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Merrimack grinds out 17-7 win over Sacred Heart as defense rules the day

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:36 GMT

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Tre Jordan III returned an interception 35 yards for a go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter and Merrimack grinded out a 17-7 win over Sacred Heart on Saturday.Jordan took a tipped pass and weaved his way through several would-be tacklers on his way to giving the Warriors a 10-7 lead with 13 minutes to go. Donovan Wadley added a 45-yard rushing score with seven minutes remaining.Merrimack (2-3, 1-1 Northeast Conference) stayed on the ground with 56 rushes for 225 yards and Wadley led the way with 102 yards on 10 carries. Tyvon Edmonds Jr. had 28 carries for 82 yards. Two Warriors quarterbacks attempted only eight passes, completing none and throwing an interception while finishing with minus-18 yards.Sacred Heart (1-4, 1-2) outgained Merrimack 225-205. Each team had three turnovers. Rob McCoy threw for 129 yards but was intercepted twice and lost a fumble for the Pioneers. Arsheen Jiles returned a fumble 65 yards in the first quarter for the Pioneers’...

Man City’s perfect start in the Premier League is over. Spurs and Arsenal close the gap at the top

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:36 GMT

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City’s perfect start in the Premier League is over after a shock loss to Wolverhampton on Saturday, with rivals Tottenham and Arsenal taking full advantage.City’s lead at the top was cut to one point after it fell to a 2-1 defeat at Molineux, which ended its 100% record in the top flight this season.Tottenham moved up to second as Joel Matip’s own-goal deep into stoppage time secured a 2-1 win against nine-man Liverpool. Arsenal beat Bournemouth 4-0 and is up to third, behind Spurs on goals scored. City’s defeat came after Pep Guardiola’s side was knocked out of the English League Cup by Newcastle on Wednesday. It seems the defending champions are counting the cost of Rodri’s three-match suspension in the league after he was sent off against Nottingham Forest last week. The Spain international still has two more games to serve and will miss the clash with Arsenal at the Emirates next week. “Rodri is an importa...

1 killed, 2 injured in crash with RTD bus in Denver

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:36 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Police in Denver responded to a crash involving a vehicle and a Regional Transportation District bus Saturday afternoon.The crash happened in the 4900 block of Race Street. Three people were taken to a local hospital. One passenger was later pronounced dead, the Denver Police Department said.RTD told FOX31 that no injuries were reported by the bus operator or by customers.Race Street was closed from 48th Ave. to 49th Ave. following the crash and reopened just after 2:30 p.m.

Powerball jackpot edges toward $1 billion ahead of tonight’s draw

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:36 GMT

(CNN) — What would you choose: A lump sum payment or 30 annual payments that get a little bigger every year?Either way, the winner of tonight’s Powerball drawing is going to be very, very rich.After Wednesday’s drawing became the 30th consecutive drawing without a grand prize winner, the Powerball jackpot has grown to $960 million, according to Powerball. That’s a cash value of $441.4 million.Depending on which state you live in, a one-time net payout would amount to approximately $278 million, on average, after taxes, according to USA Mega. With the growing annuity option, after taxes, you’d make about $20 million a year for 29 years, depending on the state.But your odds of winning the grand prize are 1 in about 292.2 million, according to the lottery.This is the Powerball’s second-largest jackpot this year and fourth-largest jackpot in its history.The drawing will be held at 10:59 p.m. ET Saturday from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. Drawings are also streamed online.

Liberals in lead in Slovakia election, exit poll shows

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:36 GMT

An exit poll from Saturday’s election in Slovakia indicated the liberal, Western-oriented Progressive Slovakia was leading the leftist-populist Smer opposition party. Polls closed at 10:45 p.m. CET, with an exit poll from the Focus agency and the TV Markíza commercial station published minutes later.The exit poll showed Progressive Slovakia, led by Michal Šimečka, in front with 23.5 percent of the vote, followed by former Prime Minister Robert Fico’s Smer with 21.9 percent. By political custom in Slovakia, the front-runner gets the first chance at forming a majority in the 150-seat parliament. With the country profoundly polarized, that rule theoretically puts Šimečka, a former journalist and Oxford PhD, in a strong position to form a coalition for what would be his first term as prime minister. Saturday’s ballot is seen as pivotal to Slovakia’s democratic future, with Fico having promised to stop sending weapons to Ukraine, to block Kyiv’s potential NATO members...

