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Southern East Coast hit by flooding as Ophelia weakens to tropical depression and moves north

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:13 GMT

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Residents in parts of coastal North Carolina and Virginia experienced flooding Saturday after Tropical Storm Ophelia made landfall near a North Carolina barrier island, bringing rain, damaging winds and dangerous surges.The storm came ashore near Emerald Isle with near-hurricane-strength winds of 70 mph (113 kph), but winds weakened as it traveled north with the center of the storm crossing into Virginia by evening, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Ophelia is expected to sweep northeast Sunday along the mid-Atlantic coast to New Jersey.At 7:44 p.m. EDT, the center said that Ophelia had slowed to become a tropical depression, which is a weak form of a tropical storm, and all storm surge and tropical storm warnings had been discontinued. Still, videos from social media showed riverfront communities in North Carolina such as New Bern, Belhaven and Washington experiencing significant flooding. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear.Winds were de...

Man charged with first-degree murder in shooting death of B.C. RCMP officer

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:13 GMT

A 25-year-old Coquitlam, B.C., man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of RCMP officer Rick O’Brien.Police allege Nicholas Bellemare fatally shot the Ridge Meadows RCMP constable on Friday in Coquitlam during a drug investigation originating in Maple Ridge, B.C.The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team and the Coquitlam and Ridge Meadows RCMP detachments issued a joint statement saying Mounties were executing a warrant when an altercation began between Bellemare and police at around 10 a.m.Police said O’Brien and another officer were shot during the altercation and a third officer also sustained unspecified injuries. O’Brien died at the scene, while the two other wounded officers were treated at hospital and have since been released.“This is a profound loss and I understand it will have a lasting effect on Const. O’Brien’s family, friends, colleagues and the community,” said Mandeep Mooker, officer in charge of the integrate...

UNGA Briefing: There’s one more day to go after a break – but first, here’s what you missed

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:13 GMT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s almost the end of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Saturday at the United Nations and what to keep an eye on Tuesday, the last day (Monday’s off for Yom Kippur). WHAT HAPPENED AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON SATURDAY— Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made no mention of his country’s war in Ukraine from the dais, but was naturally asked about it in a subsequent press conference. He had harsh words for the United States and the West in both places.— Armenia and Azerbaijan both spoke at the General Debate. Both critiqued the international community’s response to the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, albeit for different reasons. Neither, interestingly, made use of the right of reply after speeches concluded Saturday night (only Iran and the United Arab Emirates did).— As Venezuela’s foreign minister spoke at ...

'I can’t believe it': Chicago gas station owner gets $230K bonus after selling jackpot lottery ticket

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:13 GMT

CHICAGO — An Illinois Lottery player woke up a multimillionaire on Friday morning after hitting a jackpot and they aren't the only person celebrating the big win.The lucky player hit it big after matching all six numbers drawn in the Lotto on Thursday night, winning a $23,750,000 jackpot, according to the Illinois lottery.The big winner picked up the life-changing ticket at a BP gas station in the 400 block of East 95th Street in Chicago. ‘I was laughing and crying’: Illinois man retires after winning $2M on scratch-off ticket Tanveer Haroon, the co-owner of the gas station says the jackpot ticket is the biggest winner they have ever sold at the family-owned station.“I can’t believe it, the winning jackpot ticket was actually sold here!” Haroon said. “We’ve owned this family business for more than 10 years and this is by far the biggest winning ticket we’ve ever sold. I’m so happy."Since he sold the winning ticket, Haroon will receive a bonus equal to 1% of the prize amount. Haroo...

Tommies use second-half surge to rally for 35-28 win over Morehead State in conference opener

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:13 GMT

With key losses due to graduation on both sides of the ball, St. Thomas coach Glenn Caruso knew his team’s margin for error was much smaller than it was a year ago when the Tommies went undefeated in capturing the Pioneer Football League title.On Saturday at O’Shaughnessy Stadium, the Tommies needed all but the final seconds of the game to pull out a 35-28 victory over Morehead State in the conference opener for both teams.Freshman quarterback Tak Tateoka, who took over as the Tommies’ starter, threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Wildermuth on the Tommies’ final drive as they overcame an anemic offensive first half to stretch their home winning streak to 28 games.The Tommies scored all 35 of their points in the second half, after Caruso’s long list of complaints from the first half led to an extended stay in the halftime locker room. The Tommies were limited to six first downs and 102 yards of total offense in the first half and were never a threat to score.“We needed to explain...

