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PGA Tour, Europe to merge with Saudis and end LIV Golf litigation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:37 GMT

The most disruptive year in golf ended Tuesday when the PGA Tour and European tour agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia’s golf interests, creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional golf around the world.As part of the deal, the sides are dropping all lawsuits involving LIV Golf against each other effective immediately.Still to be determined is how players like Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson, who defected to Saudi-funded LIV Golf for nine-figure bonuses, can rejoin the PGA Tour after this year.Also unclear was what form the LIV Golf League would take in 2024. Commissioner Jay Monahan said in a memo to players that a thorough evaluation would determine how to integrate team golf into the game.The agreement combines the Public Investment Fund’s golf-related commercial businesses and rights — including LIV Golf — with those of the PGA and European tours. The new entity has not been named.“They were going down their path, we were going down ours, and aft...

FHP responds to fatal collision on US-1 leading to temporary road closure

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:37 GMT

A fatal crash on US-1 has led to temporary road closures near Southwest 137th Avenue in the area of Southwest Miami-Dade.On Tuesday, around 4:40 a.m., FHP troopers responded to the northbound lanes of US-1 at 137th Avenue, near Homestead, where they found a black scooter, along with a deceased passenger.According to officials, a box truck traveled north on US-1 and as it approached the intersection of Southwest 137th Avenue, he did not notice the black scooter in front of him and rear-ended the moped.As a result of the collision, the passenger was ejected from the scooter. The driver of the scooter only sustained minor injuries and was treated at the scene.The driver of the box truck was not injured.As authorities worked to clear the scene, northbound US-1 near Southwest 137th Avenue was closed off but has since been reopened.

Lab-shepherd mix called Zoey has world’s longest dog tongue

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:37 GMT

(CNN) — A Labrador and German shepherd mix named Zoey has claimed the record for the longest tongue on a living dog.At 12.7 centimeters (5 inches), Zoey’s tongue is longer than a soda can, according to Guinness World Records.Her owners, Sadie and Drew Williams from Metairie, Louisiana, US, said people often comment on how long Zoey’s tongue is.“We got Zoey when she was only six weeks old and in the first ever picture we have of her, she has her tongue sticking out,” said Sadie Williams.“We thought surely she’d grow into it but she obviously didn’t. She still has an enormous tongue compared to her body.”Zoey’s massive tongue is most obvious when she is panting after playing outside.“It would be slobbering all over the place,” said Drew Williams. “So sometime last year we took her to the vet and measured her tongue.”Measuring from the tip of her snout to the tip of her tongue, Zoey was recognized as a record breaker.The 3-year-old dog is a fun loving creature, according to her owners....

Coinbase targeted by SEC in latest shot at crypto firms for allegedly skirting securities laws

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:37 GMT

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN (AP Business Writer)NEW YORK (AP) — Coinbase has been targeted by U.S. regulators in a new lawsuit Tuesday that alleges the cryptocurrency platform is operating as an unregistered securities platform and brokerage service. The lawsuit from the Securities and Exchange Commission comes only a day after it filed charges against Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, and its founder Changpeng Zhao are accused of misusing investor funds, operating as an unregistered exchange and violating a slew of U.S. securities laws.Coinbase shares plunged nearly 15% early Tuesday. In its complaint, the SEC said Coinbase made billions acting as the middle man for cryptocurrency buyers and sellers but did not give investors lawful protections while acting as a broker. “Coinbase has for years defied the regulatory structures and evaded the disclosure requirements that Congress and the SEC have constructed for the protection of the national securities markets ...

PGA Tour, Europe to merge with Saudi Arabia golf and end LIV litigation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:37 GMT

The most disruptive year in golf ended Tuesday when the PGA Tour and European tour agreed to a merger with Saudi Arabia’s golf interests, creating a commercial operation designed to unify professional golf around the world.As part of the deal, the sides are dropping all lawsuits involving LIV Golf against each other effective immediately.Still to be determined is how players like Brooks Koepka and Dustin Johnson, who defected to Saudi-funded LIV Golf for nine-figure bonuses, can rejoin the PGA Tour after this year.Also unclear was what form the LIV Golf League would take in 2024. Commissioner Jay Monahan said in a memo to players that a thorough evaluation would determine how to integrate team golf into the game.The agreement combines the Public Investment Fund’s golf-related commercial businesses and rights — including LIV Golf — with those of the PGA and European tours. The new entity has not been named.“They were going down their path, we were going down ours, a...

