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Brooks Koepka delivers another major performance to win PGA

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:34:49 GMT

PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — All those injuries that made Brooks Koepka wonder if he was still among golf’s elite were put to rest Sunday at Oak Hill when he beat the strongest field of the year and won the PGA Championship for his fifth major title.Determined as ever to restore his reputation as the player to beat in the majors, Koepka ran off three quick birdies early, never lost the lead amid a gritty fight from Viktor Hovland and closed with a 3-under 67 for a two-shot victory.He won his third Wanamaker Trophy — only Jack Nicklaus and Walter Hagen with five and Tiger Woods with four have won the PGA Championship more time — and captured his first major in four years.And to think the 18 months Koepka was so wounded he felt he couldn’t compete, a decision that might have led to him leaving the PGA Tour for Saudi-funded LIV Golf in a shocking move last June after the U.S. Open.In the Netflix series “Full Swing” that began aired earlier this year, he was quoted as saying his c...

Miami hit-and-run leads to police-involved crash; officer hurt

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:34:49 GMT

A City of Miami Police officer encountered danger on duty after a hit-and-run led to another crash.Miami Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the officer-involved crash near Northwest 58th Street and 17th Avenue, at around 11:30 a.m., Sunday.Investigators said the hit-and-run took place in the area of Northwest 54th Street and 17th Avenue.Following that first collision, police said, the victim of the hit-and-run started chasing the other driver, who ended up crashing into a Miami Police patrol vehicle.The officer involved was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Small plane pilot OK after landing gear malfunction at North Perry Airport

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:34:49 GMT

A pilot faced some plane problems while trying to land at North Perry Airport in Pembroke Pines.Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue crews responded to the airport, located at 101 SW 777th Way, Sunday afternoon.Officials said a small plane that had taken off from Jacksonville earlier in the day had a landing gear malfunction right after it touched down safely for its landing.The pilot, who officials believe was the only person on board, was not injured.

Cooler and drier air moving in

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:34:49 GMT

After a warm and sunny end to the weekend, some cooler and drier air is set to move in to start the work week. On Monday expect temperatures in the 60s, with 50s likely on the coastline as a northeasterly wind takes over during the afternoon.Tuesday will be a little warmer but still in the 60s, 50s along the coastline. We warm up considerably Wednesday as winds shift out of the west, reaching the upper 70s for most of the area.

Explosion in Kingston sends person to hospital with serious injuries; resident was allegedly ‘manufacturing fireworks in the basement’

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:34:49 GMT

An explosion in Kingston sent a person to the hospital with serious injuries on Sunday after the resident was allegedly “manufacturing fireworks in the basement,” according to officials.The explosion happened at a home on Nobadeer Circle in the Plymouth County town.“The Kingston Fire Department, along with the Kingston Massachusetts Police Department, Massachusetts State Fire Marshal’s Office and Mass State Police Bomb squad, is operating at a residence on Nobadeer Circle after an explosion sent a resident to a Boston hospital with serious injuries,” Kingston Fire & Emergency Management wrote on social media.“It is believed the occupant was manufacturing fireworks in the basement,” Kingston Fire & Emergency Management added.Residents were told to avoid the area while the investigation was underway.

SpaceX sends Saudi astronauts, including nation’s 1st woman in space, to International Space Station

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:34:49 GMT

By MARCIA DUNN (AP Aerospace Writer)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight Sunday.SpaceX launched the ticket-holding crew, led by a retired NASA astronaut now working for the company that arranged the trip. Also on board: a U.S. businessman who now owns a sports car racing team.The four should reach the space station in their capsule Monday morning; they’ll spend just over a week there before returning home with a splashdown off the Florida coast.Sponsored by the Saudi Arabian government, Rayyanah Barnawi, a stem cell researcher, became the first woman from the kingdom to go to space. She was joined by Ali al-Qarni, a fighter pilot with the Royal Saudi Air Force.They’re the first from their country to ride a rocket since a Saudi prince launched aboard shuttle Discovery in 1985. In a quirk of timing, they’ll be greeted at the station ...

