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Hungary blocks military aid to Ukraine over listing of Hungarian bank

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:43 GMT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary will continue to block the disbursement of a new tranche of European Union military support to Ukraine until Kyiv removes a Hungarian bank from a list of international sponsors of Russia’s war, Hungary’s foreign minister said Wednesday. Peter Szijjarto, speaking in Vienna after a meeting with his Austrian counterpart, called Ukraine’s recent listing of OTP Bank “scandalous and unacceptable,” and said that Hungary wouldn’t approve the release of 500 million euros ($543 million) from the EU’s European Peace Facility until the bank is removed from the list. “We cannot support the allocation of another half a billion euros from the European Peace Facility for arms transfers to Ukraine, and we will not give it the green light as long as OTP is on this particular list,” Szijjarto said. Earlier this month, Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention classified OTP Bank as an international sponsor of the war over it...

Tao Geoghegan Hart crashes out of Giro d’Italia; Pascal Ackermann wins 11th stage

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:43 GMT

TORTONA, Italy (AP) — Tao Geoghegan Hart crashed on a rain-soaked road and left the Giro d’Italia on a stretcher during the 11th stage Wednesday, depriving the race of another overall contender three days after Remco Evenepoel tested positive for the coronavirus after reclaiming the pink jersey.Geoghegan Hart, who won the race in 2020, stood third overall entering the stage, five seconds behind overall leader and Ineos Grenadiers teammate Geraint Thomas.The entire Ineos team, plus Primoz Roglic, were involved in a crash with 70 kilometers (43.5 miles) to go. The team did not immediately provide a medical report on Geoghegan Hart.While Thomas and Roglic quickly got up and got going again, Geoghegan Hart was loaded into an ambulance.German rider Pascal Ackermann won the stage in a sprint finish ahead of Jonathan Milan and Mark Cavendish.Thomas remained two seconds ahead of Roglic, while Joao Almeida moved up to third overall, 22 seconds behind.The stage followed a lengthy 219-kilomete...

To play his father in a movie, comedian Sebastian Maniscalco enlisted Robert De Niro

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:43 GMT

Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco wanted to make a movie for and about his father. Salvo Maniscalco had immigrated from Sicily to America in 1960 when he was 15. At 18, he became a hairdresser and raised and supported a family in Chicago. As a man from a different generation and culture, he could be aggressive and embarrassing at times — especially in situations involving different cultures and tax brackets as with Maniscalco’s in-laws — and the set-up seemed ripe for a big screen comedy.Like anyone dream casting a comedy about an Italian American man of a certain age, one name topped the list: Robert De Niro. Not that Maniscalco thought they stood a chance landing the two-time Oscar winner, but it couldn’t hurt to try.Maniscalco had worked on a film with De Niro before, on Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman,” but it was brief and didn’t exactly establish anything like a friendship where he could, say, call him up. Then one day he got word that De Niro had the script, through producer Paul...

Paul Schrader can’t shake his Christian faith, even with his latest movie, ‘Master Gardener’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:43 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Throughout his life, Paul Schrader has had a complicated relationship with Christianity.He grew up in a strict Calvinist home, went to a Christian college, left the faith and then eventually returned, albeit to a different denomination. And although he is widely branded with his religious roots, the screenwriter and director who rose to fame after writing “Taxi Driver” hardly fits the mold of a cliche believer.His stories often exploit the logical but worst possible outcomes of his characters’ spiraling depravity or despair. But Schrader’s faith always informs even his most profane films.“You can’t really outrun your original programming,” the 76-year-old said during a recent interview with The Associated Press.His latest movie, “Master Gardener,” which hits theaters Friday, is the final installment of the director’s “Man in a Room Trilogy,” something he freely concedes was more about marketing than an intentional connection between the three films.“Master G...

