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Devin Booker’s 40 points leads Suns past Grizzlies 110-89

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:14 GMT

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Devin Booker scored a season-high 40 points, Eric Gordon added 20 and the Phoenix Suns defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 110-89 in an NBA In-Season Tournament game on Friday.Jordan Goodwin and Grayson Allen finished with 14 points each for the Suns, who played without leading scorer Kevin Durant, a late scratch due to right foot soreness. It was the Suns’ sixth straight win, a streak that began when Booker returned from a calf injury.“It’s tough,” Booker said of not having Durant. “You can’t replace what he brings to the court. His scoring ability. His versatility on defense. It’s going to take a lot of extra from everybody else.”Santi Aldama led Memphis with 21 points, while Derrick Rose added 17, while missing only one of his nine shots. David Roddy contributed 14 points as the Grizzlies lost their third game in a row and remained winless at home this season.The win gave Phoenix a 3-1 record in the tournament, but left the team a game beh...

Sandfort scores 22 points, Krikke adds 19; Iowa beats Seton Hall 85-72 in San Diego

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:14 GMT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Payton Sandfort scored 22 points, Ben Krikke had 19 and Iowa beat Seton Hall 85-72 on Friday night in the Rady Children’s Invitational. Iowa built a 14-point lead early in the second half. Al-Amir Dawes’ 3-pointer pulled Seton Hall to 75-70 with 2:40 left before the Hawkeyes sealed it at the free-throw line. Sandfort was 7 of 14 from the floor and made four 3-pointers. Krikke finished 8-of-10 shooting. Tony Perkins added 14 points and Patrick McCaffery 10 for Iowa (4-2), which shot 56% (31 of 55) from the field and made 16 of 19 free throws. Dre Davis scored 18 points to lead Seton Hall (4-2). Dawes added 14 points, and Jaden Bediako and Dylan Addae-Wusu added 11 piece. Bediako made the first bucket of the game for the Pirates only lead. Iowa opened on a 14-4 run and led 44-33 at halftime. Sandfort’s 3-pointer stretched the lead to 53-39 with 18:18 left. It was the Hawkeyes’ largest lead of the game. Both teams are at home on Wednesday. Iowa plays ...

Blassingame, Minnis give Idaho a 73-70 win over UCSD in OT

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:14 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Trevon Blassingame scored at the basket with 22 seconds left in overtime to give Idaho the lead and D’Angelo Minnis tacked on two free throws in the final seconds to lift the Vandals to a 73-70 win over UC San Diego Friday night in a game played at Seattle University. Julius Mims’ 17 points and 12 rebounds paced the Vandals (3-3). Minnis was 6 of 12 shooting, including 1 for 5 from 3-point range, and went 2 for 3 from the line to add 15 points. Quinn Denker shot 5 for 16, including 2 for 9 from beyond the arc to finish with 12 points.Bryce Pope finished with 18 points, six rebounds and two steals for the Tritons (4-1). Francis Nwaokorie added 18 points for UCSD. J’Raan Brooks also had 12 points and eight rebounds.NEXT UPIdaho plays Wednesday against Denver at home, and UCSD visits Seattle U on Sunday.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

How Prince William Co. used social media to warn teens about dangers of fentanyl

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:14 GMT

Prince William County announces success with their Fentanyl Exposed campaign, intended raise awareness of the dangers of fentanyl. (Courtesy, Prince William County Fentanyl Exposed Campaign) Prince William County announces success with their Fentanyl Exposed campaign, intended raise awareness of the dangers of fentanyl. (Courtesy, Prince William County Fentanyl Exposed Campaign) A campaign that aimed to inform kids and young adults about the dangers of fentanyl was successful in reaching many in Prince William County, Virginia, leaders there said.In July, the county announced the effort, called Fentanyl Exposed, to make young people aware of how dangerous fentanyl can be. It had been in the works since January, ac...

Lakewood childcare provider arrested for felony child abuse 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:14 GMT

AURORA, Colo (KDVR) -- A Lakewood woman is facing felony child abuse charges after a child was seriously injured in her care. McKinley Slone Hernandez, 25, was arrested Thanksgiving night by Lakewood Police after an arrest warrant was issued Wednesday.  Man arrested for attacking migrants, killing 1 That child's mother, Stefanie Reichert, has been speaking with FOX31 since this incident happened and says it's every parent's worst nightmare. "She won't admit to anything," Reichert said. "All she's said is she was drinking, and he got hurt in her care."Reichert said Hernandez was a friend of hers and regularly watched her son along with others at an unlicensed Lakewood childcare facility at her home. She said Hernandez had agreed to watch her son overnight on Sept. 1, but texted her that evening saying something had happened."I received a text message from the suspect saying I needed to rush to St. Anthony's Hospital because my son had gone lifeless after a bath," say...

