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Germany unveils a teddy bear as the mascot for Euro 2024, but this time with pants

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:56 GMT

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — The mascot for next year’s European Championship in Germany will be a teddy bear — and this time it won’t be naked from the waist down.The mascot made its first appearance Tuesday morning by surprising children at a primary school in Gelsenkirchen, where it was set to appear again later before the team’s friendly game against Colombia.The large-headed mascot with big eyes has shorts — in contrast to the 2006 World Cup mascot, a lion named “Goleo” that was widely ridiculed for not having pants.The as-yet unnamed teddy bear also has a soccer jersey, socks and boots. Fans were to help name it by choosing between Albärt, Bärnardo, Bärnheart or Herzi von Bär. “Bär” is the German word for bear.“As a parent, I know how important it is to stimulate children’s imagination,” Euro 2024 tournament director Philipp Lahm said. “With the launch of our tournament mascot, we hope to create a fun and likeable character that will inspire them to enjoy playing ...

French investigators search headquarters of Paris Olympic organizers in probe into suspected corruption

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:56 GMT

PARIS (AP) — French investigators search headquarters of Paris Olympic organizers in probe into suspected corruption.Source

Se intensifica la desafiante búsqueda en aguas remotas del sumergible desaparecido que recorría los restos del Titanic con 5 personas a bordo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:56 GMT

(CNN) — La búsqueda de varias agencias se está intensificando en busca de un sumergible que desapareció con cinco personas a bordo mientras recorría los restos del Titanic; los equipos de búsqueda peinan aguas agitadas y remotas con poca visibilidad.La Guardia Costera y la Real Fuerza Aérea Canadiense están desplegando más aeronaves y embarcaciones para ayudar en la búsqueda a medida que se agota el oxígeno disponible en la embarcación de 6 metros que se perdió en el océano.La búsqueda del sumergible, que tiene solo cuatro días de capacidad de emergencia, cubre un área remota 1.500 kilómetros al este de Cape Cod y casi 4 kilómetros de profundidad, dijo el contralmirante del Distrito 1 de la Guardia Costera de EE.UU., John Mauger, durante una conferencia de prensa.“Es un desafío realizar una búsqueda en esa área remota”, dijo Mauger durante una rueda de prensa. “Pero estamos desplegando todos los recursos disponibles para asegurarnos de que podamos localizar la nave y rescatar ...

Former employee living in S. Florida shares insights on submersible disappearance, highlights safety concerns

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:56 GMT

South Florida resident Eric Karman, a former employee of the underwater tourism company at the center of the recent submersible disappearance, has come forward to express his reaction and shed light on the safety procedures within the industry. Karman, who now ventures out to the water on a boat, used to pilot a research-based Ocean Gate submarine back in 2010. He reflected on the time he spent with the company. “If it wasn’t for them moving back to Washington, I wouldn’t have ever left,” he said, “But I did know what I was signing up for, dove pretty deep, so I knew the dangers associated with that.”A different submersible has become the focus of a massive international search effort. Karman emphasized the significant difference in diving depths between his former vessel and the one currently missing. “Our depth ceiling was 1500 feet,” he recalled. “They’re diving at deeper depths on the Titanic, I believe it’s 12,00...

NASA spacecraft captures image of ghostly lightning on Jupiter

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:56 GMT

(CNN) — A NASA spacecraft captured the eerie glow of lightning inside a swirling vortex on Jupiter.The green lightning bolt was seen inside one of the many vortices that cluster near Jupiter’s north pole.Scientists are still trying to understand many facets of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, including its massive storms and how lightning and lightning-like events occur on the gas giant.Lightning bolts originate from water clouds on Earth, and most of the strikes occur near the equator. But on Jupiter, the strikes emerge from clouds that are the result of ammonia and water, and they occur most frequently near the planet’s poles.The Juno spacecraft, which first arrived to observe Jupiter and its moons in 2016, captured the event during its 31st close flyby of the gas giant on December 30, 2020. The mission was about 19,900 miles (32,000 kilometers) above the cloud tops when it took the image.Using raw data from the spacecraft’s JunoCam instrument, citizen scientist Ke...

