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Shaylee Gonzales makes six 3s, leads No. 5 Texas past Jackson State 97-52

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:42:56 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Shaylee Gonzales matched a career high with six 3-pointers while scoring a season-best 21 points, and No. 5 Texas beat Jackson State 97-52 on Wednesday night while playing without star point guard Rori Harmon and leading scorer Taylor Jones.Harmon missed the game with an unspecified injury. She sat on the Longhorns’ bench and walked with a limp.Freshman forward Madison Booker took over point guard duties, a role she usually performs as a backup, and finished with 16 points, a season-best nine assists and just one turnover in 32 minutes. Khadija Faye scored 14 points for Texas (13-0), and DeYona Gaston had 13 points and eight rebounds.Andriana Avent led Jackson State (5-6) with 11 points but was just 2 of 12 from the field. Angel Jackson had eight rebounds.Gonzales finished 6 of 9 from 3-point range. She also had five assists.Texas shot 57% from the field, including 9 of 16 on 3s.Jackson State, which has lost five straight, averages 18 offensive rebounds a ...

K’Andre Miller scores twice to lift Rangers over Capitals 5-1

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:42:56 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — K’Andre Miller scored two goals and added an assist to lead the New York Rangers to a 5-1 win over the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night.Igor Shesterkin made 26 saves for New York, which has won five of its last six.Alexis Lafreniere, Artemi Panarin and Braden Schneider also scored for the Rangers, and Mika Zibanejad — playing in his 800th NHL game — added two assists.Anthony Mantha scored the Capitals’ lone goal, and Darcy Kuemper stopped 26 shots.BRUINS 4, SABRES 1BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Charlie Coyle scored twice and Brad Marchand had two assists to lead Boston over Buffalo.Mason Lohrei and Morgan Geekie also scored for the Bruins, who ended a four-game losing streak. Jeremy Swayman made 25 saves.Erik Johnson scored for the Sabres. Devon Levi made 21 saves.Special teams played a big role in the outcome as the Bruins scored on their first three power-play chances. Meanwhile, the Sabres went 0 for 6 with the man advantage.PENGUINS 7, ISLANDERS 0NEW YORK (AP) — Jak...

Guentzel, Malkin and Letang lead Penguins surge past Islanders, 7-0

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:42:56 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jake Guentzel and Evgeni Malkin each scored twice, Kris Letang had six assists including five in the second period alone, and the Pittsburgh Penguins toppled the New York Islanders 7-0 on Wednesday night.Tristan Jarry finished with 21 saves for his fourth shutout of the season. Rickard Rakell, Radim Zohorna and Valtteri Puustinen also scored for Pittsburgh and Marcus Pettersson picked up four assists.Letang became the first defenseman in NHL history to record five points in a period and the first player of any position in Penguins history to do so.Ilya Sorokin made 19 saves as the Islanders’ nine-game point streak on home ice (6-0-3) came to an end. Semyon Varlamov replaced Sorokin to begin the third period and made six saves.Pittsburgh scored six times within a 10:27 stretch of the second period.Guentzel scored twice within 12 seconds to give the Penguins a 3-0 lead. He cleverly redirected Letang’s shot that was headed wide of the net past Sorokin prior to con...

Glendale family's pickup truck stolen with dog inside

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:42:56 GMT

GLENDALE, Colo. (KDVR) — It was a sad Christmas Eve for a family in Glendale when their truck was stolen from a convenience store parking lot.The truck was recovered but the search continues, as their family pet was inside the truck when it was stolen, and he's still missing.Anthony Diaz-Castro and Noemi Montero are the owners of Cory, their family dog."I don't understand why there are people who would do this. Cory was by my side all the time," Diaz-Castro said. How much money will you take home if you win the Powerball in Colorado? Diaz-Castro brought Cory with him to a corner store at Mississippi Avenue and Cherry Street in Glendale on Christmas Eve. When he came back out, he said a man shoved him off before driving away in his truck.Cory was inside."We treated Cory like a child," Montero said. "He had his own clothes. Everyone in the family treated him like a baby."Anthony Diaz-Castro poses with Cory, the family dog who was in the family's truck when it was stolen on Christmas...

Oprah Winfrey shares message of ‘The Color Purple’

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:42:56 GMT

A literary landmark, Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Color Purple” returned this week in a new film version inspired by Broadway’s musicalized adaptation that starred Fantasia Barrino as the abused Celie.Barrino, the first “American Idol” winner to star on Broadway, recreates her role alongside another “Purple” Broadway veteran Danielle Brooks. She reprises her role as the tragic Sophia, imprisoned and beaten by white racists.Oprah Winfrey, who credits her extraordinary career entirely to “The Color Purple,” played Sophia in Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film version and was among the producers of Broadway’s musicals.  She is the lead producer in this cinematic reprise.Winfrey, 69, entrusted this elaborate new film to first time director Blitz Bazawule.“The moment Blitz came,” Winfrey said, “with his brilliant idea of going inside Celie’s head and us being able to see and feel what she was thinking and feeling — we were blown away!”“For me,” Bazawule said in a ...