Italy confronts its toxic culture of violence against women

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:14 GMT

ROME — The killing of a 22-year-old student in Italy, allegedly by her ex-boyfriend, has triggered a national outcry.Now even the country’s most entrenched political rivals — hard-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and left-wing opposition party leader Elly Schlein — have put aside their differences to campaign for change. This weekend, thousands of people are expected to gather in Rome and other major cities as part of what organisers say is a “revolution” under way in Italian attitudes to masculinity and violence against women and girls. A woman is murdered about once every three days in Italy. The national soul-searching followed the killing of Giulia Cecchettin, an engineering student at Padua university and the arrest of her former boyfriend Filippo Turetta. Tens of thousands took to the streets this week protesting Italy’s “patriarchal” culture and demanding the government improve women’s safety.Schlein extended an olive branch to Meloni over the issue, calli...

Quiz: Whose hair is it? Geert Wilders, Donald Trump, Javier Milei … or someone else?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:14 GMT

Geert Wilders, the far-right Dutchman who won Wednesday’s parliamentary election in the Netherlands, is known for many things, namely his anti-Islam views, his calls for his country to leave the EU, his fiery rhetoric on migration … and his coiffed blond locks.He’s the second distinctive head of hair to win over voters this week, following the far-right, chainsaw-wielding Javier Milei who was elected Argentina’s new president on Sunday.Both have been compared to Donald Trump — in part for their brash speaking styles, in part for their distinctive hairstyles.But they’re not the only politicians with memorable manes.Take our quiz below to see if you can recognize the person from their hair.Whose hair this is?<p>Write their name below.</p>Donald TrumpDonald J. TrumpTrumpWhose hair this is?<p>Write their name below.</p>Boris JohnsonBorisJohnsonWhose hair this is?<p>Write their name below.</p>Kim Jong UnKimWhose hair this is?<p>Write their ...

Brussels wants to beat the Pentagon at its own game on arms sales

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:14 GMT

Brussels is studying how European governments can sell weapons as easily as the Americans do. In the wake of the Ukraine war, EU governments have significantly boosted military spending — but the juicy arms deals have often gone to U.S. defense contractors at the expense of European companies.In order to claw back the initiative, the European Commission is raising the prospect of copying the U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) scheme — a system where the Pentagon does the heavy lifting in securing arms sales by using the combined muscle of America’s industrial might and the political advantages of ties with Washington.Europe doesn’t have any equivalent — which puts EU champions like Airbus, Leonardo and Thales at a disadvantage.The European Commission is trying to figure out how to change that, according to an eight-page consultation paper seen by POLITICO. “Should an EU equivalent of the U.S. FMS-scheme be considered, building on government-to-government schemes...

What to do with your food scraps post-Thanksgiving in San Diego

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:14 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Got leftover food scraps from Thanksgiving? The Environmental Services Department with the City of San Diego is advising the public to recycle organic waste.The new organic waste recycling program, which looks to achieve Zero Waste by 2040 and accelerate progress toward the City’s climate action goals, aims to recycle food scraps, food-soiled paper and yard trimmings, according to city officials."When organic waste is recycled, it becomes a renewable resource - creating compost to nourish our gardens, parks, farms, and open spaces, and even producing renewable natural gas that could be used for cooking, powering engines and more," the city said on its website. Optical phenomenon: Sundog spotted above San Diego County mountain range So, how do you recycle your food scraps?First, you place your food scraps (fruit, vegetables, meat, bones, eggshells and food-soiled paper) into a kitchen pail or other collection container. Then, you empty the container...

Coldest weekend in 8 months to generate Fall, 2023's second sticking snow late Saturday night and Sunday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:31:14 GMT

WGN WEATHER HEADLINESAn interesting comparison of seasonal snow to date through November 24th LAST YEAR vs. THIS YEAR (2023). These NWS analyses were posted this (Friday) morning 11/24 by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in the Twin Cities.COLDEST OFFICIAL LOW TEMPERATURE OF THE SEASON FRIDAY MORNINGLocal area temperature map of Friday morning lowsColdest WeatherBug low temperaturesA killing frost/freeze is defined as a temperature of 28° or colderFriday's 25° official low was the first 28° or colder of the cold season, three weeks later than the mean date of the first 28 or colder min temperature (November 4).Only 6 other years have gone this late in the Autumn season to record the season's first 28 or colder temperature: 1938 (November 24), 1924 (November 24), 1922 (November 24), 1931 (November 25), 1902 (November 28), and 1899 (December 3).NASA AND ITS INGENUITY HELICOPTEROne of the many HUGE successes for NASA in its far-reaching research of Mars has been the amazing...