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Jalen Green scores 28, Rockets outlast Celtics 111-109

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:00:47 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Jalen Green scored 28 points and rookie Jabari Smith Jr. added 24 as the Houston Rockets withstood a late charge to beat the Boston Celtics 111-109 on Monday night.The Rockets, who are tied with Detroit for the NBA’s fewest wins with 16, snapped a three-game skid despite allowing the Celtics’ Jaylen Brown to score a season-high 43 points.Boston, which is second in the Eastern Conference, trailed by 11 with about 4 1/2 minutes to go before using a late run to get within striking distance. Brown made two free throws to cut Houston’s lead to one with less than a minute left.Kenyon Martin Jr. missed a 3-point attempt after that but grabbed his own rebound. Green was fouled with 10 seconds to go and made both free throws. Brown made a layup to get Boston within one again. Smith then made one of two free throws. The Celtics had a chance to tie it at the buzzer, but Jayson Tatum missed a layup. Tatum scored 22 points for Boston and Malcolm Brogdon added 20. Martin had ...

Gov. Moore recommits Maryland to California’s vehicle emissions reduction goals

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:00:47 GMT

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is working on accelerating the state’s commitment to improving air quality and combating the effects of climate change by returning the state’s timeline to its initial, “more aggressive,” clean energy plan, which is in line with California’s.Moore’s support for the progressive plan comes after a unanimous vote by the state’s Air Quality Advisory Council approving the state’s return to greener vehicle emission policies in the Advanced Clean Cars II rule under the federal Clean Air Act.More Local NewsMore Maryland NewsThe proposal requires 43% of new cars sold to be zero-emission by 2027, increasing the percentage annually until all new passenger vehicles sold are zero-emission by 2035. The move could cut vehicle emissions by 75% over the next two decades, the governor said during a press conference with the Department of the Environment in Baltimore on Monday.“Car exhaust is the largest source of greenhouse...

Jimmy Butler scores 24, Heat hold off Jazz 119-115

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:00:47 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Another night, another close game for Miami.Jimmy Butler scored 24 points to lead seven Miami players in double figures, Tyler Herro and Gabe Vincent each scored 18 and the Heat held off the Utah Jazz 119-115 on Monday night.It was Miami’s 24th win by five points or less this season.“When it gets into those moments of truth, I’ve said this before, at least we understand what our package is and what we’re trying to do, how we want to execute,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “We’ve had so many reps and film sessions and walkthroughs and teaching points … I think we’ve all gotten better from that, including the coaching staff.”Bam Adebayo scored 16 for Miami, while Victor Oladipo and Kevin Love each had 11 and Caleb Martin scored 10.Lauri Markkanen scored 38 for Utah, which got 23 from Simone Fontecchio and 14 from Ochai Agbaji. Miami was 31 for 36 from the foul line, compared with 13 for 18 for the Jazz.“We can still get better,” Markkanen said. “Obviou...

Puerto Rico throws 8-inning perfecto vs Israel in WBC

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:00:47 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — José De León and three relievers combined to pitch a perfect game as Puerto Rico routed Israel 10-0 in a World Baseball Classic game called after eight innings Monday night because of the tournament’s 10-run mercy rule.De León tied a WBC record with 10 strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings. The right-hander was lifted after he fanned Spencer Horwitz on his 64th pitch, one under the tournament limit for starting pitchers in the first round. He exited to a huge ovation from the prohibitive Puerto Rico crowd of 27,813 in Miami.Javier Báez doubled twice and Francisco Lindor tripled and singled for Puerto Rico, which finished with 11 hits and improved to 2-1.Puerto Rico struck quickly against Israel starter Colton Gordon with a three-run first. Báez hit a two-run double and scored on Eddie Rosario’s double.The extra-base hits continued for Puerto Rico in the second, resulting in another three runs. Kiké Hernández made it 5-0 with a two-run double and raced home on Emmanuel Rivera’s tr...

Lehkonen scores 2 as Avalanche beat Canadiens 8-4

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:00:47 GMT

MONTREAL (AP) — Artturi Lehkonen scored twice in Colorado’s four-goal first period, and the Avalanche beat the Montreal Canadiens 8-4 Monday night.Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and two assists, Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist, and Nathan MacKinnon, J.T. Compher, Matt Nieto and Bowen Byram also scored for the Avalanche, who won for the third time in four games. Cale Makar had three assists, and Devon Toews and Logan O’Connor each had two. Alexandar Georgiev finished with 15 saves.Josh Anderson had a goal and an assist, and Chris Wideman, Mike Matheson and Denis Gurianov also scored as the Canadiens lost their seventh straight (0-5-2). Nick Suzuki had two assists.Jake Allen started in goal and was pulled early in the second quarter after giving up six goals on 15 shots. Sam Montembault came on and finished with 16 saves.Lehkonen, Byram and Nieto scored 5:06 apart to give the Avalanche a 3-0 lead a little more than eight minutes into the game. Lehkonen converted on a...

