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March Madness remains must-see TV during first weekend

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:29:09 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Both editions of March Madness have proven to be must-see TV for basketball fans.The first two rounds of the women’s tournament averaged a record 391,000 viewers, a 28% increase over last year. The four ABC games on Saturday and Sunday averaged at least 636,000 viewers per game. The second-round game Sunday between Georgia and Iowa averaged 1.5 million, a record for an early-round game, with South Florida-South Carolina bringing in 1.1 million.ABC will air the women’s championship game on April 2, which will be the first time since 1995 it has been on network television. The men’s first round on March 16-17 averaged 9.2 million viewers on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV. The March 17 games averaged 9.3 million, making it the most-watched Friday first round.Michigan State’s win over Marquette on Sunday was the game with the largest audience with 10.9 million viewers.The overall tournament average of 9.04 million on CBS, TBS, TNT and truTV is very similar to las...

Authorities make arrest in 2022 fire set at building slated to become Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:29:09 GMT

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities make arrest in 2022 fire set at building slated to become Wyoming’s only full-service abortion clinic.Source

Hospitalizan al rapero Tekashi 6ix9ine tras recibir brutal golpiza en un gimnasio

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:29:09 GMT

El rapero Tekashi 6ix9ine fue trasladado de urgencia a un hospital de Florida luego de sufrir una fuerte golpiza en un gimnasio, según confirmó la policía de Palm Beach (PBSO).El artista de 26 años fue atacado por varios hombres el martes por la noche mientras estaba en el sauna de un gimnasio LA Fitness en Lake Worth, en el sur de Florida.Su abogado se refirió a los hechos en un comunicado enviado a NBC News. “Fue atacado en una sauna en un gimnasio por tres o cuatro (…) que lo golpearon (trató de defenderse)”, dijo el abogado del rapero, Lance Lazzaro, en un comunicado a NBC News. “¡No lo creo!”: inmenso caimán sorprende a residentes merodeando por calles de vecindario El incidente tuvo lugar dentro de un LA Fitness en Lake Worth, donde los agentes se enteraron de que ocurrió un altercado dentro del negocio entre varias personas.“Los empleados escucharon el disturbio y los perpetradores huyeron”, dijo Lazzaro. “Llamaron a la poli...

DPS superintendent: Armed officer to be posted at all comprehensive high schools

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:29:09 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Denver Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Alex Marrero said at least one armed police officer will be posted on comprehensive high school campuses.Marrero said he will continue discussions with principals at those schools to address concerns. Two armed Denver Police Department officers will be stationed at Denver East through the remainder of the school year. "I acknowledge this action likely violates Executive Limitations 10.10, which mandates that I 'not staff district schools with school resource officers or the consistent presence of security armed with guns or any other law enforcement personnel,'" Marrero said in a letter to the Board of Education. "However, I can no longer stand on the sidelines. I am willing to accept the consequences of my actions." Denver East High School has history of weapons, violence Marrero proposed in the letter that he and the board have a discussion regarding student resource officers in an executive session on Thursday. Mayor Ha...

Video released showing dog attack on 10-year-old boy in Miami Shores

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:29:09 GMT

A new clue for police has been released showing a violent dog attack on a boy who was walking home from school with his siblings. Now, his mother wants that dog’s owner to come forward.“It wasn’t even a split second and the dog took my child and just shaking him,” said Kiara Brown.It’s been more than a week since Brown’s 10-year-old son’s brutal dog attack, and he says his wounds are still painful.“It’s starting to hurt a little right now,” said Brown’s son, Nehemiah Comer.7News obtained the disturbing and hard to watch March 14 video, which shows Comer and his siblings walking home from school near Northwest 105th and Second Avenue in Miami Shores when the dog, that was on a leash, lunged at his sister.That’s when Comer jumped in the way, to protect her.“It could have went for his neck,” said Browan. “That’s how far the dog jumped up, and instead because my son moved a certain way and had to get his siste...

