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Ukraine-NATO summit overshadowed by Israel

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:25 GMT

Presented by ASD By JOSHUA POSANER with LAURA KAYALI, CALEB LARSON, STUART LAU and PAUL MCLEARY PRESENTED BY View in your browser or listen to audioSNEAK PEEKS— NATO defense ministers convene in Brussels today to talk Ukraine, but the Middle East is getting in the way.— Germany plans to expand its Sky Shield alliance today with new countries signing up to the common air defense plan.— The CEO of shipbuilding giant Fincantieri is buzzing at the prospect of a European aircraft carrier project.Good morning and welcome to Morning Defense. Tips to [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] or follow us at @joshposaner, @LauKaya and @calebmlarson.DRIVING THE DAYNATO MINISTERIAL: Alliance defense ministers gather in Brussels today for the first of three meetings. Military aid to Kyiv tops the formal agenda which runs into Thursday, but Israel is looming.Stuart and the team look at how the alliance will try to cate...

Instant analysis from Orioles’ 7-1 season-ending loss to Texas Rangers in Game 3 of ALDS

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:25 GMT

Here’s what The Baltimore Sun sports staff had to say immediately after the Orioles’ 7-1 season-ending loss to the host Texas Rangers in Game 3 of the American League Division Series on Tuesday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.Nathan Ruiz: The Orioles, who had such a knack for coming from behind this season, spent all of 10 minutes with a lead across this three-game sweep. This season was such a thrill, but it ended on a dud, with Baltimore finding itself with too large a deficit for even this resilient bunch to overcome. A magical year is over, but the disappointing ending aside, it felt like the beginning of something.Jacob Calvin Meyer: Throughout the regular season, the Orioles praised their deep lineup, with contributors one through nine. In the ALDS, it was the Rangers’ that delivered. As Baltimore’s offense floundered in Game 3, Texas’ once again proved it has the top collection of hitters in the AL, as Corey Seager, Adonis Garcí...

Prep basketball star Mikey Williams to stand trial

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:25 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Local high school basketball star Mikey Williams, who is committed to play at the University of Memphis, faces up to 28 years in prison if convicted of all current charges.Williams, an 18-year-old San Ysidro High School senior, was formally charged with five counts of assault with a firearm and one count of shooting at an occupied vehicle. The deputy district attorney says that additional charges could be coming as well.According to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, Williams was arrested in connection with an altercation that occurred just before midnight on March 27. Jail records show Williams was arrested near the 2600 block of Bratton Valley Road in the Jamul area around 3:30 p.m. on April 13.Three juveniles testified that Williams threatened them at his home moments before the Tesla they were riding in was hit by gunfire on March 27. No one in the car was hit.One girl testified that Williams told the group, "We better get to stepping or you'll lea...

San Diego restaurant ranks among Yelp’s top 100 US taco spots

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:25 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Tacos are a popular dish in the U.S., especially in the San Diego area.Yelp recently compiled this year's top 100 taco spots in the nation, with one local restaurant, The Craft Taco at SOVA in Sorrento Valley, ranking No. 23 on the list.Starting as a food truck in June 2020 due to the pandemic, The Craft Taco turned into a brick-and-mortar in April 2023.Some popular items on the menu include the Dorado Fish Taco, Shrimp taco and California burritos, according to Eddie Tamayo, founder of The Craft Taco at SOVA."Each taco was extremely high quality and tasty. The fish taco was perfectly seasoned and very light considering it was fried. The Cochinita taco is a must have; the way that meat is marinated and slow-cooked makes it so flavorful. The freshly made hot sauces were delicious too!" Yelper Jenn H. said. McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams opens San Diego-area shop Tamayo explained to FOX 5 via email how growing up in San Diego and always having "strong ties to our Mexican c...

Israel strikes neighborhood after neighborhood in Gaza as war appears set to escalate

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:25 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Residents of the Gaza Strip scrambled to find safety Wednesday, as Israeli warplanes hammered neighborhood after neighborhood in the tiny coastal enclave, retaliating for the deadly weekend attack by Hamas militants.As Gazans crowded into U.N. schools and a shrinking number of safe neighborhoods, humanitarian groups pleaded for the creation of corridors to get aid into Gaza, warning that hospitals overwhelmed with wounded people were running out of supplies. Israel has stopped entry of food, fuel and medicine into Gaza, and the sole remaining access from Egypt shut down Tuesday after airstrikes hit near the border crossing.The war, which has claimed at least 2,100 lives on both sides, is expected to escalate. Israel appears determined to crush Hamas’ hold on Gaza, following an unprecedented attack in which militants gunned down civilians in their homes, on streets and at a mass outdoor music festival, while dragging men, women and children into captivity. Hama...

