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Review: Duran Duran kicks off North American tour at BottleRock Napa Valley

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:13 GMT

Simon Le Bon was feeling a bit lost.It seems that there had been several revisions made to the setlist earlier in the day and the Duran Duran vocalist didn’t get the finalized document.“We got to version No. 7 or 8,” he remarked to the crowd. “And I got version No. 6.“Now, I really don’t know what song we are doing next.”The situation was quickly resolved and turned out to be the only hiccup in what was an otherwise pretty much flawless opening night of Duran Duran’s 2023 North American tour on Saturday (May 27) at BottleRock Napa Valley.The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group — which also was scheduled to perform on Sunday at SAP Center in San Jose — delivered a thrilling 100-minute set that nicely balanced the big hits with deep cuts and new songs.Duran Duran certainly wasn’t holding anything back at the start of the show, opening this headlining set on the festival’s big Verizon Stage with two of the new wave ba...

Verstappen wins Monaco GP to extend F1 championship lead; Alonso 2nd ahead of Ocon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:13 GMT

MONACO (AP) — Formula One champion Max Verstappen’s lights-to-flag victory at the Monaco Grand gave the Red Bull driver his fourth victory of the season and extended his championship lead to 39 points over teammate Sergio Perez on Sunday.Spanish veteran Fernando Alonso was a season’s best second for Aston Martin as he collected a fifth podium in six races, albeit 28 seconds behind Verstappen, while Frenchman Esteban Ocon secured third place and a rare podium for Alpine.Red Bull has won all the races so far.“It’s super nice to win it in the way we did today with the weather and everything to stay calm and bring it home,” Verstappen said.For most of the race, he coasted on a dry and narrow track where overtaking is the hardest in F1.But an incident-free race in Monaco is rare and heavy rain played havoc with about 20 of the 78 laps left. Some drivers had pitted for the wrong medium tires shortly before the downpour and slid around. “It was incredibly slippery,”...

Unofficial results in Turkey’s presidential runoff split in early counting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:13 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Preliminary, unofficial results from Turkey’s state Anadolu news agency showed incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead with 67% of ballot boxes counted, while a competing news agency gave a slight lead to the opposition candidate in a presidential runoff that will decide whether the country’s longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade.Anadolu showed Erdogan at 55%, and his challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, at 45%.Meanwhile, the ANKA news agency, close to the opposition, showed the results at 51% for Kilicdaroglu and Erdogan at 49%, with 69% of ballot boxes counted.The outcome could have implications far beyond Ankara. Turkey stands at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, and it plays a key role in NATO.Erdogan’s government vetoed Sweden’s bid to join NATO and purchased Russian missile-defense systems, which prompted the United States to oust Turkey from a U.S.-led fighter-jet project. But it also helped broker a crucial...

Latvia defeats US 4-3 in OT to win bronze at ice hockey worlds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:13 GMT

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Defenseman Kristian Rubins scored his second goal 1:22 into overtime to lead Latvia to a 4-3 victory over the United States and earn a bronze medal at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday.It’s the first top-three finish for Latvia at the tournament. Its previous best was a seventh place it managed three times.The U.S. lost in the bronze medal game for the second straight year. The U.S. team was cruising through the tournament with eight straight wins until it was defeated by Germany in the semifinal 4-3 in overtime.Rubins rallied Latvia with his first with 5:39 to go in the final period to tie the game at 3 to force overtime.Roberts Bukarts and Janis Jaks also scored for Latvia.Rocco Grimaldi scored twice for the U.S. in the opening period to negate Latvia’s 1-0 and 2-1 leads.Matt Coronato had put the U.S. 3-2 ahead 6:19 into the final period.Canada faces Germany in the final later Sunday.___More AP sports: https://apnews.com/hub/sports and https://twi...

