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Pinckney HR, 3 RBIs, Furtado’s 5 scoreless innings help Alabama eliminate Kentucky at SEC Tournament

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:07 GMT

HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Hunter Furtado made his second career start and threw five scoreless innings, Andrew Pinckney hit a two-run home run and No. 9 seed Alabama beat Kentucky 4-0 Tuesday night at the SEC Tournament to end the Wildcats’ season. Alabama (39-17) plays top-seeded Florida in a double-elimination game Wednesday. Tommy Seidl was hit by a pitch to lead off the fourth inning and, after Drew Williamson struck out, Pinckney hit the first pitch he saw over the wall in right field to give Alabama a 2-0 lead. Pinckney reached on a throwing error while driving home Seidl in the sixth and doubled then scored on a single by Ed Johnson in the eighth to make it 4-0. Furtado (1-1) allowed just two hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Kade Woods and Alton Davis II each threw two scoreless innings of relief, allowing two hits apiece. Ryan Waldschmidt went 2 for 2 with a walk, a hit by pitch and two steals for No. 8 seed Kentucky (36-18). ___ More AP college sports: https://apnews...

Stars lose captain, pull Oettinger early in Game 3 of West final

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:07 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Dallas Stars goalie Jake Oettinger was pulled after giving up three goals on five shots less than 7 1/2 minutes into Game 3 of the Western Conference Final, after their captain had already gotten a game misconduct.Jamie Benn got a five-minute major for a cross-check on Vegas captain Mark Stone less than two minutes into the game, with the Stars already down 1-0. After the two collided and Stone fell to the ice, Benn lunged forward with both hands on his stick and made contact near Stone’s neck. During the ensuing power play, Ivan Barbashev got his first goal in eight games for the Golden Knights to put them up 2-0. Vegas’ first goal came only 71 seconds into the game when Jonathan Marchessault scored on a wrister from the circle to Oettinger’s right. Oettinger was pulled and replaced by Scott Wedgewood after William Carrier’s backhander that made it 3-0 with 12:50 left in the first period.With the Stars already trailing 2-0 in the best-of-seven series...

Lupita Nyong’o responde a las especulaciones sobre supuesto amorío con Janelle Monáe

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:07 GMT

(CNN) — Lupita Nyong’o entiende por qué la gente puede creer que ella y Janelle Monáe tuvieron una relación romántica.Ambas son amigas desde que se conocieron en la Gala del Met en 2014, cuando Nyong’o era relativamente nueva en el mundo del espectáculo y acababa de ganar un Oscar por su interpretación en “12 Years a Slave”.“Este mundo es todavía extremadamente nuevo para mí e increíble”, recordó Nyong’o en una entrevista con la revista Rolling Stone.“[Janelle] se me acercó y me dio el abrazo más auténtico”, afirmó Nyong’o. “Creo que nos balanceamos al ritmo de la música. Ella solo estaba como, ‘Estoy tan orgullosa de ti, y agradezco que seas como eres'”.En 2018, Monáe habló sobre identificarse como pansexual y más tarde reveló que es no binaria.“Ella tiene un magnetismo que obviamente captaron”, dijo Nyong’o a Rolling Stone sobre las especulaciones de que ambas tuvieron un romance en el ...

Thomas’ double-double leads Sun past Mystics 88-81

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:07 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Alyssa Thomas had 22 points and 10 rebounds while DeWanna Bonner added 15 points to help the Connecticut Sun beat the Washington Mystics 88-81 on Tuesday night.Connecticut created some separation midway through the fourth quarter by going on a 10-2 run, capped by a three-point play by Brionna Jones for a 75-67 lead. Tiffany Hayes started the run by making a 3-pointer with the shot clock winding down and a transition take foul led to a four-point possession after Bonner’s free throw and Jones’ 3-pointer.Elena Delle Donne made a putback to get Washington within 81-79 but Bonner answered at the other end with a layup in traffic for a four-point lead with 52 seconds left. The Mystics turned it over on their next possession and Hayes made one of two free throws.All five starters for Connecticut (3-0) scored in double figures. Hayes and Natisha Hiedeman each scored 13 points and Jones finished with 12.Thomas made all four of her field goals in the first half and 6 of 8 f...

DC woman ordered held behind bars for deadly Rock Creek Parkway crash

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:07 GMT

A D.C. woman accused of driving drunk and causing a deadly crash on Rock Creek Parkway in March will remain in jail for now.This comes after an arraignment hearing Monday at D.C. Superior Court for Nakita Marie Walker, 43, on charges of three counts of second-degree murder for the March 15 crash.Walker is first accused of fleeing U.S. Park Police after a traffic stop; but according to court documents, police did not pursue the Lexus SUV that Walker was driving.Investigators said that Walker reached speeds as high as 100 mph, according to vehicle data, before crossing double lines and crashing into a Honda Accord.Mohamed Kamara, 42, of Burtonsville, Maryland, was driving the Honda for Lyft at the time, with passengers Jonathan Cabrera Mendez, 23, and Olvin Torres Velasquez, 22, both of Arlington, Virginia. All three died during the crash.In court on Tuesday, Walker’s attorney claimed a man in the car, with whom Walker had gone to the movies, had two guns in his possession and that sh...

