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Approximately $1M worth of merchandise stolen from Ross in Solano County: authorities

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:11:02 GMT

(KRON) – Six people were arrested as a result of the Fairfield Police Department's two-day theft operation. On Dec. 22, officers say they witnessed two men leaving a store with a shopping cart full of unpaid items. Officers conducted a traffic stop on the getaway vehicle and discovered there were four occupants in the car.  5 arrested in illegal casino, prostitution operation in San Jose The vehicle’s occupants were all Vallejo residents.Gregory Carson, 27Tavani Cole, 36Nehmia Hatchett, 29Rashad Brown, 34Carson also had a Solano County warrant. According to police, when the group of four was being booked at the Solano County Jail, a Vallejo Police Department officer noticed the group was wanted in Vallejo. All four individuals allegedly stole approximately $1 million worth of merchandise from Ross and $500,000 worth of merchandise from another retail store in Vallejo.Vallejo PD subsequently arrested the four suspects at the jail. According to the police investigation, th...

Haliburton ties franchise record with 23 assists in second straight 20-20 game as Pacers beat Knicks

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:11:02 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton had 22 points and tied a franchise record with 23 assists, becoming only the third player in NBA history with consecutive 20-20 games in those categories, and the Indiana Pacers beat the New York Knicks 140-126 on Saturday night.Haliburton, who picked up his 23rd on a pass to Andrew Nembhard with 1:05 remaining, joined Hall of Famers Magic Johnson (Dec. 18-19, 1984) and John Stockton (March 1 and March 3, 1994) as the only players with consecutive outings of at least 20 points and 20 assists. Jamaal Tinsley set the Indiana mark with 23 against Washington on Nov. 22, 2001.Haliburton has 43 assists and two turnovers in the last two games, raising his NBA-leading assist average to 12.8.Indiana won its third in a row to improve to 17-14. The Pacers shot 60% from the field and made 23 3-pointers. Myles Turner had 28 points and eight rebounds, while Aaron Nesmith scored 25 points.The Knicks were undermanned in their third straight loss after trading R...

Sebastian Aho, Hurricanes hold off Maple Leafs 3-2 for third consecutive win

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:11:02 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Sebastian Aho had one goal and two assists in leading the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night.Michael Bunting and Seth Jarvis also scored for Carolina. The victory extended the Hurricanes’ winning streak to three games.Pyotr Kochetkov made 25 saves.Timothy Liljegren and Nicholas Robertson scored for Toronto, which got 25 stops from Martin Jones.The Leafs have dropped five of their last six games.Carolina went 2-for-4 on the power play, while Toronto went 0-for-3.Bunting opened the scoring just 2:24 into the contest on the power play. Aho found him open in the slot from behind the goal and he beat Jones five-hole.The Leafs continued to struggle finding the back of the net in the second period. Matthew Knies got a takeaway in Carolina’s zone and went in on net but couldn’t get a shot off trying to shield the puck from a defender.Jarvis doubled the lead on another power play at 13:52 of the second period. Liljegren put Toronto ...

Zach Anderson scores 21 as Florida Gulf Coast beats No. 7 Florida Atlantic 72-68

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:11:02 GMT

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Dunk City has pulled off another surprise.A decade or so removed from making the Sweet 16 of the 2013 NCAA Tournament as a No. 15 seed, Florida Gulf Coast made a splash again Saturday night — this time taking down a Florida Atlantic team that made the Final Four last season and was ranked No. 7 in the country this week.Zach Anderson scored 21 points, Dallion Johnson added 18 and the Eagles beat the Owls 72-68. FAU became the highest-ranked opponent FGCU has beaten in its history; that “Dunk City” crew beat then-No. 8 Georgetown in the first round of the 2013 NCAA tourney.“We created our luck tonight,” FGCU coach Pat Chambers said. “We had everything going against us tonight … and we still found a way.”Cyrus Largie scored 12 and Franco Miller Jr. finished with 10 for FGCU (6-9), which never trailed in the game’s final 34 minutes. The Eagles came into the game as 17-point underdogs and needed overtime to beat NAIA member Florida Memorial last week.Vladisl...

