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Leeds midfielder Brenden Aaronson joins Union Berlin on loan

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:58:59 GMT

LEEDS, England (AP) — United States midfielder Brendan Aaronson will play in Germany’s top flight next season after joining Union Berlin on loan from Leeds on Sunday.Aaronson has agreed a season-long deal after Leeds was relegated from the Premier League last term.“We would like to wish Brenden good luck during his time at the Stadion An der Alten Forsterei,” his club said. The 22-year-old Aaronson made 36 Premier League appearances for Leeds last season after joining from Red Bull Salzburg for a fee close to £25 million ($32 million) in the summer of 2022.He scored one goal in 40 appearances in all competitions for Leeds. He is the third player to leave on a season-long loan following relegation.Diego Llorente and Robin Koch joined Roma and Eintracht Frankfurt, respectively, in similar deals earlier this week.Former Norwich boss Daniel Farke has been hired as head coach and charged with the responsibility of trying to guide the club back to the Premier League.___More AP soccer: htt...

Biden se reunirá con el rey Charles III por primera vez desde que fue coronado

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:58:59 GMT

WASHINGTON DC — El presidente Joe Biden parte este domingo hacia Europa, donde pasará un tiempo en tres países atendiendo alianzas que han sido puestas a prueba por la invasión rusa de Ucrania.Tras llegar por la noche a Londres, Biden se reunirá al día siguiente con el rey Carlos III por primera vez desde que fue coronado. El siguiente es el punto central del viaje, la cumbre de la OTAN en Vilnius, Lituania. Los líderes de la alianza debatirán la guerra y revisarán los planes para enfrentar la agresión rusa.La última parada es en Helsinki, donde se espera que Biden celebre el jueves la expansión de la alianza, con Finlandia como el miembro más nuevo de la OTAN. En video: una ola sorprende a Biden y la primera dama mientras disfrutan de la playa Biden anuncia medidas para frenar los altos costos de atención médica Su asesor de seguridad nacional, Jake Sullivan, dijo que el viaje “mostrará el liderazgo del presidente en el escenario...

Royals pitcher Yarbrough starting for KC for 1st time since being struck by line drive in face

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:58:59 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Kansas City Royals pitcher Ryan Yarbrough is returning to the mound Sunday to start against Cleveland in his first major league game since the left-hander was hit in the face with a line drive two months ago.Yarbrough was activated from the 60-day injured list before the series finale, the team’s final game before the All-Star break.The 31-year-old Yarbrough suffered multiple fractures around his eye when he was hit with a 106.2 mph smash by Oakland’s Ryan Noda on May 7. The ball ricocheted off Yarbrough to Royals All-Star catcher Salvador Perez, who threw Noda out at first.Yarbrough was hospitalized following the scary incident. He made his final rehab start on Tuesday for Triple-A Omaha.“He’s recovered well from that mentally and physically and went through a rehab progression and built back up in the minor leagues,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “He’s gotten through six innings in the minor leagues. He feels great and ready to go.”Yarbrough signed a 1-y...

Police investigating after three cars, items stolen in Pelham, N.H.

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:58:59 GMT

Three vehicles were stolen overnight in Pelham, New Hampshire, and “numerous additional vehicles” had missing items, police announced Sunday morning.Pelham police said that all the vehicles that were stolen had the keys in them, and the vehicle that had been gone through and had items stolen were unlocked.The thefts were around the neighborhoods of Leonard Drive, Grouse Run, Loretta Ave, Fletcher Drive, Birch Lane and Deer Hill Circle.The three stolen cars are a blue 2018 Hyundai Genesis, a black 2013 Honda Accord and a black 2021 Dodge Durango with red racing stripes.Anyone with any information is asked to contact Pelham detectives at (603)635-2411 ext. 3026.

Lynn man charged with drug trafficking after selling to undercover deputy

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:58:59 GMT

A Lynn man was charged with drug trafficking after selling cocaine to an undercover deputy, officials announced Sunday.Joseph Yves Frejuste, 31, was arrested Friday night after an undercover Middlesex Sheriff’s deputy bought $80 worth of cocaine from him in the area of Andover Street in Tewksbury. Tewksbury police and the Middlesex Sheriff’s Department found two types of white powdery substances, a kilogram of marijuana, a scale and other drug paraphernalia when they searched the suspect.Frejuste will be arraigned Monday in Lowell District Court.