El tumor de Jeff Bridges se ha reducido “al tamaño de una canica”

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:07 GMT

(CNN) — Jeff Bridges es un superviviente.Hasta ahora, el actor ha vencido un cáncer avanzado y un caso grave de covid-19.En un nuevo reportaje de portada para la revista AARP, Bridges cuenta que estaba en un descanso pandémico de su serie “El viejo” cuando “estaba haciendo unos ejercicios en el suelo y sentí lo que parecía un hueso en el estómago”.Su esposa Susan Geston le sugirió que se hiciera un chequeo, dijo, pero Bridges dudó en ir al médico porque no sentía dolor.“Estoy haciendo senderismo y me encuentro muy bien. Me picaban mucho las pantorrillas y pensé: “Es que tengo la piel seca”, recordó Bridges. Luego tuve sudores nocturnos, pero pensé: “Son las noches calurosas de verano. Resulta que son síntomas de linfoma”.El hombre de 73 años dice ahora que tenía un tumor de 23 x 30 centímetros contra el que inició un tratamiento de quimioterapia.Después, el covid le dio fuerte (en parte porque la quimio le había aniquilado el sis...

Food sovereignty project continues to grow

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:07 GMT

By: Jan Murphy, Local Journalism InitiativeTYENDINAGA MOHAWK TERRITORY – For Andrew Brant, gardening takes him back to his childhood, to precious time he spent with his late grandfather, bonding, learning, even making more work for a man he holds in the highest regard.Brant chuckled while standing roadside at his garden along York Road in Tydendinaga Mohawk Territory as he recounted how he used to help his grandfather during potato planting season.“He was going along planting potatoes and I was following behind him pulling them out because I thought that they were the ones that needed to be pulled,” he remembered with a laugh. “I never lived that story down.”Gardening and a strong connection to the land has always been a huge part of Brant’s life, having been born and raised as a member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte. So much so that last year, along with his wife, Renee, and the help of good friend Nick LaMarsh and others in the Indigenous community, Brant created a food sover...

Police search for alleged shooter who killed mother of 6 in NE Miami-Dade

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:07 GMT

There was a family tragedy at a South Florida park when a mother and her six children comes under fire while they were in their car. The mother ended up dying after the shots were fired.Miami-Dade Police worked well into the night Tuesday as they tried to piece together the crime. A search for the gunman who killed the mother of six is also underway. “I cannot even begin to imagine what those children felt having watched their mom get shot,” Said MDPD Officer Angel Rodriguez. “I cannot even imagine what they are feeling or going through right now.”The shooting happened at Oak Grove Park on Northeast 159th Street and Seventh Avenue.According to investigators, what started as some sort of dispute between two groups quickly turned deadly..“The dispute escalated when a firearm was produced,shots were fired, striking the adult female victim,” Rodriguez said.That mother was struck by gunfire as she tried to drive off.“As the female fled the area, ...

Police search for thief caught on surveillance video breaking into home in Fort Lauderdale

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:07 GMT

Fort Lauderdale Police are working to solve a smash and steal.Surveillance video caught a thief walking around the pool area of a home moments before he smashed a bedroom door and broke in.The burglary happened near Bayview Drive and Northeast 47th Street.The owners of that home came back to find the place ransacked and their precious heirlooms were gone.“The jewelry and the items they took, they’re tangible, they also invaded our space of safety,” Rosemary Bowen said. “Everyone likes to think their home is a safe place, and with someone breaking into your home, it’s difficult to feel safe again.”Dozens of pieces of jewelry were stolen and more than 65 items were taken.The family said the items were worth more than $100,000.

Poem read at President Biden’s inauguration moved to middle school section at Bob Graham Education Center Library after parent complains about content

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:25:07 GMT

There is a classroom controversy at a South Florida school. Several books and a poem that was read at President Biden’s inauguration were pulled from the elementary student section of the media center.The poem, “The Hill We Climb,” was read by Amanda Gorman.“We the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother, can dream of becoming president, only to find herself reciting for one,” read Gorman during President Biden’s inauguration. The poem was written in the wake of the attack on the Capital in January of 2021. Now, the poem is at the center of a book battle at a Miami Lakes school.“It’s about indoctrination, [Critical Race Theory] and gender ideology,” Daily Salinas said. Salinas said that those were her concerns when she filed complaints related to five books that were in the Bob Graham Education Center Library that serves grades K-8.“I didn’t see ...