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Slain officers’ families will get $100K from Heroes’ Fund, Alberta premier says

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:07:45 GMT

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the families of two Edmonton police officers who were fatally shot this week are each to receive $100,000 from the province’s Heroes’ Fund.Smith made the announcement Saturday during her weekly provincewide radio program while addressing the deaths of Const. Brett Ryan and Const. Travis Jordan.The officers were gunned down Thursday by a teen who later killed himself while they were responding to a non-violent domestic dispute at an apartment building.Smith says the Heroes’ Fund was brought in back in 2020, and that the money will help the families with the “costs associated with having to deal with this horrible tragedy.”The fund was established as part of the Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020, and the government’s website says it is intended to recognize the sacrifices of first responders who die as a result of performing their duties.Smith also encouraged people to donate to a GoFundMe for the fam...

Ecuador earthquake kills at least 12, causes wide damage

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:07:45 GMT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least a dozen people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris and fallen power lines.The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of about 6.8 that was centered just off the Pacific Coast, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Guayaquil, Ecuador's second-largest city. READ: More international news Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso in a televised address to the nation said the earthquake killed 12 people.Police talks to people next to the site where a car was crushed by debris after an earthquake shook Cuenca, Ecuador, Saturday, March 18, 2023. The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 about 50 miles south of Guayaquil. (AP Photo/Xavier Caivinagua)One victim was a passenger in a vehicle crushed by rubble from a house in the Andean community of Cuenca, according to th...

Check out the 2023 Minnesota high school boys basketball state tournament brackets

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:07:45 GMT

In what is expected to be one of the most competitive Class 4A state tournaments, and with an impressive depth of unseeded opponents there are no layup quarterfinals.Top-seeded Park Center will face a conference foe in Andover, which it edged 97-91 during the regular season. Second-seeded Lakeville North gets a Buffalo squad that swept Hopkins. Wayzata’s reward for earning the No. 3 seed is a date with a White Bear Lake team that went 15-3 in the always competitive Suburban East Conference.The Class 4A tournament has the chance to truly put the madness into March.The Class 4A quarterfinals and half of the Class 2A quarterfinals will be held at Target Center, with the other quarterfinals taking place at Williams Arena.All semifinals and finals will be played at the home arena of the Timberwolves and Lynx and will be televised locally on KSTC-Channel 45. The quarterfinals will be streamed on prepspotlight.tv/MSHSL.Full brackets including consolation and third-place information c...

Twins send prospects Brooks Lee, Matt Wallner to minor league camp

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:07:45 GMT

BRADENTON, Fla. — Twins manager Rocco Baldelli has had his first chance to get an extended look at the the organization’s top prospect, Brooks Lee, this spring. He likes what he’s seen.“He had what I would call a near-perfect camp because nothing’s ever perfect, but he did everything and showed us everything that we would be hoping to see from him,” Baldelli said.The 22-year-old shortstop was reassigned to minor league camp on Saturday. Forest Lake slugger Matt Wallner, who spent the last few weeks of the 2022 season with the Twins, was optioned to Triple-A as the team trimmed down the number of players left in major league camp.Lee, the youngest player invited to major league camp, finished his stint with the big-league team 7 for 37 (.189) while manning shortstop. He went 1 for 4 on Saturday with an RBI single in his last at-bat in the Twins’ 7-4 loss to the Pirates at LECOM Park.He will now head to minor league camp, where Baldelli said he will continue to focus on “develop...

Fultz, Magic rally in 4th quarter, outlast Clippers 113-108

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:07:45 GMT

Markelle Fultz scored 12 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter, Wendell Carter Jr. had 27 points and 12 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic snapped their two-game skid with a 113-108 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday.Franz Wagner scored 20 points and hit a gutsy 3-pointer with 40 seconds to play for the Magic, who had lost five of six before taking the lead in the fourth quarter and holding on for this tenacious win on the road.Fultz put together another impressive game in his late-season surge, going 10 for 17 from the field and grabbing six rebounds.Paul George scored 30 points for the Clippers, whose four-game winning streak ended on the last contest of a five-game homestand.Kawhi Leonard skipped the game to rest his right knee, sitting out for the 29th time in the Clippers’ 71 contests this season. Los Angeles couldn't keep up its unbeaten surge since a five-game losing streak and missed a chance to move within a half-game of Phoenix in fourth place in the Western C...

