beyond the U.N.-governed Blue Zone in this autocratic nation. And their calls for a cease-fire in the war in the Gaza Strip couldn’t actually name the states involved. “It is a shocking level of censorship in a space that had been guaranteed to have basic freedoms protected like freedom of expression, assembly and asso...

Howie Carr: Hunter Biden, the poster boy for ‘Democrat privilege’

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:54:49 GMT

If there’s one principle that Dementia Joe Biden cares about more than any other, it’s that all Americans should pay their “fair share” of taxes.As he sternly tweeted last January: “We’re making corporations and the super-wealthy start to pay their fair share in taxes.”Because, you see, these tax-cheating rich bastards aren’t paying a damn thing, as he so often points out, as in June 2022:“They don’t pay a penny so if we had a minimum tax of 15 percent, a minimum 15 it doesn’t hurt them at all. They make a lot of money still and we could raise a lot of money to make sure that child care doesn’t cost you 1,400 bucks a month.”Because, see, some fathers refuse to pay child support to their children, especially the illegitimate ones they have with ex-strippers. These greedy hypocritical rich swine fly around in private jets to court appearances, and then have the nerve to tell the family-court judge they’re broke. But I digress…“I think you should be able to make a trillion dollars,” Jo...

‘Harvard Hates Jews’ plane flying over Army-Navy football game

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:54:49 GMT

It’s back, and this time for a much-larger crowd.A private plane hauling a giant Palestinian flag and the clear message “Harvard Hates Jews” was seen flying today over Gillette Stadium as tens of thousands of out-of-staters came to take in the Army-Navy football game there.The plane and its hard message was seen earlier this week, on Thursday, flying over Harvard University’s campus flanking either side of the Charles River in Cambridge and Allston.More than 50,000 tickets to the 124th edition of the Army-Navy football game, held today at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, were purchased by out-of-state fans, Gov. Maura Healey has announced, according to previous Herald reporting.Those fans, many thousands of whom are military veterans, service academy graduates and their families, were finally accommodated in nearby hotels and motels that had until recently been co-opted by the state to house migrants taking advantage of the statewide right-to-shelter law, the Herald has reported.The “Ha...

International bodies reject moves to block Guatemala president-elect from taking office

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:54:49 GMT

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — International and regional leaders have rejected the latest attempt by Guatemalan prosecutors to prevent progressive President-elect Bernardo Arévalo from taking office on Jan. 14.Prosecutors asked a court Friday to strip Arévalo of his legal immunity and alleged that minutes seized during a raid of electoral offices showed that results from the presidential runoff vote he won in August had irregularities and were therefore void. Arévalo said the prosecution was seeking to undermine his ability to govern. Guatemala’s high electoral court, the Organization of American States and officials from the United Nations, the British Foreign Office and the European Union echoed his sentiment. “Friday’s announcements, aimed at nullifying the outcome of the general elections and questioning the constitution and existence of the Movimiento Semilla party, are extremely disturbing,” U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said in a statement issued Saturday....

Some Seattle cancer center patients are receiving threatening emails after last month’s data breach

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 05:54:49 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Some patients of a Seattle-based cancer center received threatening emails following a data breach last month. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center officials said a Nov. 19 hack hit a portion of the health care system’s clinical network, possibly leaking patient data. This week, some former and current patients received threatening emails claiming names, Social Security numbers, medical history and other data of more than 800,000 patients had been compromised, The Seattle Times reported. Emails shared with the newspaper claimed the stolen data of recipients would be sold. Christina VerHeul, the center’s associate vice president of communications, said she couldn’t speculate how many people were affected but said an investigation is ongoing.After last month’s hack, the center took its clinical network offline, notified federal law enforcement and brought in a forensic security firm to investigate, she said. The center encouraged patients to keep a clos...