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Vegas claims Pacific Division crown with 3-1 win over Kraken

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:53 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Alec Martinez broke a tie midway through the second period and the Vegas Golden Knights won their fourth Pacific Division title with a 3-1 victory over the Seattle Kraken in the regular-season finale Thursday night. Vegas finished 51-22-9 with 111 points, tying the franchise record for victories and holding off the late surge from Edmonton to win the division title and clinch home-ice advantage in the Western Conference. Vegas will face Winnipeg in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Martinez’s goal at 12:37 of the second period came during a delayed penalty against Seattle. Martinez swatted a rebound past Seattle goalie Philipp Grubauer for his third goal of the season and undoubtedly the most important. Reilly Smith also scored for Vegas on what technically was its first shot of the game but didn’t touch his stick blade. Vince Dunn’s pass from behind the Seattle goal bounced off Smith’s skate and slipped past Grubauer. The goal came nearly 10 minutes into t...

Avs beat Jets 4-2, remain in control of Central Division

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:53 GMT

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Avalanche are on the brink of capturing the Central Division title even through their lengthy list of bumps and bruises, which includes being without their captain all season.Evan Rodrigues scored the go-ahead goal on a wrist shot early in the third period to help the Avalanche beat the Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on Thursday night to stay in the divisional race.Colorado has 107 points and needs to win in Nashville on Friday to secure the Central’s top spot over Dallas. The Stars wrapped up their regular season with 108 points after beating St. Louis. “No matter what our lineup has been, we’ve fought tooth and nail and fought our way into a position to win the division,” said Rodrigues, whose team set an Avalanche record for players used this season. “That’s our focus now.” Denis Malgin and Mikko Rantanen also scored for the defending Stanley Cup champions, with Artturi Lehkonen adding a late empty-net score. It was Rantanen’s 55th goal of the season, wh...

DeSantis firma ley que prohíbe la mayoría de los abortos después de seis semanas de embarazo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:53 GMT

El gobernador de Florida Ron DeSantis firmó silenciosamente un proyecto de ley este jueves en la noche que prohibiría la mayoría de los abortos después de seis semanas en Florida.La ley de protección de los latidos del corazón, que ha sido impulsada por una legislatura estatal mayormente republicana, prohíbe los abortos a las seis semanas y establece nuevas exenciones por violación e incesto hasta las 15 semanas de embarazo. “Estamos orgullosos de apoyar la vida y la familia en el estado de Florida”, dijo DeSantis. “Aplaudo a la Legislatura por aprobar la Ley de Protección del Latido del Corazón que amplía las protecciones pro-vida y brinda recursos adicionales para las madres jóvenes y las familias”.La aprobación del SB 300 no cambia las exenciones existentes para la vida y salud de la madre hasta 15 semanas. Los médicos no podrán prescribir un aborto por telemedicina y la medicación no podrá ser enviada por correo.Esta firma ocurrió pocas horas después de que la legislatura l...

Neighbors, police union raise alarm over increase in traffic deaths

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:53 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- The union representing San Diego police officers is sounding the alarm over the increase in traffic deaths despite the City’s Vision Zero campaign to get traffic deaths down to zero.SDPOA says San Diego streets are getting deadlier.Just last week, a man and a woman were hit in Ocean Beach by a driver who just took off.San Diego County Crime Stoppers is now offering an award to help find that suspect.Neighbors say this happens too often.On Greene Street, just off Point Loma Boulevard, in Ocean Beach, neighbors are uneasy after a driver plowed into a couple and sped off.“It’s scary because I love my neighborhood but there have been a lot of aggressive cars,” neighbor Matt Stanton said.The San Diego Police Officers Association is raising the alarm over the rise of traffic deaths despite the City’s Vision Zero initiative to bring traffic deaths down to zero by 2025.“We’re absolutely in the last two years trending in the wrong direction,” SDPOA Jared Wilson said. “In 2017, w...

Fort Lauderdale’s downpour just wouldn’t stop; here’s why

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:53 GMT

In some ways, it was the Florida Man of storms – not quite knowing when to say when.Usually, thunderstorms fizzle out after they run out of rain or get cold air sucked in. They run out of gas. But not Wednesday, when the storm that hit Fort Lauderdale had a gas station nearby — the warm and moisture-rich Gulf Stream.The end result was more than 25 inches of rain drenching and flooding Fort Lauderdale in six to eight hours. That ranked among the top three in major U.S. cities over a 24-hour period, behind Hilo, Hawaii’s, 27 inches in 2000 and Port Arthur, Texas’s 26.5 inches in 2017, according to weather historian Chris Burt.While it could happen in other places in coastal America, Florida has the right topography, plenty of warm water nearby and other favorable conditions, said Greg Carbin, forecast branch chief at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Weather Prediction Center. Just two days before the downpour, Weather Prediction Center forecaster...

