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Wichita State’s McKinney top pick in AU softball draft

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:24:31 GMT

Wichita State’s Sydney McKinney was the No. 1 overall pick in the Athletes Unlimited softball draft on Monday night.McKinney, a middle infielder, leads the nation in batting this season with a .527 average through Sunday’s games. She also led the nation in batting last season. McKinney heads the 14 players invited to play in Athletes Unlimited’s AUX and Championship seasons this summer. UCLA’s Megan Faraimo, Kentucky’s Kayla Kowalik and Alabama’s Montana Fouts were the next three picks. Faraimo was the 2022 Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year and led the nation with 28 wins through Sunday’s games. Kowalik, a catcher, is a two-time Southeastern Conference All-Defensive team selection. Fouts, a pitcher, led the nation in strikeouts through Sunday’s action.Other selections were Florida State’s Kathryn Sandercock, Washington’s Baylee Klingler, Arkansas’ Chenise Delce, Oklahoma State’s Kiley Naomi and Rachel Becker, Oklahoma’s Alex Storako and Haley Lee, Arizona State’s Yannira Acuna, Flori...

School district promising change after alleged anti-Semitic incident

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:24:31 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A Cherry Creek School District parent is demanding change after an alleged anti-Semitic incident at a middle school.Rikki Mor wrote a letter to the superintendent and school board after she was told about an alleged incident involving a friend’s son, during school. Mor said it happened after students had watched a movie about the Holocaust."Some students rolled up their sleeves and, they had drawn swastikas on themselves,” she said. Mor read her letter, at Monday night’s school board meeting at Cherokee Trail High School.Mor has a daughter who attends Cherry Creek High School, which is also part of the Cherry Creek School District. Family, judge give emotional statements in Letecia Stauch trial She said she met with the superintendent earlier in the day on Monday. “We made a lot of, I think, inroads into how to make things better,” she added. One of the ways she hopes the environment gets better: through the creation of a task force, comprising administrators, pare...

Man convicted of killing corrections director fully freed

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:24:31 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who spent nearly three decades in prison for the 1989 killing of Oregon’s prisons director has been granted his full freedom. U.S. Magistrate Judge John V. Acosta ordered the Marion County murder indictment against Frank Gable be dismissed on Monday and prohibited the state from retrying him in the death of Oregon prison chief Michael Francke, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported. “The state or any court is “BARRED from rearresting, reindicting or retrying Petitioner for the murder of Michael Francke,” Acosta wrote in a brief order. A full opinion is expected later.Gable’s sister Francine Sinnett told the newspaper she learned about the decision from her brother: “He just called and said it’s over.”“He’s ecstatic. I’m ecstatic. It’s such a load off of your soul,” she said.Gable left prison in 2019 after the judge found that the trial court made an error in excluding evidence of third-party guilt. The ruling came after multiple witnesses recanted ...

Israel kills 3 from Islamic Jihad in targeted Gaza strikes

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:24:31 GMT

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel killed three senior commanders of the militant Islamic Jihad group in targeted airstrikes early Tuesday, the military said. Palestinian health officials said 12 people were killed in all, including the commanders, their wives, several of their children and others nearby.The strikes hit the top floor of an apartment building in Gaza City and a house in the southern city of Rafah. The Palestinian Health ministry said 20 people were injured, and that ambulances were continuing to evacuate people from the targeted areas.Airstrikes continued in the early hours, targeting militant training sites.In the past, Palestinian militant groups in Gaza have retaliated for such targeted killings. In anticipation of Palestinian rocket attacks in response to the airstrikes, the Israeli military advised residents of communities within 25 miles (40 kilometers) of Gaza to stay close to designated bomb shelters. The military said the three targeted men had been respons...

China exports up 8.5% in April in unexpected climb

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:24:31 GMT

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese exports grew in April by 8.5% to $295.4 billion compared with a year earlier, in spite of weakening global demand.But imports shrank at a faster pace, with the total slumping 7.9% to $205.2 billion compared to the same time last year, according to data from the General Administration of Customs. The Associated Press

Emergency declared, student missing in New Zealand floods

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:24:31 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Authorities in Auckland declared a state of emergency Tuesday as flooding again hit New Zealand’s largest city.Further north in the city of Whangārei, a high school student was missing after a school group that was exploring caves got into trouble when floodwaters hit.Fire and emergency crews said they had responded to more than 200 calls, most of them in Auckland. Many were for floodwaters entering buildings, but they had also responded to landslides, falling trees and trapped cars.Severe weather has plagued the North Island this year. In January, four people were killed when floodwaters hit Auckland. In February, 11 people died when Cyclone Gabrielle hit. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said it was a difficult time for the region.“We will get through this. We will support Auckland through it,” he told reporters. “We know that it’s tough coming on top of everything else that they’ve been dealing with, but right now my request to people ...

Dubai main airport sees over 21.2M passengers in early 2023

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:24:31 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai International Airport had over 21.2 million passengers pass through its terminals in the first quarter of the year, potentially nearing numbers it saw before the coronavirus pandemic grounded air traffic around the world. The Dubai airport, the home of the long-haul carrier Emirates, is the world’s busiest for international travel and serves as a bellwether for the global aviation industry. “DXB’s performance in the first quarter has exceeded our expectations and reflects the strong growth in demand that we are continuing to see across our key markets,” Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, said in a statement, using its three-letter airport code.With China further easing travel restrictions and Saudi Arabia lifting all pandemic restrictions for the yearly hajj pilgrimage, Dubai International Airport likely will see millions more passengers come through the key East-West transit point.The airport said Tuesday it had increased its 2023 ...

Has tip-flation reached its peak?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:24:31 GMT

Grabbing that lunchtime coffee and sandwich is likely costing you a little more these days as Canadians contend with what’s been dubbed ‘tip-flation.’ Not only are tip expectations higher, the tip prompt screens seem to be popping up more often and in unexpected places. But according to one University of Victoria professor who has conducted research on tipping practices, the tide could be turning. “In the last few years we’ve seen a big shift in where and how we tip in Canada and I think that’s given rise to a lot of reflection among people about what role tipping should play when we compensate people in our country,” said Simon Pek, Associate Professor at the Gustavson School of Business. Earlier this year, an Angus-Reid poll found that the majority of Canadians (59 per cent) would prefer to do away with tipping altogether in favour of a ‘service-included’ model and higher base wages for employees. It is a significant change, according to Pek, who says this perspective ...

Projections: Texas baseball could be on the road to start NCAA tournament

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:24:31 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — With two weeks left in the regular season and still mathematically in the Big 12 Conference title race, the Texas Longhorns baseball team has to get some help if they want the regular season title. According to two major college baseball publications, they also need some help to be a regional host in the NCAA tournament.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersBoth D1Baseball.com and Baseball America prognosticators think, as of right now, that the Longhorns are going to hit the road when the regional tournaments roll around in early June. The selection committee will make their picks at 11 a.m., May 29, and the formula for the Longhorns to flip the script is simple — just win. Baseball America periodically updates its projections for the entire field of 64 teams and in their latest update May 3, they have the Longhorns staying close to home, at least. The outle...

Nassau County men convicted of kidnapping, severely beating Schenectady man

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:24:31 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Three men were convicted of kidnapping and severely beating a man in Schenectady in October 2021. The Schenectady County District Attorney's Office said Dwayne Henderson, 26, Danny Harrell, 21, and Dieago Harrell, 19, beat up a man and posted the video on Snapchat. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Around 11 a.m. on October 25, 2021, the three men went to the victim's Schenectady home, kidnapped him, and took him to a home on Albany Street. Officials said the victim was held there for 22 hours where he was beaten, stomped on, and a dog was encouraged to bite him several times.The man was abducted after he drove Henderson to the hospital the day before for stomach pains. Henderson gave the victim a bag of drugs that was supposed to go to Danny. Henderson and Danny, however, decided the victim stole the drugs and kidnapped him with the help of Dieago.Police were alerted to the videos on Snapchat an...