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‘You never know until the last step if it’s some kind of scam’: DC Police urge caution after online marketplace robberies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:20 GMT

A Northeast D.C. man has been arrested for robbing multiple victims he met through Facebook Marketplace.D.C. police Fifth District Commander Sylvan Altieri says police arrested 19-year-old Elijah Porter without incident after he robbed four separate victims who fell for digital selling scams.“Sometimes he posed as a seller, sometimes he posed as a buyer,” Altieri explained. “If he was a seller, he’d rob victims of their money. If he was a buyer, he’d rob them of their items.”Altieri said the first robbery occurred in Northeast D.C. back in early November. Then, another happened close by, just a week later.“Once we got two — once it was in the same block, and it was Facebook Marketplace both times — we realized it was probably going to be a pattern,” Altieri told WTOP.Two more robberies and a partial photo snapped by a victim led police to execute a search warrant and take Porter in.“We were able to uncover evidence from the last robbery,” Altieri said. ...

Green scores 26 as Rockets beat Nuggets 114-106 for 1st road win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:20 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Jalen Green scored 26 points, Fred VanVleet had 25 and the Houston Rockets withstood a furious Denver rally to beat the Nuggets 114-106 on Friday night for their first road win of the season.Houston dropped its first eight games on the road before handing Denver its first loss at home in 10 games. The Nuggets have dropped three in a row while NBA Finals MVP Nikola Jokic continues to struggle with his shot. He finished with 23 points and 16 rebounds but was 9 for 26 from the field and is 18 of 59 over the last two games.Alperen Sengun had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Dillon Brooks scored 16 for the Rockets, who nearly squandered a 25-point lead in the fourth quarter. They missed their last 11 shots from the field over the final 8:26 and went more than six minutes without scoring after leading 103-78.Denver ran off 18 straight points to get within 103-96 late but Houston scored its final 11 points from the foul line to hold on.Jamal Murray scored 21 points and Michael P...

Panthers hand Penguins 4th straight loss with 3-1 win

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:20 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots, Eetu Luostarinen got the go-ahead goal in the third period and the Florida Panthers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on Friday night.Oliver Ekman-Larsson also scored a goal and Anton Lundell had two assists for the Panthers, who have won three of their last four games. Aleksander Barkov got an empty-netter to seal the win for Florida.Former Panthers forward Reilly Smith scored for Pittsburgh, which has dropped a season-high four straight to fall to 11-12-4. Tristan Jarry stopped 30 shots for the Penguins.OILERS 4, WILD 3EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Evan Bouchard had two goals and an assist and Edmonton got its sixth straight win.Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each had a goal and an assist, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had four assists as for the Oilers, who have won nine of 12. Stuart Skinner had 17 saves.Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist, and Joel Eriksson Ek and Connor Dewar also scored as the Wild lost their second straight foll...

Today in History: ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ premieres

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:20 GMT

Today in HistoryToday is Saturday, Dec. 9, the 343rd day of 2023. There are 22 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:In 1965, “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” the first animated TV special featuring characters from the “Peanuts” comic strip by Charles M. Schulz, premiered on CBS.On this date:In 1854, Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s famous poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” was published in England.In 1911, an explosion inside the Cross Mountain coal mine near Briceville, Tennessee, killed 84 workers. In 1917, British forces captured Jerusalem from the Ottoman Turks.In 1987, the first Palestinian intefadeh, or uprising, began as riots broke out in Gaza and spread to the West Bank, triggering a strong Israeli response.In 1990, Solidarity founder Lech Walesa (lek vah-WEN’-sah) won Poland’s presidential runoff by a landslide.In 1992, Britain’s Prince Charles and Princess Diana announced their separation. (The couple’s divorce became final in August 1996.)In 2000, the U-S Supreme ...

Bulls overcome Wembanyama’s big night to to hand Spurs 16th straight loss, 121-112

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:20 GMT

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Having played for San Antonio under Gregg Popovich, Chicago Bulls All-Star DeMar DeRozan knows the Spurs should eventually be OK.But for now, the Spurs are suffering another historic skid even as No. 1 pick Victor Wembanyama continues to shine.Colby White had 24 points and the Chicago Bulls overcame Wembanyama’s big night to hand the Spurs their franchise record-tying 16th straight loss, 121-112 on Friday.Wembanyama had 21 points and 20 rebounds as the Spurs matched the franchise record they set last season. At 19, Wembanyama is the youngest player in league history with 20 points and 20 rebounds in a game. “They’ve got everything else,” DeRozan said. “Experience really becomes a critical thing late in the game and in certain key moments throughout the game. That goes a long way for a young team like that. They’re going to have it. They’re going to get it. The experience that they’re gaining. I know it sucks for them right now losing, but with that you gain experi...

