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Heartbreak for Kohli and India as Australia wins Cricket World Cup for 6th time. Head hits 137

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:53:44 GMT

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Virat Kohli covered his face with his India cap. Rohit Sharma walked off with his head down. What felt like the only cheers inside the 132,000-capacity Narendra Modi stadium that was a sea of Indian blue all day came from the jubilant Australian players on the field.Australia regained its status as the king of one-day cricket by claiming a record-extending sixth World Cup title on Sunday, ending India’s dominant run in its home tournament with a six-wicket victory in a low-scoring final on the back of a brilliant innings of 137 by Travis Head.The crowd was silenced as Head combined with Marnus Labuschagne (58 not out ) in a 192-run partnership to chase down the target of 241.Australia was wobbling in its chase on 47-3 after seven overs but Head and Labuschagne dug in to help their country add to its 50-over world titles in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015.Head was dismissed off what proved to be the next-to-last ball of the match, caught in the deep while atte...

Octave puts up 22 as Holy Cross takes down IUPUI 74-61 at Rock Hill Classic

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:53:44 GMT

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Joseph Octave scored 22 points helped Holy Cross defeat IUPUI 74-61 on Sunday in the final round of the Rock Hill Classic tournament.The Crusaders dropped the first two games of the tournament, falling to host Winthrop and Elon. The Jaguars lost all three tournament games and have now lost four straight after a 2-0 start. Octave was 6 of 12 shooting, including 4 for 7 from 3-point range, and went 6 for 7 from the line for the Crusaders (2-4). Bo Montgomery scored 12 points and added five assists. DeAndre Williams was 4 of 8 shooting (2 for 3 from 3-point range) to finish with 10 points.Bryce Monroe led the way for the Jaguars (2-4) with 15 points. Abdou Samb added nine points and two steals for IUPUI. Jlynn Counter also had eight points, seven rebounds and four assists.NEXT UPBoth teams next play Saturday. Holy Cross visits St. John’s (NY) and IUPUI squares off against Cleary at home.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by...

Davis has 17 points, No. 16 Ole Miss women use big 3rd quarter to beat Arizona 56-47

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:53:44 GMT

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Marquesha Davis scored 17 points, Madison Scott had a double-double and No. 16 Mississippi defeated Arizona 56-47 on Sunday in the semifinals of the Battle 4 Atlantis.Down 22-16 after a sluggish first half, the Rebels turned it around in the third quarter, outscoring the Wildcats 25-11. K.K. Deans had a 3-pointer and Davis followed with a 3-point play in the midst of a 13-0 run that turned a 25-18 deficit into a 31-25 lead.Davis had 13 points in the quarter on 5-of-7 shooting.Arizona got within 47-44 midway through the fourth quarter but made just one of its last six shots and had five turnovers over the last 5 1/2 minutes.Deans had 13 points for Ole Miss (4-1) and Scott had 10 points with 11 rebounds.Maya Nnaji led the Wildcats (4-1) with 12 points.Arizona shot just 32% (19 of 56), going 3 of 17 from 3-point range. The Rebels also struggled, making just 1 of 12 behind the arc and finishing at 37% (21 of 57) but they were 10 of 17 in the decisive quarter to th...

Chargers’ Joey Bosa leaves game after injuring his foot on opening series

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:53:44 GMT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Los Angeles Chargers edge rusher Joey Bosa was carted to the locker room after injuring his foot on the opening series of his team’s game against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.Bosa limped to the sideline after a play. Once he got to the sideline, he started lying on his back in pain with his hands on his head. Bosa went into the medical tent and eventually got carted into the locker room, holding a towel over his face.The Chargers said Bosa was questionable to return. The four-time Pro Bowl selection has been one of the game’s top pass rushers, though he has struggled to stay healthy. Bosa has 6 1/2 sacks in eight games this season.Bosa missed 12 games last season with a torn groin muscle. He had some knee and hamstring issues earlier this season that sidelined him for one game.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFLSource

Rosalynn Carter, outspoken former first lady, dead at 96

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:53:44 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96.The Carter Center said she died Sunday after living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health. The statement announcing her death said she “died peacefully, with family by her side" at 2:10 p.m. at her home in the rural south Georgia community of Plains. It said a schedule of memorial events and funeral preparations would be released later. “Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished,” Carter said in the statement. “She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it. As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me.”The Carters were married for more than 77 years, forging what they both described as a “full partnership.” Unlike many previous first ladies, Rosalynn sat in on Cabinet meetings, spo...

