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Ilkay Gundogan agrees to join Barcelona on a free transfer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:24 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Ilkay Gundogan ended his trophy-laden seven-year stay with Manchester City by agreeing to join Barcelona on a free transfer on Monday.The Germany midfielder’s last act as a City player — and captain — was to lift the Champions League trophy, which completed a treble of major titles for the English club.He is heading to Spain on a two-year contract, with the option of a further year, even though Pep Guardiola wanted to keep the 32-year-old Gundogan — the first signing by the City manager after he started in 2016.“This club made me realize all my dreams and I will forever be thankful for this opportunity,” Gundogan said. “I will carry City always in my heart. Once a blue, always a blue.”Having missed out on securing the return of Lionel Messi, Barcelona made the signing of Gundogan a priority to add some experience to a midfield already containing youngsters Pedri González and Gavi Páez, two of its pillars going forward, but no longer including veteran le...

Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for Bryan Kohberger in killings of 4 University of Idaho students

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:24 GMT

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for Bryan Kohberger in killings of 4 University of Idaho students.Source

Hackers steal personal information on thousands of pilot applicants at American and Southwest

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:24 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Personal information for more than 8,000 applicants to become pilots at American Airlines and Southwest Airlines was stolen when hackers broke into a data base maintained by a recruiting company.The breach at Austin, Texas-based Pilot Credentials occurred April 30, and the airlines learned about it on May 3. They notified affected job seekers last week.According to letters that the airlines were required to file with regulators in Maine, hackers gained access to names, birth dates, Social Security and passport numbers, and driver and pilot-license numbers of applicants for pilot and cadet jobs.According to filings, 5,745 applicants to American and 3,009 at Southwest were affected.American said it had no evidence that the information was used for fraud or identity theft, but it offered each applicant two years of coverage from a service designed to protect people from identity theft.The airlines said that since the breach, they have run their recruitment work through we...

Still Cruising: Tom premiers new ‘Mission Impossible’ adventure in Abu Dhabi

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:24 GMT

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The red carpet unfurled Monday in Abu Dhabi for Hollywood action megastar Tom Cruise, who was on hand for the Middle Eastern premier of “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One.”Cruise was met by an enthusiastic crowd of fans and movie buffs eager to catch a glimpse of the star at the Emirates Palace Hotel in the capital of the United Arab Emirates.Dressed in a tailored tuxedo and flashing his signature smile, Cruise appeared moved by the exuberant reception, stopping to speak with many attendees. The evening’s buzz was punctuated by the “Mission: Impossible” theme, its familiar chords adding a layer of cinematic nostalgia to the night.“I’m a cinephile, I love movies and the history of cinema and how this art form develops,” Cruise told The Associated Press on the red carpet. “I didn’t know whether the audience was going to embrace (the first Mission: Impossible movie), it was the first film I ever produced and I did it because I wanted t...

Man arrested for alleged May sexual assault in Arlington

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:24 GMT

A man was arrested in connection with a sexual assault that allegedly took place in Arlington, Virginia, last month, according to the Arlington County Police Department.Julio Basurto, 42, of Arlington, has been charged with abduction and forcible sodomy. He was arrested on June 22 without incident after detectives reviewed evidence and interviewed witnesses, police said in a news release.Around 6:40 a.m. on May 21, police met with a woman who reported a sexual assault inside an unknown black vehicle. According to a police investigation, the victim was in the 3100 block of Clarendon Boulevard after leaving a bar, when the suspect approached in the vehicle.The victim entered the vehicle, and alleged that the suspect sexually assaulted her before she was able to exit.The suspect was not working as a rideshare driver or in any for-hire capacity.A criminal investigation is ongoing, and anyone who believes they had a similar experience with the suspect should call the Arlington police tip...

