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UConn beats Baylor 77-58 for 29th straight trip to Sweet 16

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:47 GMT

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Azzi Fudd is still rounding back into form after missing 22 games with injuries this season. She’s only been back for five games and hadn’t looked like the player that was dominating the game before suffering two knee injuries. But after going 2 of 8 from the floor in the first half Monday night, the sophomore guard scored 16 of her game-high 22 points in a decisive third quarter, leading second-seeded UConn to a 77-58 win over No. 7 seed Baylor on Monday night. That put the Huskies in a 29th straight Sweet 16.Fudd said she just stayed confident and her shots began to fall.“I definitely wouldn’t say (I took) the team on my back, I think everyone played an incredible role tonight,” Fudd said. “But I think (I just kept) that mindset of being aggressive and having my teammates and coaches continue to remind me, ’Don’t stop shooting, keep shooting, keep looking for your shots.”Aaliyah Edwards added 19 points, Aubrey Griffin pulled down 12 rebounds and Ni...

Nurse scores late in OT to give Oilers 5-4 win over Sharks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:47 GMT

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Darnell Nurse scored at 4:45 of overtime to give the Edmonton Oilers a 5-4 win over the struggling San Jose Sharks on Monday night for their fourth straight win.Mattias Ekholm had two goals, Kailer Yamamoto had a goal and an assist, and Nick Bjugstad also scored to help the Oilers win for the sixth time in seven games. Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had two assists, and Jack Campbell had 28 saves.Erik Karlsson scored twice, Alexander Barabanov had a goal and an assist, and Steven Lorentz also scored for the Sharks, who lost their seventh straight (0-4-3) and fell to 2-11-4 in their last 17 games. James Reimer had a season-high 46 saves.With the clock winding down in the extra period, Nurse got a long pass from Yamamoto along the right side, skated in on Reimer on a breakaway and beat him through the five-hole for his eighth of the season.Ekholm tied it 4-4 with 3:47 left in the third with his second of the night and eighth of the...

Julius Randle’s historic 57-point performance ends with Knicks losing to T-Wolves at MSG

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:47 GMT

A historic night for Julius Randle ended with him picking up a technical, shooting an airball and yelling at a referee as the buzzer sounded.His 57 points — tied with Richie Guerin for third most in franchise history — was spoiled by an ugly finish to a 140-134 loss Monday night to the Timberwolves, a defeat forged with porous defense and solidified by the Knicks getting outscored 11-3 in the final 2 ½ minutes.The dagger was a layup from Minnesota’s Taurean Prince, the unlikely hero with 35 points, who converted the shot right over Randle with 10 seconds remaining. Randle responded by throwing the ball in frustration — an automatic technical — and throwing up an airball on New York’s final possession.Talk about a buzzkill. Otherwise, Randle was fantastic.His shot that eclipsed 50 points was a fadeaway 3-pointer in the third quarter, the type of conversion that can only seem so easy when a player is scorching.It was momentous for a couple...

Ohtani, Japan rally late, edge Mexico 6-5 to reach WBC final

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:47 GMT

MIAMI — Shohei Ohtani sparked a ninth-inning rally with a leadoff double, and Munetaka Murakami hit a walk-off, two-run double to lift Japan over Mexico 6-5 Monday night and into the World Baseball Classic final.Japan will face the defending champion United States in Tuesday’s championship game.Ohtani went 2 for 4. The Los Angeles Angels star scored in the seventh when Masataka Yoshida hit a tying, three-run homer off reliever JoJo Romero. ()

Mix of heavy rain and gusty winds could bring unplanned power outages, damage along coast

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:47 GMT

SAN DIEGO - Windy conditions will be felt from the coast to the deserts Tuesday. The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for most of the day. Now, concerns are that wind gusts could leave damage behind. “This thing comes in waves," shared Skyler McManus who runs Hamel's Surf Shop in Mission Beach. A quite literal statement for the San Diego lifer whose shop was recently slammed by ocean water in recent storms, leaving McManus on guard for what's to come. “Mother nature does unruly things that you can’t predict so you have to act fast and put the sandbags out and get everything set up and protect the store. I've seen it crazy,” McManus said. High wind warnings from the coast to the cactus, is keeping local leaders on standby, as strong southerly winds race ashore Tuesday, with gusts reaching around 55 mph along our local beaches. “That is causing some concern of course after we saw all of those trees that fell in Balboa Park and elsewhere throughout the city,...

