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'It felt very surreal': Florida surfer 'having nightmares' after shark attack

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (WFLA) – A Florida surfer is on the road to recovery after he was attacked by a shark in Fort Pierce last week. Matt Picarelli, 36, told WPTV that he was surfing at Pepper Park Beach on the state's east coast when he suddenly felt a shark bite down. Massive great white shark pings off coast of Florida As he recalled the frightening moment, Picarelli said the attack happened so quickly that it didn't even feel real. He explained how the shark was next to him before it "took a chomp out of [his] foot" and quickly left. "Everything happening so quickly, it didn't feel real at all. It felt very surreal," Picarelli told WPTV. Strangers helped Picarelli out of the water and a friend rushed him to an area hospital as he was "bleeding everywhere."He needed 50 stitches and suffered a broken tendon and chipped bone. Since the attack, Picarelli said that he keeps replaying the bite in his head. "Every night, I've been having nightmares about it," Picarelli told the outlet....

Longhorns, Cardinals expect physical game in NCAA women's 2nd round

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — When Louisville and Texas meet Monday in the second round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament, the game the teams played against each other in November on foreign soil doesn't mean a thing.Yes, the Cardinals beat the Longhorns 71-63 in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in Paradise Island, Bamahams on Nov. 20, but both teams are miles removed from that game. Also, Texas has its playmaker and facilitator back in sophomore point guard Rori Harmon. Texas Longhorns hammer East Carolina Pirates 79-40 in 1st round of NCAA women’s tourney Texas clobbered its first-round opponent Saturday, dishing out a 79-40 beatdown of 13th-seeded East Carolina. Louisville, the region's No. 5 seed, got all it could handle from 12th-seeded Drake in an 83-81 nailbiter. However, the Longhorns aren't letting the respective margins of victory dictate how they'll approach Monday's game, set for 6 p.m. at Moody Center."We have to be really ready for a great ball club, Longhorns head coach V...

Ex-felons in Minnesota say right to vote is ‘life-changing’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

Dondi McIntosh will cast his first ballot in a national election next year when he is 51 years old.Some rights, like voting, aren’t appreciated until a person gets older. For McIntosh, of Rochester, the appreciation is heightened because the franchise had until recently been denied to him.That changed earlier this month when Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill that restored the voting rights of formerly incarcerated felons who are still on probation.McIntosh calls it “life-changing.”Dondi McIntosh is pictured Thursday, March 9, 2023. (Matthew Stolle / Post Bulletin)To people who regard voting as a God-given right, that may sound like a bit of hyperbole. But from McIntosh’s point of view, being restored to the franchise has been transformative.Ever since being released from prison after serving 15 years on a drug-related felony, McIntosh has worked to claw back those things that not only allow a person to function in society but give a sense of identity and self-worth: a birth certificate, a...

Anthony Edwards may return to Timberwolves sooner than expected. But they need to win games without him

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

Minnesota continues to receive good news on the Anthony Edwards’ injury front. Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said Saturday the ankle sprain was not as bad as the team initially feared.On Sunday, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported Edwards was out of his walking boot and moving around more as swelling subsided. Minnesota listed Edwards as questionable to play in New York on Monday against the Knicks.The 21-year-old guard seems unlikely to actually suit up at the Garden, but his progress is encouraging for the Timberwolves. His return, whenever it happens, will be welcomed for a team in apparent freefall. The Wolves have lost five of their last six games in a descent down the Western Conference play-in picture.Minnesota entered Monday seeded ninth in the ever-changing West.If Edwards misses Monday, and even Wednesday’s home contest against disorganized Atlanta, that can’t automatically equal a pair of Timberwolves’ losses.“We got to keep our hea...

Search for missing St. Charles woman leads to abandoned car in Maryland Heights

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. – Family and friends have been frantically looking for a St. Charles woman who hasn't been seen or heard from since early last week.In a FOX 2 exclusive, our news crews were there when Jacquelyn "Jacque" Elizabeth Mitchell's family finally got a break in the case and alerted police."She has been missing for five days now," Tiffany Mitchell, Jacquelyn's sister, said. "It has been five days. This is out of character. Something is wrong." Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Daily News SIGN UP NOW People closest to the 39-year-old have not heard from her since Tuesday, March 14. Her family said she went to Maggie O'Briens in Sunset Hills on South Lindbergh around 7 p.m."So she went to Maggie O's to grab a salad after work, which is down the street f...

