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Banchero scores 18 as Magic beat struggling Wizards 122-112

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:59 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Rookie Pablo Banchero had 18 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, and the Orlando Magic beat the Washington Wizards 122-112 on Tuesday night.Orlando won for the first time in eight games against Washington. Gary Harris scored 22 points for the Magic, and Franz Wagner had 20 points. Reserve guard Cole Anthony finished with 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists.Kristaps Porzingis scored 30 points for the Wizards, who lost for the sixth time in seven games. Bradley Beal had 16 points and seven assists before fouling out with 2:55 remaining.Wagner closed out the first half with a couple of 3-pointers to lift Orlando to a 60-56 lead.But Washington rallied in the third quarter, and Kendrick Nunn opened the fourth with a 3-pointer that gave the Wizards a 91-87 advantage.Wagner then scored the next six points to put Orlando ahead to stay, and the Wizards went scoreless for nearly 3 1/2 minutes.Markelle Fultz, who finished with 17 points and five assists, scored...

Por estas razones recomiendan reducir el consumo de carnes cada 15 días

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:59 GMT

VIENA – Una lucha contra el cambio climático compatible con la salud humana debería llevar a las personas a reducir la ingesta de alimentos de origen animal, por ejemplo con un máximo de una ración de carne roja cada quince días, según las recomendaciones de un estudio elaborado por WWF.Así lo sostiene un equipo de expertos de la Universidad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de Viena (WU) en un estudio elaborado para la oenegé ecologista WWF Austria, cuyos resultados se presentaron este martes en un comunicado.Los autores destacan la urgencia de un rápido cambio de los hábitos alimentarios. Retiran salchichas enlatadas de Goya, Great Value y otras marcas por posible contaminación La carne cultivada en laboratorios es segura para el consumo del ser humano, según la FDA Bajo el título “Pirámide alimentaria 2.0”, los autores destacan la urgencia de un rápido cambio de los hábitos alimentarios para frenar el cal...

Centennial considering temporary ban on new pickleball court construction near neighborhoods

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:59 GMT

CENTENNIAL, Colo. (KDVR) — It's quite the pickle for Centennial City Council as community members packed chambers Tuesday to defend their sides on a proposed moratorium surrounding pickleball courts.The City of Centennial is considering a moratorium that would put a six-month pause on constructing new outdoor courts within 500 feet of residential neighborhoods. Officials tell FOX31 says this comes after receiving several new proposals to create new outdoor courts, some near residential areas. “It's not a war on pickleball, this is this is simply that we don't have the regulations in place based on the research that we've done to effectively mitigate the noise and other potential impacts,” Centennial's Director of Community and Economic Development, Neil Marcinaik, said. “So this is a -- it's a brief pause to study the issues and develop some regulations, if necessary.” Family waiting for a heart transplant for 20-month-old has car stolen with baby’s belongings inside Marcinaik sai...

Boris Johnson faces a four-hour grilling over Partygate. He’s going to hate every minute

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:59 GMT

LONDON — It will be an evidence session like no other.After weeks of anticipation, former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be hauled before the House of Commons privileges committee on Wednesday afternoon to account for his actions over the so-called Partygate scandal. The cross-party group of MPs, chaired by Labour grandee Harriet Harman, is examining whether he knowingly misled parliament about COVID rule-breaking parties in Downing Street during the pandemic.For Johnson, the stakes are high. In an initial update earlier this month, the committee suggested he may have misled parliament multiple times. If that assessment is confirmed, Johnson could face suspension from the House of Commons — and perhaps a difficult by-election to defend his seat. In short, Johnson’s stuttering political career hangs in the balance. Four hours have been set aside for the hearing, and every moment will be broadcast live on TV.Wednesday’s showdown will be compulsory viewing ...

Italy’s Meloni needs the cash

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:59 GMT

Mujtaba Rahman is the head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice and a columnist for POLITICO Europe. He tweets at @Mij_Europe.To the surprise of many, Italy’s newPrime Minister Giorgia Meloni has proven to be very positive in her dealings with the European Union — unexpected given her aggressive anti-EU rhetoric over the past decade and the far-right post-fascist political tradition to which she and her Brothers of Italy party belong.So far, however, Rome has avoided a fight with Europe. Is that about to change?Meloni’s constructive approach to Europe is pragmatic — she needs the bloc’s cash. The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), established in the aftermath of the pandemic, is set to dole out up to 10.5 percent of Italy’s GDP in soft loans and grants or, put differently, roughly 2 percent of its GDP per year until 2026.Italy will also be assigned some additional funding this year as part of RePowerEU — the European Commission’s plan to top up and partly redirect RRF funds towar...

