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NBA promotes Intae Hwang, Sha’Rae Mitchell to full-time referee staff

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The NBA has promoted Intae Hwang and Sha’Rae Mitchell to its full-time referee staff for the coming season.Hwang is a native of South Korea who moved to New Jersey in 2020 with hopes of becoming a referee in the U.S. He worked seven games as a non-staff official last season and has also worked in the G League, the WNBA, the Summer Olympics and the Basketball World Cup.Mitchell refereed 11 games as a non-staff official last season, and has also worked in the G League and WNBA. She also worked college games for five years, in the Pac-12, West Coast, Big Sky and Western Athletic conferences.“We are thrilled to welcome Intae and Sha’Rae to our full-time staff,” NBA senior vice president for referee development and training Monty McCutchen said. “They have excelled in their performance areas and earned the right to officiate NBA games on a regular basis.”Both will also work G League games this season, as all NBA referees with fewer than four years of service are asked to ...

Santana dons López jersey as former and current Twins pitchers share pregame moment at mound

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When former Minnesota Twins star Johan Santana threw out the ceremonial first pitch, the two-time AL Cy Young Award winner had a special guest bring him the ball: Pablo López.When López approached the mound, Santana had a surprise for the Twins right-hander who grew up idolizing him. Santana took off his jacket to reveal a white No. 49 López jersey, before the two Venezuelans shared a smile and a hug as the Target Field crowd roared before Game 3 of the AL Division Series against Houston.López wore a Santana jersey to the ballpark last week before he pitched the Twins to victory in Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series against Toronto. Santana’s pitch was to Joe Mauer, his former batterymate and a fellow Twins Hall of Fame member.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLBSource

Doncic returns to Spain to warm welcome from former club Real Madrid in preseason game with Mavs

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Luka Doncic returned to Spain to a warm reception from former club Real Madrid in a preseason game with the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, receiving a standing ovation by the home fans and being honored by his former teammates.The “Luuukaaa” chants were back in the Spanish capital five years after the star guard left for the NBA, and the Slovenian looked moved while watching his past highlights on the big screen before the game.Doncic played less than five minutes, scoring nine points in Dallas’ 127-123 loss against his former club. Tim Hardaway Jr. led all scorers with 21 points for the Mavs, which also lost its two preseason games against the Minnesota Timberwolves last week in Abu Dhabi. Facundo Campazzo, who was signed and waived by Dallas last year, led Madrid’s late rally and finished with 20 points for the hosts. Doncic’s former teammate Sergio Llull and Vincent Poirier scored 19 points each for the Spanish club. Doncic went 3 for 6 with one assi...

Gunmen abduct 4 students of northern Nigerian university, the third school attack in one month

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

Associated Press (AP) — Gunmen abducted four university students in northern Nigeria during an attack early Tuesday, police said, the latest in a series of school abductions that have raised security concerns under the nation’s new president.The gunmen invaded a lodge for students of the Nasarawa State University, near the capital city of Abuja, and took the students hostage, Nasarawa police spokesman Ramhan Nansel said in a statement.It is the third school abduction in the West African nation in the last month, underscoring a security challenge under the government of President Bola Tinubu who rode to power in February on the promise of a “renewed hope” and ending the deadly violence in Nigeria’s troubled north.The latest attack followed a similar pattern of recent attacks in which gun-firing men break into student buildings and flee with hostages, some of whom are still in captivity. The students, like most other captives, are held for ransoms which analysts say the gunmen u...

16-year-old arrested in teen's killing outside of mall in Aurora

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) — Police say a 16-year-old boy surrendered Monday in the shooting death of a teen outside an Aurora mall.The boy was booked on felony counts of second-degree murder and aggravated robbery, according to the Aurora Police Department. He also faces a traffic offense of failing to report an accident to police. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox Police on Monday had announced a warrant for the teen. While interim Aurora Police Chief Art Acevedo said it was on a count of first-degree murder, the department said Tuesday that the chief misspoke.Police did not identify the boy because he is a minor. He was advised of the charges on Tuesday morning.More suspects remain at large in the killing, according to the department. 15-year-old killed outside Aurora mallRaphael Velin, 15, was shot and killed Sept. 30 outside the Southlands shopping mall in Aurora. Police said the incident was part of a pre-planned meetup between Velin and the suspec...

