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NCAA to operate a 2nd women’s postseason tourney for teams that don’t make NCAA Tournament

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:07 GMT

The NCAA announced Monday it is creating another women’s college basketball tournament that it will operate like the men’s NIT as a second option for 32 teams that do not make the NCAA Tournament.The Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament, which will be first held this season, brings the men’s and women’s NCAA postseason opportunities to an equal number. An NCAA-operated second option for women was one of the key focuses of an external gender equity report on the NCAA.Women’s teams that didn’t make the NCAA Tournament in the past had the opportunity to play in an independently operated WNIT — with a 64-team field — in which teams bid to host games and paid most of their own travel expenses.Hosting in that tournament could cost a school tens of thousands of dollars if they advanced far enough.This past season was the 25th anniversary of that tournament, which saw Kansas beat Columbia for the championship. The women’s NIT has been a nice springboa...

Arrest in Gilgo Beach killings isn’t end of investigation, police say. Other deaths remain unsolved

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:07 GMT

MASSAPEQUA PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Detectives on Long Island are hunting for fresh clues about architect arrested in connection with a string of murders known as the Gilgo Beach killings. They’re combing through storage units linked to Rex Heuermann and using DNA evidence to see if he’s connected to other cold cases.The ongoing work Monday marks an important new phase in a multi-agency investigation that — after years of dead ends and frustrations — led prosecutors to charge Heuermann with murder last Friday in the deaths of three of the 11 women whose remains were found buried along a remote beach highway in 2010 and 2011.Heuermann, who has lived for decades across a bay from where the remains were found, is also considered the prime suspect in the killing of a fourth victim. He has pleaded not guilty. His lawyer said Heuermann denied committing the crimes.Investigators have said it’s unlikely just one person killed all of the victims, and they insist the probe is far from over after the...

Judge temporarily blocks Iowa’s new ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, making them legal again for now

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:07 GMT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Judge temporarily blocks Iowa’s new ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, making them legal again for now.Source

Denver weather: Sizzling summer temps to cool with return of rain

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:07 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Temperatures soared to the middle and upper 90s in Denver weather making a hot start to the workweek. Rain chances will increase in the coming days reducing the heat according to the Pinpoint Weather team, Colorado’s Most Accurate Forecast.Rain chances for the week ahead from Pinpoint WeatherWeather tonight: Passing clouds and mild nightThere will be some clouds moving across Denver and the Front Range Monday evening and overnight. There is a low chance for an isolated shower in the Colorado mountains and maybe a stray shower along the northern border near Wyoming and Nebraska. The wind will be fairly light in most places. Temperatures will be mild to warm during the overnight hours with the coolest readings in the high country.Forecast overnight lows by Tuesday morning across ColoradoWeather tomorrow: A few storms and hotTemperatures are forecast to reach the 90s again in metro Denver and along the Front Range. Afternoon highs in most places in northeast Colorado do...

Aurora Police Department launches new program to track speeders

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:07 GMT

AURORA, Colo. (KDVR) -- The Aurora Police Department launched a photo speed enforcement pilot program to crack down on speeding in the city."They'll measure the vehicle coming at them they'll take a photograph, a short time later they'll take another photograph, and then a photograph as it leaves the area," Lt. Carrigan Bennett, who oversees the program, said. Aurora to vote on ending agreement with Denver Police Aurora’s program will feature vehicles equipped with advanced laser systems capable of pinpointing a speeding vehicle, even on a multi-lane road. The vehicles will operate seven days a week and will be placed near schools, work zones, parks and busy residential roads. The photo enforcement vehicles will move frequently based on trouble spots and citizen complaints."In an ideal world we wouldn't issue a single violation because everyone would slow down before they got to the vehicle. Unfortunately, we know that's not the case," Bennett said.Photo enforcement vehicles will ...

