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Nikola Jokic’s triple-double brings playoff magic back to Denver in Nuggets’ opening-night win over Lakers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:56:36 GMT

After the first, Nikola Jokic let out an emphatic cry directed toward the rafters and the fresh championship banner hanging there. Only one quarter and one 3-point attempt into Denver’s title defense, the stoic Joker’s emotions had reached an unexpected high.Yeah, this game mattered to the Nuggets.By the time Jokic made his third 3-pointer close to two hours later, the tension in Ball Arena felt not dissimilar to the atmosphere here during the Western Conference Finals in May. But Jokic’s reaction this time was more expressionless, more business-as-usual. He had come to save the Nuggets again, leading the way to a 119-107 opening-night win Tuesday over Los Angeles.Jokic finished with 29 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, dominating the first half as a post scorer then salvaging Denver’s ring night and his own drought with fourth-quarter heroics. That 3-pointer, for a 97-90 lead to force a Darvin Ham timeout with 8:15 remaining, was the turning point. When Jo...

Police investigating soccer brawl caught on camera in Irvine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:56:36 GMT

The Irvine Police Department is investigating a brawl that broke out between two soccer teams that brought spectators, parents and family members onto the field and into the melee over the weekend.  The Saturday night, Oct. 21, fight at Great Park in Irvine reportedly came at the end of the game between Club Garrafones from South Los Angeles and Irvine Zeta FC II, both of whom are a part of the professional development United Premier Soccer League.  Bryan Wallace, head coach of Irvine Zeta, believes his lower-ranked and younger team’s upset victory over the undefeated Club Garrafones is what sparked tempers and led to a dispute between two players that turned into an out-and-out fight that cleared the bleachers.  “One of their players came up and punched my player, and that started the entire thing. Their team and their parents and a bunch of guys on their bench just started attacking,” Wallace said in an interview with The Los Angeles Times. “One of their coaches att...

Sharks battle Panthers, but season-opening woes reach historic proportions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:56:36 GMT

The San Jose Sharks’ woes to start the 2023-2024 season have now reached historic proportions.The Sharks allowed two second-period goals, including a power play marker to Sam Reinhart at the 15:23 mark, and were unable to recover in a 3-1 loss to the Florida Panthers on Tuesday at Amerant Bank Arena.Fabian Zetterlund scored a power-play goal at the 8:30 mark of the second period and goalie Mackenzie Blackwood finished with 32 saves as the Sharks fell to 0-5-1, marking the first time in the team’s 32-season history that they’ve started a year with six straight losses.Last season, the Sharks lost five straight games in regulation time before they beat the New York Rangers 3-2 in overtime at Madison Square Garden. The Sharks had gone winless in their first six games before, going 0-3-3 in 1995 and 0-4-2 in 1998, but that was in an era where games could end in ties.Panthers starting goalie and noted Sharks killer Anthony Stolarz made 27 saves Tuesday and improved to 9-1-0 in 12 career g...

Girl, 4, kidnapped from her San Francisco home, police say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:56:36 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The San Francisco Police Department Special Victims Unit is asking for the public’s help to find a 4-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped by her relative without her father's consent.Police said Fatima Abuzahra, 4, was last seen with the suspected kidnapper, 30-year-old Enas Birawi, on the 600 block of Eddy Street in San Francisco. The girl's father alerted police at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday that his daughter was gone. Birawi allegedly took the girl without the father's knowledge nor consent, police said.Enas Birawi is seen in an undated mugshot provided by SFPD. The missing girl, Fatima, is on the right. (Images via SFPD) "The investigation determined that Fatima was taken from her home by a relative, Enas Birawi," Officer Robert Rueca said.Police did not say how the girl and suspect are related. SFPD wrote, "Fatima and Enas were last seen in the area of the 600 block of Eddy St. It is possible that Enas is staying in a hotel in the area. Enas was also ac...

Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Tom Emmer’s withdrawal, making fourth attempt to fill position

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:56:36 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for House speaker after Tom Emmer’s withdrawal, making fourth attempt to fill position.Source

Johansson makes 32 saves, Point has goal, assist, as Lightning beat Hurricanes 3-0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:56:36 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jonas Johansson made 32 saves, Brayden Point had a goal and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0 on Thursday night.Alex Barré-Boulet and Nicholas Paul had the other Tampa Bay goals.Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 20 shots for the Hurricanes, who have lost three in a row and wrapped up a six-game road trip at 2-4.Johansson is filling in for Andrei Vasilevskiy, who had back surgery last month and is expected back in late November or early December. He made a nice save midway through the third on Martin Necas for his first shutout this season and second overall.Point, who had 51 goals last season, broke a season-opening six-game goal drought with a deflection of Victor Hedman’s shot during a power play with 54 seconds remaining in the first.Barré-Boulet made it 2-0 on a redirection at 17:51 of the second. Point picked up his eighth assist on the goal. Paul scored with about three minutes to play in the third period.The game had a chip...

Miembros de Hamas utilizaron líneas telefónicas instaladas en túneles bajo Gaza para planear el ataque a Israel durante dos años, según fuentes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:56:36 GMT

(CNN) — Inteligencia compartida con Estados Unidos sugiere que una pequeña célula de miembros de Hamas que planeaba el letal ataque sorpresa contra Israel se comunicó a través de una red de teléfonos fijos incorporados a la red de túneles bajo Gaza durante un periodo de dos años, según dos fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto.Las líneas telefónicas de los túneles permitían a los agentes comunicarse entre sí en secreto y no podían ser rastreados por los servicios de inteligencia israelíes, dijeron las fuentes a CNN.Guerra entre Israel y Hamas, en vivo: muertes en Gaza, respuesta israelí y másDurante los dos años de planificación, la pequeña célula que operaba en los túneles utilizó las líneas telefónicas fijas para comunicarse y organizar la operación, pero permaneció a oscuras hasta que llegó el momento de activarse y convocar a cientos de combatientes de Hamas para lanzar el ataque del 7 de octubre, dijeron las fuentes.Los combatientes evitaron utilizar computadoras o teléfo...

After gun found in school, Montgomery Co. officer urges parents, students to speak up

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:56:36 GMT

Montgomery County, Maryland, police are encouraging more students to say something, if they see something after a student at Walter Johnson High School was arrested Monday for bringing a gun to school.Security was notified by another student that Akram Nassir, 17, of Bethesda, had a gun while in school on Monday. He has since been charged as an adult with underage possession of a firearm, possession of a loaded handgun and possession of a dangerous weapon on school property.“He saw something happen in a room at the school. He doesn’t know the other party involved at all,” said Cpt. Jordan Satinsky with Montgomery County police. “And he took a second to think and then he went and told a trusted adult security staff member who then started this whole other process of getting us involved.”Satinsky encouraged all students to feel emboldened and comfortable to say something when they see something.As part of the Community Engagement Officer 2.0 program’s implement...

Coach Lincoln Riley misses practice at USC, stays home for 2nd straight day due to illness

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:56:36 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lincoln Riley was away from his team at Southern California on Tuesday for the second straight day due to an illness.Riley missed Tuesday’s practice as the No. 24 Trojans (6-2, 4-1 Pac-12) continued preparations for their road game at California on Saturday. He was at home under doctors’ instructions, but the school wouldn’t comment on the nature of Riley’s illness.“The guys have handled things in a pretty professional way,” said Dennis Simmons, USC’s assistant head coach and receivers coach. “It’s not like he’s gone forever. It’s one of those deals where we’ve got an objective, which takes place this Saturday afternoon, and that was our main focus. … We work for an incredible man and a great leader. He set a great plan together, and we’re just following it until he returns.”Defensive coordinator Alex Grinch said the Trojans’ game-planning wouldn’t change in Riley’s absence. USC ha...

Anti-LGBT education protest once again met by counter

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:56:36 GMT

A protest from a group saying they represent parental rights in Kingston once again met a much larger counter protest on Saturday.In September the “1 Million March 4 Children” saw protests in cities all over the country protesting a range of LGBTQ+ related issues, but mainly focusing on the education in schools pertaining to topics like gender and sexual identity.With that protest at City Hall in Kingston saw a larger crowd of LGBTQ+ community members and supporters, with Saturday at the intersection of Gardiner’s and Princess being no different.The “1 Million March 4 Children” movement focuses on “protecting children from sexualization and indoctrination” as stated on their website, taking a particular gripe with schools adopting sexual orientation and gender identity education and discussion.The website says those discussions should be had at an age appropriate time, but supporters like Isabella Harpell say even then schools should only be...