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Butler starts too late, Heat fall in Game 5 after stunning run to NBA Finals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:54 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Jimmy Butler found his scoring touch in the fourth quarter and gave the Miami Heat a late lead and hopes of staying alive.But after carrying the Heat past the powerful Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics during a stunning run through the Eastern Conference, Butler couldn’t lead them over the Denver Nuggets.Butler and the Heat watched as confetti fell and the Nuggets celebrated after capturing their first championship with a 94-89 win Monday night in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Butler scored 13 of his 21 points in the final quarter after struggling most of the night. He had all but five of Miami’s points in the fourth quarter.But Butler also had a bad pass in the final 30 seconds along with a missed jumper from deep. It was just the way the series went for the Heat, just the second No. 8 seed to reach the NBA Finals. Butler, Bam Adebayo and crew gave it their best shot. They simply ran out of gas.Playing swarming, end-to-end defense, the Heat made things diffic...

Photos: Denver Nuggets celebrate championship win

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Thousands took to the streets of Denver on Monday night after the Nuggets clinched their first championship in franchise history.After the Game 5 victory over the Miami Heat, fans flooded downtown and were still there hours later — but the celebration began with the team inside Ball Arena. Where you can get Nuggets NBA championship gear Take a look at photos of the champion Denver Nuggets as they celebrate their historic win. Denver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr., center, celebrates after the team won the NBA Championship with a victory over the Miami Heat in Game 5 of basketball's NBA Finals, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, Pool)Denver Nuggets players, coaches and owners pose with the Larry O'Brien NBA Championship Trophy after their victory over the Miami Heat in Game 5 of basketball's NBA Finals, Monday, June 12, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone, third from right, kisses the Larry ...

Fans celebrate in downtown Denver as Nuggets win NBA championship

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Nuggets are NBA champions, defeating the Miami Heat in Game 5 of the finals Monday night at Ball Arena.The city of Denver and fans across Colorado now get to celebrate the team's first-ever championship. Nuggets’ championship parade will be Thursday: Here are all the details Below is an archive of live coverage from FOX31 on Monday night.Live Updates

POLITICO Pro Central Banker: BoE gets Greene — Berlusconi’s Draghi — De-dollarization latest

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:54 GMT

Our one-stop source for central banking & monetary policy news.View in your browser or listen to audioBy GEOFFREY SMITHwith CARLO BOFFA, BEN MUNSTER and IZABELLA KAMINSKASNEAK PEEK— UK Treasury Committee to scrutinize appointment of former Roubini economist Megan Greene to the BoE.— There’s a rare sighting of former Credit Suisse analyst Zoltan Pozsar, who shares his latest thoughts on de-dollarization. — The world, and specifically former ECB president Mario Draghi, remembers the late Silvio Berlusconi.POLICY TICKERECB 3.75% ⇡ — BOE 4.5% ⇡ — FED 5.35% ⇡— SNB 1.5% ⇡— BOJ -0.10% ⇣— RBA 4.10% ⇡— PBOC 3.65%⇣— CBR 7.5% ⇣ — BOC 4.75% ⇡ SARB 8.25% ⇡Good morning, inflationistas! We tried to think of an alternative lead to the U.S. CPI later but, what the heck, why should we be the only original ones?It’s the number on everyone’s minds, the last potential hurdle to the Federal Reserve announcing a skip, or a pause (yes, there really are economists who will try to tell you they’re...

Health disparities among communities of color cost Massachusetts $5.9 billion a year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:54 GMT

Health disparities experienced by communities of color cost Massachusetts about $5.9 billion a year, with a quarter of the economic burden associated with avoidable healthcare spending and another quarter due to lost labor productivity, according to a report released this morning.Supporters of the new study commissioned by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation say it helps reveal the broader consequences of health inequities and provides motivation for public and private sector leaders to help rectify the disparities. The research also looks to the future of the state’s population, where communities of color are driving growth but are also the ones who are the most heavily impacted by health inequities.As the next generation rises, the report said, these groups will represent nearly half of the state’s population compared to the less than one-third share they represent today.“Massachusetts faces a choice to ‘pay now or pay greater later,’ as demonstrated by th...

