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Qualifiers for the 2023 Masters

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:46 GMT

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — The players eligible and expected to compete in the 87th Masters, to be played April 6-9. Players listed only in the first category for which they are eligible (a-amateur). One spot remains for the winner of the Valero Texas Open.MASTERS CHAMPIONS: Scottie Scheffler, Hideki Matsuyama, Dustin Johnson, Tiger Woods, Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia, Danny Willett, Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, Adam Scott, Charl Schwartzel, Phil Mickelson, Zach Johnson, Mike Weir, Vijay Singh, Jose Maria Olazabal, Bernhard Langer, Fred Couples, Sandy Lyle, Larry Mize.PGA CHAMPIONS (five years): Justin Thomas, Collin Morikawa, Brooks Koepka.U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONS (five years): Matt Fitzpatrick, Jon Rahm, Bryson DeChambeau, Gary Woodland.BRITISH OPEN CHAMPIONS (five years): Cameron Smith, Shane Lowry, Francesco Molinari.U.S. AMATEUR CHAMPION AND RUNNER-UP: a-Sam Bennett, a-Ben Carr.BRITISH AMATEUR CHAMPION: a-Aldrich Potgieter.U.S. MID-AMATEUR CHAMPION: a-Matthew McClean.ASIA-PACIFIC AMATEUR CH...

Denver weather: Chilly Sunday with snow returning

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:46 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Chilly temperatures hang around for the end of the weekend, with another chance for snow tonight into Monday.Weather today: Chilly sunshine, snow showersSunday will start off cold and dry with another chilly afternoon and breeze. Clouds will increase as the day goes on with snow coming with it. Mountains will get snow showers by the afternoon with some light activity for the metro late tonight. Looking ahead: Monday snow, then slow warm-upThe next chance for showers will move in late tonight through Monday. As temperatures fall below freezing Sunday evening, the chance for showers will increase. The Denver metro will start Monday morning with less than an inch of snow, mostly on grassy surfaces. The mountains will see higher totals of a couple of inches. Showers could linger into the evening before clearing out. Tuesday through Thursday will feature dry weather and warmer temperatures ahead of our next chance for showers which is set to arrive late Thursday into Friday.

‘Dangerous and irresponsible’: NATO condemns Putin’s nuclear-arms plan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:46 GMT

NATO criticized Moscow on Sunday for its “dangerous and irresponsible” nuclear rhetoric after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus.“NATO is vigilant, and we are closely monitoring the situation. We have not seen any changes in Russia’s nuclear posture that would lead us to adjust our own,” a NATO spokesperson said.The official criticized comments from Putin on Saturday that likened the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus to the U.S. stationing its nuclear arms in Europe as part of the NATO defense alliance, according to a report by Reuters.“Russia’s reference to NATO’s nuclear sharing is totally misleading,” the official was quoted as saying. “NATO allies act with full respect of their international commitments,” the official said. “Russia has consistently broken its arms-control commitments, most recently suspending its participation in the New START Treaty.”Belarus borders on three NATO ...

New York returns ‘extraordinarily rare’ gold coin to Greece — after it set auction record for $3.5 million

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:46 GMT

(CNN) — New York officials have returned more than $20 million worth of ancient artifacts to Greece, including an “extraordinarily rare” gold coin commemorating the assassination of Julius Caesar which set auction records in 2020 as the most expensive coin ever sold.The repatriation ceremony took place on Tuesday at the Greek Consulate in New York City and included 29 Hellenic antiquities dating back as early as 5,000 BCE, according to a news release from the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. All of the antiquities were seized in connection with trafficking and smuggling investigations; New York Homeland Security Investigations special agent Ivan J. Arvelo said in a statement that Grecian artifacts are “especially susceptible” to trafficking because ancient Greece has “long (been) acknowledged as the cradle of Western Civilization.”Among the repatriated items is the “Eid Mar Coin,” which ...

Man detained after loaded gun found in car following collision

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:46 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A man was detained following a Logan Heights car crash Saturday after police say they discovered a loaded handgun in a vehicle.Around 10 a.m., the man was driving southbound on Ocean View Boulevard when the driver crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with two parked cars, police said. The man was not injured in the crash.Responding officers to the crash said they found the loaded handgun in the vehicle's glove compartment, prompting law enforcement to detain the man, police said.The driver has not been identified by authorities and it is not clear what charges the man might be facing.However, SDPD said the driver did not have a concealed carry permit. Under California state law, it is also illegal to be in possession of a loaded gun inside a vehicle.The investigation into the events leading up to the collision is ongoing.

