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Bucks, Grizzlies, Cavs hope home helps stave off elimination

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:36:28 GMT

The Milwaukee Bucks, Memphis Grizzlies and Cleveland Cavaliers are hoping there’s truly no place like home. The teams that earned home-court advantage in the first round of the NBA playoffs risk having their seasons end Wednesday night on their home floors. Of the four games on tap, only Sacramento is guaranteed of playing on among the four Game 5s on tap. “We’ve just got to go home and win a game,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. “We’ve talked about it in the locker room. We’ve got to go to Milwaukee and win a game. Life is not complicated. That’s what we’ve got to go do.”Milwaukee has never rallied from a 3-1 deficit in 10 previous tries. Now the Bucks are trying to avoid becoming the fourth No. 1 overall seed in the NBA playoffs — in a format used since 1984 — to go out in Round 1, joining Chicago (2012), Dallas in 2007 and Seattle in 1994.The Grizzlies earned the Western Conference’s No. 2 seed by posting the NBA’s best home record since Golden State in 2016...

Vardy scores late for Leicester in 1-1 draw with Leeds

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:36:28 GMT

LEEDS, England (AP) — Jamie Vardy came off the bench to equalize for Leicester in a 1-1 draw against Premier League relegation rival Leeds on Tuesday.The veteran striker had been on the field for only 10 minutes at Elland Road when he fired the ball past Illan Meslier in the 80th for his first league goal since October.Leeds had taken the lead through Luis Sinisterra’s header in the 20th but had to settle for a point after extending its winless run to four games.The result means the Yorkshire club remains in 16th place, a point above 17th-place Leicester.While Vardy’s goal was reward for Leicester’s second-half pressure, Patrick Bamford wasted a golden chance to snatch victory for Leeds in the final minute as he missed from a meter out at the back post.Leeds went in front when Jack Harrison tricked his way into space on the right and crossed to the far post for Sinisterra to score his fifth league goal of the season with a downward header before limping off in the 32nd.M...

Community Financial: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:36:28 GMT

WALDORF, Md. (AP) — WALDORF, Md. (AP) — The Community Financial Corp. (TCFC) on Tuesday reported net income of $7.3 million in its first quarter.The bank, based in Waldorf, Maryland, said it had earnings of $1.30 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $1.34 per share.The holding company for Community Bank of the Chesapeake posted revenue of $28.7 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $20.5 million, beating Street forecasts._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on TCFC at https://www.zacks.com/ap/TCFCSource

Dani Alves permanecerá en prisión por persistente riesgo de fuga tras presunta violación hacia una joven

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:36:28 GMT

BARCELONA, España- La Fiscalía de Barcelona se ha opuesto a dejar en libertad provisional al exjugador del Barça Dani Alves, como su defensa pidió la semana pasada, al considerar que persiste el riesgo de que el futbolista trate de huir para eludir la acción de la justicia.Según han informado fuentes del ministerio público, la fiscal del caso ha presentado un informe ante el juzgado de instrucción número 15 de Barcelona en el que mantiene que no han cambiado las circunstancias respecto al pasado 20 de enero, cuando Alves entró en prisión acusado de violar a una joven en la discoteca Sutton, por lo que se mantiene el riesgo de fuga.Tras recabar el posicionamiento de las partes, la magistrada instructora debe decidir ahora si accede a la petición de la defensa de Alves y lo deja en libertad provisional, con las medidas cautelares que crea oportunas, una resolución que podrá ser recurrida ante la Audiencia de Barcelona.DEFENSA SOLICITA LIBERTAD PROVISIONALLa defensa de Alves pidió la s...

How many warnings have been issued to speeders by some new Fairfax Co. speed cameras?