VIDEO: Rare sperm whale seen off SoCal coast

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:54 GMT

DANA POINT, Calif. -- Talk about a whale of a find! Drone video posted last Thursday caught a rare sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) breaching off the coast of Southern California near Dana Point. The marine mammal surprised passengers aboard a catamaran operated by Capt. Dave's Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari, the whale watching tour agency said in a press release Friday.Dave Anderson, president of Capt. Dave's Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari, explained the rare sperm whale is most likely a male, which tend to separate from the pod to feed and look for a mate."And this whale was alone. It could stay in the area for days or be gone the next time we go out. Very exciting! In this drone footage, you can see how its single blowhole is off to one side. It's the only toothed whale that is like that," Anderson said. Why are there so many parrots in Los Angeles? Sperm whales have the ability to hold their breath for over one hour, so seeing them at the surface is a rare opport...

Ukraine official says Russian missile attack on Zelenskyy’s hometown kills at least 3, wounds dozens

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:54 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A regional governor says at least three people were killed and 25 wounded after missiles hit civilian buildings in an overnight attack in the central city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine.Gov. Serhiy Lysak of the Dnipropetrovsk region said the strike involving cruise missiles hit a five-story residential building early Tuesday and the area was engulfed in fire. He said in a Telegram post that people were trapped under the rubble and rescue operations were ongoing.The devastation in President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown is the latest bloodshed in Russia’s war in Ukraine, now in its 16th month, as Ukrainian forces are mounting counteroffensive operations using Western-supplied firepower to try to drive out the Russians.Images from the scene relayed by Zelenskyy on his Telegram channel showed firefighters battling the blaze as pockets of fire poked through multiple broken windows of a building. Charred and damaged vehicles littered the nearby ground. “More terrorist missi...

‘Hair,’ ‘Everwood’ actor Treat Williams killed in Vermont motorcycle crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:54 GMT

DORSET, Vt. (AP) — Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series “Everwood” and the movie “Hair,” died Monday after a motorcycle crash in Vermont, state police said. He was 71.Shortly before 5 p.m., a Honda SUV was turning left into a parking lot when it collided with Williams’ motorcycle in the town of Dorset, according to a statement from Vermont State Police.“Williams was unable to avoid a collision and was thrown from his motorcycle. He suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, where he was pronounced dead,” according to the statement. Williams was wearing a helmet, police said.The SUV’s driver received minor injuries and wasn’t hospitalized. He had signaled the turn and wasn’t immediately detained although the crash investigation continued, police said.Williams, whose full name was Richard Treat Williams, lived in Manchester Center in southern Vermont, police sa...

Stan Kroenke has won NFL, NHL and now NBA titles in back-to-back-to-back seasons

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:54 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Stan Kroenke’s sports empire has produced an NFL, NHL and now NBA champion in three consecutive seasons.His latest title came Monday night when the Denver Nuggets won their first championship 47 years after joining the NBA. His Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in the Super Bowl following the 2021 season, and his Colorado Avalanche hoisted the Stanley Cup last summer after dispatching Tampa Bay in six games.Through the champagne spray and cigar smoke choking the Nuggets’ locker room following their rugged 94-89 win over Miami in Game 5, Kroenke reflected on his football, hockey and basketball titles and couldn’t pick one over the other.“It’s like having children: You love them all,” Kroenke said. “It’s unbelievably exciting. I’m just so happy for everybody involved, particularly the city, which for 47 years they never had this.”The Nuggets were a founding franchise in the old ABA and played for that league’s champion...

US military says helicopter accident in northeastern Syria left 22 American troops injured

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:54 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — A helicopter accident in northeastern Syria over the weekend left 22 American service members injured, the U.S. military said Tuesday, adding that the cause of the accident was under investigation and that no enemy fire involved.The military statement said the service members were receiving treatment and 10 were moved to “higher care facilities” outside the region. “A helicopter mishap in northeastern Syria resulted in the injuries of various degrees of 22 U.S. service members,” it said. “No enemy fire was reported.”A spokesman for the U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish forces did not immediately respond to an Associated Press request for comment.There are at least 900 U.S. forces in Syria on average, along with an undisclosed number of contractors. U.S. special operations forces also move in and out of the country, but are usually in small teams and are not included in the official count.U.S. forces have been in Syria since 2015 to advise and assist the Kurdish-led Syrian Dem...