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Veteran defender Jordi Alba leaving Barcelona this summer

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:53:58 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain left-back Jordi Alba will leave Barcelona this summer after 11 years with the Catalan club.The 34-year-old Alba and the Spanish champions announced Wednesday that they’ve agreed to terminate his contract one season early.Alba, who joined in 2012 from Valencia, helped Barcelona will six La Liga titles, five Copa del Rey trophies and the Champions League in 2015.“FC Barcelona would like to publicly express its gratitude to Alba for his professionalism, commitment and dedication, and his ever-positive and friendly relationship with all members of the Barça family, and wishes him every fortune in the future,” the club said in a statement.“Barça will always be a home for you, Jordi,” it added.The veteran defender has made 458 appearances for Barcelona and has contributed 19 goals and 91 assists.Last week, longtime holding midfielder Sergio Busquets also announced he will leave the club this summer.Barcelona hosts Mallorca on Sunday before ending its se...

Loveland officer fired after allegedly hitting woman

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:53:58 GMT

LOVELAND, Colo. (KDVR) — A Loveland Police officer was fired after he allegedly responded with an "inappropriate use of force" and hit a woman in the face.The Loveland Police Department said officers responded around 8:30 p.m. Saturday to a report of a woman wandering in and out of traffic and speaking incoherently in the area of North Garfield Avenue and East 29th Street. When officers arrived, they placed the woman into protective custody and took her to a local hospital for evaluation. Denver mayoral candidates discuss their plans for public safety According to Loveland Police, once at the hospital, the woman was handcuffed and placed into an examination room, where they said she was verbally abusive toward health care workers and spat on a nurse and an officer.The officer who was allegedly spat on struck the woman in the face in what Loveland Police called an "inappropriate use of force." Police said the woman sustained minor injuries to her face.Another officer immediately in...

Niall Horan announces 2024 tour

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:53:58 GMT

(CNN) — Niall Horan is headed out on tour next year.The former One Direction member announced “The Show Live on Tour” 2024, which will take him to Europe, North America and more.“There’s nothing better than watching the crowd sing back to you with all that emotion on their faces and knowing that they’re attaching the song to something meaningful in their own lives,” Horan said in his announcement. “To me, that’s always the greatest thing that can ever come from songwriting.”“It’s been far too long and I can’t wait to see your beautiful faces, Horan added in an Instagram post.Horan recently revealed that he will release his third album, “The Show,” on June 9. The singles “Heaven” and “Meltdown” will be included on the album.On the upcoming tour, Horan will perform in England, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Spain and more. He will also head to Australia and New Zealand. The North American leg kicks off in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and will head to Nashville, Philadelphia, New...

Filled Broadway seats hit pre-pandemic levels in first full season since Covid

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:53:58 GMT

(CNN) — Filled Broadway seats reached pre-pandemic levels in the 2022-2023 season — which is the first full season of shows since Covid first forced theaters to shutter, The Broadway League announced Tuesday.“Broadway is making a strong rebound as audiences are returning to New York City to experience extraordinary live theatre,” Charlotte St. Martin, the president of the industry’s national trade association, said in a statement.A total of 88.4% of Broadway show seats were filled in the 2022-2023 season, the League’s statement said. That’s comparable to the 89.7% in the 2018-2019 run, which was the the last full season pre-Covid.The most recent Broadway season attracted nearly 12.3 million people to 40 new productions and 35 continuing productions, and it grossed about $1.6 billion, the League added.Before Covid hit stateside, Broadway had been enjoying a strong run: That last 2018-2019 season attracted record attendance of 14.7 million and grossed a record $1.8 billion.B...

FTC investigates America’s baby formula shortages

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:53:58 GMT

New York (CNN) — The Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into the protracted shortages of baby formula in the United States that left store shelves bare of the essential product for several months, probing whether baby formula makers colluded in bidding on state contracts.The agency, according to documents posted on the agency’s website, is looking into whether Abbott Laboratories and other formula manufacturers have “engaged in collusion or coordination with any other market participant regarding the bidding” for state contracts.Additionally, the FTC is investigating whether company coordination affected sales more broadly, outside of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) formula-supply program. The Wall Street Journal was first to report on the probe.Abbott said in an email to CNN that the company is cooperating with the FTC’s requests.The company also pointed to its earlier response on March 16 to the FTC in which th...

