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Stewart, Vandersloot spark Liberty to 86-69 victory over Sky

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:55:59 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot had double-doubles and sparked a 22-0 run in the fourth quarter to lead the New York Liberty to their sixth straight victory, 86-69 over the Chicago Sky on Sunday.Stewart finished with 26 points, 14 rebounds and five assists for her 19th double-double of the season for the Liberty (30-7). Vandersloot pitched in with 20 points, 10 assists, six steals and five rebounds against her former team. Betnijah Laney had 17 points and Jocelyn Willoughby scored 10 off the bench.New York trails Las Vegas by 1 1/2 games for the top spot in the playoffs. Kahleah Copper scored 23 points to lead the Sky (15-22), who entered play tied with Los Angeles for the final playoff spot. Chicago has the tiebreaker advantage over the Sparks after winning three of four match-ups this season.The Liberty took the first two-possession lead when Vandersloot buried a 3-pointer for a 22-17 advantage. Marina Mabrey answered from beyond the arc, scoring 10 of her ...

Riley, Moussa spark Florida A&M to 28-10 victory over Jackson State

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:55:59 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Marcus Riley returned the game’s opening kickoff 96 yards for a score, Jeremy Moussa threw two touchdown passes, and Florida A&M beat Jackson State 28-10 on Sunday in the Orange Blossom Classic.Moussa, who is the Southwestern Athletic Conference’s Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, completed 11 of 21 passes for 146 yards. He had touchdown throws of 18 and 5 yards.The Rattlers scored at will in the first half before being held scoreless in the final two quarters.Jaquez Yant had a 3-yard touchdown run in the second quarter that gave the Rattlers a 28-point halftime lead.Jah’Marae Sheread, who caught a touchdown pass in the first quarter, had 95 of the Rattlers’ 225 yards on special teams.Jackson State punted on 5 of 7 first-half drives and lost three fumbles in their second game under head coach T.C. Taylor, who replaced Deion Sanders after he took the coaching job at Colorado.Jason Brown completed 10 of 19 passes for 82 yard...

Luis Arráez opens game with a HR, scores go-ahead run as Marlins complete 4-game sweep of Nationals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:55:59 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Luis Arráez led off the game with his sixth homer and scored the go-ahead run on a throwing error in the ninth inning as the Miami Marlins completed their first four-game sweep of the Washington Nationals with a 6-4 win on Sunday.Sandy Alcantara worked eight strong innings as the Marlins moved three games over .500 in September for the first time in a full season since their 73-69 start in 2010. Miami entered Sunday’s action one game back in the race for the third and final wild-card berth in the National League.“You hope to come in here and win a series,” manager Skip Schumaker said. “Four out of four was kind of icing on the cake. The way we pitched today and this series was why we won all four of those games, and our offense came alive.”With the game tied at 4 in the ninth, the Marlins moved ahead as Arráez scored on an errant throw on an attempted double play ball on Jazz Chisholm Jr.’s grounder to first. Later in the...

Police investigating 2nd deadly shooting in Lynn in 24 hours

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:55:59 GMT

City officials in Lynn are calling for an end to the street violence after a man was killed in a shooting late Saturday night just blocks away from where seven people were shot, one fatally, when gunfire erupted at a house party earlier in the day.Officers responding to a reported shooting on Lincoln Street around 11 p.m. found a man suffering from gunshot wounds in a vehicle, according to police. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His name has not been released.Police say a preliminary investigation suggests the shooting is not related to the fatal shooting on Essex Street earlier in the day.The second shooting came as authorities continue to search for the person or people responsible for the shooting in the area of 189 Essex St. around 2:20 a.m. that left seven people suffering from gunshot wounds.One of the victims later died. His family has identified him as 25-year-old Abraham Diaz. Two others remain hospitalized in critical condition and four peo...

