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Pau Torres joins Aston Villa from Villarreal and links up again with former coach Unai Emery

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:55:44 GMT

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Spain defender Pau Torres is linking up again with Unai Emery, this time in England with Aston Villa.Torres, a 26-year-old left-sided center back, played under Emery at Villarreal, the player’s hometown club where he has been in the senior team since 2017. Together, they won the Europa League in 2021 and reached the Champions League semifinals a year later.Torres moves for a reported initial fee of 32.5 million euros ($36 million) and is joining a team that will be playing in the Europa Conference League in the upcoming season.The arrival of Torres, who has played 23 times for Spain, raises questions about the future of Villa captain Tyrone Mings, an England international who currently is the left-sided central defender under Emery.___More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Colorado 10-month-old picked as 2023 Gerber Baby

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:55:44 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Childhood nutrition brand Gerber announced the winner of its annual photo search for its Gerber Baby, and the 2023 winner comes from right here in Colorado.Baby Madison "Maddie" Mendoza is the winner of the 13th annual Gerber photo search and the official 2023 Gerber Baby. Gerber said Maddie, along with her parents, captured the attention of the judges with their throwback submission that included a photo of Maddie and her mom at that same age. 2 Colorado resorts voted as best in US by Travel and Leisure “The throwback submission of Maddie and her mom brought a smile to the judges’ faces and perfectly captured the spirit of this year’s program. We’re excited to partner with Maddie and her family throughout the next year to highlight the full-circle journey from baby to parent," said Tarun Malkani, Gerber president and CEO.The 2023 Gerber Baby comes from Colorado after submitting a throwback photo. On the left is Maddie the 2023 winner, and on the right is Maddie's ...

2 Colorado resorts voted as best in US by Travel and Leisure

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:55:44 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — There is no shortage of beautiful places to visit and stay in Colorado, and according to one travel publication, two local resorts were voted as some of the best in the entire country.Travel + Leisure's "World's Best Awards" for 2023 were released Tuesday, and Colorado took home a few accolades. The travel magazine asked its readers to share their thoughts on the top resorts from around the U.S.When coming up with the list of favorite U.S. resorts, Travel + Leisure rated hotels that were classified as either resort hotels, city hotels, or safari lodges and critiqued them based on rooms/facilities, location, service, food and venue. Rocky Mountain National Park among top 10 deadliest National Parks; see the full list Based on the criteria, readers choose a rating of excellent, above average, average, below average, or poor. The reader scores are the final average of those responses. Of the top 15, two Colorado mountain town resorts made the list.Hotel Jerome in Aspe...

Miami-Dade schools teacher arrested for inappropriate relationship with 12-year-old student

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:55:44 GMT

A Miami-Dade County Public Schools teacher was arrested for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a 12-year-old student.On Friday, June 30, a Miami-Dade Schools Police Officer received a report of an inappropriate relationship involving Martai Delvon McCullough Jr.,26, and a female student. The victim, who was enrolled in the defendant’s class during the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 academic years, revealed disturbing details of the alleged misconduct. Court records state that, according to the victim, the relationship began with the exchange of post-it notes just before Christmas 2022. Following the school’s Christmas break, the defendant would pass notes to the victim expressing affection, including “I love you,” which they would also say to each other verbally. The defendant went on to purchase the victim’s lunches through delivery services like UberEats and DoorDash. The victim admitted to skipping class to meet the defendant in his classro...

Finnish PM: Deputy’s apology for racist slurs is enough

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:55:44 GMT

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said the racist remarks made by Deputy Prime Minister Riikka Purra were unacceptable but insisted her apology has closed the matter. Finland’s opposition doesn’t buy that, however, and is calling for a confidence vote.“Every MP should have their say on this, and that is best done in a vote of confidence,” said Harry Harkimo, chaiman of the liberal Movement Now party. Similar demands were made by Krista Kiuru, a former minister from the Social Democratic party.Purra — who is also finance minister — from the far-right Finns Party, came under fire earlier this week for making racist and violent remarks about Black people and demeaning comments about poor people in writings that appeared under a pseudonym on the internet 15 years ago. The scandal — the third to hit the Finnish government in a matter of weeks, all involving the Finns Party — rocked Helsinki’s new right-wing coalition.In a joint press conference held with P...

