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Officials reopen 10 Freeway on and offramp in downtown Los Angeles

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:59 GMT

Commuters headed to downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday morning will be able to use several on-and-offramps that have been closed since the Nov. 11 pallet fire erupted, prompting the closure of the 10 Freeway from Alameda Street to Santa Fe Avenue.  The westbound I-10 Alameda Street offramp and the westbound I-10 onramp from Santa Fe Avenue/Mateo Street/East 8th Street will be open before the Tuesday morning commute, Caltrans announced.  (Caltrans)“The shoring below the Alameda Street off-ramp is complete and safety inspections confirmed it can be open to traffic,” officials added. However, Caltrans also said that the area is still a “construction zone” and the speed-limits on the offramp have been reduced from 35 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour. They are reminding motorists that traffic fines are double in work zones.  Commuters getting off the freeway via the westbound Alameda Street offramp will be able to proceed onto westbound 14th Street. All other westbo...

Suspect arrested after vandalizing multiple cars, threatening officers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:59 GMT

(KRON) -- A suspect was arrested after vandalizing several cars with rocks and bricks then arming himself with a shovel and threatening police officers, according to the Santa Rosa Police Department.Officers determined the suspect, identified as Indugo Williams, 46, a transient in Santa Rosa, vandalized three different cars with bricks and a rock, committed a strong-armed robbery and stole a bike, damaged a fence while leading police on a foot chase and threatened several police officers with a shovel. Santa Rosa police officers responded to reports of a potential shooting into a vehicle Monday evening around 5:30 p.m. The victim told police she was sitting in the driver's seat of her car on the 700 block of Mendocino Avenue when she heard a loud noise prior to her back window shattering. She said she saw a man walking away from her car with what appeared to be a rifle. She then said she found a brick in the backseat of her car.Officers responding to the scene said they heard additi...

Harvard Law Review Editors Vote to Kill Article About Genocide in Gaza

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:59 GMT

A week after Hamas’s October 7 massacre, by which time Israel’s all-out assault on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip had killed thousands of civilians, the online editors of the prestigious Harvard Law Review reached out to Rabea Eghbariah. The two online chairs, as they are called, had decided to solicit an essay from a Palestinian scholar for the journal’s website. Eghbariah was an obvious choice: A Palestinian doctoral candidate at Harvard Law School and human rights lawyer, he has tried landmark Palestinian civil rights cases before the Israeli Supreme Court.Eghbariah submitted a draft of a 2,000-word essay by early November. He argued that Israel’s assault on Gaza should be evaluated within and beyond the “legal framework” of “genocide.”In line with the Law Review’s standard procedures, the piece was solicited, commissioned, contracted, submitted, edited, fact checked, copy edited, and approved by the relevant editors. Yet it will never be published with the Harvard Law Review.Fol...

High prices, reduced benefits: Local food bank sees need up, donations down

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:59 GMT

The 12,000-square foot warehouse in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is buzzing on a Monday afternoon, with staff and volunteers at Manna Food Center packing food boxes as cars pull up to distribute donations at local schools.In the center of it all is Jackie DeCarlo, CEO of Manna, who says hunger isn’t just a holiday issue; it’s a year-round problem, and it’s been getting worse.The need for food assistance, she told WTOP, has grown since the spring, when a number of pandemic-related benefits were decreased or ended.Referring to the number of families looking for assistance each month, DeCarlo said since the spring, “We’ve been seeing in the 5,000s every month, whereas at the height of the pandemic, we were more in the 4,000s.”Manna receives funding from a number of sources, and DeCarlo said: “Our donors in Montgomery County are always exceedingly generous,” but recent food drives and financial donations are down.DeCarlo said it’s obvious...

Qatar confirms four-day cease-fire, swap between Israel and Hamas; start time to be announced within a day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:59 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar confirms four-day cease-fire, swap between Israel and Hamas; start time to be announced within a day.Source

Auburn bolts out of the gate en route to 84-54 win over Alabama A&M

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:59 GMT

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Reserve Chaney Johnson scored 15 points and Aden Holloway scored 13 points and Auburn started fast on its way to an 84-54 win over Alabama A&M on Tuesday night.Jaylin Williams scored 10 points and reserve Johni Broome 10 for Auburn.Chad Moodie led Alabama A&M with nine points. Auburn (4-1) built a 12-0 lead and never trailed. Of the Tigers’ first 10-made attempts from the field, four were from beyond 3-point range. Holloway and Williams started the game with back-to-back 3s, William Tavares made one for the Bulldogs to make it 14-5 and K.D. Johnson’s with 11:29 before halftime made it 19-8.Auburn led 49-14 shooting 18 of 34 (52.9%) but just 4 of 13 (30.8%) from distance. The Bulldogs (0-3) by comparison were 6-of-26 (23.1%) shooting overall before intermission.To its credit, Alabama A&M went on an 18-3 run and took advantage of a stretch of sloppy play from Auburn though still trailed by 28.This was the fourth meeting all-time between Aubu...

