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Mickelson relieved to make PGA Championship cut after 2nd-round struggles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:24 GMT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — After plunking a tee shot in the water, and missing 10 fairways and six greens in regulation, Phil Mickelson closed a haphazard second round at the PGA Championship on Friday clinging to the one positive he could find.Poorly as Lefty played in carding a 2-over 72 that put him at 5-over 145 at Oak Hill, Mickelson anticipated he did enough to make the cut.“I’m just a fraction off. This is as bad as I’ve played in a long time,” Mickelson said. “And yet, I’m still here on the weekend and I have a chance to turn it around.”The two-time PGA Championship winner, who teed off in the morning, ultimately made the cut on the number, one of 76 players advancing to the weekend.And it wouldn’t be extraordinary for Mickelson, who has won 45 PGA Tour events and six majors, to mount a charge. He did so as recently as the Masters last month, when he shot a fourth-round low of 7-under 65 to finish in a tie for second with Brooks Koepka.Yet Mickelson’s surge at Augusta seems more...

NHRA Route 66 Nationals Qualifying

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:24 GMT

FridayAt Route 66 RacewayJoliet, Ill.First Round QualifyingTop Fuel1. Mike Salinas, 3.686 seconds, 333.41 mph; 2. Austin Prock, 3.694, 331.20; 3. Justin Ashley, 3.717,332.10; 4. Doug Kalitta, 3.722, 331.61; 5. Spencer Massey, 3.722, 326.95; 6. Shawn Langdon, 3.745,331.12; 7. Leah Pruett, 3.756, 318.62; 8. Jacob McNeal, 3.774, 318.54; 9. Will Smith, 3.851, 303.57; 10. T.J.Zizzo, 4.178, 208.62; 11. Antron Brown, 4.207, 201.37; 12. Josh Hart, 4.542, 167.32; 13. Steve Torrence,4.609, 159.04; 14. Doug Foley, 5.537, 122.28; 15. Jacob Opatmy, 6.071, 103.44; 16. Tony Schumacher, 6.117,102.45. Not Qualified: 17. Buddy Hull, 7.310, 95.32; 18. Lex Joon, 7.796, 90.77; 19. Brittany Force, 8.067,78.10; 20. Clay Millican, 8.290, 83.85; 21. Kyle Wurtzel, 8.348, 83.22. Funny Car1. Robert Hight, Chevy Camaro, 3.831, 335.07; 2. Cruz Pedregon, Dodge Charger, 3.889, 327.59; 3. J.R.Todd, Toyota Supra, 3.906, 333.00; 4. John Force, Camaro, 4.442, 192.00; 5. Tim Wilkerson, FordMustang, 5.323, 173.90; 6. Te...

Police search for missing 40-year-old man in Miami

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:24 GMT

The Miami-Dade Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a missing 40-year-old man. Shelove Volmy was last seen in the area of the 16500 block of Southwest 107th Court, Friday evening. He was last seen wearing a white polo shirt with a mutli-color emblem in the front, black and white sneakers and he was carrying coloring books. Volmy stands at 5 feet, 5 inches tall, weighs 175 pounds, has black eyes and is bald.He may also be in need of services. Anyone with information on Volmy’s whereabouts is urged to contact 305- 471-8477.

No swim advisory issued for Maule Lake, Oleta River State Park in North Miami Beach

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:24 GMT

Officials in Miami-Dade County have issued no swim advisories in North Miami Beach.In a release issued Friday night, county officials said a pipe rupture resulted in a discharge of wastewater to storm drains that emptied into Maule Lake.Crews have completed repairs on the broken 24-inch sewage pipe, but the outflow that already occurred has led to increased bacteria levels there.As a result, they advise people to refrain from fishing and boating and to stay out of the water at Maule Lake and Oleta River State Park until further notice.Officials advise to avoid contact with the water in the following areas:Northeast 183rd Street to the north.Oleta River to the south.The west side of Maule Lake to the west.The Intracoastal Waterway to the east.Greynolds Park is also within the affected area.

Lukashenko’s Belarus isn’t going anywhere just yet

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:24 GMT

Sergei Kuznetsov is a freelance journalist covering Eastern Europe. His work has been published in European outlets, including the Financial Times and POLITICO.The health of a nation’s leader would hardly disrupt the stability of a country with democratically elected institutions and prevailing rule of law. However, it may spell great trouble for authoritarian Belarus, where the entire political system has been concentrated in the hands of a single person.Sixty-eight-year-old Alexander Lukashenko has ruled Belarus since 1994, and his apparently shattered health was thrust into the spotlight recently, after an unusual public absence for almost a week after the Victory Day parade in Moscow earlier this month.Lukashenko looked unhealthy during the celebrations, which he left ahead of other attending post-Soviet leaders. And when he reappeared in public in Belarus, his battered appearance and bandaged left arm only added to mounting speculation regarding his condition.“There are many ru...

