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Alen Stajcic leaves as head coach of Philippines Women’s World Cup soccer team

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:46 GMT

SYDNEY (AP) — The Philippine Football Federation said Tuesday that Alen Stajcic has decided not to continue as head coach of its national soccer team just two days after the side played its final group game at the Women’s World Cup.The federation said the Australian coach is set to “explore other options” after he was recently linked with the vacant role with Perth Glory’s A-League men’s side.Stajcic is a former coach of the Australian women’s team who was removed from his position just before the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France. No official reason was given by Australian officials. The Philippine federation praised Stajcic for “changing the landscape of Philippine football forever” after taking the country to its first World Cup.His side upset co-hosts New Zealand in a historic 1-0 win but lost later matches to Switzerland and Norway, including a 6-0 defeat Sunday to the Norwegians that meant the Philippines would not qualify for the knockout stage.Previous...

Chinese state media report 11 dead and 27 missing in flooding around the capital, Beijing, after days of heavy rain

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:46 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media report 11 dead and 27 missing in flooding around the capital, Beijing, after days of heavy rain.Source

Violence against Colorado health care workers on the rise

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:46 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- At hospitals and clinics across the state, aggression toward health care workers is on the rise. Barb Jahn with Intermountain Healthcare said health care workers have experienced a 32% increase in reports of violence. “People don’t feel safe,” Jahn said. “The last few years have been very stressful for people in our whole society, behavioral health issues, stressors that people didn’t have before, and I think it's manifesting in inappropriate behaviors in the health care setting in many ways.”  Joshua Ewing with the Colorado Hospital Association said health care workers have the highest rates of workplace violence.  Kaiser Permanente health care workers picket Saturday for more staffing, better wages In a release, CHA stated health care workers are five times more likely to be injured than other workers, a nurse is assaulted every 30 minutes on average and 90% of health care workers had experienced or witnessed violence from a patient or patient’s caregiver in a o...

Lightning possible cause of Arvada house fire

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:46 GMT

ARVADA, Colo. (KDVR) -- Arvada firefighters believe lightning struck a home which caused a small fire Monday night.The home, located on Janice Way, was luckily not seriously damaged and no one was hurt.  The fire was relegated to the attic area. The homeowner was the only one home and she was not hurt. Video: Lightning, hail and flooding around metro Denver Arturo Bugarin lives next door and he said he was in his garage at the time."It kinda rattled my cage, a little bit. I, like, kinda have a concussion, right now," Bugarin said.Fire investigators will investigate the blaze to confirm the exact cause and origin.

Bats silent again as Red Sox fall to Mariners 6-2 for third straight loss

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:46 GMT

Things started promisingly enough.Coming off a couple of walk-off losses in San Francisco, the Red Sox took the lead almost immediately in Monday’s series opener against the Seattle Mariners. Jarren Duran led off the game with a walk, stole second and came all the way around to score after forcing a pair of bad throws from the Mariners defense.As it turned out, that was nearly all the offense the Red Sox could muster all night.Boston’s bats fell silent again on Monday, and though the score was close throughout the wheels ultimately came off late as the Mariners raced past the Red Sox 6-2. The club wasted a brilliant performance by Nick Pivetta and was ultimately undone by a pair of Cal Raleigh solo home runs and by a four-run Mariners rally in the eighth that put the game out of reach.The result was one of the most deflating losses of the season, which came less than a day before Tuesday’s trade deadline.The obvious bright spot of the evening was Pivetta. With the ...

Autopsy reveals inmate's cause of death in North County

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:46 GMT

VISTA, Calif. -- Authorities on Monday announced the cause of death to a 53-year-old inmate in April at the Vista Detention Facility.An autopsy revealed Eddie Faulkner's manner of death was an accident and that he died due to acute fentanyl, tranzodone and gabapentin intoxication, with hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease contributing, Lt. Joseph Jarjura with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said in a news release.The incident occurred April 17 around 7:30 p.m. when deputies found Eddie Faulkner, 53, unresponsive inside of his cell, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. 12-year-old paddleboarder killed in Mission Bay crash First responders attempted lifesaving measures, but Faulkner, who was the only person staying in the cell, was pronounced dead at the scene, per law enforcement."We extend our sympathies to the Faulkner family and those affected by his death. A Sheriff's Family Liaison Officer will support the family as they dea...

$1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawing offers shot at 7th largest prize ever

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:46 GMT

A estimated $1.05 billion Mega Millions jackpot will again be up for grabs Tuesday night, giving lottery players a chance to snap an unlucky streak that has stretched on for months.No one has won the Mega Millions jackpot since April 18, allowing it to roll over again and again until it reached its status as tied for the seventh-largest in U.S. history. Tuesday night’s drawing will be the 30th since someone last won the jackpot.The drought is due to a combination of poor luck and terrible odds, as the chance of winning the Mega Millions jackpot is 1 in 302.6 million. The odds of winning smaller prizes, ranging from $1 million to $2, are significantly better.The $1.05 billion jackpot is for a sole winner who chooses to collect through an annuity, with annual payments over 30 years. A sole winner who opts for a lump sum payment would receive an estimated $527.9 million.Winners also would be subject to federal taxes, and many states also tax lottery winnings.Mega Millions is play...

Police officer shot and wounded; suspect also hit in Los Angeles suburb of Whittier

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:46 GMT

WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) — A police officer was shot and the suspected gunman also was wounded Monday in the Los Angeles suburb of Whittier, authorities said.The shooting took place at about 9 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.The officer and the suspect were hospitalized but there was no immediate word on their conditions.Other details also weren’t immediately released.Whittier is about 24 miles (39 kilometers) southeast of downtown Los Angeles.The Associated Press

As regional bloc threatens intervention in Niger, neighboring juntas vow mutual defense

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:46 GMT

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Two West African nations ruled by mutinous soldiers said Monday that military intervention in Niger would be considered a “declaration of war” against them, as the junta attempts to consolidate power after a coup last week. The West African regional body known as ECOWAS announced travel and economic sanctions against Niger on Sunday over the coup, and said it would use force if the coup leaders don’t reinstate Bazoum within one week. Bazoum’s government was one of the West’s last democratic partners against West African extremists.In a joint statement from the military governments of Mali and Burkina Faso, the two countries wrote that “any military intervention against Niger will be considered as a declaration of war against Burkina Faso and Mali.”Col. Abdoulaye Maiga, Mali’s state minister for Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, read the joint statement on Malian state TV Monday evening. The two countries also denounced ECOWAS eco...

Does Texas A&M’s botched hire spell doom for classroom diversity? Some say yes

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:18:46 GMT

With pageantry that included balloons, a banner and an outdoor signing ceremony, Texas A&M University celebrated a diverse new chapter in its history with its June hiring of Kathleen McElroy.McElroy, a Black journalist whose background included decades at the New York Times and a reputation for promoting diversity in the workplace, was a major get for the university with the largest student body in the country. She was headed to her alma mater with a mission to revive its journalism program — and it was all the sweeter for A&M because she had been lured away from its rival, the University of Texas at Austin. But the celebration didn’t last long. Just days later, McElroy’s tenure offer unraveled after the university buckled under backlash from Texas Scorecard, a conservative website, and an unspecified group of individuals close to the university who opposed her previous diversity initiatives. A new state law will limit that and the discussion of race and inclusio...