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Why Spain’s conservative leader is a long shot to become prime minister despite winning election

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:19 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The leader of Spain’s conservatives, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, will have his opportunity to form a new government this week in what has been preordained as a lost cause given his lack of support in Parliament.Feijóo’s Popular Party won the most votes in inconclusive July 23 national elections that left all parties well shy of an absolute majority and with a difficult path to reaching power.If Feijóo flops in his attempt as expected, then acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez would get his shot to stay in the Moncloa Palace if he can round up the support of a motley crew of leftist, regionalist and even separatist parties.Here is what you need to know about Feijóo’s investiture bid that begins with his parliamentary speech on Tuesday.THE VOTESThe president of the Popular Party, Spain’s traditional center-right force, will have two chances to become the next prime minister of the European Union’s fourth-largest economy. But barring a surprise, he will fal...

Israeli military raid kills 2 Palestinians in West Bank. Israel says its troops came under fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:19 GMT

NOUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Two Palestinians were killed during an Israeli military raid Sunday in the northern West Bank, Palestinian health officials said, the latest bloodshed in a surge of violence during a sensitive Jewish holiday period.The Israeli military said it moved into the Nour Shams refugee camp, near the town of Tulkarem, to destroy what it described as a militant command center and bomb-storage facility in a building. It said that engineering units detonated a number of bombs planted under roads, and that militants opened fire and hurled explosives, as troops responded with live fire.The Palestinian Health Ministry said two men — Asid Abu Ali, 21, and Abdulrahman Abu Daghash, 32 — were killed by Israeli fire. The raid caused heavy damage to roads and the suspected building. Israel has been carrying out stepped-up military raids, primarily in the northern West Bank, for the past year and a half in what it says is a campaign to root out Palestinian milita...

Cal gives up 45 points in first half, routed 59-32 at Washington

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:19 GMT

If this was the last time Cal faces Washington on the football field, it will be remembered as one of the Bears’ worst experiences.Behind 14-0 before the No. 8 Huskies had even run an offensive play, Cal lost 59-32 in a game that was not that close at Husky Stadium on Saturday night.The Huskies (4-0) won their opener in their f givesinal Pac-12 season before moving to the Big Ten, and looked every bit a contender to not only win the conference title but challenge for a spot in the College Football Playoff.The Bears (2-2), who will move to the Atlantic Coast Conference next fall, looked entirely overmatched in their final Pac-12 opener. They trailed 45-12 at halftime, at which point they had surrendered as many points as they’d allowed in a full game since 2016.UW led 52-12 after the first series of the third quarter, threatening to make this the most one-sided defeat of the seven-year Justin Wilcox era. The Bears lost 35-0 at Utah in 2019 when they were forced by injury to use a thi...

Valley Christian topples Bellarmine in a WCAL football opener

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:19 GMT

SAN JOSE — Valley Christian’s defense has been very good so far this season.A micro example occurred on the first play Saturday of Valley’s game with Bellarmine. Middle linebacker Remy Hernandez sacked Bellarmine quarterback Parker Threatt for a 10-yard loss at the 5 and knocked the ball loose. A Bellarmine player managed to recover the fumble in the end zone for a safety, and so one play into the game Valley Christian had a 2-0 lead.Sort of an indication of what was to come as well as what has transpired thus far this season.After going 1-9 a year ago, the Warriors improved to 4-0 with a 23-7 victory over the Bells in a West Catholic Athletic League opener for both teams.“Last year 1-9, we’re hungry, we’re starving,” linebacker Lovante Metcalfe said.In those four games Valley Christian has allowed a combined total of 33 points, an average of just over 8 points per game.“I think people will see that we have really talented players,R...

Max Verstappen easily wins the F1 Japanese Grand Prix to edge closer to 2023 series title

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:19 GMT

SUZUKA, Japan (AP) — Runaway series leader Max Verstappen returned to dominant form on Sunday, winning the Japanese Grand Prix and moving a step closer to securing his third consecutive Formula One drivers’ championship.The Red Bull driver, who missed out on the podium a week ago in Singapore, started from pole and held on for his 13th win of the season.McLaren driver Lando Norris was second, 19.4 seconds back of Verstappen, while his teammate Australia rookie Oscar Piastri was third for his first F1 podium.With Verstappen’s win, Red Bull secured this year’s constructors’ title, their sixth overall and second in a row.Verstappen increased his lead over Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez to 177 points. He could wrap up his third consecutive title at the Oct. 6-9 Qatar Grand Prix.It was a disastrous day for Perez, who was given a penalty for hitting Haas driver Kevin Magnussen and retired from the race after serving the penalty.Verstappen saw his record 10-race winning streak come to end ...