Ignoring experts, China’s sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:47 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn’t ready for a massive onslaught of cases. Hospitals turned away ambulances, crematoriums burned bodies around the clock, and relatives hauled dead loved ones to warehouses for lack of storage space.Chinese state media claimed the decision to open up was based on “scientific analysis and shrewd calculation,” and “by no means impulsive.” But in reality, China’s ruling Communist Party ignored repeated efforts by top medical experts to kickstart exit plans until it was too late, The Associated Press found.Instead, the reopening came suddenly at the onset of winter, when the virus spreads most easily. Many older people weren’t vaccinated, pharmacies lacked antivirals, and hospitals didn’t have adequate supplies or staff — leading to as many as hundreds of thousands of deaths that could have been avoided, according to academic modeling, more than 20 interviews with current and forme...

IMF to assess Sri Lankan governance as part of $3B bailout

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:47 GMT

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday it is assessing Sri Lanka’s governance in the first case of an Asian country facing scrutiny for corruption as part of a bailout program. The IMF executive board approved a nearly $3 billion bailout plan for the bankrupt nation Monday and about $333 million was to be disbursed immediately to help alleviate the country’s humanitarian crisis. The approval also will open up financial support from other institutions. Sri Lanka suspended repayment of its debt last year as it ran short of foreign currency needed to pay for imports of fuel and other essentials. Shortages led to street protests that forced out Sri Lanka’s president. The economic situation has improved under current President Ranil Wickremesinghe, but his plans to privatize state companies have raised objections. The senior mission chief for the IMF in Sri Lanka said the development lender was “conducting an in-depth governance diagnostic exercise w...

‘John Wick’ stars honor late co-star Lance Reddick

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:47 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne were among the “John Wick: Chapter 4″ stars honoring Lance Reddick, their co-star who died unexpectedly last week, at the film’s Los Angeles premiere.“We lost our brother, and in a really sort of very shocking way. I think we’re all still in shock. “Life is,” the visibly-shaken Fishburne said, pausing briefly before continuing, “hard sometimes.”Many of those who worked on the film wore blue ribbons to honor Reddick, who was a prolific character actor with prominent roles in “The Wire,” “Oz” and the “John Wick” film franchise.“Just to be in his light and to get a chance to work with him, I’ll cherish for the rest of my life,” Reeves said. “He had such a passion for his work and his craft. He was gracious. He had a dignity to him and a presence.”Reddick, 60, died Friday in Los Angeles of natural causes, his publicist Mia Hansen said. No further details were provided.Tributes have poured in for the act...

Serbia wants to normalize ties with Kosovo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:47 GMT

Serbia wants normal relations with Kosovo but still won't sign any agreement with it, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday (19 March), a day after he verbally agreed to implement a Western-backed plan for the normalisation of ties.Serbia wants to join the European Union, and a condition of membership is that it normalise relations with ethnic Albanian-majority Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008 but which Belgrade still considers a Serbian province.Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti agreed to implement normalisation steps at a meeting with EU officials in a North Macedonian lake resort on Saturday, although no document was signed and the EU said it had wanted to go further."Serbia wants to have normal relations with Kosovo. We want to travel, we want to do business, you cannot live isolated behind 100 metres walls," Vucic told reporters on Sunday."I didn't want to sign the agreement on the implementing annex last night nor the EU-backed agreement (in Brussels l...

New toll-free phone number created to direct Canadians to available poison centres

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:08:47 GMT

Health Canada is launching a new toll-free phone number for poison centres. Canadians can now call 1-844-POISON-X to access critical medical advice for poisonings.The initiative was launched to make it easier for Canadians to access information on poison centres from anywhere in the country. Health Canada says many Canadians don’t know the phone number of their local poison centre or what services are available to them.The federal agency says over 1,500 people in Canada lose their lives each year to unintentional poisonings from medications, cleaners, and other household items.The country’s network of poison centres handle almost two-thirds of cases remotely without the requirement to enter a health care facility.The number was launched as a part of National Poison Prevention Week, which runs from March 19 to 25, 2023. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Mar. 21, 2023.The Canadian Press