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Freiburg beats Bremen 2-1 to boost Champions League hopes

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:28:39 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Freiburg came from behind to beat Werder Bremen 2-1 in the Bundesliga on Sunday, boosting its chances of Champions League qualification. Quick-fire goals from Roland Sallai and Lucas Höler canceled Maximilian Philipp’s opener for Bremen and lifted Freiburg one point behind fourth-place Union Berlin, which was playing Bochum at home later.Höler headed the ball on for Sallai to score Freiburg’s 1,000th Bundesliga goal in the 67th minute, four minutes before Sallai returned the favor for Höler to head the 1,001st.The Bundesliga’s top four teams qualify for Europe’s premier competition. Six rounds remain after this weekend’s games. Sixth-place Bayer Leverkusen was playing at Wolfsburg in the late game.Earlier Sunday, last-place Hertha Berlin fired Sandro Schwarz as coach and re-appointed Pál Dárdai for his third stint in charge in a bid to escape relegation. ___ More AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Serious injuries reported from fire in Jefferson County

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:28:39 GMT

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- One person suffered serious injuries in a residential fire in unincorporated Jefferson County Sunday morning.South Metro Fire Rescue said the fire was in the 7000 block of South Marshall Street.As of 10:38 a.m., the fire was under control.Firefighters reported that a garage was fully engulfed in flames. Two people were evaluated for burn injuries. 2 hurt after shooting in Green Valley Ranch neighborhood One person was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and another was taken with minor injuries.Investigators were looking into the cause of the fire.West Metro Fire Rescue and Jefferson County Sheriff's Office assisted.

A mass shooting tied to an Alabama birthday party leaves 4 people dead and a ‘multitude of injuries’

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:28:39 GMT

  (CNN) — A mass shooting tied to a birthday party has left four people dead and a “multitude” of injuries in Dadeville, Alabama, state officials said.The shooting happened around 10:34 p.m. Saturday, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said Sunday.“It was tied to a birthday party,” Sgt. Jeremy J. Burkett said. “There were four lives tragically lost in this incident, and there’s been a multitude of injuries.”Burkett declined to provide more details, citing the ongoing investigation.“What we’ve dealt with is something that no community should have to endure,” Dadeville Police Chief Jonathan L. Floyd said Sunday.“I also ask each of you please do not let this moment define what you think about the city of Dadeville and our fine people.”Dadeville, population 3,000, is about 45 miles northeast of Montgomery.Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey publicly sent her condolences to the community. “This...

Giancarlo Stanton goes on 10-day injured list for hamstring strain

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:28:39 GMT

The injury bug is back again in the Bronx.Giancarlo Stanton was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday after suffering a left hamstring strain during Saturday’s 6-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins.Manager Aaron Boone said he doesn’t know the severity of the strain, and Stanton would undergo an MRI Sunday afternoon. With Stanton going to the IL, the Yankees recalled infielder Oswaldo Peraza Peraza from Triple-A Scranton.“I know he’s really frustrated,” Boone said of Stanton before Sunday’s game. “But it’s an opportunity for, frankly, people we have a lot of confidence in that we can mix and match.”Stanton sustained the injury in the seventh inning on Saturday while running to second base after hitting a double, and the outfielder signaled to the dugout to leave the game. Boone said Stanton knew that the injury would land him on the IL, but was moving around “OK” after the game.The outfielder’s latest hamstring...

Two missing Medford men found dead in Brighton storage unit

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:28:39 GMT

Two Medford men missing since late March have been found stabbed to death in a Brighton storage unit and a suspect has been arrested, the Middlesex DA reported Sunday.Following nearly a week-long search since the pair were reported missing on April 9, police executed a search warrant Saturday morning on a storage unit at North Beacon Street in Brighton rented under one of the victim’s names, Middlesex Police and the DA’s office confirmed.There they found bodies identified as Kiryl Schukin, 37, and Pavel Vekshin, 28, inside rubber storage bins, Middlesex Police and the DA’s office confirmed.Both appeared to be stabbed to death, and one partially dismembered, officials said. Bleach, rubber gloves and items belonging to the deceased were found in the unit.Medford-resident Leonid Volkov, 37, was arrested in North Attleboro and charged with murder Saturday night.The police investigation conducted by Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, Medford Police Department and Mas...

