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Oklahoma City’s Holmgren, San Antonio’s Wembanyama shine in preseason matchup of high draft picks

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

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama and Oklahoma City’s Chet Holmgren lived up to the hype in their first ever NBA preseason games.Holmgren had 21 points and nine rebounds in 16 first-half minutes, and the Thunder defeated the Spurs 122-121 on Monday night. Wembanyama had 20 points and five rebounds in 19 minutes, mostly in the first half.Wembanyama was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft. Holmgren was the No. 2 pick in the 2022 draft, but he suffered a foot injury in the offseason and missed all of last season.The 7-foot-1 Holmgren won the opening tip against the 7-4 Wembanyama, but the two did not match up often. Both showed off their wide range of skills, from handling the ball and driving through traffic to making 3-pointers. Holmgren looked to score in the early minutes while Wembanyama mostly deferred to his teammates.Holmgren scored first when he made one of two free throws. He scored on a driving layup, then got fouled shortly after that and...

Braves rally for 5-4 win over Phillies on d’Arnaud, Riley homers and game-ending double play

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

ATLANTA (AP) — Baseball’s most potent group of sluggers finally got into the swing of things — maybe just in time to save the season for the Atlanta Braves.Throw in a game-ending double play for the ages, courtesy of a remarkable catch by Michael Harris II and some astute positioning by Austin Riley, and suddenly this 104-win team has gone from down and out to showing a little postseason swagger.Travis d’Arnaud and Riley hit two-run homers as the Braves, who were held without a hit into the sixth inning, rallied from a four-run deficit to stun the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 Monday night, evening the NL Division Series at one win apiece.“It was really emotional, especially the way we came back,” d’Arnaud said. “That was one of my favorite postseason games ever.”D’Arnaud, who started at catcher over slumping Sean Murphy, gave the Braves hope with his shot into the left-field seats in the seventh, cutting Philadelphia’s lead to 4-3. It was Atlanta’s first extra-b...

Fall allergies worse than spring, local doctor says

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

People who suffer from seasonal allergies are finding that the misery is lasting longer than it used to. Because of warmer temperatures, the pollen season is starting earlier and ending later each year.“The pollen season in D.C. is extended. It used to start in March or April and end in early October. It now starts at the end of February and goes through November — most people think because of global warming,” said Dr. Henry Fishman, an allergy and immunology specialist based in the District.“Also, in addition to noticing from experience, the national studies show the number of people with allergies has actually doubled in the last 20 years. So the season is longer and people are suffering more,” he added.The National Institute of Food and Agriculture says that not only are pollen seasons longer, research indicates the seasons carry 21% more pollen than they did in 1990.“All I know is I’m busy all day, every day,” said Fishman, who maintains...

Misty Copeland’s dedication to inclusion spans many projects — and her push for new dance emojis

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

NEW YORK (AP) — Misty Copeland has her hands (and feet!) in many different projects simultaneously, but all are motivated by her passion to use her platform to promote diversity in all the spaces she inhabits.The first Black woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre in 2015, Copeland says she never takes that opportunity for granted. Beyond performing, she says she feels a responsibility to show the importance of representation, and work on projects that are an extension of who she is as a dancer.Her influence has transcended the stage to author, head of her own production company and charitable foundation, and now co-founder and designer of a new athletic wear brand, Greatness Wins, that focuses on clothing for women of all ages and body types.Copeland also likes to try new things that scare her so she’s taken on the role of interviewer on a new show called “PBS Arts Talk,” where she recently interviewed painter Nathaniel Mary Quinn and dancer and cho...

Gobierno dominicano abrirá corredores comerciales provisionales en la frontera con Haití

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

(CNN Español) — El portavoz del Gobierno de República Dominicana, Homero Figueroa, informó este lunes las nuevas medidas adoptadas por el Consejo Nacional de Seguridad, que incluyen habilitar Corredores Comerciales Provisionales (CCP) en la frontera dominicano-haitiana tras el cierre total desde el 15 de septiembre.Según indicó Figueroa, estos CCP se abrirán bajo estrictas medidas de control militar y contarán con un registro biométrico obligatorio en las provincias fronterizas de Dajabón, Elías Piña, Independencia y Pedernales. De esta manera procuran facilitar el comercio de productos esenciales como alimentos y medicinas, especialmente para los infantes.Luis Abinader, presidente de República Dominicana, advierte ante la ONU sobre Haití días después de cerrar la frontera comúnEntre las medidas tomadas para fortalecer el cierre de la frontera con Haití a partir del próximo miércoles 11 de octubre a las 8:00 de la mañana —además del establecimiento del registro biométrico—, se...

