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Literary pick for week of Sept. 10

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:39:56 GMT

Rain Taxi Review begins the countdown to the Oct. 14 Twin Cities Book Festival and launches its Fall Reading Series by hosting the virtual U.S. launch of Booker Award-winning Irish writer Anne Enright’s new novel “The Wren, The Wren,” in conversation with American author Francine Prose. The free event will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13.“The Wren, The Wren” is about a woman who never knew her grandfather, a famed Irish poet, but his love poems seem to speak directly to her. She leaves her mother’s home to find her voice as a writer. Her mother, too, knows the magic of her Daddo’s poetry — and the broken promises within its verses. When the poet abandons his family, his daughter struggles to reconcile “the poet” with the man whose desertion scars his granddaughter. The story brings together three generations of women who contend with inheritances of abandonment and a sustaining love.Enright is the author of seven previous ...

Tri My Best adaptive triathlon: empowering kids and raising funds for a cause

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:39:56 GMT

St. Louis, MO – On Sunday, September 10, 2023, the excitement begins at 8:30 a.m. St. Louis Children's Hospital will host its much-anticipated Tri My Best Adaptive Triathlon, a unique event that empowers young athletes while also contributing to a noble cause.  This annual event, held at Washington University, is one of the only adaptive triathlons for children in the United States and has become a cherished tradition since its inception in 2015. This year, 49 remarkable young athletes are expected to complete the challenging triathlon, showcasing their determination, strength, and spirit.  Manchester sergeant battling cancer ‘blown away’ by support from Gary Sinise Foundation The Tri My Best Triathlon also serves as a fundraiser, with participants having the option to create fundraising pages to support cerebral palsy programming at St. Louis Children's Hospital. In 2023, these young athletes will have shattered previous records by raising an astounding $52,825, marking the ...

Cold front and showers in the forecast, possible rain chances tomorrow

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:39:56 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- Expect another quiet day with highs in the lower 80s. An approaching cold front will bring increasing high clouds later today, moving from the northwest to the southeast. Overnight lows will drop into the 60s.On Monday, the cold front will reach our northern counties in the morning, then slowly move southeast throughout the day. This front will bring increased cloud cover and a few showers. Showers will impact our western and northwestern counties earlier in the day, gradually moving east and southeast. Although rainfall totals are not expected to be significant, it's advisable to be prepared. Fans disappointed as Guns N’ Roses abruptly postpones St. Louis show High temperatures on Monday will hover around 80 degrees for the metro area but are unlikely to exceed the 70s to the northwest. Spotty showers will persist Monday night into Tuesday morning.As we move into Tuesday, high temperatures behind this front will remain in the 70s, and this trend is expected to contin...

Nuggets Journal: New Grand Rapids Gold general manager Ben Tenzer on G League passion, Peyton Watson and more

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:39:56 GMT

Direct flights are available between Denver and Grand Rapids, Michigan, on a daily basis. It’s one of the reasons Ben Tenzer and the Nuggets were attracted two years ago to the minor league basketball team that calls Grand Rapids home.Tenzer, who has spent 14 years with the Nuggets dating back to his days as an intern, had been trying to “build bridges” for some time between Colorado’s NBA team and a G League franchise. So when the Detroit Pistons dropped the Grand Rapids Drive for a new affiliate in 2020, the Nuggets saw an opening. Soon Grand Rapids had a new NBA partner. The team was renamed the Gold. Those convenient flights were a cross-country bridge.Tenzer is the Gold’s new general manager entering the 2023-24 season after having established himself as a key member of the front office that helped guide the Nuggets to their first NBA title. He spoke with The Post about his background with Denver, his passion for the G League and his thoughts on th...

Walters: Shipping needs are at odds with California’s climate goals

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:39:56 GMT

In retrospect, Southern California’s political and civic leaders may have erred a half-century ago in deciding that the region’s economic future would depend on developing a massive logistics industry centered on the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.Countless billions of public and private dollars were committed to upgrading the ports to handle ever-larger container ships, erecting dozens of warehouses and other facilities in San Bernardino and Riverside counties, and improving rail and highway corridors linking them to the ports.In macro terms, it paid off.As shipment of goods from Asia — particularly China — blossomed, the twin ports eventually claimed as much as 40% of the nation’s import traffic and logistics became, by some measures, Southern California’s largest single generator of employment. It propped up the region’s economy when another mainstay, aerospace, plummeted three decades ago after the Cold War ended.That said, the industry may have peaked. Factors such as...

