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Heat’s Butler out for Game 2 against Knicks; Randle back

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:49 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Butler was sidelined for the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the New York Knicks on Tuesday night because of a sprained right ankle.Julius Randle was back for the Knicks after missing Game 1 of the series with a sprained left ankle.Butler was hurt after being fouled with 5:05 to play Sunday in the Heat’s 108-101 victory. He was able to stay in the game, finishing with 25 points and 11 rebounds.Butler is the leading scorer in the playoffs thus far, averaging 35.5 points per game.Randle sat out Sunday after spraining his left ankle again in New York’s clinching victory over Cleveland in the first round. He had missed the final five games of the regular season after originally spraining the ankle.Jalen Brunson was also playing for the Knicks after he was added to the injury report Monday with right ankle soreness. Coach Tom Thibodeau said there wasn’t any specific play where the point guard was hurt. ___AP NBA: h...

E. Jean Carroll parecía estar “sin aliento” y “emocional” en una llamada tras la supuesta violación por parte de Trump, testifica su amiga

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:49 GMT

(CNN) — Durante el juicio por violación y difamación contra el expresidente Trump, una amiga de E. Jean Carroll testificó este martes que la experiodista la llamó minutos después de haber sido presuntamente violada por Donald Trump en un almacén de Nueva York en 1996.Lisa Birnbach relató cómo Carroll la llamó minutos después de salir del almacén y le contó con detalle el altercado.Birnbach dijo que Carroll sonaba “sin aliento, hiperventilada, emocional. Su voz era todo tipo de cosas” cuando llamó.“Me bajó las mallas, me bajó las mallas”, repetía Carroll por teléfono, según Birnbach. “Como si ella no pudiera creerlo. Todavía estaba procesando lo que le había pasado. Simplemente le había pasado”.En el estrado, Birnbach dijo que recordaba que estaba dando de comer a sus hijos pequeños en su cocina en ese momento cuando Carroll llamó y salió de la habitación para susurrar “‘E. Jean te ha violado. Deberías ir a la policía'”. Car...

Tommy La Stella cut by Mariners, who bring up Bryce Miller

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:49 GMT

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Former All-Star infielder Tommy La Stella was cut Tuesday by the Seattle Mariners ahead of their game at the Oakland Athletics.La Stella was released by San Francisco on Jan. 5 with one season left in an $18.75 million, three-year contract. Seattle signed him two weeks later for the $720,000 major league minimum, which was offset against the $11.5 million he was owed by the Giants.He appeared in 12 games with the Mariners, hitting .190 (4 for 21) with two RBIs. Seattle designated him for assignment and has seven days to trade him or place him on waivers.The 34-year-old has also played for Atlanta, the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Angels, Oakland and San Francisco during his 10-year big league career, hitting .266 with 40 homers and 206 RBIs.La Stella’s best season came with the Angels in 2019, when he hit .295 with 16 home runs and 44 RBIs and made his lone All-Star Game.Seattle selected the contract of 24-year-old right-hander Bryce Miller from Double-A Arkansas...

Zhang 1st Chinese man to reach Masters 1000 quarterfinals

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:49 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Zhang Zhizhen needed to save three match points in his win over Taylor Fritz at the Madrid Open to become the first Chinese player to reach an ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal on Tuesday.Zhang rallied from a set down against the eighth-seeded American to advance 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (8), winning in a final-set tiebreaker for the third straight time at the clay-court tournament in the Spanish capital. It was the first win against a top-10 opponent for the 26-year-old Zhang.“Before the match, you know it’s a very tough player. There is no weakness, so (I) just tried what I can do,” Zhang said. “Then (after) losing the first set, (I was) thinking about trying to play a little bit closer match. In the end (that) I can win, that’s amazing.”The 99th-ranked Zhang had upset No. 13 Cameron Norrie in the third round in Madrid for his biggest career win. Zhang had beaten 21st-seeded Denis Shapovalov in the second round. He has played seven tiebreakers in total in Madrid, wi...