Trump: I was too busy to sort through the boxes I took to Mar-a-Lago

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:56 GMT

Donald Trump on Monday said he did not hand over government records to the federal officials when they asked him for it because he was too busy to sift through the boxes of contents.In an interview with Fox News, the former president said that the documents that the National Archives and Records Administration insisted he return were intermingled with personal materials in containers stored at his estate in Mar-a-Lago. He added that he did not have the time to separate the personal from the governmental.“Before I send boxes over,” Trump told host Bret Baier, “I have to take all of my things out. These boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things.”“I was very busy, as you’ve sort of seen,” he explained.The comments from Trump are an admission that he did not move to satisfy the federal government’s demands that he comply with their requests to hand over the documents. It is also the fullest he has addressed the matter since being indicted for his mishandling of those documents, w...

Police raid Paris 2024 Olympics HQ in corruption probe

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:56 GMT

PARIS — French financial police Tuesday morning searched the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO.The searches are being carried out by “teams from the criminal police and the public prosecutor” who are “collecting documents,” said the email, sent to employees to warn them of the police’s presence.In a statement, Paris 2024 said: “A police search is currently underway at the headquarters of the Organising Committee. Paris 2024 is cooperating fully with the investigators to facilitate their investigations.”Contacted by POLITICO, the French financial prosecutor (PNF) confirmed raids were taking place in “several locations,” including at the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics Committee as well as those of Solideo, the public body in charge of the Paris Olympics’ construction sites.The raids are part of two “preliminary investigations” over suspicions of misappropriation of public funds an...

JO 2024 : deux enquêtes ouvertes par le PNF, perquisitions en cours

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:56 GMT

Des perquisitions ont débuté ce mardi matin au siège du comité d’organisation des Jeux Olympiques (JO) et de la société de livraison des ouvrages olympiques, la Solideo, dans le cadre d’enquêtes menées par le Parquet national financier (PNF) sur les conditions d’attributions de marchés publics liés aux Jeux. Les salariés du comité d’organisation ont été informés par email ce mardi matin que la brigade financière était présente dans les locaux. Les “équipes du parquet et de la police judiciaire” doivent ainsi “collecter des documents”, selon le message consulté par POLITICO et confirmant des informations de l’AFP.“Nous ne disposons pas encore de toutes les informations de l’enquête en cours ; Paris 2024 collabore pleinement avec les enquêteurs pour faciliter leurs investigations”, continue l’e-mail, ajoutant “Nous restons à votre disposition pour toute question et vous communiquerons plus d’informations quand elles seront disponibles.”Sollicité, le PNF c...

Patriots CB Jack Jones to appear in court after 2 guns allegedly found in carry-on at Logan Airport

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:56 GMT

Patriots cornerback Jack Jones will appear in East Boston District Court on Tuesday after two guns were allegedly found in his carry-on bag at Logan Airport.Police say Jones was arrested at the airport on Friday around 5:30 p.m. The Patriots separately confirmed Friday night that they are aware of the arrest but did not have any further comment. In a statement, the TSA said officers initially found the loaded guns and ammunition “during the routine X-ray screening of carry-on luggage.” The TSA said officers notified state police once they found the guns.“The traveler was questioned by law enforcement and subsequently arrested,” the TSA said.Jones is facing several charges including possession of a concealed weapon in a secure area of an airport and unlawful possession of a firearm, according to state police.The TSA said the guns found on Friday were the ninth and tenth guns found in carry-on luggage at Logan Airport this year.This is a developing story; ...

Pattern Change Ahead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:56 GMT

60s coast, 70s inland was the them yesterday as plenty of midday clouds blanketed much of Southern New England. Today, the temp pattern is very similar as highs struggle to get out of the upper 60s at the coast and reach the low 70s inland. From time to time we catch a passing shower as well, although rainfall totals, and time those showers they take up, will be limited. Wednesday looks good as we ring in Summer at 10:57am with partly to mostly sunny skies and comfortable temps. Not quite a hot summer day, but certainly a pretty good afternoon with temps near 70 at the coast, mid to upper 70s inland. Thursday is another step up in the temperature departure as highs head up well into the 70s to near 80 with increasing clouds. It is possible for some showers to get in here late-day/night, but right now I’m leaving the forecast mainly dry during the day. Temps on Friday – Weekend will hover in the lower 80s. You’ll notice a lot more humidity around too with dew points...