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Another Soggy Sunday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:31 GMT

With more rain expected from Ophelia, a dying tropical system over Virginia, Sunday’s forecast looks to be soggy. Although there may be a brief break in the action early Sunday morning, showers will persist on and off throughout the day with periods of mist in between. Winds will also pick up slightly from what we dealt with today, with gusts up to 30 mph along the coastline. Inland gusts will be less frequent throughout the day and may exceed 20mph. The storm finally exits Monday afternoon, with a prolonged dry stretch setting up into early October.

High school roundup: Andover girls field hockey back on track

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:31 GMT

ANDOVER – The Andover field hockey team’s week started with a lack of intensity that translated into frustrating, upset loss to Central Catholic – the program’s first since 2017.It wasn’t going to end the week by making the same mistake against the Shrewsbury program it just stole a win from in the Div. 1 state semifinals last year.With a 4-1 nonleague win that featured five different players starring in new roles, the No. 7 Golden Warriors (4-1) got back on track against the No. 14 Colonials (2-3) Saturday afternoon. Four different scorers found the back of the cage, pairing with a tenacious defensive effort to mostly neutralize Shrewsbury’s offensive weapons as part of a 9-1 shots-on-goal advantage.Players in changed positions shined, as Bella DiFiore (forward) amped up the pressure in an aggressive attack, while Mia Batchelder (midfield), Casey Michael (midfield), Rose Memmolo (center-back) and Lucy MacLean (defense) helped significantly limit Colonials opportunities.“I’m honestl...

Chicago Cubs rally for a 6-3 win against the Colorado Rockies, maintaining a 1-game lead for the No. 3 wild-card spot

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:31 GMT

Javier Assad’s value to the Chicago Cubs cannot be defined by a singular role.The Cubs put Assad back in the bullpen Saturday with Marcus Stroman’s return to the rotation against the Colorado Rockies for his first start since July 31. But Assad’s performance in relief — four shutout innings with two hits, no walks and six strikeouts — gave the Cubs a chance to pull out a 6-3 comeback win at Wrigley Field.Yan Gomes’ two-out RBI double tied the game in the sixth, and the Cubs (81-74) went ahead the next inning on Cody Bellinger’s sacrifice fly. Assad throwing up zeros allowed the offense to chip away.The Cubs maintained their one-game lead over the Miami Marlins for the No. 3 wild-card spot with seven games remaining.“The versatility it gives you being able to get Stro started, it didn’t go the way he wanted it to, some balls falling in there,” manager David Ross said. “And then be able to bring in Javy behind him, he&#...

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

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:31 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 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:31 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 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:31 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 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:31 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 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:31 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 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:31 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 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:00:31 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...