Alcaraz, Tsitsipas advance in Madrid; Medvedev, Rublev lose

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:49 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz made sure he wouldn’t be among the top seeds being upset at the Madrid Open on Tuesday, playing well from the start to secure his spot in the quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Alexander Zverev.After both second-seeded Daniil Medvedev and fifth-seeded Andrey Rublev lost their fourth-round matches at the clay-court tournament, Alcaraz cruised past 13th-seeded Zverev to stay on track to defend his title at home.Fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas also avoided an upset, defeating Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-3, 6-1. In the women’s draw, second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka reached the last four by rallying past Mayar Sherif in three sets.The match between Alcaraz and Zverev was a rematch of last year’s Madrid final, which Alcaraz also comfortably won against the former two-time champion in the Spanish capital.“For me it’s amazing to play the level that I played today,” Alcaraz said. “I feel really good right now and this match gives me a lot of confidenc...

Court hears appeal by prosecutor suspended by DeSantis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:49 GMT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Federal appeals judges on Tuesday heard arguments over whether Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wrongly suspended an elected state prosecutor last year after comments he made opposing abortion prosecutions. The three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in an appeal filed by Andrew Warren in seeking to regain his job. The Republican governor last year suspended Warren, a twice-elected state attorney for Florida’s Hillsborough County and a Democrat, accusing him of neglect of duty. DeSantis suspended Warren last year over the elected prosecutor’s signing of a statement, along with other prosecutors across the country, opposing criminal charges against abortion providers, or women seeking abortions, as well as his policies on not charging people with some minor crimes. Florida has a 15-week abortion ban and DeSantis last month signed into law a ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. DeSantis has used his executive po...

Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers wins his first NBA Most Valuable Player award

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:49 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers wins his first NBA Most Valuable Player award.Source

Handgun permit requirement clears Senate on party-line vote

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:49 GMT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Democrat-controlled state Senate voted along party lines Tuesday to pass a bill requiring anyone in Delaware wanting to buy a handgun to first be fingerprinted, undergo training and obtain permission from the state.The vote came after more than two hours of debate in which gun-control advocates argued that the proposal will help reduce the number of homicides and suicides in Delaware. Opponents argued that the bill infringes on the rights of law-abiding citizens and will have no effect on criminals responsible for the state’s gun violence problem.Chief sponsor Sen. Elizabeth Lockman, suggested, however, that even criminals will obey the permit requirement if the bill becomes law.“Best of all, we know that every handgun owner in our state will have undergone a firearms training course,” said Lockman, a Wilmington Democrat, adding that such training will reduce the numbers of accidental shootings, suicides and gun thefts. Critics argued that a permitting process...

Colorado man suing sheriff's office for excessive use of Taser during traffic stop

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A Southern Colorado man filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Las Animas Sheriff's Office, the county, the sheriff, the undersheriff, and two deputies over a traffic stop that happened last November.Kenneth Espinoza was following his son Nathaniel to the shop on Nov. 29, 2022, to get his truck serviced when his son was pulled over by Las Animas County Deputy Mikhail Noel. Espinoza pulls up behind the scene when he is confronted by Lt. Henry Trujillo. Trujillo repeatedly asks Espinoza to leave the scene, but Espinoza refuses because his son is his ride home from the shop. The argument escalates and Deputy Noel comes over to Espinoza's truck, asking him to leave. When Espinoza puts his truck in drive to leave, Noel can be heard commanding Espinoza to stay and grabs the truck door handle. Noel pulls his gun and points it at Espinoza. Espinoza is eventually pulled out of his truck and pushed into the back of a sheriff's office cruiser. He is eventually shocke...

Denver Police: Officers shoot man who was attacking his family

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:10:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Police in Denver shot and killed a man who they say was wielding a knife and attacked his own family member.Police were called to the 2000 block of North Oneida Street on Monday night. Investigators say the man was preventing two family members from leaving the home."A supervisor on scene was trained in negotiations and was among officers trying to communicate with the suspect," a Denver Police Department spokesperson said."Officers on scene also had critical incident training," the spokesperson added. Caught on camera: Thieves use rope to pull ATM out of bar But the Crisis Negotiation Unit, which specializes in these types of crises, was called but did not arrive in time, according to the police chief."While they were waiting for the negotiators to arrive the suspect began assaulting one of the individuals being held inside with a knife," Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said.Police were called to the home at 8:30 p.m. Thomas said officers had to shoot the man to ...