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Iowa man wins Fourth of July Key Lime Pie Eating Championship in Florida Keys

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:06:53 GMT

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — New York had its hot dog eating contest to celebrate Independence Day. But the Florida Keys had a sweeter alternative on Tuesday.The Key Lime Pie Eating Championship in Key West, where Key lime pie originated, was won by Joshua Mogle, a 38-year-old Altoona, Iowa, tire manufacturing manager.Mogle plunged face-first into a 9-inch pie smothered with whipped cream during the challenge, whose rules forbid contestants to use their hands.The gooey competition has become a subtropical substitute to Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest.Mogle consumed the confection in three minutes and 35 seconds, besting 24 rivals in the culmination of Key West’s five-day Key Lime Festival.“Eat… eat… eat… always have pie in my mouth,” said Mogle, when asked about the strategy he employed.Experts believe Key lime pie was developed in the late 1800s in Key West. Its primary ingredients are condensed milk, egg yolks and the juice of tiny yellow Key limes, typically w...

DeSantis super PAC spokesman acknowledges campaign is ‘way behind’ Trump

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:06:53 GMT

(CNN) — A spokesman for a super PAC backing Ron DeSantis acknowledged that the Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate is “way behind” in national polling and is “fighting uphill” to defeat former President Donald Trump in the 2024 primary.“Right now, in national polling, we are way behind. I’ll be the first to admit that,” Steve Cortes, an ex-Trump adviser who is now a national spokesman for the pro-DeSantis Never Back Down super PAC, said during a Twitter Spaces event on Sunday. “I believe in being really blunt and really honest. It’s an uphill battle.”DeSantis has been trailing Trump in polling for months, but Cortes’ admission was a moment of surprising candor from a top DeSantis operative. The former Trump ally said he remained optimistic about the Florida governor’s prospects, however.“I don’t think it’s an unwinnable battle by any stretch,” Cortes said.According to the latest CNN polling, 47% of Republicans and Republican-leaning registered voters said Trump is their ...

Marlins center fielder Davis is carted off the field with an apparent knee injury

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:06:53 GMT

Marlins center fielder Jonathan Davis was carted off the field after sustaining an apparent right knee injury in Miami’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday.Davis chased and dived as he attempted to catch Tommy Edman’s deep drive to lead off the fifth inning. Davis briefly had the ball in his glove but lost possession as he rolled on the warning track and immediately started favoring his knee.The 31-year-old Davis, acquired from Detroit on May 22, figured to get extended time in center field after starter Jazz Chisholm Jr. was placed on the injured list Monday because of a left oblique strain. Davis also stepped in for Chisholm while he was sidelined with a turf toe injury last month.

State police temporarily stop entry onto the Esplanade ahead of Boston Pops Fourth of July Spectacular

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:06:53 GMT

Revelers are keeping their eyes on the sky as the city of Boston prepares to ring in the Fourth of July with its annual festivities on the Esplanade.Gates opened for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at 12 p.m. to a rush of attendees. In an update around 2:30 p.m., though, state police announced they were temporarily suspending entry onto the Esplanade due to the risk for heavy rain and potential lightning. Gates are expected to reopen around 5 p.m.https://twitter.com/MassStatePolice/status/1676300500730277891In the meantime, a state police spokesperson said visitors already on the Esplanade may voluntarily evacuate if they want to, with the option to be re-screened for re-admittance later in the day.“This is being done so that if we do have to evacuate the venue in case of lightning, fewer visitors will have to be evacuated,” state police said of the decision to temporarily suspend entry. Performers previously took the stage at the Ha...

Emergency crews respond to separate crashes involving tractor-trailers on 93 southbound in Boston

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:06:53 GMT

Emergency crews spent Tuesday morning responding to two crashes involving tractor-trailers on Route 93 in Boston that tied up traffic into the city.Video showed traffic at a standstill around 7 a.m. as crews worked to remove a tractor-trailer from the roadway near Exit 15 and the Greater Boston Food Bank.Another crash involving a jackknifed Amazon tractor-trailer was also being cleared closer to the gas tank and Savin Hill. Authorities have not said whether there were any injuries from either incidents. The cause of both crashes remain under investigation.By 10:30 a.m., MassDOT officials said the scene of the crash by Exit 15 had been cleared while lanes were still being gradually reopened at the other crash site.

