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PGA Championship returns to a restored Oak Hill with strong field

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:14:22 GMT

PGA OF AMERICAPGA CHAMPIONSHIPSite: Pittsford, New York.Course: Oak Hill (East). Yardage: 7,394. Par: 70.Prize money: TBA ($15 million in 2022).Television: Thursday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. (ESPN+), 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. (ESPN); Saturday-Sunday, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (ESPN+), 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (ESPN), 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. (CBS).Defending champion: Justin Thomas.Notes: The second major of the year returns to Oak Hill for the fourth time. … Oak Hill is among five courses that have hosted a PGA Championship, a U.S. Open and a Ryder Cup. … The East course has gone through an extensive restoration under Andrew Green. … Justin Thomas will try to join Tiger Woods, Padraig Harrington and Brooks Koepka as the only back-to-back winners since the PGA switched to stroke play in 1958. … Thomas has not won since the PGA at Southern Hills last year. … Will Zalatoris, who lost in a playoff at Southern Hills, is the only player from the top 100 not playing. Zalatoris is out the rest...

Stock market today: Wall Street opens lower as Home Depot weighs on retailers

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:14:22 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are ticking lower after Home Depot warned of flagging sales, the latest discouraging signal for an economy under pressure. The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower early Tuesday. The Dow was down 0.4% while the Nasdaq slipped 0.2%. Home Depot said its revenue fell by more than expected in the latest quarter. Other big retailers are scheduled to report their results later this week, including Target and Walmart. A lot of attention is being focused on how they fare because resilient spending by households has been one of the main positives keeping the economy from sliding into a recession. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.Wall Street tipped lower Tuesday after data showed China’s economy is weaker than expected, while Home Depot cut its profit and sales outlook for the year, signaling a spending shift by Americans strapped by inflation and anxious about a possible recession.The Dow Jones industrial Average lost 0.3% and the S&P 50...

Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou strikes deal with PFL

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:14:22 GMT

Francis Ngannou’s reign as one of the top heavyweights in MMA will continue in the Professional Fighters League following the former champion’s contentious split with UFC.Ngannou was still UFC heavyweight champion when contract talks collapsed once the African fighter said his demands for health insurance and personal sponsorships were rejected. UFC President Dana White stripped Ngannou of the belt in January.The 36-year-old Ngannou will fight exclusively for PFL in its pay-per-view super fight division. Ngannou, who defeated Stipe Miocic in 2021 to win the UFC crown, also will serve as chairman and equity owner in PFL Africa.Terms of the deal were not announced.“I believe in the PFL’s ‘fighter first’ culture and global vision including developing the sport in Africa,” Ngannou said Tuesday in a statement. “With that, I am also proud to announce that I will serve as Chairman of PFL Africa which will be the leading MMA organization on the continent providing great African fighte...

NBA Playoffs: As conference finals open, LeBron about to catch Kareem again

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:14:22 GMT

LeBron James is about to catch Kareem Abdul-Jabbar again.In a season in which James passed Abdul-Jabbar and became the NBA’s all-time scoring leader, James is on the brink of taking away two more of the Hall of Fame center’s marks.The NBA started calling this round of the playoffs the “conference finals” in 1971 and no player has been in more games, or played in more wins, than Abdul-Jabbar. He has played in 65 conference finals games, winning 43 of them.James has played in 64, with No. 65 set to come Tuesday when the Lakers open the West finals against Denver. He has played in 42 wins in this round; Abdul-Jabbar’s teams went 43-22, James’ teams are 42-22.James (1,884) already is the all-time conference finals scoring leader, well ahead of Abdul-Jabbar’s 1,588 points.James also has the three highest-scoring conference finals appearances. He had 235 points for Miami in a seven-game winning series against Boston in 2012, 235 for Cleveland in another seven-game win against ...

Bristow woman struck police vehicle, knocking Va. trooper into I-66

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:14:22 GMT

A Bristow woman was charged with reckless driving after striking the back of a police vehicle, sending it into the back of a pickup truck and knocking a trooper into the interstate. (Courtesy Virginia State Police)A woman struck the back of a Virginia State Police SUV, propelling it into a state trooper and knocking him into incoming traffic on Interstate 66 late Monday afternoon, law enforcement says.The trooper avoided being struck by incoming traffic on I-66 eastbound and Khadija Sayyid, 24, of Bristow, was charged with reckless driving, Virginia State Police said in a news release.It happened around 4 p.m. when the state trooper was walking back to his state police SUV after conducting a traffic stop on a pickup truck near the Manassas Rest Area.Sayyid’s car ran off the right side of the interstate and struck the back of the SUV – which police said had its emergency lights on at the time.The impact shoved the SUV forward, knocking the trooper into the right travel lane and...