Jumping allowed from the Ocean Beach pier during this event

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:58:59 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Jumping from the Ocean Beach Pier will be allowed during a select timeframe on Monday as part of a fundraiser. The Prevent Drowning Foundation of San Diego and the San Diego Junior Lifeguards are inviting the public to join them for the annual SDJG Pier Jump.With a minimum donation of $150, those brave enough to leap into the waters will be given a ticket to jump from the OB Pier. This is the only time this is allowed. Marine expert discusses shark sighting in North County Proceeds from this event will benefit the foundation's efforts to provide SDJG scholarships and free swimming lessons for underserved youth in San Diego. Event organizers say space is limited to the first 100 people for each jump session with the first session taking place from 8 a.m. to noon and the second session happening between noon and 3 p.m.Jumpers must be at least 18 years of age and will be required to wear fins as well as attend a safety lecture prior to the pier jump. It is recommen...

New museum in Alabama tells history of last known slave ship to US and its survivors

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:58:59 GMT

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A museum that tells the history of the Clotilda — the last ship known to transport Africans to the American South for enslavement — opened Saturday, exactly 163 years after the vessel arrived in Alabama’s Mobile Bay.Ceremonies dedicating the $1.3 million Africatown Heritage House and “Clotilda: The Exhibition” took place Friday and Saturday in Mobile. The exhibit tells about the ship, its survivors and how they founded Africatown community in Mobile after they were freed from five years of slavery following the Civil War.The Clotilda departed Alabama in 1860, more than 50 years after Congress outlawed the importation of additional enslaved people, on a clandestine trip funded by Timothy Meaher, whose descendants still own millions of dollars worth of land around Mobile.The Clotilda illegally transported 110 captive people from what is now the west African nation of Benin to Alabama. The captain, William Foster, transferred women, men and children off the Cl...

Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:58:59 GMT

An Oklahoma judge has thrown out a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, dashing an effort to obtain some measure of legal justice by survivors of the deadly racist rampage.Judge Caroline Wall on Friday dismissed with prejudice the lawsuit trying to force the city and others to make recompense for the destruction of the once-thriving Black district known as Greenwood.The order comes in a case by three survivors of the attack, who are all now over 100 years old and sued in 2020 with the hope of seeing what their attorney called “justice in their lifetime.”Spokespersons for the city of Tulsa and a lawyer for the survivors — Lessie Benningfield Randle, Viola Fletcher and Hughes Van Ellis — did not immediately respond to requests for comment Sunday. Wall, a Tulsa County District Court, wrote in a brief order that she was tossing the case based on arguments from the city, regional chamber of commerce and other state and local government agencies. She’d...

Blue Jays reliever Jordan Romano added to MLB All-Star game

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:58:59 GMT

Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Jordan Romano has been added to the American League roster of the MLB All-Star Game, per Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith.Jordan Romano added to AL All Star team #BlueJays— Ben Nicholson-Smith (@bnicholsonsmith) July 9, 2023Romano will replace Framber Valdez of the Houston Astros. Astros manager Dusty Baker told media Sunday morning that Valdez would not be pitching.This season, Romano has a 4-4 record with an ERA of 2.95, 47 strikeouts and a WHIP of 1.15 and four saves in his last seven games.He will join Bo Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Whit Merrifield representing the Blue Jays at the All-Star Game.Pitcher Kevin Gausman was named to the starting pitcher roster for the game, but will not be attending in order to spend the week with his family.

1 man arrested, 1 sought in connection with Kansas nightclub shooting

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:58:59 GMT

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 19-year-old man is in custody in connection with a mass shooting a week ago inside a Kansas nightclub, and police have identified a second man being sought.Wichita police arrested the man Friday as a suspect in the shooting on July 2 at City Nightz in downtown Wichita. Nine people suffered gunshot wounds and two others were trampled in the chaos that followed the 1 a.m. shooting. No one died.It wasn’t immediately clear if the man has been charged. Police on Saturday also asked for the public’s assistance in finding a 23-year-old man they believe is connected to the shooting.A St. Louis-area man was arrested July 3, but prosecutors later determined he fired his gun acting in self-defense after shots were fired by two other men at the club.The gunshot victims — seven men and two women — ranged in age from 22 to 34, police said. The two people trampled were a 30-year-old woman and a 31-year-old male.Wichita is a city of nearly 400,000 people, located ...