Former Edgewater cop accused of lying to other departments during job search

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:24 GMT

GOLDEN, Colo. (KDVR) -- A former Edgewater police officer already indicted on sexual assault charges is facing new charges of forgery and attempting to influence a public servant.Jefferson County prosecutors allege 42-year-old Nathan Geerdes lied to five different police departments on his job applications to get rehired in law enforcement after he resigned in lieu of termination from the Edgewater Police Department in March 2021. How does Casa Bonita’s wait staff pay stack up to other Colorado jobs? Now, he faces five counts of forgery and five counts of attempt to influence a public servant related to false information he allegedly provided to several departments. Those included Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Arvada Police Department, RTD Transit Police Department, Dacono Police Department and the Black Hawk Police Department.What is Geerdes accused of?It's alleged that between Feb. 24, 2021, and Aug. 26, 2021, Geerdes falsely signed job applications indicating that he had not...

Putinism’s demise will be chaotic and violent

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:24 GMT

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s aborted putsch has demonstrated the fragility of Vladimir Putin’s grip on power. Or as Russian opposition leader Mikhail Khodorkovsky puts it: “Now the country and the world know it’s possible to rebel against Putin.”Facing no resistance, the paramilitary boss’ band of heavily armed rogues, cut-throats and penal conscripts crossed into Russia from occupied territory in Ukraine, seized control of Rostov, a key logistical hub and military headquarters, then proceeded up the M4 highway towards Moscow, only facing opposition around Voronezh, a six-hour drive from the Russian capital, but still managing to come within 240 kilometers of the capital’s outskirts.On Saturday night, Putin might have thought he could sleep a little easier after a deal was struck under which Wagner Group’s mercenaries would disarm or be folded into the Russian army, while Prigozhin would be packed off to Minsk. But — to what must be Putin’s intense chagrin — even that ...

Prosecutors seeking death penalty against man accused of killing of 4 University of Idaho students

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:24 GMT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year.Bryan Kohberger, 28, is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths at a rental house near the Moscow, Idaho, university campus last November. Latah County Prosecutor Bill Thompson filed the notice of his intent to seek the death penalty in court on Monday.A not-guilty plea was entered in the case on Kohberger’s behalf earlier this year. A hearing in the case is scheduled for Tuesday.The bodies of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin were found on Nov. 13, 2022, at a rental home across the street from the University of Idaho campus. The slayings shocked the rural Idaho community and neighboring Pullman, Washington, where Kohberger was a graduate student studying criminology at Washington State University.Police released few details about the investig...

‘All those moments mean everything’: Chicago White Sox reliever Keynan Middleton on his time with the Los Angeles Angels

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:24 GMT

The initial memory that popped in Keynan Middleton’s mind when asked to reflect on the first save of his major-league career wasn’t the last out — or any out recorded in that ninth inning while pitching for the Los Angeles Angels on Aug. 8, 2017, against the Baltimore Orioles.“I gave up a home run, that’s pretty much all I remember,” the Chicago White Sox reliever told the Tribune before Sunday’s game against the Boston Red Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field.“I wouldn’t talk to the media after the game. Everyone was wondering why, because I just got my first save, but I was upset I gave up a home run. That’s honestly what I remember most, not even the save part, all the other stuff.”Middleton, a key member of the White Sox bullpen, spent the first four seasons of his big-league career with the Angels (2017-2020). He was back at Angel Stadium on Monday as the Sox began a four-game series against the Angels.Some of his career...

Tax cut talks begin, again, as Legislature works to finish work abandoned last year

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:03:24 GMT

Negotiators representing either chamber of the state Legislature met in public briefly before closing the door for a second year of secretive tax talks.A joint conference committee comprised of three state senators and as many representatives gathered at the State House Monday to begin again the process of ironing out the differences between their separate proposals to cut taxes in the Bay State. Members from both bodies acknowledged they had been in the same position before.“We want to make sure that we finish the job on this one, as we’ve obviously had some starts and stops over the last year or two related to these things,” House Ways and Means Chair Aaron Michlewitz told his colleagues.For the second year running Michlewitz made the case for acting fast as he sat across the table from Senate Ways and Means Chair Michael Rodrigues and after the pair called to order another attempt to make the commonwealth more affordable and competitive with other jurisdictions.This year’s ...