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Booker, Durant both score 36, Suns even series with Nuggets

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:25:26 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker had 36 points and 12 assists, Kevin Durant also scored 36 points and the Phoenix Suns beat the Denver Nuggets 129-124 on Sunday to even their Western Conference semifinal playoff series at two games apiece.Backup guard Landry Shamet made four crucial 3-pointers in the fourth quarter to keep the Suns ahead. Denver lost despite a huge game from MVP runner-up Nikola Jokic, who poured in 53 points on 20-of-30 shooting.Jokic used his physical play to knock down several big buckets, even ripping the ball away from Suns owner Mat Ishbia at one point after the ball went out of bounds, which earned the Nuggets All-Star a technical foul.The series returns to Denver for Game 5 on Tuesday.The Suns took a 98-92 lead into the fourth quarter after a scoring flurry from Booker, who had 17 points in the third. Phoenix wouldn’t trail in the fourth, though Denver didn’t go quietly.The Nuggets trailed 116-106 with 4:55 remaining but never panicked, slowly cutting...

Angel City hangs on for 3-2 win over Kansas City

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:25:26 GMT

Alyssa Thompson, Claire Emslie and Jun Endo scored in the first half to give Angel City a 3-2 win over the Kansas City Current on Sunday. The National Women’s Soccer League match was played in front of 19,219 fans at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.CeCe Kizer had a goal and an assist for Kansas City in the second half to keep it close, but Angel City (2-2-2) hung on for the win.Thompson, who was named the league’s March/April Rookie of the Month, scored her third goal of the season in the 32nd minute. The forward ran onto a pass from Emslie and cut the ball to her right foot near the end line. From a tight angle, Thompson chipped a shot off the far post and into the goal.Emslie doubled Angle City’s lead in the 43rd, sliding to connect with a cross from Endo, before Endo’s left-footed shot made it 3-0 in first-half stoppage time. Running onto a dropped pass from Kizer in the 57th, Isabel Rodriguez blasted a one-touch shot with her left foot into the goal. It was he...

Mills among 10 NBA players in Australia’s extended squad

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:25:26 GMT

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Veteran Brooklyn Nets point guard Patty Mills and rising Oklahoma City star Josh Giddey are among the 10 NBA players selected in Australia’s extended squad of 18 to prepare for the basketball World Cup.Mills’ teammate Ben Simmons is still recovering from injury and wasn’t picked for the squad’s upcoming training camp, but coach Brian Goorjian hasn’t ruled him out of calculations for the global tournament.Matisse Thybulle, Joe Ingles, Jock Landale, Josh Green, Matthew Dellavedova, Xavier Cooks, Jack White and Dyson Daniels are the other NBA players picked for the extended roster, which will be cut to 12 before Australia’s opening game against co-host Japan on Aug. 25.“It’s been a thorough process. The coaches and I have had many discussions about getting the mix right but I’m really pleased with where we’ve landed with the guys we’ve selected, there’s a good balance across the court,” Goorjian said in a statement Monday. “The fact it’s been so tough ...

“Quisiera ver crecer a mi hijo”: padre de Virginia busca donante de riñón

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:25:26 GMT

Un mexicano en Virginia apela a la generosidad de la comunidad en esperanzas de que alguien pueda donarle su riñón en vida.“Yo quisiera ver crecer a mi hijo. Quisiera cargarlo sobre todo, ser un padre normal, poder jugar fútbol con él, poder jugar béisbol”, dijo Noé Hernández. Pero no puede, porque su insuficiencia renal se lo impide. Solamente el 4% de los riñones de Hernández funcionan y depende de una máquina de diálisis que lo ata y debilita por horas cuatro veces a la semana. El tipo de su sangre es tan popular que podría alargar la espera por un riñón hasta ocho años, ya que hay muchas otras personas en su misma condición.Para mí y para mi hijo, pensar en la muerte de él nos destrozaría por completo toda nuestra realidad.Mara Guedez, esposa de Noé Hernández Por eso, apela a la generosidad de una persona viva.“Mientras la espera más tiempo dura, mis órganos se van degenerando. Lo que es mi corazón, lo que son mis pulmones, lo que son mis articulaciones, mis ojos....