Estrenos musicales de la semana: Laura Pausini tiene “Un buen inicio” en una nueva etapa de su carrera; además lo nuevo de Paula Arenas, Maluma y más

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:00:47 GMT

(CNN Español) – Los estrenos musicales de la semana los lidera Laura Pausini, quien está celebrando 30 años de carrera. La cantautora italiana presenta “Un buen inicio”, un tema con el que deja atrás las inseguridades.También en nuestra lista figuran Paula Arenas, Maluma, Nicki Nicole y más.En Zona Pop CNN recopilamos algunos de los estrenos más destacados. Mira la lista de estos lanzamientos musicales y sus videos.Estrenos musicales de la semana:Laura Pausini, “Un buen inicio”Parece que fue ayer cuando Laura Pausini comenzaba su carrera en el Festival de San Remo en su natal Italia. Tres décadas más tarde, la cantante está emprendiendo una nueva etapa con “Un buen inicio”, tema que se lleva nuestro estreno musical de la semana.La canción es muy personal ya que narra las vivencias de Pausini desde que fue nominada a los premios Oscar, así como una revaluación como artista que surgió al inicio de la pandemia de coronavirus.“El tema es una ins...

Condenan a un hombre por matar a su esposa a golpes en el condado Montgomery

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:00:47 GMT

Un hombre de Maryland fue declarado culpable de matar a golpes a su esposa y luego intentar ocultar los hechos para que pareciera que había muerto durante un robo en la casa que compartían en Silver Spring.  Reginald Dunlap Jr. fue declarado culpable de asesinato el viernes por la muerte de Lauren Charles, de 40 años.Charles intentó terminar su relación con Dunlap en marzo del 2021 tras descubrir que le había sido infiel, según fiscales de la acusación. Los fiscales dijeron que Dunlap ató una funda de almohada en la garganta de su esposa y la golpeó hasta matarla con una estatua de Buda en su casa. Luego, echó lejía en su cuerpo y saqueó la habitación para tratar de montar la escena del crimen para que pareciera que alguien irrumpió en la casa.“Fue a la iglesia por la mañana después de matarla, para crearse una coartada. Pensó que se saldría con la suya. Pero no lo hizo”, dijo Debbie Feinstein, jefa de la Unidad de Víctimas Especiales de la Oficina del Fis...

Former Rep. Pat Schroeder, pioneer for women's rights, dies

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:00:47 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder, a pioneer for women’s and family rights in Congress, died Monday night. She was 82.Schroeder's former press secretary, Andrea Camp, said Schroeder suffered a stroke recently and died at a hospital in Florida, the state where she had been residing. Gun measures advance through Colorado legislature Schroeder took on the powerful elite with her rapier wit and antics for 24 years, shaking up stodgy government institutions by forcing them to acknowledge that women had a role in government.Her unorthodox methods cost her important committee posts, but Schroeder said she wasn’t willing to join what she called ``the good old boys’ club″ just to score political points. Unafraid of embarrassing her congressional colleagues in public, she became an icon for the feminist movement.Schroeder was elected to Congress in Colorado in 1972 and became one of its most influential Democrats as she won easy reelection 11 times from her safe district in D...

Gun measures advance through Colorado legislature

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:00:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — State senators worked through Friday night – then representatives worked Saturday evening – all of them putting in extra hours to vote on bills designed to reduce gun violence.Four bills, all dealing with guns, have cleared committee and floor votes in their first chambers. Impacted groups are weighing in about what the new measures could mean for them. Colorado GOP selects combative, election-denying new leader After hours of debate, the bill that would introduce a three-day waiting period for guns cleared the Colorado House over the weekend and now heads to the Senate.Monday, three more cleared the Senate and will go to the House: one giving gun violence victims more avenues to sue gun manufacturers, a second increasing the age for buying long guns from 18 to 21, and a third adding professions like teachers and mental health experts to the list of folks who can petition for an extreme risk protection order under the state's red flag law.The debate over expanding ...

Car stuck at mechanic’s for months

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:00:47 GMT

If you take your car to the shop for repairs, you hope to get it back in a couple of weeks, right? Well, some people are being forced to wait months. It’s why they called Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser.Traffic is so frustrating, slow moving, backed up. Also frustrating for some people: they can’t get into that traffic.Harvey Schwartz: “Where’s my car? You know, you keep telling me I’m going to have it the next day and then the next week.”Back in October, Harvey was in an accident.Harvey Schwartz: “I’m sure it wasn’t drivable. The whole front end was mashed in.”A friend recommended a repair shop.Harvey says the insurance company paid $24,000 for the work, and for 6 weeks.nothing happened.Harvey Schwartz: “‘We’re waiting for parts, we’re waiting for this, we’re waiting for that.’ It was always something.”Weeks turned into months, and then Harvey’s car then disappeared from the shop.Harvey Schwartz: “It’s at our body shop....