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Today in Sports – Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy pleads guilty to felony charges for cash payoffs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

Aug. 151948 — Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf title over Betty Hicks.1950 — Ezzard Charles knocks out Freddie Beshore in the 14th round to retain his world heavyweight title.1965 — Dave Marr edges Jack Nicklaus and Billy Casper to take the PGA Championship.1966 — Jose Torres retains his world light-heavyweight title with a unanimous decision over Eddie Cotton in Las Vegas.1993 — Greg Norman lips his putt on the PGA Championship’s second playoff hole, giving Paul Azinger the title and leaving Norman with an unprecedented career of Grand Slam playoff losses. Norman, despite winning his second British Open title a month earlier, has lost playoffs in three other majors — 1984 U.S. Open, 1987 Masters, 1989 British Open.1993 — Damon Hill, son of the late Graham Hill, becomes the first father-son Formula One winners when he takes the Hungarian Grand Prix.1995 — Monica Seles returns to the WTA Tour after a 28-month absence following her 1993 stabbing with a 6-0, 6-3 ...

Lone Tree's newest interactive mural comes to town

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If you're walking across the Tree Leaf Pedestrian Bridge in Lone Tree, check out the flowery, interactive mural that was painted on Friday.The 100-foot mural was finished in only two weeks, which is one of many murals Kelsey Montague has completed in the Denver metro. Montague has 300 murals around the world, but as a fourth-generation Coloradan, it's always an honor to paint around Denver. Leadville Trail 100 cycling record beat by 15 minutes New mural in Lone Tree (Photo credits: Courtney Montague).Artist Kelsey Montague's new mural (Photo credits: Courtney Montague).The piece stems from flowers in Colorado, including Columbines. What makes it interactive is how people can be included in the artwork. In this mural, you can act like you're sitting on a swing or pouring water into flowers. "I want people to step into the work. It's not completed until somebody is a part of it," said Montague. The corner of her piece features a hashtag, #WhatLiftsYou, which she in...

Miami couple arrested after road rage incident in Florida Keys escalates to violence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) – A road rage incident early Saturday morning has left a Miami couple facing charges, with a woman charged with attempted murder and her husband charged with battery. The incident, which could have been easily avoided, according to Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay, serves as a reminder of the importance of letting law enforcement handle disputes.“This was an unfortunate crash that should have been resolved peacefully,” Sheriff Rick Ramsay said. “Instead, we have people in jail facing serious legal charges. It’s a valuable reminder to always let law enforcement address disputes.”According to officials, the incident unfolded near Mile Marker 26 at approximately 12:25 a.m., involving a Ford pickup truck and a Chevrolet pickup truck. Both vehicles were involved in a collision, prompting them to pull over.The driver of the Ford pickup, 59-year-old Mario Barbado Pichardo, of Miami, took the situation to a dangerous level by i...

Scammers posing as BSO targeting victims in latest phone scam

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

The Broward Sheriff’s Office has issued a warning to the public about an ongoing phone scam where scammers impersonate BSO employees from the Civil Division, falsely claiming individuals have outstanding warrants. The scam aims to steal money from victims by offering to stop the supposed arrest warrants in exchange for payments through online platforms.BSO, along with other law enforcement agencies, has previously encountered this scam and recently re-emphasized its dangers. Despite slight variations in tactics, the advice for individuals remains consistent: immediately hang up and call the police.In the current wave of this scam, BSO has been made aware of four instances where unsuspecting individuals received calls from someone claiming to be a member of BSO’s Civil Division. The callers informed the victims that they had missed a court appearance and consequently faced arrest warrants. To avoid immediate arrest, the victims were coerced into sending funds through onli...

The death toll from the Maui wildfires has climbed to 96. Here’s what we know about the deadliest US fire in over a century

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

(CNN) — Crews in west Maui are continuing the heart-wrenching work of sifting through the ashes of what used to be homes and beloved landmarks as the death toll from the deadliest US wildfire in more than 100 years is still rising.Ninety-six people have been confirmed dead, officials said Sunday night, an uptick from the previous count of 93. An unknown number of people are still unaccounted for as search teams with cadaver dogs look for remains in devastated neighborhoods.Live Updates: Maui wildfires leave a trail of death and destructionAs the death toll rises, officials are facing questions about their preparation for a disaster of this scale and their response to it:• While the deadly fires spread rapidly into neighborhoods, the largest siren system in the world was silent. Emergency communications with residents were largely limited to mobile phones and broadcasters at a time when most power and cell service was already knocked ...