Daily Journal: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:14:22 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LOS ANGELES (AP) — Daily Journal Corp. (DJCO) on Monday reported net income of $9.4 million in its fiscal second quarter.On a per-share basis, the Los Angeles-based company said it had profit of $6.85. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring gains, came to $2.49 per share.The newspaper publisher posted revenue of $16.2 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on DJCO at https://www.zacks.com/ap/DJCOSource

El Milan va por la remontada ante el Inter, por un lugar en la final de la Champions League

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:14:22 GMT

(CNN) — El entrenador del AC Milan, Stefano Pioli, dice que su equipo cree que puede remontar la desventaja de dos goles contra el Inter de Milán en el partido de vuelta de semifinales de la Champions League de este martes.El Inter aprovechó un rápido comienzo para ganar el partido de ida 2-0 la semana pasada y es el equipo designado como local para el encuentro de vuelta, lo que significa que puede asignar más asientos a los aficionados a pesar de compartir el estadio de San Siro con su rival más acérrimo.Aunque el Inter cuenta con casi toda la ventaja, Pioli afirma que su equipo tiene lo que hace falta para superar los pronósticos.“Tenemos un objetivo claro, que es ganar la eliminatoria, por lo que aún podemos llegar a la final”, dijo a la prensa antes del partido.“Nadie predijo que estaríamos a estas alturas de la competición, y menos en la final, pero sé lo buenos que son mis jugadores. Se han conseguido hazañas extraordinarias; hay que creer y nosotros l...

Full list of food trucks for Civic Center EATS

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:14:22 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If you are looking to try new food this summer, Denver's annual food truck event will return every Wednesday and Thursday.The Civic Center EATS food truck event will kickoff on Wednesday at 101 W. 14th Ave. and last through September 14. Top-rated cinnamon rolls in Colorado Here is a look at the full list of food trucks that will be at Civic Center EATS.WednesdaysBig Apple BodegaFlavor of TabascoGyros KingKoco StreetfoodSaucy ChopsSuper Smash BurgersTacos With AltitudeThe Brutal PoodleThe Rice GuyQue DesmadreRotating WednesdaysBuenos NachosD'ToqueHip POPsRocky Mountain SlicesShortD'sFritay Haitian FoodHeckin' Good Bubble TeaHigh Point CreameryLady in the WildUmai ExpressThursdaysArepas HouseBoudin & BeignetsCazuelas Mexican GrillChuey Fu's Latin-Asian GrubThe Helping HenOriginal by GreeksStill Smokin BBQ JointVicky's Thai KitchenWheels On Fire Wood Fired Pizza 8 iconic restaurants only found in Colorado Rotating ThursdaysDowntown FingersDude Bro TacoPolar Br...

SR 836 ramp to NB Palmetto shutdown following tractor-trailer crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:14:22 GMT

A tractor-trailer was involved in a crash on the entrance ramp to the Palmetto Expressway from the Dolphin Expressway.On Tuesday morning, Florida Highway Patrol officers, along with firefighters, responded to the scene to assess the damage to the 18-wheeler that was seen hanging over the rail.According to FHP, the tractor-trailer failed to negotiate the curve properly, causing it to lose control and collide with the guardrail.Aerial video footage from 7Skyforce of the scene also showed the damage to the trailer as it hung on the guardrail of the ramp. Only minor injuries were reported. As a result of the crash, crews will have the ramp closed for a considerable amount of time as they clean up debris and remove the container. Drivers are urged to avoid the area and seek an alternate route.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

EU prosecutor raids 40 homes in €30M fraud probe

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:14:22 GMT

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) on Tuesday said it was carrying out 40 house searches in Romania and France as part of an ongoing investigation into a €30 million fraud involving EU and national funds.“At stake is a suspected criminal scheme to provide false letters of guarantee to awardees of projects financed by EU funds, which claimed to insure the projects against potential damages,” the EPPO said in a statement.Searches were carried out in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, a wealthy spot on the French Riviera, and in the Romanian cities of Bucharest, Alba, Arad, Cluj, Constanța, Hunedoara, Iași, Mureș and Olt. Seven law enforcement agencies are taking part in the operation, which is still ongoing.According to the prosecutor’s office, between 2020 and 2023 “several fictitious banks or dubious financial entities” issued letters of guarantees for projects benefitting from EU funding, without the necessary cash to cover the insured damages. Investigators alleg...