What to know on fifth day of latest Israel-Palestinian war

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:25 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The war between Israel and the militant group Hamas raged for a fifth day on Wednesday, as Israeli warplanes hammered neighborhood after neighborhood in the Gaza Strip, reducing buildings to rubble and sending people scrambling to find safety.Humanitarian groups pleaded for the creation of corridors that would allow them to deliver aid, saying hospitals were overwhelmed with wounded people and running out of supplies.Israel has stopped entry of food, fuel and medicines into Gaza in response to Hamas’ bloody incursion into Israel on Saturday. The sole remaining access from Egypt shut down Tuesday after airstrikes hit near the border crossing.The war, which has claimed at least 2,100 lives on both sides, is expected to escalate. New exchanges of fire over Israeli’s northern borders with militants in Lebanon and Syria on Tuesday pointed to the risk of an expanded regional conflict. The Israeli military said more than 1,200 people, including 155 soldiers, have die...

Live updates | Day 5 of the latest Israel-Palestinian war

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:25 GMT

Airstrikes pounded neighborhoods throughout the night and into Wednesday as Israel stepped up its offensive on the Gaza Strip in response to an unprecedented attack by Hamas.The war, which has claimed at least 2,100 lives on both sides, is expected to escalate. The weekend attack that Hamas said was retribution for worsening conditions for Palestinians under Israeli occupation has inflamed Israel’s determination to crush the group’s hold in Gaza. Here’s what’s happening on Day 5 of the latest Israel-Palestinian war:GAZA CAN’T REACH PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAPPED UNDER RUBBLE, OFFICIALS SAYGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — As airstrikes are reported nonstop in the Karama district north of Gaza city, many dead and injured are stuck under rubble that Gaza lacks the equipment to handle, officials said Wednesday. With streets badly damaged and the ongoing and intense nature of the airstrikes, ambulances and civil defense teams are unable to approach areas where people were reported trapp...

Seager still going deep in Texas, helps send Rangers to ALCS with sweep of 101-win Orioles

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:25 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager is still going deep in Texas during the postseason. This time he is doing it for the Rangers, who are streaking through October. Seager and Adolis García homered early, Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven smooth innings in another playoff clincher and Texas completed an AL Division Series sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 7-1 victory in Game 3 on Tuesday night. The Rangers, whose loss at Seattle on the last day of the regular season made them a wild-card team instead of the AL West champion, have since won all five of their postseason games. They are headed to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2011. “We had our work cut out going on the road against Tampa and Baltimore. Just shows the toughness with this ballclub and the deal with having to fly to Tampa,” said Texas manager Bruce Bochy, a three-time World Series champion with San Francisco who is now going to his first ALCS. “Trust me, they wanted to win one more game ...

Myanmar’s military is accused of bombing a displacement camp in a northern state, killing about 30

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:25 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military has been accused of launching an airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in the northern state of Kachin that killed about 30 people, including about a dozen children, Kachin militants and activists and local media said Tuesday.Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military overthrew the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021, triggering widespread popular opposition. After peaceful demonstrations were put down with lethal force, many opponents of military rule took up arms, and large parts of the country are now embroiled in conflict.Col. Naw Bu, a spokesperson for the Kachin Independence Army, said 29 people including 11 children under the age of 16 were killed and 57 others injured in the attacks carried out by air and artillery late Monday. The casualties occurred at the Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp in the northern part of Laiza, a town where the headquarters of the rebel KIA is based, about 324 kilometers (200 miles) nort...

Bedard earns assist in NHL debut as Blackhawks beat Crosby, Penguins 4-2

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:17:25 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Connor Bedard skated into the faceoff circle, saw one of his idols standing across from him and tried to soak in the moment.That really was Sidney Crosby within arm’s reach. That really was referee Kelly Sutherland welcoming him to the NHL on national television. That really was a sellout crowd pulling cameras out trying to capture the meeting of two generational talents at opposite ends of their careers.Then the puck dropped, and the instincts that have made the 18-year-old Bedard the NHL’s next big thing kicked in.Playing with a charismatic fearlessness, Bedard dazzled in Chicago’s 4-2 comeback win over Crosby and the Penguins on Tuesday night.The top pick in the 2023 NHL entry draft picked up an assist and fired five shots at Tristan Jarry while playing 21:29, hardly looking intimidated by the stage, the stakes or pretty much anything else.“I think, for me, it’s just trying to get better every shift, every game,” Bedard said. “I created a...