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NOPD search for MMA's Nate Diaz who is accused of causing an altercation over the weekend

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:22:54 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Police Department is seeking to arrest professional MMA fighter Nate Diaz as he is accused of causing a large fight on Bourbon Street over the weekend. At about 2:10 a.m. on Saturday (April 22), officers responded to the 400 block of Bourbon St. where they witnessed a large crowd. Once everyone dispersed, the NOPD says they found a man unconscious on the scene. When he woke up, that's when officers noticed he was bleeding from the back of his head. The man was treated on the scene by EMS.Investigations into the incident lead to a warrant being issued for the arrest of professional MMA fighter Nate Diaz who faces a charge of second-degree battery. No further details are available at this time as the NOPD continues to search for Diaz.

Eberle’s OT winner lifts Kraken past Avs 3-2 to even series

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:22:54 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Jordan Eberle scored on the power play 3 minutes into overtime and the Seattle Kraken beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 on Monday night to even their best-of-7 series at 2-2. Eberle collected a deflection and buried his first goal of the playoffs past Colorado goalie Alexandar Georgiev. Seattle was on the power play after Josh Manson was called for tripping on Jaden Schwartz on a breakaway attempt in the opening moments of the extra session. It was the first playoff overtime game in franchisee history for the Kraken, who ensured there would be at least one more game played in Seattle. Will Borgen and Daniel Sprong scored in the first period to a 2-0 lead. Mikko Rantanen scored twice in the second period for Colorado to pull even. Game 5 is Wednesday night in Denver. Seattle dominated play in the offensive zone most of the night, outshooting Colorado 43-22. But after taking a 2-0 lead, the Kraken were unable to extend their advantage thanks largely to Georgiev. Colorado’...

Review underway for DC 911’s response to deadly car crash into Anacostia River

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:22:54 GMT

The agency overseeing D.C.’s 911 dispatch system said it intends to look back at the response to the deadly car crash into the Anacostia River last week.Three people were found dead after the late-night crash into the water beneath the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge last Thursday.The examination comes after first responders were delayed in getting to the site of the crash.According to recordings on a radio dispatch website, there were several minutes between the first dispatch, which sent first responders to the 11th Street Bridge, and emergency crews discovering the person who called 911 was near the Douglass Bridge.“Calling party states they were at Anacostia Park and saw the vehicle go off Anacostia bridge,” a voice on one radio dispatch from OpenMHZ.com can be heard saying seven minutes after the initial dispatch around 10:31 p.m.The Office of Unified Communications said it will meet on Wednesday with public safety partners to better understand that night&#...

A’s hit 5 home runs, rally for 11-10 win over Angels in 10

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:22:54 GMT

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Noda hit a two-run double in the 10th inning, Brent Rooker and Jesús Aguilar became the first Athletics teammates to hit back-to-back home runs twice in one game and Oakland rallied for an 11-10 victory over the Los Angeles Angels after blowing an early six-run lead Monday night.The Angels got within a run on Brandon Drury’s two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th and had runners on first and second with two outs, but Mike Trout hit a grounder to third that ended the game.Adam Oller (1-0) got the win and Jeurys Familia earned his second save.With one out and runners at the corners, Noda lined a double down the left-field line off Jaime Barría (1-1) to make it 10-8. Noda, who came off the bench in the ninth and scored the tying run when Rooker walked with the bases loaded, then scored on Tony Kemp’s single.Aguilar had three hits and Rooker drove in three runs for the A’s, who had lost nine of 10. Kevin Smith also went deep as Oakland laun...

El presidente de Guatemala reafirma su apoyo “incondicional” a Taiwán en una visita de Estado

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:22:54 GMT

Taipei (CNN) — El presidente de Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei, reafirmó este martes por la mañana el apoyo “incondicional” de Guatemala a Taiwán, mientras la presidenta taiwanesa, Tsai Ing-wen, le saludaba durante una ceremonia de bienvenida a su visita de Estado de cuatro días a la isla.En su discurso posterior ante los legisladores taiwaneses en la asamblea legislativa de la isla, Giammattei hizo un llamamiento a la comunidad internacional para que respete la soberanía y la integridad territorial de Taiwán.“Tenemos que estar unidos en nuestro apoyo a este país que lleva mucho tiempo sometido a la amenaza del otro lado del estrecho”, declaró Giammattei.La presidenta de Taiwán, Tsai Ing-wen, viajará a Estados Unidos, Guatemala y BeliceTambién dijo a los legisladores taiwaneses que “Guatemala y Taiwán serán socios de cooperación a largo plazo. Mi presencia hoy aquí es una prueba de ello”.Giammattei se encuentra de visita de Estado en Taiwán...

