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Opinion: Pence-Trump divide defines today’s Republican Party conundrum

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:07:50 GMT

Maybe it is because I am preparing to launch one of my children off to college, but I have been thinking a lot about inflection points in life. The Republican Party is also at one of those points. The party, like my daughter, needs to decide what it wants to be and whether it wants to win. But unlike my daughter, I am afraid there will be no turning back for the GOP once it chooses its fate.This critical juncture provides an opportunity for Republican primary voters. While voters may love Donald Trump and feel he is being politically persecuted, they should consider two things and one other person; three GOP election-cycle losses, potential exhaustion from the electorate if Trump’s legal woes continue, and former Vice President Mike Pence.While Pence has yet to enter the race, he has been in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina offering a vision for the country and the party based on values and policies, all the while strategically not attacking the former president or demeaning h...

Guardiola says Walker cannot play in City’s current system

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:07:50 GMT

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Kyle Walker is set to have only limited game time at Manchester City for the rest of the season because manager Pep Guardiola said the England right back is ill-equipped to play in the team’s new system.Guardiola has been playing a three-man defense, pushing one of the full backs in a central-midfield role alongside Rodri. That has been John Stones in recent weeks, meaning Walker — who isn’t as technically strong on the ball — has mostly been a substitute despite being a key member of City’s success in recent years.“He cannot do it,” Guardiola said of Walker playing as an inverted full back. “He will always have pace. He will be the fastest in this room at 60 years old. To play inside, you have to make some educated movements. He has other characteristics.“He has played as a full back coming inside in the past with four in the back, with Joao (Cancelo) or Aleks (Zinchenko) in that position, and Kyle has done it really well. But with this shape ...

Última hora y noticias de la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania del 8 de abril de 2023

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:07:50 GMT

Un soldado ucraniano patrulla en un tanque las calles de Bakhmut.Haz clic aquí para ver las actualizaciones más recientes.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

Naufraga una embarcación con alrededor de 20 tripulantes en Honduras

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:07:50 GMT

(CNN Español) — Este viernes, Bomberos de Honduras informaron a través de un comunicado que movilizaron equipos de rescate para la búsqueda de una embarcación que naufragó con 20 turistas a bordo aproximadamente.El naufragio se reporta en Playa la Cabaña, en la zona de San Lorenzo.Hasta el momento, las autoridades no tienen reportes de muertos o heridos.Noticia en desarrollo.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

La jardinería es cada vez más popular y podría sustituir tu entrenamiento en el gimnasio

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:07:50 GMT

(CNN) — A muchas personas les resulta difícil aceptar la idea de hacer ejercicio regularmente, aunque saben que es bueno para su salud física y mental. Sin embargo, comprometerse con una rutina de ejercicios no implica necesariamente ir al gimnasio o correr por el vecindario.La jardinería es un gran ejemplo de un pasatiempo popular que es accesible y también puede usarse como ejercicio.Trabajar en tu jardín o en tu patio es una fuente de actividad física de moderada a vigorosa para los adultos más jóvenes, mientras que proporciona una actividad física de baja a moderada entre los adultos mayores, según demostraron las investigaciones. Este pasatiempo también es una actividad que favorece el fortalecimiento muscular, de acuerdo con las Pautas de actividad física para estadounidenses de EE.UU., y una de las actividades físicas con la tasa de lesiones más baja.Consejos de jardinería: cómo cultivar tus propias frutas y verduras, según los expertosHay más buenas noticias: dedicarte...

Parents, 5 children forced to jump from window to escape Brockton blaze

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:07:50 GMT

Two parents from Brockton are recalling the terrifying moment they and their five children were forced to leap from a second-floor window as a fast-moving fire raced through the multi-family home they live in late Friday night.Crews responding to reported structure fire on Montello Street around 11 p.m. found heavy flames and smoke pouring out of the building. Witnesses said the fire spread so quickly that some people inside didn’t have time to escape.“I just feel numb, but I’m glad my kids are out,” said Myriam Legramb, who was forced to leap from a second-floor window after lowering down her kids.The father said he first checked a door downstairs but realized that was not an option and decided to break a window.“I jumped out and I said to them throw, throw, you’ve got to jump!” he recalled, adding he caught his kids and “broke their fall as best I could.” All five of their children, including their 3- and 2-year-old, are safe a...

