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Liverpool holds Eurovision Song Contest final, with Sweden favored and Ukraine in spotlight

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:38:24 GMT

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — What includes a Swedish diva, a Finnish rapper who loves pina coladas, a band of Croatian agit-rockers and an Austrian duo possessed by a long-dead writer? It could only be the Eurovision Song Contest.The grand final of the pan-continental pop music competition takes place Saturday in Liverpool. This year’s theme is “united by music,” and the event fuses the soul of English port city that birthed The Beatles with the spirit of war-battered Ukraine. Britain is hosting the event on behalf of Ukraine, which won last year’s competition.“I’ve never seen a city embrace Eurovision as much as Liverpool,” said Steve Holden, host of the official Eurovision Song Contest podcast. “It runs through the whole of the city. Every pub, every shop, every bar has the Ukrainian flag. … There’s a buzz, there’s a party atmosphere.”Under spring sunshine, fans flocked in their thousands to city’s dockside area — now a vast party zone — near the Liverpool Arena contest venue. ...

Opposition favored to top Sunday’s Thai election, but faces hurdles in taking power

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:38:24 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Voters in Thailand head to the polls on Sunday touted as a pivotal chance for change, eight years after incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha first came to power in a 2014 coup and is now running against the daughter of the politician who is the military’s top nemesis.The opposition Pheu Thai Party, headed by Paetongtarn Shinawatra, is widely predicted to win at least a healthy plurality of the seats in the 500-member lower House. But who heads the next government won’t by decided by Sunday’s vote alone. The prime minister will be selected in July in a joint session of the House and the 250-seat Senate. The winner must secure at least 376 votes and no party is likely to do that on its own.Pheu Thai won the most seats in the last election in 2019, but its archrival, the military-backed Palang Pracharath Party, succeeded in cobbling together a coalition with Prayuth as prime minister. It relied on unanimous support from the Senate, whose members s...

Indian cops hunt suspects in illegal crossing deaths of family to U.S. from Akwesasne

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:38:24 GMT

Police in India say they are looking for three men in connection with the deaths of a family from Gujarat trying to cross into the United States by boat through Akwesasne, Que., in March.Indian police allege the men were involved in running immigration firms that are used by people to enter countries with fake documents.Four Indian nationals whose bodies were among eight pulled from the St. Lawrence River had been travelling in Canada on a tourist visa from their home state of Gujarat. They included the father, Praveen Chaudhari, 50; mother, Daksha, 45; daughter, Vidhi, 23; and son, Meet, 20.Achal Tyagi, superintendent of police for the city of Mehsana, in the western state of Gujarat, says authorities have put out a lookout circular for three men: Nikulsinh Vihol, Sachin Vihol and Arjunsinh Chavda. They face charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, criminal breach of trust, cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property and criminal conspiracy.Tyagi says a poli...

Funerals to be held for firefighters killed during floods in Quebec

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:38:24 GMT

Funerals for two Quebec volunteer firefighters who died earlier this month during flash floods in the Charlevoix region will be private affairs.The municipality of St-Urbain, northeast of Quebec City says the families of both Régis Lavoie, 55, and Christopher Lavoie, 23, wanted to proceed with simple services in the image of the two fallen men and did not want civic funerals.Régis Lavoie’s funeral will take place later today at the St-Urbain church in the town about 110 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.The municipality says Christopher Lavoie’s funeral is scheduled for May 26.The two men — who are not related — were swept away by floodwaters on May 1 during a rescue mission in St-Urbain, Que., northeast of Quebec City.Quebec Premier Francois Legault has said that one of the firefighters used his own amphibious ATV to try to reach a couple whose home was surrounded by water in the town.Their bodies were discovered two days later about 500 metres apart in the Riviere du...

Pesto product distributed to Trader Joe's in 14 states recalled over labeling, allergen issue

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:38:24 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (KTVX) – Bakkavor USA, a prepared-foods provider based in North Carolina, has issued a voluntary recall of Trader Joe's-branded pesto pasta sauce which may have been packaged in containers labeled "hummus dip."The containers are not printed with the correct nutritional information, ingredients, or possible allergens that are present in the Trader Joe's Genova Pesto sauce contained within."People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk or walnuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume this product," Bakkavor USA wrote in a recall notice posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The somewhat silly reason Trader Joe’s sells its bananas for 19 cents apiece Containers of Genova Pesto with the incorrect packaging were distributed between April 28–30 across 14 states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. The ...