For years, Israelis trusted the army to defend and inform them. Now many feel abandoned

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

JERUSALEM (AP) — It was, they thought, an ironclad social contract. Israeli citizens would serve in the military and live along enemy borders. In exchange, the army would defend them.That contract was shattered Saturday when hundreds of Hamas militants breached Israel’s defenses from the Gaza Strip, pouring in by air, land and sea on a rampage that would leave hundreds dead. The infiltration caught Israel’s storied high-tech army completely unaware and stunned a country that prides itself on military prowess. Further shocking Israelis was how long it took the military to respond. As thousands in southern Israel suddenly found themselves besieged, their cries for help went unanswered for hours. Holed up inside homes and safe rooms as militants sprayed bullets, torched homes and hurled grenades, they turned in desperation to social media, to journalists and to friends, beseeching the army to save them. The weekend attacks and the military’s response brought an unsettling new sen...

Micro-community construction starts this week: Here's what neighbors are saying

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

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver is preparing to build 11 micro-communities to house the homeless, with construction on the first one slated to begin this week on Santa Fe Drive.The project is part of Mayor Mike Johnston’s plan to house a thousand unhoused residents by the end of 2023. The new micro-community at 2301 S. Santa Fe Dr. will provide communal restrooms, shared kitchens, laundry rooms and trash removal.“I’ve looked at the pallet homes online, and they look like they would be decent places to live,” Jack Unruh, of the Overland Neighborhood Association, told FOX31. Download the FOX31 App: Breaking news alerts & Pinpoint Weather Unruh said neighbors had the opportunity to express concerns to the mayor’s office.“Mostly about cutting back on the numbers, cutting back on the size,” Unruh said.Others are worried about crime.“Who’s going to vet the people who are going to be there? Are they going to be sex offenders, all drunks, all drugs? We don’t know,” resident Mike Acosta said.FO...

Family mourns 16-year-old after rollover crash in Arvada

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

ARVADA, Colo. (KDVR) — A family is mourning a 16-year-old Denver girl who lost her life in a single-car crash early Saturday morning.The crash happened on eastbound Interstate 70 at Interstate 76. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox The family of the victim, Mariah Trujillo, said the driver was someone Mariah didn’t know. The driver tried to switch highways at the last minute, causing the rollover crash. All passengers were ejected, but only Mariah died.Her grandfather, Ron Garcia, said Mariah was loved by anyone she came into contact with and had a good head on her shoulders."It's hard every time you think about it. She was only 16, and everyone who knew her loved her," Garcia said.Mariah Trujillo (Credit: Ron Garcia)'She's only 16'Her father died four years ago, leaving her grandfather to step into that role. He told FOX31 she was like a daughter to him, even recently asking her grandfather for his approval of her new boyfriend.Garcia held back tea...

‘He’s not a victim’: Woman stabbed repeatedly, charged, accepts plea deal after violent night with man she met on dating app 

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

They met online but a violent fight left both of them bloodied. And today in court, a South Florida woman had a difficult decision to make; either go to trial and face the possibility of prison time or take a plea deal.Parts of the video you are about to see are difficult to watch.Investigative reporter Karen Hensel has the exclusive.Jalisa Edwards was in a Broward courtroom, Monday morning.Judge: “Ms. Edwards, good morning.”Facing charges from a violent night with a man she had met on a dating app.Karen Hensel: “Prosecutors see him as a victim. How do you see it?” Jalisa Edwards: “He’s not a victim. I don’t see him, he’s a aggressor.”It was Feb. 25, 2022.The man you hear lives in this Plantation home. The woman knocking is Jalisa. They had just started dating.Jalisa Edwards: “We went to his house. We watched a movie, and then we fell asleep for the next day for our date that we were supposed to have the next day. Yeah. So ...

Russian space agency says a backup circuit is leaking on the ISS

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

(CNN) — The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, is searching for answers after one of its modules on the International Space Station sprang a coolant leak, adding to the list of mechanical issues the space agency has grappled with in low-Earth orbit over the past year.Roscosmos said Monday in a notice posted to the messaging site Telegram that the coolant leak affected a radiator circuit on the Nauka module, which is located on the Russian-controlled segment of the ISS.The Nauka module was added to the space station in July 2021, but the leak occurred on an external, backup radiator that was delivered to the ISS on a space shuttle mission in 2010, according to NASA.“The main thermal control circuit of the module operates normally and provides comfortable conditions in the living area of ​​the module,” according to a translated version of the message. “The crew and the station are not in danger.”In an update Monday afternoon, NASA said space agency officials in ...