Nuggets’ Michael Malone on Jamal Murray’s late-game ejection vs. Rockets: “He was getting choked”

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:28:47 GMT

Nuggets’ Michael Malone on Jamal Murray’s late-game ejection vs. Rockets: “He was getting choked” Not for the first time this season, the defending NBA champions have gripes with the way they’re being officiated.Tensions were already high Friday night as the Nuggets were attempting to overcome a seemingly insurmountable 25-point deficit in the last nine minutes. With an 18-0 run, they finally got a stir out of Ball Arena, a justifiably lifeless building for the first three quarters given the home team’s performance. The Rockets were perhaps tensing up a bit. This game had everything. Except a referee controversy.In the final four minutes, Jamal Murray was ejected after picking up two technical fouls in quick succession, Michael Porter Jr. was handed a technical for slamming the ball in response to a foul call, and it was a miracle Nikola Jokic didn’t get one or two of his own after he vehemently argued whistles (or the lack thereof) during his post battles with Alperen Sengun.Murray joined Jokic and coach Michael Malone in the Nuggets’ club of ejectees th...

Video: Fire crews scramble to safety as fireball bursts through roof of home  

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:28:47 GMT

Video: Fire crews scramble to safety as fireball bursts through roof of home   Dramatic video captured the moment when a fireball exploded through the roof of a burning home and sent firefighters scrambling to safety in Vermont Square early Saturday morning. According to Los Angeles Fire Department officials, flames first broke out at 2:05 a.m. at a large single-family home in the 1100 block of West 41st Place, just blocks from the L.A. Coliseum.  Man shot in front of church in South Los Angeles As crews were on the roof of the well involved residence, a large fireball burst through the attic, and footage shows firefighters rushing to get away from the flames that appear just inches from their backs. Dramatic video captured the moment when a fireball exploded through the roof of a burning home and sent firefighters scrambling in Vermont Square early Saturday morning. (RMGNews)Dramatic video captured the moment when a fireball exploded through the roof of a burning home and sent firefighters scrambling in Vermont Square early Saturday morning....

Burglars hit Keanu Reeves' Hollywood Hills home

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:28:47 GMT

Burglars hit Keanu Reeves' Hollywood Hills home The Hollywood Hills home of actor Keanu Reeves has once again been targeted by burglars. On Wednesday night around 7 p.m., officers responded to a call of a trespasser at a home on Thrasher Avenue, police officials tell KTLA. The home was identified by TMZ as the home of Reeves.A spokesperson for the LAPD provided little information, but confirmed that officers responded to the home for a report of a burglary and said "suspects entered the location and took items."No suspects were found at the scene.TMZ reported that around 1 a.m. the following morning, police were alerted once more when an alarm on the property went off. Actor Alan Ruck sued over Hollywood pizza shop car crash Law enforcement sources told the site that security cameras on the property caught "multiple men with ski masks smashing a window" to break into the home.The suspects reportedly stole a firearm, TMZ said, but it's unclear if anything else was taken.Reeves was not home during the incident, the website report...

Pleasant Hill man who allegedly shot wife opens fire at police vehicles

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:28:47 GMT

Pleasant Hill man who allegedly shot wife opens fire at police vehicles (BCN) -- A man who authorities are seeking to arrest in Pleasant Hill opened fire at armored police vehicles from his residence where he has been holed up since Thursday night, police said early Saturday morning.According to a press release issued by the Pleasant Hill Police Department at 5 a.m., Chunliam Saechao, 40, fired several shots using a rifle and shotgun as efforts to take custody of him continued overnight at the 200 block of Cleopatra Drive. Police deem Pleasant Hill shelter-in-place subject who allegedly shot wife ‘no threat’ There were no reported injuries from the shooting.Police said the Central County SWAT team and crisis negotiators, who have been dispatched since late Friday night, had attempted to speak with Sacheao to have him surrender.Past midnight, the police said a felony warrant for his arrest was obtained by law enforcers after he was determined to be a danger to the public.Saechao is accused of shooting his wife last Thursday as she tried to enter their ...

Descubren fósil de tiranosaurio con su última comida perfectamente conservada en el estómago

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:28:47 GMT

Descubren fósil de tiranosaurio con su última comida perfectamente conservada en el estómago (CNN) — Investigadores encontraron la última comida de un tiranosaurio perfectamente conservada dentro de la cavidad de su estómago.¿Qué había en el menú hace 75 millones de años? Las patas traseras de dos crías de dinosaurio, según una nueva investigación sobre el fósil publicada el viernes en la revista Science Advances.Las tripas de los dinosaurios y pruebas contundentes de sus dietas rara vez se conservan en el registro fósil, y es la primera vez que se descubre el contenido del estómago de un tiranosaurio.Una ilustración muestra un Gorgosaurus, un primo del T. rex, en una escena de bosque del Cretácico.(Julius Csotonyi)La revelación hace que este descubrimiento sea particularmente emocionante, dijo la coautora principal Darla Zelenitsky, paleontóloga y profesora asociada de la Universidad de Calgary en Alberta.“Los tiranosaurios son estas grandes especies depredadoras que vagaron por Alberta y América del Norte a finales del Cretácico. Estos fueron los ápices icónicos o d...