Bruins notebook: Patrice Bergeron questionable for Game 1

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:28:39 GMT

Patrice Bergeron missed his second day of practice and the captain is officially a question mark for Monday’s Game 1 against the Florida Panthers.Bergeron left the regular season finale on Thursday in Montreal after the first period with what was termed as an upper body injury and he hasn’t touched the ice since then. On Saturday, coach Jim Montgomery said it’s an injury that as been nagging him. On Sunday, GM Don Sweeney said that he’s also dealing with an illness as well.Judging by Sweeney’s assessment, it feels closer to a coin flip on whether Bergeron will be available for Game 1.“He’s taking an extra day again, today, obviously. It’s to be decided (Monday). If he feels well enough, he’ll play. If not, we’ve done a really good job down the stretch of trying…to monitor (injury and illnesses), so we’re just trying to monitor that and battle through that. Patrice doesn’t need extra days of practice. So if he fe...

San Diego among cities where inflation is increasing the most: study

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:28:39 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Hang on to your wallets and clutch your purses -- rampant inflation is hitting those in San Diego harder than other cities in the nation, according to a new study. With the year-over-year inflation rate at 5% in March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Federal Reserve hikes have started to slow inflation but Americans are still reeling from last year's 40-year high. However, inflation appears to be rising more quickly in certain cities. Hearing loud booms in San Diego again? This is why An analysis by personal-finance website WalletHub, which was released Wednesday, shows San Diego and North County's Carlsbad in the top 15 cities that are experiencing the most inflation. Wallethub said it compared 22 major MSAs (Metropolitan Statistical Areas) across two key metrics related to the Consumer Price Index, which measures inflation. Then, Wallethub said it compared the Consumer Price Index for the latest month, which BLS data is available to two months pr...

Berlusconi transferred from ICU to regular ward, family says

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:28:39 GMT

ROME (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, who has chronic leukemia, has been transferred from an intensive care unit to a regular ward at a Milan hospital, where he is being treated for a lung infection, his brother was quoted as saying on Sunday.“All OK, he’s out of intensive care,” Milan daily Corriere della Sera quoted Paolo Berlusconi as saying before visiting his 86-year-old sibling at San Raffaele hospital.Italian news agency LaPresse also said the brother confirmed the transfer out of the ICU at the hospital, where he was admitted on April 5.The hospital declined to comment on the report, but said that it would issue a medical bulletin on Berlusconi’s condition on Monday.Matteo Salvini, a longtime right-wing ally of Berlusconi, and currently a government minister, tweeted “Good luck, Silvio, my friend” and linked his wishes in the tweet to Corriere’s report. Berlusconi was hospitalized for treatment of what his doctors said is a lung infect...

Firearms expert applauds stiff sentence for Winnipeg ghost gun trafficker

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:28:39 GMT

A lifelong firearms expert is applauding the 12-year sentence passed down by a Manitoba judge to a man who pleaded guilty to trafficking partially 3D-printed “ghost guns.”David Brown, a registered firearms instructor, says there’s no legitimate reason for the untraceable firearms.“It’s about time that courts recognize the seriousness of what these people are doing,” said Brown.“The so-called ghost guns have one purpose and one purpose only and that purpose is to be sold to criminals.”Last week Blake Ellison-Crate pleaded guilty to 13 firearms offences, including manufacturing and transferring restricted firearms and possession of 3-D-printed firearm frames.His 12-year sentence is believed to be the longest in Canada for weapon offences tied to a 3D printer.At his arrest in July 2022, Insp. Elton Hall, who leads the WPS organized crime section, said these types of ghost guns are a growing issue in Winnipeg.“When you look at our statistics, it looks like right now, there’s a flood of ...

Cleanup begins after freight train derailment, fire in Maine

Published Mon, 10 Mar 2025 05:28:39 GMT

SANDWICH ACADEMY GRANT TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — Canadian Pacific is leading cleanup and track repairs following a freight train derailment and fire in Maine, officials Sunday.Three rail workers were treated and released from a hospital after three locomotive engines and six train cars carrying lumber and electrical wiring went off the track Saturday in Somerset County, officials said.Canadian Pacific is leading cleanup, salvage and repair, working with state agencies and local fire and rescue, said Jim Britt from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. Workers were removing derailed locomotives and rail cars, cleaning up crash debris and repairing the rail line. It was unclear how long the process would take.Some hazardous materials were on the train, officials said, but first responders determined they were not at risk of leaking or catching fire. There was no threat to public safety, officials said.People were urged to stay away as work continued.The derailme...