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Ajax to hire coach Maurice Steijn from Sparta Rotterdam to replace John Heitinga

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:05 GMT

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Ajax is hiring “overperformer” Maurice Steijn as its new coach to replace John Heitinga, whose contract was not extended after the Amsterdam club finished a disappointing third in the Dutch Eredivisie.The club said Wednesday the 49-year-old Steijn will sign a three-year deal to join from Sparta Rotterdam, which he led to sixth place in the Eredivisie this season after rescuing it from relegation trouble a season earlier. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.In the past, Steijn has coached Dutch clubs ADO The Hague, VVV-Venlo, NAC Breda and Sparta as well as Al-Wahda in the United Arab Emirates.“At all the clubs he worked for, results exceeded expectations,” said Ajax Director of Football Sven Mislintat. “So he has shown multiple times with his teams that he is a real overperformer. He is ready for a step up, I’m sure of that.”Heitinga replaced Alfred Schreuder, who replaced Erik ten Hag but was fired in January after only half a season at the Dutch...

Shoplifters, no swiping! Fairfax Co. police tackling summer crime with new shoplifting prevention initiative

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:05 GMT

If you’re thinking of taking something you didn’t pay for from a business this summer, police in Fairfax County, Virginia, want you to think again.Fairfax County police announced Tuesday that June is “Retail Theft Month” in the department’s series of crime prevention efforts this summer.From June to August, police will feature a different crime focus each month with a three-pronged solution plan.Teams of officers from the county’s eight district stations will be increasing patrolling in areas with the most shoplifting and other retail theft cases in June. Police will also educate communities about retail theft and help businesses prevent and deter people from shoplifting.The officers will be working alongside special Fairfax County police teams such as Neighborhood Patrol Units, the Tyson Urban Team and Shopping Center Units “to help cover specific areas and increase effectiveness,” according to a news release.Source

Sancionan a aficionado de Tottenham a no ir al estadio tres años por burlarse de la tragedia de Hillsborough

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:05 GMT

(CNN Español) — La Liga Premier de Inglaterra informó este martes a través de un comunicado que emitió una sanción de tres años sin poder asistir a los estadios a un aficionado del Tottenham Hotspur por haber hecho burlas de la tragedia de Hillsborough durante un partido entre Liverpool y Tottenham en Anfield, estadio de Liverpool FC, el pasado mes de abril.La Liga Premier añadió que el aficionado de Tottenham fue identificado, arrestado y acusado de causar intencionalmente acoso, alarma o angustia, y se declaró culpable.A consecuencia de sus actos las autoridades le han prohibido la entrada a los partidos de fútbol y a las inmediaciones de los estadios durante tres años, y se le impuso una orden de hacer labores comunitarias durante 12 meses, más una sanción de compensación de 200 libras esterlinas y otras multas, añadió la Liga Premier en el comunicado.El asistente del jefe de la Policía de Merseyside, Paul White, dijo: “este tipo de comportamiento no tiene cabida en el fútb...

Denver weather: Mild with an evening storm

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:05 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Early sunshine on Wednesday will lead to afternoon clouds along the Front Range. By the evening, showers are possible in the high country and a storm may pop up in the metro in the Denver weather forecast. Weather today: Afternoon cloudsTemperatures will warm into the middle 70s Wednesday as abundant sunshine sticks around for the first half of the day. Nuggets championship parade will be Thursday: Here are all the details Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on June 14. Showers will pop up in the afternoon in the higher elevations and we could see a possible storm in the evening along the Front Range.Weather tonight: Partly cloudy and seasonalClouds that move in Wednesday afternoon will stick around Wednesday night, keeping lows mild. Lows will dip into the lower 50s with light winds.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on June 14. Looking ahead: Rain chances before the weekendClouds linger on Thursday morning with the chance for an early afternoon shower or storm in...

Supreme Court could soon rule on Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. Here’s what borrowers need to know

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:05 GMT

Washington (CNN) — Millions of borrowers may learn soon whether they could receive up to $20,000 in debt relief under President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program.The fate of the unprecedented debt cancellation program lies with the Supreme Court, which is expected to decide to either uphold or strike down the proposal in late June or early July.The student loan forgiveness program, which Biden announced last August, has been on hold due to legal challenges. No student loan debt has been canceled, despite the fact that the government approved 16 million applications eligible for relief last year.A group of Republican-led states and other conservative groups took the Biden administration to court over the program, claiming that the executive branch does not have the power to so broadly cancel student debt in the proposed manner.Critics also point out that the one-time student loan forgiveness program does nothing to address the cost of college for future students and could ...