It’s taking longer to schedule abortions in the US. Doctors fear riskier, more complex procedures

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:28:47 GMT

It’s taking longer to schedule abortions in the US. Doctors fear riskier, more complex procedures A woman whose fetus was unlikely to survive called more than a dozen abortion clinics before finding one that would take her, only to be put on weekslong waiting lists. A teen waited seven weeks for an abortion because it took her mother that long to get her an appointment. Others seeking the procedure faced waits because they struggled to travel hundreds of miles for care.Such obstacles have grown more common since Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, doctors and researchers say, causing delays that can lead to abortions that are more complex, costly and in some cases riskier — especially as pregnancies get further along.About half of U.S. states now have laws that ban or restrict access to abortion. Because of that, many clinics don’t offer the procedure, which has increased demand for appointments at the remaining providers. At various points since Roe, waits in several states stretched for two or three weeks, and some clinics had no available appointments, according to...

US Olympian Kaysha Love wins World Cup debut as pilot, prevailing in monobob event

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:28:47 GMT

US Olympian Kaysha Love wins World Cup debut as pilot, prevailing in monobob event LA PLAGNE, France (AP) — U.S. Olympic bobsledder Kaysha Love won her World Cup driving debut on Saturday, rallying in the second heat to prevail in a women’s monobob event.Love was fifth after the first heat, then had the fastest time in the second heat. She finished two runs in 2 minutes, 7.92 seconds, or 0.21 seconds better than runner-up Melanie Hasler of Switzerland.A Utah native and former track standout at UNLV, Love is in her first full season as a World Cup pilot after making the 2022 Olympics as a push athlete with driver Kaillie Humphries. They won three World Cup races together with Love in the push role.Love drove in six races last season on the North American Cup tour, a mostly developmental circuit — and was last or next-to-last among the finishers of every race. But she had three wins in four NAC races at her home track in Lake Placid, New York, last month, building momentum for the World Cup season.___AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/2024-paris-olympic-games...

DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy try to make their case in Iowa days after a combative GOP debate

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:28:47 GMT

DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy try to make their case in Iowa days after a combative GOP debate SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidates are crossing paths again in Iowa just days after a fractious debate and with the leadoff caucuses about a month away.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy are aiming to make the campaign case Saturday — this time without the others interrupting — in northwest Iowa, a more rural, conservative corner of the state.Each is getting time onstage at Dordt University in Sioux Center with U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra and his wife, Lynette, to discuss faith, family and politics. Hundreds of people, including many students at the small Christian college, filled the auditorium.The three candidates made stops across Iowa on Friday as pressure mounts for an attention-grabbing performance in the Jan. 15 contest that kicks off the GOP nominating calendar. Former President Donald Trump, who is not at Saturday’s event, sits comfortably atop the field in polls of Republicans in Iowa a...

Dogu Express, el impresionante viaje en tren de 30 horas que se agota en segundos

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:28:47 GMT

Dogu Express, el impresionante viaje en tren de 30 horas que se agota en segundos (CNN) — Turquía es la última parada de uno de los viajes en tren más famosos del mundo, el Orient Express. Pero hay otro viaje –el Dogu Express, o Eastern Express en inglés– que está convirtiendo al país en uno de los principales destinos ferroviarios del mundo.Históricamente un tren de cercanías entre Ankara y Kars, la formación se ha vuelto viral entre los influencers turcos en los últimos años por su impresionante paisaje a través del este, lleno de tesoros fuera de lo común.Berry Romo, un influencer de viajes que vive en Turquía desde hace más de una década, señala que “el tren ya era bastante popular entre los locales y los viajeros turcos, pero apenas conocido entre los turistas extranjeros”.El servicio de trenes de pasajeros del Eurotúnel tiene un problema importante. Ahora podría estar en camino una reestructuración radicalEn respuesta a la creciente demanda, el servicio de cercanías se convirtió en 2019 en una ruta turística. El tren cama, cuyo servicio du...

Minnesota grocery store clerk dies after customer impales him with a golf club, police say

Published Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:28:47 GMT

Minnesota grocery store clerk dies after customer impales him with a golf club, police say MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minneapolis store clerk died after a customer beat him and impaled him with a golf club, police said.The 66-year-old clerk was attacked Friday at the Oak Grove Grocery, a small neighborhood store in a residential area near downtown Minneapolis. A 44-year-old suspect is jailed on suspicion of murder.Police responded to a call just before 1 p.m. and found the victim behind the counter “with a golf club impaled through his torso,” according to a news release from Minneapolis police. The clerk died at a hospital.Information from witnesses led police to an apartment building across the street. Police Chief Brian O’Hara said at a news conference late Friday that the suspect barricaded himself inside for six hours. After lengthy negotiations, officers took the man into custody without incident, O’Hara said.Police are still investigating to determine what prompted the attack. O’Hara said it appeared that the suspect had collected some items from the st...