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Las Vegas hosts Minnesota after Powers’ 20-point game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:36 GMT

Minnesota Lynx (0-3, 0-1 Western Conference) at Las Vegas Aces (2-0, 3-0 Western Conference)Las Vegas; Sunday, 9 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: Minnesota visits the Las Vegas Aces after Aerial Powers scored 20 points in the Lynx’s 90-81 loss to the Phoenix Mercury.Las Vegas finished 26-10 overall and 15-3 in Western Conference action last season. The Aces shot 46.0% from the field and 36.1% from 3-point range last season.Minnesota finished 14-22 overall and 8-10 in Western Conference games during the 2022-23 season. The Lynx averaged 6.1 steals, 2.8 blocks and 14.6 turnovers per game last season.INJURIES: Aces: None listed.Lynx: Kayla McBride: out (personal reasons), Natalie Achonwa: out (personal).___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Tiroteo durante evento de motocicletas deja al menos dos muertos y varios heridos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:36 GMT

NUEVO MÉXICO — Las autoridades en Nuevo México están llevando a cabo una investigación sobre un tiroteo que dejó al menos dos muertos y varios heridos la tarde del sábado durante un evento de motocicletas.Según las autoridades, el incidente ocurrió alrededor de las 5 p.m. en el pueblo turístico de Red River, ubicado aproximadamente a tres horas de la ciudad de Albuquerque.En un tweet publicado alrededor de la medianoche, la Policía Estatal de Nuevo México informó que el tiroteo dejó dos muertos y seis heridos. Se desconoce el estado de salud de las personas heridas en este momento.La identidad de los fallecidos aún no ha sido revelada.Tras el incidente, los sospechosos, a quienes se cree que pertenecen a una pandilla de motociclistas, fueron puestos bajo custodia. El tiroteo ocurrió durante el evento “Red River Memorial Motorcycle Rally”, un rally anual de motocicletas que se lleva a cabo cada año en el pueblo. Según las autoridades, este año se esperaba que casi 3...

Celtics excited for what should be ‘electric’ Game 7 in Boston: ‘This is special’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:36 GMT

MIAMI — It’s coming back to Boston.Somehow, some way, after Derrick White’s buzzer-beating tip-in won an epic Game 6, the Celtics have responded to a 3-0 series deficit in the Eastern Conference Finals to force a Game 7 on Monday night at TD Garden, where history can be made.No team in NBA history has won a best-of-seven series from a 3-0 hole. One-hundred fifty teams have failed. The Celtics are only the fourth to force a Game 7. Not only can they become the first, they would advance to the NBA Finals for the second consecutive season in doing so.Monday night – on Memorial Day, no less – at the Garden promises to be one of the craziest home environments the Celtics have experienced in recent memory.“I’ve never been so excited to go back to Boston in my life, and I cannot wait to see all the fans on Monday because it’s going to be fun,” Jayson Tatum said.The Celtics have been unable to avoid the comparisons to the 2004 Red Sox, who became the first team in baseball histo...

Russia launched ‘largest drone attack’ on Ukrainian capital before Kyiv Day; 1 killed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:36 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s capital was subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia’s war, local officials said, as Kyiv prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding on Sunday. At least one person was killed.Russia launched the “most massive attack” on the city overnight Saturday with Iranian-made Shahed drones, said Serhii Popko, a senior Kyiv military official. The attack lasted more than five hours, with air defense reportedly shooting down more than 40 drones.A 41-year-old man was killed and a 35-year-old woman was hospitalized when debris fell on a seven-story nonresidential building and started a fire, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.Ukraine’s air force said that Saturday night was also record-breaking in terms of Shahed drone attacks across the country. Of the 54 drones launched, 52 were shot down by air defense systems.In the northeastern Kharkiv province, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said a 61-year-old woman and a 60-year-old man wer...

New Mexico mayor: shooting involving motorcycle gangs kills 3, wounds 5 at annual holiday rally

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:36 GMT

RED RIVER, N.M. (AP) — Three people were killed and five were wounded in a shooting at an annual motorcycle rally in a New Mexico town late Saturday afternoon, the mayor said.Red River Mayor Linda Calhoun said in a video posted on Facebook that the shooting around 5 p.m. resulted in three fatalities and five victims were transported to hospitals in Denver, Albuquerque and nearby Taos.The 41st annual Red River Memorial Motorcycle Rally drew about 20,000 bikers to the town, Calhoun said.The violence occurred between two retail stores and involved members of motorcycle gangs, Calhoun said.“The shooters have all been apprehended,” she said. “There is no threat to the community at all.”The New Mexico State Police previously said in a Twitter post that two people were killed and six were wounded in the shooting.Most of Main Street in Red River, where the shooting occurred, was closed to the public for the investigation and law enforcement requested businesses in the area remain closed on ...

