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Packers boost special teams by re-signing LB Eric Wilson

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:32 GMT

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers continued assisting their special-teams unit Saturday by re-signing linebacker Eric Wilson.Wilson had 13 special-teams tackles last season to tie Dallin Leavitt for the team lead. He played 13 games for the Packers, who signed him off the New Orleans Saints’ practice squad on Oct. 4.The 28-year-old Wilson also recorded one sack on defense.Wilson played for the Minnesota Vikings from 2017-20 before splitting time in 2021 with the Houston Texans and Philadelphia Eagles. Wilson signed with the Vikings as an undrafted free agent out of Cincinnati.The Packers addressed special teams earlier in the free-agent period by re-signing All-Pro kick returner Keisean Nixon and tight end Tyler Davis, who was on the field for the highest percentage of special-teams plays of any Packer last season. Green Bay also has signed long snapper Matt Orzech and added former San Francisco safety Tarvarius Moore, whose primary contributions for the 49ers came on spe...

South Carolina wins 41st straight, on to Elite Eight

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:32 GMT

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Kamilla Cardoso had 10 points while reigning national champion South Carolina turned in its latest overwhelming defense-and-rebounding-first performance to beat UCLA 59-43 on Saturday in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament.Aaliyah Boston had eight points, 14 rebounds and two blocks for the Gamecocks (35-0), the top overall tournament seed and the headliner in the Greenville 1 Region. It marked South Carolina’s 41st consecutive victory, securing the program’s sixth trip to the Elite Eight under Dawn Staley.The Gamecocks will play for their fifth trip to the Final Four in Monday’s regional final against 2-seed Maryland.Charisma Osborne scored 14 points to lead the fourth-seeded Bruins (27-10) UCLA, which was in the Sweet 16 for the eighth time and first since 2019. GREENVILLE 1 REGIONMARYLAND 76, NOTRE DAME 59GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Diamond Miller scored 14 of her 18 points in the final two quarters to lead second-seeded Maryland over depleted Notre Dam...

Protests erupt in NYC — not for Trump but for ‘The Joker’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:32 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Throngs of protesters gathered at the courthouse steps, chanting for freedom for their embattled hero. Police kept watch as passions flared and voices roared. Squad cars and television trucks encircled the commotion.It’s a scene New York City authorities have been bracing for as prosecutors consider an indictment against former President Donald Trump, who has invited followers to rally on his behalf. But on Saturday, it was just a movie shoot — for the “Joker” sequel to be precise.The roars faded and the crowds dispersed — on command — when the director yelled, “Cut!”The New York City shoot for the upcoming “Joker” sequel had been planned for months; but in recent days, production crews wrestled with the possibility that filming could be disrupted by real-life protests over the Trump case — none of which have so far materialized. In the end, film workers forged ahead, said Leo Maniscalchi, a production assistant, who was taking a break at a nearby coffee house.“They ...

South Carolina uses size to overpower UCLA in March Madness

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:32 GMT

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Kamilla Cardoso had 10 points while reigning national champion South Carolina turned in its latest overwhelming defense-and-rebounding-first performance to beat UCLA 59-43 on Saturday in the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament.Aaliyah Boston had eight points, 14 rebounds and two blocks for the Gamecocks (35-0), the top overall tournament seed and the headliner in the Greenville 1 Region. It marked South Carolina’s 41st consecutive victory, securing the program’s sixth trip to the Elite Eight under Dawn Staley.The Gamecocks will play for their fifth trip to the Final Four in Monday’s regional final against 2-seed Maryland.It wasn’t an easy offensive operation for South Carolina, with UCLA sagging defensively to pack the paint in hopes of negating the Gamecocks’ size advantage behind Boston. But South Carolina dominated the glass from start to finish and used its length to turn every look into a difficult one for the four...

Man shot in East Colfax neighborhood

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:32 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A man was shot in the East Colfax neighborhood Saturday afternoon, the Denver Police Department said. The shooting happened in the 1100 block of N. Syracuse Street around 3 p.m. Police said the man suffered serious injuries.DPD is investigating the shooting and working on gathering suspect information. This is a breaking story. Updates will be posted as they're received.

