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Warriors down 3-1: Comebacks are rare, but this core has done it before

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:26 GMT

Coming back from down 3-1 in an NBA playoff series is no small feat.Entering this year’s second round, there have been 277 instances of a team falling into a 3-1 series hole in NBA history. Only 13 of them have come back to win the series — a measly 4.7%.Those are the odds stacked against the Warriors entering Wednesday night’s Game 5 against the Lakers, who need to win just one more game to advance to the Western Conference finals.But if any team knows how to fight through not one, not two, but three straight elimination games and win them all, it’s this Warriors core of Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.After all, they’ve done it once before — and been on the other end of another one.Back in the 2016 Western Conference finals, the Warriors were down 3-1 to the Oklahoma City Thunder in a series that followed the same path as this Lakers one — losing Game 1 at home before a comfortable Game 2 win, then dropping Games 3 and 4 on the road.When the Warriors returned t...

Three killed, 10 injured in synagogue attack in Tunisia

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:26 GMT

Associated PressTUNIS, Tunisia — A Tunisian naval guard shot and killed a colleague and two civilians Tuesday near a synagogue on the island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said.The attacker was killed by security guards seeking to prevent him from entering the temple, the ministry said in a statement. Ten people were injured in the attack near the 2,500-year-old Ghriba synagogue.The assailant, a guard affiliated with the National Guard naval center in the town of Aghir on Djerba, first killed a colleague with his service weapon and then seized ammunition and sought to reach the Ghriba synagogue, the ministry said.When he reached the area, he opened fire on security units stationed at the temple. The synagogue was locked down and those inside were kept secure while authorities investigate the motives for the attack, the ministry said.It occurred during an annual pilgrimage that attracts thousands of visitors from around the world to one o...

Students are on day four of the Oakland teachers strike — when can they go back to school?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:26 GMT

Day four of the Oakland teachers’ strike began like the past three — by 7:30 a.m. teachers had packed the picket lines at schools across the city. But Skyline High seniors Nailah Karigaca and Kereina Chung have settled into a different strike routine: at 11 a.m. Tuesday, the two were just waking up from a sleepover, and getting ready to have breakfast before studying for their upcoming AP exams.“It feels kind of like the COVID years,” said Karigaca, age 17.Like seniors across the country, Karigaca and Chung have had a rocky high school experience. Their freshman and sophomore years were almost entirely virtual — and now, weeks before graduation, their school was shuttered again. Yesterday, Karigaca attended an AP biology study session on the shores of Lake Merritt, and aside from her teacher, she was the only one who showed up. Today, Chung was planning to work on her senior project on homelessness, which she would record herself presenting by the end of the week.Nailah Karigaca, a ...

Tunisian naval guard kills 3 near synagogue; 10 injured

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:26 GMT

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian naval guard shot and killed a colleague and two civilians Tuesday as he tried to reach a synagogue on the Mediterranean island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said. The attacker was slain by security guards, and 10 people were injured.The motive for the attack was under investigation. It came as Tunisia, once a prized tourist destination and birthplace of the Arab Spring pro-democracy uprisings, has fallen into political and economic crisis. Djerba, a picturesque island off the southern coast of Tunisia, is home to the North African country’s main Jewish community.The civilians killed were French and Tunisian, the Tunisian Foreign Ministry said. It was not immediately clear if they were pilgrims attending ceremonies at the 2,500-year-old Ghriba temple, one of Africa’s oldest synagogues.Those injured include six security agents and four civilians, the Interior Ministry said. It did not specify how the...

Dodgers’ Syndergaard leaves after 1 inning with cut finger

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:26 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Noah Syndergaard left Tuesday night’s game with the Milwaukee Brewers after dealing with a cut on the index finger of his pitching hand in his one inning of work.After throwing his warm-up pitches before the bottom of the first inning, Syndergaard went to the dugout before returning to the mound. He appeared to be dealing with blood on his index finger.Syndergaard, 30, then allowed the first two Brewers hitters to reach base before he got out of the inning without allowing a run.Christian Yelich hit a leadoff single and Jesse Winker walked before Willy Adames hit a drive that Chris Taylor caught in front of the left-field wall. Rowdy Tellez then grounded into a double play.Syndergaard threw 20 pitches, including 11 strikes, in his first appearance since April 30. Phil Bickford replaced Syndergaard with the Dodgers leading 3-0.Syndergaard entered Tuesday with a 1-3 record and 6.32 ERA. The Dodgers signed him to a one-year, $13 million...