High school football: South St. Paul plays spoiler to North St. Paul’s homecoming

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:13 GMT

South St. Paul rained on North St. Paul’s homecoming parade with a 32-0 victory over the Polars Saturday afternoon at Polar Field.Packers quarterback Sincere Casarez-McCampbell led the team with four total touchdowns, one on the ground and three through the air. Running back Nasir Robinson also dominated with over 120 yards rushing and a touchdown.“It was fun,” Robinson said. “I had a great line behind me today; the line did a good job. So I gotta thank them.”South St. Paul head coach Manuel Spreigl said running the ball was a priority coming into the game, using the team’s game last week as motivation.“Last week, we kind of got away from what I believe our identity has been,” Spreigl said. “And traditionally, the Packers have ran the ball, and we have the tools to run the ball, and we didn’t execute that last week. So you’ve gotta go back and get back to the basics and start with being who you are.”North St. Paul struggled to get things going offensively, mustering just two r...

CU Buffs have long way to go to match Oregon, USC up front. And Deion Sanders knows it.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:13 GMT

EUGENE, Ore. — Even at 3-0, darlings of the nation, Deion Sanders warned those jumping onto the Buffs Bandwagon — some seats might’ve just come open, by the way — that CU was still about a half-dozen or so “dawgs” away from where he wanted the program to be.On Saturday, it became painfully clear, right away, that most of those missing pieces are along the offensive and defensive lines.The Buffs allowed 240 rushing yards — 161 in the first half alone — and 522 yards of total offense to the tenth-ranked Ducks, who scored on five of their first six possessions, led 35-0 at the half and cruised to a 42-6 win over the No. 19 Buffs.“I think that was a good old fashioned butt-kicking,” Sanders, the Buffs’ first-year coach, said after suffering his first loss at CU and largest margin of defeat ever as a college coach. “No excuses. No nothing. Their coaches did a heck of a job preparing their team. Obviously, we didn’t. I mean, that...

One man killed, one injured in overnight Lakewood shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:13 GMT

A man is dead and another is in the hospital after a shooting overnight in Lakewood.Lakewood police were called to a shooting in the 9000 block of West Virginia Avenue just after 12:30 a.m. Saturday, where they found two men with gunshot wounds, according to a Lakewood Police Department news release.Both victims were taken to a hospital. One died, and the other is expected to survive, police said.Investigators identified two suspects located in Aurora and arrested both, a man and woman.The man, identified as Tylor Serrano, 21, was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree kidnapping, and the woman was charged with second-degree kidnapping.Both were booked into the Jefferson County jail.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Aurora woman’s strangulation death ruled a homicide Crime and Public Safety | 1 killed, 1 injured overnight in second fatal City Park West shooting in a week Crime and Public Safety | Victim in fatal A...

Berkeley: Woman stabbed to death, others hurt in hillside home attack; suspect arrested

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:13 GMT

BERKELEY — Residents of a usually quiet Berkeley hills neighborhood heard a “blood-curdling scream” and calls for help during a stabbing attack Saturday afternoon that left one woman dead, two others injured and a fourth person in custody after he reportedly fled the scene in a car and led police on a short pursuit.Police said the attack, which began at one house in the 1000 block of Overlook Road and continued to another, was not “random.” The initial 911 call at about 12:33 p.m. was described as a family disturbance, but Officer Jessica Perry said investigators are still trying to piece together what happened and could not comment yet on the relationship between the victims and the suspect.When officers arrived at the home in the 1000 block of Overlook Road, they found a female stabbing victim who was pronounced dead.“Ma’am, can you hear me?” a Berkeley police officer could be heard asking over the radio.During their response, police...

Latest crop of SF Giants call-ups give them two attributes they have sorely lacked

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:18:13 GMT

LOS ANGELES — The San Francisco Giants aren’t fast. They don’t hit the ball hard. They’re slow, and more often than not, so is the contact they make.It doesn’t strain the imagination to believe this hasn’t been a fruitful combination. Teams that don’t hit homers can create runs on the base paths. Those that go station-to-station can quickly clear the bases with one swing of the bat. The Giants don’t do either, and in all likelihood they will be sitting at home this October.If there is one upside to their spectacular collapse, the final week of the season can serve as a showcase for many of the 12 prospects who graduated from the minors and made their major-league debuts this season. And some of these guys possess the exact attributes the Giants have lacked for much of this year.In two games since being called up, Marco Luciano has collected three hits, and each one has left the bat at 105 mph or more. Of the Giants’ four hardest-hit ba...