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Badgers beat Gophers 28-14, take back Paul Bunyan’s Axe behind Allen’s ground attack

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:31 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Braelon Allen rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns to carry Wisconsin past rival Minnesota 28-14 on Saturday, giving the Badgers possession of Paul Bunyan’s Axe after a two-year absence.Tanner Mordecai threw for scores to Will Pauling and Riley Nowakowski and had a career-high 69 yards rushing on nine scrambles to help Wisconsin (7-5, 5-4 Big Ten) finish on an upswing in a trying first season under coach Luke Fickell.Hunter Wohler had 12 tackles for the blitz-heavy Badgers, who raced to the west end zone to get their hands on the hardware for the oldest rivalry in major college football. The Gophers haven’t had the axe in their trophy case for three straight years since they won four in a row from 1984-87.Jordan Nubin rushed for 93 yards and a touchdown for Minnesota (5-7, 3-6), which failed to secure bowl eligibility but remained alive for a postseason game with a nationwide shortage of six-win teams. The Gophers were also aiming to house the axe t...

Shepherd scores 20, No. 25 Mississippi State women pull away from Arkansas-Pine Bluff 77-68

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:31 GMT

KATY, Texas (AP) — Jerkaila Jordan scored 20 points, Erynn Barnum added a double-double and No. 25 Mississippi State held off Arkansas-Pine Bluff 77-68 on Saturday in the Van Chancellor Classic.The Golden Lions (1-4) trailed by 10 at halftime but were only down three with less than eight minutes to play before a late 6-0 burst gave the Bulldogs (7-0) a 75-63 lead with 1:12 to play.Debreasha Powe had 15 points with four 3-pointers and Lauren Park-Lane scored 12 with eight assists for Mississippi State. Barnum had 12 points and 12 rebounds.Zaay Green had 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Golden Lions and Coriah Beck added 13 points.Kaila Walker hit a 3-pointer to pull UAPB within 69-63 with 3:15 to play. Barnum scored on a putback for MSU and after the Golden Lions had an offensive foul, Jessika Carter made a pair of free throws. After another UAPB miss, Powe added another second-chance basket for the 12-point lead.Beck’s 3-pointer ended the run and another off...

McCloud throws career-high 5 TD passes, No. 24 James Madison beats Coastal Carolina 56-14

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:31 GMT

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Jordan McCloud threw a career-high five touchdown passes — three to Elijah Sarratt — and No. 24 James Madison rebounded from its only loss to rout Coastal Carolina 56-14 on Saturday.Transitioning from FCS to the bowl subdivision, the Dukes (11-1, 7-1 Sun Belt) were turned down twice by the NCAA in a bid for a waiver that would make them eligible for the league title game next week as East Division champions — and potentially a New Year’s Six bowl invite as the top Group of Five team.But James Madison lost in overtime, 26-23, at home to Appalachian State a week ago. The school said in a statement earlier this week that loss “changed the landscape in terms of the nature and timing of our legal options, including the diminished viability of a lawsuit against the NCAA.”McCloud’s final three TD passes came in the fourth quarter with the game well in hand. The sixth-year player surpassed his old touchdown mark, which he tied three times previously this season. He...

Rancher finds 3 lambs killed by wolf, CPW said

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:31 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Three lambs on a ranch in Jackson County were found dead after what appeared to be a wolf attack, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said.On Nov. 17, CPW responded to a report of a possible depredation incident when a rancher found the dead lambs.A CPW wildlife officer conducted a field investigation which suggested that the lambs had been killed by a wolf.“The results of this investigation indicated wounds on the carcasses consistent with wolf depredation,” CPW Area Wildlife Manager Kris Middledorf said. “The field investigation found signs of hemorrhaging, indicating the attack occurred while the animals were still alive and the carcasses were not scavenged.” How CPW plans to avoid livestock conflict while reintroducing wolves CPW said it provides reimbursement for damages caused by gray wolves to livestock defined in Colorado Revised Statute 33-2-105.8 and animals used for guard or herding purposes and provides conflict minimization materials under its Gray Wolf Compe...

Hamas releases more Gaza hostages after dispute, delay in transfer

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:31 GMT

Hamas released a second group of Gaza hostages late Saturday after a delay caused by a dispute between the militant group and Israel over the terms of a truce agreement, according to the Israeli military and Qatari government officials.The Israel Defense Forces said Red Cross representatives transferred the freed hostages to Egypt late Saturday, according to the Associated Press. Israel was to free 39 Palestinians as part of the deal.Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Dr. Majid bin Mohammed Al Ansari confirmed that the hostage transfer had taken place.“13 Israelis and 4 foreigners were received by ICRC and on their way to Rafah,” Al Ansari wrote in a message posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.Al Ansari had posted earlier in the day that a dispute causing a delay in the hostage transfer had been resolved by Qatari-Egyptian mediators.“After a delay, obstacles to release of prisoners were overcome through Qatari-Egyptian contacts with both sides,” Al Ansari wrote&n...

