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Steelers sign backup QB Mitch Trubisky to new 3-year deal, fortifying position behind Kenny Pickett

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:22 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers signed quarterback Mitch Trubisky to a three-year contract on Friday, giving the club some long-term stability behind starter Kenny Pickett.Trubisky was about to enter the second season of a two-year deal he signed with Pittsburgh last spring. The signing gives the Steelers a bit of salary cap relief as they try to fortify the roster ahead of the 2023 season.Trubisky j oined the Steelers in March 2022 after a stint backing up Josh Allen in Buffalo. He began 2022 as the starter in Pittsburgh before being replaced by Pickett at halftime of what became a loss to the New York Jets in Week 4.Trubisky, the second overall pick by Chicago in the 2017 draft, passed for 1,252 yards with four touchdowns and five interceptions while appearing in seven games for the Steelers last season.The signing means the depth chart behind Pickett in 2022 will remain intact in 2023. The Steelers signed longtime backup Mason Rudolph to a one-year deal last week. Rudol...

PGA Championship Leaders Cards

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:22 GMT

ThursdayAt Oak Hill Country ClubRochester, N.Y.Yardage: 7,394; Par: 70First RoundPar out443534444–35Bryson DeChambeau343433444–32Corey Conners453523434–33Scottie Scheffler443524434–33Eric Cole432436444–34Dustin Johnson443534344–34Par in434543444–35–70 Bryson DeChambeau435533353–34__66Corey Conners533532544–34__67Scottie Scheffler434533444–34__67Eric Cole433632444–33__67Dustin Johnson333443445–33__67Source

Denver ranks top 5 for worst air quality in the world

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:22 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says moderate to heavy smoke will be possible across much of the state on Friday.According to the air quality rating on Friday morning, Denver ranked in the top five for worst air quality in the world. You can check your air quality level here The CDPHE has issued an air quality health advisory alert for the Front Range and Denver metro area. It will be in effect until 4 p.m. on Friday.What is causing the smoke?The smoke is coming from several large wildfires burning in Canada, which is causing smoky skies across multiple states, including Colorado.Is the smoke dangerous?Will the level of smoke be dangerous for your health? Here's what the CDPHE said you should know."If smoke is thick or becomes thick in your neighborhood you may want to remain indoors. This is especially true for those with heart disease, respiratory illnesses, the very young, and the elderly. Consider limiting outdoor activity wh...

Florida nonprofit uses horses to help those with disabilities gain independence, strength

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:22 GMT

SEMINOLE, Florida (WFTS) — In Seminole, there’s a nonprofit dedicated to changing the lives of those with disabilities.Horses for Handicapped Foundation has been in the community for more than 40 years.“We are a free therapeutic riding program for Special Needs participants in Pinellas County. We provide recreational horseback riding that often culminates for our Special Olympians in Equestrian showing. We also foster civic responsibility, youth development, through our collaboration and symbiotic relationship that we have with 4-H and Girl Scouts,” explained Leah Frohnerath, Board President at Horses for Handicapped Foundation.The nonprofit is 100% run by volunteers. The team uses horseback riding to help students develop self-awareness, build confidence, and improve physical strength. “We have stayed right here serving this population because there’s quite a few special needs individuals and citizens that live in Pinellas County. And those indiv...

Zelenskyy will tell ‘swing states’ India and Brazil it’s time to take sides

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:22 GMT

HIROSHIMA, Japan — For the past 15 months, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been intensively courting the U.S. and Europe to win financial, military and political backing for his war against Russian invaders. He’s about the broaden his audience significantly. This weekend, Zelenskyy is expected to travel to Japan to meet G7 leaders at the group’s summit in Hiroshima — his first trip to an Asian country since Russia invaded in February last year. While he’s there, he’ll try to win over nations referred to by some Western diplomats as “swing states,” those countries that are not firmly backing Ukraine in the conflict, including Brazil, India and Indonesia. Three pivotal figures in Zelenskyy’s sights will be Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Indonesian President Joko Widodo. While their countries are not actively backing Russia’s invasion, these nations follow a deep-se...

