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Musk says Twitter to change logo to “X” from the bird. Changes could come as early as Monday.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:45:02 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk said Sunday that he plans to change the logo of Twitter to an “X” from the famous blue bird, marking what would be the latest big change since he bought the social media platform for $44 billion last year.In a series of posts on his Twitter account starting just after 12 a.m. ET, Twitter’s owner said that he’s looking to make the change worldwide as soon as Monday. “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds,” Musk wrote on his account.The change isn’t surprising given Musk’s long history with the name “X,” says Allen Adamson, co-founder of marketing consultancy Metaforce. The billionaire Tesla CEO tweeted last October that “buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app.” Musk’s rocket company, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., is commonly known as SpaceX. And in 1999, Musk founded a startup called X.com, an online financial services company now known as PayPal.“Not su...

Josef Newgarden completes an IndyCar Series weekend sweep at Iowa Speedway

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:45:02 GMT

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Josef Newgarden got one win on Saturday, but he said it felt like “50 percent of the battle.”Newgarden completed the doubleheader sweep he wanted at a track where he’s had plenty of success, winning the IndyCar Series race Sunday at Iowa Speedway.Newgarden, who led 212 of 250 laps, held onto the lead on a restart with three laps to go, beating Team Penske teammate Will Power by less than a second and slightly closing the gap behind series points leader Alex Palou with five races to go.“Today, I feel like we’re done now,” Newgarden said. “It’s finished.”It was the sixth victory of Newgarden’s career at the 0.875-mile oval and came a day after he led for 129 laps in the first race of the series’ lone doubleheader of the season. Newgarden needed a little extra work in this race after starting seventh — he started third on Saturday — but he was able to move into the lead by Lap 31 and maintained control the rest of the way.“I felt like today w...

Harper’s hitting and defense help the Phillies beat the Guardians 8-5 in 10 innings to stop skid

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:45:02 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Bryce Harper drove in the go-ahead run with a 10th-inning single and flashed more solid defense in his second career start at first base, leading the Philadelphia Phillies past the Cleveland Guardians 8-5 Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.Phillies closer Craig Kimbrel (6-1) blew his first save of the season in 17 chances when David Fry hit a solo homer with two outs in the ninth to tie it 4-all. The home run came on a 1-0 pitch and narrowly cleared the 19-foot wall in left field.Kyle Schwarber began the 10th as the automatic runner at second base. Trea Turner drew a walk before Harper singled up the middle off Tim Herrin (1-1). J.T. Realmuto hit a sacrifice fly and Alec Bohm had a two-run single that made it 8-4.Cleveland threatened to come all the way back in the bottom half. Steven Kwan’s single off Jeff Hoffman scored a run, and a walk to Tyler Freeman loaded the bases with no outs. Yunior Marte replaced Hoffman and got out of the jam for his second save. ...

Gustavo Petro anuncia el nombramiento del exjefe paramilitar Salvatore Mancuso como gestor de paz en Colombia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:45:02 GMT

(CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, afirmó este domingo en su cuenta de Twitter que Salvatore Mancuso, exjefe de las Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC), será nombrado como gestor de paz.“El proceso de paz entre el gobierno de Uribe y los paramilitares aún no ha terminado, aún no se sabe toda la verdad, las haciendas entregadas en parte se han perdido en manos del Estado recicladas a nuevos grupos que heredan el paramilitarismo, muchos cuerpos de víctimas aún no han sido encontrados. Para terminar el proceso y lograr la completa paz he decidido nombrar a Salvatore Mancuso como gestor de paz”, sostuvo el presidente.La figura de gestores de paz la empezó a utilizar el presidente Petro para que personas, en criterio del Gobierno, puedan contribuir en procesos de diálogos, de esclarecimiento de la verdad y dinámicas de humanización del conflicto armado en el marco de la llamada política de “paz total”.El expresidente Álvaro Uribe rea...

Thomas steals 4 as the Nationals top the Giants 6-1 for their first sweep since 2021

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:45:02 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lane Thomas matched a Nationals record with four stolen bases, and Washington recorded its first series sweep in nearly two years with a 6-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday.Riley Adams homered and MacKenzie Gore threw five shutout innings for Washington, which completed its first sweep since taking two games from Toronto in August 2021. It was the Nationals’ first three-game series sweep since June 2021 against Pittsburgh.“This weekend we played like I thought we’d play throughout, with a lot of energy,” manager Dave Martinez said. “It was a lot of fun. It was a great weekend for us.”Joc Pederson homered for San Francisco, which dropped its fifth consecutive game. The Giants have scored just eight runs during their skid. They were hitless in 17 at-bats with runners in scoring position during the series in Washington.“We know we’re a better offense than we’re showing right now,” San Francisco manager Gabe Kapler said. “A lot o...