Chris Iannuzzi gets the ball for Stevenson. He doesn’t take that lightly. ‘I bleed green for these guys.’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:37 GMT

Chris Iannuzzi went to the mound one more time for his Stevenson teammates on Monday.After the Class 4A Schaumburg Supersectional at Wintrust Field, the senior right-hander tried to put into words what that meant to him.“I bleed green for these guys,” he said.Dressed in a gray uniform trimmed with the school’s green and gold, Iannuzzi did his part against New Trier, allowing one run over 3 ⅔ innings and getting one of the Patriots’ six hits.But the Trevians pulled out a 2-0 win behind 6-foot-5 junior right-hander Justin Wood, the son of assistant coach and former Chicago Cubs star Kerry Wood.“That was a real good New Trier team we played out there, but we gave it all we had and just came up short,” Iannuzzi said. “I would do anything for my guys, and I’m just upset we couldn’t get one more victory to get to state.”Stevenson (30-10) couldn’t get a run across against Justin Wood, who allowed five hits over 4 ͕...

Normandy marks D-Day’s 79th anniversary, honors World War II veterans

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:37 GMT

ON OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — An overwhelming sound of gunfire and men’s screams. That’s how World War II veteran Marie Scott described D-Day, as Tuesday’s ceremonies got underway in honor of those who fought for freedom in the largest naval, air and land operation in history.This year’s tribute to the young soldiers who died in Normandy also reminds veterans, officials and visitors what Ukraine faces today.On Tuesday, the whistling sound of the wind accompanied many reenactors who came to Omaha Beach at dawn to mark the 79th anniversary of the assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control. Some brought bunches of flowers; others waved American flags.Scott lived it all through her ears. She was just 17 when she was posted as communication operator in Portsmouth, England. Her job was to pass on messages between men on the ground and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and senior officers who were supervising the operation.“I was in the war. I cou...

Teck Resources receives indications of interest for steelmaking coal business

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:37 GMT

VANCOUVER — Teck Resources Ltd. says it has received a number of indications of interest regarding potential transactions involving the company’s steelmaking coal business as it works to split the operations from its base metals business.The Vancouver-based company says its board and independent special committee will consider and evaluate the proposals received to determine whether they are in the best interests of Teck’s shareholders and other stakeholders.Teck called off a shareholder vote in April on a plan to split the company into Teck Metals and a new company to be named Elk Valley Resources that would own the coal business after it became apparent it did not have the required support for the proposal.Swiss commodities giant Glencore made an unsolicited takeover bid for the company earlier this year, but the Teck board rejected the offer that would have seen shareholders receive a stake in a combined metals company as well as a choice of cash or shares in a company that...

Downtown Toronto schools on lockdown after reports of person with gun in area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:37 GMT

Two downtown Toronto schools have been placed on lockdown after reports of a person with a gun in the area of Shaw Street and Harbord Street on Tuesday morning.Central Toronto Academy and Horizon Alternative Senior High School were both placed on lockdown just after 10:00 a.m., and police are on the scene investigating.PERSON WITH A GUN:Central Toronto Academy & Horizon Alternative SR– reports of person with a gun– school is currently in lockdown– police o/s investigating– no reported injuries– will update#GO1289511^sc— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) June 6, 2023No injuries have been reported from the incident.

Internal docs suggest Trudeau wants China blocked from Pacific Rim trade deal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:58:37 GMT

OTTAWA — An internal document suggests Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants China kept out of a Pacific Rim trade bloc, despite the Liberals publicly insisting it would welcome anyone who meets the trade deal’s standards.China has been trying since 2019 to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade bloc that includes Canada and multiple countries in Asia and Latin America.Trade Minister Mary Ng reiterated Canada’s stance on China joining the group last week, saying Ottawa would be open to the idea if Beijing meets labour and environmental standards.But a document The Canadian Press obtained through an access-to-information request attributes Trudeau as saying that high standards are helpful as they make it make it too hard for China to join the group.His comments stem from an internal summary of a call Trudeau held last summer with former U.K. prime minister Liz Truss, shortly after she started her term.The Chinese embassy in O...