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Mysterious streaks of light seen in the sky over California

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:12 GMT

Mysterious streaks of light were seen in the sky in the Sacramento area Friday night, shocking St. Patrick’s Day revelers who then posted videos on social media of the surprising sight.Jaime Hernandez was behind the King Cong Brewing Company in Sacramento for a St. Patrick’s Day celebration when some among the group noticed the lights. Hernandez quickly began filming. It was over in about 40 seconds, he said Saturday. “Mainly, we were in shock, but amazed that we got to witness it,” Hernandez said in an email. “None of us had ever seen anything like it.”The brewery owner posted Hernandez’s video to Instagram, asking if anyone could solve the mystery.Jonathan McDowell says he can. McDowell is an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. McDowell said Saturday in an interview with The Associated Press that he’s 99.9% confident the streaks of light were from burning space debris.McDowell said that a Japanese communications package that relayed informati...

Conservation agreement protects shoreline in memory of murdered Toronto man

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:12 GMT

A 999-year conservation agreement has been signed to protect a shoreline property in memory of a Toronto man who was murdered in 2007. The Nature Conservancy of Canada announced Saturday that they would be completely protecting the ecologically sensitive lands 40 kilometres northwest of Kingston on Loon Lake. Monte Hummel helped reach the agreement to protect the final piece of private land in a conservation network that spans almost 5,000 acres. The 0.4-hectare piece of land, located at the east end of the lake, is named Glen’s Cove after Glen Davis, a philanthropist who gave more than $20 million to various environmental causes including the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) over four decades. Davis was found beaten and shot to death in the underground garage of the WWF offices in Toronto on May 18, 2007. His godson Marshall Ross, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and is serving a life sentence after admitting he had planned the murder and allegedly hired two hit men.The protect...

Kansas man killed in Germany in World War II identified

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:12 GMT

HILL CITY, Kan. (AP) — The remains of a Kansas man who died during World War II in Germany have been identified and will be returned to his native state for burial later this year. The body of U.S. Army Sgt. Gregory V. Knoll 22, of Hill City. was identified in January but his family was only recently received a full briefing, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Friday. Knoll was assigned to Company M, 3rd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. In November 1944, his battalion was overrun by German forces as they tried to capture Schmidt, Germany, in the Hurtgen Forest. Survivors of the attack withdrew to Kommerscheidt, where Knoll was reported killed in action on Nov. 7, 1944. The American Graves Registration Command conducted several investigations in the Hürtgen area between 1946 and 1950 but were unable to find or identify Knoll’s remains. A DPAA historian later determined one set of unidentified remains recovered at Kommerschedt in April 194...

Florida bill seeks to ban girls' period talk in elementary grades

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:12 GMT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Legislation moving in the Florida House would ban discussion of menstrual cycles and other human sexuality topics in elementary grades.The bill, sponsored by Republican Rep. Stan McClain, would restrict public school instruction on human sexuality, sexually transmitted diseases and related topics to grades 6 through 12. McClain confirmed at a recent committee meeting that discussions about menstrual cycles would also be restricted to those grades.“So if little girls experience their menstrual cycle in 5th grade or 4th grade, will that prohibit conversations from them since they are in the grade lower than sixth grade?” asked state Rep. Ashley Gantt, a Democrat who taught in public schools and noted that girls as young as 10 can begin having periods.“It would,” McClain responded. Texas school superintendent resigns after 3rd-grader finds his gun in bathroom The GOP-backed legislation cleared the House Education Quality Subcommittee on Wednesday by a 13-5 vo...

Trial over Gwyneth Paltrow's alleged skiing accident to begin next week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:12 GMT

PARK CITY, Utah (KTVX) — A jury trial between a Utah doctor and famed Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow is set to begin on Tuesday, March 21. The eight-day trial will consider allegations from a complaint filed in 2019 alleging Paltrow was involved in a collision with a Utah skier, Dr. Terry Sanderson, while skiing at Deer Valley Resort in February 2016. Mikaela Shiffrin breaks Alpine skiing record for World Cup victories According to the complaint documents, Sanderson was hit by Paltrow while she was skiing on a family vacation on a beginner run at Deer Valley. Sanderson claims Paltrow was "skiing out of control and too fast for her ability." Sanderson's attorneys say their client was injured in the collision, suffering four broken ribs, a brain injury, and other serious injuries. Sanderson further claims that, after the collision, Paltrow and Deer Valley employees, including the ski instructor, left him in the snow with serious injuries and failed to contact emergency responder...