Oakland man ‘executed’ by FBI agent while in ‘surrendering position,’ lawsuit claims

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:07:45 GMT

Michael Jonathan Cortez was crouched in a “surrendering position” with no weapon in his hands when an FBI agent burst into an Oakland smoke shop and fatally shot him in the chest, a new lawsuit filed by his parents claims.Cortez, 31, bled to death before he could receive medical treatment, after agent Gail Paresa shot him in September 2021 in East Oakland, according to the lawsuit filed by prominent Oakland civil rights lawyer John Burris.The FBI has alleged that Cortez tried to flee and brandished a gun during the eight-second encounter with an agent in the 2500 block of Fruitvale Avenue. The agent was part of a federal task force charged with executing federal and local warrants who had been surveilling Cortez because he had a warrant from the feds and Hayward against him, the FBI said. The FBI claims the agent not only identified themself but was wearing an armored vest that would have shown they were a law enforcement agent when entering the store. The agency, howeve...

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Fr8 208 Results

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:07:45 GMT

SaturdayAt Atlanta Motor SpeedwayHampton, Ga.Lap length: 1.54 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (4) Christian Eckes, Chevrolet, 137 laps, 50 points.2. (20) Nicholas Sanchez, Chevrolet, 137, 36.3. (24) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 137, 0.4. (30) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 137, 0.5. (3) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 137, 42.6. (10) Matt DiBenedetto, Chevrolet, 137, 37.7. (9) Chase Purdy, Chevrolet, 137, 32.8. (18) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 137, 29.9. (8) Matt Crafton, Ford, 137, 45.10. (17) Jack Wood, Chevrolet, 137, 27.11. (2) Ty Majeski, Ford, 137, 40.12. (32) Hailie Deegan, Ford, 137, 25.13. (33) Bret Holmes, Chevrolet, 137, 24.14. (35) Ryan Vargas, Toyota, 137, 23.15. (25) Kris Wright, Chevrolet, 137, 22.16. (19) Daniel Dye, Chevrolet, 137, 21.17. (34) Akinori Ogata, Toyota, 137, 20.18. (12) Jake Garcia, Chevrolet, 137, 20.19. (7) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 137, 29.20. (1) Zane Smith, Ford, 137, 31.21. (27) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 137, 16.22. (14) Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 137, 21.23. (28) Josh Re...

Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso says strong earthquake killed 12

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:07:45 GMT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso says strong earthquake killed 12.Source

Miami opens March Madness with 17-point rally over Cowgirls

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:07:45 GMT

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Haley Cavinder scored 12 of her 16 points in the second half and made what proved to be the decisive free throw with 8.9 seconds left to pull off a 17-point second half rally Saturday that gave ninth-seeded Miami a 62-61 victory over eighth-seeded Oklahoma State.The comeback was tied for the fifth-largest comeback in tourney history. But it wasn’t over until Naomie Alnatas’ 10-footer rolled off the rim at the buzzer following a 5-second call on the Hurricanes.Miami (20-12) will play top-seeded Indiana on its home court Monday night with a ticket to the Sweet 16 at stake.Cavinder also had eight rebounds and six assists while Jasmyn Roberts added 12 points and Destiny Harden had 11 points and five rebounds.Anna Gret Asi led Oklahoma State with 16 points and four 3-pointers including one with 5.3 seconds to go that gave the Cowgirls a shot to win it. Alnatas had 10 points and Taylen Collins had 16 rebounds for Oklahoma State (21-12).It was a wild se...

UConn opens March Madness run with 95-52 rout of Vermont

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:07:45 GMT

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Aaliyah Edwards scored a career-high 28 points, Dorka Juhasz added a double-double and No. 2 seed UConn routed 15th seed Vermont 95-52 on Saturday, giving the Huskies a 29th straight win in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Juhasz scored 15 points and pulled down 10 rebounds, the Hungarian’s 13th double-double this season for the sixth-ranked Huskies.Caroline Ducharme added 12 points, helping Connecticut (30-5) to its 26th, 30-win season during Geno Auriemma’s 38 years as coach. Catherine Gilwee scored 14 points, while Emma Utterback and Maria Myklebust each had 13 for Vermont (25-7), which had its 17-game winning streak snapped.UConn will play either No. 7 seed Baylor or 10th-seeded Alabama on Monday. This was the fourth straight game the Huskies have had 10 available players, after spending much of the season with just seven.Azzi Fudd (five points), who missed 22 games, including the final 14 of the regular season with knee injuries, made her fir...