Search discontinued for hiker missing from Rocky Mountain National Park

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Broad-scale search efforts have been suspended for a Fort Collins man reported missing from Rocky Mountain National Park two weeks ago.Chad Pallansch, 49, started a hike from the East Inlet Trailhead near Grand Lake on Sept. 27 and was last heard from that day. His itinerary was a 28-mile route that included established trails and some off-trail travel through steep talus slopes. Train carrying military equipment derails in Colorado Springs Park officials announced Tuesday the search was suspended. The search had been hindered by bad weather, with searchers on the ground encountering snow, ice and wind at high elevations.Investigation to continuePallansch was last heard from around noon the day he began his hike. A text received at that time indicated he was almost to the summit of Mount Alice and roughly 7 miles from the Bear Lake area.He had not taken the route before but was described by RMNP as an experienced trail runner who had run a number of routes in the ...

Hughes Van Ellis, Tulsa Race Massacre survivor, dies in Denver at 102

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

Hughes Van Ellis, who was the youngest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre and who spent his latter years pursuing justice for his family and other descendants of the attack on “Black Wall Street,” has died. He was 102.The World War II veteran and published author who was affectionately called “Uncle Redd” by his family and community died Monday while in hospice in Denver, said his family's publicist, Mocha Ochoa. Search discontinued for hiker missing from Rocky Mountain National Park After the war, Van Ellis worked as a sharecropper and went on to raise seven children, all in the shadow of the Tulsa massacre in 1921, when a white mob laid waste to the city's once-thriving Black community.“I’ll remember each time that Uncle Redd’s passionate voice reached hearts and minds in courtrooms, halls of Congress, and interviews,” said Damario Solomon-Simmons, one of the attorneys who has pursued compensation for the survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre.“He was much more than a clien...

First responders describe rescue of kayakers from Boston Harbor near remnants of Long Island Bridge

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

Boston police on Tuesday recounted a daring rescue late last week when crews saved two people kayaking in Boston Harbor near what’s left of the Long Island Bridge. The rescue happened on Friday. Speaking with 7NEWS, Officer Stephanie McGrath said crews used spotlights from their boat to locate the kayakers. “One was still on his kayak but it was taking on water,” McGrath said. McGrath said the kayak was “maybe half full with water.” The other kayaker, McGrath said, had fallen into the water and was clinging to a bridge stanchion. “His kayak had capsized,” McGrath said. “He told us he had been in the water for almost 30 minutes and he was cramping up.” Both kayakers were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. In a later news conference on Tuesday, members of the Boston Police Department’s Harbor Division said the kayakers were in a potentially dangerous place on the water. The channel where the kayakers were located, officials said, is a through-...

Ex-Brigham and Women’s Hospital doctor accused of sexual assault, performing unnecessary ‘exams’

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

Brigham and Women’s Hospital is facing a major lawsuit alleging that one of its doctors, who has since voluntarily quit practicing, was performing unnecessary sexualized “exams” of women who went to him for help with unrelated ailments.The lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court on Tuesday morning has one named plaintiff, Marianne “Mimi” DiTrani, but her lawyers say that Dr. Derrick Todd’s victims could grow.“When you trust someone in a position of power, go to them for healing, and are instead hurt, it’s frightening, confusing, and difficult to process. There is no shame. Predators are adept at picking up cues others cannot see,” DiTrani said from the street outside Brigham’s ambulatory care center Tuesday afternoon on Francis Street.“I have decided to come forward because someone must. Nature has taught us there is safety in numbers. I want anyone who was harmed in the way that I was to know they are not alone, and there is nothing to fear,” she continued with a clear voice despit...

Official pumpkin of Boston arrives at Boston Public Market, weighing nearly 1,600 pounds

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:12:37 GMT

The official pumpkin of Boston is so big that it took more than just wiggling through the door to get it inside Boston Public Market.Al Rose arrived at the market with the bright orange gourd, weighing nearly 1,600 pounds and measuring almost 6 feet wide, around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday after driving from his farm in north central Massachusetts.It took nearly an hour for the pumpkin to get inside, making for great drama.After flagging down a truck driving to a nearby construction site, the worker let Rose and others borrow a saw to shave a few inches off a pallet so the “most orange pumpkin ever” could fit through the market’s doors, “with a quarter inch to spare,” Rose said.The pumpkin is also joined by two others, one a monstrous green squash weighing in at 892 pounds.“They’re in there, and they are huge, but it was a team effort for sure,” said Chelsea Doliner, chief marketing and engagement officer for the Boston Public Market Association.Rose, owner of Red Apple Farm in Phillipston, ...