Many Americans wrongly believe exposure to marijuana smoke is safer than tobacco, study finds

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

(CNN) — Is inhaling marijuana smoke safer than inhaling smoke from tobacco? A majority of American adults say yes, according to a new survey, and they also believe there is less harm to adults and children from secondhand marijuana smoke than tobacco smoke.However, those beliefs are just not true, said lead study author Dr. Beth Cohen, professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and co-director of UCSF’s program in residency investigation methods and epidemiology.“When you burn something, whether it is tobacco or cannabis, it creates toxic compounds, carcinogens, and particulate matter that are harmful to health,” she said in an email. “It’s the combustion that’s the problem, so this idea that because cannabis is ‘natural’ burning and inhaling it is fine is just wrong.”While many longitudinal studies on the health impact of inhaling marijuana are still under way, there are “plenty of toxins and tar” in cannabis smoke that can hurt th...

Orioles reset: Baltimore’s schedule is finally easing up. It won’t change players’ mentality.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

If one of Brandon Hyde’s players were to ask him the difference between the major leagues’ regular season and postseason, the Orioles’ manager would point to this weekend in Seattle as a close comparison.Baltimore’s mid-August meeting with the Mariners — featuring a consistently packed stadium, ace-level pitching and games where, as Hyde put it, “every little thing matters” — evoked thoughts of October in Hyde, who frequented the playoffs while on the Chicago Cubs’ coaching staff but has yet to reach them in five years guiding the Orioles. This year’s team is well-positioned to end that drought.Despite owning baseball’s most challenging schedule thus far, the Orioles have fully established themselves as one of the sport’s best teams. Through Sunday’s series finale with Seattle, Baltimore has played 83 of its 118 games against teams with winning records, the most of any club. But over the next month, the Or...

Gallery: Maui wildfires rage on as death toll, damages continue to rise

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

The wildfires in Maui continue to wreak havoc on the Hawaiin island’s population and environment, with roughly 3% of the affected area searched as of Sunday, according to officials.A wildfire burns in Kihei, Hawaii late Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. Thousands of residents raced to escape homes on Maui as blazes swept across the island, destroying parts of a centuries-old town in one of the deadliest U.S. wildfires in recent years. (AP Photo/Ty O'Neil)Charred remains of an apartment complex in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on August 12, 2023. Hawaii's Attorney General, Anne Lopez, said August 11, she was opening a probe into the handling of devastating wildfires that killed at least 80 people in the state this week, as criticism grows of the official response. The announcement and increased death toll came as residents of Lahaina were allowed back into the town for the first time. (Photo by Yuki IWAMURA / AFP) (Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via G...

Hawaii’s governor warns that scores more people could be found dead following wildfires on Maui

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

By CLAIRE RUSH, AUDREY MCAVOY and CHRISTOPHER WEBER | Associated PressLAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii’s governor warned that scores more people could be found dead following the Maui wildfires as search crews go street by street through neighborhoods where the flames galloped as fast as a mile a minute across the landscape.The blazes that consumed most of the historic town of Lahaina, are already the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century, with a death toll of at least 96.“We are prepared for many tragic stories,” Gov. Josh Green told “CBS Mornings” in a recorded interview that was aired Monday. “They will find 10 to 20 people per day, probably, until they finish. And it’s probably going to take 10 days. It’s impossible to guess, really.”As cellphone service has slowly been restored, the number of people missing dropped to about 1,300 from over 2,000, Green said.Twenty cadaver dogs and dozens of searchers are making their way through blocks reduced to ash.“Right now,...

Six former Mississippi officers have pleaded guilty to state charges for torturing two Black men

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:32:32 GMT

BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Six white former Mississippi law officers pleaded guilty to state charges on Monday for torturing two Black men in a racist assault. All six had recently admitted their guilt in a connected federal civil rights case.Prosecutors say some of the officers nicknamed themselves the “Goon Squad” because of their willingness to use excessive force and cover it up, including the attack that ended with a deputy shooting one victim in the mouth.In January, the officers entered a house without a warrant and handcuffed and assaulted the two men with stun guns, a sex toy and other objects. The officers mocked them with racial slurs throughout a 90-minute torture session, then devised a cover-up that included planting drugs and a gun, leading to false charges that could have sent one victim to prison for years.Their conspiracy unraveled months later, after one of them told the sheriff he had lied, leading to confessions from the others. Each one agreed to sentences recommend...