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Hall’s big game helps unbeaten Clemson win 85-77 at No. 23 Alabama in ACC/SEC Challenge

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:20 GMT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — PJ Hall had 21 points, eight rebounds and four blocks to lead Clemson past No. 23 Alabama 85-77 on Tuesday night.Joseph Girard III added 16 points, four assists and two steals for the Tigers (6-0) in a game that was part of the ACC/SEC Challenge. Chase Hunter had 15 points and Ian Schieffelin scored nine to go with 14 rebounds.“We are a little different than a lot of teams in college basketball in that we post the ball,” Clemson coach Brad Brownell said. “We play two big guys, we move our big guys in and out, high-low. That’s part of our style. When you do pressure like Alabama was pressuring us sometimes, we have more opportunities to throw it in sometimes.”RJ Godfrey contributed 11 points off the bench as the Tigers shot 53% from the field, including 11 for 21 from 3-point range. On the other end, Clemson held Alabama (5-2) to 34% shooting overall in its worst offensive performance of the season.Alabama coach Nate Oats attributed the offensive struggles to ...

Reed Sheppard leads hot-shooting No. 12 Kentucky past No. 8 Miami, 95-73

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:20 GMT

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Reed Sheppard scored 21 points, including 13 during a second half in which Kentucky shot 67%, and Antonio Reeves added 18 to propel 12th-ranked Wildcats to a 95-73 blowout of No. 8 Miami on Tuesday night in the ACC/SEC Challenge.Sheppard came off the bench, drained a 3 for his first basket and finished 5 of 9 from long range and 8 of 13 overall. Reeves was 7 of 12 from the field.Tre Mitchell had 14 points and seven assists, Rob Dillingham scored 14 points and Justin Edwards had 11 points for Kentucky (6-1).Norchad Omier scored 20 points and Wooga Poplar had 19 for the Hurricanes (5-1), who shot 44.1% from the field but were no match for Kentucky’s nearly flawless offensive performance.NO. 1 PURDUE 99, TEXAS SOUTHERN 67WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Braden Smith had 19 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds while leading Purdue past Texas Southern.Zach Edey added 15 points and six rebounds as the Boilermakers (7-0) extended the nation’s longest regular-season winning...

Oregon State promotes defensive coordinator Trent Bray to head coach

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:20 GMT

CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State promoted defensive coordinator Trent Bray to head coach on Tuesday night, quickly replacing Jonathan Smith after he left for Michigan State.Bray, who also played at Oregon State, had served as the Beavers’ defensive coordinator since midway through the 2021 season.“The connection and trust he has built with our student-athletes is unmatched,” Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes said in a statement. “His energy and determination as head coach will be a catalyst for continued program success.”Smith was hired as Michigan State’s coach on Saturday, a day after the 21st-ranked Beavers lost to rival Oregon in their regular-season finale. Oregon State (8-4, 5-4 Pac-12) now awaits its bowl destination.The upheaval at the helm of Oregon State comes as the program faces an unsettled future. The Beavers are one of two teams, along with Washington State, remaining in the Pac-12 after realignment broke apart the conference. Oregon State and...

Sheriff's deputies sued for excessive force in 2022 shooting

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:20 GMT

SAN DIEGO --­ A man who was shot multiple times by two San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies in El Cajon is suing claiming the deputies knew he was not threat but fired anyway. Body-worn camera video from the night of Feb. 16, 2022 shows Eric Talavera shot multiple times by San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies David Lovejoy and Jonathon Young.“Mr. Talavera was surrendering to the deputies when they shot him, a Citizen Oversight Board found that he was complying with their commands to get on the ground when they opened fire," Talavera's attorney Marcus Bourassa said.Miraculously Talavera survived, however attorneys for Talavera have filed suit in federal court against the county for excessive force among other violations. An investigation by the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office found the use of force was justified.  Suspect arrested after Ramona SWAT standoff The shooting happened during an auto theft sting operation. Talavera was towing a stolen open bed trailer when he wa...

Mediators look to extend truce in Gaza on its final day, with one more hostage swap planned

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:20 GMT

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — International mediators worked Wednesday to extend the truce in Gaza, hoping the territory’s Hamas rulers will keep freeing hostages in return for the release of Palestinian prisoners and further respite from Israel’s air and ground offensive. It will otherwise expire within a day.Israel has welcomed the release of dozens of hostages in recent days and says it will maintain the truce if Hamas keeps freeing captives. But its other major goal — the annihilation of the armed group that has ruled Gaza for 16 years — could be slipping out of reach.Weeks of heavy aerial bombardment and a ground invasion have demolished vast swathes of northern Gaza and killed thousands of Palestinians. But it seems to have had little effect on Hamas’ rule, evidenced by its ability to conduct complex negotiations, enforce the cease-fire among other armed groups, and orchestrate the smooth release of hostages.Hamas’ leader in Gaza, Yehya Sinwar, and other com...