Editorial: MA needs to get tough on swatters

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:42:56 GMT

Mayor Michelle Wu was the latest victim of swatting in Boston – and on Christmas Day, no less.True to form, the hoaxer informed the Boston Police Department that a violent shooting had taken place at an address matching the mayor’s home in Roslindale, as the Herald’s Flint McColgan reported.There was, of course, no such incident, but the hoaxer’s damage was done: police time wasted and tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars spent.It’s harassment, plain and simple, although sometimes the results are lethal, as in the death of the target who had been falsely accused of a violent crime like a homicide, a hostage situation or a bomb threat.Surely, the punishment for masterminding a swatting incident must be harsh.Wrong.The current law in Massachusetts states “Whoever intentionally and knowingly makes or causes to be made a false report of a crime to police officers shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred doll...

Fashion finds for a stylish, fun new year

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:42:56 GMT

The mistletoe is on its last legs, the cookies all but gone. And those gifts you spent so much time finding have been gifted and unwrapped.As much fun as the holidays are, they’re exhausting. And after a long year of hard work, you can use a few days of rest. Or maybe a few weeks.At the very least, you could use a few big fashion boosts to let you march into this upcoming year with your spirits lifted. So here are four great looks to help ring in 2024.Something luxurious and ultra-comforting: That could mean a lot of different things to different people. Bottom line, it means this to many of us: cashmere. And not just in a blanket or in scarf form, but as a sweater. Because that means we get to wear it all day long. I recommend looking into Vince’s Plush Cashmere Funnel Neck Sweater ($425 on vince.com). Is it a steal? Nope. Is it a big statement-maker? Nope. But will it make you happy every time you slip on its incredibly soft, cosseting, flattering, high quality magic? Yes, so go f...

Johnson & Palladino: Savings $$ should be added to alimony in MA

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:42:56 GMT

As we prepare to greet another New Year, resolution-making abounds. Often included in the laundry list are financial goals – save money, spend more wisely, create a budget and live by it.  All admirable goals, as long as you are not a recipient of alimony in Massachusetts.The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is currently deciding whether a divorcing 53-year-old  mother, who during the long-term marriage supported her spouse’s career while managing  primary responsibility for the family’s home and six children, may receive an amount of alimony over and above her basic expenses (such as mortgage, utilities, food) so that she could save for emergencies and future needs such as retirement.Though it’s Financial Planning 101 to maintain an emergency fund and save for retirement, it’s not so in Divorce 101 in Massachusetts. The court’s Financial Statement form, which all divorcing parties are required to complete and judges rely on to determine alimony, does not  include a line item fo...

Dear Abby: Baby’s here, BF’s iffy on relationship

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:42:56 GMT

Dear Abby: I have been seeing the same man for a year and a half. In the beginning, we were, basically, friends with benefits, and we were OK with that. Having both gone through recent breakups or divorce, neither of us wanted anything serious. However, after six months passed, I started falling for him. He always made clear that if he didn’t want to go down that road, we would break ties, but the way he acted indicated that maybe one day there would be more.After eight months, we found out I was two months pregnant. Our baby changed how we both felt about a relationship, but we had things we needed to work through before going down that road. I started therapy — not for him, but because I knew I needed it for myself and, ultimately, our daughter.We moved in together five months ago. Being together with our daughter has been wonderful. It has made me fall even more in love with him. When I recently told him I want to officially be his lady, he said there are still a few ...

Man sentenced in hit-and-run that killed one-year-old girl

Published Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:42:56 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced on Wednesday that a defendant who drove drunk, struck and killed a 1-year-old child, Annaleeh Rodarte, has been sentenced to 15 years-to-life in prison, plus an additional four years in prison for leaving the scene. “Our family has been torn apart because of this,” said one of the grandma’s of Annaleeh.The family of Annaleeh fought back tears to hear the fate of the man, 47 year-old Margarito Angeles Vargas, who killed the baby of the family.“I’m hurt, I will never be the same. I can’t look at my kids in the face anymore as much as I can. I’m not the same mother,” said Carina Rodarte, Annaleeh’s mother.In September 2022, prosecutors said Angeles Vargas drove with a blood-alcohol content of more than twice the legal limit. Prosecutors said as Annaleeh was walking with her sisters and grandparents in an unmarked crosswalk in City Heights, Angeles Vargas hit the toddler.Prosecutors said he kept driving, however, a...