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49-yard Hail Mary as time expires helps Houston beat W. Virginia 41-39, get 1st Big 12 win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:19:47 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Donovan Smith threw a 49-yard touchdown pass that was caught by Stephon Johnson as time expired to give Houston a thrilling 41-39 win over West Virginia on Thursday night.Smith finished 21 of 27 for 253 yards and four touchdowns. He threw a Hail Mary from midfield, the ball was tipped at the goal line and Johnson caught it to end the game. Smith, who completed his final 16 passes, also ran for a touchdown as Houston (3-3, 1-2 Big 12) earned its first Big 12 win.Johnson caught four passes for 96 yards, and Stacy Sneed rushed for 78 yards on seven carries.Garrett Greene threw for 391 yards and two touchdowns. Greene, who was 20-of-38 passing, also rushed for 47 yards and two touchdowns for West Virginia (4-2, 2-1). The loss snapped West Virginia’s four-game win streak.Devon Carter caught five passes for 116 yards. West Virginia outgained Houston 546-393 total yards.Trailing 35-24, West Virginia cut the lead to three on an 8-yard touchdown run and a 2-point conversion pa...

Stars edge Blues 2-1 in a shootout in the teams’ season opener

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:19:47 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Jason Robertson and newcomer Matt Duchene scored in the shootout to help the Dallas Stars beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Thursday night in the season opener for each team.Jamie Benn scored in regulation for Dallas, which reached the Western Conference Final last season.Tyler Tucker scored for St. Louis, which failed to reach the playoffs last season for the first time since 2018.Robertson and Brayden Schenn traded shootout goals in the first round. Duchene, who was signed last summer after Nashville bought out his contract, put Dallas ahead 2-1 before Jake Oettinger made a save on Pavel Buchnevich.After Tyler Seguin was stopped by Jordan Binnington to open the third round, St. Louis’ Jordan Kyrou couldn’t get his shot off against Oettinger, who made 23 saves in regulation.Benn opened the scoring 18 seconds into the second period on a wraparound that beat Binnington, who made 33 saves in regulation.The Blues answered when defenseman Tucker whistled a shot from the high...

Mikal Bridges scores 23 points, Nets beat Ra’anana of Israel 135-103

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:19:47 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Mikal Bridges hit six 3-pointers and scored 23 points to help, Harry Giles III had 16 points and 10 rebounds and the Brooklyn Nets beat Maccabi Ra’anana if Israel 135-103 on Thursday night in preseason play.Dwayne Bacon and Quindarry Weathers each scored 17 points for Ra’anana, with team members deciding to play the game despite war at home. Bacon played at Florida State and Weathers at Mississippi State.Spencer Dinwiddie added 15 points for the Nets.PISTONS 128, THUNDER 125In Montreal, James Weisman made all eight of his shot attempts and had 20 points and 10 rebounds to help Detroit beat Oklahoma City.Cason Wallace missed a 3-pointer with 3.1 seconds left in an attempt to tie it.Hometown favorite Luguentz Dort led Oklahoma City with 24 points.ROCKETS 120, PELICANS 87In Birmingham, Alabama, Jabari Smith Jr. scored 22 points and Jalen Green and Amen Thompson each had 12 in Houston’s victory over New Orleans.CJ McCollum scored 17 points for New Orleans. Zion Williamso...

Maui County releases some 911 calls from deadly August wildfire in response to Associated Press public record request

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:19:47 GMT

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Maui County releases some 911 calls from deadly August wildfire in response to Associated Press public record request.Source

Israel orders evacuation of 1.1M from northern part of Gaza, the UN says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:19:47 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military on Friday directed the evacuation of northern Gaza, a region that is home to 1.1 million people — about half of the territory's population — within 24 hours, a United Nations spokesman said. This could signal an impending ground offensive, though the Israeli military has not yet confirmed such an appeal. On Thursday it said that while it was preparing, a decision has not yet been made. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox The order, delivered to the U.N., comes as Israel presses an offensive against Hamas militants. U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric called the order “impossible” without “devastating humanitarian consequences.”Earlier, the Israeli military pulverized the Gaza Strip with airstrikes, prepared for a possible ground invasion and said its complete siege of the territory — which has left Palestinians desperate for food, fuel and medicine — would remain in place until Hamas militants free some 150 hostages t...

