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Michelle Alozie scores twice to keep Houston’s NWSL playoff hopes alive

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:53:12 GMT

Michelle Alozie scored twice to give the visiting Houston Dash a 2-0 victory over Gotham in the National Women’s Soccer League on Sunday. The win at Red Bull Arena moved Houston (6-6-8) up to seventh place in the NWSL standings, just two points out of playoff position. The two teams sitting below the Dash, the Orlando Pride and Angel City, face off Monday and are one point behind.Just before halftime, Alozie got around goalkeeper Mandy Haught to open the scoring. Gotham blocked a shot, the Dash recovered the ball and found Nichelle Prince, who flicked a pass into the box for Alozie. The forward beat Haught to the ball and slammed her shot into the net.In the 67th minute, María Sánchez sent a long pass over the top of Gotham’s defense. Alozie beat two defenders and chipped a shot from distance over Haught, who was sprinting out of the box trying to block the attempt. Gotham appeared to score in the opening minutes of stoppage time, but following a video review, Midge Purc...

Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs hold on to beat Jets 23-20 with Taylor Swift, Aaron Rodgers watching

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:53:12 GMT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City shook off a subpar performance during which they blew a 17-point lead, but held on to defeat the New York Jets 23-20 on Sunday night.Mahomes was intercepted twice and struggled to get much going after a quick start with pop superstar Taylor Swift watching Travis Kelce and the Chiefs for the second straight game, this time from a suite at MetLife Stadium.After the Chiefs (3-1) regained the lead on Harrison Butker’s 26-yard field goal with 10:51 remaining in the game, Zach Wilson made his first big mistake when he lost a snap. Tershawn Wharton recovered the loose ball and Mahomes and the Chiefs got it at the Jets 47.Michael Carter II intercepted Mahomes on third-and-20 from the Jets 40 — but it was negated by a holding call on Sauce Gardner. Replays showed it was a questionable call and an irate Jets coach Robert Saleh stormed down the sideline to shout at an official.Mahomes, who had a 24-yard run on third-and-22 to ext...

Mexician officials say at least nine people are confirmed dead from the collapse of a church roof

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:53:12 GMT

CIUDAD MADERO, Mexico (AP) — Mexician officials say at least nine people are confirmed dead from the collapse of a church roof.Source

Rangers falter in season finale in 1-0 loss to Seattle, allowing Houston to win AL West

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:53:12 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — The elation of less than 24 hours earlier inside the Texas Rangers clubhouse was replaced with disappointment about a major missed opportunity.The Rangers are thrilled to be back in the postseason, but failed to win American League West title and earn some extra time off when they lost to the Seattle Mariners 1-0 on Sunday.Coupled with Houston’s 8-1 win over Arizona, the defeat handed the AL West title to the Astros (90-72) as the result of the season-series tiebreaker and sent Texas (90-72) to the postseason as a wild card team for a best-of-three series at Tampa Bay starting Tuesday.“There’s always going to be disappointment because this game was big. It was huge. And so I’m sure there’s disappointment in there,” Texas manager Bruce Bochy said. “Once we get on the plane realizing you’re in postseason, and like I said, you get your head back to where it needs to be.”Instead of days of rest and home-field advantage, the Rangers will have to advance from the Wild Card ...

California Gov. Newsom’s office says he’ll name Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:53:12 GMT

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 23: Emily's List President Laphonza Butler address a Biden-Harris campaign rally on the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision which struck down a federal right to abortion at the Mayflower Hotel on June 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. The campaign event was organized by NARAL Pro-Choice America, Planned Parenthood Action Fund and EMILY's List. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)(Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla) WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 23: Emily's List President Laphonza Butler address a Biden-Harris campaign rally on the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision which struck down a federal right to abortion at the Mayflower Hotel on June 23, 2023 in Washington, DC. The campaign event was orga...

