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Miami’s Oladipo tears patellar tendon, latest injury setback

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:40 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — The reactions from Victor Oladipo’s Miami Heat teammates told the story as he sat on the court, holding onto his left knee as fans watched in stunned silence. Kyle Lowry yelled a profanity. Max Strus covered his face with a towel. Jimmy Butler held his head in his hands, staring at the floor.They feared he was hurt badly. They were right.The Heat announced Sunday that Oladipo tore his left patellar tendon, a diagnosis that came after an MRI earlier in the day. The injury ends Oladipo’s season and calls his availability for the start of next season — and likely beyond — into serious doubt. He will need a third major surgery in just over four years, the previous two coming after a quadriceps injury over his right knee.No timetable will likely be known until after the surgery.“Yes, there are injuries. That is a part of this game. We understand that,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Sunday before the team learned of the diagnosis. “But the human side of it, when you se...

Leafs’ Lafferty fined for cross-checking Lightning’s Colton

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:40 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Toronto Maple Leafs forward Sam Lafferty was fined for cross-checking in Saturday’s win over Tampa Bay, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced Sunday.Lafferty was fined $3,108.11, which is the maximum allowable under the league’s collective bargaining agreement.In Saturday’s second period, Lafferty cross-checked Lightning forward Ross Colton up high in front of Toronto’s goal. Lafferty received a minor penalty for roughing. The Maple Leafs are already without forward Michael Bunting, who was suspended three games for an illegal check to the head on Tampa Bay defenseman Erik Cernak in Game 1 of the series. Toronto holds a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series, with the two sides returning to action on Monday night.___More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

ANÁLISIS | Taylor Swift envía un poderoso mensaje a las mujeres en el “Eras Tour”

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:40 GMT

(CNN) — La primera sensación de incomodidad que sentí en el concierto de Taylor Swift en Las Vegas me llegó después de que se desvaneciera el contagioso ritmo de “Cruel Summer”, la canción favorita de los fans y la segunda de su gran actuación.Swift paseó por el escenario con un body de lentejuelas y botas a juego. Como ella misma dice, sus ojos de gata eran lo suficientemente afilados como para matar a un hombre.Dio las gracias a los miles de seguidores que la aclamaban por su ensordecedor apoyo y, cuando los rugidos se apagaron, hizo una pausa y gritó la frase que me dejó anonadada y envió un poderoso mensaje a las decenas de miles de mujeres asistentes sobre cómo abrazar el éxito.“Me hacen sentir como si fuera la primera mujer en encabezar el Estadio Allegiant”.Bajó la mirada hacia sus bíceps y levantó los brazos en señal de victoria.Los seguidores de Taylor Swift llevan a Ticketmaster ante la justicia por el caos en la venta de boletos para “T...

Police: NH woman arrested for DUI after driving wrong way down I-93

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:40 GMT

A New Hampshire woman is facing criminal charges after police say they had to use tire deflation devices to stop her from driving the wrong way down I-93 early Sunday morning.Kayiba K. Christelle, 22, was driving northbound in the southbound lanes around 2 a.m. and went from I-93 Hooksett into Bow, where troopers popped her tires, though she continued until mile marker 36.2, state police said.Christelle has been charged with reckless conduct with a deadly weapon, disobeying a police officer, reckless operation and driving while intoxicated. She was released on bail and will appear in Merrimack Superior Court on May 18.

Knicks take control of playoff series after Jalen Brunson’s dominance and Julius Randle’s benching

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:40 GMT

The best player in this series, and especially on Sunday afternoon, wasn’t Donovan Mitchell.Not even close.The star has been Jalen Brunson, the point guard who carried the Knicks to a pivotal 102-93 victory, giving Tom Thibodeau’s squad a 3-1 series lead.Brunson scored 29 points while totally outplaying Mitchell, who missed 13 of his 18 attempts in a miserable showing.RJ Barrett added 26 points, drawing chants from another supercharged MSG crowd, as Julius Randle was benched for the entire fourth quarter.Randle had been a disaster in the third quarter, showing little effort on defense as the Knicks squandered an earlier 15-point advantage. Thibodeau made the bold move of sitting down his All-Star, who finished with just seven points in 27 minutes on 3-of-10 shooting.In his place, Obi Toppin played all but 40 seconds of the final period as the Knicks ran away down the stretch.In Friday’s Game 3, the Knicks held the Cavs to 79 points, the smallest total for any team ...

