Home

Mexican ballad singer Julián Figueroa dies at 27

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:42:12 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican ballad singer Julián Figueroa has died at the age of 27, his mother confirmed Monday. Figueroa was the son of actress Maribel Guardia and singer Joan Sebastian, who died in 2015. Guardia wrote that Figueroa died of a heart ailment. Like his father, Figueroa sang northern-inspired ballads backed by a traditional band. His hits included songs like “Yo sería”, “Ay amor” and “Volaré.” Guardia wrote in her Instagram account that her son died over the weekend.“They found him unconscious in his room last night,” she wrote. “When the ambulance arrived and the police found him dead, there was no sign of violence. The medical report says he died of an acute heart attack.”Figueroa was survived by his mother, and his wife, singer and actress Imelda Tuñón, and their son. Funeral plans were not immediately announced.Joan Sebastian, one of Mexico’s great ballad singers, died in 2015 at age 64.He was best known for sentimental love songs like “Tatuajes” and “Secreto de Am...

Nashville governing council votes unanimously to return expelled Black lawmaker to Tennessee House

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:42:12 GMT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville governing council votes unanimously to return expelled Black lawmaker to Tennessee House.Source

Red Sox slugger Adam Duvall going on IL with fractured wrist

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:42:12 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Boston Red Sox slugger Adam Duvall is going on the injured list with a fractured left wrist.Boston manager Alex Cora announced the injury before Monday night’s game at Tampa Bay, saying the center fielder has a distal left wrist fracture.Duvall was hurt while attempting a diving catch in the outfield in Sunday’s game with Detroit. He was hitting .455 with AL-tying best four homers and 14 RBIs in eight games through Sunday.Duvall was undergoing additional tests Monday in Boston. Although Cora had no timetable for his return, Duvall will be out for an extended period. Cora didn’t know if surgery would be needed.“The guy’s a good player,” Cora said. “It’s a big blow. But, at the same time, somebody has to step up. At one point we hope he comes back.”Duvall had surgery last summer to repair a torn tendon sheath on the same wrist.“It’s in the other side,” Cora said on the new injury. “From everything I hear with the pr...

MATCHDAY: Man City hosts Bayern in CL, Benfica faces Inter

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:42:12 GMT

A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Tuesday:CHAMPIONS LEAGUEMANCHESTER CITY VS. BAYERN MUNICHPep Guardiola and Thomas Tuchel go head-to-head again in the Champions League when Manchester City hosts Bayern Munich in the first leg of the quarterfinals. Tuchel denied Guardiola a third Champions League title as a manager when his Chelsea team beat City 1-0 in the 2021 final. Tuchel was fired by the London club earlier this season, but is back in work with Bayern and has the chance to win the competition for a second time. BENFICA VS. INTER MILANBenfica hosts an Inter Milan side which hasn’t won in six matches in all competitions. Benfica will try to win five consecutive Champions League games for the first time since 1989-90, when it won six straight on its way to the final that it lost to AC Milan. Inter is aiming to reach the last four for the first time since it won the title in 2010. Benfica hopes to make it past the quarterfinals for the first time since 1990. Its loss...

CBS Sports’ Golazo Network digital channel debuts Tuesday

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:42:12 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS Sports’ Golazo Network digital channel is launching Tuesday, with 12 live matches, same-day replays of Champions League matches and a pair of weekday studio shows planned to air over the first two weeks.The Golazo Network will stream on CBS Sports digital platforms as well as Paramount+ and Pluto TV.The two weekday studio shows are “Morning Footy” and “Box 2 Box.” “Morning Footy” will be a two-hour show beginning at 7 a.m. EDT. It will be hosted by Susannah Collins along with former U.S. player Charlie Davies, Nico Cantor, Alexis Guerreros and Jenny Chiu. The show will feature news from all men’s and women’s leagues.“Box 2 Box” is a one-hour program at 1 p.m. EDT with host Poppy Miller and analysts Ian Paul Joy and Aaron West.The channel will also feature matches from the 10 soccer properties owned by CBS, including the UEFA Champions League, Italy’s Serie A and the National Women’s Soccer League.CBS and Paramount+ also have the UEFA Europa Leag...

