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Hannes Strydom, a 1995 Rugby World Cup winner with South Africa, dies at 58 in a car crash

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:45 GMT

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Hannes Strydom, a player on South Africa’s revered 1995 Rugby World Cup-winning team, has died in a car crash, the South African Rugby Union said Monday. He was 58.Strydom was killed in the crash Sunday evening, the union said in a statement.Strydom was a lock who played 21 tests and 10 other games for South Africa from 1993-97.He is the fifth member of the 1995 Springboks to die relatively young. Flanker Ruben Kruger died of brain cancer in 2010 at 39, scrumhalf Joost van der Westhuizen died in 2017 at 45 after years battling motor neurone disease, and wings James Small and Chester Williams died within two months of each other in 2019, both from heart attacks. Small was 50 and Williams was 49.In 1995, South Africa was playing in its first Rugby World Cup after a sports ban because of apartheid when it won on home soil.“To lose yet another member of the iconic Bok squad from 1995 is a heavy blow to the rugby fraternity here in South Africa,” Sout...

DC United hires Ally Mackay as its new GM, tasked to hire new coach

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:45 GMT

D.C. United hires Nashville SC assistant general manager Ally MacKay to lead the soccer club as the Black and Red look to rebound after not making the MLS playoffs for a fourth consecutive season.Mackay becomes the youngest active general manager in Major League Soccer at 37 years old. He will also become the club’s chief soccer officer, taking over for Dave Kasper, whose been with the club for over 20 years.According to a news release, Mackay will report directly to ownership and be in charge of roster makeup, player recruitment and talent identification as well as the search for a new head coach.Mackay, originally from London, worked as a player agent for Stellar Group for five years before joining Nashville in 2019. The agency represents several notable players including former Real Madrid star Gareth Bale and English international Jordan Pickford.As an assistant general manager with Nashville, he helped construct its roster for its inaugural season in 2020 and assisted wit...

Mbappé has reached 300 career goals faster than Messi or Ronaldo. His France elders are impressed.

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:45 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé has scored 300 career goals faster than Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Former France great Thierry Henry has nothing but admiration and Jean-Pierre Papin — the 1991 Ballon d’Or winner — believes the best is yet to come.Mbappé achieved the feat over the weekend in a 14-0 rout of Gibraltar at the age of 24 years and 333 days. Both Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the game’s two biggest stars in the 21st century, were older when they reached the milestone. “What this kid is doing is really out of this world,” said Henry, who is now in charge of leading the new generation of France’s players as coach of the Under-21 team. “It’s just unbelievable.”Mbappé was often compared to Henry earlier in his career. Both attended France’s Clairefontaine academy before playing as left wingers at Monaco, where each won the French league titles as a teenager. Mbappé then replicated another of Henry’s accomplishments when he won the 2018 World Cup in h...

Ayala Pharmaceuticals: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:45 GMT

MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. (AP) — MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J. (AP) — Ayala Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ADXS) on Monday reported a loss of $7.3 million in its fiscal fourth quarter.On a per-share basis, the Monmouth Junction, New Jersey-based company said it had a loss of $1.53.The company’s shares closed at 82 cents. A year ago, they were trading at $1.90._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on ADXS at https://www.zacks.com/ap/ADXSSource

US Defense Secretary Austin meets with Zelenskyy in Kyiv to show steadfast support for Ukraine

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:45 GMT

A woman sings the national anthem of Ukraine during a demonstration in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. People gathered to protest against corruption and demand the reallocation of public funds to the Armed Forces. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)(AP/Alex Babenko) A woman sings the national anthem of Ukraine during a demonstration in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. People gathered to protest against corruption and demand the reallocation of public funds to the Armed Forces. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)(AP/Alex Babenko) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday in a high-profile push to keep money and weapons flowing to Ukraine even as U.S....

