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After uneven road run, Spoelstra turns to Heat’s ‘requisite type of resilience’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:12 GMT

Despite up-and-down performances in the first two games at Fiserv Forum of this best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round playoff series against the Milwaukee Bucks, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said he believes his team has grown grounded for such moments, with deep playoff runs in two of the three previous postseasons.“We’ve been through a lot as a group in a lot of playoff situations, but also just this year,” he said of a season that required constant rotation reshuffling. “And I think we’ve been able to manage a lot of different emotions and just stay the course.“I think that’s built up the requisite type of resilience that you need in a playoff series against a good team.”Spoelstra, ahead of Saturday night’s Game 3 at the Kaseya Center, also said there was no need to get overly caught up on the playing status of Giannis Antetokounmpo, with a respect in place for the Bucks’ depth of talent, including Jrue Holiday...

Uxbridge to be home to Ontario’s newest provincial park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:12 GMT

The Ford government says Uxbridge will be home to Ontario’s newest provincial park.The park will be located in the Oak Ridges Moraine, calling it a “major step forward for conservation and biodiversity protection in Ontario.”First announced in the 2023 budget, the proposed urban park may include up to 532 hectares of provincially owned lands which it claims will be 50 per cent larger than New York’s Central Park.“Opening a new provincial park in Uxbridge would give families and people in the community new ways to enjoy the great outdoors all year around,” said Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy, who is also MPP for Pickering—Uxbridge. “These lands are situated on an ecologically important and gorgeous section of the Oak Ridges Moraine. They are near major urban centres in the GTA and perfect for hiking, mountain biking, snowshoeing and cross-country skiing,” said Uxbridge mayor Dave Barton. The government says it will be conducting ...

Shannen Doherty files for divorce after 11-year marriage, hints at reason on Instagram

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:12 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Shannen Doherty of hit shows “Charmed” and “Beverly Hills, 90210” has filed for divorce from her husband, Kurt Iswarienko, after 11 years of marriage, her representative says.“Divorce is the last thing Shannen wanted,” publicist Leslie Sloane said in an emailed statement Saturday. “Unfortunately, she felt she was left with no other option.”In early 2020, Doherty, now 52, announced that she was battling a recurrence of breast cancer that had progressed to stage four, calling it "a bitter pill to swallow.”“I definitely have days where I say, ‘Why me?’ And then I go, ‘Well, why not me? Who else? Who else besides me deserves this?’ None of us do,” Doherty told “Good Morning America."The actor first revealed she had breast cancer in 2015 and has charted her battle with the disease on social media. Morgan Wallen falls hard during Kentucky concert, video shows Doherty did not refer to the divorce development on Instagram, but in a post Friday wrote: “The only peo...

44% of Republicans don't want Trump to run for reelection: poll

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:12 GMT

(The Hill) – A new poll found that 70% of Americans, including 44% of Republicans, do not want former President Trump to make a White House run in 2024.The poll, released Thursday from The Associated Press and the University of Chicago’s research center NORC, also found that 93% of Democrats and 63% of independents do not want Trump to run. Respondents with a college degree were more likely to say he should not run than those without, though majorities of both groups — at 80% and 65%, respectively — said so.The results come as polling shows Trump has expanded his lead in a hypothetical GOP primary against potential rival Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). While DeSantis has not officially announced a presidential campaign, he is widely expected to enter the race.A Wall Street Journal poll released this week found Trump had a 13-point lead over DeSantis. A Harvard CAPS-Harris poll found that he had a 35-point lead over the Florida governor. He holds a still greater lead over other curren...

Dad recounts night family was shot by neighbor: 'I was just protecting my kid'

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:12 GMT

GASTONIA, N.C. (WJZY) – A bouncing basketball at the intersection of April Drive and Grier Street is a welcome sound on Fridays in Gastonia, North Carolina. But things have been quiet for the last two days after a gunman opened fire on his neighbors. "He just started shooting," said William White from his hospital bed.On Tuesday night just after 7:30 p.m., police say 24-year-old Robert Singletary opened fire after a basketball rolled into the yard of the home he was living in. White's 6-year-old daughter was hit with a bullet fragment in the cheek, and his wife was grazed.White too was shot, and later rushed to the hospital in serious condition. Victims identified in Alabama birthday party shooting Speaking exclusively with Nexstar's WJZY from the hospital, White, now in stable condition, said he immediately ran toward his daughter Kinsley when he heard the gunfire."I said, ‘Kinsley come on, Kinsley come on,’” said White, remembering Kinsley was on a swing set at the time. "'Get u...

