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Sebastian Vollmer’s legacy creates a home atmosphere for Patriots vs Colts in Frankfurt

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:42 GMT

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — When New England takes on Indianapolis in Germany on Sunday, it may feel like a home game for the Patriots.The names Tom Brady and Bill Belichick certainly resonate with a growing number of NFL fans in Germany. However, Sebastian Vollmer is Patriots royalty here, too. The Patriots are competing with the Kansas City Chiefs to be the most popular team in Germany, thanks in part to Vollmer’s legacy.The offensive tackle from Duesseldorf, became a figurehead in the 2010s for a growing German audience keen to see a German player succeed in the NFL. The Patriots were the obvious choice for new fans looking for a team to support.Vollmer spent all of his eight-year NFL career with the Patriots, winning the Super Bowl after the 2014 season. He was still with the team, though injured, for another Super Bowl win two years later. His success came as free-to-air broadcasts of NFL games were starting to catch on in Germany.“That’s when it really started to pick up, ...

Jim Biden’s last name has helped open doors. It also has made him a target of House Republicans

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:42 GMT

ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. (AP) — When a health care startup dreamed of building a network of rural hospitals several years ago, it turned to Jim Biden.Although he wasn’t a public health consultant or a medical expert, Jim Biden was the brother of Joe Biden, who had recently finished his term as vice president. The company’s chief executive believed Jim Biden would help provide the enterprise with “serious horsepower.”But Jim Biden wasn’t the secret weapon that Americore Health Services was counting on. The company imploded in 2019, filing for bankruptcy amid a pile of lawsuits and a federal investigation into fraud allegations. Americore also accused Jim Biden of failing to repay $600,000 in loans.Some of the Florida-based company’s hospitals closed, including one in Ellwood City, near the western edge of Pennsylvania, where medical equipment gathers dust and plywood covers broken windows. The only reminder of the bankrupt company’s brief tenure as the town’s biggest employer is...

The Beatles rompen récords en las listas del Reino Unido: ‘Now and Then’ se convierte en el sencillo número uno

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:42 GMT

(CNN) — The Beatles han logrado un regreso sin precedentes al número uno en las listas del Reino Unido con su última y “última” canción, “Now and Then”, convirtiéndose en el mejor sencillo del país.Lanzado el 2 de noviembre, “Now and Then” debutó en la lista oficial de sencillos del Reino Unido en el puesto 42 al día siguiente. Poco más de una semana después, este viernes, la melancólica melodía alcanzó el número uno.Ringo Starr aclara que la banda The Beatles “jamás” falsificaría la voz de John Lennon con inteligencia artificialThe Beatles establecieron un nuevo récord 60 años y seis meses después de su primer número uno en el Reino Unido, “From Me To You”, en mayo de 1963, según Official Charts, superando el lapso de 47 años y seis meses de Elvis Presley.También se produce otro récord 54 años después del anterior éxito número uno de la banda, “The Ballad of John and Yoko”, en 1969, superando la brecha de 44 años de la cantautora inglesa Kate Bush entre la canción...

17-year-old charged in shooting death of DC teenager

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:42 GMT

A Northwest D.C. teenager is being charged as an adult in the shooting death of a 14-year-old, police said.Lorenzo Thompson, 17, was arrested on Thursday and “charged, as an adult under Title 16, with Second Degree Murder While Armed” in the death of Niko Estep, of Southeast, according to D.C. police.Thompson was arrested after officers said Estep was found at the corner of 14th Street and Fairmont Street in Northwest, suffering from gunshot wounds on Nov. 3.Estep later died at a hospital.Police said a “second juvenile male victim” was also found in the 1400 block of Fairmont Street. He was hospitalized for treatment of his injuries, according to police.A map of the area where the shooting happened in Columbia Heights is below. Source

Traffic in SWMD clears up after flames engulfing vehicle gets put out

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:42 GMT

Officials are investigating a charred vehicle after it was up in flames in Southwest Miami-Dade. Miami Fire and Florida Highway Patrol reported the incident along State Road 874 between Miller Drive and Sunset Drive just before 6:45 a.m on Saturday.The flames have been put out.The traffic has now picked up speed compared to before.What exactly caused the fire is still under investigation.7News has reached out to FHP and Miami Fire for information.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

