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High school football roundup: Needham tops Natick in defensive-minded battle, 14-6

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:19 GMT

Tate Hoffmeister rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries as Needham defeated Natick 14-6 in the Bay State Conference.Stu Burnham and Max Finney each scored twice as Old Colony defeated Bristol-Plymouth 36-7 in the Mayflower League.Mason Nash took a punt return to the house and rushed for another touchdown, kicking off Jim Kelleher’s 50th and final season under the helm at Abington (1-0) with a 20-7 South Shore League win over Cohasset.Demetri Koutsouflakis scored the game-winning touchdown run with 9:49 left to give Winthrop a 13-7 nonleague win over Stoneham. … Todd Egan posed a dual threat for South Shore, passing for 111 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for two scores and 61 yards as the Vikings pulled away for a 33-12 win over Hull. … Ryan Doucette rushed for a pair of touchdowns and the defense returned two pick-6s to lead Winchester to a 31-0 victory over Newton South.A pair of touchdown completions in the third quarter rewarded a tremendous defensive eff...

TIFF’23: finestkind is a heartwarming film about family, felonies, and fish

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:19 GMT

The Fast and the Furious have told us this what now seems like thousands of times; it’s all about family. In the best case scenarios, family can get you through any measure of tough times or crisis. And that’s why we love them, they’re always supposed to be there for us. But family can be tough as well, and sometimes family is our struggle.finestkind was a fine film about family, with a great lead performance from Toby Wallace. An engaging crime thriller with excellent work from Tommy Lee Jones and Jenna Ortega. #TIFF23— James Mackin @ TIFF 23 (@JamesMackin10) September 9, 2023finestkind is a new film from Brian Helgeland (the director of Legend) about a family in Massachusetts who work in the commercial fishing industry. Two half-brothers who grew up in separate economic conditions reconnect, and the younger (played by Toby Wallace from Babyteeth) wants to join the older’s (played by Ben Foster from Hell or High Water) boat for the summer. He’s g...

Kim Jong Un hosts Chinese and Russian guests at a parade celebrating North Korea’s 75th anniversary

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:19 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea invited visiting Chinese delegates and Russian artists to a paramilitary parade featuring rocket launchers pulled by trucks and tractors, state media said Saturday, in leader Kim Jong Un’s latest effort to display his ties with Moscow and Beijing in the face of deepening confrontations with Washington.The midnight parade in the capital, Pyongyang, which was to celebrate North Korea’s 75th founding anniversary, came amid expectations that Kim will travel to Russia soon for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin that could focus on North Korean arm sales to refill reserves drained by the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine.While China has sent a delegation led by Vice Premier Liu Guozhong to the North Korea’s anniversary celebrations, Russia sent a military song and dance group.South Korean media speculated that the lack of Russian government officials at the festivities in Pyongyang could be related to preparations for a summit between Ki...

Powerful earthquake strikes Morocco, killing hundreds and damaging historic buildings in Marrakech

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:19 GMT

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing hundreds of people and damaging buildings from the historic city of Marrakech to villages in the Atlas Mountains. Men, women and children stayed out in the streets, fearing aftershocks. Morocco’s Interior Ministry said early Saturday that at least 296 people had died in the provinces near the quake. Additionally, 153 injured people were sent to hospitals for treatment. The ministry wrote that most damage occurred outside of cities and towns.The head of the town of Talat N’Yaaqoub, Abderrahim Ait Daoud, told Moroccan news site 2M that several homes in towns in the Al Haouz region had partly or totally collapsed, and electricity and roads were cut off in some places.He said authorities are working to clear roads in the province to allow passage for ambulances and aid to populations affected, but said large distances between mountain villages mean it will take time to learn the extent of the dam...

India hopes for progress on global agenda as G20 leaders meet despite rifts over the war in Ukraine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:19 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Leaders of many of the world’s biggest economies prepared to huddle in the Indian capital for the Group of Twenty summit Saturday, though growing global rifts and the absence of key players meant that reaching consensus on the thorniest issues could prove elusive.At least a fifth of G20 heads were not in New Delhi. The leaders of Russia and China opted not to come, ensuring no tough face-to-face conversations with their American and European counterparts over multiple disputes, most acutely the war in Ukraine. Spain’s president couldn’t make it due to COVID-19, and Mexico’s president decided to miss it, too. Host India hoped the proceedings would not be overshadowed by the European war. It wanted to devote more attention to addressing the needs of the developing world — though it is impossible to decouple many issues, such as food and energy security, from the Ukraine conflict.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made giving voice to the G...

New Mexico governor issues order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:19 GMT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday issued an emergency order suspending the right to carry firearms in public across Albuquerque and the surrounding county for at least 30 days in response to a spate of gun violence.The Democratic governor said she expects legal challenges but was compelled to act in response to gun deaths, including the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy outside a minor league baseball stadium this week.The firearms suspension, classified as an emergency public health order, applies to open and concealed carry in most public place, from city sidewalks to urban recreational parks.The restriction is tied to a threshold for violent crime rates currently only met by the Albuquerque area. Police and licensed security guards are exempt from the temporary ban.Violators could face civil penalties and a fine of up to $5,000, gubernatorial spokeswoman Caroline Sweeney said. The governor wants the order enforced by Albuquerque police, cou...

Westlake runs away with 64-0 win over Akins for 1st district win of the season

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:19 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Westlake notched their second consecutive shutout and opened district play in style with a 64-0 win over Akins on Friday at Chaparral Stadium.The Chaps led 21-0 after the first quarter and extended the lead to 44-0 by halftime. REPORT YOUR SCORE: We'd love to post your team's score on our website, but we need your help to do it. Email the score of your game to [email protected] and we'll get it on our websiteWestlake honored its 61 seniors in a ceremony before the game, and one of the seniors who hasn't seen the field a lot made one of the biggest plays of the game. With 1:25 left in the second quarter, Reagan Street turned what was a 5-yard out route into a 40-yard touchdown with pure grit and determination, breaking through two Akins defenders and then turning on the jets to the end zone. Following the point after, Westlake led 41-0 and then tacked on a 47-yard field goal by Spencer Barnett as time expired in the first half to lead 44-0 at the break.Junior Grady Barl...

High school football roundup: Defending state champs in three biggest classes all fall Friday

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:19 GMT

Totino-Grace 17, Simley 0: The Eagles (2-0) cemented themselves as a favorite to win state in Class 4A with a shutout of the defending state champs. All 17 of Totino-Grace’s points came in the first half.Life as a defending champion is proving difficult for many early this fall. Class 6A champ Maple Grove (1-1) fell 25-24 to Champlin Park on Friday after jumping out to an early 17-0 advantage, while Class 5A reigning champ Elk River went down 39-35 to Brainerd to drop to 0-2 on the year.Hastings 9, Two Rivers 7: A 42-yard field goal by Jack Sieben at the end of the first half put the Raiders up 9-7 and proved to be the difference after both teams went scoreless over the final two quarters.The Raiders (1-1) milked the clock away on their final drive of the contest, drawing the Warriors (1-1) offsides on a 4th-and-2 with fewer than two minutes to play to officially put the game away.Lakeville South 35, Farmington 14: Gaven Dean and Jonah Shine each tallied a pair of rushing touc...

Loss in Chicago drops Lynx to sixth in WNBA standings

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:19 GMT

A playoff berth secure, the Lynx are spending the final weekend of the regular season looking to gain some momentum.They’ll have another opportunity to do so Sunday.In what had the feel and intensity of a playoff game, the Lynx fell 92-87 Friday in Chicago.Napheesa Collier led the Lynx with 28 points and Diamond Miller added 24 on 10-of-11 shooting. Kayla McBride had 16 points and Dorka Juhász had 10 rebounds.The win clinched the final playoff spot for Chicago (17-22), while the Lynx (19-20) remain uncertain where they will finish the regular season. With Dallas beating Seattle, Minnesota knows it’ll be on the road Wednesday when the best-of-three opening round begins.Owning the head-to-head tiebreaker, Atlanta (19-20) has leapfrogged the Lynx into fifth place. A Minnesota win Sunday at Indiana (12-27) coupled with a Dream loss to Dallas would allow the Lynx to finish fifth and face the Wings (21-18). A sixth-place finish would mean a first-round matchup against Connecticut (27-12)....

High school football: Big plays help Lakeville North squeak past Rosemount

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:24:19 GMT

It took a couple of big plays for Lakeville North to go on the road and beat Rosemount in an early Metro-South showdown on Friday night — one that started the game and one that ended it.Panthers wide receiver Ayden Forsgren returned the opening kickoff 94 yards for a touchdown and linebacker Reece Hunt’s strip sack thwarted a late Irish comeback as Lakeville North improved to 2-0 with a 14-11 victory.The Panthers saw a 14-0 first-quarter lead hold up as they knocked off last season’s Class 6A runner-up.“The best coverage in football is the blitz,” Lakeville North head coach Brian Vossen said of the decision to send Hunt in around right end on a third-and-seven play from midfield with just over a minute to play.“We were sending pressure as often as we could, and we had a hard time getting there. They were doing a good job. But we made one little wrinkle on that edge blitz and Reece Hunt made a great play.“AJ Pacyga, who’s my nephew, got in there and dove on it. It was pretty awesome;...