Even the threat of government shutdown carries a cost

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:53:12 GMT

Although the federal government avoided a shutdown this weekend, the simple threat of one has carried a cost that continues to hang over federal operations.Current and former federal officials said that agencies have spent many hours over the past couple of weeks focusing on the possibility of shutting down, instead of the mission of their agencies. They also say brinkmanship over suspending government operations is distracting and demoralizing to the federal workforce.Executive editor of Federal News Network Jason Miller told WTOP that federal leaders lost serious time in preparation for a federal shutdown.“I’ve talked to several different federal executives over the last week or so, and all of them have spent 20 hours of their 40 hour week or 30 hours out of their 50 hour week planning, doing the administrative work, thinking about (the threatened shutdown), going to meetings …” he said.Miller added that one agency executive working in finance and budgeting found...

Taylor Swift watches Travis Kelce’s Chiefs take on the Jets at MetLife Stadium

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:53:12 GMT

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Taylor Swift couldn’t just shake off another chance to watch Travis Kelce on the football field.The 12-time Grammy Award winner arrived at MetLife Stadium about 40 minutes before kickoff Sunday night to watch Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs take on the New York Jets.SNY posted video of Swift, wearing blue jean shorts, a long-sleeved black top and leather jacket, entering the stadium’s security area with actors Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively and Hugh Jackman. NBC’s telecast cut to Swift several times during the game, including a shot of the pop superstar with her arm around Kelce’s mother, Donna, who was wearing her son’s No. 87 jersey.Swift’s appearance comes a week after she was at Arrowhead Stadium — decked out in red and white — to watch the Chiefs’ 41-10 rout of the Chicago Bears at home in a suite alongside Donna Kelce. Swift took advantage of an invitation from the All-Pro tight end to watch the game, and app...

Arango, MacMath help Real Salt Lake end long skid against LAFC with 1-0 victory

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:53:12 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cristian Arango scored the lone goal, Zac MacMath finished with seven saves and Real Salt Lake snapped a seven-match losing streak against Los Angeles FC with a 1-0 victory on Sunday night.Real Salt Lake (13-11-7) jumps over LAFC (12-10-9) into a tie for second place in the Western Conference with the Seattle Sounders. LAFC would have clinched a playoff spot with a victory.Neither team scored until Rubio Rubín subbed in for Real Salt Lake in the 69th minute and picked up an assist in the 72nd on Arango’s sixth goal of the season. Braian Ojeda also notched an assist on the score. Maxime Crépeau had three saves in his fourth start of the season for LAFC. LAFC entered the match with an 11-1-0 all-time record against Real Salt Lake. It is the highest win percentage in any series in league history with at least five matchups. But the club continues to struggle to score goals. Had Arango not scored LAFC would have matched the 2012 Real Salt Lake club as the only o...

Officer-involved shooting at Westminster apartment complex

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:53:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Westminster Police Department said there was an officer-involved shooting Sunday night. New gun violence prevention laws spark controversy WPD said it happened at the Skyview Apartments, located at 116th Ave. and N. Navajo St.WPD did not immediately release any further details. This story will be updated with more information as it becomes available.

What single market? Why Romanians get new medicines 2 years after Germans

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:53:12 GMT

The single market is at the very heart of the European Union. But when it comes to one type of product — life-saving medicines — it’s every country for itself.Patients across the bloc don’t have the same drugs available when battling with disease. A doctor in Romania waits on average two years to prescribe the same cutting-edge drug as their counterpart in Germany. If someone is suffering from a life-threatening illness such as cancer, that’s the difference between life and death. Policymakers are aware of this postcode lottery — and want to change it.“Patients in Western and bigger member states have access to 90 percent of newly approved medicines. In Eastern and smaller member states, this number is as low as 10 percent,” said Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides in a speech in April. “This is truly unacceptable.” The senior EU official was presenting the Commission’s proposal to reform Europe’s pharmaceutical market, the main aim of which is to fix this iss...