Unofficial results from Turkey’s state news agency show Erdogan ahead in runoff with 43% of ballot boxes counted

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:13 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Unofficial results from Turkey’s state news agency show Erdogan ahead in runoff with 43% of ballot boxes counted.Source

Pablo Larrazabal wins KLM Open by 2 shots for 9th title on European tour

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:13 GMT

CROMVOIRT, Netherlands (AP) — Spanish golfer Pablo Larrazabal won the KLM Open by two strokes on Sunday to claim his ninth title on the European tour and a second in the space of four weeks.The 40-year-old Larrazabal started the final round with a one-stroke lead and shot 3-under 69 at Bernardus Golf.Larrazabal punched the air repeatedly and beat his chest after rolling in a putt from 21 feet at the last for a third birdie in his final four holes. He finished on 13 under par overall.His round began badly after making a double-bogey 6 at No. 2 when his tee shot found the water, but he recovered with back-to-back birdies from No. 6 and then came home in 32.“It was a battle with myself,” Larrazabal said. “I didn’t play well. I managed myself out there, holed a few great putts on the front nine and did my best to keep myself in position, then three birdies in the last four.“To win golf tournaments, you have to make birdies at the end. It doesn’t matter how fast you run...

Techo de la deuda: Biden y McCarthy completarían el acuerdo este domingo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:13 GMT

WASHINGTON DC – El líder demócrata de la Cámara, Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., le dijo a su grupo en una carta este domingo que el presidente Joe Biden y el presidente Kevin McCarthy hablarán esta tarde para completar el acuerdo del techo de la deuda, y luego los republicanos publicarán el proyecto de ley legislativo.Los negociadores llegaron a un acuerdo en principio el sábado por la noche para extender el techo de la deuda y evitar un incumplimiento catastrófico. El texto legislativo del proyecto de ley será preparado por los republicanos y revisado por el gobierno de Biden antes de que se finalice, dijo Jeffries en la carta a los demócratas.Se espera que Biden y McCarthy hablen a más tardar a las 2 p.m. y “poco después, los republicanos de la Cámara publicarán el texto del proyecto de ley y lo pondrán a disposición de la Cámara, el Senado y el pueblo estadounidense”, dijo Jeffries, y agregó que los principales miembros del gobierno de Biden también informarán al Cauc...

This Colorado city ranked best for recent college graduates to rent in

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:13 GMT

(NEXSTAR) — With graduation season already in the rearview for millions across the U.S., it's important for new college graduates to know where they can stretch their dollars further. Especially as they're starting entry-level jobs.“Graduating from college and moving to a new city to start your career is a major milestone. For many, it’s a reality check when they realize how much of their hard-earned paycheck goes straight to rent,” said Anushna Prakash, an economic data analyst at Zillow. Colorado cities some of the best to ride out a recession Zillow's Best Markets for Recent College Graduates were determined using data on rent, average incomes, and share of the population between the ages of 21 to 29. Numbers of job postings in the area were also considered. Among the top factors used to determine the rankings, one was the balance between how much graduates can expect to earn vs. how much they can expect to pay in rent per month, on average.The top 10 metropolitan areas for col...

How much would you pay for this piece of ’70s nostalgia?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:13 GMT

(CNN) — Here’s a story of an old TV house that has been redone inside like yesterday.Six kids used to call it home.It can be yours.For a big price to pay.“The Brady Bunch” house has hit the market for any fan of groovy ’70s pop culture, but it’ll take much more than a hunch to get your hands on it.The Los Angeles home, made famous by exterior shots on the blended-family sitcom, is going for $5.5 million. An extensive interior renovation makes it look just like it did on the show.From the outside, viewers saw a nice if typical suburban split-level. But inside, the show depicted an improbably sprawling spread known for a long, open staircase where the cast was regularly photographed.The show’s original run ended in 1974. When the longtime owner died in 2018, HGTV bought the house where Mike and Carol Brady raised Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby and Cindy, with the help of trusted maid Alice.The purchase led to a new series, called “A Very Brady Renovation,” fe...

His Orland Park basketball program produced pros such as Miami Heat’s Max Strus, now Dave Pygon wants to motivate everyone with new book

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:15:13 GMT

One tear meant more to Dave Pygon than if he were to receive a million favorable reviews on Amazon.His mother, 79-year-old Norma Pygon of Alsip, got a chance to read Dave’s debut effort as an author, “Win the 16,” a motivational book which was released in early May.The premise of the book is to help readers make the most out of the 16 waking hours that most people get.Norma is one of the inspirations for his career — and for the book. She even received her own chapter.“She raised three kids on her own,” Pygon said. “She worked during the day and went to school at night to get her college degree. That was highly motivating.“Watching that and living that and seeing that was highly inspiring.”So, Dave anxiously waited for his mother’s reaction to his book.Would she like it? Would she hate it? Would she criticize it?It turns out she overwhelmingly approved, much to Dave’s relief.“She had a tear in her eye,” he...