No. 25 MTSU women win 8th straight, 84-53 over Charlotte

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:38:20 GMT

No. 25 MTSU women win 8th straight, 84-53 over Charlotte FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Savannah Wheeler scored 28 points, Alexis Whittington added 17 and No. 25 Middle Tennessee won its eighth straight game with an 84-53 victory over ninth-seeded Charlotte on Thursday in the Conference USA Tournament.Middle Tennessee (26-4) advanced to the Friday semifinals for the fourth straight season and eighth time in nine years. Middle Tennessee pulled away midway through the second quarter after a 18-2 run. Wheeler started the run with a three-point play and she added four more points as Charlotte went without a field goal for nearly five minutes. Whittington made 3-pointers on back-to-back MTSU possessions and Kseniya Malashka added a third in less than a minute for a 40-21 lead. The Lady Raiders led 46-25 at the break behind 16 points from Wheeler. Charlotte didn’t make a field goal in the final five minutes of the third quarter as MTSU extended its lead to 28 points.Courtney Blakely had 11 points for Middle Tennessee. Whittington and Wheeler each f...

Premios Oscar 2023: cómo y dónde ver las producciones nominadas mejor película

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:38:20 GMT

Premios Oscar 2023: cómo y dónde ver las producciones nominadas mejor película (CNN Español) — Este martes se dieron a conocer a los nominados a la edición 95 de los Premios Oscar. Y si eres como algunos de nosotros, has visto una que otra de las cintas nominadas en la categoría más importante de la noche, mejor película.Si tienes alguna de las producciones en tu lista de pendientes y no sabes si está disponible en alguna plataforma, entonces esta información es para ti.¿Dónde ver las producciones nominadas al Oscar a mejor película?“Everything Everywhere All at Once”Esta es la cinta que más nominaciones ostenta a los Premios de la Academia con 11 menciones. En los premios Globo de Oro obtuvo dos galardones, mejor actriz en un musical/comedia para Michelle Yeoh y mejor actor de reparto para Ke Huy Quan.La cinta narra la historia de “una mujer inmigrante china se ve envuelta en una loca aventura, en la que ella sola puede salvar el mundo explorando otros universos que se conectan con las vidas que podría haber llevado”, según la página IMDb.La...

Rangers slugger Seager thriving in post-shift MLB world

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:38:20 GMT

Rangers slugger Seager thriving in post-shift MLB world PHOENIX (AP) — Analytics say that Corey Seager was one of the hitters most hurt by infield shifts last season.Now that the defensive tactic has been restricted, the Texas Rangers slugger is having a huge spring training.The 28-year-old had eight hits in his first 18 spring training at-bats, including three homers and eight RBIs. Teams shifted Seager in about 93% of his plate appearances last season and he finished with a career-low .243 batting average.Seager signed a $325 million, 10-year in December 2021, but his first year with the Rangers was disappointing. He finished with a career high 33 homers, but Texas lost 94 games despite adding Seager and Marcus Semien.Here are some more players having a good spring training:Gerrit Cole, Yankees, RHP: The five-time All-Star looks like he’s ready to have another great season, throwing 6 1/3 scoreless innings over his first two starts. He’s struck out 11, walked none and allowed just three hits. The 32-year-old wa 13-8 and 3.5...

Man found guilty of deadly I-25 shooting 2 years ago

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:38:20 GMT

Man found guilty of deadly I-25 shooting 2 years ago DENVER (KDVR) -- A 20-year-old man was found guilty on several charges stemming from a deadly shooting in February 2021, the Denver District Attorney's Office said on Thursday. Neshan Johnson was 18 years old at the time of the shooting that killed 32-year-old Pamela Cabriales on Feb. 20, 2021. Johnson was found guilty after the jury deliberated for only one day, on two counts of second-degree murder, one count of criminal attempt to commit manslaughter, one count of criminal attempt to commit assault, one count of vehicular eluding and one count of being an accessory to a crime.  2 suspects arrested after I-25 shutdown, shelter-in-place issued “Pamela Cabriales’ murder was both a crime and a tragedy,” Denver DA Beth McCann said in a news release. “I thank the jury for its service and attention during this challenging trial, and I thank the members of my office who worked so long and hard to pursue this case. We will continue to pursue justice for Ms. Cabriales as we move forward...

What to pack for spring break in Colorado

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:38:20 GMT

What to pack for spring break in Colorado DENVER (KDVR) -- Have you ever heard of March Madness? We're not talking about basketball. Instead, about the wild weather that arrives in the Centennial State during the spring.You could be walking through a park in flip-flops and a t-shirt in Denver or riding a bike in Breckenridge with a light jacket, but then a few hours later be dressed head to toe in winter clothes while you're blasted in the face with high winds and giant snowflakes. Top 30 things to do in Colorado, according to reviews Needless to say, the weather is very unpredictable this time of year. That's why it's important to have a big packing list if you plan to visit Colorado during spring.What should you pack?While you are packing to come to Colorado, make sure you think about layers. You will want to be prepared for several different types of weather during your trip.HatsGlovesMultiple pairs of thin socksMultiple pairs of thick socksCoat- a water resistant coat is important if you're skiing/snowboarding, doing ...