How Disney maneuvered to save its Florida kingdom, leaving DeSantis threatening retaliation

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:07:50 GMT

(CNN) — In his yearlong battle with Disney, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has repeatedly leaned on the element of surprise in his attempts to outmaneuver the entertainment giant and its army of executives, high-priced lawyers and politically connected lobbyists.“Nobody can see this coming,” DeSantis told a top Republican legislative leader as they planned a move against Disney last year, he recalled in his new book.But when Disney finally struck back and thwarted, for now, a DeSantis-led state takeover of its long-standing special taxing district, it was the Republican governor who was seemingly caught off guard. The same February morning Disney pushed through an agreement with the district’s outgoing board that secured control of its development rights for decades to come, DeSantis had declared to cameras and supporters, “There’s a new sheriff in town.”Now, weeks after DeSantis signed legislatio...

Friday’s high school roundup/scores: Finn Hydra throws no-hitter for Monomoy

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:07:50 GMT

BASEBALLIn nonleague action, Finn Hydra tossed a no-hitter for Monomoy (1-2) in a 6-0 shutout win over Cape Cod Tech. … Nick Ayres belted a grand slam for Duxbury (2-1) in an 11-5 win over Nauset.Michael DeGagne finished 3-for-3 at the plate with a double to go with a trio of RBI and a run scored, as Westport (1-1) coasted to a 12-4 victory over Case in the South Coast Conference. … Center fielder David Johnson went 3-for-3 and scored three runs, and Dom Pefine got the win on the mound as North Andover (1-0) bested Arlington, 18-3. … Kevin Doyle batted 3-for-5 with a double and two RBI as Bridgewater-Raynham (3-0) defeated Framingham 10-0 in six innings.GIRLS LACROSSEFreshman Kayden Smith scored four goals in her debut, while junior Eva Kelliher netted a hat trick as Hanover (1-0) topped Plymouth North 14-8 in Patriot League play.Abby Pitts found the back of the net three times for Old Colony in a 6-5 Mayflower Athletic Conference win over Tri-County.Lucy Mawn sniped five goals Frid...

Bob Raissman: Unlike Leon Rose, Donovan Mitchell can’t hide from the media spotlight of Knicks-Cavs playoff series

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:07:50 GMT

The downtime between the Knicks playing out the regular season and their first-round playoff meeting with Cleveland, gives pontificators more time to set expectation levels while turning Donovan Mitchell into the Garden’s Public Enemy No. 1.How exactly did that work out for the Knicks when fans, and Valley of the Stupid Gasbags, targeted Atlanta’s Trae Young two years ago in the playoffs, turning him into Knicks Kryptonite?Cats, like Stephen A. Smith, who is still moaning over the Knicks’ inability to bring Mitchell to the Drecka last summer, view the Cleveland series as a referendum on the “wisdom” of not pulling off a deal with Utah, leaving the door open for the Cavs to finalize a blockbuster trade to acquire the star guard.As if he needed more motivation to succeed in the playoffs, media focus on Mitchell will only serve to sharpen his edge. Yet, unfortunately, unlike Knicks prez Leon Rose, there is no place for Mitchell to hide.Mitchell will be und...

Unemployment fell to 3.5% under Biden. For how much longer?

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:07:50 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden keeps seeing good economic news and bad public approval ratings. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in March. More than 236,000 jobs were added. But there has been no political payoff for the president.US. adults are skipping past the jobs numbers and generally feeling horrible about the economy. White House aides can list plenty of reasons for the pessimism: high inflation, the hangover from the pandemic and the political polarization that leaves Republicans automatically believing the economy is sour under a Democratic president.Going forward, an emerging challenge for Biden might be the expectation that unemployment will get much worse this year.This is the opinion of the Federal Reserve, which expects the jobless rate to hit 4.5%. And the Congressional Budget Office (5.1%). Even the proposed budget that Biden just put forth models an increase (4.3%) from the current rate. Many Wall Street analysts are, likewise, operating under the shorthand...