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Rockets beat Grizzlies 117-104 and extend home winning streak to 11 games

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:58:04 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Tari Eason scored a career-high 25 points, Jabari Smith Jr. added 20 points and 10 rebounds and the Houston Rockets extended their home winning streak to 11 games with a 117-104 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.Eason came off the bench to shoot 10 for 16 and matched a career-high with 14 rebounds.Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks each scored 11 points and Jae’Sean Tate had 10 points and seven rebounds for Houston, which shot 45%, including 12 of 32 from 3-point range. Houston outrebounded Memphis 58-39.The Rockets’ 11-game home winning streak is their longest since a franchise record 20-game home win streak from Jan. 10-April 5, 2018.Jaren Jackson Jr. had a career-high 44 points and seven rebounds, Derrick Rose added 19 points and six assists and Vince Williams Jr. had 10 points and seven rebounds for Memphis, which lost its third straight game.Jackson was 15 of 24 from the field and scored 29 points in the second half.The Grizzlies shot 43%, but we...

Davis helps Lakers overcome James’ absence, send Spurs to 18th straight loss

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:58:04 GMT

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Anthony Davis had 37 points and 10 rebound and the Los Angeles Lakers held off Victor Wembanyama and San Antonio 122-119 on Wednesday night, extending the Spurs’ franchise-record losing streak to 18.The Lakers were without LeBron James, with the four-time MVP sitting out the first of two straight games in San Antonio because of left calf injury. The teams will meet again Friday night.Wembanyama had 30 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks for San Antonio, which has not won since Nov. 2. Keldon Johnson added 28 points, and Malaki Branham had 16. After the Spurs trailed by 20 points early in the fourth quarter, Wembanyama’s 3-pointer over Davis cut the Lakers’ lead to 115-110 with 1:29 remaining. Wembanyama made one of two free throws to cut it to 117-116 with 22 seconds remaining.Wembanyama fouled out for the first time in his career after sticking his leg out on a missed 3-pointer with 8.8 seconds remaining and the Lakers up 119-116.Taurean Prince added 17 poin...

Williams scores 15, helps LSU rally from behind in 74-56 win over Alabama State

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:58:04 GMT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Freshman Mike Williams III matched his season-high with 15 points and LSU dominated the second half to defeat Alabama State 74-56 on Wednesday night.The Hornets led 34-30 at halftime, then CJ Hines and TJ Madlock hit 3-pointers early in the second half to help maintain their lead, 40-35 near the 17-minute mark. LSU responded with a 13-0 run in which Williams scored eight points, including two 3-pointers, and the Tigers led 48-40.Later in the half, the Tigers made six of eight shots and extended their lead to 70-54 with five minutes remaining. LSU scored only six points in the final five minutes and Alabama State two. LSU shot 57.7% and made seven 3-pointers in the second half. Alabama State shot 29.6% after halftime and was outscored 44-22.Jordan Wright had 13 points with five rebounds and six assists for the Tigers (6-4). Jalen Reed added 13 points and seven rebounds, and Trae Hannibal had 11 points.LSU led 11-5 in the early going but Alabama State soon caug...

Holmstrom’s late short-handed goal lifts Islanders to 4-3 win over Ducks

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:58:04 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Simon Holmstrom scored the tiebreaking, short-handed goal late with 1:33 left in regulation and the New York Islanders beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Wednesday night for their fourth straight win.Mathew Barzal, Kyle Palmieri and Casey Cizikas also scored, and Noah Dobson had two assists to help the Islanders improve to 6-0-1 in their last seven games. Semyon Varlamov made 20 saves.The Islanders are 9-1-4 in their last 14 games and trail the first-place New York Rangers by just four points in the Metropolitan Division.Troy Terry, Adam Henrique and Sam Carrick scored for Anaheim, which has lost four straight and 12 of 13. John Gibson finished with 30 saves.Carrick scored at 5:07 of the third with Anaheim’s third straight goal after New York took a 2-0 lead in the second period. It was Carrick’s sixth of the season.Barzal tied the score 3-3 on a one-timer off a pass from Bo Horvat at 7:46. It was his 10th goal of the season and gave him a team-leading 30 poin...

Chicago State stuns No. 25 Northwestern 75-73 behind 30 points from Wesley Cardet Jr.

