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Austin artist creates mini replicas of iconic local businesses

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:59:08 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Growing up in Austin, Big Top Candy Shop was a childhood staple for Kayla Kent, enraptured by the circus imagery and mountains of sweets.Now, Kent is commemorating these little slices of Austin history with "Functional Miniatures," physical replications of acclaimed local businesses. Each piece is designed to mimic the exteriors of beloved Austin institutions, with a functional element.Austin artist Kayla Kent has begun creating "functional miniatures" of iconic Austin businesses. So far, she has replicated Big Top Candy Shop, South Congress Books and Antone's Records. (Courtesy: Kayla Kent)Austin artist Kayla Kent has begun creating "functional miniatures" of iconic Austin businesses. So far, she has replicated Big Top Candy Shop, South Congress Books and Antone's Records. (Courtesy: Kayla Kent)Austin artist Kayla Kent has begun creating "functional miniatures" of iconic Austin businesses. So far, she has replicated Big Top Candy Shop, South Congress Books and Anton...

BPD: 7 dead, 10 injured when SUV strikes crowd near migrant shelter

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:59:08 GMT

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) - Brownsville police say seven people were killed Sunday morning when they were run over by a motorist outside a migrant shelter.The incident happened at 8:30 a.m. near Minnesota Road and North Bernal Road in front of the Ozanam Center, which is a shelter for migrants and homeless. One of the victims said they were sitting on the curb near a bus stop when a gray colored Range Rover slammed into the group. Luis Herrera said he and his friends were waiting to go to the airport when they were hit by the vehicle."We were going to the airport and it happened unexpectedly because a woman in a car passed by and advised us to separate and moments later the killer was coming in the car gesturing and insulting us," Herrera said.Another survivor said he had been at the Ozanam Center for three days after traveling from Venezuela. His family had bought him a plane ticket to Utah."We were waiting there and the truck sped through t...

Bats quiet as Twins drop series finale to Guardians

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:59:08 GMT

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Guardians started their day at the plate by ambushing Twins pitcher Joe Ryan, three of the first four hitters reaching base with singles.In those first at-bats, they did something that the Twins  couldn’t do all series: score a run that did not come via home run.On Sunday, the Twins didn’t even do that. Their franchise-record 18-day home-run streak came to an end in a 2-0 loss in the series finale to the Guardians at Progressive Field.The Twins did not get their first hit until the seventh inning against Cleveland starter Cal Quantrill, who had retired 16 straight batters before Alex Kirilloff sent his first hit of the season out to right field. Quantrill encountered little challenge all day against a Twins lineup that finished the series having scored just five runs.Their best opportunity against the right-hander came in the second inning when he hit Byron Buxton with a pitch to lead off the inning before walking Kirilloff and Joey Gallo. But the Twins’ wo...

150 years later, Illinois bridge tragedy among nation's worst

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:59:08 GMT

DIXON, Ill. (AP) — Gertie Wadsworth was in the arms of her grandmother that bright day when sunshine dissolved distasteful memories of a long, brutal winter. Christan Goble held the 3 1/2-year-old girl in a crowd of more than 200 on the bridge over the Rock River. After a procession down Galena Avenue from the Baptist Church on May 4, 1873, the Rev. J.H. Pratt began baptizing parishioners in the brisk, rapid current.Then, with a sharp crack and a crescendo of shrieking spectators loaded on the pedestrian walkway in front of towering trusses, the 4-year-old bridge twisted, splintered and rolled over. Forty-six people perished, many immured by the unrelenting gridiron just below the water's surface. Along with 56 injuries, the Truesdell bridge tragedy, 150 years ago Thursday, remains the worst vehicular-bridge disaster in American history.“It's not as though the bridge just collapsed and went straight down,” says Tom Wadsworth, 70, a retired magazine editor and expert on the calamity....

Lionel Richie, Katy Perry sing for royal coronation concert

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:59:08 GMT

By BRIAN MELLEY and SYLVIA HUI (Associated Press)LONDON (AP) — A day after a gilded coronation ceremony watched by millions, King Charles III and Queen Camilla had a much more relaxing time Sunday as they took in a concert featuring Katy Perry, Lionel Richie and others at Windsor Castle. Charles and Camilla appeared to enjoy the show as Richie performed “All Night Long,” at one point getting up on their feet and swaying along to the music. Other members of the royal family, including 8-year-old Princess Charlotte and Prince George, 9, waved Union flags along with a crowd of some 20,000 gathered on the castle’s east terrace. Charlotte and her mother, Kate, the Princess of Wales, sang along as Perry, dressed in a gold foil ball gown, performed “Roar.”“Top Gun” star Tom Cruise appeared in a pre-recorded video message, saying: “Pilot to pilot. Your Majesty, you can be my wingman any time.” Other stars performing at the concert ...

