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Business People: New York Philharmonic director joins MPR board of trustees

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

OF NOTEIsaac ThompsonMinnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, announced the election of Isaac Thompson to its board of trustees. Thompson is a violinist and currently serves as managing director at the New York Philharmonic. MPR operates a 46-station radio network through three regional services, MPR News, YourClassical MPR and The Current and also operates a national programming division, American Public Media, which produces programs for broadcast nationwide.ADVERTISING/PUBLIC RELATIONSCoegi, a St. Louis Park-based media and marketing agency, announced it received the following industry awards: AdExchanger and Admonster’s Top Women in Media and Ad Tech honoring Senior Vice President of Operations and Analytics Katie Kluba; Inc.’s 2023 Best Workplaces list, and AdExchanger’s Top 50 Programmatic Power Players list.BREWINGThree Minnesota craft breweries were honored for their beers at the 2023 World Beer Cup Awards Ceremony: Gold: Ursa Minor Brewing, Duluth: “Equanimity” Irish-Style R...

Time capsule found at Albany City Hall

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A time capsule was discovered on June 10 at City Hall in Albany. The removal of the Philip Schuyler statue earlier that day led to the capsule being unearthed. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Albany City Hall shared that when the statue was erected in the 1920s, it was mentioned by local media at the time that a time capsule had been placed at the base of the statue. After over six hours of work, the City of Albany’s Department of General Services removed the concrete foundation that the statue resided on, and discovered a copper-colored box made of an unconfirmed material, encased in a larger box also made of an unconfirmed material. DGS was able to remove the top of the larger box, open the smaller box, and safely remove the time capsule’s contents. The box contained letters, maps, and memorabilia from as early as the 19th century.

PHOTOS: Fans pack CITYPARK for CITY SC's first morning match

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Tens of thousands braved uncertain weather conditions to start their Sunday with some soccer at CITYPARK. St. Louis CITY SC hosts the LA Galaxy for their first-ever home matinee. CITY SC enters the matchup at the top of the Western Conference with 29 points (9-5-1 record) over 15 games. The team is nearly halfway through its inaugural season and nearly halfway to an MLS record for points among expansion teams. Before the game, FOX 2's Martin Kilcoyne and Daniel Esteve hosted a half-hour pregame special with stories, interviews and exclusive content. Sunday's game is the first to air on FOX 2 this season. RELATED - Inter Miami visits St. Louis next month. Will Messi play? Many fans received Juneteenth-inspired promotion soccer balls upon entry. St. Louis legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee also led a ceremonial coin toss. The game likely drew a sold-out crowd around 22,000 fans again. Check the slideshow above for snapshots around the game. After some rapid rainfall Sunday mor...

Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s former leader, is arrested in financial inquiry

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

LONDON — Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s former first minister, was arrested Sunday by police officers investigating the finances of the Scottish National Party, which dominates the country’s politics and which she led until her unexpected resignation in February.The news deepens the crisis engulfing the SNP, which campaigns for Scottish independence, following the earlier arrests of Sturgeon’s husband, Peter Murrell, the party’s former CEO, and then of Colin Beattie, its former treasurer.Both men were released without being charged after questioning, but the latest development is a dramatic fall from grace for Sturgeon, a popular politician who served as Scotland’s first minister for more than eight years until she announced her resignation.That decision took the political world by surprise and prompted a divisive race to succeed her that was ultimately won by Humza Yousaf, previously Scotland’s health secretary.However, Yousaf’s efforts to establish himself as Scotland’s new first min...

Asian American student blames affirmative action for college rejections, but California law doesn't allow that

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

(KRON) -- An Asian American student claims that affirmative action is to blame for his recent rejections from top tier colleges and universities across the United States. However, the law which impacts admissions of at least one of those colleges prevents racial preference when considering students. Local leaders speak out after Mission District mass shooting Jon Wang, 18, of Florida told Fox News that he applied to MIT, CalTech, Princeton, Harvard, Carnegie-Mellon and University of California, Berkeley, but was rejected by each of them. Wang's parents are both Chinese immigrants, and he argues that his Asian American heritage worked against him in his application process, thanks to affirmative action policies. However, one of the colleges that Wang was denied by has published reports which show it may not be the case.Wang is one of the plaintiffs that has filed suit against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina over affirmative action, and the cases are expecte...

