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Boston falls to Minnesota in PWHL opener 3-2

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:11 GMT

LOWELL – Boston made women’s hockey history on Wednesday, but Minnesota’s Taylor Heise stole the show.The PWHL’s top overall draft pick scored the opening goal on the first shot of the game, as the Boston franchise of the Professional Women’s Hockey League dropped the puck on its inaugural season, with a 3-2 loss to Minnesota, at Tsongas Center.A first-of-its-kind women’s hockey league that brings together the best players in the world, Wednesday’s PHWL game was the first to feature two American teams going head-to-head, in front of an amped up crowd of 4,012 in attendance.“It feels magical and surreal at the same time,” said Boston team captain Hilary Knight. “Understanding how important visibility is, it’s a fantastic time to have a professional league. And to be to be a part of the first few shifts, you really can’t put it into words. It’s so well overdue and so exciting for where it’s going.”Playing its first of a 24-game regular season slate, Boston endured some opening night j...

LIVE: Law enforcement responds to shooting at Perry High School

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:11 GMT

PERRY, Iowa -- A news conference has been scheduled to release information about a school shooting at Perry High School Thursday morning.Sgt. Alex Dinkla with the Iowa State Patrol said the briefing will be held at 10:00 a.m. near the Perry High School football field. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation will conduct the press conference with the Dallas County Sheriff’s Office and the Perry Police Department.WHO 13 will stream the news conference live on www.who13.com.Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the school after reports came in around 7:40 a.m. about a possible active shooter situation at the school. WHO 13 Photographer Jack Johnson is on the scene outside the school near 1200 18th Street and says police and Iowa State Troopers have blocked off the streets surrounding the school. He has seen several ambulances entering and leaving the school. Multiple air ambulances were also spotted arriving and leaving the area.Our photographer also witnessed some st...

Georgia deputy killed after being hit by police car during chase

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:11 GMT

LANETT, Ala. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff’s deputy was killed Thursday morning after being stuck by another law enforcement vehicle during a police chase that crossed into Alabama. The Coweta County Sheriff’s Office said Deputy Sheriff Eric Minix was killed in the crash after the pursuit by Georgia law enforcement of a stolen vehicle continued into Alabama.The sheriff’s office wrote in a social media post that, “during the apprehension of the suspect Eric was struck by a police car and was pronounced dead at an area hospital.”“We have lost a good deputy. We have lost a good man. We have lost a good friend,” the sheriff’s office wrote. WRBL-TV reported that the crash occurred on Interstate 85 in Chambers County, which is on the Georgia-Alabama border. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is investigating the crash. A spokesman said they are working to gather additional information to release. Minix, who was also a K-9 officer, is survived by a wife and three daughters.The...

Wisconsin redistricting consultants to be paid up to $100,000 each

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:11 GMT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two consultants hired to analyze new legislative boundary lines in Wisconsin after the state’s Supreme Court tossed the current Republican-drawn maps will be paid up to $100,000 each in taxpayer money under terms of their contracts made public Thursday.Each consultant will be paid an hourly rate of $450, up to $100,000 total, but the state director of courts has the authority to exceed the maximum amount if she determines it is necessary, according to the contracts.Wisconsin is one of more than a dozen states currently wrestling with challenges to redistricting maps that were redrawn following the release of the 2020 U.S. census and first applied to the 2022 elections. Court challenges could result in new U.S. House and state legislative maps before the November election.In Wisconsin, the court last month ruled that the current legislative maps are unconstitutional because many districts aren’t contiguous. The court ordered that either the Legislature pass...

Thousands attend the funeral of a top Hamas official killed in an apparent Israeli strike in Beirut

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:11 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of people took to the streets in Beirut Thursday the funeral of Saleh Arouri, top commander of the militant Palestinian group Hamas, who was killed earlier this week in an apparent Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese capital.Draped in Palestinian and Hamas flags, Arouri’s coffin along with those of two of his comrades were first taken to a Beirut mosque for prayers before being carried to the Palestine Martyrs Cemetery where top Palestinian officials killed by Israel over the past five decades have been buried. Arouri’s automatic rifle was placed on his coffin at the prayer service.Palestinian officials, including top Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouk, as well as representatives of some Lebanese political groups attended the funeral. People tried to touch the coffins that were surrounded by Hamas members wearing green caps, some of whom were armed.“The enemy is running away from its failures and defeats (in Gaza) to Lebanon,” Hamas top leader Ismail...