Insider Q&A: Pentagon AI chief on network-centric warfare, generative AI challenges

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:45 GMT

The Pentagon’s chief digital and artificial intelligence offer, Craig Martell, is alarmed by the potential for generative artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT to deceive and sow disinformation. His talk on the technology at the DefCon hacker convention in August was a huge hit. But he’s anything but sour on reliable AI. Not a soldier but a data scientist, Martell headed machine-learning at companies including LinkedIn, Dropbox and Lyft before taking the job last year. Marshalling the U.S. military’s data and determining what AI is trustworthy enough to take into battle is a big challenge in an increasingly unstable world where multiple countries are racing to develop lethal autonomous weapons.The interview has been edited for length and clarity.—-Q: What is your main mission? A: Our job is to scale decision advantage from the boardroom to the battlefield. I don’t see it as our job to tackle a few particular missions but rather to develop the tools, processes, inf...

Near-record Thanksgiving travel projected for DC region as gas prices continue to drop

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:45 GMT

More than 1.25 million people in the D.C. region will be hitting the roads over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, making it the second-highest number since AAA began tracking holiday travel in 2000. And, gassing up for the travel will be considerably cheaper this year.Overall, the travel group projects more than 1.3 million Washington metro area residents will travel during Thanksgiving 2023, an increase of more than two percent over last year. The highest travel volume was in 2005, when more than 1.4 million District-area residents traveled for the holiday.The vast majority of people traveling more than 50 miles — 90% — will drive to their holiday destination. The highest number was in 2019 when 1.26 million drove to their holiday feast.Fueling the car or SUV will be far less expensive this year.“There’s some great news to be grateful for, heading into the holiday,” said Ragina Ali, spokeswoman for AAA Mid-Atlantic. “Gas prices are trending nearly 30 cents l...

Gov. Polis to hold Colorado's first turkey pardon

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:45 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — It's been a national tradition for decades, and now Colorado is getting in on the Thanksgiving turkey pardon.Gov. Jared Polis will hold the pardoning ceremony Monday at noon at the Governor's Residence. He'll be joined by First Gentleman Marlon Reis, Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera and Kate Greenberg, executive director of the Colorado Department of Agriculture. What to know before heading to DIA for Thanksgiving travel According to a release from the governor's office, the turkey pardon is designed to "encourage Coloradans to support local farmers, ranchers and producers."You can watch the pardoning live in the FOX31 NOW player above.

What is Colorado's preferred frozen pizza? New state-by-state analysis released

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:45 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – When Americans give up on making dinner and settle for a frozen pizza, which types of frozen pizza do they most often settle for?It might depend on where they’re located.A new analysis from Instacart suggests that America is a nation divided by its favored frozen-pizza varieties. The findings, as determined by Instacart’s recent online-ordering data, appear to indicate that varieties like pepperoni, supreme and even veggie pizza have their own little strongholds over certain sections of the country.It’s important to note, however, that Instacart’s analysis doesn’t indicate which pizza varieties are the top-selling in each state, but rather which varieties each state’s customers are ordering at the highest rate over the national average. (When considering sales volume alone, an Instacart analyst confirmed with Nexstar that the actual top-selling pizza varieties, in each state, were either pepperoni or cheese across the board, with nearly 40% of Instacart’s frozen-pizza pu...

Dog owners advised to avoid kennels as vets investigate mystery illness in several states including Florida

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:45 GMT

(TMX) – A mysterious respiratory illness that has sickened more than 200 dogs in Oregon has been detected in at least a dozen states, per reports.The Oregon Veterinary Medical Association announced earlier this month that it was investigating the causes behind an atypical canine infectious respiratory disease circulating in the Portland metro and Willamette Valley areas. The agency said local veterinarians were working to collect samples for analysis by a state veterinary laboratory and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory.The American Veterinary Medical Association on Friday said the cause of the mystery illness is still unknown after more than 200 cases were reported in Oregon.The illness begins with a cough that lasts for weeks, and may not respond to antibiotics. It can develop into severe pneumonia, and can potentially be fatal. Other symptoms include sneezing, nasal or eye discharge, lethargy, blue or purple gums, and trouble...