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Fin de semana violento en Ecuador: matan a un alcalde y seis presos mueren en una cárcel

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:28:28 GMT

(CNN) — El alcalde de Manta, sexta ciudad más grande de Ecuador, Agustín Intriago, fue asesinado este domingo en un atentado dirigido contra él, según un comunicado del ministro del Interior del país, Juan Zapata.Una mujer, Ariana Chancay, también murió en el ataque, según las autoridades. Cuatro personas resultaron heridas, entre ellas dos presuntos participantes en el asesinato selectivo que se encuentran ahora bajo custodia policial.Las autoridades expresaron sus condolencias y ordenaron una investigación exhaustiva por parte de la Policía Nacional.El presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, condenó el ataque en Twitter: “Lamentable noticia para el país, ordené al comandante general activar los recursos necesarios para que los responsables de este crimen sean encontrados y llevados ante la justicia. Nuestros pensamientos están con la familia del alcalde y la de la otra víctima”.Manta es un puerto clave en la costa ecuatoriana del Pacífico y uno de los mayores pue...

China wins two gold medals at the swimming worlds. Americans finish 1-2 in women’s 200-meter medley

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:28:28 GMT

FUKUOKA, Japan (AP) — China dominated the second day of the swimming world championships on Monday, winning back-to-back gold medals in the first 10 minutes of the session.Zhang Yufei won the women’s 100-meter butterfly and Qin Haiyang went wire-to-wire in the men’s 100 breaststroke.Zhang rallied over the final 15 meters, touching in 56.12 seconds. Margaret MacNeil of Canada finished second in 56.45, while Torri Huske of the United States clocked 56.61 for third two years after placing fourth in the event at the Tokyo Olympics.The women’s race was a repeat of the final two years ago at the Tokyo Games. The top four finishers in Tokyo were separated by only 14 hundredths of a second. That race went to MacNeil, followed by Zhang and Australian swimmer Emma McKeon. Huske was .01 behind McKeon and missed out on a medal.Qin won his race only a few minutes before Zhang’s triumph. After topping all other swimmers by more than one second in the semifinals, Qin was never challenged in the fi...

New Commanders owner Josh Harris aims to earn trust, win back disgruntled fans

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:28:28 GMT

Josh Harris, the leader of a group buying the Washington Commanders, speaks at an introductory NFL football news conference at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., Friday, July 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)(AP/Alex Brandon) Josh Harris, the leader of a group buying the Washington Commanders, speaks at an introductory NFL football news conference at FedEx Field in Landover, Md., Friday, July 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)(AP/Alex Brandon) New Washington Commanders owner Josh Harris knows there’s a big challenge ahead as he seeks to reengage long-frustrated fans.“Most importantly, we hope to earn your trust,” Harris wrote in a letter to Commanders fans that the team shared on social media.Magic Joh...

Northwest Bancshares: Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:28:28 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Northwest Bancshares Inc. (NWBI) on Monday reported second-quarter earnings of $33 million.The Columbus, Ohio-based company said it had profit of 26 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for costs related to mergers and acquisitions, were 27 cents per share.The results matched Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for earnings of 27 cents per share.The holding company for Northwest Savings Bank posted revenue of $173.8 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $138.3 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on NWBI at https://www.zacks.com/ap/NWBISource

Cheesy, oven-baked potato tacos evoke Los Angeles’ innovative tortilla scene

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:28:28 GMT

While exploring the taco scene in Los Angeles, we learned just how wide of a world filled tortillas could be.Corn tortillas filled with stingray. Hard-shell tacos shaped like baskets. Middle Eastern-­influenced tacos Árabes with meat cooked on a spit with onion, Oaxacan cheese, avocado and chili salsa.Particularly memorable were the flautas, deep-fried flute-shaped tacos with lamb, chicken, chorizo or potato that are also called tacos dorados (which means golden). Crunchy and satisfying, the flautas came topped with salsa roja, guacamole and cotija cheese.For weeknights, however, we typically avoid the mess of deep-frying. So for this recipe from our book “Cook What You Have,” which draws on pantry staples to assemble easy, weeknight meals, we experimented with swapping deep-frying for the oven. And we were delighted with the crispy results.We keep the filling simple, with roughly mashed potatoes and shredded cheese, but we amp it with two flavor-packed pantry ingredients — canned c...

