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Milwaukee and Charlotte square off in CBI Tournament matchup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:27 GMT

Charlotte 49ers (19-14, 9-11 C-USA) vs. Milwaukee Panthers (22-11, 14-6 Horizon League)Daytona Beach, Florida; Monday, 7:30 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: The Milwaukee Panthers take on the Charlotte 49ers in the College Basketball Invitational.The Panthers’ record in Horizon League play is 14-6, and their record is 8-5 in non-conference games. Milwaukee has a 6-1 record in one-possession games.The 49ers are 9-11 against C-USA teams. Charlotte averages 9.8 turnovers per game and is 1-0 when winning the turnover battle.TOP PERFORMERS: BJ Freeman is scoring 18.3 points per game and averaging 5.2 rebounds for the Panthers. Kentrell Pullian is averaging 11.2 points and 4.0 rebounds over the last 10 games for Milwaukee.Brice Williams is averaging 13.6 points and 5.1 rebounds for the 49ers. Aly Khalifa is averaging 13.1 points over the last 10 games for Charlotte.LAST 10 GAMES: Panthers: 6-4, averaging 80.2 points, 36.1 rebounds, 14.5 assists, 6.2 steals and 4.8 blocks per game while shooting...

Radford plays San Jose State in CBI Tournament matchup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:27 GMT

San Jose State Spartans (21-13, 10-8 MWC) vs. Radford Highlanders (20-14, 12-6 Big South)Daytona Beach, Florida; Monday, 5 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: The Radford Highlanders take on the San Jose State Spartans in the College Basketball Invitational.The Highlanders are 12-6 against Big South opponents and 8-8 in non-conference play. Radford has a 9-4 record in games decided by 10 points or more.The Spartans are 10-8 against MWC teams. San Jose State is fourth in the MWC with 24.6 defensive rebounds per game led by Sage Tolbert averaging 5.0.TOP PERFORMERS: Josiah Jeffers is averaging 8.5 points and 3.9 assists for the Highlanders. DaQuan Smith is averaging 15.7 points over the last 10 games for Radford.Omari Moore is shooting 33.9% from beyond the arc with 1.9 made 3-pointers per game for the Spartans, while averaging 17.4 points and 4.8 assists. Alvaro Cardenas Torre is shooting 37.1% and averaging 10.0 points over the last 10 games for San Jose State.LAST 10 GAMES: Highlanders: 5-5, aver...

Oregon, Wisconsin square off in NIT

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:27 GMT

Wisconsin Badgers (19-14, 9-11 Big Ten) at Oregon Ducks (21-14, 12-8 Pac-12)Eugene, Oregon; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: The Oregon Ducks face the Wisconsin Badgers in the National Invitation Tournament.The Ducks’ record in Pac-12 games is 12-8, and their record is 9-6 in non-conference games. Oregon ranks third in the Pac-12 in rebounding with 34.5 rebounds. N’Faly Dante leads the Ducks with 8.4 boards.The Badgers are 9-11 in Big Ten play. Wisconsin is 5-6 in games decided by less than 4 points.TOP PERFORMERS: Dante is scoring 13.4 points per game and averaging 8.4 rebounds for the Ducks. Jermaine Couisnard is averaging 10.7 points and 2.4 rebounds over the last 10 games for Oregon.Steven Crowl is shooting 51.3% and averaging 12.3 points for the Badgers. Connor Essegian is averaging 13.0 points over the last 10 games for Wisconsin.LAST 10 GAMES: Ducks: 6-4, averaging 70.8 points, 36.6 rebounds, 12.9 assists, 4.3 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 43.9% fro...

Police pursuit ends in West Broward on I-75

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:27 GMT

A police chase ended in a fiery wreck just before midnight on Interstate 75 after authorities pursued a Winnebago for, according to a witness, sideswiping a vehicle on the road and speeding off. The recreational vehicle continued to drive on the road until it reached Mile Marker 40 where viewer surveillance video showed the camper engulfed in flames and surrounded by police cars. It remains unclear whether the driver exited the motorhome safely or if there were any injuries.The Florida Highway Patrol has been contacted for more details on this incident.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

MBTA lifts global speed restrictions on Green Line as repairs continue on some tracks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:27 GMT

The global speed restriction on the Green Line was lifted Sunday and replaced with targeted block restrictions, the MBTA announced as crews continue to repair some areas of the track.Transit officials say block speed restrictions remain in place on about 18 percent of the Green Line track. MBTA test trains have confirmed that all speed signs on the Green Line are in place to safely implement these restrictions. “Block speed restriction is a length of track that may include multiple defects that need to be investigated or mitigated,” the MBTA said in a statement. “As each defect is validated and corrected as needed, the length of the block speed restriction will be reduced until the block is fully removed.”The agency is urging riders to continue to plan ahead and be prepared for delays.The MBTA first announced global speed restrictions on Red, Orange, Blue and Green Lines March 9. The Green Line is the last to lift the restriction.

Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden pushes for stricter gun buying regulations to stop illegal guns coming from other states

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:27 GMT

Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden is pushing for stricter gun buying regulations in the hopes of stopping the flow of illegal guns from other states into Massachusetts, citing six firearm arraignments in Suffolk County in the last week.Illegal firearms from states with lax purchase rules are flowing into states with tighter buying regulations, such as the Bay State.Six people, including a murder suspect and a teenager, were arraigned last week in Suffolk County on separate gun possession charges — some involving firearms with magazines capable of holding 15 or more bullets.“The standard arguments against stricter national purchasing regulations reflect the extreme ideology of unrestrained buying ability and disregard the reality of that ability in one state having dramatic consequences in another state,” Hayden said in a statement on Sunday.“Our patchwork approach to gun purchasing regulations — which differs so broadly from the unified appr...

Trump’s call for protests gets muted reaction by supporters

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:27 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s calls for protests ahead of his anticipated indictment in New York have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters, with even some of his most ardent loyalists dismissing the idea as a waste of time or a law enforcement trap.The ambivalence raises questions about whether Trump, though a leading Republican contender in the 2024 presidential race who retains a devoted following, still has the power to mobilize far-right supporters the way he did more than two years ago before the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. It also suggests that the hundreds of arrests that followed the Capitol riot, not to mention the convictions and long prison sentences, may have dampened the desire for repeat mass unrest.Still, law enforcement in New York is continuing to closely monitor online chatter warning of protests and violence if Trump is arrested, with threats varying in specificity and credibility, four officials told The Associa...

Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:27 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid the longest drought on record in Somalia last year and half of them likely were children.It is the first official death toll announced in the drought withering large parts of the Horn of Africa.At least 18,000 people are forecast to die in the first six months of this year.“The current crisis is far from over,” says the report released Monday by the World Health Organization and the United Nations children’s agency and carried out by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.Somalia and neighboring Ethiopia and Kenya are facing a sixth consecutive failed rainy season.The U.N. and partners earlier this year said they were no longer forecasting a formal famine declaration for Somalia but called the situation “extremely critical” with more than 6 million people hungry in that country alone.Cara Anna, The Associated Press

Israeli govt drives ahead with judicial plan despite outcry

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:27 GMT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A firebrand Israeli minister claimed there’s “no such thing” as a Palestinian people as Israel’s new coalition government, its most hard-line ever, plowed ahead on Monday with a part of its plan to overhaul the judiciary. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition said it was pushing a key part of the overhaul — which would give the coalition control over who becomes a justice or a judge — before the parliament takes a monthlong holiday break next week.The development came a day after an Israeli and Palestinian delegation at a meeting in Egypt, mediated by Egyptian, Jordanian and U.S. officials, pledged to take steps to lower tensions roiling the region ahead of a sensitive holiday season.It reflected the limited influence the Biden administration appears to have over Israel’s new far-right government and raised questions about attempts to lower tensions, both inside Israel and with the Palestinians, ahead of a sensitive holiday season.As the negotia...

Biden’s appeals court nominee faces rare Democratic scrutiny

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:12:27 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of President Joe Biden’s nominees to a federal appeals court has generated rare concern from some Democrats and outside groups over his signature on a legal brief defending a parental notification law in New Hampshire, injecting the issue of abortion into his confirmation fight from an unexpected flank.Michael Delaney, nominated for the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Boston, said in written testimony to senators that he did not write the 2005 brief and otherwise had “extremely limited involvement” in the case that was brought while he was deputy attorney general in New Hampshire. But the signing of the brief, along with scrutiny of his representation of St. Paul’s School, a private boarding school in New Hampshire that was sued in connection with a sexual assault, is complicating a confirmation fight in which the White House has little room for error. The close attention on an abortion case also shows how stakes are ever-higher in a pos...