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UConn puts Final Four beatdown on Miami 72-59

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:49:17 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — UConn doled out another drama-free basketball beatdown Saturday, getting 21 points and 10 rebounds from Adama Sanogo to dispatch Miami 72-59 and move one win from the school’s fifth national title.Jordan Hawkins overcame his stomach bug and scored 13 for the Huskies, who came into this most unexpected Final Four as the only team with any experience on college basketball’s final weekend and with the best seeding of the four teams in Houston — at No. 4.Against fifth-seeded Miami, they were the best team on the court from beginning to end. Starting with three straight 3s — one jumper from Hawkins and two set shots from Sanogo — UConn took a quick 9-0 lead and never trailed.On Monday in the title game, the Huskies will face San Diego State, which became the first team to hit a buzzer-beater while trailing in a Final Four game for a 72-71 victory over Florida Atlantic.That was an all-timer. This one — more of the same from the Huskies (30-8). The double-digit victory over ...

Local teachers decry DeSantis’ school policies at downtown Miami protest

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:49:17 GMT

South Florida teachers voiced their outrage against Gov. Ron DeSantis’ policies that affect the classroom at a protest held in downtown Miami.Educators on Saturday morning were joined by parents, students and other community groups to rally at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center.Demonstrators pushed back on legislation restricting what they can teach, like the Parental Rights in Education Act, referred to by critics as “Don’t Say Gay” law, as well as the Stop Woke Act.“Laws [are] being passed to ban books and not allow teachers to teach a complete and true history of this country, so we are beating back those laws,” said Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association, “not only by coming out and lifting up our voices, but by activism and legal action.”On Saturday, DeSantis was in Pennsylvania to attend a conference. He threw his support behind former President Donald Trump in the wake of his recent indictment.

15 families given keys to new homes in Rick Case Habitat Community in Pompano Beach

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:49:17 GMT

It was a record-breaking feat for Habitat for Humanity, as more than a dozen families received the keys to their new homes in Pompano Beach.7News cameras captured homeowner Lashicia Harris as she showed off her brand-new kitchen, Saturday morning.“This is my home,” she said.They’re four little words that mean the world to the Harris family.During a ceremony held earlier in the day, the family of eight walked up to receive the keys to their home.“The Harris family has totaled, banked over 500 hours of sweat equity into this neighborhood,” said the speaker who introduced them, as the audience erupted in cheers.Lashicia, her husband and six children are moving from a cramped two-bedroom apartment into a two-story home of their own.During her speech, she said this is a moment to celebrate.“Since coming into the Habitat Broward program, not only have I gained wisdom, knowledge and growth, but confidence within myself doing things that I never imagined ...

Vancouver radio personality Red Robinson has died at age 86, family says

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:49:17 GMT

VANCOUVER — The family of Vancouver radio personality Red Robinson says he has died after a brief illness.In a statement posted online, Robinson’s family says he passed away on Saturday shortly after 8 a.m. He was 86.Robinson began his radio career in 1954 at Vancouver’s CJOR, and his website credits him as the first DJ in Canada to play rock ’n’ roll music on a regular basis.It says Red jumped to Vancouver CKWX station in 1957, where he met American singer Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley.His website says he was elected into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 2000, retiring from radio in 2007.He received the Order of British Columbia in 2016, and was also the recipient of the Canada 125 award and the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal.“We’re so glad we got to spend his final moments with him, and having his brother Bill there made it extra special,” said his family in the s...

2 dead in hot air balloon accident outside of Mexico City

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:49:17 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two people died and a girl was injured after the hot air balloon they were riding in caught fire near Mexico City, authorities said Saturday.Officials in the state of Mexico, which borders the capital, said the girl suffered burns and a broken arm. According to a video of the incident posted on social media, the occupants of the balloon appeared to have fallen or jumped from the craft.The dead were listed as a male, 50, and a woman, 38.The accident occurred near the pre-Hispanic ruin site of Teotihuacan, just north of Mexico City. The area is a popular location for balloon rides.The cause of the accident was under investigation.Teotihuacan, best known for its twin Temples of the Sun and Moon, was once a large city that housed over 100,000 inhabitants and covered around 8 square miles (20 square kilometers). The still-mysterious city was one of the largest in the world at its apex between 100 B.C. and A.D. 750. But it was abandoned before the rise of the Aztecs in ...