Bouchard scores twice to lead Oilers to 4-3 win over Wild for 6th straight victory

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:20 GMT

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Evan Bouchard had two goals and an assist and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota Wild 4-3 on Friday night for their sixth straight win.Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl each had a goal and an assist, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had four assists as for the Oilers, who have won nine of 12. Stuart Skinner had 17 saves.Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist, and Joel Eriksson Ek and Connor Dewar also scored as the Wild lost their second straight following a four-game win streak. Marcus Johansson and Brock Faber each had two assists, and Marc-Andre Fleury finished with 36 saves.With the Oilers on a power play, Bouchard got his second of the night at 1:32 of the third period as he got a centering pass from Draisaitl and fired a one-timer through traffic past Fleury for a 4-3 lead. It was his seventh goal of the season.Bouchard got the Oilers on the scoreboard first with 4:44 left in the opening period to extend his point streak to 10 games. After Edmonton had a coupl...

Fox scores 28 of 34 points in 2nd half, Kings pull away late to beat the Suns 114-106

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:20 GMT

PHOENIX (AP) — De’Aaron Fox scored 28 of his 34 points in the second half, Domantas Sabonis added 15 points and 17 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings pulled away late to beat the Phoenix Suns 114-106 on Friday night.The Kings won their third straight game in the series. Devin Booker led the Suns with 28 points on 10-of-14 shooting and added seven rebounds and seven assists.The short-handed Suns — playing without stars Kevin Durant (ankle) and Bradley Beal (back) — led 59-50 at halftime after a 13-3 run to end the second quarter. Booker shot 7 of 9 from the field before the break, scoring 18 points. Sabonis led the Kings with 10.The Kings flipped the advantage in hurry, taking an 83-71 lead into the fourth quarter. Phoenix scored just 12 points in the third, struggling to find opportunities for the double-teamed Booker.Sacramento pushed ahead by 15 early in the fourth but the Suns hit four straight 3-pointers to stay in the game. The Kings would remain in control — partly becaus...

What is carbon capture and why does it keep coming up at COP28?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:20 GMT

The future of fossil fuels is at the center of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where many activists, experts and nations are calling for an agreement to phase out the oil, gas and coal responsible for warming the planet. On the other side: energy companies and oil-rich nations with plans to keep drilling well into the future.In the background of those discussions are carbon capture and carbon removal, technologies most, if not all, producers are counting on to meet their pledges to get to net-zero emissions. Skeptics worry the technology is being oversold to allow the industry to maintain the status quo.“The industry needs to commit to genuinely helping the world meet its energy needs and climate goals – which means letting go of the illusion that implausibly large amounts of carbon capture are the solution,” International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol said before the start of talks.WHAT EXACTLY IS CARBON CAPTURE?Lots of industrial facilities like coal-fir...

Wild lose second straight game, and maybe a top defenseman

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:20 GMT

EDMONTON, Alberta — The Wild were weathering their first rough spot under new head coach John Hynes, tied with the red-hot Oilers, 3-3, in the third period after a listless first period that ended with a one-goal deficit.But the Wild rallied quickly with a three-goal second period, a good sign after Thursday night’s 2-0 loss at Vancouver, the team’s first shutout loss of the season, and first loss in five games under Hynes.Especially after arriving here in the wee hours of the morning.“I didn’t have any problem with the effort,” Hynes said after a 4-3 loss at Edmonton’s Rogers Place. “I thought we were up against it coming into the game, and that’s what the schedule is. But I really liked the compete and the battle that we had.”The game turned on a dime early in the third period when Edmonton’s Evander Kane used his shoulder to slam Minnesota defenseman Jonas Brodin into the end boards, a reckless hit that could easily have put the Wild on a power play in a tie game.Inst...

California couple prints Kobe Bryant grass mural using only air

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:27:20 GMT

After the death of basketball star, Kobe Bryant, fans continue finding creative ways to honor his legacy. A California couple used their own special technology to print a 115-foot by 92-foot Kobe Bryant mural on grass using only air. The image features Bryant in his Los Angeles Lakers jersey holding a basketball.Using a lawn mower, the grass image was printed at a park in Pleasanton using AirPrint technology from the couple’s company, New Ground Technology, which gently bends the grass towards or away from the viewer to make the dark and light contrast to create the grass imagery. According to USA Today, Kelli Pearson created the design by using several pictures of Bryant, and her husband, Pete Davis, loaded the image into a specialized lawn mower as he brought it to life.CA couple prints Kobe Bryant grass mural using only air (New Ground Technology)The couple posted a video of the image creation process on their company’s YouTube channel on Wednesday. "This tragedy came a...