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3 hospitalized in Long Beach pursuit crash

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:19:20 GMT

Three people were hospitalized after a Long Beach pursuit ended in a destructive multi-vehicle crash on Friday.Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were in pursuit of a stolen vehicle, which appeared to be a gray Dodge Charger, at around 3:45 p.m.As the chase continued, the suspect crashed into a white pickup truck near a Shell gas station at the intersection of Artesia and Long Beach Boulevards.Images from the scene show the collision toppled over a traffic signal pole while destroying concrete barriers. At one point, the suspect's vehicle was in flames as fire crews worked to extinguish the wreck.Three people were hospitalized after a pursuit ended with a destructive crash in Long Beach on Nov. 24, 2023. (Citizen)Three people were hospitalized after a pursuit ended with a destructive crash in Long Beach on Nov. 24, 2023. (Citizen)Three people were hospitalized after a pursuit ended with a destructive crash in Long Beach on Nov. 24, 2023. (KTLA)Three people were hospitalized after...

Protests held in South Bay, San Francisco seeking permanent end to fighting in Gaza

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:19:20 GMT

Palestinian supporters organized multiple protests across the Bay Area on Friday, calling for an end to Israel’s invasion of Gaza and for the current pause in fighting across the region to become permanent.The protests — including one at Westfield Valley Fair Mall in the South Bay and another at San Francisco’s City Hall — came as a delicate, four-day truce took hold in Gaza. The cease-fire marked the first pause in fighting across the war-torn area in nearly seven weeks — helping to ensure the release of 24 hostages held by Hamas in an internationally-brokered deal that also included the release of numerous prisoners held by Israel.The war began when Hamas fighters stormed Israel on Oct. 7 and killed at least 1,200 people while taking about 240 others hostage. In response, Israel has bombarded and invaded Gaza in a campaign that has left more than 13,000 Palestinians dead, including thousands of children.In San Francisco, hundreds of Palestinian supporters gathered outs...

Vasilevskiy wins his season debut and Brayden Point has a hat trick as Lightning beat Hurricanes 8-2

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:19:20 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves in his season debut and the Lightning had a hat trick and two assists from Brayden Point in an 8-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.Nikita Kucherov had two goals and four assists, while Steven Stamkos, Brandon Hagel and Luke Glendening also scored for the Lightning, which won for the fourth time in five games and holds a five-game points streak.Vasilevskiy, a past winner of the Vezina Trophy (league’s top goalie) and Conn Smyth Trophy (playoff MVP), was in his first NHL game since April following offseason surgery. The Lightning announced earlier in the day that he would be in the net for the team’s first game of a three-game road stretch.The Lightning scored three power-play goals in the first six minutes of the second period. Those were Tampa Bay’s first three shots on the period after putting the puck on goal only once in the first.Stefan Noesen and Michael Bunting scored for the Hurricanes, wh...

No. 12 Texas women send High Point to a low point dumping Panthers by 62 points

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:19:20 GMT

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — Shaylee Gonzales scored 15 points and reserve Aaliyah Moore scored 13 points and No. 12 Texas thrashed High Point 101-39 on Friday night.The 62-point win just missed reaching a place in the top 10 for largest margin of victory in program history. In 1995, 2002 and 2003 Texas teams won games by 65 points, the ninth-highest margin of victory all time.Texas (6-0) scored the game’s first 32 points before High Point’s Anna Hager made a jump shot with 10 seconds left in the first quarter. The Longhorns’ Gisella Maul made 3-pointer at the buzzer and the Longhorns lead 35-2 at the end of one.Texas outscored the Panthers 22-6 in the second quarter and led 57-8 at halftime. The Longhorns shot 71% (22 for 31) including 4 for 6 (66.7%) from 3 in the first half. High Point was 14.8% shooting (4 for 27) and missed all eight of its 3-point attempts in the first half.High Point (3-3) picked up the pace in the third and Texas only outscored th...

Meadow’s 12 help Boise State knock off VCU 65-61

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:19:20 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Andrew Meadow scored 12 points as Boise State beat VCU 65-61 on Friday night in the ESPN Events Invitational.Meadow shot 5 for 10, including 2 for 3 from beyond the arc for the Broncos (3-2). Tyson Degenhart scored 10 points and Cam Martin finished with eight points.Max Shulga led the way for the Rams (3-3) with 24 points and eight rebounds. VCU also got 14 points and nine rebounds from Toibu Lawal. In addition, Zeb Jackson finished with eight points, six rebounds and two steals.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

No. 11 Penn State closes season with 42-0 win over Michigan State, awaits New Year’s Six bowl bid

