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Jerami Grant scores 22 as Trail Blazers beat Raptors 99-91 for 1st win of season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:39 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Jerami Grant scored 22 points, Deandre Ayton had 10 points and a career-high 23 rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers won their first game of the season by beating the Toronto Raptors 99-91 on Monday night.Malcolm Brogdon scored 21 points, including a driving basket with 25 seconds remaining, and Canadian-born guard Shaedon Sharpe scored 14 points for Portland, which snapped a season-opening, three-game losing streak.Trail Blazers rookie Scoot Henderson scored 11 points as Portland snapped a two-game losing streak against Toronto.Scottie Barnes had 20 points and 12 rebounds and Jakob Poeltl had 14 points and 10 rebounds, but Toronto lost its third straight.Pascal Siakam scored 20 points, and Dennis Schroder and O.G. Anunoby each had 10 for Toronto. The Raptors shot a season-worst 4 for 29 from 3-point range, with Siakam missing all six of his attempts.Anunoby returned after sitting out Saturday’s loss to Philadelphia because of muscle cramps. Forward Precious Achiuw...

Los intentos de liberación de rehenes en Gaza se complican por la ampliación de la operación terrestre de Israel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:39 GMT

(CNN Español) –– Mientras los funcionarios estadounidenses se concentran en sus intentos de asegurar la liberación de los rehenes que Hamas mantiene en Gaza –entre los que se encuentran ciudadanos de EE.UU.–, la expansión de las operaciones terrestres de Israel en el enclave complican esas iniciativas, según dijeron varias fuentes.Guerra entre Israel y Hamas, en vivo: muertes y ataques en Gaza, noticias y másEstados Unidos continúa siendo parte de las conversaciones en curso que incluyen a Israel, Qatar, Egipto y Hamas para liberar a un gran grupo de rehenes en Gaza. Y ahora los funcionarios se enfrentan a la decisión de Israel de mantener las operaciones terrestres en el enclave. De hecho, funcionarios del Gobierno de Biden han estado pidiendo a Israel que considere las llamadas “pausas humanitarias”, que pueden permitir la salida de los civiles en Gaza, incluidos los rehenes, y la entrada de ayuda.Para dar una idea de lo impredecible que es la situación actual, un alto...

Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte extends his postseason-record hitting streak to 19 games

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:39 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Ketel Marte extended his postseason-record hitting streak to 19 games with a lined single in the sixth inning off Jon Gray in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night.The Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman walked in his first plate appearance and flied out to left in his second, but he followed with a line drive in the sixth that deflected off the glove of Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien and into right-center field.Marte broke the postseason record with a two-run single in Saturday’s Game 2, pushing his streak to 18 games. His two-out hit was part of a three-run eighth, sending him past Derek Jeter and Hank Bauer of the New York Yankees and Boston’s Manny Ramirez for the longest streak.Jeter’s run came in 1998-99, while Bauer’s was in the World Series from 1956-58. Ramirez had his streak in 2003-04.Marte’s streak started with a three-hit game in an 11-8 wild-card win over Colorado in 2017, then with three more when the Diamondbacks were swept in th...

Cartagena, Gallese lead Orlando City over Nashville 1-0 in series opener

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:39 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Wilder Cartagena scored his second career goal in his first playoff appearance and Pedro Gallese notched his first postseason clean sheet as Orlando City opened its series against Nashville SC with a 1-0 victory on Monday night.Orlando City (19-7-9), the second seed in the Eastern Conference, got the only goal it would need when Cartagena took a pass from César Araújo and scored in the 41st minute, giving Orlando City a 1-0 lead at halftime. Gallese finished with three saves in his fourth postseason start.Cartagena, who has made 24 starts and 25 appearances this season, scored his first and only regular-season goal in a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Fire on Aug. 20. Gallese allowed six goals in three playoff starts from 2020-22. Joe Willis totaled four saves for Nashville (13-12-10).Orlando City and No. 7 seed Nashville are squaring off for the third straight postseason. Nashville posted a 3-1 victory at home in a 2021 first-round match and Orlando City won on pe...

