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Former US snowboard coach Peter Foley suspended for sexual misconduct

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:30 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Longtime snowboard coach Peter Foley was suspended by the U.S. Center for SafeSport on Tuesday for sexual misconduct and violating policies at U.S. Ski and Snowboard.Foley’s suspension came after a near 18-month investigation that stemmed from an Instagram post by a former team member during last year’s Winter Olympics. That post led to allegations by others that Foley had molested them, coerced them into taking naked pictures, crawled into bed with them and nurtured an atmosphere in which women were treated as sex objects.A member of U.S. Ski & Snowboard’s board of directors, Lisa Kosglow, also was suspended for “abuse of process” and “failure to report.”“U.S. Ski & Snowboard strongly believes that there is no place in sport for abuse and misconduct, and we support the Center’s mission to end abuse on behalf of athletes everywhere,” the federation said in a statement. A person familiar with the case who requested not to be named because...

The FedEx Cup playoffs are here. So is Matt Kuchar, the only player to never miss them

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:30 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Matt Kuchar keeps winding up in the PGA Tour record book for reasons that make him proud, but aren’t exactly his biggest goals.In March, he won his 36th match in the Dell Match Play to tie the record set by Tiger Woods. Now he becomes the only player to have reached the FedEx Cup playoffs every year since they began in 2007. That’s 17 consecutive years, a record he holds alone. Adam Scott had made every postseason but finished at No. 72 this year when the cutoff was reduced from 125 players to 70.“It’s the same thing in Match Play, the matches won and tying Tiger’s record. I see a bigger fish to fry,” Kuchar said. “It’s not something to me to knock out these titles or whatever they’re called. There are other goals than most matches or most FedEx Cup playoff appearances.”Kuchar certainly sees the upside. With only 70 players reaching the postseason, this was hard work for a 45-year-old, especially considering who didn’t ...

Andy Murray comes back after close first set at National Bank Open to advance

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:30 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Britain’s Andy Murray started his journey for a fourth National Bank Open title by defeating Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego in two sets, winning 7-6 (3), 6-0, on Tuesday.Murray, who secured titles in 2009, 2010 and 2015, saved two set points and clinched the first set against Sonego in a 90-minute battle. The three-time Grand Slam champion then swiftly dominated the second set against the Italian.Murray is set to face the winner of Tuesday evening’s match between Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, the 10th seed, and Australia’s Max Purcell.Auger-Aliassime has never won the National Bank Open and has previously spoken about his desire to win in front of Canadian fans.Canada’s Gabriel Diallo won his opening-round match 7-6 (4), 7-5 over Great Britain’s Dan Evans in men’s singles.The Montreal native never fell behind in the match, although he went through a back and forth first set that saw him consistently have to keep Evans at bay. He picked up set point on an Evans double faul...

Una migrante de 103 años llega a la frontera de EE.UU. en busca de asilo

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:30 GMT

(CNN) — Andrea Avelina Andrade, una salvadoreña de 103 años, llegó a la frontera entre Piedras Negras, Coahuila en México, y Eagle Pass, Texas, este mes en busca de asilo político.Andrade le dijo a CNN en Español que emprendió el viaje para seguir a su hijo y a sus dos nietos, quienes obtuvieron una cita y les concedieron asilo en Estados Unidos. El motivo del asilo no fue revelado.Corte de apelaciones permite que controvertida política de asilo del gobierno Biden continúe temporalmenteAndrade dice que solo quiere estar con sus nietos y sabe que es demasiado mayor para seguir trabajando.Llegó a principios de agosto a Casa Betania, un refugio en Piedras Negras, Coahuila, donde por ahora espera a que su hijo la solicite, de acuerdo con las leyes de inmigración de Estados Unidos.Aunque no está segura de cuánto tiempo tomará el proceso, dice: “Si lo pueden hacer, bendito sea Dios, y si no pueden, bendito sea Dios”.Andrade es viuda y madre de cuatro hijos, pero dos de e...

WeWork warns there’s ‘substantial doubt’ about its ability to stay in business

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:30 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — WeWork is warning there’s “substantial doubt” about its ability stay in business over the next year because of its financial losses and its need for cash, among other factors. The New York-based workspace-sharing company said Tuesday that its ability to stay in operation is contingent upon its ability to improve its liquidity and profitability over the next 12 months.WeWork went public in October 2021 after a spectacular collapse during its first attempt to do so two years earlier — which led to the ousting of its CEO and founder, Adam Neumann. The company was valued at $47 billion at one point, before investors started to drop off due to Neumann’s erratic behavior and exorbitant spending.The company leases buildings and divides them into office spaces to sublet to its members, which include small businesses, startups and freelancers who want to avoid paying for permanent office space. But over time its operating expenses soared and it relied on repeated cash i...

