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Matthews scores twice, Samsonov makes 19 in Maple Leafs’ 4-0 win over Predators

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:24:44 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews scored twice, Ilya Samsonov made 19 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Nashville Predators 4-0 on Saturday night.Samsonov has 11 NHL shutouts. He got the start after Joseph Woll sprained an ankle Thursday night in a 4-3 victory in Ottawa.David Kampf and Noah Gregor, into an empty net, also scored to help Toronto improve to 14-6-4. William Nylander added two assists, and John Tavares had one for his 998th career point.Kevin Lankinen stopped 33 shots for Nashville. The Predators had won three in a row and nine of 11.Kampf opened the scoring with 5:45 left in the second period when he took a pass from Conor Timmins, split two defenders and roofed a shot for his third goal of the seasonMatthews doubled that lead with 2:03 left in the period when Lankinen could only get a piece of William Nylander’s pass on a give-and-go off the rush.Matthews added his 18th of the season with 3:11 left in the game. Gregor added th...

Myers, West lead Western Illinois past Green Bay 68-59

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:24:44 GMT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Ryan Myers and Jesiah West scored 18 points apiece to lead Western Illinois over Green Bay 68-59 on Saturday night.Myers had six assists for the Leathernecks (5-6). West made 8 of 9 from the field and 2 for 4 from the line. Drew Cisse had 12 points and finished 6 of 9 from the floor.Noah Reynolds led the Phoenix (4-6) in scoring, finishing with 14 points and two steals. Clarence Cummings III added 11 points for Green Bay. David Douglas Jr. also recorded 11 points.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

South Dakota State knocks off Wichita State 79-69

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:24:44 GMT

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Zeke Mayo’s 25 points helped South Dakota State defeat Wichita State 79-69 on Saturday night.Mayo had six rebounds and seven assists for the Jackrabbits (5-5). Kalen Garry scored 22 points while shooting 8 for 12, including 5 for 8 from beyond the arc, and added seven rebounds. Charlie Easley finished with 11 points.Colby Rogers led the Shockers (7-3) in scoring, finishing with 21 points and four assists. Wichita State also got 18 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals from Harlond Beverly. Xavier Bell also put up 11 points and four assists.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Thomas scores 31 as Norfolk State beats Illinois State 64-58

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:24:44 GMT

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Jamarii Thomas’ 31 points led Norfolk State over Illinois State 64-58 on Saturday night.Thomas added six rebounds and three steals for the Spartans (7-3). Allen Betrand was 4-of-10 shooting (2 for 4 from 3-point range) to add 12 points. Johnny Kinziger led the way for the Redbirds (6-4) with 13 points. Myles Foster added 11 points, 10 rebounds and two steals for Illinois State. In addition, Darius Burford had 11 points.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Police warn holiday shoppers of tampered gift cards

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:24:44 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A new warning from police may have shoppers thinking twice before purchasing gift cards this holiday season.  Police said scammers are using several techniques to tamper with gift cards with no way of telling until it’s too late. Beware: Police warn of undetectable card skimmers at ATMs, gas pumps Noel Hart told FOX31 that he has witnessed these tampered gift card schemes first-hand, not once, but twice, and from two different stores in Thornton. "It was shocking to me because we don’t think about these things,” Hart said. “When you look at them, they look fine.” But once the barcode on the gift card envelope is scanned and activated at checkout, there's no way to tell the actual gift card has been tampered with until opening.In Hart’s case, once opened, he said the first gift card they purchased had been switched out while the access code on the second gift card was destroyed.   Minor injuries after light pole snaps, ends up in passenger seat in rollover c...

More Hispanic women entering medical field as total remains low in U.S.