‘There’s nothing left’: Deep South tornadoes kill 26

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:32 GMT

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, MICHAEL GOLDBERG and ROGELIO SOLISROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Rescuers raced Saturday to search for survivors and help hundreds of people left homeless after a powerful tornado cut a devastating path through Mississippi, killing at least 25 people, injuring dozens, flattening entire blocks and obliterating houses in at least one Mississippi Delta town as it carved a path of destruction for more than an hour. One person was killed in Alabama.The tornado devastated a swath of the town of Rolling Fork, reducing homes to piles of rubble, flipping cars on their sides and toppling the town’s water tower. Residents hunkered down in bath tubs and hallways during Friday night’s storm and later broke into a John Deere store that they converted into a triage center for the wounded.The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency announced late Saturday afternoon in a tweet that the death toll had risen to 25 from 23. Four people previously reported missing ...

Shooting of South Lake Tahoe man forced the closure of Hard Rock Lake Tahoe

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:32 GMT

(KTXL) -- The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Stateline was closed Saturday morning after a South Lake Tahoe man was shot in the head at one of the hotel and casino's bars, according to the Douglas County Sherriff's Office. The sheriff's office said a call for an active shooter went out at 8 a.m. and about 11 minutes later the first deputies arrived on scene. Mutual aid from the South Lake Police Department and the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office also arrived on scene to assist with the call. When deputies entered the hotel they located 32-year-old Omar Reyes Garcia with a single gunshot wound to the head at the hotels center bar, according to the sheriff's office.Garcia was transported to Barton Hospital where he died of his injuries. At 10:10 a.m., Nevada State Police announced that Highway 50 near Hard Rock was closed in both directions due to the shooting. Hard Rock provided surveillance footage of the suspects to law enforcement who located Edgar Julian Delgado, 24, and Savanna...

McConnell leaves rehab facility after therapy for concussion

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:32 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday he has been released from the rehabilitation facility where he had physical therapy for a concussion caused by a fall earlier this month.The 81-year-old Kentucky Republican said in a statement released by his office that he will work from home for the next few days. The Senate is scheduled to be on break for the weeks of April 3 and April 10.McConnell was at dinner on March 8 after a hotel reception for a campaign committee aligned with him when he tripped and fell. In addition to the concussion, he also had a rib fracture.He was released from the hospital on March 13 and, upon the advice of his doctor, moved to an inpatient rehabilitation facility for physical therapy and to continue his recovery.Concussions can be serious injuries and take time for recovery. Even a single incident of concussion can limit a person’s abilities during that period.“I’m going to follow the advice of my physical therapists and spen...

Ruling halts oil exports from Iraq’s Kurdish area via Turkey

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:32 GMT

BEIRUT (AP) — Iraqi officials announced Saturday that Baghdad has won an international arbitration case that will halt oil exports from the semi-autonomous Kurdish region by way of Turkey.Officials in Baghdad and Irbil, the seat of the Kurdish regional government, have long been at odds over sharing of oil revenues. In 2014, the Kurdish region decided to unilaterally export oil through an independent pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan.Baghdad called the move “smuggling” and “robbery” and filed a case against Turkey in the International Court of Arbitration, arguing that Turkey was violating the provisions of the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline agreement signed in 1973.The central government considers it illegal for Irbil to export oil without going through the Iraqi national oil company, while Kurdish authorities have said the practice is meant to compensate for budget transfers withheld from the Kurdish region by Baghdad.Iraq’s ministry of oil said in a statement that the ministry, via ...

Republican leaders speak at rally before Trump is scheduled to take the stage

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:50:32 GMT

WACO (Nexstar) — Months after announcing his third bid for the White House, former President Donald Trump's first major rally of the presidential cycle is underway in Waco.National and Texas Republican leaders spoke Friday to a crowd of enthusiastic Trump supporters. Speakers so far have included, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (Fl.), U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores (Tx.), U.S. Rep. Roger Williams (Tx.), U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt (Tx.), Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and musician Ted Nugent. At Trump rally @danpatrick now touting banning CRT in K-12 last session and current efforts to do so in higher Ed. Also talked about Senate’s effort to ban gender-affirming care for children, blamed House for its failure in 2021, asking crowd to call state reps #txlege— Monica Madden (@themonicamadden) March 25, 2023Marjorie Taylor Green follows Matt Gaetz on the stage. She just said:“We should be bombing the Mexican cartels, defendin...