Helicopter rescue prompted at Three Sisters Falls

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:40 GMT

JULIAN, Calif. -- A helicopter rescue was prompted in North County after a woman was injured while hiking to Three Sisters Falls in the Cleveland National Forest, Cal Fir confirmed.The hiker, a 61-year-old woman, was reported to have suffered an ankle injury during the 4.1-mile out-and-back trail near Julian. 1 injured in South Bay structure fire According to AllTrails, the trek is considered to be a moderately challenging route.Cal Fire Capitan Brent Pascua says the woman will be taken to the trail head by helicopter and will then be evaluated my medics. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

Diplomats flee Sudan fighting as citizens struggle to escape

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:40 GMT

KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others from Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday.While world powers like the U.S. and Britain airlifted their diplomats from the capital of Khartoum, Sudanese desperately sought to flee the chaos. Many risked dangerous roads to cross the northern border into Egypt.“My family — my mother, my siblings and my nephews — are on the road from Sudan to Cairo through Aswan,” prominent Sudanese filmmaker Amjad Abual-Ala wrote on Facebook.Fighting raged in Omdurman, a city across the Nile from Khartoum, residents said, despite a hoped-for cease-fire to coincide with the three-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.“We did not see such a truce,” Amin al-Tayed said from his home near state TV headquarters in Omdurman, adding that heavy gunfire and thundering explosions rocked the city.Over 420 people, including 264 civili...

Public-service strike: Union stepping up picketing efforts starting Monday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:40 GMT

OTTAWA — Canada’s biggest federal public service union is preparing to ramp up its ongoing strike by moving picket lines to strategic locations such as ports on Monday.Public Service Alliance of Canada National President Chris Aylward says civil servants don’t want to disrupt Canadians’ lives, but need to further affect the economy to push Ottawa for a solution.He says that means going beyond office buildings where public servants work to include locations he says will have more impact on the government.Aylward’s comments, provided in a Sunday interview with The Canadian Press,  come on the fifth day of one of Canada’s largest strikes. More than 100,000 union members walked off the job Wednesday after contract talks broke down following months of negotiations.Aylward says Ottawa presented a  package on Saturday which the union responded to later that day.He says the government has not presented anything new as of Sunday afternoon, and the federal Treasu...

Ex-Disney employee allegedly shot videos up women's skirts

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:40 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former Walt Disney World employee is facing a charge that he surreptitiously took a video up the skirt of a female customer, allegedly telling investigators he had done it more than 500 times over the past six years.Jorge Diaz Vega, 26, worked at the Star Wars gift shop inside Disney World's Hollywood Studios theme park in Florida until his recent arrest on one count of video voyeurism, a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison.According to court records filed by Orange County Sheriff's detectives, Vega was spotted by a witness shooting a video up an 18-year-old woman's skirt. She later told security officers she was not aware of Vega's actions. Animatronic dragon goes up in flames at Disneyland Detectives said that Vega volunteered during questioning that he takes the videos as a “guilty pleasure" and showed them multiple examples on his cellphone.He was arrested March 31 and released on $2,500 bail. Court records do not show if Vega ha...

Chicago fire: Woman dead after house fire in Dunning

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:40 GMT

CHICAGO — A woman is dead after a fire Sunday in Dunning, Chicago fire said.According to the Chicago Fire Department, the fire happened in the 3800 block of North Odell Avenue. 3-year-old boy shot while inside home in Chicago, police say A woman in her 70s died, Chicago fire said. Her identity hasn't been released.The cause of the fire hasn't been determined yet.