No. 6 Ohio State squeezes past No. 9 Notre Dame on Trayanum’s last-second TD run

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:19 GMT

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Chip Trayanum plunged across the goal line from a yard out with 1 second left and No. 6 Ohio State beat No. 9 Notre Dame 17-14 on Saturday night.Trayanum’s score capped a gutty game-winning drive by Kyle McCord and the Buckeyes that included a fourth-down conversion and a third-and-19 completion that got Ohio State to the Notre Dame 1 with time for two plays.After an incomplete pass on second down, the Buckeyes went to a running play with 3 seconds left to take advantage of an overloaded defense to one side and what appeared to be only 10 defenders on the field for the Fighting Irish.Notre Dame (4-1) took the lead when Sam Hartman threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Rico Flores Jr. with 8:22 to go to make it 14-10. The Fighting Irish defense came up with a fourth-down stop on its 11-yard line on the next drive.But the defense couldn’t come up with a second stop. Notre Dame still hasn’t beaten Ohio State since 1936.NO. 1 GEORGIA 49, UAB 21ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Tight...

Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores ruso acusa a Occidente de ser un “imperio de mentiras”

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:19 GMT

(CNN) — Luego de una semana en la que la Asamblea General de la ONU fue dominada por el debate sobre la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania, Moscú contraatacó este sábado, cuando el ministro de Asuntos Exterioresde Rusia, Sergey Lavrov, se dirigió a los delegados primero en un discurso en el salón de la Asamblea General y luego se dirigió a la prensa internacional en una sesión informativa llena de recriminaciones contra Occidente, a la que describió como un “imperio de mentiras”.“En los discursos de muchos oradores que hablaron antes que yo, ya se expresó la idea de que nuestro planeta común está experimentando cambios irreversibles y un nuevo orden mundial está naciendo ante nuestros ojos”, dijo Lavrov en su discurso ante los Estados miembros.“Los contornos del futuro se están creando en la lucha entre la mayoría mundial, que aboga por una distribución más equitativa de la riqueza global y la diversidad de civilizaciones, y entre aquellos pocos que utilizan métodos neocol...

Jet Thomas ties program record with 4 rushing TDs, UNLV beats UTEP 45-28

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:19 GMT

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Freshman Jai’Den “Jet” Thomas tied the program record with four rushing touchdowns to help UNLV beat UTEP 45-28 Saturday night and earn first-year coach Dave Odom’s first road win. Thomas, who finished with 100 yards rushing on 13 carries, scored on runs of 12 and 17 yards in the first quarter and his 5-yard TD run with 1:01 left in the second quarter made it 28-14 at halftime. The Miners opened the third quarter with a six-play, 77-yard drive that culminated when Torrance Burgess Jr. scored on an 11-yard run but UTEP got no closer. Donavyn Lester had a 1-yard TD run for UNLV (3-1) and Courtney Reese scored on a 32-yarder. Vincent Davis had 97 yards rushing on 13 carries and the Runnin’ Rebels ran for 307 yards as a team. Burgess finished with 17 carries for 99 yards and Kelly Akharaiyi had 92 yards receiving on four receptions for UTEP (1-3). Redshirt freshman Jayden Maiava was 15-for-27 passing for 190 yards in place of injured starter Doug ...

Williams accounts for 5 touchdowns, No. 5 USC outlasts Arizona State 42-28

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:19 GMT

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Caleb Williams threw for 322 yards and accounted for five touchdowns, Marshawn Lloyd ran for 154 yards and No. 5 Southern California outlasted Arizona State’s upset bid with a 42-28 win on Saturday night.Nearly five-touchdown favorites, the high-scoring Trojans (4-0, 2-0 Pac-12) were off-kilter offensively for long stretches, plagued by ill-timed penalties and an early fumble in their own end.USC had a touchdown negated by a penalty, lost a fumble to set up an Arizona State score and turned it over deep in the Sun Devils’ end in the third quarter.The Trojans’ defense stepped up while the offense stagnated, coming up with three big sacks — one that led to a fumble by Arizona State quarterback Drew Pyne near midfield. Williams darted and danced through Arizona State’s defense on the ensuing drive, hitting Brenden Rice for a 29-yard touchdown and a 35-21 lead.Arizona State pulled within a touchdown on Cam Skattebo’s balancing-act 52-yar...

No. 8 Washington uses 45-point first half to cruise past California 59-32

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:45:19 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Rome Odunze scored on an 83-yard punt return and a 35-yard reception in the first half, Edefuan Ulofoshio returned an interception 45 yards for a score on the first possession of the game, and No. 8 Washington scored 45 first-half points on its way to a 59-32 win over California on Saturday night.Washington led 14-0 before star quarterback Michael Penix Jr. ever saw the field. And when he did, Penix threw for three first-half touchdowns as the Huskies tied a school record for points in a half.Washington (4-0, 1-0 Pac-12) made everything look surprisingly easy, leading by as much as 40 against an opponent that’s been a problem in recent years.Penix played into the third quarter and finished 19 of 25 for 304 yards. He found Ja’Lynn Polk for touchdowns of 8 and 24 yards, the first of which Polk pinned the ball against his helmet as he went to the turf.Odunze followed up his TD catch in the first half with a 13-yard scoring reception in the third quarter on a screen pass....