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Bridge: June 15, 2023

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:42 GMT

Cy the Cynic defines the difference between good advice and meddling: He provides good advice; other people meddle.Cy, today’s North, could have overcalled 1NT at his first turn but doubled instead; he didn’t like his spade holding for notrump. When South “advanced” 1NT, Cy raised to game.West led the seven of spades: five, ten, queen. South finessed in diamonds through West and cashed four diamonds. West threw hearts. When South led a heart next, West won and led the king of spades. South had only eight tricks, and West won the last four tricks with the ace of clubs and good spades.OVERTRICK“A bit of advice,” Cy told his partner. “Let East’s ten of spades win. East must shift, and you have time to force out West’s aces and make the contract.”“Mind your own business,” South snapped. “If East has a second spade, I go down two.”Your partner’s dummy play should be none of your concern, but Cy had ...

Adolescentes y adultos jóvenes están muriendo por suicidio y homicidio en EE.UU. a las tasas más altas en décadas, según los CDC

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:42 GMT

(CNN) — En 2021, las tasas de suicidio y homicidio de niños y adultos jóvenes de 10 a 24 años en EE.UU. fueron las más altas en décadas, según un nuevo informe de los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades de EE.UU., CDC.El suicidio y el homicidio fueron la segunda y tercera causa principal de muerte para este grupo de edad, respectivamente, y ambos causaron aproximadamente 11 muertes por cada 100.000 personas de 10 a 24 años. La tasa de homicidios para este grupo de edad en 2021 fue la más alta desde 1997, y la tasa de suicidio fue la más alta registrada desde 1968.Las tasas de suicidio superaron las tasas de homicidio para este grupo de edad en 2010 y han seguido aumentando durante la última década. Pero un gran aumento en las tasas de homicidio durante el primer año de la pandemia de covid-19 unió las tasas de ambos tipos de muerte violenta por primera vez en una década.Para los niños de 10 a 14 años, sin embargo, quedaba una gran brecha. La tasa de suicidi...

England midfielder Bellingham signs with Real Madrid

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:42 GMT

MADRID (AP) — England midfielder Jude Bellingham has completed his move to Real Madrid from Borussia Dortmund by signing a six-year deal with his new club on Thursday.Bellingham posed with his new No. 5 shirt before Madrid’s packed trophy case after he passed his medical exam and signed the contract alongside club president Florentino Pérez.Despite reportedly being a transfer target for several top European clubs, including Manchester City and Manchester United, Bellingham opted to move to the Spanish club that has won the European Cup a record 14 times.Madrid did not confirm the transfer fee, but Dortmund said in a statement to the stock exchange last week that it could reach more than 130 million euros ($139 million). ___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

ANÁLISIS | A medida que crecen las capacidades de inteligencia de Beijing, el espionaje se convierte en un punto crítico cada vez mayor en los lazos entre EE.UU. y China

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:42 GMT

(CNN) — Por segunda vez este año, las preocupaciones de que los chinos espíen a Estados Unidos han ensombrecido una visita planeada a China por parte del principal diplomático de EE.UU. mientras las dos superpotencias intentan mejorar los lazos fracturados mientras mantienen un ojo vigilante el uno del otro.Se espera que el secretario de Estado de EE.UU., Antony Blinken, aterrice en Beijing durante el fin de semana tras el aplazamiento de su viaje anterior planeado para febrero después de que un globo de vigilancia chino deambulara por el territorio continental de EE.UU., sobrevolando sitios militares sensibles antes de ser derribado por un avion estadounidense de combate.Pero con Blinken a punto de hacer un viaje considerado como un paso clave para reparar las comunicaciones fracturadas entre EE.UU. y China, otra controversia de espionaje ha estallado en los últimos días luego de los informes de medios de que China había llegado a un acuerdo para construir una posición de esp...

DC teen’s group bringing color to hospitalized children with creative cards

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:42 GMT

No artistic skills? No problem. That’s what one D.C. teen wants you to know if you want to volunteer making cards for hospitalized children.“Anybody can become a volunteer, anybody can just share their art with us because everyone has potential,” said Edie Young, 16, a sophomore at Jackson-Reed High School in D.C.Young started her organization We Are Artistic about four years ago to provide an outlet to young artists. Last year, she started partnering with the organization Cards for Hospitalized Kids.Jen Rubino, who is now a student studying international relations at George Washington University, started the cardmaking and delivery organization about 10 years ago.“Back when I was in high school, my own experience in the hospital really inspired me to want to help others, and it started really small. At first, it was mainly just in the community. But it really took off really quickly — and is now nationwide,” Rubino said.Rubino’s organization has ...

