LAWRENCE, Kan. — With 51.5 seconds left in regulation, as Houston coach Kelvin Sampson called timeout after Kansas guard Rylan Griffen had buried a 3 to put the Jayhawks ahead by 4, Sampson’s wife Karen got out of her seat behind the Cougars’ bench, said goodbye to the nice Kansas fans who sat next to her and started walking around the concourse of Allen Fieldhouse.The coach’s wife knows how these usually end.It’s always Kansas that makes the miraculous play, the wild comeback, justifying the “Beware of the Phog” banner that hangs in the rafters. Once her husband led by 16…
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Colombia will not accept military deportation flights from the United States until the Trump administration provides a process to treat Colombian migrants with “dignity and respect,” the country’s president, Gustavo Petro, said on Sunday in a series of posts on X.Mr. Petro also said that Colombia had already turned away military planes carrying Colombian deportees. While other countries in Latin America have raised concerns about President Trump’s sweeping deportation plans, Colombia appears to be the first to explicitly refuse to cooperate.“I cannot make migrants stay in a country that does not want them,” Mr. Petro wrote, “but if that country…
Colombian President Gustavo Petro speaking during a press conference in Bogota, Colombia, on February 8, 2024, after a meeting with the United Nations Security Council.Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesColombia has denied entry to two U.S. military deportation flights, according to officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the Defense Department.The flights, carried out on U.S. military C-17 aircraft, were carrying about 80 Colombian migrants each and had departed from California, the defense official told NBC News.Initially cleared for landing, the flights were grounded after Colombian President Gustavo Petro suddenly revoked all diplomatic clearances for the aircraft, the official…
USWNT defender Naomi Girma has completed her move from the San Diego Wave to Chelsea and become the most expensive transfer in women’s soccer history.The Athletic reported earlier this week that Chelsea had agreed terms with the Wave for the transfer of Girma for a record $1.1million fee, according to sources briefed on the negotiations who spoke on the condition of anonymity.The 24-year-old had been under contract at San Diego until 2026, which is why the deal required a fee, and this has made her the first $1million-plus women’s soccer player.The deal surpasses the previous record sum of €735,000 paid by…
Belarusian President and presidential candidate Alexander Lukashenko visits a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, on Jan. 26, 2025.Evgenia Novozhenina | ReutersBelarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was on track to win a seventh five-year term with 87.6% of the vote in Sunday’s election, according to an exit poll broadcast on state television.Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has led the country since 1994. The United States and the European Union both said in the run-up to the election that it could not be free and fair because independent media are banned in Belarus and all…
The first trading week of President Donald Trump’s second term was positive for all three major averages, as investors cheered the incoming administration’s pro-business policies and corporate earnings largely came in stronger than expected. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq each rose about 1.7%, while the Dow climbed 2.2%. The S & P 500 also notched a new all-time closing high on Thursday. Most encouraging for the bulls isn’t that the market notched two consecutive weeks in the green and is up on the year, but rather how it got here — with broad-based stock gains. For the week, nine…
After two straight DNFs, Lindsey Vonn was looking to get back to the finish line and put her comeback to alpine skiing back on track. On Sunday, the American star, returning to the sport at age 40, finished 13th in the World Cup Super-G in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, her highest finish since barely missing a podium in Austria two weeks ago.Vonn ran top-15 splits throughout and was top-7 in the opening and closing sectors to finish 1.40 seconds behind winner Lara Gut-Behrami of Switzerland, who earned her 46th career World Cup victory. Norway’s Kajsa Vickhoff Lie took second and Italy’s Federica…
The video is grainy but ominous: three hooded figures, clambering over one another to tug at a heavy access door of the Drents Museum — an art and history museum in Assen, the Netherlands — and then an explosion and a flurry of sparks in the wee hours of Saturday.By daybreak, it had become clear that this was no amateur burglary. The Dutch police said the explosion was part of an elaborate effort to break into the acclaimed museum and steal some of its treasures, including a prized helmet made of gold on loan from Romania.“This is a dark day…
Your child gets a good grade on a test. “Good job!” you respond. The scenario seems pretty straightforward — but those two words can backfire on you, says child psychologist Becky Kennedy.If you don’t add a more specific form of praise onto the end, “good job” can be a “conversation ender,” Kennedy said on a podcast episode of “The Tim Ferriss Show” that aired last month. Ask follow-up questions to show your kid that your praise is sincere, and highlight the positive behavior that you want them to build on, she recommended.The idea is to help build their confidence and…
NEW YORK — Pete Alonso loomed over the New York Mets’ Amazin’ Day at Citi Field on Saturday without attending the event.Just before Mets owner Steve Cohen answered a question about where things stand with Alonso, a homegrown star and free agent first baseman, during a panel discussion, a spirited crowd began chanting, “Let’s Sign Pete! Let’s sign Pete! Let’s sign Pete!”Another chant then started, “Pete Al-on-so!”Cohen then quipped, “Hold that for the end, OK?”Cohen followed with a blunt assessment.“We made a significant offer to Pete,” Cohen said. “He’s entitled to explore his market. That’s what he is doing. Personally,…
