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Jackson wins defensive player of year over Lopez, Mobley

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:01 GMT

Nobody blocked more shots per game, nor had better defensive numbers at the rim this season, than Memphis’ Jaren Jackson Jr.And voters noticed.The Memphis big man was announced Monday night as the NBA’s defensive player of the year, becoming the second player to win the award while wearing a Grizzlies’ uniform. He joins Marc Gasol in that club, after the Spaniard did it a decade ago.Jackson led the league with 3.0 blocks per game this season, after finishing fifth in the defensive player of the year voting last season. He got 56 first-place votes and 391 voting points to finish ahead of runner-up Brook Lopez of the Milwaukee Bucks, who got 31 first-place votes and 309 points. Cleveland’s Evan Mobley — in just his second NBA season — was third with eight first-place votes and 101 points.“Team defense really helps us. It goes a long way,” Jackson said on the TNT broadcast that announced the award.The shooting percentage that Jackson allowed at the rim — 46.9% — was the best in t...

Comienza el juicio por lesiones contra Sebastián Villa, jugador colombiano de Boca Juniors

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:01 GMT

(CNN Español) — Este lunes comenzó en Argentina el juicio contra Sebastián Villa, delantero del Club Atlético Boca Juniors, acusado de lesiones y amenazas contra su expareja, algo que él ha negado.El colombiano se presentó en el Juzgado Correccional 2 de Lomas de Zamora para la primera audiencia.El relato de la mujer que denunció penalmente a Sebastián Villa por abuso sexualLa denuncia fue realizada a mediados de 2020, pero por distintos motivos se había atrasado el comienzo del juicio.El año pasado, Villa fue denunciado por otra mujer por abuso sexual, algo que el futbolista también niega y asegura que se trató de una relación consentida.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

DPS superintendent skips meeting with city council

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:01 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Public safety has been a key concern for students, parents and community members alike following several shooting incidents taking place at East High School in recent months. Monday, Denver City Council members hoped to have their concerns and questions addressed by Denver Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Alex Marrero, but that didn't happen.Some members of the city council said they have waited for years for the council and the school board to rekindle their relationship. The DPS superintendent dashed some of those hopes today when he did not show up for their joint meeting. Commerce City to hold council meeting following hit-and-run that killed a teen "I have been working in government for 11 years with the city council and I cannot remember the last time we sat down and attempted to convene with the superintendent of Denver Public Schools and the superintendent doesn't show — it shows me a lot," said Councilwoman Amanda Sandoval, representing District 1 in Den...

Chris Evans and Ana de Armas talk about Ghosted film

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:01 GMT

Getting ghosted sucks, I hear…But don’t feel too bad, it even happens to Chris Evans. Well, it happens to him in a movie that’s not really the same thing. However, it does make for a fun film. Especially when you add Ana de Armas, and a little bit of international espionage to the mix.This isn’t the meet-cute you think it is.Listen, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas have a really good reason for not answering the phone in Apple TV plus, Ghosted.Ana de Armas: “And then he screws everything up.”You tell ’em Ana!The actress plays Sadie, a secret agent.Ana de Armas: “The best of the best at the CIA. She’s the agent that, you know, that everyone would send to the most dangerous, you know, difficult mission.”Who gets way more than she bargained for when Chris’ character, Cole, falls for her and follows her across the pond.Chris Evans: “Cole gets kidnapped and then Sadie kinda is burdened with him throughout the movie.”Uh-o...

Police investigating after man allegedly threatens MBTA passengers with mini baseball bat

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:01 GMT

MBTA transit police asked for the public’s help Monday after they said a man allegedly entered a train with a mini-baseball bat and threatened passengers. Police said the incident happened on Sunday night around 9 p.m. at the Charles/MGH station on the Red Line. Police said the man began to threaten passengers, “stating he would give everyone a ‘beating.’”Transit police shared photos of a man, describing him as a person of interest in the case. Anyone with information is asked to call police at 617-222-1050. 

Boston police investigate stabbing at park in Roxbury

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:01 GMT

An investigation was underway Monday after a stabbing at a park on Ruggles Street in Roxbury, police said.Police said the incident happened Monday afternoon . One person was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

No charges for officers in Jayland Walker police shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:01 GMT

By PATRICK ORSAGOS and JOHN SEEWER (Associated Press)AKRON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio grand jury declined to indict eight police officers who fired 94 shots in the death of Jayland Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who fired at least one round at officers during a car and foot chase last summer, the state’s attorney general announced Monday.Walker was shot 46 times in a hail of gunfire that lasted just under seven seconds and roiled yet another city amid heightened tensions with police over the killing of a Black man that started with a routine traffic stop. Akron’s mayor and police chief urged residents Monday to protest peacefully, acknowledging that many are angry with the shooting last June that Walker’s family has called brutal and senseless.“Turn toward one other and not on each other,” said Mayor Daniel Horrigan.Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said the state’s investigation found that Walker jumped out of his still-moving car, ran from police...

Kuwait crown prince says parliament will be dissolved again

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:01 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s crown prince has said its parliament again will be dissolved and new elections planned for the country after a court decision reinstated lawmakers from 2020. Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmed Al Jaber made the announcement Monday in an address to the nation as the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan draws to an end this week. He called the decision the will of the Kuwaiti people, according to the state-run KUNA news agency. Sheikh Meshal cited a Kuwaiti law allowing its emir to dissolve parliament, though it was him making the speech in the place of the country’s 85-year-old ruler, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah. In March, Kuwait’s Constitutional Court threw out a 2022 election for parliament, citing “discrepancies” in the decree dissolving the 2020 parliament for its ruling. That briefly reinstated the former lawmakers. It wasn’t immediately clear if the order Monday took effect immediately, though analysts had expected parliament...

CBC ‘pausing’ its use of Twitter after ‘government-funded media’ label applied

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:01 GMT

TORONTO — CBC/Radio-Canada said it is “pausing” its use of Twitter, a day after its main account was labelled “government-funded media” by the social media platform.“Twitter can be a powerful tool for our journalists to communicate with Canadians, but it undermines the accuracy and professionalism of the work they do to allow our independence to be falsely described in this way,” CBC media relations director Leon Mar said in a statement announcing the change Monday afternoon.“Consequently, we will be pausing our activity on our corporate Twitter account and all CBC and Radio-Canada news-related accounts.”Mar added in an afternoon email to The Canadian Press that Twitter did not consult the public broadcaster before applying the label Sunday and thus, CBC has sent a letter to Twitter asking the company to re-examine the designation.Twitter updated CBC’s label to “70% government-funded” Monday evening, after a user on the platform ...

Court throws out Berkeley, California’s ban on natural gas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:36:01 GMT

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday overturned Berkeley, California’s first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas in new construction, agreeing with restaurant owners who argued the city bypassed federal energy regulations when it approved the ordinance.The measure, which took effect in 2020 to cheers from environmentalists, was intended to reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses that contribute to global warming. With some exceptions, it banned new residential and commercial buildings from installing natural gas piping in favor of electrical lines. A lawsuit by the California Restaurant Association claimed the regulation violated federal law that gives the U.S. government authority to set energy-efficiency standards for appliances such as stoves, furnaces and water heaters.The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco rejected a lower court judge’s decision two years ago that had upheld the Berkeley ordinance. In her 2021 decision, U.S. District Judg...