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Miss Manners: Our argument in the restaurant ended our friendship

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

DEAR MISS MANNERS: After waiting 30 minutes to be seated in a crowded restaurant, my friend asked the very busy waitress if she could sample wines before she ordered a glass.Related ArticlesAdvice | Miss Manners: It’s absurd that I’m the go-between because my kids’ friends don’t have phones Advice | Miss Manners: I don’t find it adorable what she has trained her dog to do Advice | Miss Manners: We’re afraid they’ll try to raid the house after the funeral Advice | Miss Manners: I want to abandon this ‘Mom’ business after my mother-in-law’s bad behavior Advice | Miss Manners: The bride’s dress code for wedding guests strikes me as pretentious Was this OK under the circumstances? Is it ever OK? I was so uncomfortable that I mentioned it to her. She got irate, I left, and it ended our friendship.GENTLE READER: Was it worth it?Asking to sample ...

Netherlands bats against Bangladesh. Head’s hundred leads Australia to big total against NZ

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

The Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat against Bangladesh at the Cricket World Cup on Saturday.Both teams have just one win from five games. Bangladesh won its opener against Afghanistan before losing to England, New Zealand, India and South Africa.The Netherlands recorded an upset 38-run win over South Africa but had heavy losses to Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Australia.Shakib Al Hasan is back to lead Bangladesh after a mini-break from the World Cup and a short session with his mentor at home.The Netherlands made two changes from the team that sustained a crushing 309-run loss to Australia in the last game. Teja Nidamanuru and Roelf van der Merwe were replaced by Wesley Barresi and Shariz Ahmad.Bangladesh brought in Mahedi Hasan and fast bowler Taskin Ahmed, replacing Nasum Ahmed and Hasan Mahmud from the playing XI that had a 149-run loss to South Africa in the last game.Earlier in Dharamsala, Travis Head made an explosive entry into the World Cup with a blazing ...

Israeli military says it’s expanding ground operation in Gaza with infantry, armored vehicles, backed by ‘massive’ fire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military says it’s expanding ground operation in Gaza with infantry, armored vehicles, backed by ‘massive’ fire.Source

Sampson Zheng shoots 65 to take 3rd-round lead at Asia-Pacific Amateur at Royal Melbourne

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sampson Zheng shot a 6-under 65 at Royal Melbourne on Saturday despite gusting winds to take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Asia-Pacific Amateur.Chinese player Zheng’s three-round total of 3-under 210 was the only score under par in the tournament which awards the winner an invitation to the 2024 Masters and a spot in next year’s British Open at Royal Troon, along with being exempt from qualifying for the British Amateur. Zheng, who started the day six strokes behind and tied for 13th, set an amateur Composite Course record at Royal Melbourne.Zheng broke the amateur record of 66 held by Michael Bonallack, whom the trophy is named after, for 55 years and matched earlier this week by New Zealand’s Kazuma Kobori.“I just kept myself really patient,” Zheng said. “I used the contours of the greens well. It felt like I was on a different golf course today. One of those days.”Australian Billy Dowling shot 73 and was in second place at 1-over...

England seeks face-saving turnaround against India at the Cricket World Cup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — When the Cricket World Cup schedule was announced in July, India vs. England on Sunday was expected to be a marquee match.It will be anything but.England’s poor showing at the World Cup so far has befuddled even its most ardent fans. One win from five games is the worst showing for a defending champion since 1999, when 1996 winners Sri Lanka won two out of five league games and failed to qualify for the next stage of that tournament.England’s only win so far came at Dharamsala — beating Bangladesh by 137 runs. It is ninth in the points’ table with a minus 1.634 run-rate.“I am not a mathematician but it is over now — with our net run-rate and too many teams who are going to take games off each other, we have to come to terms with that from now. We are (only) playing for a lot of pride,” England coach Matthew Mott said after an eight-wicket loss to Sri Lank a.Despite what Mott said, England is still mathematically alive. If it wins four games in a row and reaches...