Spanish elections: Sánchez holds off right surge

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:45:02 GMT

MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is poised to remain prime minister as a result of Sunday’s inconclusive national elections in which the center-right Popular Party won the most votes but was left with no clear path to form a government.As expected, none of Spain’s major parties secured a governing majority. With 99 percent of the votes tallied, the Popular Party had 136 seats, the Socialists 122, the far-right Vox 33, and the left-wing Sumar 31.Prior to the vote, conservative leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo indicated that he would be willing to form a coalition government with Vox, but both parties fell short of the 176 seats needed to control the Spanish parliament.There is no scenario in which Spanish MPs would back a minority government composed of the Popular Party and Vox, and Feijóo does not appear to have enough support among the country’s smaller, regional parties to cobble together the support he would need for minority rule on his own.The outcome...

Stow plane crash leaves 3 people hospitalized

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:45:02 GMT

Three people are recovering in the hospital after a small plane crashed in the woods in Stow on Sunday, officials said.Residents of Taylor Road said they heard the sound of a low plane flying overhead before a loud bang shook the otherwise quiet neighborhood.“Right away I knew it was a plane crash,” said Tye Moeancy. “I heard another plane flying over our houses, because that happens, normally, we live near an airfield and this one got louder and louder and there was a large boom and we all knew this is not normal.” Good samaritans rushed to the aid of the two men in their 50s and a woman in her 20s who were injured in the crash.All three were taken to a landing zone at the airport and then flown to UMass Worcester Memorial Hospital with what were considered non-life-threatening injuries.A preliminary investigation suggests the Cessna crashed shortly after taking off from nearby Minute Man Air Field.The cause of the crash remains under investigation.This is a...

Arrest made in connection with shooting of New Bedford police officer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:45:02 GMT

An arrest has been made in connection with a shooting in New Bedford that left a police officer hospitalized, the district attorney said.New Bedford police, with support of state police and ATF agents, arrested Cheybane Vasconcelos-Furtado,20, of New Bedford, on two counts of armed assault with intent to murder, two counts of assault and battery by discharge of a firearm, and two counts of wanton destruction of property valued above $1,200, and one count each of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon resulting in serious bodily injury, carrying an illegal firearm, and carrying a loaded illegal handgun, according to New Bedford police.The arrest comes two days after Det. Lavar Gilbert was released from the hospital. Gilbert had been working undercover and in an unmarked car on Monday, July 17, when shots were fired in the area of Rivet and Orchard streets, hitting Gilbert and his vehicle, according to New Bedford police.Officials said the Gilbert remained conscious after being s...

Carver coming on, wins 7v7 tourney

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:45:02 GMT

WESTWOOD — Ben Shuffain has attempted to build a new culture ever since he arrived at Carver, one where his players can compete with just about any opponent.He has already had plenty of success, and it would appear the Crusaders have many reasons to be excited about this upcoming season. On Sunday, Robbie Peterson corralled an 8-yard touchdown pass from Tyler Lennox, then sealed the game with an interception in the waning moments, as Carver won the annual Northeast 7vs7 South Small Regional football championship Sunday with a very impressive 14-12 win over Dexter Southfield at Xaverian Brothers High School.“It’s awesome,” Lennox said afterward. “We knew coming in that it was going to be a tough challenge. We had a really tough pool going in since they combined the small and the large (schools). We just came in with the same mindset, and got it done.”The Crusaders cruised to a 3-1 record in pool play to begin the day, with wins over Plymouth South (22-12) and Attleboro (22-8). They a...

Plum Island beaches reopen after bacteria in swimming waters tested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:45:02 GMT

All Plum Island beaches were reopened on Sunday morning following almost a week of closure due to an excess amount of bacteria in the water, city officials announced.A release from the city of Newburyport Sunday morning said the most recent testing of its Plum Island beaches’ water “showed significantly reduced bacteria levels.” The beach accessible from 55th Street, officials said, was reopened on Friday.As of Friday, the state’s Department of Public Health and Bureau of Climate and Environmental Health listed 64 public beaches in Massachusetts with postings indicating that swimming is unsafe or could lead to illness.City officials said Massachusetts’ beach testing program monitors more than 1,100 public beaches in the state, measuring the amount of Enterococci and E. coli bacteria present in the public swimming waters.Swimming in water containing excess amounts of bacteria, officials said, could lead to a myriad of dermatological, respiratory, eye, gastrointestinal, skin and ear i...