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No. 14 Indiana women perfect from field in first quarter, rout Michigan 80-59 for 11th straight win

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:19:58 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Sydney Parrish and Sara Scalia combined for 25 first-quarter points to help Indiana jump out early and rout Michigan 80-59 on Thursday night for its 11th straight win. Indiana (12-1, 3-0 Big Ten) has won five of its last six games against Michigan (11-4, 2-1). Indiana didn’t miss a field goal in the first quarter, shooting 13 of 13 that included six 3-pointers, and were 4 of 6 from the free-throw line while building a 36-17 advantage. Parrish scored 14 points with three 3-pointers in the opening quarter. Scalia was 3-for-3 shooting from long range and made a pair of free throws for 11 points, and she also had five assists. Mackenzie Holmes made 4 of 4 buckets for eight points and Chloe Moore-McNeil chipped in a 3-pointer. The Wolverines kept pace in the second quarter, but the Hoosiers opened the third on an 11-2 run for a 62-38 lead and cruised from there. Holmes finished with 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting to lead Indiana, which shot 58% (26 of 45) ov...

Dos frentes fríos en México causarán bajas temperaturas en varios estados, algunos por debajo de los 0 grados Celsius

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:19:58 GMT

(CNN Español) –– Los frentes fríos 22 y 24 que afectan México “ocasionarán temperaturas muy bajas, vientos muy fuertes a intensos, lluvias y chubascos, posible caída de nieve o aguanieve y evento de norte, en diferentes regiones del país”, advirtió la Coordinación Nacional de Protección Civil (CNPC) este jueves, mediante un mensaje en X.El frente frío 24 que cruza por México causará este viernes un descenso de las temperaturas, que caerán de los -10 grados Celsius hasta -15 grados Celsius en las zonas serranas de los estados de Sonora, Chihuahua y Durango, en el norte del país, informó este jueves el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN).En su reporte actualizado hasta las 6:00 p.m. (hora local), la dependencia del gobierno federal pronosticó que, además de “ambiente gélido”, en esas regiones habrá heladas y bancos de niebla.Otros estados para los que se pronostican bajas temperaturas son Baja California y Zacatecas, en cuyas zonas serranas se esperan de -10°C a -5°C.En tanto, para ...

Charleston defeats Hofstra 73-61 in Coastal Athletic Association opener

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:19:58 GMT

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Bryce Butler scored 18 points as Charleston beat Hofstra 73-61 on Thursday night in a Coastal Athletic Association opener for both teams.Butler added five rebounds for the Cougars (10-4). Ante Brzovic scored 13 points while going 5 of 9 (2 for 4 from 3-point range). Frankie Policelli shot 4 for 7, including 3 for 5 from beyond the arc to finish with 11 points, while adding seven rebounds. It was the sixth straight victory for the Cougars.Tyler Thomas led the Pride (7-7) in scoring, finishing with 21 points. Darlinstone Dubar added 20 points, 12 rebounds, two steals and four blocks for Hofstra. In addition, Jaquan Carlos finished with 14 points, five assists and three steals.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

With more records, world sees how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged powerful to abuse vulnerable girls

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:19:58 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A new batch of unsealed documents pertaining to Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of teenage girls was released Thursday, adding several hundred pages to a trove of information detailing how the financier leveraged connections to the rich, powerful and famous to recruit his victims and cover up his crimes.The 19 documents, or about 300 pages, were half as many as the over 40 released Wednesday. The documents so far — with more to come — were sprinkled with names of celebrities and politicians who socialized with Epstein or worked with him in the years before he was publicly accused nearly two decades ago of paying underage girls for sex.They also contained the accounts of some of Epstein’s young victims, many of whom were high school students who took payments of $200 to give him illicit massages.The records being unsealed were part of a lawsuit filed by one of those victims, Virginia Giuffre, against Ghislaine Maxwell, who was Epstein’s former girlfriend, househo...

What’s in store for Europe in 2024?

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:19:58 GMT

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Google Play EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge Created with Sketch. Acast Amazon Music This isn’t just any new year — 2024 in the political calendar means mega elections in Europe, the U.S., the U.K. and beyond. Our EU Confidential crew predicts how these elections could impact pressing issues around the European Union.Bringing together the collective knowl...

