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Kevin Durant has 18th career triple-double, Suns beat Rockets 129-113 to end losing streak

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:14 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Kevin Durant had 27 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 16 assists for his 18th career triple-double, helping the Phoenix Suns beat the Houston Rockets 129-113 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game losing streak.Durant was 9 of 16 from the field and also had two steals and a block in Phoenix’s first road victory since Nov. 26. The Suns improved to 15-15.Eric Gordon matched Durant with 27 points in his first game back in Houston since being traded in February. He scored 17 points in the Suns’ 43-point second quarter en route to a 73-55 halftime lead. Devin Booker added 20 points, and Grayson Allen had 16.Alperen Sengun led Houston with 24 points, and Jalen Green added 23 with a season-high six 3-pointers. The Rockets are 15-14.Phoenix shot 76% in the second quarter to push its lead to 20, and 12 was the closest the Rockets would get in the second half.Jabari Smith Jr scored nine points for Houston before leaving in the third quarter because of a spraine...

Reinhart has 2 goals, Bobrovsky makes 27 saves, Panthers beat Lightning 3-2

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:14 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Sam Reinhart had two goals, Sergei Bobrovsky made 27 saves, and the Florida Panthers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Wednesday night.Panthers coach Paul Maurice joined Scotty Bowman (2,141) and Barry Trotz (1,812) as the only NHL coaches to have coached 1,800 games. He is sixth in wins with 837.Maurice said he’s not yet in their company “Because they’ve got those rings.” Maurice is the only one of the three not to have won the Stanley Cup.“A lifetime of association with some really fine people,” Maurice said. “I’m mindful of that. It’s not a milestone necessarily, (it’s) a path.”Aaron Ekblad also scored for the Panthers, and Aleksander Barkov had three assists.“It’s a big win for us against a really good team,” Bobrovsky said. “It’s always a rivalry.”Nikita Kucherov scored his 300th goal and Michael Eyssimont had the other Lightning goal. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 shots. Tampa Bay had won three straight.“I’m not so sure we wer...

Tormenta invernal en EE.UU. amenaza a más de 10 millones de personas por inundaciones en el noreste

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:14 GMT

(CNN) — A medida que la tormenta invernal sigue debilitándose en el centro de EE.UU., la principal amenaza ahora se centra en las fuertes lluvias que enfrentarán algunas zonas del noreste del país.Está vigente una alerta de inundaciones para más de 10 millones de personas en gran parte de Nueva Jersey, el este de Pensilvania y el norte de Delaware. Philadelphia y Atlantic City son las principales poblaciones bajo vigilancia de inundaciones, según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (NWS, por sus siglas en inglés).Más lluvia azotará el sur de California este viernes mientras persiste la amenaza de inundaciones en algunas áreas“Se pronostican precipitaciones totales de 3,8 a 5 centímetros en toda la zona vigilada esta noche y el jueves, con las precipitaciones más intensas previstas durante la tarde y la noche de este miércoles. Algunas áreas pueden ver los totales a nivel local más altos cerca de 7,6 centímetros. Los suelos permanecen saturados debido a las recientes preci...

Shaylee Gonzales makes six 3s, leads No. 5 Texas past Jackson State 97-52

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:14 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Shaylee Gonzales matched a career high with six 3-pointers while scoring a season-best 21 points, and No. 5 Texas beat Jackson State 97-52 on Wednesday night while playing without star point guard Rori Harmon and leading scorer Taylor Jones.Harmon missed the game with an unspecified injury. She sat on the Longhorns’ bench and walked with a limp.Freshman forward Madison Booker took over point guard duties, a role she usually performs as a backup, and finished with 16 points, a season-best nine assists and just one turnover in 32 minutes. Khadija Faye scored 14 points for Texas (13-0), and DeYona Gaston had 13 points and eight rebounds.Andriana Avent led Jackson State (5-6) with 11 points but was just 2 of 12 from the field. Angel Jackson had eight rebounds.Gonzales finished 6 of 9 from 3-point range. She also had five assists.Texas shot 57% from the field, including 9 of 16 on 3s.Jackson State, which has lost five straight, averages 18 offensive rebounds a ...

K’Andre Miller scores twice to lift Rangers over Capitals 5-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:14 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — K’Andre Miller scored two goals and added an assist to lead the New York Rangers to a 5-1 win over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night.Igor Shesterkin made 26 saves for New York, which has won five of its last six.Alexis Lafreniere, Artemi Panarin and Braden Schneider also scored for the Rangers, and Mika Zibanejad — playing in his 800th NHL game — added two assists.Anthony Mantha scored the Capitals’ lone goal, and Darcy Kuemper stopped 26 shots.BRUINS 4, SABRES 1BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Charlie Coyle scored twice and Brad Marchand had two assists to lead Boston over Buffalo.Mason Lohrei and Morgan Geekie also scored for the Bruins, who ended a four-game losing streak. Jeremy Swayman made 25 saves.Erik Johnson scored for the Sabres. Devon Levi made 21 saves.Special teams played a big role in the outcome as the Bruins scored on their first three power-play chances. Meanwhile, the Sabres went 0 for 6 with the man advantage.PENGUINS 7, ISLANDERS 0NEW YORK (AP) — Jak...

