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Kings overcome Jokic’s 8th triple-double of the season, beat Nuggets 123-117

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:41 GMT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — De’Aaron Fox had 26 points and a career-high 16 assists, Malik Monk made a clutch 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter and the Sacramento Kings beat the Denver Nuggets 123-117 on Saturday night to spoil Nikola Jokic’s NBA-leading eighth triple-double.The Kings led comfortably most of the might before Denver made its best run of the night to get to 112-110 with four minutes left on Jokic’s only 3-pointer of the game.Fox then made a contested jumper in the key, before Monk’s corner 3-pointer with 1:11 helped seal it as chants of “Light the beam! Light the beam” broke out inside Golden 1 Center.“Fantastic, fantastic night from our best player when we needed it the most,” Kings coach Mike Brown said about Fox. “He has to step up in games like this for us to win.”Jokic finished with 36 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds, the 114th career triple-double for Denver’s big man. The rest of the NBA had eight triple-doubles combined going into the night.“You’re never g...

Chavez kicks 29-yard FG in OT to help Idaho beat S. Illinois 20-17, advance to FCS quarters

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:41 GMT

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Jermaine Jackson returned a punt 86 yards for a touchdown, Ricardo Chavez kicked a 29-yard field goal in overtime and No. 4 seed Idaho beat Southern Illinois 20-17 Saturday night in the second round of the FCS playoffs. Idaho (9-3) advances to play No. 5 seed Albany in the quarterfinals.Idaho’s Marcus Harris tackled Ro Elliott for 3-yard loss on the first play of overtime, Nic Baker was pressured into an incomplete pass on the second and then Harris picked off a pass from Baker to end SIU’s drive. Anthony Woods ran for a 16-yard gain on the next play from scrimmage but an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty against Turon Ivy Jr. after the play backed up the Vandals to the 24. Woods then had consecutive carries for 6, 5, 0 and 4 yards to set up the winning field goal by Chavez. The Vandals played their first FCS postseason game at the Kibbie Dome since they beat Boston University 21-14 in a second-round matchup on Dec. 4, 1993. Elliott took the hand off, worked...

Iowa defense slows down No. 2 Michigan, but stagnant offense costly for No. 18 Hawkeyes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:41 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — No. 18 Iowa won the Big Ten West by mucking things up for everyone else.The Hawkeyes’ strategy failed them Saturday.While the defense did its part by holding one of the nation’s best offenses to two touchdowns and four field goals, their offensive struggles resurfaced in a 26-0 loss to No. 2 Michigan — their second conference title-game loss to the Wolverines in three years. Tonight is a low point,” coach Kirk Ferentz said following the second shutout in the Big Ten’s 13-game history. “These guys laid it out there. This guy (linebacker Jay Higgins), plus a bunch of other guys, laid it out there. Everybody laid it out there. Didn’t go our way, but they’ll get back on their feet because that’s the kind of people they are. For Iowa (10-3, No. 16 CFP), it was all too familiar.The Hawkeyes entered championship week with the FBS’ No. 4 scoring defense and it didn’t disappoint. Iowa sacked Big Ten quarterback of the year J.J. McCarthy...

Macron says ‘total destruction of Hamas’ would take a decade

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:41 GMT

French President Emmanuel Macron said Israel “must more precisely define” what it seeks to accomplish in its war on Hamas as the full elimination of the Palestinian militant group would take a decade. “We are at a moment when Israeli authorities must more precisely define their objectives and their final goal: the total destruction of Hamas — does anyone think it is possible? If this is the case, the war will last 10 years,” Macron said on Saturday.Macron told a press conference at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai: “There is no lasting security for Israel in the region if its security is achieved at the cost of Palestinian lives.” Macron made the comments after the Israeli military intensified its bombing of the Gaza Strip, on the second day after a truce between Israel and Hamas collapsed, with Israel accusing Hamas of violating the terms of the agreement.A Palestinian official familiar with the truce efforts told the BBC the negotiations a...

Israel steps up pounding of Gaza, targets southern areas

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:41 GMT

The Israeli military on Saturday stepped up its bombing of Gaza Strip, intensifying its renewed offensive on the second day after a truce between Israel and Hamas collapsed, with Israel accusing Hamas of violating the terms of the agreement.Israel pounded targets in the crowded southern areas of Gaza and ordered more neighborhoods designated for attack to evacuate, driving up the death toll as the United States and others urged more be done to protect civilians.The prospect of further pauses in the fighting in Gaza appeared bleak, as Israel recalled its negotiators and Hamas’ deputy leader said any further swap of Gaza-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel would only happen as part of ending the war.“We will continue the war until we achieve all its goals, and it’s impossible to achieve those goals without the ground operation,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an address Saturday night.The Israel Defense Forces IDF said on X on Saturday that Israeli strikes h...

