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Mike Lupica: Jalen Brunson doesn’t get any help as Knicks season ends despite heroic effort vs. Heat

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:29 GMT

This was one of the great postseason performances any Knick has ever had ending on the right baseline in Miami late Friday night. This was Jalen Brunson running into a double team from Jimmy Butler and Max Strus that was the same as running into the ending to this Knicks season. It was only the second round. The Knicks still can’t make it past the second round. It doesn’t change what we just saw from the best point guard the Knicks have had since Clyde.Brunson, the best free agent the Knicks have ever had, had done everything he could do on this night, the way he had done that all series long. He had scored 38 at the Garden on Wednesday night as the Knicks won Game 5 and won another night of season. Now he was on his way to scoring 41 in Game 6, keeping his team alive and the hopes of Knick fans alive throughout a rock fight of a basketball game.And somehow, after the Knicks had been down six going into the last minute, they still found themselves just down two, and the ...

Slide continues for Chicago White Sox — 14 games under .500 — in a 5-1 loss to the Houston Astros

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:29 GMT

All eyes leading into Friday were on José Abreu, the former Chicago White Sox first baseman making his return to Guaranteed Rate Field for the first time with the Houston Astros.Sox starter Michael Kopech took center stage after a 2 hour, 10 minute rain delay, carrying an unconventional no-hitter into the fifth.Through four, the right-hander walked four, hit one batter and allowed a run on a sacrifice fly and didn’t surrender a hit.Kopech walked two more in the fifth and gave up his first hit, a two-out run-scoring double by Kyle Tucker just out of the reach of sliding left fielder Andrew Benintendi.The Astros led the rest of the way, topping the Sox 5-1.“I felt like I had good stuff, but it goes without saying that we’ve all been around this game long enough to know the importance of throwing strikes,” Kopech said. “To say the least, I didn’t do that well (Friday). I got taken advantage of and lost a lot of momentum for the boys. It’s ...

2 injured, 1 critically after multi-vehicle rollover crash in Mississauga

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:29 GMT

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a two-vehicle rollover crash that resulted in one driver being ejected from their car and critically injured in Mississauga.OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said officers in Mississauga responded to the multi-vehicle crash around 11 p.m. on Friday on Highway 403 in the westbound lane approaching Eglinton Avenue.One driver was ejected from the vehicle and rushed to a trauma centre with potentially life-threatening injuries. A second driver was assessed with minor injuries, Sgt. Schmidt said.“We’re looking into all factors, alcohol and speed… in this collision,” Sgt. Schmidt said.All lanes from Highway 410 and Highway 401 to Highway 403 were blocked for roughly six hours as a result of the multi-vehicle crash.Those lanes reopened around 6 a.m. on Saturday.Two vehicle rollover collision, one person ejected, both drivers to hospital. #Hwy403/Eglinton. #MississaugaOPP investigating if alcohol may have been a factor. All lanes...

Male motorcyclist dead in Markham crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:29 GMT

A male motorcyclist has died after being involved in a crash in Markham.Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified of a single-vehicle collision on the ramp from Highway 407 eastbound to Highway 404 southbound.A male motorcyclist was taken to a local hospital with critical injuries and later pronounced dead.It’s unclear what led to the crash.The collision resulted in a lengthy closure in the area, with OPP confirming on Saturday morning that the Highway 407 Eastbound ramp at Highway 404 in Markham had reopened.

‘We’re at your side’: Italian president tells Zelenskyy in Rome before he meets pope

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:29 GMT

ROME (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in Rome ahead of talks on Saturday with Pope Francis at the Vatican, received assurances from Italian leaders of continued military and other aid as his country fights to liberate itself from Russia’s military invasion launched last year.Francis recently said that the Vatican has launched a behind-the-scenes initiative to try to end the war launched last year by Russia.In a tweet, sent shortly after his arrival in the Italian capital late Saturday morning, Zelenskyy cited his schedule of meetings with Francis, Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni. ” An important visit for approaching victory of Ukraine! ” Zelenskyy tweeted. When Zelenskyy arrived at a military airfield at Rome’s Ciampino airport, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani was on hand to greet him. Tajani told reporters that Italy will continue to support Ukraine “360 degrees” and press for a just peace, one that saf...