Biden predice que la frontera con México estará “caótica por un tiempo” tras el fin del Título 42

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:26 GMT

WASHINGTON – El presidente Joe Biden predijo el martes que la frontera con México estará “caótica por un tiempo” cuando lleguen a su fin las restricciones al asilo impuestas por la pandemia de coronavirus, las cuales le han permitido a Estados Unidos expulsar rápidamente a los migrantes en la frontera sur en los últimos tres años.Estas restricciones son conocidas comúnmente como Título 42, debido a que la facultad la otorga el Título 42 de una ley de salud pública de 1944 que permite limitar la migración a fin de proteger la salud pública.El mandatario dijo que su gobierno está trabajando para que el cambio sea ordenado, en diálogo con reporteros en la Casa Blanca. El Título 42 llega a su fin el jueves 11 de mayo. Gobernador de Texas comparte video del alambre de púas que se instaló en la frontera Lo que debes saber del Título 42, la polémica norma aplicada a inmigración que llega su fin Pero no obstante confesó que la situa...

Pay raises coming for teachers, police and other Fairfax County workers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:26 GMT

Teachers, police officers and other Fairfax County, Virginia, government employees will be getting significant pay raises this summer after the Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday the county budget for fiscal year 2024, which begins July 1.The vote was 9-1 in favor of the $5.1 billion budget.“We’re facing the same challenge every employer is facing really, which is the fight for workforce,” Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay said.McKay, who is also the chairman of the budget committee, added that the pay increases were needed for retention and future recruitment.“We have vacancies across the county, not dissimilar from any other jurisdiction, but we want to aggressively go after people to fill those positions and most importantly, keep the talented staff that we have,” McKay said.The pay raises will average nearly 8% for county workers but are higher for Fairfax County police officers, averaging nearly 13% and even a few getting more than 20%...

Lakers can oust Warriors, Heat can finish Knicks in Game 5s

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:26 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Miami Heat three years ago in the most unusual NBA Finals ever, played neither during the normal season nor in their home arenas.Those teams might be moving toward something else the league has never seen.Both have 3-1 leads and can advance to their conference finals Wednesday night, which would leave them one round away from a potential unprecedented championship matchup pitting a No. 7 vs. a No. 8 seed.The Lakers can get to the Western Conference finals by ending the championship reign of the Golden State Warriors in Game 5 in San Francisco, where they were routed in Game 2 before clamping down the last two games.“I think we’ll be ready,” James said. “One thing about when you play Golden State, you don’t have an opportunity to relax. You just don’t. So I’m not worried about us going in there comfortable. You just can’t do it versus Golden State, it’s not even — it’s not possible.”Not that Stephen Curry...

Primero en CNN: DeSantis toma nuevas medidas para volver a enviar inmigrantes a ciudades demócratas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:26 GMT

(CNN) — El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, está tomando medidas para volver a enviar migrantes a ciudades lideradas por los demócratas como una afrenta a las políticas de inmigración del Gobierno de Biden. Así se une a otros gobernadores republicanos que han trasladado migrantes en autobús hacia el norte.Florida seleccionó múltiples empresas para ejecutar la siguiente fase del programa de reubicación de inmigrantes de DeSantis, según una fuente familiarizada con el proceso, lo que pone en marcha los proyectos para transportar a los inmigrantes a otras ciudades, tal como lo hizo el año pasado.DeSantis firma proyecto de ley que amplía el polémico programa de transporte de inmigrantesLos nuevos contratos llegan mientras la administración de Biden enfrenta una afluencia de inmigrantes en la frontera entre EE.UU. y México en previsión de que esta semana expire una restricción fronteriza de la era de covid-19, conocida como Título 42. Y prepara a DeSantis para meterse de nuevo ...

Former Howard guard Elijah Hawkins transferring to Minnesota

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:26 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Howard guard Eljiah Hawkins has transferred to Minnesota with two seasons of eligibility left.The Gophers announced the addition of the 5-foot-11 Hawkins on Tuesday. The native of Washington, D.C., was the leading scorer on a Bison team in 2022-23 that gave the program its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 31 years. Hawkins averaged 12.9 points, 6.0 assists and 1.7 steals while shooting 46.6% from 3-point range.Hawkins is the third incoming transfer to join the Gophers this spring, following guard Mike Mitchell (Pepperdine) and center Jack Wilson (Washington State).Minnesota finished 9-22 in 2022-23 and had three starters — Jamison Battle (Ohio State), Ta’Lon Cooper (South Carolina) and Jaden Henley (DePaul) — depart as transfers. Freshman Braeden Carrington was the only guard in the rotation last season who’s coming back.___AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball and https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll ...