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Newcastle fan stabbed 3 times in Milan ahead of Champions League opener

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:02:03 GMT

MILAN (AP) — A Newcastle fan is reportedly in stable condition in hospital after being stabbed in Milan ahead of a Champions League match in the Italian city.Italian media reports that a 58-year-old man was stabbed three times — once in the back and twice in the arm.The incident happened in the popular, bar-strewn area of Milan called Navigli, shortly after midnight (2200 GMT) on Monday.It is not known whether it occurred during a clash between rival soccer fans or was a separate incident.AC Milan hosts Newcastle later Tuesday in their Champions League opener.___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerSource

Poet Afaa Michael Weaver wins $100,000 award for lifetime achievement

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:02:03 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Afaa Michael Weaver has won the Wallace Stevens Award, a lifetime achievement honor presented by the Academy of American Poets. Weaver, whose books include “Spirit Boxing,” “A Fire in the Hills” and “City of Eternal Spring,” will receive $100,000. The Stevens prize was among many American Poets Prizes announced Tuesday by the academy, which was founded in 1934.Major Jackson, who just published the collection “Razzle Dazzle,” was given the Academy of American Poets Fellowship. It includes a $25,000 stipend and a residency at the T.S. Eliot summer home in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ama Codjoe’s “Bluest Nude” won the $25,000 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize for best poetry book of 2022, and Moira Egan’s translation of Italian poet Giorgiomaria Cornelio’s “Letters of Black Fire” won the Raiziss/de Palchi Fellowship, also a $25,000 honor.“The Academy commits more than $1.3 million each year to support poets in a myriad of ways – from funding...

Jenni Hermoso apunta contra la Federación Española tras la no convocatoria: “Nada ha cambiado”

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:02:03 GMT

(CNN Español) — La nueva convocatoria para la selección femenina de fútbol, que incluye a varias de las futbolistas que anunciaron que rechazarían esa llamada pero excluye a Jenni Hermoso, sigue generando una fuerte polémica en España.Hermoso no está en la lista de las 23 jugadoras que conformarán la selección de España para enfrentarse ante Suecia y Suiza, aunque sí fueron incluidas 20 jugadoras que firmaron una carta en la que se niegan a participar en los dos encuentros.La semana pasada, la mayor parte de la selección española campeona del mundo se negó a que las convocaran para los partidos de la Liga de Naciones Femenina, mientras las jugadoras siguen presionando para que se produzcan “verdaderos cambios estructurales” en el fútbol de España, tras las consecuencias del beso no deseado del expresidente Luis Rubiales a Hermoso, estrella de la Roja.Dictan una orden de alejamiento contra Luis Rubiales: no podrá acercarse a menos de 200 metros de Jenni HermosoTras ...

3 local restaurants among best cheap food in US

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:02:03 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — If you are looking for a good local bite on a budget, these three restaurants are for you.USA Today sorted out 100 of the best cheap places to eat out of 28,000 options in 50 U.S. cities, and three Denver metro restaurants made the cut. What is the Colorado slopper burger, and where to get one Plus, one Denver restaurant was named among the top 25 fast-food locations in the country.No. 15 Turtle Boat - Colorado Poki SaladsLocated at 2231 S. Broadway, Turtle Boat offers gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian and soy-free salads, according to its website. This affordable eatery makes salads custom-made with a variety of proteins like dietary restriction-friendly options and seafood, including locally raised Colorado striped bass, trout, salmon and more.No. 43 Urban BurmaAccording to its website, Urban Burma, located inside an international food hall at 10180 E. Colfax Ave. in Aurora, was the first Burmese restaurant in Colorado.The menu features a variety of noodle dishes, c...

CU Buffs fans are giving the Broncos a run for their money

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:02:03 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Saturdays might be the top football day for Coloradans. The University of Colorado Buffaloes are looking at sold-out games, empty apparel racks and viewership in the multi-millions this year. After their recent success, the Buffs are shaping up to be more popular than the Denver Broncos this season. CU Buffs merchandise in high demand far from Boulder When it comes to past viewership between the Buffs and the Broncos, the numbers are unmatched. According to Google Trends in the past 10 years, the Broncos were searched more than double the Buffs. trends.embed.renderExploreWidget("TIMESERIES", {"comparisonItem":[{"keyword":"/m/0f24cc","geo":"US-CO-751","time":"2015-08-18 2023-09-18"},{"keyword":"/m/0289q","geo":"US-CO-751","time":"2015-08-18 2023-09-18"}],"category":0,"property":""}, {"exploreQuery":"date=2015-08-18%202023-09-18&geo=US-CO-751&q=%2Fm%2F0f24cc,%2Fm%2F0289q&hl=en","guestPath":"https://trends.google.com:443/trends/embed/"}); This made sense at the tim...

