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Stewart and Ionescu help Liberty beat Storm 80-76 in game that Jewell Loyd sprains her left ankle

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:56:39 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Breanna Stewart scored 25 points and Sabrina Ionescu added 20 to help the New York Liberty beat the Seattle Storm 80-76 on Saturday.Stewart’s effort came one game after she had 43 in a win over Phoenix on Wednesday. The Liberty (13-4) have now won three games in a row.The Storm lost the WNBA’s leading scorer Jewell Loyd early in the fourth quarter to a sprained left ankle. With just over 7 minutes left, Loyd rolled her ankle while the Storm were on offense. After being down for a minute, she gingerly walked off the court and back to the locker room. She had 14 points, but was 3-for-17 from the field, including making just one of 10 3-point attempts. She returned to the bench a few minutes later, but didn’t re-enter the game.New York led 70-68 before scoring eight straight, the last coming on Ionescu’s third 3-pointer of the period that made it 78-68 with 3:02 left.Sami Whitcomb, who was making her return to New York after signing as a free agent in the of...

Man fatally shot in Silver Spring public parking garage

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:56:39 GMT

A shooting inside a downtown Silver Spring, Maryland, parking garage left a man dead early Saturday morning, according to Montgomery County police.Shortly after 2:30 a.m., police responded to numerous calls of shots fired inside Public Parking Garage 3, near Thayer and Silver Spring Avenues.Upon arrival, they found a man with an apparent gunshot wound on the first level of the parking garage, who was later pronounced dead.The shooting happened on the first day of Montgomery County paid Saturday parking, which county officials say will help fund more lighting, cameras and other safety and security measures for facilities in Downtown Bethesda, Silver Spring and Wheaton.Last December, a 62-year-old man was fatally shot in the stairwell of the Wayne Avenue Garage in downtown Silver Spring, less than a half-mile away from the garage in Saturday’s shooting.Police said it is still early in the investigation and will release more information as it becomes available after notifying the...

Colorado mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile virus earlier than last year

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:56:39 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- A mosquito near the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds has tested positive for West Nile virus during routine testing, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The positive test makes Arapahoe County the fifth Colorado county with a positive test already this summer, joining Delta, Boulder, Larimer and Weld counties. The positive tests are happening earlier than last year, with researchers expecting a banner year for mosquito populations along the Front Range. In Boulder County, the first positive test came on June 29, two weeks earlier than last year's first positive test.  West Nile found in mosquitoes in 4 Colorado counties “We’re seeing epic numbers of mosquitos in many of our traps,” MSU Professor Bob Hancock said. “We’re seeing high numbers of everything, which means we’re seeing a lot higher numbers of Culex mosquitos."Culex mosquitoes are the type that can carry West Nile and typically make u...

Megan Rapinoe announces she will retire at the end of the season

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:56:39 GMT

(CNN) — US Women’s National Team star Megan Rapinoe, a two-time Women’s World Cup winner, has announced she will retire at the end of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season.Rapinoe, an Olympic gold medalist from London 2012, will play in her fourth and final World Cup this summer in Australia and New Zealand, before returning to her NWSL team OL Reign.In addition to her many on-field achievements, Rapinoe is well-known for her work on social issues, ranging from LGBTQ+ rights to racial inequality to gender and pay equity. In 2022, Rapinoe became the first soccer player to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.“I’ve been able to have such an incredible career, and this game has brought me all over the world and allowed me to meet so many amazing people,” Rapinoe told reporters at a press conference ahead of USWNT’s friendly match against Wales.“I feel incredibly grateful to have played as long as I have, to be as successful as we’ve been, and to have been a part of...

Search underway for elderly woman reported missing in Fort Lauderdale

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:56:39 GMT

Police seek the public’s help in their search for an elderly woman who was reported missing in Fort Lauderdale.According to Fort Lauderdale Police, 75-year-old Carolyn Edwards was last seen along the 1600 block of Northwest Seventh Street.Edwards stands 5 feet tall, weighs around 110 pounds, and may be wearing jeans, a green shirt and a black hat. She may possibly a carrying blue purse.Detectives said her family is concerned for her well-being due to medical conditions.Officials urge anyone with information on Edwards’ whereabouts to call their local police department or Fort Lauderdale Police at 954-828-5700.