Should the EU run migrant rescues? The EU’s executive says no, Parliament says yes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:55:44 GMT

The EU is sparring over whether Brussels should erect a Europe-wide search-and-rescue operation for migrants following the shipwreck that claimed hundreds of lives near Greece in June. In a tense European Parliament hearing on Wednesday in Strasbourg, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson declined to endorse the idea, putting her at odds with a majority of Parliament. She indicated that migrant search-and-rescue operations fell within the remit of national governments and the EU border agency Frontex played a coordinating role.“We will continue this work, step it up and engage actively with member states for them to take necessary actions,” she told EU lawmakers on Wednesday, before pointedly adding: “Member states should step up on search and rescue.”Parliament wants the European Commission, the EU’s executive, to do more. On Thursday, MEPs are poised to vote on a resolution urging the EU to set up its own migrant rescue mission aimed at saving more li...

UK’s Sunak tries to smooth things out after defense sec urges Ukrainian ‘gratitude’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:55:44 GMT

VILNIUS — Ukraine’s president has expressed gratitude to Kyiv’s allies “countless times,” Rishi Sunak said Wednesday, as he tried to iron out the diplomatic wrinkles caused by comments from his own defense secretary.Speaking at a press conference on the last day of the NATO summit in Vilnius, the British prime minister said Volodymyr Zelenskyy had expressed gratitude to him personally on multiple occasions. Sunak noted that the Ukrainian people fight for their lives and freedom every day due to Russian aggression.“President Zelenskyy has repeatedly expressed his gratitude to me and to the British people and indeed other allies as well,” Sunak said. “He did it very movingly in parliament when he was in the U.K. earlier this year. He continues to be grateful for our support and our leadership, and the welcome that we’ve extended to many Ukrainian families. I think everyone can see that that’s how he feels.”Sunak was asked repeatedly about remarks made earlier by U.K. Defense Sec...

G7 pledges security deals with Ukraine as its NATO membership remains elusive

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:55:44 GMT

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed fresh pledges of weapons and ammunition to fight Russia’s invasion and longer-term security commitments from the West on Wednesday even as he expressed disappointment over the lack of a clear path for his country to join NATO as the alliance wrapped up its annual summit.“The Ukrainian delegation is bringing home a significant security victory for the Ukraine, for our country, for our people, for our children,” he said while flanked by U.S. President Joe Biden and other leaders from the Group of Seven most powerful democratic nations.A joint declaration issued by the G7 lays the groundwork for each nation to negotiate agreements to help Ukraine bolster its military over the long term. Zelenskyy described the initiative as a bridge toward eventual NATO membership and a deterrent against Russia.“Our support will last long into the future,” Biden said. “We’re going to help Ukraine buil...

Google hit with lawsuit alleging it stole data from millions of users to train its AI tools

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:55:44 GMT

(CNN) — Google was hit with a wide-ranging lawsuit on Tuesday alleging the tech giant scraped data from millions of users without their consent and violated copyright laws in order to train and develop its artificial intelligence products.The proposed class action suit against Google, its parent company Alphabet, and Google’s AI subsidiary DeepMind was filed in a federal court in California on Tuesday, and was brought by Clarkson Law Firm. The firm previously filed a similar suit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI last month. (OpenAI did not previously respond to a request for comment on the suit.)The complaint alleges that Google “has been secretly stealing everything ever created and shared on the internet by hundreds of millions of Americans” and using this data to train its AI products, such as its chatbot Bard. The complaint also claims Google has taken “virtually the entirety of our digital footprint,” including “creative and copywritten works” to build its ...

CW’s newest comedy “Son of a Critch” premieres July 24th

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:55:44 GMT