More Canadians have been approved to leave Gaza through Rafah crossing with Egypt

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:41 GMT

More Canadians have been approved to leave Gaza through the Rafah crossing on the border with Egypt.A new document published by Gaza’s General Authority for Crossings and Borders shows 165 names under the “Canada” heading.Israel’s military on Sunday ordered more areas in and around Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis to evacuate, as it shifted its offensive to the southern half of the territory where it says many Hamas leaders are hiding.Heavy bombardments were reported overnight and into Sunday in the area of Khan Younis as well as Rafah itself.Many of the territory’s 2.3 million people are crammed in the south after Israeli forces ordered civilians to leave the north in the early days of the 2-month-old war.The war was sparked by an Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and other militants that killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in southern Israel.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 3, 2023.— with files from The Ass...

Earth is running a fever. And UN climate talks are focusing on the contagious effect on human health

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:41 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With Planet Earth running a fever, U.N. climate talks focused Sunday on the contagious effects on human health.Under a brown haze over Dubai, the COP28 summit moved past two days of lofty rhetoric and calls for unity from top leaders to concerns on health issues like the deaths of at least 7 million people globally from air pollution each year and the spread of diseases like cholera and malaria as global warming upends weather systems.World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was high time for the U.N. Conference of Parties on climate to hold its first health day in its 28th edition, saying the threats to health from climate change were “immediate and present.”“Although the climate crisis is a health crisis, it’s well overdue that 27 COPs have been and gone without a serious discussion of health,” he said. “Undoubtedly, health stands as the most compelling reason for taking climate action.”After two days of speec...

Israel widens evacuation orders as it shifts its offensive to southern Gaza amid heavy bombardments

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:41 GMT

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military on Sunday ordered more areas in and around Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis to evacuate, as it shifted its offensive to the southern half of the territory where it says many Hamas leaders are hiding.Heavy bombardments were reported overnight and into Sunday in the area of Khan Younis and the southern city of Rafah, as well as parts of the north that had been the focus of Israel’s blistering air and ground campaign.Many of the territory’s 2.3 million people are crammed in the south after Israeli forces ordered civilians to leave the north in the early days of the 2-month-old war.With the resumption of fighting, hopes receded that another temporary truce could be negotiated. A weeklong cease-fire, which expired Friday, had facilitated the release of dozens of Gaza-held Israeli and foreign hostages and Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.“We will continue the war until we achieve all its goals, and it’s impossibl...

Militants open fire at a bus in northern Pakistan, killing 9 people and injuring over 20 others

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:41 GMT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants opened fire at a bus in northern Pakistan, killing nine people including two soldiers, and injuring over 20 others, local police said.The attack happened Saturday night on the Karakoram Highway in northern Gilgit Baltistan region, police officer Azmat Shah said. The highway connects Pakistan with China and also passes through the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province which has been a hotbed of terrorism in the past due to the presence of Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups in the area.The bus was carrying passengers from Gilgit to the city of Rawalpindi when it was shot at, causing the driver to lose control and crash into a truck, which in turn caught fire. Both drivers were killed on site.At least 26 people were injured — including a local Islamic cleric, Mufti Sher Zaman — and transferred to local hospitals, as police helped reroute traffic in the area after condoning off the site, officials said.The home minister of Gilgit Baltistan, Shams Lone,...

Wet Sunday morning then cloudy. Temps to climb in the week ahead. Antarctic iceberg on the move

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:30:41 GMT

If you are planning to put up outdoor holiday decorations on Sunday, you'll find better conditions later in the day.Rain showers are likely through the morning hours, including a 70% chance at 10 A.M. The chance for rain decreases in the afternoon, but it doesn't go away.  When temperatures reach 40 degrees in the mid-afternoon, there's a 30% chance for rain. Late in the afternoon, and more likely early in the evening, the chance for rain goes away and we're just left with clouds. So if you plan to light up your yard and home tomorrow, you will find some time to get the work done.We could have a little bit of slushy snowfall possibly from Waukegan to Peru and off to the northwestern areas.Check out this slideshow presentation from NASA's Earth Observatory website:CONTINUE READING