Brenton Doyle flashes power, speed as Rockies bludgeon Mets for sixth win in last seven games

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:59:08 GMT

These are rough times for all the sadists taking pleasure in the Colorado Rockies’ historically bad April.A team that couldn’t do anything right in the opening month of the season is now red hot, having won six of its last seven games after bludgeoning the New York Mets 13-6 at Citi Field on a sunny Sunday afternoon.Rookie center fielder Brenton Doyle showed off his power and speed in a three-hit, three-RBI, three-run day, reaching on a pair of infield singles, stealing a base and smacking his first big-league home run.Randal Grichuk and Kris Bryant mashed dingers of their own — the latter part of a seven-run fifth inning — and Colorado scored a season-high 13 runs on 14 hits to overcome an erratic start from Ryan Feltner.Colorado is now 8-4 since starting the season 6-17, with a three-game set at NL Central leader Pittsburgh starting Monday.Colorado Rockies’ Randal Grichuk hits a solo home run off New York Mets starting pitcher Joey Lucchesi in the first inn...

Italian Soccer Champions

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:59:08 GMT

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Perez homers, Royals avoid sweep in 5-1 win over A’s

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:59:08 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 on Sunday to avoid being swept in the series between teams with the worst records in the major leagues.Kansas City (9-26) lost two of three to the A’s (8-27) and dropped to 1-10 in series this season.Perez went 3 for 4 with a 462-foot home run over the left-field fountains and scored three times. Maikel Garcia scored Perez with an RBI single, giving the Royals a 2-1 lead in the fourth.Nick Pratto hit a two-run double in the eighth to highlight a three-run inning. Ryan Yarbrough (1-4) pitched 5 2/3 innings and allowed one run on three hits with two strikeouts and a hit batter. Yarbrough was removed from the game in the sixth after getting hit in the face by a liner that was 106.2 MPH off the bat of Ryan Noda. Yarbrough was able to walk off the field with the assistance of trainers.Royals relievers Carlos Hernandez, Aroldis Chapman and Scott Barlow each tossed scoreless outin...

Mueren al menos 27 personas en incendio de una mina en Perú

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:59:08 GMT

LIMA – El Gobierno de Perú confirmó este domingo que 27 personas murieron en el incendio de una mina producido este sábado en la región sureña de Arequipa y expresaron sus condolencias a las familias de las víctimas.“Expresamos nuestras condolencias a los familiares y al pueblo de Arequipa por la muerte de los 27 mineros, hecho ocurrido en el sector de Yanaquihua, provincia de Condesuyos en Arequipa”, indicó en Twitter la Presidencia.Agregó que los ministerios del Interior y Defensa “trabajan desde el inicio de esta tragedia en el rescate y traslado de los cuerpos” en la mina Yanaquihua “Esperanza I”, donde la madrugada de este sábado un cortocircuito provocó el incendio, según el propio dueño del yacimiento. Descubren una momia de más de 1,000 años en Perú El expresidente peruano Alejandro Toledo se entrega para ser extraditado por EEUU “Como Gobierno brindaremos todo el apoyo neces...

De Gea error gifts West Ham a 1-0 win over Man United in EPL

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 21:59:08 GMT

LONDON (AP) — David De Gea’s error in Manchester United’s 1-0 loss to West Ham loosened his team’s grip on the final Champions League qualification place on Sunday.The Spain goalkeeper let Said Benrahma’s hopeful shot from 20 meters slip over his glove and into the net to condemn Erik Ten Hag’s team to back-to-back defeats in the Premier League.United now lies just one point ahead of a rapidly advancing Liverpool, albeit with a game in hand, but an eighth loss on the road this season could prove as costly for the visitors as it was priceless for West Ham.The Hammers climbed seven points above the relegation zone and are surely now safe.De Gea’s match began inauspiciously when his poor clearance flew to the feet of Declan Rice, whose run into the area was only curtailed by a last-ditch tackle from Wout Weghorst.Marcus Rashford curled over for the visitors while Bruno Fernandes and Antony smashed low shots narrowly wide.Christian Eriksen’s effort also floated too high before Ras...