Chicago White Sox get shut out by St. Louis Cardinals 3-0, dropping to 10-18 in their last 28 games

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:56:39 GMT

Miles Mikolas pitched seven efficient innings, Jordan Walker homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Chicago White Sox 3-0 on Saturday at Guaranteed Rate Field.Mikolas allowed four hits — all singles — in his first win since May 30. The 34-year-old right-hander struck out six and walked none, throwing 71 of his 95 pitches for strikes.Mikolas (5-5), a two-time All-Star, was 0-4 with a 6.00 ERA in his previous six starts.Giovanny Gallegos worked around Oscar Colás’ leadoff single in the eighth, and Jordan Hicks finished the seven-hitter for his seventh save.Walker hit a solo drive in the ninth for his eighth homer for the last-place Cardinals. Paul DeJong singled in Nolan Gorman in the second, and Brendan Donovan added a run-scoring groundout in the fifth.Sox right-hander Touki Toussaint (0-2) allowed five hits — all singles — in five innings. He struck out five and walked one in his second start since he was claimed off waivers from the Clevela...

Kodai Senga named to NL All-Star team replacing former Met Marcus Stroman

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:56:39 GMT

SAN DIEGO — The ghost fork is heading to Seattle.Mets right-hander Kodai Senga was named to the NL All-Star team Saturday afternoon, taking the place of Chicago Cubs right-hander Marcus Stroman. The former Mets starter and Long Island native pulled out of the All-Star Game to rest.The 30-year-old Senga has not disappointed in the first year of a five-year contract. Though he has had to make plenty of adjustments since coming over from Japan, he’s been the most reliable starter for the Mets during a season in which they haven’t been able to rely on starting pitching. Senga has a 1.7 bWAR and is 7-5 with a 3.51 ERA in 16 starts. He’s striking out nearly 12 batters per nine innings, thanks in large part to his deadly put-away pitch.Coming off of his best outing of the season, Senga has limited opponents to only five runs over his last three starts (18 1/3 innings). Earlier this week in Arizona, he went eight innings for the first time, holding the Arizona Diamon...

California bill requiring Big Tech to pay for news placed on hold until 2024

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:56:39 GMT

A California bill that would force tech companies such as Facebook and Google to pay publishers for news content has been put on hold in the Legislature until 2024.The California Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, sponsored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, D-Oakland, would direct digital advertising giants to pay news outlets a “journalism usage fee” when they sell advertising alongside news content. The bill would require publishers to invest 70% of those funds in preserving journalism jobs in California.The bill passed in the Assembly with bipartisan support June 1 and moved on to the state Senate. A hearing was initially scheduled for July 11, but Wicks’ office announced Friday it would be rescheduled for 2024, picking back up at the same point in the legislative process.“I’ve agreed to make AB 886 a two-year bill in order to ensure the strongest legislation possible — because getting this policy right is more important than getting it quick,...

Cambridge-based firm to manage startup incubator space for University of Chicago’s planned Hyde Park Labs

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:56:39 GMT

CHICAGO — The University of Chicago signed a partnership agreement with Cambridge Innovation Center, a Massachusetts-based operator of shared workspaces and labs, to incubate dozens of faculty-led startup companies within the university’s leased space in Hyde Park Labs, a flagship science building under construction at the corner of 52nd Street and Harper Avenue.Although life sciences researchers at the Chicago area’s many universities often develop new therapies and drugs, the region’s lack of lab space often forced many to take their discoveries, and the jobs eventually created, to research hubs in cities like Boston or San Diego, said CIC founder and CEO Tim Rowe. But the university’s new lab space, and the opportunity to share ideas with like-minded scientists, should help change that.“Hopefully, when they see the tools are here, more of these startup companies will stay in Chicago and more will be formed here in the first place,” he said.The 14-story building, developed by Tram...

How Marcus Smart’s trade from Celtics to Grizzlies was in works long before deal was made

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 15:56:39 GMT

The shocking trade that sent Marcus Smart from the Celtics to the Grizzlies seemed like it came together in an instant. But in reality, it was a long time in the making.The deal, of course, nearly didn’t happen on June 28, when the Celtics’ initial deal to acquire Kristaps Porzingis that included Malcolm Brogdon, not Smart, broke down. About 90 minutes later, the Celtics pivoted to trade Smart to the Grizzlies. It didn’t just develop spontaneously, though. The Grizzlies have long admired Smart and had expressed their interest in him long before that night last month.As the Grizzlies introduced Smart in Las Vegas on Friday, Memphis general manager Zach Kleiman explained how their acquisition for Smart came together. They targeted the point guard as a potential addition this summer, even if it didn’t seem likely.“When we started putting names on the board, there was no one higher than Marcus,” Kleiman told reporters in Vegas. “This was early on, it was like, ‘Hey, this is the pie in t...