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:24:44 GMT

THORNTON, Colo. (KDVR) -- The winter graduation season is here, and one group of graduates is looking to blaze new trails in the field of medicine.A recent study by the University of California Los Angeles found just 6% of physicians in the U.S. were Hispanic, even fewer were Hispanic women at just 2%. Aurora and Chihuahua, Mexico are officially sister cities Virginia Navarro is a graduating senior from Metro State University Denver and she is blazing a trail of her own as one of very few Hispanic women in the field of medicine.Navarro was brought to the U.S. and remains undocumented, she's a DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) student.Family has motivated Navarro to complete her education, she will be graduating with a degree in exercise science with a minor in pre-healthcare."I will be assisting the main physician or a doctor in case they have a busy schedule or they just need extra hands," Navarro said.It was family that inspired Navarro's education in healthcare, she...

2 homes damaged in Deerfield Beach after pickup truck driver loses control, slams into his own living room

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:24:44 GMT

Residents of a Deerfield Beach neighborhood were shaken up after a pickup truck came to a smashing stop inside the driver’s own home — after he backed into the house across the street.Broward Sheriff’s Office and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash that involved a pickup truck and, not one, but two homes, along the 4300 block of Northwest Sixth Avenue, just after 10:45 a.m., Saturday.Neighbor Maikol Martinez said he heard the whole commotion.“I was in my room and, like, I heard a loud boom,” he said, “and I came outside, and I saw, like, the crash, like the car inside the house.”The owner of the house in question did not want to go on camera, but he said this accident was just that: an unfortunate accident.The homeowner said the Dodge Dakota first went through his home, then the driver tried to get the car out and drove straight into the house in front.The latter house, the homeowner said, is where the drive...

Making water the engine for climate action

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:24:44 GMT

Much progress has been made on water security over recent decades, yet for the first time in human history, our collective actions have pushed the global water cycle out of balance. Water is life: it is essential for health, food, energy, socioeconomic development, nature and livable cities. It is hardly surprising that the climate and biodiversity crises are also a water crisis, where one reinforces the other. Already, a staggering four billion people suffer from water scarcity  for at least one month a year and two billion people lack access to safely-managed drinking water. By 2030, global water demand will exceed availability by 40 percent. By 2050, climate-driven water scarcity could impact the economic growth of some regions by up to 6 percent of their Gross Domestic Product per year.Meike van Ginneken, Water Envoy of the Kingdom of the NetherlandsRight now, the world’s first Global Stocktake is assessing the progress being made toward the goals of the Paris Agreement and glob...

Agriculture gets its day at COP28, but experts see big barriers to cutting emissions

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:24:44 GMT

More than 100 world leaders at this year’s United Nations climate summit agreed to make their farm and food systems a key part of their plans to fight climate change, seeking improvements in a sector that accounts for about a third of planet-warming emissions.With livestock accounting for over half of those emissions, meat and dairy are at the forefront of many agriculture conversations at COP28 in Dubai. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization added to those conversations with an updated report that included ways to cut those livestock emissions. “You don’t meet the climate goals without doing something in the system, and in this case on livestock,” said Francesco Tubiello, a senior statistician with the FAO who worked on the report. It briefly mentions eating less meat, but mostly highlights ways the meat industry can improve productivity and efficiency.Change won’t be easy. Like fossil fuel producers, the meat industry turned out in force to protect its interests a...

Philippines says Chinese coast guard assaulted its vessels with water cannons for a second day

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:24:44 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Chinese coast guard assaulted three Philippine vessels with water cannon blasts Sunday and rammed one of them, causing serious engine damage off a disputed shoal in the South China Sea just a day after similar hostilities at another shoal, the Philippine coast guard said.The latest confrontation happened near Second Thomas Shoal as two Philippine navy-operated supply boats and Philippine coast guard escort ships were enroute to deliver food and other supplies to Filipino forces in a long-marooned navy ship that serves as a territorial outpost, said a coast guard spokesman, Commodore Jay Tarriela.No other details were provided. Drone video footage and photographs issued by the Philippine coast guard show two Chinese coast guard ships separately blasting water cannons at close range at a Philippine coast guard patrol ship, BRP Cabra, and a smaller supply boat.There was no immediate comment from Chinese officials.China’s ships, which have surrounded...