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Fiona and Ian retired as hurricane names by WMO

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:25 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The names "Fiona" and "Ian" will no longer be used to name Tropical Storms or Hurricanes in the future. Those names were retired by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) due to the devastation and deaths caused by both storms.NOAA and WMO has lists of predetermined names to help differentiate between storms. These lists repeat every six years. Names get "retired" from the list if they cause too much death or destruction.WMO determined "Fiona" and "Ian" would be replaced by the names "Farrah" and "Idris" when last year's list returns in 2028.96 names have been retired in the Atlantic basin since 1953, which was when the current naming structure first began.Storms with a name beginning with "I" have been retired more than any other letter. The retiring of "Ian" adds to a long list of other retired "I" storms that now totals 14.Retired "I" named stormsHurricane FionaHit the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos before moving into Canad...

Illness has wreaked havoc on Timberwolves

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:25 GMT

The Timberwolves certainly haven’t helped themselves of late, with their own poor play serving as the primary cause of their current three-game losing streak.But it should be noted Minnesota isn’t at full strength, either. That extends beyond the loss of Naz Reid, who’s out for an indefinite period with a broken wrist.Minnesota was again without reserve guard Austin Rivers on Sunday. He missed the contest with an illness. The Wolves can only hope illness has finally run its course through the team’s roster.A stomach virus has plagued Minnesota in recent games, affecting the likes of Taurean Prince, Kyle Anderson, Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns.Edwards has reportedly been vomiting even during games. Towns said he didn’t eat one bit of food Friday ahead of the team’s loss to the Lakers.“Had a lot of things going wrong. Kind of living in the bathroom, so I’m just trying to figure it out. A lot of shivers at night, night sweats, ch...

Albany Police seeking person responsible for Doane Stuart Fire

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:25 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Albany officials have provided an update regarding the fire that happened at the former Doane Stuart School on Thursday, March 23. The City of Albany and Crime Stoppers is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the fire. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! At this time, the fire is still under investigation and is classified as "undetermined." According to Albany Police, several causes have been ruled out, and it is believed that the fire was started by a human. The Albany Police Department says they are continuing to review various sources of physical and digital information as well as eyewitness accounts from before, during, and after the fire. Anyone with information regarding the fire is asked to contact the Albany Police Department’s Detective Division at 518-462-8039. Anonymous tips may also be submitted online to the Capi...

LSU wins 1st NCAA title, Mulkey's 4th, beating Clark, Iowa

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:25 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Kim Mulkey returned home to Louisiana wanting to bring LSU its first basketball championship. The Hall of Fame coach did just that in only her second year at the school.Her Tigers used a record offensive performance to beat Caitlin Clark and Iowa 102-85 on Sunday and win the first basketball title, men's or women's, in school history.“I turn around and look at the Final Four banners (in the home arena), nowhere did it say national champion,” Mulkey said. “That’s what I came home to do.”The victory made Mulkey the first women's coach to win national titles at two different schools. She won three at Baylor before leaving for LSU two years ago.“Coaches coach a lifetime and this is the fourth time I’ve been blessed," Mulkey said. “Never in the history of LSU basketball, men or women, has (anybody) ever played for a championship.”The feisty and flamboyantly dressed Mulkey, who wore a sparkly, golden, tiger-striped outfit, now has the third-most national titles behind Geno A...

Jurickson Profar joins Rockies, thanks to Hensley “Bam Bam” Meulens

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:25 GMT

SAN DIEGO — Jurickson Profar, the Rockies’ new left fielder and leadoff hitter, took his place in the lineup for the first time Sunday in a 3-1 loss to the Padres.Profar, who went 0 for 3 with a walk, might have never signed his one-year, $7.75 million deal with Colorado had it not been for new Colorado hitting coach Hensley “Bam Bam” Meulens. The two have known each other since Profar was a talented 11-year-old player in his native Curacao.“He really wanted me to come here, so I listened,” said Profar, who got some exhibition games under his belt in Arizona before joining the Rockies. A delay in obtaining his visa after he played for the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic stalled his Rockies debut.Meulens heads two youth baseball foundations in Curacao and he first heard of Profar when he was a budding Little League talent. Profar played for Curacao in the Little League World Series in 2004 — the year Curacao won it — and also in 2005.“He ...

Former TCU center Eddie Lampkin Jr. set to join CU Buffs men’s basketball

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:25 GMT

The search for a new center already is over for the Colorado men’s basketball team.On Sunday, former TCU center Eddie Lampkin Jr. announced via his social media accounts that he is joining the Buffaloes through the transfer portal.Lampkin appeared in 24 games (19 starts) for the Horned Frogs this past season, averaging 6.3 points and 5.9 rebounds for a team that reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament before losing to Gonzaga.A 6-foot-11, 263-pound post player, Lampkin shot 55.2% from the floor. Thanks to the extra year of eligibility granted by the NCAA for the COVID season, Lampkin still has two years of eligibility remaining. He left TCU under a swirl of headlines ahead of the Big 12 Conference tournament, alleging racially insensitive remarks from TCU head coach Jamie DixonAs a second-year freshman in the 2021-22 season, Lampkin, a native of Houston, played in 33 games (32 starts) while averaging 6.8 points and 6.2 rebounds with a 60.2% mark from the field.Lampkin’s comm...

Homicide detectives investigating after man found shot to death in San Bernardino County

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:25 GMT

A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found dead Sunday in Chino, authorities announced.  The discovery came after officers with the Chino Police Department responded to calls of a possible dead body in the 5400 block of Philadelphia Avenue just after 2 a.m., a Chino PD news release stated. When police arrived at the scene, they located a man who had been the victim of a shooting. He was pronounced dead at the scene and investigators determined that the man had been the victim of a homicide.  No further information about the victim’s identity or age was provided, nor was there any mention of how many suspects may have been involved in the shooting.  While authorities say there is no immediate threat to the public, they are asking anyone with information about this incident to contact Chino Police Department detectives at 909-334-3307.  

Athletics fall victim to gargantuan blasts by Angels’ Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:25 GMT

OAKLAND — There were youth baseball and softball players from 25 organizations throughout Northern California that went home from the Coliseum with a story to tell Sunday.They probably already knew the names of Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. As for Ken Waldichuk, he’ll be lost in the tale of the time they watched two of the biggest stars in Major League Baseball flex their muscles on consecutive pitches in the fifth inning during a 6-0 loss by the Athletics against the Los Angeles Angels before a crowd of 14,638.Trout and Ohtani hit tape-measure blasts in the fifth inning as the Angels took two of three from the A’s on the opening series of the season. With Taylor Ward aboard with a single, Trout hammered a 1-1 pitch from Waldichuk off the camera bank in dead center field, a distance measured at 434 feet and with an exit velocity of 111.9 miles per hour.On the very next pitch, Ohtani crushed one 447 feet to right center at a speed of 110.8, a tad farther than Trout&...

NASA to announce first crew to the Moon in over 50 Years on Monday

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:25 GMT

The planet Earth as seen from the surface of the moon during the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission, December 1972. (Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images)On Monday morning, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Canadian Space Agency will announce the four astronauts who will be next to “venture around the moon.”In a March 10 news release, NASA said the event will take place at 11 a.m. EDT (10 a.m. CDT) on Monday, at the NASA Johnson Space Center’s Ellington Field in Houston, Texas.More Science NewsThe Space PlaceThe four astronauts, who will be announced at the event, will travel to the moon aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission.According to NASA, “the mission will be the first crewed flight test on the agency’s path to establishing a long-term scientific and human presence on the lunar surface.”This will be the first crewed mission to the moon since Apollo 17 in December 1972.The event will air on NASA Television, the...

Iowa’s Catlin Clark had memorable season, March Madness run

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 21:02:25 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Caitlin Clark had several memorable moments during her run to the women’s NCAA championship game, capturing national attention with 40-point games, triple doubles and her long-range shooting.Iowa came up short Sunday against LSU, losing 102-85 in the Hawkeyes’ quest for their first national title. The Associated Press women’s basketball Player of the Year went down shooting, scoring 30 points with eight 3-pointers. It was Clark’s 100th game with the Hawkeyes. She has put up some impressive numbers during her career, averaging 27.2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 8.0 assists per contest. She has 11 career triple-doubles, a Big Ten record and tied for the second-most in NCAA history.This season Clark became the first player in Division I women’s history to record more than 1,000 points and 300 assists in a single year. She already is the only Division I player, woman or man, with at least 2,700 points, 700 rebounds and 700 assists in a career.Her streak of 90 ...