Italy floods trigger blame game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:22 GMT

ROME — The worst floods in 100 years have triggered finger pointing over Italy’s slow progress in stabilizing its land and soil despite throwing billions at the problem. Torrential rains following months of drought have caused floods in the northern and eastern regions of Emilia Romagna and Le Marche that have killed at least 14 people and left an estimated 20,000 homeless. Dozens of cities and towns were submerged and thousands of landslides occurred after around six months’ rain fell in 48 hours. Pierluigi Randi, the president of Ampro, the association of weather experts, said it was the worst flood to affect Italy in a century.The floods sparked a torrent of questions about why vast amounts of funding allocated for structural works to counter hydrogeological instability has never been used. Italy is particularly vulnerable to flooding: It suffers two-thirds of Europe’s landslides; 94 percent of municipalities are at risk of landslides, flooding or coastal erosion; and...

Spat May Underscore Larger House-Senate Power Struggle

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:22 GMT

The fireworks on Beacon Hill this week over rules and scheduling in one legislative committee — normally a mundane topic — were touched off by what multiple Senate offices said was a broader push by the House to assert dominance over the committee process, while a House chair contended his joint panel had been held “hostage” from doing its work.At issue are proposed rules changes that one House chair said would prevent a lawmaker from holding up the flow of legislation, while several senators said the changes would empower the House side of a committee to mount greater control over what’s intended to be a collaborative bill-crafting process.Two months have flown by since all of the Legislature’s 30-plus joint committees failed to meet a March 16 deadline to agree on internal rules that govern their hearings and voting procedures, and still, not a single panel has filed any rules for this session with the clerks’ offices.By contrast, a third ...

Debt limit talks stall as Republicans ‘press pause,’ criticize White House

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:22 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top debt ceiling negotiator for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday it’s time to “press pause” on talks as negotiations with the White House came to an abrupt standstill at the Capitol.Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., tapped by McCarthy, R-Calif., to lead the talks, emerged from an hourlong session and said gaps remained between House Republicans and the Democratic administration.“It’s time to press pause because it’s just not productive,” Graves told reporters.He added that the negotiations have become “just unreasonable” and that it was unclear when talks would resume.Wall Street turned lower as talks on raising the nation’s debt limit came to a sudden halt, raising worries that the country could edge closer to risking a highly damaging default on U.S. government debt.President Joe Biden’s administration is racing to strike a deal with Republicans led by McCarthy as the nation careens toward a potentially catastrophic debt de...

Biden endorses F-16 training for Ukrainians as Zelenskyy set to take part in G7 summit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:22 GMT

By ZEKE MILLER, FOSTER KLUG, JOSH BOAK, and ELAINE KURTENBACH (Associated Press)HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — President Joe Biden told allies Friday he was approving plans to train Ukrainian pilots on U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, according to two people familiar with the matter, as leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies worked to toughen punishments on Russia for its 15-month invasion of Ukraine.The Group of Seven leaders are meeting in Hiroshima, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy set to take part in their summit on Sunday.The green light on F-16 training is the latest shift by the Biden administration as it moves to arm Ukraine with more advanced and lethal weaponry, following earlier decisions to send rocket launcher systems and Abrams tanks. The U.S. has insisted that it is sending weapons to Ukraine to defend itself and has discouraged attacks by Ukraine into Russian territory.The G7 leaders also used their summit to roll out a new wave of global sanct...

Hot-hitting Seiya Suzuki is getting locked in and doing damage as Chicago Cubs offense tries to get on track

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:35:22 GMT

The home run power the Chicago Cubs expected from Seiya Suzuki is finally emerging.Finding his timing has been a work in progress for Suzuki after not appearing in a spring training game because of an oblique strain that caused him to begin the season on the injured list. 129 plate appearances later, Suzuki, 28, is heating up at a time the offense desperately needs some punch.Suzuki’s stellar performance Wednesday in Houston — hitting two home runs and reaching base five times — was overshadowed by the Cubs’ implosion en route to their fifth consecutive loss. Suzuki became the first Japanese player in MLB history to hit a home run in three consecutive plate appearances. He was the first Cubs hitter to do so since Kris Bryant on May 17, 2019.In the past week, the outfielder is 10-for-25 with three doubles, four home runs, five walks and six strikeouts. Among Cubs hitters, his .372 on-base percentage is third best while his 134 OPS+ trails Christopher Morel (22...