Cobb throws 2nd career shutout, Giants beat Cardinals 4-0

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:22:54 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alex Cobb pitched his first shutout in 11 years and J.D. Davis hit a three-run homer, leading the San Francisco Giants to a 4-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals in the opener of a four-game series Monday night.Cobb (1-1) scattered six hits and struck out four in his fifth career complete game and first since 2018 with Baltimore. His only other major league shutout was a four-hitter for Tampa Bay against Oakland in August 2012.“It was one of the better pitching performances that we’ve seen in the last several years,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said. “I thought the (splitter) was excellent.”It was the third complete game in the majors this season. Yankees ace Gerrit Cole and Marlins right-hander Sandy Alcantara, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, each tossed a shutout against Minnesota this month.Cobb walked one and threw 70 of his 109 pitches for strikes. He ended his gem in style, striking out Tyler O’Neill for the final out as San Francisco won its th...

Butler scores 56, Heat push Bucks to brink of elimination

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:22:54 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler scored a Miami playoff record 56 points, and the Heat roared back from 14 points down in the final quarter to stun the Milwaukee Bucks 119-114 on Monday night to put the NBA’s top overall seed on the brink of early elimination.The 56 points also became Butler’s career high. He was 19 for 28 from the field, 15 of 18 from the foul line and added nine rebounds for eighth-seeded Miami — which took a 3-1 lead over the Bucks in their Eastern Conference first-round series.Bam Adebayo scored 15, Caleb Martin had 12 and Gabe Vincent scored 10 for the Heat. Game 5 is at Milwaukee on Wednesday.Brook Lopez scored 36 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Milwaukee. Giannis Antetokounmpo returned from a two-game absence with a bruised back and had a triple-double — 26 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists.LAKERS 117, GRIZZLIES 111, OTLOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James made the tying layup with 0.8 seconds left in regulation before scoring four of his 22 points in overtime, and th...

Sudan conflict: UK begins evacuation of British nationals amid cease-fire

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:22:54 GMT

LONDON — Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the U.K. government “is coordinating an evacuation of British nationals from Sudan,” after a cease-fire was agreed between the warring sides there last night.“We have started contacting nationals directly and providing routes for departure out of the country,” Cleverly tweeted early Tuesday.An estimated 4,000 civilians now face a tense few hours, as they wait to be told to head to a military airfield just outside the capital Khartoum, and on to safety.A power struggle between Sudan’s military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as “Hemeti,” has plunged Sudan into fierce fighting. Around 500 people have died so far, with fighting across the African nation.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced overnight that the two groups had agreed to a 72-hour nationwide cease-fire, beginning at midnight.Pressure had been growing on the U.K. ...

Coronation gives tourism boost, but UK economy still reeling

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:22:54 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Kelly Curto is taking her first trip outside the U.S., and the die-hard fan of the British royal family is making it the one at the top of her bucket list — heading to London for King Charles III’s coronation.After arriving on May 5, the 44-year-old school bus driver from Long Island and a friend will head to the Mall, the ceremonial avenue to Buckingham Palace where the monarch’s pomp-filled procession will pass by the following day. That’s where they plan to spend the night if they can find a good spot to glimpse the gilded horse-drawn state coach, royals and thousands of soldiers filing past — despite splurging on a four-star hotel for their nine-day trip.“This is like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You get to be part of history,” Curto said. “Everybody around the world knows this family. Everybody around the world is going to be watching this coronation — and we get to be a part of that.” The coronation is luring royal enthusiasts f...

Pakistani police say electrical shorts caused deadly blasts

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:22:54 GMT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police said Tuesday the twin blasts that struck a counterterrorism facility in the country’s northwest and killed 13 people the previous day were caused by electrical shorts and not a terror attack, as initially suggested.The short circuits occurred on Monday at a munition warehouse within the facility in Swat, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. Along with those killed, more than 50 people, mostly police officers, were wounded when the shorts ignited explosions, seconds apart. Initially, police said it could be an act of terrorism but an investigation later concluded that short circuits caused the explosions, according to a police statement released on Tuesday. Nasir Mahmood Satti, a district police chief, also confirmed there was no attack from the outside. Associated Press images from the scene showed destroyed cars and downed trees at the facility, which also houses a police station and the headquarters of a ...