Police searching for man who robbed Hingham convenience store at gunpoint

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:29:09 GMT

Hingham police are searching for an armed robber who held up a convenience store at gunpoint on Wednesday.Officers responding to the Richdale Food Shops on Lincoln Street around 2 p.m. determined a man entered the store and brandished a semi-automatic pistol while demanding money.He is described as being a white male who is 6 feet tall with a beard. He was wearing a New York Yankees hat, a black jacket with a yellow zipper, black sweatpants, and a surgical mask.Hingham Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred Wednesday afternoon (3/22/23). The robbery happened at Richdale Food Shops located at 185 Lincoln Street at around 2:00pm. The suspect entered the store and brandished a semi-automatic pistol at the clerk, demanding money.Anyone with information is asked to contact the Hingham Police Detectives at 781-749-1212 or e-mail [email protected]. Anonymous tips can also be submitted at hpd.org.

Rare tornado near Los Angeles rips building roofs; 1 injured

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:29:09 GMT

By JOHN ANTCZAK and CHRISTOPHER WEBER (Associated Press)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A rare tornado touched down in a Los Angeles suburb on Wednesday, ripping roofs off a line of commercial buildings and sending the debris twisting into the sky and across a city block, injuring one person. The National Weather Service sent teams to assess damage in Montebello and later confirmed that a tornado had touched down around 11:20 a.m. “It’s definitely not something that’s common for the region,” said meteorologist Rose Schoenfeld with the weather service. One person was injured and was taken to a hospital in Montebello, said Alex Gillman, a city spokesman. He didn’t know the severity of the injury.Michael Turner could hear the winds get stronger from inside his office at the 33,000-square-foot (3,065-square-meter) warehouse he owns just south of downtown Montebello. When the lights started flickering, he went outside to find his employees gazing up at the ominous ...

Magic embracing season’s final stretch with play-in hopes intact

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:29:09 GMT

The Orlando Magic are playing for something more meaningful and tangible during the season’s final stretch than they did the previous two campaigns.After Tuesday’s 122-112 win over the Washington Wizards at Amway Center, the Magic (30-43) are still in the race for a spot in the play-in tournament.Their chances of qualifying for the play-in appear bleak with nine games left entering Thursday’s home game vs. the New York Knicks.They entered Wednesday 5 games behind the Chicago Bulls for the No. 10 seed in the Eastern Conference standings. Seeds 7-10 in each conference compete in the play-in tournament for the Nos. 7 and 8 seeds in the playoffs.But still being eligible and having the opportunity to compete for postseason play is motivating the Magic, who were already eliminated from playoffs contention by this time in the previous two seasons.“I do think that for a young team, it helps,” big man Moe Wagner said, “because the long-term road seems so f...

Missing UCSD neuroscientist feared dead after Montreal building fire

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:29:09 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The search continues for victims a week after a massive fire tore through a historical building located in what’s known as the Old Port District of Montreal, Canada. According to Canadian authorities, the fire broke out Thursday morning at about 5:45 a.m., trapping victims inside.One of those victims is believed to be Dr. An Wu, a neuroscientist at UC San Diego. According to a GoFundMe account set up by her colleagues, the 31-year-old was attending an academic conference and was booked into an Airbnb on the third floor of the historic building. 6-year-old boy killed in crash Nine people were taken to the hospital. Two bodies have been recovered and five more remain missing.Canadian authorities say they are using specially designed devices to get to hard to reach areas of the building without jeopardizing their own safety.The three-story building is a total loss with the floors and roof collapsing making it too dangerous for investigators to go inside. They are us...

Big jump in migrants crossing Panama’s dangerous Darien Gap

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:29:09 GMT

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s government said Wednesday that 50,000 migrants crossed the treacherous Darien Gap linking Colombia and Panama in the first two months of 2023, five times more than in the same period last year. For 2022 as a whole, a total of 250,000 migrants made the crossing, with big spikes in September and October, a trend that suggests the number that is likely to increase even more later this year.The increase was particularly noticeable among children and underage migrants. The People’s Defense Office said 9,683 migrants younger than 18 crossed the jungle-clad Darien route in January and February. That was seven times as many minors as crossed in the same period last year. The office said 1,119 of the latest young migrants were not accompanied by adults.The office and U.N. rights organizations said the Darien Gap crossing has now become an established route for migrants heading from South America to the U.S. border. “Year by year the number of migrants crossing thr...