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Sharks add toughness, hope they’ve shored up goaltending with signings

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:41 GMT

The San Jose Sharks hope they’ve shored up one of their most problematic areas from last season as they signed goalie Mackenzie Blackwood to a two-year contract worth $2.35 million per year.Blackwood will make $2.2 million in salary this upcoming season and $2.5 million in 2024-25. He and the Sharks came to terms just minutes before Blackwood was set to become an unrestricted free agent at 9 a.m. (PDT).Blackwood was acquired by the Sharks from the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday for a sixth-round draft pick this year but was a pending restricted free agent in need of a new contract. Although Blackwood was not given a qualifying offer by the Sharks on Friday, the two sides continued to talk and were able to get a deal done.“Mackenzie is a big, athletic goaltender with a lot of potential and upside,” Sharks general manager Mike Grier said in a statement. “He will be a good addition to our goaltender group.”Going into the first day of free agency on Saturday, the Sharks had only one...

Woman found dead in Fairfield motel room

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:41 GMT

(KRON) -- A woman was found dead in a Fairfield motel early Saturday morning, the Fairfield Police Department said. Twitter limits user access based on verification Officers were called to the 2100 block of North Texas Street on a report of a woman possibly dying in a room around 1:25 a.m. The Gateway Inn Fairfield is the motel located on the block. Police found a 25-year-old woman in Fairfield dead inside of a room. Her identity is being withheld until her next of kin can be notified. The woman's death is under investigation as suspicious by detectives with the Investigations Bureau. Anyone with information is asked to contact Fairfield police at 707-428-7300.

Alyssa Thomas, DeWanna Bonner and Elena Delle Donne headline WNBA All-Star reserves

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:41 GMT

WNBA career triple-double leader Alyssa Thomas of Connecticut was selected an All-Star reserve by the league’s coaches on Saturday.Thomas, who will be making her fourth all-star appearance, is the first WNBA player with three triple-doubles in a season. She accomplished it in the span of seven days, including two in back-to-back games. She’s joined by Sun teammate DeWanna Bonner, who is making her fifth All-Star appearance.Atlanta teammates Allisha Gray and Cheyenne Parker will be making their first appearances in the game. So will Indiana’s Kelsey Mitchell and Seattle’s Ezi Magbegor.Other reserves chosen were Washington’s Elena Delle Donne, Las Vegas’ Kelsey Plum, New York’s Sabrina Ionescu and Courtney Vandersloot, Minnesota’s Napheesa Collier and Chicago’s Kahleah Copper.They’ll have to wait a week to find out which team they’ll be playing on for the All-Star Game in Las Vegas on July 15. Team captains A’ja Wilson and Br...

Ola de calor deja más de 100 muertos en México

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:41 GMT

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO – Las altas temperaturas que se han registrado en México este año —las cuales han afectado en especial el norte del país— han ocasionado 112 fallecimientos, casi el triple que los decesos reportados el año pasado por el calor, indicaron las autoridades sanitarias federales.Del 19 de marzo al 24 de junio se han acumulado 1,559 casos vinculados a temperaturas extremas y 112 defunciones, señaló la Secretaría de Salud en su informe más reciente sobre la temporada de calor.Los estados con mayores cifras de fallecidos son Nuevo León con 64 casos, Tamaulipas con 19 y Veracruz con 15, seguidos de Tabasco con 5, Oaxaca con 4, Quintana Roo y Sonora con dos y Campeche con uno. Ola de calor cobra la vida de 36 personas en México; el número podría ser mayor Beatriz se debilita a un remanente mientras se sigue alejando de las costas de México De acuerdo al informe de las autoridades sanitarias federales, la mayor cantidad...