Make 2024 a prosperous new year with financial resolution tips from experts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:11 GMT

The champagne is gone, the ball has been dropped, and the holiday bills are starting to roll in. That means there’s no time like the present to make a New Year’s resolution — especially one that might help take some of the sting out of those bills. Experts say it really is possible to use Jan. 1 as an opportunity to turn over a new financial leaf. “There are certain times of year that are the best times to set a goal, and one of those is most certainly New Year’s,” said B.C.-based Kerry Taylor, a financial journalist and creator of the financial website Squawkfox.com. “There’s science called the fresh start effect, and it’s a really cool way to make resolutions stick. What it is, is a psychological phenomenon where we feel more motivated and excited to attack a goal based on the time of year.”That’s good news for the 38 per cent of people who have chosen “improve finances” as their New Year’s resolution for 2024, according to For...

In ‘The Brothers Sun,’ Michelle Yeoh again leads an immigrant family with dark humor – but new faces

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:11 GMT

In 2021, Sam Song Li was cast in an independent film as the ancestor of a character played by a pre-“Shang-Chi” Simu Liu. To the general public, the non-speaking cameo might seem insignificant. But for Li, it was a seminal moment.A producer told him she picked him after looking at more than 200 people for the role, for which he was “on screen for like a whole 30 seconds,” Li recalled to The Associated Press.“I remember hearing that and just feeling like, ‘You know what? I think I’m good enough for this,’” he said.Almost three years later, Li is one of the leads in an all-Asian cast and, like Liu, acting opposite Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh. He and Justin Chien play the scions of a Taiwanese triad leader in the new Netflix series “The Brothers Sun,” dropping Thursday.An elixir of crime drama and comedy, “The Brothers Sun” shakes up the formulaic way Hollywood has often portrayed Asian immigrant families. The genre-bending show aims to be a vehicle for fresh fac...

Potential for significant winter storm next week in Chicago area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:11 GMT

CHICAGO — There is potential for a significant winter storm in the Chicago area next week.According to WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Tom Skilling, precipitation is anticipated to reach the area sometime between Monday and Tuesday night.At this distince in time from the storm's projected arrivals, changes in the forecast are still quite possible. It is too early to determine if any warnings or watches will be issued.Skilling says it is also far too early for reliable snowfall projections to be issued. Interactive Radar: Track showers and storms here The storm has been establishing near record low barometric pressure readings in sections of southwest Alaska and the northern Gulf of Alaska—where it produced a central barometric pressure of 942 mb (27.81"). With a 165 mph jet stream involved in its development overhead and surface winds gusting past 60 mph on sections of the southwest Alaska coastline, it's a formidable system.NWS "GEFS" ensemble surface weather map forecasts--This ...

Former Chicago area prep teammates reconnecting to help lead Michigan to the brink of a college football championship

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:11 GMT

High school football fans in the Chicago area might have had a flashback to some prolific Friday nights in the Southwest suburbs while watching Monday's instant-classic Rose Bowl game.When Michigan sophomore receiver Tyler Morris snagged a third-down pass from junior quarterback J.J. McCarthy and raced to the end zone for an electrifying 38-yard second-quarter score in the Wolverines' eventual overtime win over Alabama in a College Football Playoff semifinal, it revived an old prep connection.The key touchdown, which gave Michigan a 13-7 lead at the time, was Morris' first of the season, helping to propel the No. 1 Wolverines to a CFP national-title game showdown with No. 2 Washington this Monday night in Houston. Michigan’s defense ready for CFP title game after rising up with Rose Bowl goal-line stand Tyler MorrisUniversity of MichiganMcCarthy, who hails from La Grange Park, and Morris, who's from Bolingbrook, played together in high school at Nazareth Academy in La Grange Park....

Free admission at Chicago's Field Museum returns in 2024

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:19:11 GMT

CHICAGO -- Free admission days at the Field Museum returns for Illinois residents.The museum announced in a release that every Wednesday in 2024 is free admission for state residents.Residents are required to show proof of residency to receive free general admission. Tickets are available on-site only and cannot be purchased in advanced. Free admission on certain days is back at the Shedd Aquarium for Illinois residents In addition to free days, the museums 'For All' program offers a $3-per-person admission to families (up to 6 people) every day who qualify for state food assistance. Visitors will only need to show a Link or WIC card upon arrival at the museum. For more information, visit the museum's website: Free Wednesdays - Field Museum