Family of man fatally shot in Pompano Beach pleads for the public’s help in finding killer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:07 GMT

Weeks after a South Florida man was shot and killed, the victim’s family is desperate for answers. His loved ones want to make sure the case does not go cold, and now, they’re making a passionate plea to the public. On Monday, the victim’s mother, Bernadette Lucas, pleads for someone to come forward in the murder of her son 35-year-old, Donelle Hunter. “Saying something. Please,” she said. “Please I beg you, to say something,” said Lucas.The incident happened on July 1, after 6 a.m., near a Pompano Beach corner store at Northwest 17th Terrace and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard where Hunter was shot near his home. “I can’t get grips to why you shoot him in the back, he was right down the street,” said Lucas. ” When I get there, he was talking, he said, ‘Mom, I will be alright, mom I’m OK’Hunter would end up succumbing to his wounds at the hospital.“He was quiet, he was cool, he would never raise his voice, he w...

‘Something out of a horror movie’: Mother, man accused of imprisoning children in Milwaukee home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:07 GMT

MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A Milwaukee mother and another man are facing felony charges for allegedly imprisoning two children in their home for years.In Milwaukee County intake court Monday, July 17, the assistant district attorney described this situation like something out of a horror movie. Neighbors told investigators they saw two children running through the streets covered in feces and blood.A child witness said the children — two boys ages 7 and 9 — “were acting like cavemen, like they had never seen the sun before.”Katie Koch, 34, is the mother of the children.Joel Manke, 38, is schedule to go through intake court in connection to the case; he’s facing four felony counts.The state said it has a very strong case.Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Mallory Davis said, the children were essentially confined to their room for much of their lives. The windows were boarded up and doors were locked from the outside. Responding officers describe...

It’s official: Taylor Swift has more No. 1 albums than any woman in history

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:07 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Congratulations are in order for Taylor Swift and her loyal fans, known as Swifties. The pop star officially has more No. 1 albums than any woman in history.“Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)”, released earlier this month, is the third in her endeavor to re-record her first six albums, instigated by music manager Scooter Braun’s sale of her early catalog. It has officially debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, becoming her 12th album to reach the top spot.Previously, Barbra Streisand held the record, with 11 No. 1 albums.Swift ties Drake’s record of 12 No. 1 records, but sits just behind Jay-Z, who has 14 No. 1 albums to his name, and the Beatles, who have 19.In addition to hitting this incredible milestone, Swift has 2023’s biggest album release to date, with 716,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate. An impressive 506,600 are in traditional album sales (a combination of 410,000 physical and 96,600 digital sales.)With those figures, Swif...

Police rescue 2 men and dog after boat explosion

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:07 GMT

GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Two men and a dog were rescued following a boat explosion Monday in Gloucester Harbor.Gloucester Police Chief Ed Conley said both men were taken to Beverly Hospital. Their conditions were not released.Conley shared photos and video of the boat engulfed in flames not far from shore.It is not yet clear what caused the explosion.No further information is currently available.

After record-breaking rain, Boston Harbor has a public health warning; more flood watches for Massachusetts with downpours on the way

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:54:07 GMT

The record-breaking deluge of rain over the weekend has sparked a public health warning for Boston Harbor due to sewage discharge, while flood watches are yet again in effect for the Bay State with more downpours on the way.Between the relentless rain, tropical humidity and smoke from wildfires, this has truly been the summer from hell.The torrential rain from Sunday led to a daily rainfall record in the city, as 1.6 inches of rain was measured at Boston Logan International Airport, smashing the previous record for July 16 of 0.97 inches of rain in 2000.The intense rain also sparked sewage discharge in Boston Harbor, also known as a combined sewer overflow (CSO). A CSO occurs when a large storm overwhelms the combined sewerage system, causing rainwater to mix with wastewater and discharge to a nearby waterway. This prevents sewage backups into homes and businesses.“Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Outflow MWR203, located in the Upper Inner Harbor, upstream of North Wash...