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Liverpool continuously beating the odds: a triumph of perseverance and sporting excellence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:12 GMT

One of the crowning moments in the rich history of Liverpool FC was their 2020 Premier League title. This was a momentous breakthrough for the club. It broke a run of three decades since the club had last been crowned champions, way back in the old English First Division.Bringing the Premier League title to Merseyside for the first time in the new era of the English top flight was the culmination of the Reds overcoming some major challenges. They had to go a long way to climb to the summit and had to defy some big odds along the way.The road to the top is rarely a smooth one. Liverpool faced struggles both on and off the pitch in between their domestic league titles, and very nearly didn’t survive at all.Identity fadesLiverpool were arguably the crowning jewel of English football before the 1990s. Through the 1970s and 1980s, they were a juggernaut. From 1980 to 1990, Liverpool won the First Division title seven times, such was their dominance.On the continent, they also brought hom...

Sale closed in Los Gatos: $2.9 million for a three-bedroom home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:12 GMT

188 Westhill Drive – Google Street ViewA 2,416-square-foot house built in 1970 has changed hands. The spacious property located in the 100 block of Westhill Drive in Los Gatos was sold on Nov. 20, 2023. The $2,880,000 purchase price works out to $1,192 per square foot. This single-story house has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. Additionally, the house includes a two-car garage, ensuring ample room for parking and storage.These nearby houses have also recently changed hands:In May 2023, a 2,151-square-foot home on Belblossom Way in Los Gatos sold for $2,250,000, a price per square foot of $1,046. The home has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.On Belblossom Way, Los Gatos, in June 2023, a 2,094-square-foot home was sold for $2,720,000, a price per square foot of $1,299. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.A 2,756-square-foot home on the 300 block of Belblossom Way in Los Gatos sold in October 2022, for $2,696,500, a price per square foot of $978. The home has 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms...

Tips and tricks for finding birds you’ve never seen before

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:12 GMT

I often talk about the most common birds that anyone can see around the neighborhood on any day of the week. Many serious birders, in contrast, live for the rarities, the uncommon and exciting. But there is also an intermediate category of birds that is easily overlooked: the birds that are not “everyday” birds, but that are easy enough to find with just a little focused looking. There are many such birds that are attention-grabbing and that you’ve probably never seen, but that you can decide to see right here in Marin this week.Related ArticlesLifestyle | Restoring San Francisco Bay wetlands, one industrial salt pond at a time Lifestyle | Big Basin: Redwood trees’ recovery is ‘remarkable’ three years after huge fire, while some species are still struggling Take the raptors, for instance, a group that often sparks excitement from even the most casually bird-interested people. When was the last time you saw a bald eagle? This national...

California sober living homes were ‘little more than drug dens,’ lawsuit says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:12 GMT

Dear Gov. Newsom: Thanks for the new laws. Thanks for the new inspectors. Thanks, I guess, for trying, even a little.But — and isn’t there always a but? — it’s not working. And it’s maddening that the fraud and abuse still plaguing California’s addiction treatment industry aren’t being exposed by California’s regulators, or California’s attorney general, or its district attorneys or insurance commissioner, but by the federal Department of Justice and the insurance companies footing the bills. To wit:Last month, Aetna filed a lawsuit against a slew of rehabs and their operators in Orange, Los Angeles and Riverside counties, claiming fraud, negligent misrepresentation, economic interference, conspiracy under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act and unjust enrichment.Aetna headquarters in Hartford,  CT (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File) “The various schemes perpetrated by Defendants here are particularly disturbing,” the Aetna suit says. “Since at least 2021, Defendan...

‘A losing hand:’ Legal experts examine USC’s push against players being classified as employees

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:12 GMT

LOS ANGELES – The future of collegiate athletics, for all anyone knows, was sealed a decade ago in a slew of union ballots that has never seen the light of day.Let’s travel back here for a moment to 2015, when a long-suffering labor movement by Northwestern athletes chasing employee status – led by quarterback Kain Colter – steamrolled all the way to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). According to a Sports Illustrated story a few years ago, players had assembled in 2014 at a hotel to cast votes in favor of unionizing. But in August a summer later, the NLRB unanimously declined to assert jurisdiction – anticlimactically ending a landscape-changing movement.Eight years later, Jodi Balsam, a professor of clinical law at Brooklyn Law School and an expert on sports law, speaks of that union vote as if she’s Indiana Jones discussing a mystical artifact.“When they vacated the decision, we never found out what happened in that ballot,” Balsam told the Southern California News Group....

