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Heat’s upset silences ‘doubters and haters’ as everything clicks in advancing to conference semis vs. Knicks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:42:39 GMT

It would be overly simplistic to say that out of the chaos, order has been restored for the Miami Heat.Because they’re still without Tyler Herro and Victor Oladipo. They’re again a series underdog as the road team as they move on to the second round against the New York Knicks. They still are as reliant on their leading man as much as any team still standing in the NBA playoffs.But now, after a stunning five-game first-round elimination of the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks while playing as a No. 8 seed, it all makes sense:The 54 clutch games during the regular season, those when the margin was within five points in the final five minutes.The addition of Kevin Love ahead of the buyout deadline.The decision to rest 37-year-old Kyle Lowry for a month to ease the knee pain.The refusal to quit on the undrafted, unheralded supporting players such as Gabe Vincent, Max Strus, Duncan Robinson and Caleb Martin.The insistence that there remained a path to playoff success even with tha...

Medical helicopters, ‘Jaws of Life’ employed at highway rollover crash in Newbury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:42:39 GMT

Two people were seriously injured in a rollover crash that stopped all northbound traffic on I-95 around Newbury early Thursday morning.Around 6:30 a.m. State Police reported troopers and other responders were “working rollover crash into median with serious injuries/entrapment.” All northbound lanes were shutdown during the initial response, but two were reopened by 6:30 a.m.Two Boston medical helicopters responded to the crash, landing on the interstate, police said, and Newbury firefighters usedthe  “Jaws of Life” — a hydraulic rescue tool used to rip open cars and extract occupants — in the rescue.Both adult drivers were transported to the hospital with injuries that were serious but “not believed life-threatening at this time,” police reported just before 8 a.m.An additional southbound lane was briefly closed for the removal of the vehicles, but all lanes of traffic on both sides were reopened before 8 a.m.The cause of the acciden...

Brian Walshe to remain jailed; motives suggested in alleged murder of his wife

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:42:39 GMT

Accused wife murderer Brian Walshe is being kept locked up.The Cohasset man, indicted for the murder of his wife 39-year-old Ana Walshe, will remain behind bars as his case moves ahead for trial. He’s due back in court on August 23 with a pre-trial conference set for Nov. 2.Prosecutors said today in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham that the 48-year-old dad suspected his wife was having an affair and he searched one of her male friend’s Facebook accounts. His mother also hired a private investigator to shadow Ana, prosecutors added.They also said Brain was the lone beneficiary of his wife’s life insurance policy which they said was worth more than $2 million.In rebuttal, his defense attorney said prosecutors were cherry-picking Google searches to fit their bogus storyline — adding he also made Google searches for “best places for family vacation” and other harmless prompts.The indictment charges Walshe with the murder of his wife, misleading a poli...

Shots fired at large East County party; 2 dead

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:42:39 GMT

EL CAJON, Calif. -- Two people are dead following a shooting at a massive party in East County, authorities said.The incident occurred shortly before 2 a.m. at a residence located at 860 Renfro Way in El Cajon, the San Diego Sheriff's Department confirmed to FOX 5. Neighbors called to report hearing shots fired and then another call came in reporting someone had been shot, explained Homicide Lt. Joseph Jarjura. Rules of the Road: Are tinted windows legal in California? Authorities say the party was so large that deputies had to call in traffic control to help manage the scene."It was over 200 people, for sure because this whole road was blocked off the entire night, probably until four in the morning," said Dave Ebert, a neighbor of the home where the fatal incident took place. "And then the sheriff's were letting people out a few at a time. They couldn't even get the ambulance up the road for the longest time."According to Ebert, the residence became an Airbnb a few months ago. T...

Suit over Texas woman’s jail death settles for $7 million

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:42:39 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — A private company that ran a Texas jail where a woman allegedly went blind following days of medical neglect before her 2019 death has agreed to a $7 million lawsuit settlement along with other defendants, her family’s attorney said Thursday.The payout over Holly Barlow-Austin’s death after being held at an East Texas jail operated by LaSalle Corrections is among the largest public settlements of its kind, attorney Erik Heipt said in a statement. Her death was one in a string of other deaths and incidents that led to lawsuits and investigations of the company, which runs facilities where thousands of people are incarcerated.“If you’re going to cut corners and put profits over people’s lives, there will be a steep price to pay,” said Heipt, a Seattle-based lawyer who represents Barlow-Austin’s husband and mother. He said the payout ”should serve as a wake-up call to all private jail and prison operators.”The family’s federal lawsuit was resolved ...