‘Catastrophic situation’ at Gaza’s main hospital: Doctors Without Borders

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:42 GMT

Medical aid organizations warned on Saturday about the conditions at Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s main medical facility. Doctors Without Borders said early Saturday that its staff at the hospital “reported a catastrophic situation inside just a few hours ago,” according to a posting on X. “We’re currently unable to contact any of our staff inside Al-Shifa, and we are extremely concerned about the safety of patients and the medical staff. Patients are still in the hospital, some in critical condition and unable to move,” the humanitarian organization said. The BBC quoted a surgeon at the hospital who said that the main intensive care unit had been hit and that there was no water, food or electricity. A spokesperson for the Hamas-controlled health ministry in the Gaza Strip told Reuters that a baby died in an incubator after the facility lost power, and another was killed by an Israeli shell in intensive care. Robert Mardini, director-general of the In...

Gillette Stadium hosts ‘Boots on the Ground for Heroes’ memorial for Veterans Day weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:42 GMT

A touching Veterans Day tribute is now on display on the field at Gillette Stadium featuring thousands of boots honoring U.S. service members who were killed in the Global War on Terror post-9/11. The Kraft family, the New England Patriots Foundation, along with Cross Insurance and Operation Stand Down Rhode Island, brought the Boots on the Ground for Heroes memorial to Gillette. The memorial displays 7,026 boots and is open through Sunday. For more information, fans can visit patriots.com/community.Lynn St. Germain-Lundh, whose son, Marine Capt. Brian St. Germain, was killed on his second tour in Iraq on April 2, 2006, says she has visited her son’s boot every year the memorial has been set up and having it at Gillette this year gave the event a special significance.“When it was at Roger Williams Park, when it was at Fort Adams, it’s pretty overwhelming seeing the boots there. But coming in here and seeing how the stadium kind of envelops it, like a nice hug, it&#...

Negotiations set to resume in Andover teachers strike

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:42 GMT

Negotiations are set to resume Saturday between bargaining teams for the Andover Education Association and Andover School Committee after members voted to strike on Thursday night. The bargaining session followed a day of picketing outside of Andover schools, which were scheduled to be open Friday, as well as a community rally that drew more than 1,000 people to the Andover Town Common.In a statement, the Andover Education Association said, “Our strike vote has initiated the kind of bargaining we have wanted for months. We have a lot of ground to cover, but both sides are talking and that is because the community has voiced its support for what educators are fighting for. We want to be back in our classrooms as quickly as possible. The Andover School Committee can make that happen by reaching fair agreements on wages, especially for instructional assistants, paid family leave, protected prep time, and more time for elementary school lunches and recess.̶...

First words of Chicago Cubs managers, from World Series aspirations to needing to be ‘crazy’ — but not going ‘cuckoo’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:42 GMT

Major League Baseball has 29 managerial jobs — then there’s the Chicago Cubs.Managers are hired to be fired, as the saying goes, and we’ve seen them come and go on the North Side.Joe Maddon, who was the franchise’s winningest manager in more than a century and the only one with a World Series championship since Frank Chance in 1908, didn’t get a pass. He ended the curse on Nov. 2, 2016, when the Cubs beat the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 of the World Series. But he was out a few years later.Now, after abruptly firing David Ross to bring in Craig Counsell, the Cubs are looking to get back into the playoffs for the first time since 2020, Ross’ debut season as manager.Here’s what happened with the managers who preceded Counsell in the Wrigley Field dugout.Leo Durocher: 1966-72“I just gave myself a title — manager — not head coach. I don’t mean I’m going to be a dictator. I never was. One man can’t do the entir...

Suspect released in fatal stabbing of Detroit synagogue leader

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:52:42 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — A suspect who was in custody in the investigation of the fatal stabbing of a Detroit synagogue leader has been released, a lawyer said Saturday.Allison Kriger declined to comment further to The Associated Press beyond saying the suspect was free. The Detroit Free Press said the suspect was a man.No charges have been filed in the case.Samantha Woll, 40, was president of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue. She was found dead outside her Detroit home Oct. 21, hours after returning from a wedding, though investigators believe the attack occurred inside.Detroit police didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment Saturday. Police Chief James White announced that a suspect was in custody Wednesday. But he also said it did not “represent the conclusion of our work in this case.”Woll’s death had stoked speculation that it could be tied to animus over the Israel-Hamas war. But White said the attack doesn’t appear to be a result of antisemitism.Besides her work...