At funeral home where 115 decaying bodies found, troubles went unnoticed by regulators

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:19:47 GMT

DENVER (AP) — As legal and financial troubles piled up at the Colorado funeral home where authorities last week discovered at least 115 decomposing bodies, the troubles went unnoticed by state officials who have long struggled to effectively oversee the industry.Colorado has some of the weakest rules for funeral homes in the nation with no routine inspections or qualification requirements for funeral home operators. 1 officer found guilty of homicide in Elijah McClain case, 2nd officer acquitted The operators of the Return to Nature Funeral Home didn’t pay their taxes, got evicted from one of their properties and got sued for unpaid bills by a crematory that quit doing business with them almost a year ago, according to public records and interviews.None of the problems appeared to attract the attention of regulators, who hadn't even checked on the company after November when its state registration expired. That registration allowed Return to Nature Funeral Home...

Singer Colbie Caillat starts new chapter with new country album ‘Along the Way’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:19:47 GMT

Colbie Caillat is best known for her pop hits like “Bubbly” and “I Never Told You,” but now she’s ditching pop for country. She’s dropping a brand-new country album, called “Along the Way,” that’s inspired by her recent life changes.Colbie Caillat (singing): “The moment we found our favorite song.”Singer Colbie Caillat is starting a new chapter with her debut country album, called “Along the Way.”Colbie Caillat: “The music that’s coming out is just personal experiences and storytelling. I moved to Nashville seven years ago and started my country band with, you know, my fiancé at the time and two best friends, and it was just this really fun process, and then now, in the last few years, after my break-up and the band ending, I finally felt like writing songs again.”The new music was inspired by the changes in her personal life, including her recent break-up with ex-fiancé Justin Young.Colb...

Ambrose: Biden must stop appeasing Iran

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:19:47 GMT

If it wants to survive, Israel surely must annihilate Hamas, this ever more venomous, maniacal Islamic group of terrorists misruling a next-door neighbor, Gaza. But should Hamas’s proud, strong, enabling boss Iran also be a target? Even with Hamas gone for good, an untethered Iran would still have Hezbollah to boss around and the means of forging new Hamas-style invaders with civilization the final loser.Yes, it was absolutely horrendous, the Hamas invasion of Israel with thousands of missiles launched as an introduction of massacre intentions. The assault was not for the purpose of combat with largely missing Israeli soldiers as much as for the joyful torture of civilians, including the rape of young women, the killing of children while their parents watched and even cutting off the heads of babies. There was also the taking of hostages Hamas is now threatening to kill If Israel continues to fight back.These unexpected, cleverly skilled barbarians killed the most Jews assassinated ...

Orioles GM Mike Elias, hush on 2024 payroll plans, says team’s 2023 ‘shortcomings’ fall on him

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:19:47 GMT

Mike Elias’ focus Thursday was reflecting on 2023. But plenty of questions face the Orioles in the months before the 2024 season begins.In an end-of-season news conference Thursday morning, the Orioles’ executive vice president and general manager said the team’s inability to advance past the American League Division Series after a 101-win regular season falls on him, not the players, and made no promises the club would carry a higher payroll next season.Before fielding and answering questions for almost half an hour inside Camden Yards’ auxiliary clubhouse, Elias first thanked the members of the Orioles’ roster, a group of players who brought Baltimore its first AL East title since 2014 despite several forecasts the team would finish last in the division.“I’ll never forget getting the chance to work with these guys, and luckily, we’re gonna be working with many, many, many of them going forward,” Elias said. “We ...

‘The Road Dance’ sweeping tale of love, trauma & war

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:19:47 GMT

The lavish, Scottish gothic-romantic entry “The Road Dance” is based on the bestselling 2002 novel by John MacKay and set against the magnificent location of the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides just before and during World War I. The people, a crofting community in the windswept hills live modestly in small stone-walled, thatch-roofed homes, where they tend sheep and plant potatoes.But the surroundings are breathtaking. When the story’s protagonist Kirsty Macleod (Hermione Corfield, “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword”) discovers that her beau Murdo MacAulay (Will Fletcher, “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”) has been hiding a copy of Charles Dickens’ “The Old Curiosity Shop” inside the cover of a Bible, she whispers, “Sacrilege.” The form of Christianity practiced by her and Murdo’s people is as severe as the weather. Murdo, who has returned from the military where he worked as a typist, also admires the work of American poet Robert Frost. Kirsty and Mu...