4 dead in small plane crash near Cañon City

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:25:26 GMT

FREMONT COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- The Teller County Coroner confirmed four people died after a small Cessna plane crashed near the Fremont County Airport in Cañon City Saturday morning.The single-engine Cessna T-41B was flying from Fremont County Airport to Centennial Airport, FAA Public Affairs Specialist Ian Gregor told FOX31 Sunday. The crash happened around 9:30 a.m. on Saturday but the site was not located until Sunday morning. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash. Passengers vote to kick woman off Frontier Airlines flight, video shows The NTSB told FOX31 that an investigator is expected to be on-site Sunday "to begin to document the scene, examine the aircraft, request any air traffic communications, radar data, weather reports and try to contact any witnesses. Also, the investigator will request maintenance records of the aircraft, and medical records and flight history of the pilot." The NTSB said the crash happened in a moun...

Coast Guard rescues sea turtle in distress near Tampa Bay pier

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:25:26 GMT

A U.S. Coast Guard crew came to the rescue of a sea turtle in Tampa Bay.Officials said a reserve crew responded Saturday to a loggerhead sea turtle in distress near the North Fishing Pier.They were able to safely approach, retrieve and transport the marine reptile to the a nearby USCG station.Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium provided transport for the turtle, since named Frank the Tank, to a rehabilitation facility for evaluation and care.

Environmental cash for fish: EU flashes green money to support Indian Ocean tuna grab

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:25:26 GMT

The EU’s sustainable fishing funds are intended to save the environment. In the Indian Ocean, critics say they’re being used as leverage to allow Europe’s fishing fleets to keep fishing vast amounts of tuna.EU vessels — most of them French or Spanish — catch up to a third of tuna in those waters, according to data from the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), an international body tasked with managing the fisheries. To do so, they deploy so-called fish aggregating devices — floating objects made of plastic or wood used to attract fish — that scientists say lead to overfishing and cause plastic pollution.Concerned by the EU’s practices, a group of 11 IOTC member countries are calling to limit the use of floating devices to allow fish to recover and ensure the species’ survival. Their proposal calls for a 72-day moratorium on the practice every year, and a limit on how many devices can be used.The EU has launched a campaign to ensure that doesn’t happen.Through so-called “sustain...

Police: 2 dead, 2 injured in separate shootings in Boston

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:25:26 GMT

Boston police are investigating after two people were fatally shot and two others hospitalized following separate shootings in the city Sunday night.Officers responding to a reported shooting on Wildwood Street in Mattapan around 8:30 p.m. found two victims, one of whom was suffering from life-threatening injuries, according to Boston police. The other was taken to a nearby hospital to be treated.Shortly after, police responded to another reported shooting in downtown Boston, where a man who was shot on Kingston Street showed up at the hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. A fourth man later showed up at a downtown Boston hospital with a gunshot wound. He later died of his injuries. It is unclear where that man was shot.None of the victims have been named.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

School bus drivers Marlboro, Westboro set to strike amid contract negotiations

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:25:26 GMT

Bus drivers in Framingham have agreed to a new contract and will be picking up kids for school on Monday, narrowly avoiding a looming strike as bus drivers in two other nearby communities continued to negotiate Sunday night.Bus drivers in Marlborough and Westborough were still working to finalize a new contract late Sunday night and it remained unclear whether they will be making their rounds picking up students on Monday, according to Teamsters Local 170.The union says pay, health care, and benefits were among the issues with the current contract.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

SUV driver hits crowd at Texas bus stop near border; 8 dead

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 11:25:26 GMT

By VALERIE GONZALEZ and MICHAEL GONZALEZ (Associated Press)BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The death toll has risen to eight after an SUV slammed into a crowd of people waiting for a bus Sunday outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. At least 10 others were injured, police said, as they prepared to arrest the hospitalized driver.With no bench at the unmarked city bus stop, some of the victims were sitting on the curb around 8:30 a.m. when the driver hit them, surveillance video from the Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center showed. Brownsville police investigator Martin Sandoval, who confirmed the latest death Sunday evening, said police did not know whether the collision was intentional.Shelter director Victor Maldonado said the SUV ran up the curb, flipped and continued moving for about 200 feet (60 meters). Some people walking on the sidewalk about 30 feet (9 meters) from the main group were also hit, Maldonado said. Witnesses detained the driver as h...