Apple presentó sus modelos de iMac y MacBook Pro más rápidos hasta el momento

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:39 GMT

(CNN) — La línea MacBook Pro de Apple y las coloridas computadoras iMac ahora son aún más rápidas.En un evento transmitido en vivo el lunes por la noche, la compañía presentó su familia de procesadores personalizados de próxima generación (M3, M3 Pro y M3 Pro) en sus computadoras portátiles MacBook Pro de 14 y 16 pulgadas. También agregará chips M3 a su línea iMac de 24 pulgadas.La MacBook de 14 pulgadas tiene un precio inicial de US$ 1.599; la computadora portátil de 16 pulgadas tendrá un precio inicial de US$ 2.499. El nuevo iMac con motor M3 tiene un precio inicial de US$ 1.299 y comenzará a enviarse la próxima semana.Los chips están construidos con tecnología de 3 nanómetros, que puede admitir gráficos avanzados e inteligencia artificial.“Aportará un nivel completamente nuevo de gráficos a Mac”, dijo un ejecutivo de Apple durante el evento. “Son los chips más avanzados jamás construidos para una computadora personal”.El eslogan del evento (“scary fa...

McCann scores in overtime as Kraken beat Lightning for first time

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:39 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jared McCann scored a power-play goal 2:53 into overtime, and the Seattle Kraken beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Monday night.With Tampa Bay’s Nick Paul in the penalty box for hooking, McCann converted a blast from the left circle for his fifth goal of the season. The Kraken earned their first victory in five tries against the Lightning since entering the NHL in 2021.Brian Dumoulin, Yanni Gourde and Kailer Yamamoto scored in the first period for Seattle. Philipp Grubauer made 33 saves for his first win in five decisions this season.The Lightning trailed 3-1 after one period, but Alex Barre-Boulet got them within one by scoring a power-play goal 3:40 into the second. Brandon Hagel tied it with 5:32 remaining in the third.Yamamoto set up Gourde’s goal at 13:08 of the opening period to give Seattle a 2-0 lead, and then scored a power-play goal at 15:52.Dumoulin had the first goal for the Kraken, who had been 0-4-0 against Tampa Bay since entering the NHL in 2021....

Police say armed man killed himself instead of carrying out apparent plan to attack amusement park

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:39 GMT

DENVER (AP) — A heavily armed man killed himself rather than carry out an apparent plan to shoot up a mountaintop amusement park in Colorado, his body discovered in a bathroom next to words scrawled on the wall, “I am not a killer,” authorities said Monday.Diego Barajas Medina, 20, was found dead in a women’s bathroom at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park by a maintenance crew on Saturday morning, before the park opened to the public. He died of a self-inflected gunshot wound to the head, Garfield County Coroner Robert Glassmire said.Medina apparently entered the park while it was closed, armed with an AR-style rifle, a semi-automatic handgun and explosives and was wearing body armor and tactical clothing, similar to what a police SWAT team member might wear, authorities said. A message saying, “I am not a killer, I just want to get into the caves,” was written on a wall of the bathroom where Medina’s body was found lying on the floor, Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario s...

Denver 911 testing new video stream to see emergencies live

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:39 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's testing a new technology that would allow 911 operators to see emergencies live. Callers can stream live video from their cell phones and send it directly to emergency call takers.“Cell phones have always been a bit of a challenge for 911," said Andrew Dameron, who oversees Denver's emergency communication department. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox That challenge may be made easier for 911 dispatchers because of new video technology."The vast majority, probably close to 80% of 911 calls, come through on a cell phone," Dameron said. "Having accurate, reliable location information is the most important thing that we can ask for. Having tools like this to provide that, it’s absolutely a game changer."The Carbyne 911 emergency live video stream program is demonstrated on a cell phone. (KDVR)911 video stream pilot up and running in DenverThe pilot program, created by the company Carbyne, has been up and running since June.In ...

Downed powerline in SWMD burns down shed, affecting nearby home

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:39 GMT

A downed power line sparked a fire at a shed in Southwest Miami-Dade, where flames spread to a nearby home.The fire happened just off Bird Road at 59th Avenue.The shed was destroyed and one wall of the house was left charred.Officials reported that no one was hurt.

Westminster’s most gruesome rivalries

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:03:39 GMT

LONDON — There are bad spirits lurking in Westminster this All Hallows’ Eve.More out of control than Frankenstein’s monster … more intense than the age-old battle between vampires and werewolves … and more un-killable than a swarm of flesh-eating zombies, these are the bitter rivalries that just can’t be doused in holy water and seen off.Emerge from your crypt and join POLITICO as we reel off the Westminster feuds haunting British politics. Reader discretion … advised. Rishi Sunak and Boris JohnsonDan Kitwood-WPA Pool/Getty ImagesBehold a tale of true horror! There is serious bad blood between these former Downing Street neighbors.Boris Johnson and his supporters continue to feel a deep sense of betrayal after nerdy ex-Chancellor Sunak quit Johnson’s government and eventually took his crown.You don’t usually get on-the-record warfare between a sitting and a former prime minister, but their disdain for each other has burs...