Tuba-tastic! Low brass rings in Boston’s Downtown Crossing’s conversion into ‘Snowflake Crossing’

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:31 GMT

The Christmas season rang in Downtown Crossing with a distinctive low note or, rather, 100 such low notes as just as many regional brass instrument players assembled for Boston’s annual TubaChristmas.The tuba, sousaphone and euphonium players assembled dressed in their holiday best and surrounded by merry decorations to blow past Thanksgiving and into the Christmas season starting at noon on Saturday with a concert of classic holiday favorite tunes.The annual tuba-tacular is the kickoff event for this year’s “Snowflake Crossing” that converts Boston’s downtown into a winter wonderland. Upcoming events include Thursday’s Christmas tree lighting on the Common; Dec. 7’s Singing Nuns as the Daughters of St. Paul’s Choir enchants the public; the downtown Holiday Market that the city describes as “a fantastic lineup of artisan vendors to offer their handcrafted products outside on Summer Street,” which started Friday and runs thr...

Youth under arrest; 6 people injured in multi-vehicle crash in Mississauga

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:31 GMT

A young male is in custody following a multi-vehicle crash in Mississauga on Saturday night.Peel police say between five to seven vehicles were involved in the crash on Eglinton Avenue between Intrepid Drive and Churchill Meadows Boulevard just before 6:30 p.m.Six people were taken to hospital, however, police say it was for precautionary reasons and there were no significant injuries to report.Police say a youth has been taken into custody and is facing a dangerous driving charge. Investigators are also looking into the possibility that stunt racing may have been a factor in the crash.

Winnipeg revokes Peter Nygard’s Key to the City following sexual assault convictions

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:31 GMT

Winnipeg has revoked what it calls its highest honour — the Key to the City — from Peter Nygard following the former fashion mogul’s conviction on four counts of sexual assault.During a council meeting Thursday, St. Norbert-Seine River Coun. Markus Chambers said Nygard, who founded a fashion company in Winnipeg in 1967 that ultimately became Nygard International, received the honour in 2008.Chambers then asked Mayor Scott Gillingham what measures were being taken to preserve the integrity of the honour following Nygard’s recent convictions, as well as other charges against him which remain before the courts.Gillingham responded that in light of the convictions, he’d asked the city’s protocol officer to strike Nygard’s name from the list of key recipients.On Saturday, a spokesman for Gillingham said in an email that Nygard was removed from the list earlier this week.Other former recipients of Winnipeg’s Key to the City include astronaut...

Derek Chauvin’s family has received no updates after prison stabbing, attorney says

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:31 GMT

An attorney for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, said Saturday that Chauvin’s family has been kept in the dark by federal prison officials after he was stabbed in prison.The lawyer, Gregory M. Erickson, slammed the lack of transparency by the Federal Bureau of Prisons a day after his client was stabbed on Friday by another inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona, a prison that has been plagued by security lapses and staffing shortages.A person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday that Chauvin was seriously injured in the stabbing. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the attack. On Saturday, Brian Evans, a spokesperson for the Minnesota attorney general’s office, said: “We have heard that he is expected to survive.”Erickson said Chauvin’s family and his attorneys have hit a wall trying to obtain in...

Israel and Hamas complete 2nd day of swaps after tense delay, as Gaza cease-fire holds

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:00:31 GMT

AL BIREH, West Bank (AP) — Hamas militants on Saturday released 17 hostages, including 13 Israelis, from captivity in the Gaza Strip, while Israel freed 39 Palestinian prisoners in the latest stage of a four-day cease-fire.The late-night exchange was held up for several hours after Hamas accused Israel of violating the agreement. The delay underscored the fragility of the cease-fire, which has halted a war that has shocked and shaken Israel, caused widespread destruction across the Gaza Strip, and threatened to unleash wider fighting across the region.The war erupted on Oct. 7, when Hamas militants in Gaza burst across the border into southern Israel, killing at least 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting some 240 others, including, women, children and older people. Israel immediately declared war, carrying out weeks of airstrikes and a ground offensive that have left over 13,300 Palestinians dead, according to health authorities in the Hamas-controlled territory. Roughly tw...