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Hofstra Pride and the High Point Panthers play in Estero, Florida

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:11 GMT

High Point Panthers (3-2) vs. Hofstra Pride (3-2)Estero, Florida; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: The High Point Panthers and the Hofstra Pride square off at Hertz Arena in Estero, Florida.The Pride are 3-2 in non-conference play. Hofstra is fifth in the CAA in team defense, allowing 67.4 points while holding opponents to 39.9% shooting.The Panthers have a 3-2 record in non-conference games. High Point scores 86.2 points while outscoring opponents by 13.4 points per game.Hofstra makes 49.4% of its shots from the field this season, which is 10.3 percentage points higher than High Point has allowed to its opponents (39.1%). High Point averages 18.8 more points per game (86.2) than Hofstra allows to opponents (67.4).TOP PERFORMERS: Tyler Thomas is shooting 45.3% and averaging 22.0 points for the Pride. Darlinstone Dubar is averaging 19.6 points for Hofstra.Abdoulaye averages 2.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Panthers, scoring 16.2 points while shooting 52.0% from beyond the arc...

Southern Miss hosts Mayo and South Dakota State

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:11 GMT

South Dakota State Jackrabbits (1-4) at Southern Miss Golden Eagles (2-3)Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Wednesday, 8 p.m. ESTFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Jackrabbits -1.5; over/under is 144.5BOTTOM LINE: South Dakota State visits the Southern Miss Golden Eagles after Zeke Mayo scored 22 points in South Dakota State’s 73-71 loss to the George Mason Patriots.The Golden Eagles have gone 2-0 at home. Southern Miss scores 65.2 points while outscoring opponents by 5.2 points per game.The Jackrabbits are 0-1 on the road. South Dakota State ranks seventh in the Summit League with 11.4 assists per game led by Mayo averaging 3.6.Southern Miss averages 65.2 points per game, 11.4 fewer points than the 76.6 South Dakota State gives up. South Dakota State averages 8.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.2 more made shots on average than the 6.2 per game Southern Miss gives up.TOP PERFORMERS: Austin Crowley is shooting 34.8% and averaging 15.0 points for the Golden Eagles. Donovan Ivory is avera...

Carjacking in Doral sparks police chase, ends in arrest in Medley

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:11 GMT

A carjacking incident in Doral sparked a police pursuit, ending near the intersection of the Turnpike and Okeechobee Road in Medley.Once that chase ended, the suspect abandoned the vehicle and attempted to flee on foot.Authorities were able to quickly apprehend the suspect after the foot chase.The victim, whose car was taken during the incident at a local gas station, was not hurt.

American Airlines reviewing viral video showing wheelchair crashing onto MIA tarmac

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:11 GMT

American Airlines said it is reviewing a video posted on TikTok that shows a baggage handler releasing a passenger’s wheelchair to slide down a jet bridge chute, where it crashed into a metal barrier, flipped over and tumbled onto an airport tarmac.The post, which has millions of views, has brought renewed attention to the traveling plight of millions of disabled Americans. According to the Paralyzed Veterans of America nonprofit, more than 31 wheelchairs were damaged, delayed or lost each day by airline workers between 2019 and 2022.The user who posted the TikTok video, Haeley Dyrdahl, said she recorded the incident Sunday at Miami International Airport “after I saw them do this and laugh with the first two wheelchairs.” She told CNN she also saw a suitcase get the same treatment.In the video, as the first man lets the wheelchair go, a second baggage handler, who is on the ground at the other end of the chute and wearing an American Airlines vest, steps back. Th...

Court sides with New Hampshire school districts in latest education funding case

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:11 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire should be spending at least 80% more per pupil on public schools, a judge said Monday in one of two rulings that could force significant changes to education funding.Lawmakers have been grappling with the issue for decades after the state Supreme Court ruled in the 1990s that the state is required to provide and pay for an adequate education. In response, the Legislature began sending each school district a set amount of aid per pupil — currently $4,100. Actual costs are much higher, however, and local property taxpayers make up the difference, with wide disparities due to differences in property wealth between communities.Conval Regional School District and 17 others challenged the base amount in court in 2019, and after a trial in April, Rockingham County Judge David Ruoff agreed with them Monday that the current allocation is unconstitutional. While the plaintiffs argued aid must be increased to at least $9,900 per pupil, Ruoff decline...

Andrew Bailey hired as Red Sox pitching coach, reuniting him with former teammate Craig Breslow

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:11 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Andrew Bailey and Craig Breslow used to sit in the the bullpen joking about a future in which Breslow was running a major league team and Bailey would be a member of the coaching staff.Now, that’s exactly what has happened.Bailey was hired Tuesday as pitching coach of the Boston Red Sox, joining Alex Cora’s staff a month after Breslow became the team’s chief baseball officer. Bailey, who spent the previous four seasons as the Giants pitching coach, played with Breslow in Oakland for three seasons before they both joined the Red Sox from 2012-13.“It’s a pretty unique relationship,” Bailey said Tuesday night. “To be able to joke around like that with a former teammate and a true friend, and now be able to see that path laid out and be able to compete together in another capacity, is special.”A New Jersey native, Bailey said he would have been interested in coming back to Boston even if Breslow hadn’t been hired, in part to get back to ...

Truce deal set to free hostages in swap, raising hopes of halting worst Mideast violence in decades

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:11 GMT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for a four-day halt to the devastating war in Gaza, accompanied by the release of dozens of hostages held by the militant group in return for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, mediators said Wednesday.The truce marks the biggest diplomatic breakthrough since Hamas’ Oct. 7 rampage into southern Israel ignited a war that has devastated vast swaths of Gaza, fueled a surge of violence in the occupied West Bank and raised fears of a wider conflict across the Middle East.The Persian Gulf nation of Qatar, which has played a key role in mediating with Hamas, announced the deal without saying when it would go into effect. Fifty hostages will be released in stages, in exchange for what Hamas said would be 150 Palestinian prisoners.Both sides will release women and children first, and the supply of humanitarian aid flowing into the besieged territory will be ramped up.Prime Minister Benjamin Netany...

India restores e-visa services for Canadian nationals, easing diplomatic row between the 2 countries

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:11 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — India restored electronic visa services for Canadian nationals, an Indian foreign ministry official said Wednesday, two months after Canada alleged the South Asian nation was involved in the assassination of a Sikh separatist in Canada.The electronic visa was back in order on Wednesday, the official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to reporters.The move could ease tensions between the two countries that swapped accusations and expelled each other’s diplomats with India introducing a visa ban on Canadian nationals. A diplomatic spat erupted between the two countries after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in September that there were “credible allegations” of Indian involvement in the killing of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar in suburban Vancouver in western Canada. Nijjar, a 45-year-old Sikh activist and plumber, was killed by masked gunmen in June in Surrey, outside Vancouver. For years, I...

A hand grenade explosion leaves 9 injured at a market in southern Kosovo

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:11 GMT

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A hand grenade exploded in an animal market in a southern city in Kosovo on Wednesday, injuring nine people, police said. Three suspects are at large following the explosion in Prizren, 85 kilometers (52 miles) south of the capital Pristina, police said. The injured were hospitalized but their condition was not life-threatening.An investigation is ongoing. Prizren, Kosovo’s second biggest city along the Prizren River, is a tourist attraction for its medieval castle and cobblestone streets.The Associated Press

Pope Francis meets with relatives of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:43:11 GMT

Associated Press (AP) — Pope Francis met separately Wednesday with relatives of Israeli hostages in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners in Israel and begged for peace and an end to what he called terrorism and “the passions that are killing everyone.”Francis spoke about the suffering of both Israelis and Palestinians after his meetings, which were arranged before the Israeli-Hamas hostage deal and a temporary halt in fighting was announced. Francis didn’t refer to the deal, which marked the biggest diplomatic breakthrough since the war erupted following Hamas’ Oct. 7 raid into southern Israel.Francis said he met at the Vatican with relatives of some of the more than 200 hostages held in Gaza, and separately with a delegation of Palestinians with relatives who are prisoners in Israel. In the VIP seats of St. Peter’s Square were people holding Palestinian flags and scarves as well as small posters showing apparent bodies in a ditch and the word “Genocide” written undernea...