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:36:28 GMT

Over 1,000 warnings were issued to speeders in the first two months since new speed cameras were installed in some Fairfax County, Virginia, school zones.In a community newsletter, Board of Supervisors Chairman Jeff McKay said 1,200 drivers received warnings between February and April 10.The speed cameras were put up in eight school zones across the county and in one construction zone.On April 10, drivers started getting tickets for speeding.McKay said the point of the speed cameras isn’t to raise revenue but to change driver behavior.“I would like to see not a single penny come from this program,” McKay wrote. “We only hope to change driver behavior and promote safer roadways throughout the County.”The speed cameras were placed after county officials surveyed five school zones in 2022 and discovered that thousands of drivers went 10 mph or more above the speed limit.The cameras can be found near the following schools:Chesterbrook Elementary School: Kir...

Timberland Bancorp: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:36:28 GMT

HOQUIAM, Wash. (AP) — HOQUIAM, Wash. (AP) — Timberland Bancorp Inc. (TSBK) on Tuesday reported earnings of $6.7 million in its fiscal second quarter.On a per-share basis, the Hoquiam, Washington-based company said it had net income of 80 cents.The holding company for Timberland Bank posted revenue of $22 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $19.8 million._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on TSBK at https://www.zacks.com/ap/TSBKSource

Taliban have killed mastermind of 2021 bombing outside Kabul airport, victims’ relatives tell AP after US briefings

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:36:28 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Taliban have killed mastermind of 2021 bombing outside Kabul airport, victims’ relatives tell AP after US briefings.Source

Denver weather: Rain, storms, snow on Tuesday night

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:36:28 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay soggy Tuesday night into Wednesday with scattered showers and storms, cool temperatures and mostly cloudy skies. Tuesday and Wednesday will be a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day, and there's another chance for precipitation later in the week.Weather tonight: Storms, lightningThe rain on Tuesday afternoon will start as thunderstorms due to warm temperatures and will transition to rain showers by Tuesday evening as temperatures cool.The biggest threat during the afternoon in the lower elevations will be lightning. Some of the rain showers will turn to snow in the foothills and south across the Palmer Divide overnight. Temperatures will fall into the 30s on the Front Range. Weather tomorrow: Morning snow, rainScattered snow showers will continue above about 6,000 feet Wednesday morning, with rain showers in the lower elevations. There will be some slushy road conditions along the Palmer Divide and into the foothills and mountains. Most of the Denver...

Denver officer sued by 4 bystanders struck by his bullets

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:36:28 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Four people injured when Denver police officers shot a suspect in a crowded area of LoDo last year are now suing one of the officers.According to the lawsuit, Bailey Alexander, Yekalo Weldehiwet, Willis Small IV and Mark Bess, all bystanders, were injured when Officer Brandon Ramos fired two bullets meant for a suspect he saw holding a gun, 22-year-old Jordan Waddy. Victims identified in double homicide at Denver restaurant Six people were injured in the shooting, including the four bystanders who filed this lawsuit in Denver District Court."This officer fired into a crowd of more than 100 people and shot [six] of us. We were all struck with a bullet from Officer Ramos’ gun, and it is by the grace of God that we all survived," Alexander said.Shots fired in crowded LoDoOn July 17, 2022, at 1:30 a.m., three Denver Police Department officers fired multiple shots into a crowded area at 20th and Larimer streets in Denver’s Lower Downtown neighborhood.According to p...

Lithuanian man arrives in Miami after rowing solo across Atlantic Ocean from Spain

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:36:28 GMT

NEAR CORAL GABLES, Fla. (WSVN) — Mission accomplished for a man who rowed across the Atlantic all the way to South Florida.The trip was quite an adventure, and he called this a once-in-a-lifetime journey.Imagine rowing across the Atlantic Ocean all by yourself. That’s just what a young Lithuanian athlete has done arriving in Miami Tuesday after four months at sea.His arrival at Matheson Hammock Marina near Coral Gables made waves.After 121 days at sea, Aurimas Valujavičius finally set foot on dry land, tired but happy.“Five hours without stopping and rowing against the stream, but yeah, so far so good,” said Valujavičius.The 28-year-old left Spain the day after Christmas, rowing his single-seat boat, the Lituanica, 5000 miles.After asking how he felt after all of this, he said, “A little bit dizzy, maybe dizzy.”He is the first Lithuanian to do a solo row, unsupported, from the continent of Europe to the continent of North America.Edgaras Lauce was...