Silver Spring fentanyl dealer charged with manslaughter for overdose death

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:41 GMT

A Silver Spring, Maryland, man, who police said is a fentanyl dealer, was charged with manslaughter for his role in the overdose death of a man last Christmas.Along with the manslaughter charge, Junior Salvador Alvarez Paz, 22, was charged with the distribution of a controlled substance, according to a news release.Police said he sold fentanyl to an unidentified man on the morning of Dec. 25, 2022. An autopsy and lab testing determined the victim died after overdosing on fentanyl.Montgomery County’s drug enforcement unit concluded that Alvarez Paz may have sold the drug that led to the overdose after reviewing communications in which the 22-year-old arranged to meet and exchange drugs with the victim, a news release said.Alvarez Paz is currently being held without bond.Source

Katerina Siniakova wins first singles grass-court title by beating Bronzetti in Bad Homburg final

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:41 GMT

BAD HOMBURG, Germany (AP) — Top-ranked doubles player Katerina Siniakova won her first grass-court singles title by beating Lucia Bronzetti 6-2, 7-6 (5) in a rain-affected final at the Bad Homburg Open on Saturday. Siniakova served for the match at 5-3 in the second set but the Czech player double-faulted twice as Bronzetti broke back. The Italian then saved three match points before Siniakova closed out the win for her fourth career singles title. The start of the match was delayed by rain and play was also suspended by another shower after the first set. Going into the tournament, Siniakova had not won a singles match since the Miami Open in March, where she sustained a wrist injury that sidelined her until the French Open. Bronzetti received a walkover to the final after top-ranked Iga Swiatek withdrew before their semifinal on Friday with an illness.___AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Brewers designate struggling reliever Bush for assignment day after blown save against Pirates

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:41 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers designated veteran reliever Matt Bush for assignment on Saturday, less than 24 hours after he blew a save against the Pittsburgh Pirates.Bush entered Friday night’s game trying to preserve a two-run lead only to give up a game-winning three-run homer to Pittsburgh’s Carlos Santana in what became an 8-7 loss.Bush, acquired in a trade with Texas last August, struggled during his brief time in Milwaukee. The 37-year-old went 0-4 with a 5.94 ERA and three saves in 37 appearances for the Brewers, including an 0-2 mark with a 9.58 ERA in 12 games this season.Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell noted a decrease in Bush’s velocity this season as one of the reasons for his ineffectiveness.The Brewers also designated left-handed reliever Thomas Pannone for assignment. Pannone pitched 2 2/3 innings on Friday, his first game in the majors since 2019. Milwaukee made the move to bring up a pair of arms to help out the bullpen.The Brewers call...

1 dead, 2 rushed to hospital after fiery Oakland Park crash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:41 GMT

One person was killed and two others were rushed to the hospital following a fiery crash in Oakland Park, authorities said.Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and Oakland Park Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the overnight wreck along the 2100 block of Northwest 39th Street, early Saturday morning.At approximately 3 a.m., investigators said, Broward County Regional Communications received a report of a single-vehicle traffic crash with injuries in front of a fire station. Responding deputies arrived to find the vehicle fully engulfed in flames with the windows blown out. Oakland Park Fire Chief Stephen Krivjanik said firefighters heard the moment of impact.“It was discovered by our firefighters hearing a noise coming outside and seeing the vehicle sit in the apron and on fire, and of course, calling it in and getting everybody to start taking care of the patients,” he said. Firefighters said two people were taken to Broward Health Medical Center with serio...

Lauderdale Lakes home catches fire overnight; 7 impacted

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:41 GMT

A multi-family home in Lauderdale Lakes is left without a garage door after catching fire overnight. The home near Northwest 33rd Terrace and 35th Street caught on fire late Friday night.Authorities reported that the blaze began in the garage. A burned-out hole is now visible where the garage door used to be.American Red Cross volunteers from the Broward County Chapter responded to the incident with emergency aid for seven people affected by the fire, including one child. No injuries were reported, as officials continue to investigate.

Twitter users run into service issues after Elon Musk imposes daily limits on reading tweets

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:26:41 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Thousands of people logged complaints about problems accessing Twitter on Saturday after owner Elon Musk limited most users to viewing 600 tweets a day — restrictions he described as an attempt to prevent unauthorized scraping of potentially valuable data from the site.The crackdown began to have ripple effects early Saturday, causing more than 7,500 people at one point to report problems using the social media service, based on complaints registered on Downdetector, a website that tracks online outages. Although that’s a relatively small number of Twitter’s more than 200 million worldwide users, the trouble was widespread enough to cause the #TwitterDown hashtag to trend in some parts of the world.The service disruptions cropped up a day after Twitter began requiring people to log on to the service in order to view tweets and profiles — a change in its longtime practice to allow all comers to peruse the chatter on what Musk has frequently toute...