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The 2023 Kia Sportage PHEV X-Line Prestige AWD SUV

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:43:55 GMT

The Bottom Line: What is a Sportage? A Sportage is a compact crossover SUV built in the Gwangju assembly plant in Korea, and sold worldwide by Kia. The performance, power and reliability of the 2023 Kia Sportage is on par with similar SUV’s like the Honda CR-V, Nissan Rogue and the Toyota RAV4.The compact crossover class has 17 SUV’s for sale with names that we all know, and they are: the Mazda CX-5, Subaru Forester, Jeep Wrangler, Toyota RAV-4, Ford Escape, Hyundai Tucson, Nissan Rogue, Chevy Equinox, GMC Terrain, Volkswagen Tiguan, Honda CR-V, Jeep Cherokee, Ford Bronco, Ford Bronco Sport, Mitsubishi Eclipse, Buick Encore, and the Kia Sportage. That’s a lot models to sort thru when you want to buy a new compact sized SUV, so let’s try to narrow the list down a bit.To start with, the redesigned 2023 Sportage is one of the roomiest compact SUV’s in this class. The base engine, a 4 cylinder mated to an 8 speed automatic, returns 25 mpg. The hybrid version is t...

Man stabbed to death on residential street in South San Jose

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:43:55 GMT

A man was stabbed to death in South San Jose early Sunday morning, according to the San Jose Police Department.Officials say the stabbing occurred sometime before 6:41 a.m. on Shawn Drive, a residential street. Police have arrested one suspect, an adult woman, in connection with the crime.The man was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening illnesses, and died within a few hours. Pending an investigation, this killing marks the 15th homicide of 2023 in San Jose.The San Jose Police department said that they have closed streets around Shawn Drive as they investigate the incident. The name of the victim has not yet been released, pending notification of his family.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | One killed, one wounded in Oakland gas station shooting Crime and Public Safety | Key suspect in Natalee Holloway’s case moved to new prison ahead of extradition to US Crime and Public Safety | Haitian-Chilean citizen sentenced to life...

Redfield, Wishkoski blast home runs, Sam Houston finishes off Tulane in Baton Rouge Regional

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:43:55 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Joe Redfield and Justin Wishkoski hit three-run home runs and Sam Houston defeated Tulane 10-2 on Sunday in the completion of a suspended game at the Baton Rouge Regional.The game was completed Sunday after a long lightning delay on Saturday led to its suspension.Redfield’s three-run home run in the third inning on Saturday capped a four-run outburst that gave the Bearkats a 5-1 lead. Trailing 7-1 heading to the seventh, Tulane got one run back when Brennan Lambert was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. The play was the last before a lightning delay of several hours, which led to the game being suspended. Play resumed on Sunday with the bases still loaded and two out in Tulane’s half of the seventh inning. Tulane did not score again on Sunday.Wishkoski hit his home run in the eighth inning on Sunday as the Bearkats put the game away.Sam Houston (39-24) advanced to a game later Sunday against the winner of the winner’s bracket game between LSU a...

Paul Maurice and Bruce Cassidy coaching in Stanley Cup Final shows value of experience

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:43:55 GMT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The joy Paul Maurice felt on the morning of the start of the Stanley Cup Final was also tinged with sadness. The veteran coach knew there were only at most seven more games left to play.He had developed a greater appreciation for this moment with the Florida Panthers, 21 removed from his first trip to the final. Bruce Cassidy felt the same way being back as coach of the Vegas Golden Knights three years after falling one win short with Boston.One of them will hoist the Cup for the first time, and their presence in the final is evidence of why NHL teams looking to win put a priority on experienced coaches. Often derided as “recycled” or “retreads,” coaches like Maurice and Cassidy provide tangible value navigating crucial situations.“Depending on where your team’s at likely dictates to some extent the decisions that you’re going to make with respect to that position,” said Vegas general manager Kelly McCrimmon, who fired Peter DeBoer after his team missed the playoffs...

India: error de señalización sería la causa del descarrilamiento de trenes que dejó cientos de muertos

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:43:55 GMT

BALASORE, India — El descarrilamiento en el este de India en el que murieron al menos 275 personas y cientos más resultaron heridas fue provocado por un error en el sistema de señalización electrónica, que hizo que un tren cambiara de vía de forma errónea y chocara con un tren de mercancías, según indicaron las autoridades el domingo.Las autoridades trabajaban para despejar los restos retorcidos de los dos trenes de pasajeros que descarrilaron el viernes por la noche en el distrito de Balasore, en el estado oriental de Odisha. Fue uno de los accidentes ferroviarios con más muertos que registraba el país en décadas.El gobierno de Odisha dio una cifra revisada de 275 muertos en un comunicado, después de que un funcionario estatal de alto nivel dijera que había más de 300 fallecidos el domingo por la mañana. El funcionario habló bajo condición de anonimato porque no estaba autorizado a informar a la prensa. En video: terrorífico descarrilamiento de trenes deja cerca de 30...