El Nino is not on our side for a white Christmas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:12 GMT

While visions of sugarplums dance in our heads and we dream of waking up to a fresh snow-packed Christmas morning in the D.C. area, Mother Nature’s scorecard is not in our favor.Weather records dating back to the 1960s show Washington has a statistically more significant chance at a White Christmas when we are not in either a La Nina or El Nino pattern.Three winters were considered “neutral,” which means not El Nino or La Nina, and brought the D.C. region a White Christmas. They include Dec. 25 of 1960, 1962 and 1963.We did win the lottery with two El Nino winters (highlighted in the table below) that produced a White Christmas: 1966 and 2009. One rare La Nina winter brought a White Christmas to Washington on Dec. 25, 1989.Weather records dating back to the 1960s show the District is more likely to see snow on Christmas when we are NOT in either a La Nina or El Nino pattern. (WTOP/Chad Merrill)What about this year?We’re getting into a chilly pattern early thi...

Draw list for the Europa League’s knockout round playoffs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:12 GMT

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Draw made Monday for the Europa League’s knockout round playoffs (matches to be played from Feb. 15):Feyenoord (Netherlands) vs. Roma (Italy)AC Milan (Italy) vs. Rennes (France)Lens (France) vs. Freiburg (Germany)Young Boys (Switzerland) vs. Sporting (Portugal)Benfica (Portugal) vs. Toulouse (France)Braga (Portugal) vs. Qarabag (Azerbaijan)Galatasaray (Turkey) vs. Sparta Prague (Czech Republic)Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) vs. Marseille (France)___AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerSource

DC region deals with windy conditions, road closures after overnight showers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:12 GMT

Listen to WTOP for weather updates on the 8s.Heavy rains roared into the D.C. region Sunday night and continued into Monday morning, leaving behind slippery roads and flooding concerns as commuters hit the roads to start their work week. Here’s what you need to know, according to the National Weather Service:A wind advisory has been issued from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and includes the entirety of the District, Maryland, and northern Virginia. A flood warning for large portions of the D.C. region expired at 7 a.m.Rain pushing along the East Coast is expected to continue impacting the D.C. metro area throughout the early Monday morning hours, with an inch to 1.5 inches of rain already on the ground, according to WTOP meteorologist Chad Merrill. 11:19 PM Radar Update: A band of moderate rainfall will continue to move northward across the area. This is all in response to a potent coastal low near eastern NC. 3-hour rainfall totals have been around 0.50-1.25″. A Flood Watch continue...

Real Madrid has a depleted defense after Alaba becomes 3rd player with serious knee ligament injury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:12 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has some tinkering to do with his defense after yet another serious injury blow.Central defender David Alaba became the third Madrid player to sustain an anterior cruciate ligament injury on Sunday, having to be substituted before halftime in the team’s 4-1 win against Villarreal in the Spanish league.The Austria international is expected to undergo surgery on his left knee in the coming days and is not likely to play again this season.“We are really sad about it because he is another player that we will lose,” Ancelotti said. “I’ve never had three of my players get cruciate injuries in four months, it’s incredible.”Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and defender Éder Militão also underwent surgeries to repair their knee ligaments this year, while midfielder Eduardo Camavinga and forward Arda Güler sustained other knee problems that sidelined them for significant periods. Also out for Madrid are forward Vinícius Júnior and right back Da...

EEUU multa a Southwest con $140 millones por interrupciones de vuelos durante la Navidad del 2022

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:07:12 GMT

El Departamento de Transporte multó a Southwest Airlines con 140 millones de dólares por interrupciones importantes de vuelos durante la temporada navideña de 2022 y provocó casi 17,000 vuelos cancelados o retrasados significativamente, anunció el DOT este lunes.La sanción civil, que según el DOT es 30 veces mayor que cualquier sanción anterior del departamento por violaciones de protección al consumidor, se destinará principalmente a pagar a los futuros pasajeros de Southwest afectados por retrasos o cancelaciones importantes causados por la aerolínea, dijo el Departamento de Transporte en un comunicado. Se suma a los 600 millones de dólares en reembolsos y reembolsos que Southwest ya entregó a los pasajeros.En su investigación de casi un año, el DOT encontró que Southwest violó una serie de leyes de protección al consumidor al no brindar un servicio al cliente adecuado (es decir, a través del centro de llamadas), notificaciones rápidas sobre el estado de los vuelos y reembolsos de...