2023 March Madness second-round schedule, how to watch, what channels games are on

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:12 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — March is not only a time of much rejoicing for college basketball fans with the NCAA tournament, but also a time to get reacquainted with cable channels they haven't watched since last March.It's March Madness, and it's quickly approaching with the First Four games tipping off March 14-15 at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio. The field of 68 gets narrowed to 64 after the games in Dayton with the official first and second-round games March 16-19 across the country. March Madness: Texas men earn No. 2 seed in Midwest region, face Colgate in first round The Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games are set for March 23 and 25 in Las Vegas, New York, Kansas City and Louisville with the Final Four on April 1 and 3 at NRG Stadium in Houston.In case you forgot, which you probably have, you'll need to know what channels truTV, TBS and TNT are. If you using a streaming service like SlingTV, YouTubeTV, DirecTV Stream, Fubo or Pluto, check your guide and find the channel's logo. You should be able t...

Wild snap franchise-best point streak with loss to Bruins

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:12 GMT

On paper, the Wild were always going to struggle in this particular game against the Boston Bruins.In a matchup with the NHL’s best team, the Wild were without their best player (Kirill Kaprizov), arguably their best defenseman (Jonas Brodin), a top pair defenseman (Jake Middleton), and their alternate captain (Marcus Foligno), among others.In the end, that proved too much to overcome as the Wild fell 5-2 to the Bruins on Saturday afternoon at Xcel Energy Center. That snapped their franchise-best point streak at 14 games.No doubt the most frustrating part of the game is that that Wild probably felt they deserved a better fate. Not only did they battle tooth and nail for 60 minutes, they had a pair of goals wiped off the board on offside calls. That overshadowed an otherwise impressive effort given the circumstances.After an aggressive start to the game, Marcus Johansson made it 1-0 in favor of the Wild, finishing off a tic-tac-toe passing sequence. He started the rush into the...

Ohio State’s Sophie Jaques is the 2023 Patty Kazmaier Award winner

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:12 GMT

DULUTH — The highest individual honor in NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey is named after Patty Kazmaier, who was a standout defenseman at Princeton from 1981-86. She died of a rare blood disease in 1990 at the age of 28.Despite Kazmaier being a blue liner who led the Tigers to three-straight Ivy League titles, Harvard’s Angela Ruggiero in 2004 was the only defenseman to ever win the award since its inception in 1998.That finally changed Saturday when Ohio State fifth-year defenseman Sophie Jaques was announced as the 2023 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award winner, one season after she had been passed over as a top-three finalist by Minnesota forward Taylor Heise.“I’m definitely so honored and humbled to be on this list, and to be one of only two defenseman is incredible,” Jaques said. “I’m so happy to get some recognition for great defensive play and I hope there’s so many other defenseman to win in the future.”The first Buckeye to ever win the award, Minnesota Duluth coach...

Twins players are eager to begin MLB’s new balanced schedule

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:12 GMT

Much has been made about the new rules changes and the affect they’ll have on the game moving forward. But it’s not just the rules that are changing this year. Beginning this spring, Major League Baseball has introduced a balanced schedule in all 30 teams will play one another.“I think it should have always been that way,” shortstop Carlos Correa said. “Some divisions are tougher than other ones, and if you have everyone playing everyone, then it evens out a little more. So, yeah, I like it.”For the Twins, that means more games against National League opponents and fewer against American League Central rivals Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City and the Chicago White Sox. Instead of playing 19 division games against each opponents, the Twins will play those four teams 13 times each.Only AL Central finished last season above .500, the Guardians, which means the Twins’ scheduled might be getting more difficult.“I think every year there’s a lot been made of maybe certain divisions fee...

SLU women fall 95-50 to Tennessee in March Madness tourney debut

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:20:12 GMT

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Jordan Horston scored 21 points and Rickea Jackson added 18 as the fourth-seeded Tennessee Lady Vols remained perfect when opening the NCAA Tournament on their home court, routing No. 13 seed Saint Louis 95-50 on Saturday.The Lady Vols (24-11) improved to 25-0 in first-round games on their home court to reach Monday night's second-round where they will play either No. 5 seed Iowa State or 12th-seeded Toledo. Tennessee improved to 6-2 all-time as a No. 4 seed.Jordan Walker added 11 points and Tess Darby had 10 for the Lady Vols. They will try to advance to a second straight Sweet 16 in the Seattle 3 region. Top story: Murder victim’s sister waited nine years to hear triple killer was found guilty The first NCAA Tournament appearance ended quickly for Saint Louis (17-18). The Billikens snapped the six-game winning streak that helped them win the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament after starting the season 6-16.Brooke Flowers led Saint Louis with 17 points, and...