Southern Miss beats Tennessee 5-3 in completion of suspended game

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — Tate Parker had a two-run triple in the first inning and Southern Miss never trailed, beating Tennessee 5-3 on Sunday to complete the suspended first game of the Hattiesburg Super Regional.Southern Miss (46-18) can clinch a spot in its second College World Series with a win over Tennessee (41-20) later Sunday. The Golden Eagles made their only CWS appearance in 2009. The Volunteers will need to beat Southern Miss twice to advance to their second CWS in the last three seasons and their sixth overall. Tennessee was the runner-up in 1951.Dustin Dickerson homered with one out in the third and Nick Monistere hit a two-out shot in the fourth to give the Golden Eagles a 4-0 lead. Play was halted on Saturday after Zane Denton singled with one out in the bottom of the fifth for the Volunteers.Will Armistead took the mound for Southern Miss when play resumed. Denton was forced out at second on a grounder by Christian Scott for the second out. Armistead hit Cal Stark ...

German broadcaster hits back after sexist abuse targets female Champions League commentator

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — German broadcaster ZDF hit back Sunday at sexist insults on social media targeting Claudia Neumann after she became the first woman in Germany to commentate on the men’s Champions League final.“Claudia Neumann is a professional and experienced commentator, which she again showed during the Champions League final,” ZDF sports editor Yorck Polus said. “Constructive and factual criticism of her work is completely fine. But the huge outpouring of hate and insults made against her is totally unacceptable.”The 59-year-old Neumann’s name was trending already on Twitter in Germany even before kickoff of the game between Manchester City and Inter Milan in Istanbul on Saturday night. City won 1-0.Neumann became the first woman in Germany to commentate at a major men’s soccer tournament during Euro 2016 and has been subjected to sexist abuse ever since. ZDF responded to the abuse against her during the 2018 World Cup by limiting its comment options on the likes of Facebook and Tw...

White Sox closer Liam Hendriks sidelined by elbow inflammation

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — White Sox closer Liam Hendriks has been sidelined by elbow inflammation after he missed the start of the season while he recovered from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.Hendriks was placed on the 15-day injured list before Sunday’s series finale against the Miami Marlins. Left-hander Tanner Banks was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte.Hendriks made his major league return from cancer when he pitched an inning against the Los Angeles Angels on May 29. The 34-year-old right-hander is 2-0 with a save and a 5.40 ERA in five appearances this year.Hendriks has 116 saves and a 3.82 ERA over 13 seasons with Minnesota, Toronto, Kansas City, Oakland and Chicago. He signed a $54 million, three-year deal with the White Sox in January 2021.He led the American League with a career-high 38 saves in his first year with Chicago. He was third in the majors with 37 saves and made his third All-Star team in 2022, but he noticed some lumps on his neck last summer.He was diagnosed with stage 4 non...

Where, when and how Novak Djokovic won each of his 23 Grand Slam titles

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic set the record for the most Grand Slam singles trophies won by a man when he earned No. 23 by defeating Casper Ruud 7-6 (1), 6-3, 7-5 in the French Open final on Sunday.Djokovic entered the day with 22, tied with Rafael Nadal. Roger Federer, who announced his retirement last year, is next with 20.Among women, Margaret Court leads the way with 24, some earned during the sport’s amateur era, while Serena Williams finished her career last season with 23, the most in the Open era.Here is a look at each of Djokovic’s major championships so far — 10 at the Australian Open, seven at Wimbledon, three at the U.S. Open and three at the French Open — starting with the first:No. 1: 2008 Australian OpenFinal: Beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (2)What He Did: Eliminated Roger Federer in the semifinals, then didn’t face a break point in the second or third sets against Tsonga, before saving one in the fourth.What He Said: “I’m very, very happy...

Novak Djokovic moves up the list of most Grand Slam titles in tennis history with No. 23

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:54:00 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s French Open championship on Sunday gives him 23 career Grand Slam singles titles, the most by a man in tennis history.Here is a list of the women and men with the highest major singles trophies, in the amateur and Open eras:Margaret Court, 24Serena Williams, 23Novak Djokovic, 23Steffi Graf, 22Rafael Nadal, 22Roger Federer, 20___AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource