Reports of violence in Nigeria election for new governors

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:08 GMT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Millions of Nigerians voted Saturday to elect state governors but faced intimidation and violence in some cities amid heightened tensions following a disputed presidential election in Africa’s most populous nation last month.New governors were being chosen for 28 of Nigeria’s 36 states as the political opposition continues to reject the victory of President-elect Bola Tinubu, who belongs to the ruling All Progressives Congress party. By Saturday night, the counting of votes has started in most of the polling units across the country, though the winners in most of the states are not expected to be announced until Monday. Voting was postponed in a few locations, including in a Lagos town, over fear of attacks on electoral officials.The performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission “has improved considerably compared to the Feb. 25 elections, but violence has been much more intense across the country,” said Idayat Hassan, head of the Cen...

Canadian Beatbox Championships returns after 3 year hiatus

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:08 GMT

The Canadian Beatbox Championships returned earlier this month after being on hiatus since 2019.On March 11th Beatboxers from across the country took part in a battle of sounds at the Rec Room in Toronto. This year’s categories were Solo, Tag Team and Loopstations beatboxing.“I think that was the best part. To have the whole community back together again,” says Vancouver’s Vino Cuenca, one of this year’s champions.Cuenca, who defended his 2019 title, will represent Canada on the world stage at the Beatbox Battle World Championship in Berlin, Germany this summer.Scott Jackson, a former winner of this competition and host of this year’s show, showed Stella Acquisto a few beatboxing tricks. For more information on Beat Box Canada and the upcoming competitions click here

Slain officers’ families will get $100K from Heroes’ Fund, Alberta premier says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:08 GMT

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the families of two Edmonton police officers who were fatally shot this week are each to receive $100,000 from the province’s Heroes’ Fund.Smith made the announcement Saturday during her weekly provincewide radio program while addressing the deaths of Const. Brett Ryan and Const. Travis Jordan.The officers were gunned down Thursday by a teen who later killed himself while they were responding to a non-violent domestic dispute at an apartment building.Smith says the Heroes’ Fund was brought in back in 2020, and that the money will help the families with the “costs associated with having to deal with this horrible tragedy.”The fund was established as part of the Ensuring Safety and Cutting Red Tape Act, 2020, and the government’s website says it is intended to recognize the sacrifices of first responders who die as a result of performing their duties.Smith also encouraged people to donate to a GoFundMe for the fam...

Ecuador earthquake kills at least 12, causes wide damage

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:08 GMT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A strong earthquake shook southern Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least a dozen people, trapping others under rubble, and sending rescue teams out into streets littered with debris and fallen power lines.The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of about 6.8 that was centered just off the Pacific Coast, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Guayaquil, Ecuador's second-largest city. READ: More international news Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso in a televised address to the nation said the earthquake killed 12 people.Police talks to people next to the site where a car was crushed by debris after an earthquake shook Cuenca, Ecuador, Saturday, March 18, 2023. The U.S. Geological Survey reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 about 50 miles south of Guayaquil. (AP Photo/Xavier Caivinagua)One victim was a passenger in a vehicle crushed by rubble from a house in the Andean community of Cuenca, according to th...

Check out the 2023 Minnesota high school boys basketball state tournament brackets

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:08 GMT

In what is expected to be one of the most competitive Class 4A state tournaments, and with an impressive depth of unseeded opponents there are no layup quarterfinals.Top-seeded Park Center will face a conference foe in Andover, which it edged 97-91 during the regular season. Second-seeded Lakeville North gets a Buffalo squad that swept Hopkins. Wayzata’s reward for earning the No. 3 seed is a date with a White Bear Lake team that went 15-3 in the always competitive Suburban East Conference.The Class 4A tournament has the chance to truly put the madness into March.The Class 4A quarterfinals and half of the Class 2A quarterfinals will be held at Target Center, with the other quarterfinals taking place at Williams Arena.All semifinals and finals will be played at the home arena of the Timberwolves and Lynx and will be televised locally on KSTC-Channel 45. The quarterfinals will be streamed on prepspotlight.tv/MSHSL.Full brackets including consolation and third-place information c...

