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Booker, bench lead Suns past skidding Jazz as Ayton returns

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:14:43 GMT

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Devin Booker scored 24 points and Phoenix reserves sparked the decisive run for the Suns in a 117-103 win over the fading Utah Jazz on Monday night.Deandre Ayton had 14 points after missing four games with a bruised hip. But a trio off the bench was pivotal for Phoenix: Terrence Ross had 13 points, Cameron Payne added 12 and Bismack Biyombo scored 11.The Suns (40-35) had lost four in a row on the road. But with this victory they sit more securely in the fourth spot in the Western Conference playoff race — which would give them home-court advantage in the first round. Lauri Markkanen scored 25 points for Utah but shot 6 for 22. Walker Kessler had 18 points and eight rebounds for the Jazz (35-40), who have lost four straight. Kessler also matched a career high with seven blocks.To get the still-injured Kevin Durant in a midseason trade, the Suns sacrificed some of their depth and have struggled at times, especially on defense, when their starters sit. But this ga...

Wild beat Kraken 5-1 behind Boldy’s 2nd hat trick in 8 days

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:14:43 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Matt Boldy had his second hat trick in the last five games for Minnesota, Marc-Andre Fleury made 35 saves, and the surging Wild beat the Seattle Kraken 5-1 on Monday night.Jake Middleton had a rare goal, Ryan Hartman scored late and Jared Spurgeon, Marcus Johansson and Joel Eriksson Ek each had two assists as the Wild stayed in first place in the Central Division. They took a one-point lead on Colorado into the day, with a critical road game against the Avalanche coming next. Dallas is three points behind.Boldy is a big reason why the Wild are in the lead, with 11 goals in the nine games they’ve played since superstar Kirill Kaprizov was sidelined by a lower-body injury. The Wild are 6-1-2 without Kaprizov, who’s still 10th in the NHL with 39 goals.“It just works like that sometimes. I wish I had a better reason for you, but it just seems to be going in,” said Boldy, who is second on the team with 28 goals.Since the Wild entered the league in the 2...

Russia says it has test-fired missiles in the Sea of Japan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:14:43 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry says Moscow has test-fired anti-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan. The ministry said Tuesday that two boats launched a simulated missile attack on a mock enemy warship about 100 kilometers (60 miles) away. The ministry said the target was successfully hit by two Moskit cruise missiles. The Moskit, whose NATO reporting name is the SS-N-22 Sunburn, is a supersonic anti-ship cruise missile that has conventional and nuclear warhead capacity.It says the exercise took place in the Peter The Great Bay in the Sea of Japan but does not give more precise coordinates.Japan’s Defense Ministry had no immediate response. The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Source

Va Tech women headed to 1st Final Four after topping Ohio St

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:14:43 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Elizabeth Kitley scored 25 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, Georgia Amoore added 24 points and top-seeded Virginia Tech advanced to the Final Four for the first time in school history with an 84-74 win over No. 3 seed Ohio State in the Seattle 3 Regional final on Monday night. For the seventh time in the past 10 Final Fours there will be a first-time participant and it’s the champions of the ACC, adding another accomplishment to the best season in school history.Playing in its first regional final, Virginia Tech (31-4) won its 15th straight game and will head to the Final Four having not lost in more than two months. The Hokies will face LSU in the national semifinals on Friday in Dallas.Kitley, the Hokies 6-foot-6 center and leading scorer this season, took over on the interior in the second half. She scored the first seven points of the fourth quarter and her three-point play gave Virginia Tech a 70-60 lead.Amoore hit her fourth 3-pointer of the game to push the lead...

Tsitsipas wins in 1st action in Miami Open, Andreescu hurt

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:14:43 GMT

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Third-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Chilean qualifier Cristian Garin 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 at the Miami Open on Monday, the Greek’s first on-court action after a bye and walkover in the opening rounds.In women’s competition, 2019 U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu of Canada left the court in a wheelchair due to a lower left leg injury in the second set of her night match against 18th-seeded Ekaterina Alexandrova. There was no immediate word on the nature of the 22-year-old’s injury or its severity. Andreescu was trailing in the match when, moving across the baseline, she fell to the court, clutching her lower left leg and screaming. A short time later, she left the court in a wheelchair to a standing ovation.Andreescu had dropped the first set 7-6 (7) and was mounting a comeback, winning the first two games of the second set when she was forced to retire, allowing Alexandrova to advance.Earlier in the day, Tsitsipas had 12 aces in his first vic...