International students face unlimited tuition increases at most Canadian institutions

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:30 GMT

By: Kaitlyn Smith and Serena Austin, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterCanadian universities and colleges raked in more than $9.6 billion in tuition from international students in a single year.Despite making up just 17 per cent of students studying in Canada, international students contributed 43.5 per cent of all tuition fees collected in 2020, according to the most recent survey by Tuition and Living Accommodation Costs (TLAC). It reports 373,599 international students attended a university or degree-granting college in 2020/2021.TLAC does not calculate the total amount international students pay in tuition across the country and it doesn’t keep record of this population by level of study. Statistics Canada, however, tallies fees spent by undergraduate or graduate study.Based on the average cost of tuition for these students that year, domestic and foreign students spent a total estimated $22 billion.“Tuition for international students is not subsidized here.”Universities and c...

Thousands sign petition to reinstate principal at McAuliffe International

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — More than 6,000 signatures have been gathered as part of an effort to save principal Kurt Dennis’ job at McAuliffe International School in Park Hill.Dennis was fired after speaking out about security concerns, his lawyer says. But the use of a seclusion room, which some whistleblower staff employees have called an “incarceration” room, has added to his controversial departure. Fired principal’s lawyer: Board trying to ‘smear’ him for raising security concerns Those employees say the room was used to hold students, including Black students.A petition started to save the principal’s job has exceeded the number of signatures it had intended to gather. Eve Chen, who helped start that petition, has a daughter who will be starting school at McAuliffe next week. Chen said Dennis did a great job and claimed the seclusion room issue is being blown out of proportion."I (would) like the community to really focus on waiting for the facts to come out. A lot of it's speculation,...

Fired principal's lawyer: Board trying to 'smear' him for raising security concerns

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Former principal Kurt Dennis has been implicated in the alleged misuse of a seclusion room at McAuliffe International School. Auon’tai Anderson, the vice president of the Denver Public Schools Board of Education, said in a news conference Monday that numerous whistleblowers had come forward about what they called an "incarceration room." Anderson said their stories have been corroborated through the DPS investigation. McAuliffe interim principal placed on leave Anderson said the initial whistleblower did not want to speak to investigators or the office of the council because they said "the issue at hand extends beyond just the former principal. It implicates the entire administrative body."Dennis' lawyer, David Lane, provided a statement in response to the allegations involving his client."Kurt Dennis was fired because, after the shootings at East High School, he criticized the Denver School Board’s extremely dangerous policies on patting down students accused of ...

Colorado Avalanche preseason schedule is out

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:30 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- It's only August but Colorado Avalanche fans can start getting excited and preparing now that the preseason schedule has been released. The team will split six games home and away starting on Sept. 24 after training camp. There will be two games each against two Central Division rivals and two games against the reigning Stanley Cup champions.Colorado Avalanche 2023-24 preseason schedule Sept. 24 vs. Minnesota Wild at 1 p.m. (Ball Arena)Sept. 25 vs. Vegas Golden Knights at 7 p.m. (Ball Arena)Sept. 28 @ Wild at 6 p.m. (Xcel Energy Center) Oct. 1 vs. Dallas Stars at 5 p.m. (Ball Arena)Oct. 3 @ Stars at 6 p.m. (American Airlines Center)Oct. 5 @ Golden Knights at 8 p.m. (T-Mobile Arena)The Avalanche had a bit of a facelift in the offseason but are still favored to win the Stanley Cup this season. No longer in burgundy and blue are Alex Newhook, J.T. Compher, Evan Rodrigues, Lars Eller and Erik Johnson. But the team has welcomed forwards Ryan Johansen, Jonathan Drouin, Mi...

DA: Salem man appears in court on murder charge in girlfriend’s disappearance

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:30 GMT

A Salem man has been arrested on a murder charge in connection with the disappearance of his 20-year-old girlfriend, Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker and Salem Police Chief Lucas Miller announced Tuesday.Pablo Vicente, 33, was pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday while authorities continue searching for her body. The pair were in a years-long relationship plagued with domestic violence, police said.Prosecutors said Vicente confessed to choking Nayeli Nieves, a mother of a 18-month-old and a 3-year-old, to death inside her apartment at Salem Heights.“We’re brought here today at this courthouse for another example of terrible domestic violence,” Tucker said. “A young mother taken by violence from a partner.”Officials said Vicente put her body in a dumpster outside the apartment building which has since been emptied. The search is active and ongoing, police said.Vicente was charged with domestic violence against Nieves in 2019 as well as similar charges in Lowell earlier th...