Alabama band director tased and arrested after high school football game for refusing to stop performance, police say

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:02:03 GMT

(CNN) — A band director was tased and arrested after he disregarded police requests to stop his band’s performance following a high school football game, according to a Birmingham Police Department spokesperson.The incident happened Thursday following a win by Minor High School at PD Jackson-Olin High School in Birmingham, said police. Birmingham police officers started clearing out the stadium when the game ended and noticed “both schools’ bands still performing,” said spokesperson Truman Fitzgerald in a statement.Officers spoke with both band directors and asked them to stop playing music “so students and attendees would leave the stadium,” said the statement.The home team band stopped playing when asked, but Minor’s band director, Johnny Mims, did not stop and “instructed his band to continue performing,” according to Birmingham police.“BPD officers attempted to take the band director into custody for Disorderly Conduct when a physical altercation ensued between the band director...

Crash on Pembroke Pines Boulevard causes street closure, power outage

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:02:03 GMT

A crash in Pembroke Pines has blocked off a street and caused a power outage in the area on Tuesday morning. The incident happened at 13600 Pines Boulevard after a car, traveling eastbound, somehow went airborne and hit a heavy-duty power pole. Power lines that were destroyed as a result of the crash caused a power outage in the area.It is unclear if anyone was injured. Police have blocked off the eastbound lanes of Pines Boulevard approaching 136th Avenue as authorities clear the scene. The Pembroke Pines Police Department has been reached for more information. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Starmer tells Macron he wants to bolster UK-French ties if Labour wins power

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:02:03 GMT

LONDON — Labour Leader Keir Starmer told Emmanuel Macron he intends to improve relations between London and Paris if the opposition party wins power in Britain.The U.K. opposition leader met France’s president in Paris Tuesday, as he attempts to build on his international reputation and establish links with foreign leaders. Starmer has a commanding polling lead over current U.K. prime minister Rishi Sunak ahead of an expected general election next year.Speaking following his meeting with Macron, Starmer told Sky News the behind-closed-doors talks had been his first chance to say how much he values the relationship between France and the U.K.“We had a very political discussion, covering a lot of issues to do with global politics,” Starmer said. “But also it was that opportunity to look at future prosperity, future security, some of the most pressing issues on my mind and on the president’s mind, and to discuss ideas about how we improve the relationship ...

France and Germany back four-speed Europe

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:02:03 GMT

BRUSSELS — Franco-German experts unveiled a proposal for sweeping structural reforms to the European Union as pressure builds to bring in new member countries by the end of the decade.The report, commissioned by the EU’s two biggest countries, aims to overhaul rules and prepare to govern in a union of 30 or more nations.The authors envision an model EU in four concentric circles.“1. The inner circle; 2. The EU; 3. Associate members; 4. The European Political Community [a loose association of European leaders that meet twice a year to talk],” they write.EU ministers are discussing the paper on Wednesday, preparing the ground for an upcoming summit of national leaders in October where enlargement is expected to top the agenda.“It’s clear that EU enlargement and EU reform go hand in hand. And we need to begin with this now,” Germany’s Europe Minister Anna Lührmann told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday morning.The report by a group of 12 experts proposes radical refo...

UK won’t stop India trade talks despite row over murder of Sikh leader

Published Wed, 05 Mar 2025 19:02:03 GMT

LONDON — Britain will not pull out of trade talks with India despite allegations that the country’s government sanctioned the assassination of a Sikh activist on Canadian soil.U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesperson on Tuesday said it would not “get ahead” of the investigation being carried out by the Canadian government — a G7 and Five Eyes ally of Britain — and that “when we have concerns with countries we are negotiating trade deals with, we will raise them directly with the government.”Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sensationally claimed on Monday night that there are “credible allegations” that India’s government was involved in the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June — a claim New Delhi denies.Nijjar, a well-known activist and advocate of an independent Sikh nation, was murdered by two gunmen outside his home in British Columbia on June 18.The claims, which the Indian government calls “absurd and motivated,” have sunk Canada and India relations...