Teenage male stabbed following fight in east end

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:49:17 GMT

A young teenage male suffered serious injuries after being stabbed following a fight in the city’s east end.Police say they were called to a building in the Chester Hill Road and Thorncliffe Avenue area around 9:45 Saturday night. There were reports that three people were fighting and when police arrived they found one person suffering from stab wounds. Paramedics say they transported a teenage male to a trauma centre with life-threatening injuries. Police later updated his condition to serious but stable. Police say they are looking for at least one suspect who fled the scene. He’s described as male, brown, five-foot-eight with a medium build and a short black beard. He was last seen wearing a black winter coat, dark pants, light grey shoes with a white sole.

CPD: 15-year-old girl missing from Belmont Cragin

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:49:17 GMT

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department is asking for the public's help finding a 15-year-old girl who went missing from the Belmont Cragin neighborhood Saturday evening.Police said Olivia Laureano went missing from the 2800 block of North Keating Avenue around 5:40 p.m.Olivia Laureano, 15.She is described as being around 5 feet tall with brown eyes and black hair, and also goes by the nickname of 'Via.'Anyone with information that can help police find Olivia can reach out to Area Five detectives at 312-746-6554.

Nathan MacKinnon, Mikko Rantanen lead Avalanche to crucial 5-2 win over Dallas Stars

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:49:17 GMT

The only passengers Saturday night were the thousands of Avalanche fans buckled into Ball Arena seats for the ride Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen were taking them on.MacKinnon scored twice, inching closer to his first 100-point season, and Rantanen registered four points to lead the Avs to a 5-2 win in their last regular-season meeting with the Stars.With 10:51 remaining after Dallas had seemingly closed the gap to 3-2, Avalanche coach Jared Bednar challenged for goalie interference, a rule that has mystified the Avs throughout the year. It was a high-stakes roll of the dice: Losing would mean a Dallas power play in a one-goal game. But Bednar won, and the lead stuck until empty-netters for Valeri Nichushkin and Rantanen.The Avalanche (45-24-6) desperately needed a win to keep its division title hopes alive on the heels of a regulation loss to first-place Minnesota on Wednesday. Entering the night, the Avs trailed Dallas by two points and Minnesota by three. MacKinnon and compa...

C.J. Cron hits third homer but Rockies pitchers issue eight walks in loss to Padres

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:49:17 GMT

SAN DIEGO — The Rockies tried to overcome a brief, erratic performance from starter Jose Urena on Saturday night at Petco Park.They attempted to overcome the eight walks their pitchers issued.Mission impossible.Despite a three-run, sixth-inning rally powered by an RBI double by Charlie Blackmon, followed up by a two-run homer by C.J. Cron, the Rockies lost, 8-4, to the Padres.San Diego sealed the game with a two-run eighth. The Padres were gifted two walks and a wild pitch by Dinelson Lamet and converted on Juan Soto’s two-run, two-out single.For a while — at least, until Lamet’s meltdown — the Rockies had a puncher’s chance to rally for a victory.That wasn’t the case very often last season when the Rockies hit just 51 homers on the road. In their first three games this year, they have already hit five, three of them by Cron, the team’s lone 2022 All-Star.Urena, who signed a one-year, $3.5 million contract to return to the Rockies, was off-k...

Colorado on track to make abortion and gender-affirming protections law

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 17:49:17 GMT

After more than 29 hours of often tense and emotional debate over three days, Colorado lawmakers passed Democrats’ three priority abortion and gender-affirming-care bills Saturday night.The bills passed Saturday place tighter regulations upon the advertising and unproven scientific claims of crisis-pregnancy centers, codify protections for providers of abortion- and gender-affirming care, and extend insurance coverage to abortion and other reproductive health-related treatment. They represent the latest steps in Democrats’ ongoing efforts to enshrine and expand abortion access in state law amid the national fallout from the Dobbs decision in June, a push that began last year and is set to continue with ballot measures in November 2024.“I’m so glad we were able to deliver on the promise of (the Reproductive Health Equity Act),” said Democratic Rep. Meg Froelich of the bill’s passage. “The new patchwork of laws across the U.S. is confusing and...