Guentzel, Malkin and Letang lead Penguins surge past Islanders, 7-0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:14 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jake Guentzel and Evgeni Malkin each scored twice, Kris Letang had six assists including five in the second period alone, and the Pittsburgh Penguins toppled the New York Islanders 7-0 on Wednesday night.Tristan Jarry finished with 21 saves for his fourth shutout of the season. Rickard Rakell, Radim Zohorna and Valtteri Puustinen also scored for Pittsburgh and Marcus Pettersson picked up four assists.Letang became the first defenseman in NHL history to record five points in a period and the first player of any position in Penguins history to do so.Ilya Sorokin made 19 saves as the Islanders’ nine-game point streak on home ice (6-0-3) came to an end. Semyon Varlamov replaced Sorokin to begin the third period and made six saves.Pittsburgh scored six times within a 10:27 stretch of the second period.Guentzel scored twice within 12 seconds to give the Penguins a 3-0 lead. He cleverly redirected Letang’s shot that was headed wide of the net past Sorokin prior to con...

Glendale family's pickup truck stolen with dog inside

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:14 GMT

GLENDALE, Colo. (KDVR) — It was a sad Christmas Eve for a family in Glendale when their truck was stolen from a convenience store parking lot.The truck was recovered but the search continues, as their family pet was inside the truck when it was stolen, and he's still missing.Anthony Diaz-Castro and Noemi Montero are the owners of Cory, their family dog."I don't understand why there are people who would do this. Cory was by my side all the time," Diaz-Castro said. How much money will you take home if you win the Powerball in Colorado? Diaz-Castro brought Cory with him to a corner store at Mississippi Avenue and Cherry Street in Glendale on Christmas Eve. When he came back out, he said a man shoved him off before driving away in his truck.Cory was inside."We treated Cory like a child," Montero said. "He had his own clothes. Everyone in the family treated him like a baby."Anthony Diaz-Castro poses with Cory, the family dog who was in the family's truck when it was stolen on Christmas...

Oprah Winfrey shares message of ‘The Color Purple’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:14 GMT

A literary landmark, Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Color Purple” returned this week in a new film version inspired by Broadway’s musicalized adaptation that starred Fantasia Barrino as the abused Celie.Barrino, the first “American Idol” winner to star on Broadway, recreates her role alongside another “Purple” Broadway veteran Danielle Brooks. She reprises her role as the tragic Sophia, imprisoned and beaten by white racists.Oprah Winfrey, who credits her extraordinary career entirely to “The Color Purple,” played Sophia in Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film version and was among the producers of Broadway’s musicals.  She is the lead producer in this cinematic reprise.Winfrey, 69, entrusted this elaborate new film to first time director Blitz Bazawule.“The moment Blitz came,” Winfrey said, “with his brilliant idea of going inside Celie’s head and us being able to see and feel what she was thinking and feeling — we were blown away!”“For me,” Bazawule said in a ...

Editorial: MA needs to get tough on swatters

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:14 GMT

Mayor Michelle Wu was the latest victim of swatting in Boston – and on Christmas Day, no less.True to form, the hoaxer informed the Boston Police Department that a violent shooting had taken place at an address matching the mayor’s home in Roslindale, as the Herald’s Flint McColgan reported.There was, of course, no such incident, but the hoaxer’s damage was done: police time wasted and tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars spent.It’s harassment, plain and simple, although sometimes the results are lethal, as in the death of the target who had been falsely accused of a violent crime like a homicide, a hostage situation or a bomb threat.Surely, the punishment for masterminding a swatting incident must be harsh.Wrong.The current law in Massachusetts states “Whoever intentionally and knowingly makes or causes to be made a false report of a crime to police officers shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred doll...

Fashion finds for a stylish, fun new year

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:59:14 GMT

The mistletoe is on its last legs, the cookies all but gone. And those gifts you spent so much time finding have been gifted and unwrapped.As much fun as the holidays are, they’re exhausting. And after a long year of hard work, you can use a few days of rest. Or maybe a few weeks.At the very least, you could use a few big fashion boosts to let you march into this upcoming year with your spirits lifted. So here are four great looks to help ring in 2024.Something luxurious and ultra-comforting: That could mean a lot of different things to different people. Bottom line, it means this to many of us: cashmere. And not just in a blanket or in scarf form, but as a sweater. Because that means we get to wear it all day long. I recommend looking into Vince’s Plush Cashmere Funnel Neck Sweater ($425 on vince.com). Is it a steal? Nope. Is it a big statement-maker? Nope. But will it make you happy every time you slip on its incredibly soft, cosseting, flattering, high quality magic? Yes, so go f...