Voters in Turkey choose between Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu in presidential runoff election

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:36 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country’s longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been at Turkey’s helm for 20 years, is favored to win a new five-year term in the second-round runoff after coming just short of an outright victory in the first round on May 14.The divisive populist who turned his country into a geopolitical player finished four percentage points ahead of Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the candidate of a six-party alliance and leader of Turkey’s center-left main opposition party. Erdogan’s performance came despite crippling inflation and the effects of a devastating earthquake three months ago.Kilicdaroglu (pronounced KEH-lich-DAHR-OH-loo), a 74-year-old former bureaucrat, has described the runoff as a referendum on the country’s future.More than 64 million ...

South Korean arrested for opening plane emergency exit door, faces up to 10 years in prison

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:36 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A man who opened an emergency exit door during a flight in South Korea was formally arrested Sunday and faces up to 10 years in prison on a charge of violating the aviation security law, officials said.During a preliminary questioning, the 33-year-old told investigators that he felt suffocated and tried to get off the plane quickly, according to police.Twelve people were slightly injured on Friday after he opened the door of the Asiana Airlines Airbus A321-200, causing air to blast inside the cabin. The plane was preparing to land in Daegu on an hour-long flight from the southern island of Jeju. On Sunday, a district court in Daegu approved a warrant to formally arrest the man. Police earlier sought the arrest warrant, citing the graveness of the crime and a possibility the man may flee, according to Daegu police.Daegu police said they have up to 20 days to investigate the man before determining whether to send him to prosecutors for a possible indictment. ...

EgyptAir flight from Cairo blows tire during landing in Saudi Arabia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:36 GMT

CAIRO (AP) — An EgyptAir jetliner blew out a tire but made a safe landing at its destination early Sunday in Saudi Arabia, Egypt’s national carrier said. No causalities were reported.Flight MS643 took off from Cairo international airport early Sunday and one of its tires burst during landing at King Abdulaziz International Airport in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah, EgyptAir said in a statement.The Boeing 738 made a safe landing on the runway and all passengers have disembarked the airplane with no injuries reported, the statement said.The airline didn’t elaborate on what caused the problem, and said an examination and maintenance of the plane were underway.The Associated Press

Early snowmelt in Western mountains means drier summers, more wildfire risk: study

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:36 GMT

VANCOUVER — Leaner snowpack in Western Canada and United States mountain ranges is causing drier summers and increasing wildfire risk, says a new study from the University of Colorado Boulder.Lead author Kate Hale said her team analyzed mountain snow data and found snowpack water storage decreased more than 25 per cent from 1950 to 2013. This, she said, can be attributed to earlier snowmelt, less snowfall and more rain.“We actually saw some of the strongest signals up in the Canadian Rockies, by way of this decrease in snowfall and then earlier snowmelts and rainfall generation,” Hale said in an interview.Snowmelt serves as the primary water resource in western mountain regions, the study says. The ranges store snow throughout the winter, which then melts during spring and summer months when demand for water peaks.Hale said snow in these regions typically wouldn’t start melting until late May or June, but has begun showing signs of snow thawing as early as March.Such a shift i...

Mechanical podium, playfully dubbed ‘explodium,’ aims to even B.C.’s political field

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:36 GMT

VICTORIA — It was a sizable British Columbia political issue that called for a one-size-fits-all solution, says Premier David Eby, who at 6-7 is the province’s tallest leader.The tall and the short needed evening out as matters of perception and fairness, he said.Eby towers over most people at news conferences but is juxtaposed with Selina Robinson, minister of post-secondary education and future skills, who at 4-11 often needs to stand on boxes to reach the microphone.The solution: a mechanical podium, which debuted shortly after Eby took office late last year. It can be moved up or down with the flick of a switch to suit the size of the person delivering remarks at a political event.“You might describe me as an unusually tall person, or disturbingly tall person to some people,” Eby told reporters last week. “My colleague Selina Robinson is a much tinier person and we have a whole range of people in between, so the podium moves up and down to accommodate eve...