JaKobe Coles scores 20 points, TCU beats Alcorn State 93-74 to move to 5-0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:59 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — JaKobe Coles scored 20 points and unbeaten TCU cruised to a 93-74 victory over Alcorn State on Tuesday night. Coles was a point shy of matching a career best, making four 3-pointers and shooting 7 of 11 from the field. Emanuel Miller added 13 points for TCU (5-0), which shot 47% (27 of 57) from the floor and had 20 assists. Micah Peavy chipped in 11 points and Essam Mostafa had 10. Byron Joshua scored 20 points and Jeremiah Kendall added 17 to lead Alcorn State (1-5). TCU had a double-digit lead for most of the first half and led 41-33 at the break. Joshua made the first jumper of the second half to cut the Braves’ deficit to six points, but the Horned Frogs answered with a 15-4 surge and had a double-digit lead the rest of the way. TCU has won its first four games by an average of 30.5 points per game.It was the first meeting between the teams.Alcorn State plays at UT Arlington on Wednesday. TCU hosts Houston Christian on Monday. ___ Get poll alerts a...

Haliburton scores 37 as Pacers beat Hawks to clinch quarterfinal berth in In-Season Tournament

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:59 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton scored 37 points, Buddy Hield hit a tiebreaking 3-pointer in the final minute and the Indiana Pacers beat the Atlanta Hawks 157-152 on Tuesday night to clinch a spot in the NBA In-Season Tournament quarterfinals.Hield’s jumper from the left wing broke a 152-all tie with 52 seconds left. Dejounte Murray was called for an offensive foul on a 3-point attempt on the Hawks’ next possession, then missed a difficult layup following an Indiana turnover with eight seconds remaining. Hield made a layup at the buzzer.The Pacers are 3-0 in East Group A with one game left in group play. The Hawks dropped to 1-2. The quarterfinals will be held Dec. 4-5.Haliburton, who leads the NBA in assists, had 16 against the Hawks. Hield had 24 points and Obi Toppin scored 21 off the bench. Bennedict Mathurin added 19 points, including a buzzer-beating shot to close the third quarter.Trae Young led the Hawks with 38 points and eight assists. Bogdan Bogdanovic had 2...

Tyrese Proctor’s 22 points propel No. 9 Duke past La Salle 95-66

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:59 GMT

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Tyrese Proctor has joined the scoring parade as No. 9 Duke keeps unveiling sources of high-powered offense.The sophomore guard scored a career-high 22 and the Blue Devils had several big second-half runs to bury La Salle in a 95-66 win Tuesday night.“My shots started falling early,” Proctor said. “I realized I could get downhill more. I just tried to use that to my advantage.”Kyle Filipowski added 17 points, reserve Sean Stewart scored 16 to go with 10 rebounds, and Mark Mitchell had 12 for Duke (4-1), which won for the third time in eight nights.“I thought we played a well-rounded game,” Duke coach Jon Scheyer said. “It’s probably the closest we’ve had to a 40-minute game so far.”Anwar Gill scored 17 points and Jhamir Brickus posted 13 points for La Salle (4-1), which had been off to a 4-0 start for the first time in nine years. The Explorers shot 41.4% from the field in their first road game of the season.La Salle’s Fran Dunphy, in his 32nd season as a Division...

Argentina beats Brazil 1-0 in World Cup qualifying after crowd violence delays start

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:36:59 GMT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Many fans came to the Maracana Stadium on Tuesday to watch Lionel Messi in his likely last match in Brazil, a superclasico in World Cup qualifying against the hosts. Instead, they saw Nicolás Otamendi score the only goal in a 1-0 win for Argentina after a brawl between fans that delayed the start of the game.The World Cup champions inflicted the first home defeat on Brazil ever in World Cup qualifying. It was Brazil’s third consecutive loss in the round-robin tournament — another negative mark for new coach Fernando Diniz.Messi left the pitch in the 78th minute amid a mixture of jeers and applause from Brazil fans. Dozens of children arrived at the Maracana wearing the shirts of Barcelona, the star’s previous club, and Inter Miami. The Argentine star wasn’t able to end one of his last barriers in the sport at the Maracana, though, to score against the Brazilians in a World Cup qualifier.Argentina will return home not only atop the South American qualifyin...