Before Musk picked Yaccarino as Twitter CEO, she challenged him on policies, and his own tweets

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:29 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — On Friday, Elon Musk announced that NBC Universal’s Linda Yaccarino will serve as the new CEO of Twitter. Yaccarino is a longtime advertising executive credited with integrating and digitizing ad sales at NBCU. Her challenge now will be to woo back advertisers that have fled Twitter since Musk acquired it last year for $44 billion.Since taking ownership, Musk has fired thousands of Twitter employees, largely scrapped the trust-and-safety team responsible for keeping the site free of hate speech, harassment and misinformation, and blamed others — particularly mainstream media organizations, which he views as untrustworthy “competitors” to Twitter for ad dollars — for exaggerating Twitter’s problems.In April, the two met for an on-stage conversation at a marketing convention in Miami Beach, Florida. Here are some highlights of their conversation:MUSK AND YACCARINO SPAR OVER CONTENT MODERATIONThe Miami discussion was cordial, although both participants ...

Modi’s Hindu nationalist party loses India’s Karnataka state in crucial polls ahead of national vote

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:29 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition Congress party wrested control of the crucial southern Karnataka state from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party, according to a near complete vote count Saturday that boosted its prospects ahead of national elections due next year.The poll results are expected to energize the largely divided opposition that is banking on forming a united front to challenge Modi in next year’s general election in which he will seek to extend his prime ministership for a third consecutive term. They will also help prospects of the Congress party, which was routed by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party in the last two national polls and is striving to regain its political prominence nationwide.The defeat in Karnataka means Modi’s party, which was banking on his popularity, has lost the only southern state it has ever controlled and where its strident Hindu nationalist politics has found relatively slower reception than the rest of the co...

Census rejecting some big-city complaints of 2020 undercounts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:29 GMT

Some of the largest U.S. cities challenging their 2020 census numbers aren’t getting the results they hoped for from the U.S. Census Bureau — an effort by Memphis to increase its official population resulted in three people being subtracted from its count during an initial appeal.Some successes have come from challenges to totals of “group quarters” — dorms, jails and nursing homes. They were among the most difficult to count as campuses closed and prisons and nursing homes were locked down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Census Bureau created a separate program to handle these challenges. The Census Bureau has received more than 100 submissions in total for its two challenge programs from cities, towns and villages of all sizes across the U.S.The challenges won’t affect how many congressional seats each state got during the apportionment process, or the more detailed numbers used for redrawing political boundaries. But new numbers could shape how ...

Disneyland announces re-opening dates for classic rides scheduled to close in June

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:29 GMT

(KTLA) – Disneyland has announced re-opening dates for several classic rides scheduled to undergo refurbishments in June.Beginning June 5, Peter Pan’s Flight, Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, Alice in Wonderland and The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Undersea Adventure will be closed.Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride and Alice in Wonderland will reopen on June 16, and The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Undersea Adventure, will reopen only a few days after its closure, on June 8, according to the Disneyland calendar.A reopening date for Peter Pan’s Flight has not yet been announced. Disneyland extends pause on ‘Fantasmic!’ performances after fire Peter Pan’s Flight, Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride and Alice in Wonderland are all located in Fantasyland in Disneyland.The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Undersea Adventure attraction is located in the Paradise Gardens Park area at Disney California Adventure, directly across from the Paradise Bay lagoon, where the World of Color shows occur. Disneyland guests can soon meet live-action Arie...

Weekend Gardening with Tim Joyce: Jumping worms, blossom end rot and more

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:55:29 GMT

WGN's "Plant Daddy," Tim Joyce, is back with his weekend gardening to share tips on how to combat jumping worms, blossom end rot and more.Love the WGN Morning News? We love you, too. And you can have all the hijinks delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Sign up and subscribe to our WGN Morning News newsletter.