Family of missing Lakewood man pleads for information

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:42:12 GMT

LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KDVR) -- James "Jay" Montoya has been missing since April 2. His parents, Eddie and Corinna Montoya, are now urging anyone with information about his case to come forward. "Maybe it's insignificant, but maybe that's what's going to break the case open, so speak out," Corinna Montoya said.Video, Snapchat leave cluesAccording to the Denver Police Department, the 26-year-old Lakewood man went to the Hangar 101 bar, near Jewell Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard in Lakewood, on the night of April 1. The family said James was seen on surveillance video leaving with another man. Police searching for suspects in multiple hit-and-run incidents After that, the family said his Snapchat activity placed him near the intersection of Alameda Avenue and Federal Boulevard."He was last known to have posted a picture of this person's home and their car on Snapchat about 2:30 in the morning. That's the last anyone has seen or heard from him," Corinna Montoya said.Missing man's fami...

Police searching for suspects in multiple hit-and-run incidents

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:42:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Police Department is searching for suspects in three separate hit-and-run crashes over the past week. On April 3, a pedestrian walking in the crosswalk crossing North Quebec Street was struck by a Jeep Grand Cherokee at the intersection of Quebec and East 36th Avenue just before 6 p.m., a Crime Stoppers alert said. A pedestrian walking in the crosswalk crossing North Quebec Street was struck by a Jeep Grand Cherokee on April 3, 2023 (Photo credit: Denver Police Department)Police said the Cherokee attempted to make a left turn from westbound East 36th Avenue to southbound North Quebec Street when the pedestrian was hit and seriously injured. Denver police involved in Jeffco shooting The alert said the suspect vehicle may have light to moderate front-end damage. On April 7, the driver of a Ford Escape drove onto the sidewalk and hit a person walking northbound at the intersection of North Perry Street and West 16th Avenue just before 1 p.m., according to...

Miami Police search for 84-year-old missing woman from Allapattah

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:42:12 GMT

The Miami Police Department is asking the public for help to find a woman who was reported missing from Allapattah. Eighty-four-year-old Edis Lopez Collazo stands 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs 120 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.She was last seen wearing a blue shirt and beige shorts. Anyone with information is asked to call 305-603-6300 or 305-579-6111.

US lawmakers condemn French President Macron’s ‘betrayal’ of Taiwan

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:42:12 GMT

France’s president shocked Washington over the weekend when he argued that Europe shouldn’t get sucked into a U.S. confrontation with China over Taiwan. Now the GOP is hitting back hard and the Biden administration is trying to play down the comments.French President Emmanuel Macron questioned whether “it is in our interest to accelerate [a crisis] on Taiwan” for fear of a “Chinese overreaction” in an interview with POLITICO on Saturday. He added that the “worst thing” that Europe could do would be to “take our cue from the U.S. agenda” geared to defending Taiwan.Chinese state media has reacted gleefully. Macron’s statement “signals a dead end for the U.S. strategy of luring Europe to contain China,” Beijing’s Global Times tabloid said on Monday.Republicans on Capitol Hill sounded equally as dire.“The Chinese Communist Party is the most significant challenge to Western society, our economic security, and our way of life…France must be clear-eyed about this threat,” said Se...

Nashville sends Justin Jones back to the Tennessee House days after GOP lawmakers ousted him

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:42:12 GMT

 (CNN) — The Nashville Metropolitan Council on Monday voted to reappoint Justin Jones to the Tennessee House of Representatives, sending the ousted lawmaker back to occupy the House District 52 seat as an interim representative.His return comes days after the GOP-dominated House expelled him after he and two other Democrats called for gun reform on the chamber floor.The 36-0 vote to return Jones to his seat followed a vote to suspend a procedural rule that prevents an individual from being nominated and appointed to the seat in the same meeting. Following the decision late in the afternoon, Jones joined demonstrators in a march to the state Capitol.The crowd gathered at the meeting erupted into cheers after the vote. Those joining Jones in marching to the Capitol chanted: “Whose house? Our House.”On Thursday, Jones and Justin Pearson, who are both Black, were forced out of the legislature in a two-thirds majority vote cast by their Republican colleagues after ...