2 KCK police officers disciplined for use of force over $5 pizza

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:05 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Kansas (KCTV) — Two Kansas City, Kansas, police officers are being disciplined for how they handled a receipt check at a Walmart near the Legends.Dayton Borisouth, 24, was held down with a knee on his neck over a receipt for a $5 frozen pizza. Borisouth said he paid for the pizza but initially wouldn’t show his receipt to the police officer because he believed he wasn’t legally required to do so.A video of the interaction went viral on TikTok.It happened on June 1 in the breezeway between the outside and inside doors. The first officer was working off-duty as security for Walmart. Two others showed up when he called for backup.His uncle, Christopher Enloe, began shooting the interaction on his phone after someone came to the parking lot to tell him what was happening.It begins with Borisouth on the ground and the officer trying to place him on his stomach.“Stop fighting it,” he said to his nephew. “Okay? Look at me.”“Here’s the f—— receipt bro,” Boriso...

Worldwide refugee numbers hit all-time high, says UN

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:05 GMT

The number of refugees worldwide reached a record high in 2022, according to the U.N.’s refugee agency. Russia’s war in Ukraine contributed to a record yearly increase of 19.1 million people fleeing from war and persecution, bringing the total figure up to 108.4 million at the end of 2022.These figures come days after EU ministers secured a hard-won deal to set common asylum rules for the bloc and speed up migrant returns outside of Europe.The UNHCR’s report published Wednesday confirmed that most refugees are hosted in developing countries which are closer to crisis areas.According to the U.N. agency, 76 percent of the world’s refugees are hosted in low- and middle-income countries, with Turkey, Iran and Colombia topping the global ranking.“Much more international support and more equitable responsibility sharing is required, especially with those countries that are hosting most of the world’s displaced,” said Filippo Grandi, the U.N.’s high commissioner for refugees.Th...

Germany accuses China of ‘aggressively’ claiming supremacy in Asia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:05 GMT

BERLIN — Germany on Wednesday blasted China for acting against Europe’s interests, “aggressively claiming regional supremacy” in Asia and putting international security at risk.The criticism, which is part of a 76-page national security strategy Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government has adopted, comes ahead of German-Chinese government consultations in Berlin next Tuesday, set to be led by Scholz and Chinese Premier Li Qiang. POLITICO reported Tuesday that the German government is keen to downsize the number of ministers participating in the summit to avoid giving allies the impression it’s too welcoming to China.While repeating the years-old EU policy of describing China as a “partner, competitor and systemic rival,” the German strategy document noted that “the elements of rivalry and competition have increased in recent years.”“China is trying in various ways to reshape the existing rules-based international order, is incre...

Key renewables vote in Council postponed over nuclear spat

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:05 GMT

The Swedish Council presidency has again delayed the formal approval of the Renewable Energy Directive (REDIII) as it tries to resolve a French-led feud among countries over the role of nuclear energy.EU ambassadors on Wednesday were due to sign off on REDIII, an integral part of the bloc’s flagship Fit for 55 climate package that aims to slash emissions by 55 percent by 2030 and ramp up the share of renewables in the EU’s energy mix to 42.5 percent.But the vote was postponed until Friday to give EU countries time to digest a last-minute proposal by the Swedish presidency circulated late Tuesday meant to placate France, according to two diplomats, who were granted anonymity to speak candidly about country dynamics.EU capitals and the Parliament reached a provisional deal on the text in March, but Paris has been pushing for a greater role for its atomic sector. Those efforts have riled nuclear-skeptic countries including Luxembourg and Germany, as well as countries previously sympath...

Google gets EU antitrust charges on ad tech business

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:05 GMT

Google may need to sell off part of its advertising business to prevent it from abusing its dominant position in the market and shutting out competitors, the European Commission said Wednesday as it sent antitrust charges to the search giant.Google “may have abused its dominant position by favoring its own ad tech business,” antitrust Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said at a press conference on Wednesday.The ad tech sector is “highly dynamic,” Vestager said, and “has changed a lot over the last 15 years.” She said Google was “pervasive” across the ad tech value chain and that offloading one part of its business could be “the only way to solve this.”“We see no alternative so far at this stage of the investigation,” she added.The Commission said in a statement of objections that Google is dominant in both ad publishing and buying and had abused its position since 2014, favoring its own online display advertising technology services at the expense of competitors. The antit...