AP PHOTOS: MLB teams celebrate LGBTQ+ community with ballpark Pride Nights

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:42 GMT

All but one Major League Baseball team will celebrate Pride Night this season as a show of support for LGBTQ+ fans. MLB has been a leader among the four major pro U.S. sports in hosting Pride Nights, in part because its regular season overlaps with Pride Month in June. Twenty-nine teams are set to welcome LGBTQ+ fans for designated games this season. Many adopt rainbow-colored uniforms patches or logos, set up special signage around ballparks and invite guests including community leaders and drag performers. This year, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., threw out a ceremonial first pitch at the Washington Nationals’ Pride game.The Texas Rangers are the only franchise that does not host a Pride Night. The team said in a statement to The Associated Press that it is committed to making everyone feel welcome and included, and “that means in our ballpark, at every game, and in all we do — for both our fans and our employees.”Pride Nights have drawn some push back in...

Suspect in Club Q shooting expected to take plea deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:42 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is expected to strike a plea deal to state murder and hate charges that would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wounded 17, several survivors told The Associated Press.Word of a possible legal resolution of last year’s Club Q massacre follows a series of jailhouse phone calls from the suspect to the AP expressing remorse and the intention to face the consequences at the next scheduled court hearing this month.“I have to take responsibility for what happened,” 23-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich said in their first public comments about the case.Federal and state authorities and defense attorneys declined to comment on a possible plea deal. But Colorado law requires victims to be notified of such deals, and several people who lost loved ones or were wounded in the attack told the AP that state prosecutors have given them advance word that Aldrich wil...

Denver weather: Cloudy start to Nuggets parade with afternoon storm chances

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:42 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Extra clouds will stick around the Front Range Thursday, with early afternoon showers and storms that will push out into the plains this evening in the Denver weather forecast.Weather today: More storm chancesPartly to mostly cloudy skies will be across the metro Thursday with storms popping up over the foothills in the early afternoon. How to get a good spot to watch the Nuggets victory parade Storms can move across the Front Range by mid-afternoon as highs hit the low 70s. Storms will push across the plains this evening.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on June 15. Weather tonight: Clouds lingerShowers wrap up before midnight with extra clouds staying over the state. Temperatures will be close to seasonal in the low 50s.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on June 15. Looking ahead: A few storms, then drying outFriday has a good chance for some afternoon storms that could be strong. Highs are below average in the middle 60s with gusty winds. Denver Nuggets par...

Dangerous Heat Wave Continues this Thursday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:42 GMT

The dangerously high combination of temperatures and humidity will continue this Thursday across South Florida, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a Heat Advisory for the area. In Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, the advisory is in effect through Friday 7PM with feels-like temperatures up to 105-110F during the afternoon and evening hours.The advisory in the Florida Keys is in place through 5PM this Thursday due to peak heat indices in the 108-112F range for at least two consecutive hours.The day overall should be drier with only a 30% chance for seeing late-day showers and storms. Otherwise the day will be dominated by a good deal of sunshine with a steamy, southerly breeze.Actual high temperatures will be in the low to mid 90s this afternoon, which would make it the hottest day so far this year in Miami and Fort Lauderdale.The heat will continue on Friday with temperatures actually forecast to be a degree or two higher. Some locations could experience feels-like tempe...

NMB commissioner calls for appeal hearing following reinstatement of Commissioner Michael Joseph

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:57:42 GMT

North Miami Beach Commissioner Jay Chernoff urged for an appeal hearing after Judge Peter Lopez reinstated Commissioner Michael Joseph following his removal earlier this year for boycotting meetings prior to the former mayor’s arrest and subsequent suspension from office. On Tuesday Judge Lopez ruled that the commissioner had not violated the city charter by participating in the boycott and stated that the city lacked the authority to remove its own members. Chernoff’s appeal hearing aims to challenge the ruling and assess the consequences of Joseph’s reinstatement. The appeal hearing, if granted, will provide an opportunity for Chernoff and his supporters to present their case before the appropriate judicial authorities.