DA: 22-year-old arrested for shooting mother, her friend in Lexington

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:36 GMT

A 22-year-old Lexington man is facing criminal charges after police say he shot his mother and her friend on Friday afternoon.Officers responding to a 911 call from Brent Justice Roman-Finnagan’s mother around 4:45 p.m. found her and a 55-year-old Haverhill woman suffering from gunshot wounds in a home on Keeler Farm Way, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan and Lexington Police Chief Michael McLean.Roman-Finnagan was taken into custody without incident.The two women were taken to a nearby hospital, where they remain in stable condition.Roman-Finnagan was also taken to the hospital for a mental health evaluation before he was ordered held pending his arraignment Monday in Concord District Court on charges of armed assault with intent to murder, two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, resulting in serious bodily injury, two counts of assault and battery as a result of discharge of a firearm, poss...

Ty Ciongoli tosses 3 touchdowns in St. Sebastian’s victory over Nobles

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:36 GMT

NEEDHAM — If you were to take a ride down Greendale Avenue in Needham lately, you would notice there is a sense of excitement in the air.That’s because the football program at St. Sebastian’s is looking to defend a share of the ISL-7 title and they’ve lived up to expectations so far.Junior quarterback Ty Ciongoli finished 14-for-22 passing with 205 yards and a trio of touchdowns, as St. Sebastian’s won its second straight game to begin the ISL season with a convincing 35-7 romp of rival Nobles on Saturday.“We felt like we had a good plan going in for both games we’ve had,” Ciongoli said. “Both offensively and defensively. That’s what happened. It’s preparation. We’re prepared like we should be.”Early in the game, the Arrows methodically moved their way to the Bulldogs’ 6. After faking a handoff, Ciongoli uncorked a pass and was promptly leveled.“We were in the red zone,” Ciongoli said. “I kinda knew they were going to blitz, and we had a play action thing going. I saw the outs...

Man indicted for allegedly threatening mass shooting at Stanley Cup game in Las Vegas

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:36 GMT

A Nevada grand jury has indicted a man on felony charges alleging he threatened to carry out a mass shooting in June at a Stanley Cup Final hockey game on the Las Vegas Strip.The six-count indictment handed down this week in state court charges Matthew DeSavio, 34, with threatening an act of terrorism, burglary and stalking.Las Vegas police arrested DeSavio hours before Game 5 was set to begin at T-Mobile Arena, where the Vegas Golden Knights would go on to defeat the Florida Panthers to capture their first championship that evening.The indictment doesn’t detail whether DeSavio had any weapons in his possession at the time of his arrest.Jessica Murphy, a deputy public defender who previously represented DeSavio in competency hearings, declined to comment about the indictment, and the Clark County public defender’s office said Thursday the case hasn’t yet been assigned to a lawyer who could immediately comment on DeSavio’s behalf.DeSavio, who is being held without b...

Marblehead’s Marrietta O’Connell runs out of sneaker, still wins Frank Kelley race

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:36 GMT

WRENTHAM — What could have turned into a disaster for Marrietta O’Connell at Saturday’s Frank Kelley Invitational merely became only a slight inconvenience for the Marblehead harrier.Racing in the small school junior/senior event at the Wrentham Developmental Center, O’Connell built a 40-yard lead and was in complete control.And then came a freak occurrence that has proved devastating for runners far more experienced than O’Connell. She lost a shoe with three-quarters of a mile left in the 3,000-meter race. Running on the wet, spongy grass with one shoe didn’t rattle the sophomore one iota, but only reaffirmed her toughness in competition.She continued to bear down on the pace to the end, winning easily in 10 minutes, 51.2 seconds.O’Connell broke up the pack early on as she tore through the opening mile in 5:30 and was never threatened even with one shoe. She finished comfortably ahead of Whitinsville Christian freshman Abby Flagg (11:10.2) and Me...

Supreme Court term preview: abortion, gun cases and social media free speech

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:36 GMT

The Supreme Court is returning to a new term to take up some familiar topics — guns and abortion — and concerns about ethics swirling around the justices.The year also will have a heavy focus on social media and how free speech protections apply online. A big unknown is whether the court will be asked to weigh in on any aspect of the criminal cases against former President Donald Trump and others or efforts in some states to keep the Republican off the 2024 presidential ballot because of his role in trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election that he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.Lower-profile but vitally important, several cases in the term that begins Monday ask the justices to constrict the power of regulatory agencies.“I can’t remember a term where the court was poised to say so much about the power of federal administrative agencies,” said Jeffrey Wall, who served as the deputy solicitor general in the Trump administration.One of those cases, to be argued Tuesday, th...