Another Kenyan pastor arrested over deaths of followers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:42:39 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya arrested another popular pastor on the Indian Ocean coast as the number of deaths linked to a cult in the area rose to 103 on Thursday. Pastor Ezekiel Odero “is being processed to face criminal charges related to mass killing of his followers”, according to a statement by Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki.Odero will be questioned overnight and is expected to appear in court on Friday. His church has been closed and those who were found inside were ordered out, Coast Regional Coordinator Rhoda Onyancha said.Odero’s megachurch, the New Life Prayer Centre Church, is in Malindi County, where another pastor, Paul Mackenzie is being investigated for directing his followers to fast until death.Police have been exhuming bodies at a ranch owned by Mackenzie, where he moved in 2019 after closing his church in Malindi. As part of the move, he reportedly sold his television channel to Odero. Odero’s television channel is popular in Kenyan households, with p...

S&P/TSX composite up in broad-based rally, U.S. stocks also higher

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:42:39 GMT

TORONTO — The heavyweight energy and financial sectors helped lead a broad-based rally as Canada’s main stock index rose more than 100 points in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also climbed higher.The S&P/TSX composite index was up 103.26 points at 20,469.98.In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 218.27 points at 33,520.14. The S&P 500 index was up 43.26 points at 4,099.25, while the Nasdaq composite was up 196.50 points at 12,050.85.The Canadian dollar traded for 73.46 cents US compared with 73.39 cents US on Wednesday.The June crude contract was down 10 cents at US$74.20 per barrel and the June natural gas contract was up two cents at US$2.32 per mmBTU.The June gold contract was down US$2.70 at US$1,993.30 an ounce and the July copper contract was up less than a penny at US$3.87 a pound.This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 27, 2023.Companies in this story: (TSX:GSPTSE, TSX:CADUSD=X)The Canadian Press

The Latest on what RCMP say happened in the mass killing on James Smith Cree Nation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:42:39 GMT

MELFORT, Sask. — The RCMP are releasing details on a stabbing rampage last year in Saskatchewan. Eleven people were killed and 18 were injured on the James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon on Sept. 4, 2022. Mounties have said Myles Sanderson, who later died in police custody, carried out the attacks.Here are the latest developments from the police news conference (all times are CT):9:30 a.m.Saskatchewan RCMP are set to present a preliminary timeline of a mass killing on James Smith Cree Nation and in the nearby village of Weldon last year.They say Mounties presented the timeline to family members of the victims today.Officers also participated in smudging, prayers and a pipe ceremony to honour the 11 who died.RCMP have also raised a teepee outside a community centre in Melfort, Sask., where the presentation is happening for media today.—9:36 a.m. The RCMP have begun delivering their preliminary timeline of events surrounding the 11 killings on James Smith ...

Writer says Trump rape trial fuels new attacks against her

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:42:39 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A writer who accused Donald Trump of raping her in a luxury department store in the 1990s testified for a second day Thursday at a civil trial, saying a fresh onslaught of insults on social media did nothing to diminish her pride to be in court.The testimony in Manhattan federal court came a day after columnist E. Jean Carroll bluntly told the jury she came to court “because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he said it didn’t happen.”Carroll, 79, said social media users lobbed new attacks against her as people labeled her a “liar, slut, ugly, old.”“But I couldn’t be more proud to be here,” she testified.A day earlier, she told how a chance encounter with Trump at a Bergdorf Goodman store in late 1995 or early 1996 turned from flirtatious frivolity in the desolate lingerie section into a violent sexual attack inside a dressing room. Carroll said Trump slammed her against a wall, yanked down her tights and raped her before she kneed him and ...

Greece to allow pets into more than 120 archaeological sites

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:42:39 GMT

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Pets will soon be allowed into more than 120 archaeological sites across Greece, the country’s Culture Ministry announced Thursday, although not in the Acropolis or some of the other top tourist draws.The move, unanimously approved by the country’s powerful Central Archaeological Council, will relax current rules which only allow guide dogs for disabled visitors into archaeological sites. The ministry did not specify when the new regulations would be implemented.The decision is “a first, but important, step toward harmonizing the framework of accessibility to monuments and archaeological sites with the standards of other European countries, where entry rules for pets already apply,” Culture Minister Lina Mendoni said in a ministry press release.The council approved the entry of pets provided they are kept on a leash no more than one meter (3 feet) long, or carried by their owners in a pouch or a pet carrying case. Owners will also need to show their pet’s healt...