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:19:20 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Drew Allar threw for 292 yards and two touchdowns and Kaytron Allen ran for a career-high 137 yards, providing No. 11 Penn State with plenty of offense in a 42-0 win over Michigan State Friday night.The Nittany Lions (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten, No. 11 CFP ) had 586 yards of offense in a game they controlled from the start.The Spartans (4-8, 2-7) closed a tumultuous season that was stunted by Mel Tucker getting suspended and fired. It also hurt that a slew of injuries left them with about 50 scholarship players healthy enough to play in the finale at Ford Field.Allar completed 17 of 26 passes, a week after getting knocked out against Rutgers with a hard hit to his right shoulder.Nicholas Singleton had 118 yards rushing and a touchdown along with two catches for 68 yards for the Nittany Lions, representing a balanced offense that had 303 yards on the ground and 283 through the air.Penn State stalled on its first three drives that ended with making two of three field goals befor...

4 of the 10 Thai hostages released by Hamas had not been listed as abducted

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:19:20 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Hamas freed 10 Thai nationals Friday alongside Israeli hostages who were part of the first swap under a new cease-fire deal — including four Thais who had not been officially listed as abducted, Thailand’s Foreign Ministry announced Saturday morning. Thais were the single biggest group of foreigners taken hostage when Hamas took some 240 people during its Oct. 7 surprise attack on southern Israel. Thais working in Israel are mostly employed as semi-skilled farm laborers, at wages considerably higher than those at they can earn at home. The ministry said the group of 10 Thais in all — nine men and one woman — were undergoing health checks at a medical center in Israel. They were to stay there for at least 48 hours before flying home to Thailand. It released photos of the freed hostages in the Israeli hospital where they were taken Friday after their release. There was confusion overnight about the number of those freed, with Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin writin...

Apuñalan a Derek Chauvin, expolicía condenado por la muerte de George Floyd, en una prisión federal, según fuentes

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:19:20 GMT

(CNN) –– El expolicía Derek Chauvin, condenado por la muerte de George Floyd en Minneapolis, fue apuñalado en el Instituto Correccional Federal en Tucson, Arizona, el viernes, según una persona familiarizada con el asunto.Chauvin encuentra en condición estable, dijo la fuente.Cuando se les consultó sobre la situación de Chauvin, las oficinas del FBI en Phoenix y Minneapolis dijeron que estaban al tanto de una agresión que ocurrió en la prisión federal este viernes, pero no identificaron al individuo, y refirieron la solicitud de CNN para obtener más información a la Oficina de Prisiones.El abogado de Chauvin, Greg Erickson, dijo a CNN que están trabajando para obtener la confirmación.Aproximadamente a las 12:30 p.m., “un individuo encarcelado”, que dos fuentes confirmaron que era Chauvin, fue agredido en la Institución Correccional Federal (FCI) de Tucson en Arizona, dijo el viernes la Oficina de Prisiones en un comunicado.“Los empleados que respondieron tomaron me...

Hellebuyck gets shutout in Bowness’ return, Winnipeg blanks Florida 3-0

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:19:20 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Connor Hellebuyck stopped all 32 shots he faced, Dylan Samberg and Mason Appleton each had two assists and the Winnipeg Jets shut out the Florida Panthers 3-0 on Friday night.Nino Niederreiter, Nikolaj Ehlers and Adam Lowry scored for the Jets in coach Rick Bowness’ return from personal leave. Winnipeg is 12-5-2 on the season and went 9-2-2 under interim coach Scott Arniel while Bowness was away.Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves for the Panthers, who fell to 12-7-1.The shutout was the first of the season for Hellebuyck, who had never before blanked the Panthers. It was the 33rd regular-season shutout of Hellebuyck’s career.Florida was blanked on home ice for the first time in its last 127 games, including playoffs. It ended the longest streak of games with at least one goal at home in club history. Before Friday, the last time Florida was shut out in Sunrise was a 3-0 loss to Dallas on Feb. 24, 2021 — a game played before about 3,000 fans because of the pande...

Family business recovering after food truck stolen, damaged

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 17:19:20 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) - Felicia Walton's food truck is a family business in every sense. From the inspiration to start her own business, to the relatives who help keep it running, even its name "Phatty Boom" is inspired by her family."It is a childhood nickname that my sister gave to me," Walton said. Lakewood childcare provider arrested for felony child abuse Phatty Boom is a unique name a for food trailer, but that's Walton's business and she's proud of it."We sell chicken and waffles, steak sandwiches, cheeseburgers topped with pastrami and we have chili cheese dogs and cheesy fries," Walton said.Business was good, she even started bottling and selling the spices she uses in her dishes.All of it was inspired by the loss of her youngest son, Jalen, who was killed two years ago."He was an entrepreneur," Walton said. "He had his own business and he always promised me that he was going to buy me a food trailer because he knew how much I love to cook and entertain."Business came to ...