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Sofia Gomez Villafañe (Specialized Off-Road), who won the three Belgian Waffle Ride events starting in 2024, takes the women’s professional Tripel Crown of Gravel title, while Peter Stetina (Canyon) takes the men’s title. He achieved one of his season goals by acquiring a professional tripel. Crown finished 4th at BWR California.This year, BWR California was grouped with events in Arizona and Utah in a more compact seven-week calendar to serve as the defining round of the Triple Crown of gravel. The total series prize money of $25,500 was split evenly between the top five men and top five women in…
Gavin Kash hit two home runs to lead the Texas Tech baseball team to an 11-6 victory over Texas Tech and Rio Grande Valley on Tuesday at Rip Griffin Park.Kash hit a home run in each of his first two at-bats, and the Red Raiders (30-17) broke the game open with three runs in the sixth inning to pull away.With the win, Texas Tech ended a four-game slump that included a home loss to New Mexico and a blowout win over Kansas last weekend. The win, the 450th of Tim Tadlock’s coaching career, came in front of 164 talented dogs…
Frankenmuth’s Caden Summerfield and Tanner Krueger posted back-to-back shutout wins to keep the Eagles atop the Tri-Valley Conference baseball rankings.Frankenmuth defeated Essexville Garber 4-0, 6-0 on Tuesday, improving the Eagles to 7-0 in TVC and 13-3 overall.Summerfield won the opening game with one hit, no walks, and eight strikeouts. Jay Shorbrook led the offense with a double, a run, an RBI, and a walk.In the second game, Krueger had a two-hit shutout, three walks, and eight strikeouts. Shorbrook and Hunter Bernthal led the offense with two hits each.baseballSwan Valley 16-11, Birch Run 6-1: John Mayette won the first game against…
BEIJING (AP) – A Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth Tuesday carrying three astronauts after a six-month mission aboard the country’s orbiting space station. Shenzhou 17, carrying Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin, landed at Dongfeng Base in northern China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the Gobi Desert shortly before 6 p.m. Their three replacements. China is your own space station It was removed from the International Space Station, largely due to U.S. concerns about the Chinese military’s total control of the space program amid an intensifying technological competition between the two geopolitical rivals. This year, two cargo spacecraft missions…
Washington (DC News Now) — Encampments and protests are occurring on college campuses across the U.S. over the Israel-Hamas war as several states prepare for primaries. As the general election approaches, Alex Keena, an associate professor of political science at Virginia Commonwealth University, said the protests are a major conflict that President Joe Biden will have to deal with. “This is an election year, and we can’t ignore the fact that Biden won in 2020 thanks to a lopsided margin of victory with young people,” Keena said. “In political science, there is often a rule that young people vote less.…
Editor’s note: Apply CNN Newsletter in China Explore what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it’s impacting the world. Hong Kong CNN — In early 2020, as science searched for answers to a mysterious viral outbreak in central China, a prominent Chinese virologist stepped forward to share vital data with the world. Zhang Yongzhen’s disclosure of the genome of the virus that causes Covid-19 is an important step in the fight against the pandemic, allowing researchers around the world to identify the pathogen and develop a vaccine to combat it. helped develop. Although his integrity was…
Sean Rayford/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump listens to applause at the Black Conservative Union Gala on February 23, 2024 in Columbia, South Carolina. CNN — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign managers said Tuesday that the Commission on Presidential Debates told Fox News that despite calls from the Trump campaign to move up the schedule and add debates, He criticized the committee after it said it would stick to the debate schedule. Trump campaign managers Chris Lacivita and Susie Wiles said in a statement that they would send invitations to “all television networks in the United States that wish to…
Baltimore City leaders are taking a different approach to providing more opportunities for students. Mayor Brandon Scott and Baltimore City Schools CEO Sonja Santelises announced the expansion of the middle school athletics program on Tuesday. The program features new partnerships with independent vendors, each specializing in a different field. “Through sport, people grow as individuals and as a group of people. We must continue to provide access to young people so they can grow into the best versions of themselves.” Scott said. city officials said. The school expanded its athletics program this school year to offer cross country, flag football,…
Holly Adams/Bloomberg/Getty Images HSBC CEO Noel Quinn is stepping down. hong kong – HSBC has announced that Chief Executive Officer Noel Quinn will step down. It is an abrupt departure for the hardline leader of five years, who has overseen a series of wide-ranging asset sales around the world. The Asia-focused bank said in a statement on Tuesday that it had begun a formal process to find a successor. Chief Financial Officer Georges Erhederi, who was appointed to the number two role in January 2023, would likely be the leading internal candidate for the job. Mr. Quinn, 62, has given…
The law firm that has long defended Donald J. Trump’s campaign and companies against employment lawsuits suddenly asked to withdraw from the long-standing case, citing an “irreparable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship.” .The firm of Mr. Larocca, Mr. Hornig, Mr. Greenberg, Mr. Rosen, Mr. Kittridge, Mr. Carlin, and Mr. McPartland has represented Mr. Trump’s political activities in numerous cases dating back to Mr. Trump’s first presidential campaign. , has helped secure several settlements and removals, racking up nearly $3 million in claims in the process.But late Friday, the party asked a federal judge to allow it to withdraw from a…