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Pope visits children’s cancer ward in sign he may soon be discharged from hospital

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:58 GMT

ROME (AP) — The Vatican on Thursday released the first images of Pope Francis since his June 7 abdominal surgery, showing him in his wheelchair visiting the children’s cancer ward in a sign he is getting ready to be discharged soon from the hospital.Francis appeared in good health in the images, in which he is seen in the corridor of the pediatric oncology ward of Rome’s Gemelli hospital, meeting with children, their parents and medical staff. In one photo, he is shown elsewhere speaking with a couple in a private room, the man in a wheelchair.The Vatican said on Wednesday that Francis was expected to be released from Gemelli “in the coming days.” When he was hospitalized in 2021, Francis paid a visit to the children’s cancer ward the day before he left and returned to the Vatican.The 86-year-old pope was admitted to Gemelli hospital on June 7 for surgery to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall and remove intestinal scar tissue that had caused intestinal blockages. Fran...

MLB teams welcome LGBTQ+ fans with Pride Nights, but wait continues for 1st out active player

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:58 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — When it comes to baseball and LGBTQ+ inclusivity, Billy Bean often flashes back to his playing days.Ending his career without telling his parents about his life as a closeted gay ballplayer. Shielding his secret from teammates like Brad Ausmus and Torey Lovullo. The regret of not sharing his “full self,” he says.It’s a message Bean has delivered in clubhouses, and it resonates with today’s ballplayers — hyper-focused on staying in the majors, and being a good teammate. It’s also the lens through which Bean views baseball’s ongoing LGBTQ+ issues.“There’s some parts of my job where I feel like some days I just, you know, I’m floating,” said Bean, a senior vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion with Major League Baseball. “Then there’s other days when I see some pushback, I’m reminded that we have 8,000 human beings connected to the sport as an athlete in one way or another, and you’re not going to always have 100% of those people agre...

U.S. Open a source of uncertainty on and off the course

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:58 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Uncertainty off the course. Uncertainty on it. The U.S. Open was set to tee off into uncharted territory Thursday, with the golf world perplexed by the recent shakeup-makeup between Saudi golf interests and the PGA Tour and 156 of the sport’s best players taking on a course hardly anyone has seen. Pretty much every question heading into the 123rd playing of America’s national championship dealt with one or the other of those issues. Los Angeles Country Club is a beautiful mystery, the first course in LA to host the Open in 75 years. It’s known for its runway-wide fairways — they average 43 yards across — but many of those expanses are heavily canted, built to reject tee shots into the healthy, spongy Bermuda rough or into the native, scrub-dotted and unpredictable sandscapes called barrancas that wind through this urban oasis.There is a reachable par 4 — the sixth hole — that will, at times, play shorter than the downhill par-3 seventh. ThereR...

Landmark home built before Great Chicago Fire damaged in fire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:58 GMT

CHICAGO — Fire crews battled a fire at one of the oldest homes in Chicago early Thursday morning. The fire started around 1 a.m. on the top floor of the Seth P. Warner House in the 600 block of North Central. The two people inside the home were able to make it out safely and no other injuries were reported.The 150-year-old home was damaged in the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Diver opens OnlyFans account to pay for Olympics training

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:58 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — As a prominent 10-meter diver, Diego Balleza is used to wearing small swimsuits that show off his body. Now, desperate because of a lack of financial resources ahead of next year's Paris Olympics, the Mexican is making a leap to a different platform in which he also wears few clothes: OnlyFans.Balleza is one of several Mexican athletes who have been affected by a dispute between World Aquatics and Ana Guevara, the head of Mexico's national sports commission that, since January, has stopped providing monthly payments for aquatics athletes. World Aquatics suspended the president of the Mexican federation, Kiril Todorov, and appointed a commission to take charge while new elections were held.Todorov was suspended for the failure of the Mexican Swimming Federation to comply with the governing body's good governance standards. But Guevara refused to recognize the commission even though the Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed the change.Guevara, a runner who won a ...