Has the Tory Party finally tired of fighting about Brexit?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:59 GMT

LONDON — The Tory Party’s forever war over Europe may finally be drawing to a close. Weeks of fevered speculation about a premiership-threatening Tory rebellion over Brexit melted away last month after U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced their long-awaited deal on trade in Northern Ireland.Westminster had been gripped for months by speculation that scores of Conservative MPs could vote against any potential deal the prime minister brought forward to fix the Northern Ireland protocol — a mass rebellion on the scale of the 2019 “Brexit Wars” that brought down Theresa May.But with the first House of Commons vote on a key part of the Windsor Framework due to take place Wednesday afternoon, it now seems clear that a Brexiteer backlash on that scale is just not coming.Sunak finds himself in a strong position, having banked a series of quick wins — the Northern Ireland deal, confirmation of the AUKUS n...

UPDATE: 77-year-old woman reported missing in Newton found safe

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:59 GMT

A 77-year-old woman reported missing in the West Newton Square area of Newton was located Tuesday night, police announced. Police previously asked for the public’s help in a search for Sheila Walsh.Police said in an update around 10:30 p.m. that Walsh had been found safe. Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller said in a separate update that Walsh was found at her former home in Charlestown.“We appreciate the help we received and all the efforts of the Newton Police Department,” Fuller said.

Mike Lupica: Willis Reed was the beating heart of the champion Knicks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:59 GMT

It couldn’t have happened without all of them, without Clyde who played the game of his life in that Game 7 against the Lakers that May night in 1970, the night at Madison Square Garden when the Knicks finally won it all, 36 points from him and 19 assists and seven rebounds.It wouldn’t have happened without Dave DeBusschere, the bartender’s kid from Detroit, and Bill Bradley, the Rhodes Scholar out of Crystal City, Mo., and then Princeton. And it sure wouldn’t have happened without Red Holzman, the basketball lifer out of the NBA in the 1950s, the quiet leader of the band, growling at them to all see the ball.But none of it could possibly have happened without Capt. Willis Reed, who limped out that night on a ruined leg and made two jumpers against Wilt Chamberlain and the Lakers, in the greatest basketball moment of them all in New York City, the one that officially turned what Pete Hamill used to call the Basie band of pro basketball into as beloved and sto...

Willis Reed, two-time Knicks champion and NBA Hall of Famer, dead at 80

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:59 GMT

Willis Reed, one of the greatest players in Knicks history whose gutsy return from injury for Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals solidified him as a symbol of toughness and perseverance, has died at age 80, the team announced Tuesday.Reed, a Hall of Fame center who played each of his 10 NBA seasons with the Knicks, was the MVP of both of the franchise’s championships.“As we mourn, we will always strive to uphold the standards he left behind — the unmatched leadership, sacrifice and work ethic that personified him as a champion among champions,” the Knicks said in a statement. “His is a legacy that will live forever.”Born in Lincoln Parish, La., Reed was the eighth overall pick by the Knicks out of Grambling State in 1964. The 6-foot-10 Reed averaged 18.7 points and 12.9 rebounds in 650 career games from 1964-74 and made seven NBA All-Star teams.He was the MVP of the NBA’s regular season and All-Star Game during the 1969-70 campaign and led the Kn...

Tough decisions await Buck Showalter with five Grapefruit League games remaining

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:20:59 GMT

PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets are in the home stretch of spring training.Five Grapefruit League games are left on the slate, and manager Buck Showalter scheduled an exhibition next week to prep the Mets for Opening Day in Miami. The team had their final off day of spring training Tuesday, getting a much-needed break.It’s been a rough few weeks for the Mets as the club has been dealt injuries to key players Edwin Diaz and Brandon Nimmo. There is some optimism that Nimmo could be healthy for Opening Day but as of right now, it’s still unclear. Left-handed reliever Brooks Raley is the only one of the injured players expected to be ready by March 30.Injuries aside, there’s still plenty to gain in this final week of tuning up.Many of the Mets’ core players are returning from the World Baseball Classic. Francisco Lindor, Eduardo Escobar and Omar Narvaez are back in camp. Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil are expected to return this week and they will head north from Mi...