Germany cracks down on climate activists after Scholz brands protest group’s tactics ‘nutty’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:53:58 GMT

By GEIR MOULSON and FRANK JORDANS (Associated Press)BERLIN (AP) — German police raided 15 properties linked to the Last Generation climate activist group Wednesday, seizing assets as part of an investigation into its finances in a sign of growing impatience with disruptive protest tactics also seen in other European countries.Members of the group have repeatedly blocked roads across Germany in an effort to pressure the government to take more drastic action against climate change. In recent weeks, they have brought traffic to a halt on an almost daily basis in Berlin, gluing themselves to busy intersections and highways. Over the past year, they have also targeted various artworks and exhibits. The raids, ordered by Munich prosecutors, come days after Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he thought it was “completely nutty to somehow stick yourself to a painting or on the street.” Leading figures with the environmentalist Green party, part of his governing coalition, h...

Living single and maximizing money

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:53:58 GMT

The investing information provided on this page is for educational purposes only. NerdWallet, Inc. does not offer advisory or brokerage services, nor does it recommend or advise investors to buy or sell particular stocks, securities or other investments.Single and not sorry — that’s how you live.Sure, couples get a dual income, tax breaks and somebody else to blame when household finances take a downturn. But they fight over the remote, too. So, ya know, plusses and minuses.Being single is not the exception these days. The gap between plus-one and plus-none has narrowed ever since the first time TVs with antennas were a thing (yes, over-the-air TV is making something of a comeback). It’s practically a 50/50 split between Americans who are married (135.9 million) and those who never married, are widowed or are divorced (130.3 million), according to a 2022 U.S. Census Bureau document.Here are six things you can do to maximize your money when it’s your world and every...

In transition from HBO Max to Max, writer and director credits got lost

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:53:58 GMT

Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming service Max may only be hours into its rollout, but it quickly came under fire by top Hollywood guilds for the way it credits writers and directors.Early Wednesday, some started noticing a change to the credits on films. Instead of individually listing writers, directors and producers, the new Max format had lumped them all together. By Wednesday afternoon, the presidents of the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America West had issued a strongly worded joint statement condemning the “creator” credit.Warner Bros. Discovery responded with a statement saying it was an oversight in the technical transition from HBO Max to Max and that it will be corrected. No timeline for restoring the writer and director credits was given.“We agree that the talent behind the content on Max deserve their work to be properly recognized,” a Max spokesperson said. “We apologize for this mistake.”But it hit a nerve for the guilds at a tense moment ...

Judge denies bond for ex-Alabama basketball player Darius Miles on capital murder charge

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:53:58 GMT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A judge denied bond Wednesday for former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles, who is facing a capital murder charge related to a fatal shooting near campus.Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge Daniel Pruet said at a hearing Wednesday that the bond issue could be revisited later.Miles has pleaded not guilty in the January shooting death of 23-year-old Jamea Harris. The former reserve forward and Michael Lynn Davis, both 21 at the time, are charged with capital murder. Former Alabama teammates including Jahvon Quinerly, Jaden Quinerly and Noah Gurley attended the hearing, according to al.com.The shooting occurred on the Strip, a student-oriented business district of bars and restaurants near the Tuscaloosa campus. Investigators said Harris was sitting in the passenger seat of a car when she was struck by a bullet, which brings a capital murder charge in Alabama. Davis is accused of firing the gun that killed the young woman, according to court documents filed in ...

Volcano rumbles near Mexico City, coating towns with ash, disrupting flights

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:53:58 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Towering a few hours from one of the world’s largest cities, the Popocatepetl volcano has been coating nearby towns with ash and disrupting flights at Mexico City’s airport, the busiest in Latin America. Hundreds of explosions have spit lava from the snow-tipped peak of the 17,797-foot Popocatepetl (puh-puh-ka-TEH-pet-tl). Approximately 25 million people live within 60 miles of the mountain. Volcanologists say that, while a massive eruption doesn’t appear imminent, eruptions are likely to continue, as they have for three decades.WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE POPOCATEPETL VOLCANO?Pre-Hispanic writings speak of intense activity at Popocatépetl at the beginning of the 16th century. Scientists at Mexico’s National Autonomous University (UNAM) have been tracking the volcano’s movements since a surge of activity began in 1994.In Guatemala, the Volcano of Fire claimed the lives of hundreds of people in a 2018 eruption. It has recently prompted evacuations ...