Florida’s post-Parkland law raising minimum age to purchase a gun to 21 is upheld

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:38:20 GMT

Florida’s post-Parkland law raising minimum age to purchase a gun to 21 is upheld (CNN) — A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a Florida law passed after the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that raised the minimum age to purchase a gun from 18 to 21.The 3-0 ruling from the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals comes as aged-based restrictions are shaping up to become a flashpoint in the legal battles over gun access since the Supreme Court last year laid out a new test for determining a gun restriction’s constitutionality.Seventeen people were killed in the shooting by a 19-year-old on February 14, 2018.In an opinion written by Circuit Judge Robin Rosenbaum, the panel concluded that the Florida law was “consistent with our Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation” — a reference to the Supreme Court’s landmark Second Amendment ruling last year that instructed courts to look to whether a firearm restriction has historical analogues when assessing the restriction’s constitutionali...

Exotic serval cat rescued from tree tests positive for cocaine

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:38:20 GMT

Exotic serval cat rescued from tree tests positive for cocaine (TMX) – An African serval named Amiry is recovering at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden in Ohio after escaping from a suspect’s vehicle and climbing a tree after ingesting cocaine, per reports.Cincinnati police were detaining a man in late January when Amiry leapt out of a car and ran up a tree, per reports. Police called Cincinnati Animal CARE to report what they thought was a leopard.Servals are a type of wild cat that can grow to about three times the size of a domestic cat, with large ears, long necks and long legs.Videos shared by Reid Faherty show Amiry crouched in a tree in a residential area of Oakley. A deputy dog warden from Cincinnati Animal CARE can be seen using a ladder and a snare pole to capture the animal and pull it down from the tree.The dog wardens managed to capture the animal, but his leg broke in the process. While being treated at CAC, a DNA test confirmed Amiry was a serval, which are illegal to own in Ohio.A toxicology report revealed Amiry had...

SNP unity rocked in race to replace Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:38:20 GMT

SNP unity rocked in race to replace Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon LONDON — Divided parties don’t win elections, or so the saying goes. The Scottish National Party may soon have to put that one to the test.The brightest lights of Scotland’s dominant pro-independence party have been tearing chunks out of each other in a deeply acrimonious leadership contest to replace leader and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who resigned after eight years at the helm in February. TV debates this week have seen the contest reach boiling point, and there are fears it may be hard to let bygones be bygones when it’s all over.Finance Secretary Kate Forbes — who has bounced back from a torrid first week to remain a serious contender — is pitching herself as the change candidate. And that means heaping scorn on Sturgeon’s government, as well as the competence of her main contender Humza Yousaf. “When you were transport minister, the trains were never on time,” she said Tuesday night, in a highly-charged attack mixing the personal and the political. ...

Mental health test ordered for man who disrupted flight

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:38:20 GMT

Mental health test ordered for man who disrupted flight BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge ordered a mental health evaluation Thursday for the man charged with attempting to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight last weekend and trying to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon.The judge said another detention hearing for Francisco Severo Torres, 33, of Leominster, Massachusetts would take place after the mental health evaluation was completed. Torres was arrested Sunday when United Flight 2609 from Los Angeles landed in Boston. He is charged with a felony related to interfering with flight crew members using a dangerous weapon. If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison.As a handcuffed Torres left the courtroom, he said “My name is still Balthazar” which is a name he referred to himself as during the rant on the plane.The plane was about 45 minutes from Boston when the crew received an alarm that a side door on the aircraft was disarmed, according to court documents. One flight...

What’s in Biden’s budget

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:38:20 GMT

What’s in Biden’s budget (CNN) — President Joe Biden released his annual budget Thursday, outlining his policy priorities for the year ahead.Make no mistake, the proposed budget has no chance of making it through the Republican-controlled House. But Biden’s plan will frame upcoming political battles on Capitol Hill, where the GOP has yet to unveil its own spending plan.Biden’s budget comes out after the US hit the debt ceiling, a cap set by Congress, earlier this year. The Treasury Department is now taking extraordinary measures to allow the government to keep paying its bills. But the country could start to default on its obligations over the summer if Congress doesn’t address the debt ceiling before then. Republicans are calling for some spending cuts in exchange for voting to raise the cap, while the White House does not want to negotiate on resolving the debt limit drama.Many of the provisions in the budget rehash the president’s earlier propos...