Brock Purdy timeline: Step-by-step view of 49ers quarterback’s comeback

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:39:56 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Brock Purdy is having a whirlwind year, to say nothing of his 2022, when he went from the NFL Draft’s last pick to the 49ers’ unbeaten (and No. 3) quarterback.What happened next? Here are the mile markers of Purdy’s comeback bid entering Sunday’s regular-season opener at Pittsburgh:Jan. 29: The ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow is torn when struck by Philadelphia Eagles pass rusher Hasson Reddick, six plays into the 49ers’ opening possession (second-and-6 from the 50-year line) of their ensuing 31-7 loss in the NFC Championship Game at hostile Lincoln Financial Field. That ended the 49ers’ 12-game win streak, the final eight of which were led by Purdy, including playoff wins at home over Seattle and Dallas.Feb. 22: Purdy’s initial date for surgery is postponed after Dr. Keith Meister’s examination reveals that Purdy’s elbow remains swollen. Over a week later, a follow-up exam takes place in Purdy’s home state of Arizona, where Dr. Meister doubles...

College Football Corner: Late night for Maryland, long day for Virginia Tech

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:39:56 GMT

Maryland Terrapins running back Roman Hemby (24) celebrates during an NCAA football game against the Charlotte 49ers on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in College Park, Md. (AP/Daniel Kucin Jr.) Maryland Terrapins running back Roman Hemby (24) celebrates during an NCAA football game against the Charlotte 49ers on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in College Park, Md. (AP/Daniel Kucin Jr.) Dave Preston is an AP Top 25 voter. See his latest rankings online here.The best college football broadcasters always over prepare with the knowledge that they won’t use all of their material but enter the booth with the comfort knowing they can fill during the latter stages of a blowout, or if there’s a delay due to injury on the fi...

Southern Swiss region rejects a plan to fast-track big solar parks on Alpine mountainsides

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:39:56 GMT

GENEVA (AP) — Voters in a southern Swiss region on Sunday rejected a plan to allow large solar parks on their sun-baked Alpine mountainsides as part of the federal government’s push to develop renewable energy sources.The referendum in the Valais canton centered on economic and environmental interests at a time of high and rising concerns about climate change. Swiss public broadcaster SRF reported that 53.94% voted against the proposal. Turnout was 35.72%.The vote was a noteworthy test of public opinion. “Not-in-my-backyard”-style opposition to the plan over a presumed blight on bucolic Swiss mountain vistas had made for some unusual political allies in the Alpine country.The rejection does not torpedo solar parks entirely if the private sector wants to develop them. But the “no” did set back the region, seen as one of the sunniest and most apt for solar parks in Switzerland, against others like central Bern Oberland or eastern Graubünden vying for generous federal funding for such ...

Canada holds off US to win bronze at Basketball World Cup in OT, 127-118

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:39:56 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The U.S. played the bronze-medal game short-handed, and Canada sent the Americans home from the World Cup empty-handed.Dillon Brooks scored 39 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander added 31 points and 12 assists and Canada — after surviving a miracle from Mikal Bridges that forced overtime — medaled at a global men’s basketball tournament for the first time in 87 years by topping the U.S. 127-118 in the third-place game at the World Cup on Sunday.RJ Barrett scored 23 for Canada (6-2), which improved to 2-21 all-time against the U.S. in FIBA senior men’s competitions. The lone previous win came at a FIBA Americas event in 2005, a game that wasn’t loaded with big-name NBA players. This one was, Canada having seven on its roster and the U.S. having all 12 of its players hail from the league.But three of those U.S. players — Brandon Ingram, Paolo Banchero and Jaren Jackson Jr. — missed the game with illness. Anthony Edwards led the Americans (5-3) with 24 points, Au...

La Policía de Pensilvania dice que Danelo Cavalcante sigue en el área y cambió su aspecto

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:39:56 GMT

(CNN) — El recluso fugitivo Danelo Cavalcante fue visto durante la noche de este sábado en “el área norte del condado de Chester, cerca de Phoenixville”, Pensilvania, y cambió su apariencia, según un comunicado de la Policía estatal.“El 9 de septiembre de 2023, durante las últimas horas de la tarde o durante la noche, se informó que Danelo Cavalcante fue visto en el área norte del condado de Chester, cerca de Phoenixville”, decía el comunicado difundido este domingo. “Cambió su apariencia. Está bien afeitado y fue visto por última vez con una sudadera con capucha amarilla o verde, una gorra negra estilo béisbol, pantalones verdes de prisión y zapatos blancos. Está operando un vehículo desconocido posiblemente de color blanco”.En una llamada telefónica con CNN, el agente Michael J. Carter Jr. dijo que está prevista una conferencia de prensa para este domingo más tarde, pero no está seguro de a qué hora.Según reportes previos, el asesino convicto fue visto dos veces el viernes d...