Patrick Beverley finds his groove behind the arc — and with the ball in his hands — since joining the Chicago Bulls

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

Patrick Beverley tries not to take it personally when he’s left wide open behind the 3-point arc.But games like Saturday’s 113-99 win over the Miami Heat make it hard. Every time the ball swung to Beverley, the defense sagged inside the arc, giving the Chicago Bulls point guard a wide swath of space to line up and fire off his shot.He missed the first few chances but finally made the Heat pay in the second quarter with four consecutive 3s as the Bulls built a 27-point lead.After the Bulls held off the Heat for a second straight win, Beverley hoped his five 3-pointers on the night served as a reminder that he should command a close-out.“I’m 38% career from the 3 over a decade,” Beverley said. “So no matter how well I shoot it, I think it’s the look of me that people want to leave me open. But I want to keep letting them do it.”Beverley’s self-assessment is accurate: He’s shooting at a 37.5% clip behind the arc for his career...

March Madness: Sweet 16 matchups shape up after wild weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

By The Associated PressMarch Madness is heading to the Sweet 16 without a handful of top teams. Two No. 1 seeds, Kansas and Purdue, No. 2 seed Arizona and No. 4 seed Virginia are all gone — and gone with them are millions of busted brackets.Tough sledding for the bluebloods, too: Besides Kansas, Kentucky and Duke are heading home. But UCLA and Indiana were still alive!Here is what to know with the regional semifinals up next at the NCAA Tournament:TOP SEEDSThe top four seeds in the tournament were given to Alabama, Houston, Kansas and Purdue. Each had its share of headaches to set up what is already proving to be a chaotic tournament. The Boilermakers were the first to fall, ousted in a first-round stunner, and the Jayhawks followed the very next day. EAST REGION: The Boilermakers got a No. 1 seed for the fourth time, but Purdue was dumped by Fairleigh Dickinson in a near-historic upset. The region appeared to be wide open for the likes of No. 2 seed Marquette, Kansas State, T...

German Marquez solid, Elehuris Montero rakes as Rockies split

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

Rockies 7, Royals 0 (5 innings)Sunday at Las Vegas BallparkOn the mound: Right-hander German Marquez continues to pitch well. He shut out the Royals for five innings in a game shortened by rain. Marquez scattered six hits, struck out four and walked one. He has yet to be scored upon this spring.At the plate: It was a big day for rookie Elehuris Montero, who more and more looks like Colorado’s starting third baseman. Montero was 3-for-3 and blasted his fourth homer of spring. He’s now hitting .318. … First baseman Michael Toglia, who remains on the bubble to make the 26-man roster, continues to flash his power. He hit a 446-foot homer Sunday, his third homer of spring.Guardians 3, Rockies 1Sunday at Goodyear BallparkRelated ArticlesColorado Rockies | Rockies, outfielder Jurickson Profar agree to one-year deal, source says Colorado Rockies | Rockies’ infield defense must improve, overcome loss of Brendan Rodgers Colorado Rockies ...

Los Angeles man busted with 4 pounds of meth, over a pound of fentanyl, counterfeit oxycodone and cash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

A 57-year-old Los Angeles man was arrested after a lengthy investigation revealed that he was a supplier of fentanyl and methamphetamine to residents of Ventura and L.A. counties, authorities announced last week.  The investigation, according to a news release from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, found that the suspect, identified as Kevin Mulvihill, was operating the illicit drug supplying business out of various motels and short-term rental properties in Los Angeles.  The Ventura County Superior Court granted detectives a search warrant for the 57-year-old's vehicle and a motel room he had been renting.  Mulvihill was detained by VCSO narcotics detectives and authorities with the Culver City Crime Impact Team on Feb. 9, while he was in his vehicle in the 4700 block of Inglewood Boulevard in Culver City. A short time later, authorities executed the search warrant at the suspect’s hotel room, located in the 10800 block of Santa Monica Boulevard in L.A.  “As ...

Saint Mary’s knocked out of NCAA tournament by UConn

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:14:50 GMT

ALBANY – In the end, Saint Mary’s just couldn’t keep up with the UConn men’s basketball team, which is headed back to the Sweet 16 for the first time in seven years.Thanks to a steady 24 points from Adama Sanogo and 12 in the second half from a scorching-hot Jordan Hawkins, the fourth-seeded Huskies blew past fifth-seeded Saint Mary’s, 70-55, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in Albany on Sunday.UConn will meet No. 8-seed Arkansas (22-13) on Thursday at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for the program’s 18th Sweet 16 appearance all-time. The Huskies are 11-5 in regional semifinal games.Sanogo added a team-high eight rebounds and made 11 of his 16 shots, while Hawkins heated up like a microwave and shot 4-of-5 from beyond the arc, making all four 3-pointers in a span of about three minutes.Tristen Newton made three 3-pointers on four attempts and scored 13 points with five assists. Stuffing the stat sheet as usual, Andre Jackson scored six points while grabbing six re...