Roads closed for hours after accident with toxic materials

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:46 GMT

EL CAJON, Calif. -- Roads in East County were closed for several hours Saturday after crews responded to a traffic accident involving toxic materials, according to Heartland Fire.Crews shut down the surrounding area at the Claydelle Avenue and Lexington Avenue intersection, after a car collided with a pool maintenance truck. Authorities said that the collision led to a chemical spill. The roads were closed by responders for clean-up. Video shows violent road rage incident in downtown San Diego Residents in El Cajon were asked to avoid the intersection during the clean-up efforts before roads were reopened shortly before 3:20 p.m., according to police.It is unclear if there were any injuries, although early reports indicate that at least one person was taken to a nearby hospital.Authorities have not released information yet on what led up to the crash that resulted in the chemical spill.FOX 5 has reached out to Heartland Fire and El Cajon Police for more details on the incident.

Biden’s Justice Dept. keeps hard line in death row cases

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:46 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Rejon Taylor hoped the election of Joe Biden, the first U.S. president to campaign on a pledge to end the death penalty, would mean a more sympathetic look at his claims that racial bias and other trial errors landed him on federal death row in Terre Haute, Indiana.But two years on, Justice Department attorneys under Biden are fighting the Black man’s efforts to reverse his 2008 death sentence for killing a white restaurateur as hard as they did under Donald Trump, who oversaw 13 executions in his presidency’s final months.“Every legal means they have available they’re using to fight us,” said the 38-year-old’s lawyer, Kelley Henry. “It’s business as usual.”Death penalty opponents expected Biden to act within weeks of taking office to fulfill his 2020 campaign promise to end capital punishment on the federal level and to work at ending it in states that still carry out executions. Instead, Biden has taken no steps toward fulfilling that promise. But ...

Ukraine demands emergency UN meeting over Putin nuclear plan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:46 GMT

Ukraine’s government on Sunday called for an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to “counter the Kremlin’s nuclear blackmail” after Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed plans to station tactical atomic weapons in Belarus.One Ukrainian official said that Russia “took Belarus as a nuclear hostage.”But Moscow said it was making the move in response to the West’s increasing military support for Ukraine. Putin announced the plan in a television interview that aired on Saturday, saying it was triggered by a U.K. decision this past week to provide Ukraine with armor-piercing rounds containing depleted uranium.Putin argued that by deploying its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Russia was following the lead of the United States. He noted that Washington has nuclear weapons based in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.“We are doing what they have been doing for decades, stationing them in certain allied countries, preparing the launc...

Two-time organ recipient designs Green Shirt Day logo five years after bus crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:46 GMT

Brandy Hehn was a regular in the kidney dialysis unit at the Regina General Hospital when the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash happened five years ago.Sixteen people died and 13 were injured after a transport truck went through a stop sign and into the path of a bus carrying the Saskatchewan junior hockey team on April 6, 2018.Hehn, now 39, remembers a nurse walking into the room where she was getting a dialysis treatment a couple days later and commenting on the crash.“She said, ‘Did you know one of the boys was an organ donor?'” Hehn recalled in an interview from Regina.“I said, ‘No, I had no idea.'”Hehn was not on a recipient list at that time, but she said everyone in the room looked around and wondered if anyone they knew got their long-awaited kidney transplant.Logan Boulet, 21, had signed up to be an organ donor on his birthday — five weeks before the bus crash.Six people across Canada benefited from Boulet’s organs and the Logan Bou...

For one tech company, Indigenous values are central to hiring, projects and strategy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:17:46 GMT

TORONTO — One word you don’t expect to hear at the boardroom table is “love.” But at Indigenous-owned tech company Animikii, you can find it everywhere — including in company decisions about hiring, remote work and flexibility. The company says centring love in its decisions — from accepting clients to partnering with investors to supporting employees during a global pandemic — is key to its success, now and for generations to come. Animikii uses as a guide the Anishinaabe Seven Grandfather Teachings, which include love, truth and respect. These values help inform the company’s day-to-day decisions but also its longer-term goals, like bringing more Indigenous people into the technology sector, and using technology to support Indigenous economic development. “Some people call it decolonizing. Others may call it centring Indigenous wisdom and values,” said Animikii CEO Jeff Ward, who is Ojibwe and Métis and lives in Victoria on Lekwungen territory.“We know that...