Russia’s Defense Ministry says Moscow test fired missiles in the Sea of Japan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:14:43 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Defense Ministry says Moscow test fired missiles in the Sea of Japan.Source

El colapso del Silicon Valley Bank es un “caso de manual de mala gestión”, dice el máximo regulador de la Fed al Congreso

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:14:43 GMT

Nueva York (CNN) — Silicon Valley Bank colapsó debido a una mala gestión y a un repentino pánico entre los depositantes, según tiene previsto explicar un alto cargo de la Reserva Federal a los legisladores en una comparecencia este martes.En un testimonio preparado y publicado este lunes, Michael Barr, vicepresidente de supervisión de la Reserva Federal, detalla cómo la dirección del SVB no gestionó eficazmente los riesgos de las tasas de interés y liquidez.“El fracaso de SVB es un caso de manual de mala gestión”, dice Barr en su testimonio ante la Comisión Bancaria del Senado.El funcionario de la Reserva Federal señala que el tardío esfuerzo de SVB por arreglar su balance solo empeoró las cosas.“El banco esperó demasiado tiempo para resolver sus problemas e, irónicamente, las medidas que finalmente tomó para reforzar su balance desencadenaron la avalancha de depositantes no asegurados que condujo al colapso del banco”, dijo Barr, añadiendo que la gesti...

Belgian intelligence puts Huawei on its watchlist

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:14:43 GMT

Belgium’s intelligence service is scrutinizing the operations of technology giant Huawei as fears of Chinese espionage grow around the EU and NATO headquarters in Brussels, according to confidential documents seen by POLITICO and three people familiar with the matter.In recent months, Belgium’s State Security Service (VSSE) has requested interviews with former employees of the company’s lobbying operation in the heart of Brussels’ European district. The intelligence gathering is part of security officials’ activities to scrutinize how China may be using non-state actors — including senior lobbyists in Huawei’s Brussels office — to advance the interests of the Chinese state and its Communist party in Europe, said the people, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.The scrutiny of Huawei’s EU activities comes as Western security agencies are sounding the alarm over companies with links to China. British, Dutch, Belgian, Czech and Nordic off...

Toni Collette, John Leguizamo plug into Prime series ‘Power’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:14:43 GMT

NEW YORK – For Toni Collette, being able to play a harried, married politician in this Friday’s Prime Video series “The Power” was only part of the attraction.As the mayor, with a doctor husband (John Leguizamo) and teenage daughter, Collette, 50, witnesses a worldwide phenomenon where all teenage girls suddenly develop the power to electrocute anyone, just by releasing electric jolts from their fingertips.Usually before Collette ever says yes to a role, she explained in an in-person interview at the Four Seasons Downtown Manhattan, she needs to have a positive feeling “in my gut. It’s very strange, because it’s very clear, very apparent.”But “The Power” is a bit different. “This is an epic show. It’s quite sprawling and global. So it wasn’t just about my character.“I loved that this was an empowering story for girls and women. I love that it’s about inclusivity and equality; important things that our world seems to be grappling with at the moment...

Clement & Spinney: No good justification for banning nips in Boston

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:14:43 GMT

Early in March, Boston city councilor Ricardo Arroyo filed a motion to ban the sale and distribution of  mini bottles of liquor, aka nips.  Arroyo wants Boston to follow the nip ban as adopted in Newton, Chelsea, Falmouth, Wareham and Mashpee.When asked about the proposal, Arroyo said the small bottles often end up as litter and that by banning these bottles Boston will experience fewer alcohol-related incidents.But Bostonians must ask themselves: is this a good justification for banning what is essentially a small version of an otherwise legal product? The answer is no. The nip ban is just another encroachment from the nanny state, this time aimed at adult consumers who prefer nips because they are convenient, ultimately punishing drinkers who want small serving sizes.For public health, there is little evidence to suggest that prohibition of smaller-sized products works, certainly not from a harm reduction angle. If Boston does go down the road of banning nips, consumers will ultim...