UMN researchers are mapping coyote boundaries in the Twin Cities metro

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:38:24 GMT

Tim Regan never noticed coyotes or wild dogs in Highland Park. But in 2017, he walked past an old rail yard that was once part of the St. Paul Ford Motor Co. site, which had closed years earlier and was being torn down.“And I turned around and there was this coyote there,” he said.He quickly went home to get his camera, and when he came back, it was still lounging.“And then I just started seeing them,” Regan said. “They’re kind of everywhere if you look for them.” He didn’t stop photographing, either. Since 2017, he’s been chronicling the “Highland dogs,” learning their behaviors and assessing common misconceptions people have about them.This hobby connected him with the researchers spearheading the Twin Cities Coyote and Fox Project, a University of Minnesota effort to understand habitat use and diets and measure disease prevalence in coyote and fox populations in the metro area.‘Coyotes and foxes’James Forester, a principal investigator of the project, said looking int...

Chatham baseball captures second consecutive Patroon League Championship

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:38:24 GMT

HUDSON, N.Y. (NEWS10) — In the Patroon League this season, it's been Chatham...and then everybody else. To say the Panthers have "dominated" in 2023 would be doing a disservice to the gaudy numbers they've posted. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! So, here's the numbers: En route to a 17-0 record, Chatham has outscored its opponents 269-to-13. And no, neither of those numbers are a typo. The question wasn't if the Panthers would reach yet another Patroon League championship game this season; it was who would draw the unenviable task of trying to upend this Class C buzz saw.Despite its' best effort, Coxsackie-Athens was unable to hold an early lead against Chatham in Friday's league championship game at Columbia-Greene Community College, and the Panthers' bats came alive late for a 9-2 win, earning the program's second straight Patroon League title. UAlbany completes miraculous comeback to down Virginia, advance in NCAA Tour...

UAlbany completes miraculous comeback to down Virginia, advance in NCAA Tournament

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:38:24 GMT

DENVER (NEWS10) — In its first NCAA Tournament game since 2017, the University at Albany women's lacrosse team completed a miraculous comeback Friday night, erasing a seven-goal deficit to upset No. 12 Virginia, and advance to the second round of the tournament Sunday. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Key StatsSarah Falk scored seven goals, all in the second halfKatie Pascale scored four goals with three assists and won 10 drawsGrace McCauley recorded a hat trickGrace Cincebox recorded seven savesUAlbany outscored Virginia 13-7 in the second half, and 13-4 after trailing 10-3Head Coach Katie Thomson: "This is an incredible feeling for our team and program.  We're just incredibly proud of the execution and the belief to come back against a really good team in Virginia.  This team is really, really special, and to see them come away with this victory today is unbelievable and I'm so proud of them." Chatha...

Rebels run past Patroons for first place

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:38:24 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Albany Patroons entered Friday night tied with the Reading Rebels atop the Northeast standings. Their opponent Friday night? The Reading Rebels. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The Patroons jumped out of the gates, leading 32-26 after the first quarter, and taking a 68-55 advantage into the half. Albany maintained a 13 point lead entering the fourth quarter, but the Rebels came roaring back on their way to a 113-111 win. Trevis Wyche led Albany with 30 points. Anthony Lee led all scorers with 31 points for Reading.

ValleyCats plate 11 for opening-day win

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:38:24 GMT

TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The Tri-City ValleyCats took home the matchup with the Trois-Rivières Aigles 11-4 on Opening Night at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium presented by the Rensselaer County Department of Health. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Cito Culver reached on an error from second baseman Ethan Hunt to start off the ValleyCat's first inning. Osman Gutierrez walked Josh Broughton and hit Jakob Goldfarb with a pitch to load the bases. Aaron Altherr hit into a 5-2 fielder’s choice before Zach Biermann drove in Broughton on an RBI groundout.The ValleyCats started a two-out rally in the second starting out with a walk from Jaxon Hallmark. Culver, Broughton, and Goldfarb had three consecutive hits with Broughton lining an RBI double, and Goldfarb plating two on a single to give Tri-City a 5-0 lead. Chatham baseball captures second consecutive Patroon League Championship Seth Brown hit a homer off Dwayne Marshall to cut the defic...