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Brian White scores his 15th goal and the Whitecaps beat St. Louis City to clinch playoff spot

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:56:21 GMT

Brian White scored his 15th goal of the season and the Vancouver Whitecaps beat St. Louis City 3-0 on Wednesday night to clinch an MLS playoff spot.Vancouver (12-10-10) came into the match needing a win and for either Minnesota or Dallas to lose or draw in their games to secure a playoff spot for the second time in three seasons. Minnesota lost to LAFC.St. Louis (17-11-5) is 1-1-2 in its last four games away from home — to finish one short of tying LAFC’s 2018 record of seven road wins in an expansion season.White opened the scoring in the 58th minute. He headed defender Ranko Veselinovic’s long ball near midfield and raced on a breakaway before chipping it over goalkeeper Ben Lundt. It was Vancouver’s first shot of the game.White is in a second-place tie with Atlanta’s Giorgos Giakoumakis and Nashville’s Hany Mukhtar with 15 goals. Cincinnati’s Luciano Acosta leads the Golden Boot race with 16. Sebastian Berhalter made it 2-0 in the 82nd and Richie Laryea scored his first goal for ...

Cristian Roldan’s goal earns Sounders 2-1 victory over Galaxy, postseason berth

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:56:21 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Cristian Roldan scored in the sixth minute of second-half stoppage time and the Seattle Sounders clinched a spot in the postseason and snapped a four-match winless streak at home with a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday night.Seattle (13-9-10) runs its unbeaten streak against LA (8-12-11) to 11 with a 7-0-4 mark. It is the longest unbeaten run by an opponent in the Galaxy’s storied history. LA’s only win in the last 17 matches was at home in 2018. The club’s last win in Seattle was 1-0 in 2016.The Sounders jumped out to an early lead when Jordan Morris took a pass from João Paulo in the 9th minute and scored for an 11th time this season.Douglas Costa scored the equalizer for the Galaxy in the 54th minute when he used an assist from Julián Aude to find the net for a second time this season.Roldan’s winner and third goal of the campaign came with assists from Joshua Atencio and his younger brother Alex Roldan.Stefan Frei finish...

La Fiscalía de Jalisco detiene a un segundo sospechoso por la desaparición de cinco jóvenes en Lagos de Moreno

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:56:21 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Fiscalía del estado de Jalisco, en el occidente de México, arrestó a un segundo hombre sospechoso de haber participado en la desaparición de cinco jóvenes de la localidad de Lagos de Moreno, un caso que desde agosto pasado atrae la atención nacional.En un comunicado difundido este miércoles, la institución dijo que el detenido, identificado como Celestino M., está acusado del delito de desaparición de personas y fue llevado ante un juez de control para que se determine su situación jurídica.El primer sospechoso arrestado fue Rogelio M., cuya aprehensión se dio a conocer la noche de este lunes.¿Quiénes son los cinco jóvenes desaparecidos en Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco?Ambos hombres están ligados a la desaparición de los jóvenes Dante Cedillo Hernández, Roberto Carlos Olmeda Cuéllar, Jaime Adolfo Martínez Miranda, Diego Alberto Lara Santoyo y Uriel Galván González, quienes fueron vistos por última vez el 11 de agosto.Desde que se dio a conocer, este caso se ha co...

SANDAG train tunnel project gets feedback from Del Mar residents

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:56:21 GMT

DEL MAR, Calif. — SANDAG hosted its second workshop on Wednesday to engage the Del Mar community on a controversial plan to put a train tunnel under the city. Meetings surrounding the topic have been well-attended, with local residents continuing to show they want to be a part of the process at every step. “It’s really destructive to Del Mar. Tourism is probably going to go way down,” said Monica Meredith with “Save Del Mar." Amtrak switching to fuel made from cooking oil for Pacific Surfliner service Community members have asked about noise, vibrations, and what will happen to their homes and businesses if the tunnel would run beneath them. SANDAG addressed several of those concerns while speaking with FOX 5. “People who might’ve been concerned that there would be a vent near their home, that’s not the way the design is. It’s just step one on the north and south ends,” explained Sharon Humphreys, SANDAG Director of Engineering and Construction.One renderi...