Twins send prospects Brooks Lee, Matt Wallner to minor league camp

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:08 GMT

BRADENTON, Fla. — Twins manager Rocco Baldelli has had his first chance to get an extended look at the the organization’s top prospect, Brooks Lee, this spring. He likes what he’s seen.“He had what I would call a near-perfect camp because nothing’s ever perfect, but he did everything and showed us everything that we would be hoping to see from him,” Baldelli said.The 22-year-old shortstop was reassigned to minor league camp on Saturday. Forest Lake slugger Matt Wallner, who spent the last few weeks of the 2022 season with the Twins, was optioned to Triple-A as the team trimmed down the number of players left in major league camp.Lee, the youngest player invited to major league camp, finished his stint with the big-league team 7 for 37 (.189) while manning shortstop. He went 1 for 4 on Saturday with an RBI single in his last at-bat in the Twins’ 7-4 loss to the Pirates at LECOM Park.He will now head to minor league camp, where Baldelli said he will continue to focus on “develop...

Fultz, Magic rally in 4th quarter, outlast Clippers 113-108

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:08 GMT

Markelle Fultz scored 12 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter, Wendell Carter Jr. had 27 points and 12 rebounds, and the Orlando Magic snapped their two-game skid with a 113-108 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday.Franz Wagner scored 20 points and hit a gutsy 3-pointer with 40 seconds to play for the Magic, who had lost five of six before taking the lead in the fourth quarter and holding on for this tenacious win on the road.Fultz put together another impressive game in his late-season surge, going 10 for 17 from the field and grabbing six rebounds.Paul George scored 30 points for the Clippers, whose four-game winning streak ended on the last contest of a five-game homestand.Kawhi Leonard skipped the game to rest his right knee, sitting out for the 29th time in the Clippers’ 71 contests this season. Los Angeles couldn't keep up its unbeaten surge since a five-game losing streak and missed a chance to move within a half-game of Phoenix in fourth place in the Western C...

Oakland man ‘executed’ by FBI agent while in ‘surrendering position,’ lawsuit claims

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:08 GMT

Michael Jonathan Cortez was crouched in a “surrendering position” with no weapon in his hands when an FBI agent burst into an Oakland smoke shop and fatally shot him in the chest, a new lawsuit filed by his parents claims.Cortez, 31, bled to death before he could receive medical treatment, after agent Gail Paresa shot him in September 2021 in East Oakland, according to the lawsuit filed by prominent Oakland civil rights lawyer John Burris.The FBI has alleged that Cortez tried to flee and brandished a gun during the eight-second encounter with an agent in the 2500 block of Fruitvale Avenue. The agent was part of a federal task force charged with executing federal and local warrants who had been surveilling Cortez because he had a warrant from the feds and Hayward against him, the FBI said. The FBI claims the agent not only identified themself but was wearing an armored vest that would have shown they were a law enforcement agent when entering the store. The agency, howeve...

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Fr8 208 Results

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:45:08 GMT

SaturdayAt Atlanta Motor SpeedwayHampton, Ga.Lap length: 1.54 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (4) Christian Eckes, Chevrolet, 137 laps, 50 points.2. (20) Nicholas Sanchez, Chevrolet, 137, 36.3. (24) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 137, 0.4. (30) Bayley Currey, Chevrolet, 137, 0.5. (3) Ben Rhodes, Ford, 137, 42.6. (10) Matt DiBenedetto, Chevrolet, 137, 37.7. (9) Chase Purdy, Chevrolet, 137, 32.8. (18) Timmy Hill, Toyota, 137, 29.9. (8) Matt Crafton, Ford, 137, 45.10. (17) Jack Wood, Chevrolet, 137, 27.11. (2) Ty Majeski, Ford, 137, 40.12. (32) Hailie Deegan, Ford, 137, 25.13. (33) Bret Holmes, Chevrolet, 137, 24.14. (35) Ryan Vargas, Toyota, 137, 23.15. (25) Kris Wright, Chevrolet, 137, 22.16. (19) Daniel Dye, Chevrolet, 137, 21.17. (34) Akinori Ogata, Toyota, 137, 20.18. (12) Jake Garcia, Chevrolet, 137, 20.19. (7) Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, 137, 29.20. (1) Zane Smith, Ford, 137, 31.21. (27) Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 137, 16.22. (14) Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 137, 21.23. (28) Josh Re...