Novak Djokovic loses to Holger Rune, again, this time at Italian Open

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:43 GMT

ROME (AP) — Twenty-year-old Danish player Holger Rune recorded his second victory over Novak Djokovic in little more than six months, beating the 22-time Grand Slam champion 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 Wednesday to reach the Italian Open semifinals.Rune, who also defeated Djokovic in the Paris Masters final in November, gave the Serb fits with his rapid court coverage. He made his opponent hit extra balls on points that Djokovic thought he had already finished off.“This is probably the coldest and wettest tournament I’ve ever played here in Rome,” Djokovic said. “In these kind of conditions, it’s very difficult to get the ball past him. He’s very, very fast, very quick. Great anticipation. Just a very talented, dynamic player, all-around player.“He was just better. He played too good for me for most part of the match,” Djokovic said. “He kept his nerves and deserved to win.”The 35-year-old Djokovic didn’t appear at his best physically early on and called for a trainer after holding for a 2-...

Abogado clave de Trump, Tim Parlatore, abandona su equipo legal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:43 GMT

Washington (CNN) — Timothy Parlatore, un abogado de Donald Trump que jugó un papel clave en la investigación de los documentos de Mar-a-Lago y que en una ocasión testificó ante el jurado investigador, abandona el equipo legal del expresidente, según informan a CNN dos fuentes familiarizadas con su salida.La salida de Parlatore se hizo oficial este martes, aunque se había rumoreado durante varias semanas entre el círculo cercano del expresidente. La salida de alto perfil se produce en un momento en que el fiscal especial Jack Smith parece estar en la recta final de las investigaciones sobre el posible mal manejo de documentos clasificados y los esfuerzos para obstruir las elecciones de 2020.CNN explica: la saga de las investigaciones que enfrenta el expresidente Donald Trump“Ha sido un honor increíble servir y trabajar en asuntos legales interesantes. Mi salida fue una elección personal y no se refleja en el caso, ya que creo firmemente que el equipo (del Departamento de ...

Child sex assault suspect may have additional victims in DougCo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:43 GMT

If you or a loved one has experienced sexual assault, the National Sexual Assault Hotline is available at 1-800-656-4673 (HOPE) or through an online chat with a trained specialist, through a chatbot and on an app.DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — A man who worked in the Douglas County and Parker area for seven years has been arrested for child sexual assault, and now police are seeking out additional victims.The Douglas County Sheriff's Office said that 42-year-old Jason Lee Carey, who also goes by "Thor," was taken into custody in September 2022 in Belton, Missouri on sexual misconduct charges with minors. 10 women accuse Denver doctor in date rape case DCSO said they believe there could be potential victims in the Douglas County and Parker area where Carey worked between 2014 and 2021.Carey is known to have worked at the following businesses:Douglas County School District from 2015 to 2016 and 2019Town of Parker Recreation Center in 2016Children's Learning Adventure of Colorado in ...

Banner plane up in flames after crashing in Hollywood

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:43 GMT

A banner plane went up in flames after it crashed on a road near Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood.Live video footage showed the aircraft ablaze as fire crews hosed water onto it on North Park Road, Wednesday afternoon.Another video showed the aircraft swerving in the air before it nosedived onto the ground.The shell of the plane was all that was left after the fire was put out.Details are limited as the incident is being investigated.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Vehicle crashes into Pompano Beach home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:43 GMT

Fire rescue and police officers were on the scene after a vehicle crashed into a Pompano Beach home.According to officials, the driver swerved and lost control after they tried to avoid hitting a cat that was crossing the street on Northwest First Court near 27th Avenue. Live video footage showed the damage to the property’s fence and house. The impact busted a hole through a bedroom inside the structure.Police said no one inside the house was injured, but rescue crews administered first aid to someone in the car for minor injuries.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Biden declares ‘America will not default,’ says he’s confident of budget deal with GOP lawmakers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:12:43 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — An optimistic President Joe Biden declared Wednesday that he is confident the U.S. will avoid an unprecedented and potentially catastrophic debt default, saying talks with congressional Republicans have been productive as he prepared to leave for a global summit in Japan.Biden’s upbeat remarks came as a select group of negotiators began meeting to try and hammer out the final contours of a budget spending agreement to unlock a path forward for raising the debt limit by June 1. That is when the Treasury Department says the U.S. could begin defaulting on its obligations and trigger financial chaos.“I’m confident that we’ll get the agreement on the budget and America will not default,” the president said from the Roosevelt Room of the White House. He said a meeting late Tuesday with Vice President Kamala Harris, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and other congressional leaders was “productive” and that “everyone came to the meeting, I think, in good faith....