Mother suing county after missing son's body was held unidentified for months

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:56:21 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A Northern California mother whose missing son's body was held at the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office for months while she searched to find him has filed a lawsuit against the county seeking $5 million in damages.Renee Lim's son, a 19-year-old named Ryan, died due to a fentanyl overdose on Nov. 7, 2022. The passionate skater, surfer and artist was in a San Diego-based recovery program when he relapsed. His body was found in downtown on 10th Street with no identification.“It's actually difficult to think of life without Ryan in it," she said. "He was just a beautiful, beautiful kid and he did not deserve to be discarded and treated the way that he was.”On the day he overdosed, Lim said she attempted to call him. When she did not hear back, she traveled down to San Diego to find him, even going so far as to file a missing person's report and call the Medical Examiner's Office to see if the worst had happened.When she contacted the Medical Examiner, Lim said som...

US officials will meet with counterparts in Mexico to talk drugs, arms trafficking and migration

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:56:21 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top American officials are visiting Mexico on Wednesday to discuss shared security issues, foremost among them trafficking of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, but also arms trafficking and increasing migration.The latest round of the High-Level Security Dialogue brings Blinken, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, among others, together with their Mexican counterparts for two days of talks.Heightened migration is expected to be discussed as President Joe Biden’s administration comes under increasing pressure from Republicans and mayors from the president’s own party to do more to slow migrant arrivals.Blinken was scheduled to discuss migration Wednesday with Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Secretary Alicia Bárcena, as well as the foreign ministers of Colombia and Panama.New York City Mayor Eric Adams took a separate trip through Latin America aimed at learning ...

Trains collide in northern Polish city, injuring 3 people, local media reports

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:56:21 GMT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish media are reporting that two trains collided head-on in the northern city of Gdynia on Thursday morning and that three people were injured in the accident.The state news agency PAP cited a fire brigade official, Blazej Plichta, who said the collision occurred at 7 a.m. near the main station in Gdynia, a city on the Baltic Sea.Emergency services were working on the site, PAP reported.The Associated Press

Flash floods kill at least 14 in northeastern India and leave more than 100 missing

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:56:21 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Rescue workers were searching for more than 100 people on Thursday after flash floods triggered by a sudden heavy rainfall swamped several towns in northeastern India, killing at least 14 people, officials said.More than 2,000 people were rescued after Wednesday’s floods, the Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority said in a statement, adding that state authorities set up 26 relief camps for more than 22,000 people impacted by the floods.The Press Trust of India news agency reported that 102 people were missing and cited state government officials saying 14 people died in the floods.Among the missing were 22 army soldiers, officials said. One soldier who had been reported missing on Wednesday was later rescued by authorities, local media reported. Some army camps and vehicles were submerged under mud following the floods.Eleven bridges were washed away by the floodwaters, which also hit pipelines and damaged or destroyed more than 270 houses in four districts, of...

New Hockey Canada policy requires players wear a ‘base layer’ in the dressing room

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:56:21 GMT

Hockey Canada has implemented a new policy requiring minor league hockey players to wear a base layer of clothing in the dressing room.The Dressing Room Policy applies to any minor team sanctioned by the organization — covering those in the youngest age group all the way up to 18-year-olds — and prohibits players from fully stripping down to change into their gear unless they head over to a closed-off bathroom stall and close the door.While that may not be a lot to ask for some, there are many dressing rooms at hockey rinks across Canada that only have one or two bathroom stalls — not nearly enough closed spaces for upwards of 20 hockey players. This is a problem Hockey Canada seemingly foresaw, as it recognizes the limitations of some buildings and asks associations to “ensure that appropriate and equivalent dressing environments are available to all participants” in the policy’s guidelines.Related articles:Canada’s sports minister tells hockey l...

EU Energy Platform: Commission invites international suppliers to respond to third EU tender for over 16 bcm of gas for joint purchases 

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:56:21 GMT

The Commission invites international reliable gas suppliers to submit their bids in the third EU tender for the joint purchasing of gas, starting today. This third tendering round under the EU Energy Platform ran until yesterday (4 October). It covers gas deliveries from December 2023 to March 2025. In this third tender, the aggregated gas needs amount to 16,49 bcm, based on requests submitted by 39 European companies. This level of aggregated demand shows a steady increase in volumes across the three rounds so far. Executive Vice President Maroš Šefčovič said: "After another successful round of demand aggregation, we see clearly that European market players value our mechanism to pool demand and procure gas from reliable suppliers at competitive prices. Once again, today, I encourage international suppliers to seize the opportunity to expand their customer base in Europe and contribute to stabilising the global gas market as the winter approaches." The joint purchasing of gas ...