Muere adolescente iraní tras ser supuestamente agredida por la policía de la moral

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

(CNN) — En Irán murió una adolescente que entró en coma tras ser supuestamente agredida por la policía de la moral del país, informaron medios estatales.“Desgraciadamente, los daños cerebrales llevaron a la víctima a pasar un tiempo en coma y falleció hace unos minutos”, señala el comunicado de la agencia IRNA.A principios de esta semana, Armita fue declarada en “muerte cerebral” a pesar de los esfuerzos del personal médico por salvarla.Armita Geravand, de 16 años, fue hospitalizada con lesiones en la cabeza tras la presunta agresión en una estación de metro de Teherán a principios de este mes, según activistas, pocas semanas después de que Irán aprobara una legislación draconiana que impone penas mucho más duras a las mujeres que violen las ya estrictas normas sobre el hiyab del país.A principios de octubre, la Organización Hengaw para los Derechos Humanos, con sede en Noruega y centrada en los derechos de los kurdos, afirmó que Geravand fue “agr...

Ketel Marte ties postseason record with 17-game hitting streak for Diamondbacks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Ketel Marte is becoming the Joe DiMaggio of October.Every time he’s played a postseason game, Marte has at least one hit. His latest, a fifth-inning RBI double off Nathan Eovaldi, gave the Arizona Diamondbacks a two-run lead in a 6-5, 11-inning loss to the Texas Rangers that opened the World Series on Friday night.While a fraction of Joe D.’s record 56-game hitting streak for the 1941 New York Yankees, Marte’s 17-game run is the longest at the start of a postseason career. The switch-hitting infielder tied the overall postseason record, matching a mark shared by the New York Yankees’ Hank Bauer (1956-58 World Series), the Yankees’ Derek Jeter (1998-99) and Boston’s Manny Ramirez (2003-04).Marte didn’t get the souvenir ball.“It stays in the mind. Memories,” he said.Marte is hitting .345 with two homers and nine RBIs in 13 games this postseason. He lined a curveball from Nathan Eovaldi 402 feet off the base of the wall ...

5 things to watch in the Chicago Bears-Los Angeles Chargers game — plus our Week 8 predictions

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

Chicago Bears undrafted rookie quarterback Tyson Bagent will try to earn his second win in as many starts Sunday, but this one will be on a bigger stage than his first.The Bears, winners of two of their last three games, take on the Los Angeles Chargers on “Sunday Night Football” at SoFi Stadium. As kickoff approaches, here’s our snapshot look at the game.Player in the spotlightTyson BagentFor the second straight week, the undrafted rookie from Division II Shepherd takes the reins in place of quarterback Justin Fields, who is out with a right thumb injury.And this time, Bagent is going against the worst-ranked passing defense in the league.The Chargers have allowed 310 passing yards per game and 8.1 passing yards per play, though it should be noted that their slate of six opponents thus far has included three of the best passing offenses in the league in the Miami Dolphins, Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings.Still, a major topic during the week was whether th...

Patriots’ Kendrick Bourne opens up about last season’s struggles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

FOXBORO — One of the more intriguing questions heading into the Patriots’ 2023 season was who would emerge as the Patriots’ No. 1 wide receiver?Coming out of training camp, the favorites, based on pecking order in practice reps were wide receivers DeVante Parker and JuJu Smith-Schuster, and tight end Hunter Henry. Seven weeks into the season, a fourth candidate has not only emerged, he’s nearly doubling the Patriots’ next top pass catchers in receiving yards.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Patriots-Dolphins injury report: 3 Patriots starters cleared for Sunday New England Patriots | Patriots coach Bill Belichick sends message to Maine residents after mass shooting New England Patriots | What’s the likelihood Patriots make a deal at next week’s NFL trade deadline? New England Patriots | Patriots rookie finds starting role after offseason shake-up New England Patriots | Patriots’ corner...

A roadside bomb kills 2 soldiers and troops kill 1 militant in northwest Pakistan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:35:47 GMT

Two Pakistani soldiers and one militant were killed in a roadside bomb explosion and in a separate shootout during an overnight military operation against militant activity in the northwest alongside the border with Afghanistan, the military said Saturday.A military statement said an intelligence-based operation was conducted in the Tirah valley of Khyber district late Friday night. One militant was killed and two others were wounded and arrested. The military said two of its soldiers were killed when a roadside bomb exploded while a security patrol was passing by in South Waziristan overnight. Security troops were conducting a search operation in the area to eliminate militants involved in the attack. Tribal districts along the border with Afghanistan have been sanctuaries for militants for decades until the military carried out a massive operation after an attack on an army-run school in Peshawar in 2014 killed more than 150 people, mostly schoolchildren. After the yearslong opera...