Europe’s stance on Gaza has undermined its credibility

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:19:58 GMT

Nathalie Tocci is director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, a part-time professor at the European University Institute and a Europe’s Futures fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences. Her latest book, “A Green and Global Europe,” is out with Polity.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompted Europe’s moment of reckoning with many countries across the globe, particularly those often lumped together under the, for lack of a better term, “global south” label.Over the last couple years, the Continent’s relationship with the rest of the world has gone through the consecutive stages of illusion, awakening, outreach and repackaging, finally followed by the first timid signals of an actual rethink of its official position. However, Europe’s approach to the war in the Middle East has now dramatically set back these first steps. And it now has a much tougher job ahead than it already had to begin with.But there’s no shying away from this now. We no longer live in a world where we can ignore...

Sinn Féin walks immigration tightrope toward power in Ireland

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:19:58 GMT

DUBLIN – For Sinn Féin chief Mary Lou McDonald to become Ireland’s next prime minister, she will have to negotiate a delicate path over the newly hot-button topic of immigration.Tensions about Ireland’s overwhelmed refugee system have shot to the top of the political agenda following race riots in Dublin — and now pose challenges for all parties ahead of elections later this year.While centrists in Ireland’s coalition government face their own backroom tensions over immigration policy, it is the main opposition party, Sinn Féin, which is considered most at risk of splitting its base and shedding support to right-wing rivals.Such a development would undercut Sinn Féin right on the cusp of an historic breakthrough in the Republic of Ireland, where it appears poised to gain power for the first time following decades of expansion from its longtime stronghold in neighboring Northern Ireland. The Irish republicans, with popular anti-establishment messages and strong working-class ro...

Politicians behaving badly: 6 times partying politicos went too far

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:19:58 GMT

Some politicians might have resolved in the new year to steer clear of wild, scandal-ridden parties. But if history is anything to go by, it’s a promise they’re unlikely to keep. Just look at Italy, where 2024 began with a bang (pun very much intended) when a firearm belonging to a member of parliament went off and injured someone at a New Year’s Eve party.That got us thinking: Who’s been having the wildest, most scandalous political parties of the past few years? An out-of-control New Year’s EveLet’s kick off our list with the most recent example from the small town of Rosazza in Italy’s Piedmont region, where a New Year’s Eve party turned into a political nightmare for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing Brothers of Italy grouping. During boisterous celebrations, a gun belonging to far-right MP Emanuele Pozzolo went off, injuring someone in the leg.Pozzolo admitted the gun belonged to him but claimed he hadn’t fired it. That story con...

How Israel will fight Gaza genocide accusations in The Hague

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:19:58 GMT

Jamie Dettmer is opinion editor at POLITICO Europe.Back in November, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the far-right and religious nationalists in his coalition government to pipe down and “be careful with their words” when talking about their desired outcomes for the war on Hamas.“Every word has meaning when it comes to diplomacy,” he said at a Cabinet meeting, warning that speaking out of turn harms Israel’s international legitimacy.Netanyahu’s plea for circumspection was triggered by a series of contentious public remarks made by hard-liners in his government, hinting at the possible annexation of the Gaza Strip and the expulsion of Palestinians from the coastal enclave.And these off-the-cuff, ill-judged comments will now complicate Israel’s defense before the International Court of Justice at The Hague (ICJ), which has scheduled a hearing next week on the genocide accusations South Africa has lodged against Israel.Just days before Netanyahu’s appeal, Agriculture Mi...

Macron’s government abstains from dry January

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:19:58 GMT

To the despair of France’s medical establishment, dry wine has won out over dry January.It’s that time of year when — bleary eyed and a few kilos heavier from too many festive toasts — many of us swear off alcohol, at least for a little while. It’s known as dry January, and according to its proponents, it’s both healthy and fun. But for the fourth year in a row it’s failed to get the French government’s official backing. President Emmanuel Macron’s top team have French wine-makers to keep sweet. The practice of staying sober for the first month of the year was launched as an official campaign by British charity Alcohol Change U.K. in 2013 as part of a health communications push to get people to realize the benefits of cutting down on boozing. Since then, it’s been repeated yearly, and even gotten official backing from the U.K. government. “It is shortsighted for governments to not, at least, recognize the huge social and...