2 multi-car pileups causing traffic delays, first responders arriving on scene

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:12 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Fire Department said there were two multi-car pileups Saturday afternoon on opposite sides of Austin. AFD said the first was at the 12000 block of South Interstate 35 heading northbound in south Austin. The second was at the 12100 block of Research Boulevard heading northbound in northwest Austin.Crews with Austin Fire, as well as Austin-Travis-County EMS personnel, were responding to both incidents, according to AFD.ATCEMS is evaluating patients for transport to hospitals. Officials ask that drivers slow down and move over for first responders.This is a developing story. Check back for details.

Man accused of Travis County murder found to be incompetent to stand trial

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:12 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man that faced a murder charge out of Travis County was found to be incompetent to stand trial in February after a competency evaluation was performed.Records showed that 34-year-old Jose Fernando Martinez-Ruiz would be committed to a mental health facility or residential care facility for inpatient observation and treatment for a period not to exceed 120 days. PAST COVERAGE: 32-year-old arrested in stabbing death of man in northern Travis County The court said that committing Martinez-Ruiz to a mental health facility or residential care facility was not a result of any factual determination that the defendant is not a danger to himself or others.All of the documents made available to the court during the proceedings will be provided to the facility, according to records.Travis County court records showed Martinez-Ruiz faced charges for murder, as well as aggravated assault with a deadly weapon related to a May 2021 incident.

Can the big-ball Timberwolves guard in the playoffs? The early returns suggest not

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:12 GMT

For the second time in two games, the Timberwolves fell short in Friday’s Game 3 against the Nuggets because they couldn’t get stops. A team that when at its best in the regular season was a defensive juggernaut now looks helpless on that end of the floor in the first round of the playoffs.Part of the credit for that belongs with Denver, an offensive annihilator featuring the likes of Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr., who can all score 10 points in the blink of an eye. It’s nearly impossible to contain all three of them.Which made it all the more troublesome when the Nuggets got easy offense in Game 3 from Bruce Brown simply sizing up Karl-Anthony Towns at the top of the arc, and driving by the big man for easy buckets at the rim. Those are the types of plays that turn good offensive nights for a team into great ones, and vice versa for the defense.“I thought I saw a lot of 1 on 1 beats,” Timberwolves coach Chris Finch said. “You ...

Will Byron Buxton play in the field this season? ‘I don’t think anyone truly knows,’ Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:12 GMT

It was Byron Buxton jersey day at Target Field on Saturday, and fans who came to the park were able to watch the Twins star bat at the designated hitter.Again.Twenty games into the 2023 season, one of baseball’s best outfielders has yet to step on the grass for anything other than pregame drills. Are the Twins really going to DH Buxton all season?“I don’t know what I’m doing,” he said before Saturday’s 1:10 p.m. first pitch against Washington. “One day at a time.”Buxton was penciled in as the leadoff hitter against the Nationals. He woke up Saturday hitting .242 with two home runs, six RBIs, 11 walks and 25 strikeouts in 18 games. Hip and knee injuries limited him to 92 games last season, and his season was over on Aug. 22.It’s not a surprise that the Twins are being cautious with Buxton, who signed a seven-year, $100 million contract extension before the 2022 season. Plagued by injuries, he has played as many as 100 games only once in his career , 140 in 2017, but was the American ...

Humane Society seeks adopters amid a spike in seized and stray dogs

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:58:12 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Local humane societies are struggling as many are operating over capacity. While the number of strays and seized dogs is on the rise, adoption rates are trending in the opposite direction. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, approximately 6.3 million pets enter animal shelters in the United States every year. In just the first quarter of 2023, the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society is experiencing a 38% increase in stray and seized dogs.“This is not even our busiest time of year,” said CEO Ashley Jeffrey Bouck. “We expect to see spikes in strays during the summer months, but there has been no decrease in stray and seized dogs since reducing our contracts. We have 85 dog kennels and today there are 126 dogs in our care with 19 in foster homes. At the same time, adoptions are down by 25%.”Bouck points to a number of factors contributing...