Israeli troops begin leaving Jenin camp, hours after Palestinian attacker wounds 8 in Tel Aviv

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:06:53 GMT

By MAJDI MOHAMMED and IMAD ISSEID (Associated Press)JENIN, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military began withdrawing troops from a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank late Tuesday, security officials said, winding down an intense two-day operation that killed at least 12 Palestinians, confiscated hundreds of weapons and left a wide swath of damage in its wake.But heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants continued in parts of the Jenin refugee camp, delaying the planned pullout.The development came hours after a Hamas militant rammed his car into a crowded Tel Aviv bus stop and began stabbing people, wounding eight, including a pregnant woman who reportedly lost her baby. The attacker was killed by an armed bystander. Hamas said the attack was revenge for the Israeli offensive.Visiting a military post outside Jenin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated the operation, one of the most intense in the territory in nearly two decades, wa...

Red Sox Notebook: Nathan Eovaldi admits he misses Boston ahead of first start against his former team

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:06:53 GMT

The Texas Rangers’ three-game series at Fenway Park will conclude with a resounding exclamation point.Ahead of Tuesday’s series opener, Nathan Eovaldi confirmed that he’ll take the mound for the finale on Thursday.“I’m definitely excited, obviously. I had this (series) on my schedule,” the former Red Sox star told reporters on Tuesday morning. “To be able to start this one, I mean, I was super excited.“I was excited just to be able to come back here alone, but to be able to pitch in front of the fans again, it’ll be awesome.”The last time Eovaldi pitched against the Red Sox, he was a New York Yankee. That was back on August 10, 2016, his last game of the season before needing Tommy John surgery for the second time.While his arm recovered, he signed with the Tampa Bay Rays in February ’17. At the following summer’s trade deadline, they dealt him to Boston, and he immediately cemented himself as a crucial member o...

Alleged wrong-way reckless Massachusetts driver with a knife charged with OUI drugs, identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:06:53 GMT

The alleged wrong-way reckless driver on Route 3 in Weymouth who hit several vehicles and then carried a knife down the highway before getting arrested has been charged with OUI drugs and numerous other offenses, according to police.Michael Silvia, 43, of Plymouth, has been identified as the suspect who’s accused of the chaotic wrong-way incident Saturday evening south of Boston.Silvia allegedly struck several vehicles before crashing into a guardrail, then apparently got out of his vehicle while carrying a knife, according to Massachusetts State Police who tried to tase him.After troopers were unable to tase Silvia, he allegedly threw the knife toward the woods and was arrested. He was transported to South Shore Hospital in Weymouth for a psychiatric evaluation.The Plymouth man is now facing a litany of offenses, including assault with a dangerous weapon (knife), OUI drugs, and possession of a Class B drug (cocaine).The other charges are: reckless operation of a motor vehicle...

Bruins’ prospect Fabian Lysell learns tough lessons in first pro season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:06:53 GMT

Like most players who enter pro hockey as teenagers, Fabian Lysell encountered his share of challenges in his first year with the Providence Bruins.The B’s first round pick in 2021 (21st overall) traversed hills and valleys throughout his season before it came to a dead end stop when he was the recipient of a late, high hit from Hartford’s veteran forward Adam Clendening in the Calder Cup playoffs after Lysell had delivered a pass and cut into the middle of the ice, concussing one of the B’s brightest prospects and ending his first pro year.Lysell started fast, had a tough World Junior Championships for Sweden and then see-sawed the rest of the season. The skilled right wing wound up with 14-23-37 totals in 54 games, a decent output for a player his age, though not quite the totals that would label him a can’t-miss-kid.“It’s a lot of new things, a lot of new things to take in,” said Lysell on Tuesday. “I feel like the start of the year was really good, ...

Ticker: China throttles high tech metal exports; Nokia renews patent lease with Apple

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:06:53 GMT

China has imposed export curbs on two metals used in computer chips and solar cells, expanding a squabble with Washington over high-tech trade ahead of Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s visit to Beijing this week.The controls on gallium and germanium are intended to “safeguard national security,” the Commerce Ministry said late Monday. It said exports will require official permission once the rules take effect Aug. 1 but did not say what restrictions might be applied.China is the biggest global source of gallium and germanium, which are produced in small amounts but are needed to make computer chips for mobile phones, cars and other products, as well as solar panels and military technology.Yellen is due to arrive Thursday as part of efforts by the Biden administration to revive relations that have plunged to their lowest level in decades due to disputes about technology, China’s military buildup, human rights and other irritants.Nokia renews patent lease with...