Salesforce CEO shares his predictions for AI and the future of work

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:28:28 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff has become something of a vanishing breed during the nearly quarter century he has been running the company that pioneered the concept of selling software as an online subscription. While Benioff remains in charge at Salesforce, other billionaire founder/CEOs such Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Larry Page and Netflix’s Reed Hastings have all stepped away from groundbreaking companies born during the 1990s.Benioff, 58, isn’t ready to leave Salesforce yet, even though he has amassed an $8 billion fortune and just went through a challenging stretch that might have caused many CEOs to head for the exit. In January, Benioff decided to lay off 8,000 Salesforce employees after overseeing a pandemic-driven expansion that included a nearly $28 billion acquisition of the popular workplace tool Slack and then grappled with an investor backlash triggered by a nearly 50% drop in the company’s stock price la...

Brasil debutó con una goleada y Argentina cayó ante Italia, en una nueva jornada del Mundial Femenino de la FIFA

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:28:28 GMT

(CNN) — Brasil no tuvo contemplaciones este lunes con Panamá y lo goleó 4 a 0, en el debut de ambos en el Grupo F de la Copa Mundial Femenina. La gran figura de la jornada fue Ary Borges, que convirtió tres de los cuatro tantos del conjunto sudamericano.Antes, Argentina cayó ante Italia sobre el final, en un encuentro que tuvo el debut en el conjunto europeo de Giulia Dragoni, de 16 años, quien es apodada “la pequeña Messi”. Además, Alemania apabulló a Marruecos por 6 a 0.A continuación, un resumen de la jornada del Mundial Femenino.Resultados del Mundial Femenino de Fútbol 2023 en vivo: tabla de grupos, clasificación y másLas cinco mejores selecciones femeninas del mundo, según FIFA 1:25Brasil vs. PanamáBrasil dio claras muestras de su favoritismo al derrotar a Panamá por 4 a 0 en el debut de ambas selecciones en el Frupo F. Ary Borges, en tres oportunidades, y Bia Zaneratto, anotaron los goles para el conjunto sudamericano.Todas las miradas estaban puestas en la ...

Brazil 4, Panama 0

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:28:28 GMT

Panama00—0Brazil22—4First Half_1, Brazil, Borges, (Debinha), 19th minute; 2, Brazil, Borges, 39th.Second Half_3, Brazil, Bia Zaneratto, (Borges), 48th; 4, Brazil, Borges, (Geyse), 70th.Goalies_Panama, Yenith Bailey, Sasha Fabregas, Farissa Cordoba; Brazil, Leticia Izidoro, Barbara Micheline do Monte Barbosa, Camila Rodrigues.Yellow Cards_None.Referee_Cheryl Foster. Assistant Referees_Michelle O’Neill, Franca Overtoom, Massimiliano Irrati. 4th Official_Iuliana Elena Demetrescu.A_13,140.___Source

21-year-old French swimming star smashes Michael Phelps’ last remaining world record

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:28:28 GMT

(CNN) — Although Michael Phelps retired seven years ago, his legacy has continued to tower over swimming.But on Saturday, Phelps’ last remaining world record was smashed by 21-year-old Leon Marchand at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukoka, Japan, as the Frenchman completed the 400 meters individual medley in 4:02.50, shaving an enormous 1.34 seconds off Phelps’ previous mark.“That was insane, one of the most painful things I’ve done. It was amazing to do it here and the time is crazy,” Marchand said afterwards, according to the Olympics’ official website, “The best is yet to come.”Marchand was just six years old when Phelps set the previous world record in the discipline, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and he was presented with the gold medal afterwards by the legendary American swimmer.Phelps himself had held the world record for almost 21 years, setting a series of increasingly faster times during his stint as the world’s most dominant swimmer.“It’s excellent, I train everyda...

There is a ‘gravity hole’ in the Indian Ocean, and scientists now think they know why

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:28:28 GMT

(CNN) — There is a “gravity hole” in the Indian Ocean — a spot where Earth’s gravitational pull is weaker, its mass is lower than normal, and the sea level dips by over 328 feet (100 meters).This anomaly has puzzled geologists for a long time, but now researchers from the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru, India, have found what they believe is a credible explanation for its formation: plumes of magma coming from deep inside the planet, much like those that lead to the creation of volcanoes.To come to this hypothesis, the team used supercomputers to simulate how the area could have formed, going as far back as 140 million years. The findings, detailed in a study published recently in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, center around an ancient ocean that no longer exists.A disappearing oceanHumans are used to thinking about Earth as a perfect sphere, but that’s far from the truth.“The Earth is basically a lumpy potato,” said study coauthor Attreyee Ghosh,...