Celtics’ Derrick White returns to starting lineup for critical Game 3 against Heat

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:34:49 GMT

MIAMI — Under dire circumstances in Game 6 against Philadelphia, Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla moved Robert Williams back into the starting lineup, a shift that helped turn the series.Facing a similar situation – down 2-0 heading into Sunday’s Game 3 – Mazzulla changed it back. The Celtics returned to the smaller starting lineup that they played with for most of the regular season, inserting Derrick White in place of Robert WilliamsThe lineup change wasn’t much of a surprise after Mazzulla went back to start the second half of Game 2, when the Celtics started strong and ultimately turned a four-point halftime deficit into an eight-point lead entering the fourth quarter.“I thought it gave us a different look,” Mazzulla said. “I thought we were able to change the matchups a little bit. I thought we got off to a good start.”Part of the thought process to moving back into the starting lineup was to help the Celtics get into their spacing better offensively after some tough stretches with t...

Massachusetts weather forecast: ‘A lot of uncertainty’ for Memorial Day weekend

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:34:49 GMT

Planning to relax on a Cape beach or heading to a cookout over Memorial Day weekend? Keep a close eye on the weather forecast because there’s a good amount of uncertainty about whether it will be rainy for the unofficial start of summer.It should be a fairly quiet weather week ahead for Massachusetts, but the National Weather Service said there’s “still a fair amount of uncertainty heading into Memorial Day weekend.”Both Saturday and Sunday have the potential for rain.“There’s a lot of uncertainty when it comes to next weekend,” Torry Gaucher, meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Boston office, told the Herald on Sunday.“The guidance isn’t in the best of agreement,” he added. “So it’s a little too soon to put any fine details on next weekend’s forecast at this point, unfortunately.”Ahead of the holiday weekend, dry and quiet weather is expected through a good portion of Wednesday.It ...

First Cape Cod shark sighting of the season as great white chomps on seal: ‘Graphic content warning’

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:34:49 GMT

Great white sharks are starting to make their way back to the Cape ahead of Memorial Day, as one of the apex predators put on quite the show for those out on the water this weekend.The first confirmed white shark sighting of the season was reported on Saturday when a shark chomped on a seal off of Provincetown. The shark was seen by those on board the Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch.Passengers were surprised with an early season white shark predation of a seal.“GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING,” Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch wrote on Instagram. “Today’s 10am trip was left in awe when we encountered a large great white shark predating a juvenile gray seal on Stellwagen Bank.”The shark’s meal of the seal lasted for about 7 minutes. Those on board estimated that the apex predator was more than 12-feet long.“We’ve shared the video with shark researchers who have confirmed this is the first eyewitness confirmation of a predation this season,” the Dolphi...

Thousands ride for veterans wounded in Afghan withdrawal

Published Mon, 16 Dec 2024 11:34:49 GMT

This year’s “Wounded Vet Run,” the 12th and most well attended since its start, according to organizers, was aimed specifically at raising money to help five U.S. Marines who were seriously injured during the deadly withdrawal from America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan.Tyler Vargas-Andrews was one of them.A sniper who volunteered to serve his country more than a decade and a half after the bloody war following the events of 9/11 began, Vargas-Andrews was one of the last Americans deployed in Afghanistan when, in the midst of the chaotic and much criticized evacuation, a suicide bomber attacked Kabul Airport, killing more than 100 Afghan civilians and 13 of Vargas-Andrews’ fellow servicemembers.Vargas-Andrews was himself “catastrophically wounded,” he told Congress when testifying about that day, his right arm and left leg lost due to the blast.On Sunday, despite those injuries, Vargas-Andrews was standing tall as fellow veterans gathered to ride in his honor and in support of o...