130 US lawmakers urge EU to designate Iran’s IRGC as a terrorist organization

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:53 GMT

The IRGC was formed after Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979 and has become a major military economic force in the country, also controlling Tehran’s nuclear and ballistics programme and funding terrorist operations  and assassination plots elsewhere in the region and in the world. The lawmakers cite a study from the Combating Terrorism Center at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, showing that in the past five years, the Revolutionary Guard Corps has instigated at least 33 plots against EU citizens, writes Yossi Lempkowicz.A bipartisan group of 130 US lawmakers on Monday (10 April) sent a letter urging the European Union to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.The letter, addressed to EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, points out that the IRGC “has freely and openly carried out plots targeting citizens across the EU”.The legislators were led by Reps. Kathy Manning (D-N.C.), Thomas Kean (R-N.J.) and Bill Keating (D...

Astana hosts opening ceremony of 2023 FIDE World Chess Championship

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:53 GMT

The opening ceremony of the 2023 FIDE World Chess Championship Match featuring art performances and AI technology took place at the Astana Ballet theater on 7 April, write Karina Abdimominova, Zhanna Shayakhmetova in Astana, Editor’s Picks, Sports. The three-week championship will run through 1 May. Kazakhstan’s Minister of Culture and Sports, Askhat Oralov, congratulated on the opening of the match and read out a letter from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addressed to the players and the audience.“This is a significant event for all chess followers,” Tokayev wrote in his letter. “Chess is a unique sport that develops cognitive skills. We pay special attention to this sport in our country. All the conditions have been created especially for young people who play chess. We have nearly 700 schools and clubs involved in chess. The players promote our country worldwide. This competition in Astana will contribute to the further development of chess.”Ding Liren (L) and Timur Turlov. Phot...

Newark: Police fatally shoot man, injure another during traffic stop

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:53 GMT

NEWARK — At least two officers fatally shot a man and injured another during what police called a high-risk traffic stop of a vehicle Thursday sought in connection with a carjacking, authorities said.In a statement Thursday night, police said officers responded to a community surveillance-camera alert around 3:20 p.m. about the suspect vehicle entering the city along Mowry Avenue. Soon after, officers found the vehicle in the 39000 block of Cedar Boulevard.After Fremont police and Southern Alameda County Major Crimes Task Force officers were called, officers tried to stop the vehicle. During that stop, officers with the Fremont and Newark police departments fired their service weapons, hitting two men. Police did not immediately disclose exactly what circumstances led to the shooting.Officers then summoned first responders to the scene at Chase Suite Hotel, 39150 Cedar St., shortly before 4:50 p.m., and provided aid to two injured men until Alameda County Fire Department firef...

Vongtaveelap, Sung share LPGA Tour lead at windy Hoakalei

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:53 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — Natthakritta Vongtaveelap shot a 2-under 70 at windy Hoakalei Country Club to hold onto a share of the lead Thursday in the LOTTE Championship.Making her second LPGA Tour start, the 20-year-old Thai player had four birdies and two bogeys in the second round to match sponsor invite Yu Jin Sung at 8-under 136.“Except windy,” Vongtaveelap said. “Wind, I learn from here a lot.” In February, Vongtaveelap won her first two events as pro on the Thai LPGA Tour, then was second behind Lilia Vu in the LPGA Thailand. She opened with a bogey-free 66 on Wednesday to share the first-round lead with Frida Kinhult.Sung had her second straight 68. The South Korean player had five birdies and a bogey. The winner of the 2022 LOTTE Open on the Korean LPGA, she’s competing in her third LPGA Tour event.“It was really windy today and then just physical condition-wise, I’m still getting used to the jet lag, so it was tough,” Sung said. “Fortunately, the wind direction was the same as ...

Red Cross: Yemen rebels, Saudi coalition begin prisoner swap

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:05:53 GMT

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — An exchange of more than 800 prisoners from Yemen’s war held by the Houthi rebels and the Saudi-led coalition battling them began Friday, the International Committee for the Red Cross said. The United Nations-brokered deal, in the works for months, comes amid concerted diplomatic efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict.The three-day exchange will see flights transport prisoners between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, long held by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, said Majed Fadail, a deputy minister for human rights for Yemen’s internationally recognized government.Other flights will bring prisoners between Sanaa and other Yemeni cities controlled by the internationally recognized government, he said. The Red Cross said that on Friday, there would be two rounds of simultaneous flights between Aden and Sanaa to transfer prisoners.The three-day operation is the most significant prisoner exchange in Yemen since both sides freed more than 1,0...