Myanmar and China conduct naval drills together as fighting surges in border area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:20 GMT

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar and China are conducting naval drills together as the military government in the Southeast Asian nation loses ground in its northeast border region to a coalition of militias that also has strong ties to Beijing. State-run Myanma Alinn newspaper said Wednesday that three Chinese vessels were anchored in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, and that officials from both nations met Tuesday to discuss the maritime security exercises. The Chinese vessels – the destroyer Zibo, frigate Jing Zhou and supply ship Qian Dao Hu – carry about 700 sailors and arrived at the Myanmar port Monday. The report didn’t give more details on the drills. Myanmar’s military seized power from an elected government in 2021 and since has been in armed conflict with pro-democracy forces and ethnic militias. The visit of the Chinese vessels comes during an upsurge in violence on Myanmar’s border with China by the Three Brotherhood Alliance, a group of militias that launched a coordinated...

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly fall after Wall Street rallies

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:20 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly fell Wednesday although a strong report on U.S. consumer confidence and hopes the Federal Reserve is finished with its aggressive interest rate hikes sent shares higher on Wall Street. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 declined 0.3% to finish at 33,321.22. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.3% to 7,035.30. South Korea’s Kospi shed nearly 0.2% to 2,518.10. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 2.4% to 16,940.09, while the Shanghai Composite fell 0.5% to 3,022.08. Heavy selling of Chinese technology and property shares pulled benchmarks lower. Food delivery company Meituan’s Hong Kong-traded shares dropped 11% after it forecast its revenue will fall in the current quarter. Troubled property developer China Evergrande sank 9.2% following reports that its property services group was suing the parent company to recover deposit guarantees. Oil prices were little changed ahead of a meeting of OPEC members set for Thursday. “OPEC+ is strug...

US military Osprey aircraft with 8 aboard crashes into the sea off southern Japan

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:20 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — A U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying eight people crashed Wednesday into the sea off southern Japan, and the Japanese coast guard is heading to the site for search and rescue operations, officials said.Details about what happened to the Osprey and to the people on board were not immediately known, coast guard spokesperson Kazuo Ogawa said.The coast guard received an emergency call from a fishing boat near the crash site off Yakushima, an island south of Kagoshima on the southern main island of Kyushu, he said.It was not immediately clear which U.S. base the Osprey belonged to, but it was believed to be heading from Iwakuni to Okinawa.The Osprey is a hybrid aircraft that takes off and lands like a helicopter, but during flight can rotate its propellers forward and cruise much faster like an airplane. Versions of the aircraft are flown by the U.S. Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force.A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft with 23 Marines aboard crashed on a north Australian ...

Australia proposes new laws to detain potentially dangerous migrants who can’t be deported

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:20 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government on Wednesday proposed new laws that would place behind bars some of the 141 migrants who have been set free in the three weeks since the High Court ruled their indefinite detention was unconstitutional.Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said Parliament would not end sittings for the year as scheduled next week unless new laws were enacted to allow potentially dangerous migrants to be detained.“We are moving quickly to implement a preventive detention regime,” O’Neil told Parliament.In 2021, the High Court upheld a law that can keep extremists in prison for three years after they have served their sentences if they continue to pose a danger.O’Neil said the government intended to extend the preventative detention concept beyond terrorism to crimes including pedophilia.“What we will do is build the toughest and most robust regime that we can because our sole focus here is protecting the Australian community,” O’Neil said.O’Neil...

Criminalization of domestic violence in New Uzbekistan: Implementation of international obligations

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:49:20 GMT

In our country, traditionally family and its relationships have been considered as a national value. In this regard, issues of equality, mutual trust and inviolability in family relationships are under the legal protection of the state. Thanks to the comprehensive reforms carried out in recent years, a strong legal framework has been created in the Republic of Uzbekistan on ensuring equal rights and opportunities for women and men in all spheres of public life and activity, protecting women from oppression and violence.At the meeting with members of the Constitutional Commission on June 20, 2022, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev pointed out that it is necessary to reflect in the primary law of the country the responsibilities of the state to provide the population with housing, strengthen the economic and spiritual foundations of the family, creation of all conditions for ensuring the interests and full development of children, support persons with disa...