Djokovic breaks tie with Nadal by reaching French Open quarterfinals for 17th time; Alcaraz wins

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:43:55 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic broke a tie with rival Rafael Nadal by reaching the French Open quarterfinals for the record 17th time, never truly in trouble during a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Juan Pablo Varillas on Sunday.“Well, I’m proud of it, but my attention is already on the next match,” said Djokovic, who will play No. 11 Karen Khachanov for a semifinal berth that could come against No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz. “I know what my goal is here. I’m trying to stay, mentally, the course and of course not look too far.”That’s because Djokovic is closing on bettering Nadal in a more prestigious category: Grand Slam singles championships. Both currently sit at 22. For Djokovic, that total includes two at Roland Garros, in 2016 and 2021, and he can become the first man to own at least three trophies from each major tournament.Nadal is a 14-time champion in Paris but is missing this time because of a hip injury; he had arthroscopic surgery Friday night that is expected to sideline him for ...

Cómo pagar tus préstamos estudiantiles cuando finalice la pausa por la pandemia este verano

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:43:55 GMT

NUEVA YORK — Una pausa de tres años en los pagos de préstamos estudiantiles terminará este verano independientemente de cómo la Corte Suprema dictamine sobre el plan de la Casa Blanca de perdonar miles de millones de dólares en deudas de préstamos estudiantiles.Si el Congreso aprueba un acuerdo de techo de deuda negociado por el presidente de la Cámara Kevin McCarthy y el presidente Joe Biden, los pagos se reanudarán a fines de agosto, lo que pondrá fin a cualquier esperanza persistente de una mayor extensión de la pausa que comenzó durante la pandemia del COVID-19. Incluso si el trato fracasa, los pagos se reanudarán 60 días después de la decisión de la Corte Suprema.Ese fallo se espera en algún momento antes de finales de junio. Independientemente de lo que decidan los jueces, más de 40 millones de prestatarios deberán comenzar a pagar sus préstamos a fines del verano a más tardar.Esto es lo que debe saber para prepararse para comenzar a pagar los préstamos:¿CÓMO DEBO PREPARARME P...

Estaba a días de ser juzgado por asesinato de niña de 9 años en Texas; ahora está desaparecido

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:43:55 GMT

Un hombre a pocos días de ser juzgado por el asesinato de una niña de 9 años en el condado Dallas se encuentra desaparecido después de que la oficina del Fiscal de Distrito dijo que Tyrese Simmons, de 23 años de edad, se quitó su monitor de tobillo.En solo tres días, un jurado del condado Dallas estaba programado para escuchar el caso contra Simmons.El joven de 23 años está acusado del asesinato en 2019 de Brandoniya Bennett, de 9 años.La Policía de Dallas dijo que la pequeña fue asesinada cuando Simmons, que estaba peleado con un compañero rapero, disparó en su apartamento de Old East Dallas por error.Un segundo hombre acusado del asesinato de Bennett, Davonte Benton, fue declarado culpable el año pasado y condenado a 45 años de prisión.Pero una semana antes del juicio de Simmons, los servicios previos al juicio del condado Dallas dijeron que recibieron una alerta de manipulación del monitor de tobillo que Simmons ha usado desde que fue liberado bajo fianza en diciembre de 2019. ...

Anti-war Russians face dilemma with Sunday’s mass Navalny protests

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:43:55 GMT

What to gift the man who is barred from receiving anything, and also is Vladimir Putin’s biggest political foe?How about a mass demonstration?That’s what supporters of Alexei Navalny are ginning up for the jailed Russian opposition leader’s 47th birthday on Sunday.From exile, they are calling Russians to action, both inside and outside the country.“Let’s show him on his birthday that he has not been forgotten,” Georgy Alburov, who works for Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), said in a YouTube video posted in mid-May. “Wherever you are, whichever country, go out to support Navalny.”Sunday marks the third birthday that Navalny will spend in prison since he was arrested after recovering from a poison attack, which his team says was carried out on Russian President Putin’s direct orders.“Putin wants Navalny to feel alone. Moreover, he wants every single one of us to feel that way,” Lyubov Sobol, another Navalny associate, said in the video calling for protests. The Navalny...

Ticker: Southwest reaches deal with flight attendants; Ford warns of fire risk in some Lincoln SUVs 

Published Thu, 13 Feb 2025 11:43:55 GMT

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has reached an agreement in principle with its flight attendants union after almost a year in mediation.Transport Workers Union Local 556, the union representing Southwest’s nearly 19,000 flight attendants, filed for federal mediation in July 2022 to help with over three years of a stalled contract. The union’s previous contract was effective until October 2018, but COVID-19 also put a pause on negotiations in 2020.It’s a key deal as the company looks to quell labor unrest heading into the holiday season. The company is still negotiating with the union for pilots and ground workers.No further details of the tentative flight attendant contract were available at this time, although workers were looking for major raises as part of the deal.“We are pleased that we have reached an agreement in principle with TWU Local 556 regarding a new contract for our Flight Attendants,” said Adam Carlisle, vice president of labor relations at Southwest Airlines in a st...