Trump picks up the endorsement of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during a visit to a US-Mexico border town

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:53:44 GMT

EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Donald Trump picked up the Texas governor’s endorsement Sunday during a visit to a U.S.-Mexico border town and promised that his hard-line immigration policies in a second presidential term would make Greg Abbott’s “job much easier.”“You’ll be able to focus on other things in Texas,” Trump told Abbott as they each appeared before a crowd of about 150 at an airport hangar in Edinburg.Abbott, a longtime ally and fellow border hawk, said he was proud to endorse the former president, who is the Republican Party’s front-runner for the 2024 nomination.“We need a president who’s going to secure the border,” Abbott said, speaking in a town that is about 30 miles from the Hidalgo Port of Entry crossing with Mexico. “We need Donald J. Trump back as our president of the United States of America.”Earlier, Trump served meals to Texas National Guard soldiers, troopers and others who will be stationed at the border over Thanksgiving. Trump and Abbott handed out tacos, ...

The week of … the autumn statement

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:53:44 GMT

Listen to the latest episode on your favorite platform In this episode, they look ahead to the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement — the last big fiscal event of the year — and there’s a lot of talk about tax cuts. But who will be the winners and losers? Jack and Sam speak to Sky’s economics and data editor Ed Conway about what we should look out for.Plus, how far will the prime minister Rishi Sunak go to stop the boats? Could going with the Tory right’s solution mean ignoring human rights laws?And they’ll go over how much of the cabinet reshuffle they correctly predicted last time – and how the repercussions of it might still be felt this week.Email with your thoughts and rate how their predictions play out: [email protected] or [email protected]

Fear and gloating about US at top democracy gathering

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:53:44 GMT

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — President Joe Biden is confident the United States can handle a world on fire. The reaction from dignitaries at a major international democracy forum: It’s too early to call.Diplomats, officials and military leaders gathered at the annual Halifax International Security Forum this weekend to rally the world’s democracies against autocratic forces. This year’s conference centered around the idea that Ukraine’s victory against Russia would make it easier for Israel to defeat Hamas and signal to Beijing that Washington backs its friends.That put American resolve in the spotlight, as questions about the Biden administration’s ability to stay the course swirled in public panel discussions and hallway conversations.Fear persists that Israel’s forceful retaliation, and what comes next in Gaza, will distract the U.S. from Kyiv’s needs. Biden is grappling with a funding fight at home, where Democrats express skepticism at more support for Israel while Republic...

Monsanto ordered to pay $1.5B in Roundup case

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:53:44 GMT

Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit was ordered by a Missouri jury to pay more than $1.5 billion to three former users of its Roundup weedkiller who blamed their cancers on the controversial product in one of its largest trial losses in the five-year litigation over the herbicide.Jurors in state court in Jefferson City, Missouri, late Friday awarded James Draeger, Valorie Gunther and Dan Anderson a total of $61.1 million in actual damages and $500 million each in punitive damages over their claims that years of using Roundup on their lawns and gardens caused their non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas.Monsanto has been hit with a recent spate of jury verdicts finding its Roundup contains carcinogens after winning nine cases against it. The more than $1.5 billion verdict is one of the largest damage awards handed down against a U.S. corporate defendant this year.A federal-court jury in Kansas City concluded Oct. 31 the National Association of Realtors and others conspired to artificially inflate commissions ...

Another year, another state championship for the Watertown field hockey dynasty

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:53:44 GMT

WORCESTER – The national-record, 41-game shutout streak has ended, but Watertown field hockey’s title reign is still very much alive.Senior Molly Driscoll snapped a tie early in the fourth quarter with her third goal of the Div. 3 state final at WPI on Saturday, helping the top-seeded Raiders (22-0) clinch a 4-3 win over No. 2 Newburyport for their third straight title.The Clippers twice rallied in this instant classic, scoring three times the amount of goals Watertown had allowed over the last two years combined. But Driscoll’s hat trick gave it the last laugh, sealing the program’s third three-peat while ending her career with 150 goals and zero losses.Only two other programs have three-peated. Watertown is the only to do it three times. Longtime head coach Eileen Donahue now has 23 state titles, though she’s focused on just one.“I don’t know what that feels like, I just know what this feels like – that I’m very proud of all the girls, and the coaches, and all the people that have...