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:58:04 GMT

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Wesley Cardet Jr. scored 30 points and Chicago State stunned No. 25 Northwestern in a 75-73 upset Wednesday night.Boo Buie made two layups 41 seconds apart to put Northwestern in front 67-65 with 2:30 left in a back-and-forth game. Cardet tied it 26 seconds later and then hit a 3-pointer with 1:23 remaining.Chicago State (4-9) sealed it with four late free throws by A.J. Neal and Noble Crawford.Cardet shot 13 of 21 and Jahsean Corbett added 17 points for the Cougars, a Division I independent.Buie had 23 points and Ryan Langborg scored 18 for the Wildcats (7-2), who lost to Chicago State for the first time. Northwestern had won 15 straight against the South Side program since the teams first met in 1981.Source

Senado en Brasil aprueba que Flávio Dino, candidato de Lula da Silva, sea ministro del Supremo Tribunal

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:58:04 GMT

(CNN Español) — El pleno del Senado de Brasil aprobó este miércoles con una votación dividida la candidatura de Flávio Dino, actual titular de Justicia y Seguridad Pública, para ocupar la vacante de ministro del Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), informó el órgano legislativo en un comunicado.Luego de 10 horas de debate, la votación resultó en 47 votos a favor, 31 en contra y dos abstenciones para aprobar que el también senador con licencia Dino forme parte del Supremo Tribunal luego de la vacante disponible tras la jubilación de la ministra Rosa Weber.Lula somete a consideración del Senado sus candidaturas para el Supremo Tribunal Federal y la Fiscalía General de Brasil“Durante los debates en el pleno del Senado, la oposición se centró en la carrera política de Flávio Dino, criticando sus actividades partidistas y su gestión en el Ministerio de Justicia” se detalla en el comunicado del Senado de Brasil.Dino, por su parte, aseguró que su desempeño como ministro del ST...

Denver doctors to help on ambulance crew during Israel-Hamas War

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:58:04 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Denver couple is headed to Israel to offer medical relief for the war-torn country. Starting next week, Dr. Hanah Polotsky and her husband, Dr. Alex Polotsky, will be on the ground, working with an ambulance crew in Jerusalem.“A lot of physicians wanted to volunteer to (go to) Israel, so we actually signed up on a long list. They have 11,000 volunteers, and luckily, the two of us were selected to go and ride the ambulances,” Hanah Polotsky told FOX31. After last year's RSV surve, Colorado ERs pushed to prepare for children They’ll be taking with them medical supplies and donations for some of the freed hostages.The Polotskys have a close connection to the war: Their 19-year-old daughter is studying in Israel and was there on Oct. 7, when Hamas unleashed a terrorist attack on the country that killed hundreds. More than 200 others were taken captive.“It was extremely frightening the moment I found out, because I had no clue,” Hanah Polotsky said.Hanah Polotsky and ...

Longtime server at Miami diner grapples with streak of bad luck

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:58:04 GMT

She had a husband threatening to kill her and their children. She fled to South Florida 53 years ago and built her life, but now, one tragedy after another is crushing her, so she turned to Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser to try to find a way out.She walked into the restaurant back in 1970 after fleeing a horrible life in Alabama.Jerita Shorty Collins: “I put my kids on the Greyhound bus to get away from an abusive ex-husband, to keep him from killing them and me.”When Shorty arrived at Jimmy’s Eastside Diner 53 years ago, she was a single mom raising three little boys.She was hired as a waitress that day. She had found a home.Jerita Shorty Collins: “I love it. I wish I could be there right now working.”I have been one of Shorty’s customers for decades and saw how she needed encouragement to endure her agony after one son died from cancer at 18.The next son died of cancer at 32 and her remaining son died of cancer at 43.Jerita Shorty Collins: &...

Speed is everything for patients: together we can bring medicines faster

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:58:04 GMT

Working in our industry brings huge responsibility. We deal with people’s lives, and our  medicines give people an opportunity to improve their health, often at the most overwhelming time for them. I had a strong reminder of that recently.Last month, I met with a colleague, Heiko, who lives in Germany. His young daughter has central nervous system (CNS) neuroblastoma — a type of cancer that tends to affect children under the age of five.Heiko and his family have been navigating the health system for months, including an overload of information in the form of complex ‘oncological-speak’, treatment guidelines and health insurance claims. They have also been dealing with constant travel to specialist centers — all while juggling the emotional burden of caring for a sick child and the daily challenges of home and work life.He shared something that stuck in my mind the night I spoke with him, which serves as an important reminder for all of us working in health care.“Trust must be b...

Wednesday’s high school roundup/scores: Pope Francis hockey coach suspended for one year by MIAA

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:58:04 GMT

Pope Francis head boys hockey coach Brian Foley received a one-year suspension from the MIAA for violation of Rule 40, which has to do with out-of-season coach-athlete contact limitations.In a statement from the MIAA, the organization received a complaint from a member school on Nov. 27. After a two-week investigation, the MIAA notified Pope Francis of its result and subsequent punishment on Monday.Reached by text message, Foley, who led Pope Francis to the Div. 1 state title last year, politely refused comment. According to a report by Mass Live’s Meredith Perri, who broke the original story, the school plans on appealing the suspension. In the meantime, Daniel Fenton will serve as interim coach.Pat Murphy secured his hat trick in style, scoring an overtime winner to give Silver Lake (1-0) a 5-4 nonleague win over Bridgewater-Raynham. … Colin McGrail hit the back of the net twice and dished an assist as North Quincy (1-0) rolled to a 6-1 win over Blue Hills. … Ryan Davi...