Greece’s ruling conservatives in election pole position but messy outcome likely

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:24 GMT

ATHENS — Greece’s conservative ruling party is expected to come out on top in Sunday’s election, but the marathon to form a government may be just starting.The New Democracy party of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis maintains a safe lead over its main rival, the left-wing Syriza, according to the latest polls, despite his premiership being burdened with a spying scandal, spiraling inflation and mounting concerns over the rule of law. Perhaps most importantly in Sunday’s vote, his government has also faced pressure over its handling of a deadly train crash earlier this year. But Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras seems to be still carrying the baggage of the tumultuous first months of his leadership in 2015 at the height of the financial crisis, which led to Greece’s third international bailout program.Nonetheless, New Democracy is unlikely to get enough votes — 45 percent — to win an outright majority, as these elections are being held under a new proportional representation...

Woman sliced in the neck at South Shore Plaza in Braintree

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:24 GMT

An investigation got underway Friday after an altercation at the South Shore Plaza in Braintree. A woman working at the plaza was sliced in the neck and was seen being put into an ambulance after the incident. Braintree police later confirmed the incident happened just before 6 p.m., describing the woman’s injury as “minor.” The woman’s coworkers said she works at the Madrag store on the second floor of the mall, where they said she was followed and attacked on her break. Other mall employees said they heard a scream and saw security and police officers running. Police spent hours at the mall Friday evening, maintaining a presence on top of a mall parking garage. The site of this incident, the South Shore Plaza has previously also been the scene of other violent situations in recent years. Last year, a 26-year-old man was shot inside the mall. He later died at a hospital. In 2020, a 15-year-old girl, described as an innocent bystander, was hit twice during a...

Baseball fans gather at Fenway Park for 11th annual Boston College ALS Awareness Game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:24 GMT

Baseball fans swarmed Fenway Park Friday for the 11th annual Boston College ALS Awareness Game.BC faced Norte Dame in the game, raising money for the Pete Frates Family Foundation, which helps ALS patients and their families with the cost of specialized home health care required as the disease progresses. Friday’s game was also a celebration of life for former BC captain Pete Frates. Frates, who passed away in 2019 after a seven-year battle with ALS, also inspired the viral Ice Bucket Challenge.“I get a lot of people saying, ‘What do you think Pete would think?’ and I said ‘Well, Pete would be so honored’ because Pete was so honored that everyone did the Ice Bucket Challenge,” Frates’ mother, Nancy Frates told 7NEWS. “I know what Pete would think tonight,” she continued. “‘Those bird ball guys better win.’ Because that would be top of mind.”The Ice Bucket Challenge raised millions of dollars toward ALS research.

Francisco Lindor hits walk-off against former team to cap thriller against Cleveland Guardians in extra innings

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:24 GMT

Pete Alonso continues to put together an MVP campaign carrying the Mets as of late, but he needed some help from Francisco Lindor to secure the victory.Lindor came up huge in the bottom on the 10th inning, hitting a walk-off single to defeat his former team, 10-9. It was his first ever game against Cleveland.Guardians pinch-hitter Gabriel Arias almost got Cleveland the win. He hit a two-run homer off of reliever Drew Smith in the top of the 10th to go up 9-7. It was Smith’s first homer given up this season.Arias almost spoiled the night for the Alonso and the Mets. The slugger, with the Mets down four runs in the seventh inning, smoked a grand slam 400 feet to right-center field to tie the game and give hope to the home crowd. It was Alonso’s 17th homer of the season and the fourth in as many days.This matchup started out rough.Guardians manager Terry Francona said pregame that he “loves” former Cleveland starter Carlos Carrasco but hoped to “beat his b...

Debt limit talks start, stop as Republicans, White House face ‘serious differences’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:48:24 GMT

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and ZEKE MILLER (Associated Press)WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt limit talks between the White House and House Republicans stopped, started and stopped again Friday at the U.S. Capitol, a dizzying series of events in high-stakes negotiations to avoid a potentially catastrophic federal default.President Joe Biden’s administration is reaching for a deal with Republicans led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as the nation faces a deadline as soon as June 1 to raise the country’s borrowing limit, now at $31 trillion, to keep paying the nation’s bills. Republicans are demanding steep spending cuts the Democrats oppose.Negotiations came to an abrupt standstill earlier in the day when McCarthy said it’s time to “pause” talks. But the negotiating teams convened again in the evening only to quickly call it quits for the night. The president, who has been in Japan attending the Group of Seven summit, had no immediate public comme...