Shelter in place order lifted in Seekonk after police activity shuts down neighborhood

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:55:59 GMT

Residents of a neighborhood in Seekonk are no longer being asked to shelter in place after police asked them to stay in their homes while they worked to assist a person who is experiencing a mental health crisis.Police say the situation was contained to a single residence on Colt Drive. The shelter in place was lifted around 6:30 p.m.“We are trying to assist a person experiencing a mental health crisis. We are working to bring this to a safe resolution,” police wrote in a Facebook post. “We ask that residents in the area continue to shelter in place and others remain out of the area.” No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Courting voters: Surrogates playing increased role in Trump campaign

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:55:59 GMT

Donald Trump is testing a strategy that may soon become a necessity as his legal woes mount: relying on Republican surrogates to make his case to voters.Polls show Trump as the front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination, but he’s mired in four criminal cases that could take him off the campaign trail starting in late January or February when candidates traditionally make their closing arguments to voters. That means Trump, the most popular figure in the Republican party, may well have to rely on the star power of key stand-ins to make final pitches to voters.While the candidate himself was a no-show at prominent events, including the first Republican primary debate and several time-honored events in Iowa, he left loyalists to fill the void.U.S. Representative Byron Donalds donned a blue apron as he flipped burgers with Representative Matt Gaetz at the Iowa State Fair. Kari Lake, a staunch Trump supporter who narrowly lost last year’s Arizona gubernatorial election, milked cows....

Stuck in the mud: Burning Man doused by rains

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:55:59 GMT

BLACK ROCK DESERT, Nev. — An unusual late-summer storm turned a week-long counterculture fest into a sloppy mess with tens of thousands of partygoers stuck in foot-deep mud and with no working toilets in the northern Nevada desert, But some Burning Man revelers said Sunday that their spirits remained unbroken.“We are a little bit dirty and muddy but spirits are high. The party still going,” said Scott London, a Southern California photographer, adding that the travel limitations offered “a view of Burning Man that a lot of us don’t get to see.”The annual gathering in the Black Rock Desert about 110 miles north of Reno attracts nearly 80,000 artists, musicians and activists for a mix of wilderness camping and avant-garde performances. Disruptions are part of the event’s recent history: Organizers had to temporarily close entrances to the festival in 2018 due to dust storms, and the event was twice canceled altogether during the pandemic.More than a...

Drag racer dies of injuries after crash at racetrack in Cayuga

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:55:59 GMT

A 69-year-old North York man is dead following a crash at a racetrack south of Toronto.Ontario Provincial Police say they were called just after 2:30 p.m. Saturday for a report of a collision between two drag racers at Toronto Motorsports Park in Cayuga.Police say a 69-year-old dragster from North York was transported to hospital, where he died of his injuries.The victim has been identified as Tony Positano in a pair of Facebook tributes. Race Cayuga Sportsman Series said Positano was “always trying to grow the sport and was akways trying to get more people out racing” while DragRaceCanada called him a “popular and dedicated Top Dragster class racer.”Positano was competing as part of the Labour Day Weekend Spectacular, according to the racetrack’s Facebook page. Police say the driver of the other vehicle was not hurt.OPP say the National Hot Rod Association, the governing body that sets rules in drag racing events in Canada and the U.S., has taken over ...

Minnesota prison reaches resolution with inmates who refused to return to their cells in heat wave

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:55:59 GMT

STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota prison has “resolved without incident” a situation involving about 100 inmates in one housing unit who would not return to their cells Sunday in what one former inmate there called an act of “self-preservation” amid dangerously high temperatures in the region.The situation was “calm, peaceful and stable throughout the day,” a Department of Corrections spokesperson said in a statement, adding that “incarcerated individuals in the unit indicated dissatisfaction” because the understaffed facility had to limit inmates’ time out of their cells.But advocates positioned outside of the Stillwater prison, some of whom have family members inside, said inmates are fed up with the excessive heat, lack of air conditioning and limited access to showers and ice during on and off lockdowns over the past two months.The prison is in Bayport about 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Minneapolis, which was under an afternoon heat advisory for temperat...

End in sight for consistent 100º days

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:55:59 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — First things first, this week is going to be hot again. We're forecasting triple digit heat every single day and it gets hotter toward the end of the week.Highs this weekNow that's out of the way, let's look farther ahead.An end to daily highs of 100º?We're starting to see some signs that a turning point away from consistent 100º days may be in sight after September 10.Both the American (GFS) and European (ECMWF) computer models suggest the unrelenting triple digit heat may actually relent after this upcoming weekend (September 9-10).GFS forecast highs for Austin (Courtesy: Weatherbell)The GFS begins a stretch of 90s on September 11 (see above).ECMWF forecast highs for Austin (Courtesy: Weatherbell)The ECMWF begins the 90s a day earlier on September 10 (see above).Why would temperatures drop?Persistent high pressure over Texas or the southwestern United States much of the summer has allowed temperatures to soar. As our ground has dried out, that's made it even easier...