H-E-B to open Nutty Brown store soon channeling site's musical history

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:58 GMT

AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) -- Halfway through 2023, H-E-B LP is getting ready to open its third new store in the Austin area.The retail bellwether now notes on its website that its Nutty Brown store, at 12225 U.S. 290 West on the way to Dripping Springs, is set to debut July 5. The 103,000-square-foot store will use building materials and showcase memorabilia from the iconic music venue it replaced — Nutty Brown Amphitheater, which shuttered in November 2021. A spiritual successor from the same owner, the Round Rock Amphitheater, opened last year.H-E-B purchased the land in 2005 and began construction in 2022.Read the full story at Austin Business Journal.

Risk of strong storms mixed with dangerous heat

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:58 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Same song, different verse. Get ready for another day of intense heat and humidity across Central Texas. Scratch that -- many days of intense heat and humidity. Expert: Texas heatwave 'driven by climate change' 'Feels like' temps approaching 110° in some areas Thursday afternoonOur recent Heat Advisory has now been extended until 8 p.m. Friday for 'feels like' temps up to 114°. Dangerous heat and humidity will continue to be the top concern areawide - be sure to frequently check in on friends, family and neighbors, particularly seniors, children, etc.Heat Advisory extended until 8 p.m. FridayA few isolated to spotty storms will attempt to develop late this afternoon into the evening hours. Although they'll need to overcome quite a bit to even get going, once formed, there won't be much to hold 'em back from dropping hail and kicking out strong winds.Low risk of strong to severe storms in parts of Central Texas Thursday afternoon & eveningHigh humidity mixing w...

98.3 TRY Social Dilemma: My Husband Isn't Carrying His Weight With Housework!

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:58 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Today's 98.3 TRY Social Dilemma came from Charlotte, and it's about housework. Here's her email: Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Hi Jaime. I have a real dilemma. When my husband and I started our family, I put my career on hold to be home with the kids, which meant I took care of them and looked after the house. Once they were both in school, I went back to work, and my husband and I split household duties. Then the pandemic happened and my husband was laid off. It worked out pretty well because I made enough to support us and he was able to be home with the kids while they were out of school, and do the household chores. When they went back, he started looking for a job and immediately stopped doing most of the housework. He still hasn’t found a job yet and thinks that looking for a job is a full-time job, so he should only have to do half the work at home, like we did when we were both employed. I...

Albany man gets 11-22 years in domestic violence case

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:58 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- An Albany man was sentenced to 11-22 years in state prison on Wednesday. In May, Ryan Critcher was convicted of nine charges relating to a domestic violence case. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! According to the Albany County District Attorney's Office, on or about July 12, 2021, Critcher violated an order of protection issued on behalf of a victim at a Central Avenue home in Colonie. Authorities say Critcher had a sledgehammer with the intent to use it against a different victim. Sequentially, authorities say Critcher, on or about November 30, 2021, violated an order of protection and injured that same victim in the area of Besch Avenue in Albany. The Albany County District Attorney's Office says Critcher would go on to violate an order of protection between December 8, 2021, and May 19, 2022, by repeatedly attempting to contact the victim.

Ask Amy: Sister ponders going “no-contact”

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:25:58 GMT

Dear Amy: I am the youngest of three sisters and have always had a rough relationship with my mom and sisters.I don’t fit in. They are all about drama.Recently, I received a call from my dad, asking me to visit.I was so stressed out the night before that I didn’t sleep. That morning, I almost threw up from so much anxiety about it. I never know what I’ll say that will set one of them off. Then the others follow suit.I can’t ask them questions. Anything I do say gets used against me.I have tried to give them a taste of their own medicine, but that only seems to increase the bullying.I want them in my life because they are my parents and sisters, but I don’t want to walk on eggshells around them.We have gone two years without talking before, and recently we went over a year with no contact.The times I didn’t have them in my life were amazing. My relationship with my husband flourished. I wasn’t stressed. My daughters did well because I was happy enough to...