Roddy Gayle Jr. scores 32, Ohio State beats WVU 78-75 in OT at Legends of Basketball

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:11:02 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Roddy Gayle Jr. scored a career-high 32 points, Jamison Battle added 17 points and nine rebounds and Ohio State held on to beat West Virginia 78-75in overtime Saturday night at the Legends of Basketball Showcase.Gayle made 11 of 21 from the field, 7 of 10 from the free-throw line and finished with seven rebounds and six assists. Bruce Thornton scored six of his 11 points after regulation for Ohio State (11-2). Battle hit a 3-pointer to open the scoring in OT and, after RaeQuan Battle made a tip-in for the Mountaineers on the other end, Gayle sank another 3 to give Ohio State a 71-67 lead with 3:25 to play. RaeQuan Battle threw down a dunk, but Bruce Thornton scored all the Buckeyes’ points in a 6-2 spurt that gave them a six-point lead with two minutes remaining. West Virginia interim coach Josh Eilert was called for a technical foul for arguing a no-call on a missed 3-point shot by RaeQuan Battle. After Gayle missed both free throws, Battle stole the ball and...

¿Cuál es el origen de Nochevieja y por qué se celebra?

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:11:02 GMT

(CNN Español) – La Nochevieja o víspera de Año Nuevo es la última noche del año en el calendario gregoriano. Una festividad que se celebra prácticamente en todo el mundo el 31 de diciembre con diferentes y muy variadas costumbres para celebrar la entrada del año que está por comenzar.Las tradicionales uvas en Argentina, México y España, lo toques de campana en Japón, romper platos en Dinamarca y usar ropa interior de diferentes colores en varios países de América Latina son solo algunos de los rituales en honor a la llegada de un nuevo ciclo.¿Cuál es el origen de esta tradición?Lo primero que hay que saber es que el Año Nuevo no siempre comenzó el 1 de enero, en la antigüedad esa fecha estaba marcada por eventos astronómicos o agrícolas.El registro más antiguo de una festividad de Año Nuevo se remonta al año 2000 a. C. en Mesopotamia, en donde se celebraba el Akitu, una fecha que marcaba la primera luna nueva después del equinoccio de primavera. Para los egipcios, fenicios y persas ...

Migrantes saturan frontera norte de México pese a visita de la delegación de EEUU

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:11:02 GMT

Migrantes saturaron las calles de Ciudad Juárez, en la frontera norte de México, pese a los avances y la disminución de la migración que ha prometido el presidente, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, tras su reunión del miércoles con una delegación de Estados Unidos.Durante las últimas dos semanas son constantes los grupos de decenas de migrantes que a todas horas caminan con niños en los hombros o de la mano mientras se dirigen a la puerta 36 del muro fronterizo entre Juárez y El Paso, Texas, que casi todo el año ha sido el epicentro de la migración entre México y Estados Unidos. “Es complicado porque no nos dejan pasar, y uno sufre bastante cosas en el camino”, señaló Dariel Sánchez, un migrante procedente de Venezuela que duró más de cinco días varado con casi un millar de migrantes en Ceballos, una población ubicada en el límite entre los norteños estados de Durango y Chihuahua.“Vienen caravanas de Tapachula, Chiapas, de Ciudad de México agarran otro rumbo, o sea, que hay bastantes mi...

Eetu Luostarinen scores twice, Panthers tops Canadiens 4-1 for 4th consecutive win

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:11:02 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Eetu Luostarinen scored a pair of power-play goals as the Florida Panthers defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Saturday night, extending their winning streak to four games.Sam Bennett and Carter Verhaeghe also scored for the Panthers, who outscored Montreal 3-0 in the third period. Anthony Stolarz finished with 18 saves for Florida.Cole Caufield scored for the Canadiens, who dropped their second straight game in regulation after getting at least one point in each of their previous five games. Jake Allen stopped 22 shots for Montreal.Luostarinen opened the scoring by deflecting an Evan Rodrigues shot 4:05 into the second period. Caufield scored a power-play goal of his own 7:01 into the second, and then Luostarinen gave Florida the lead for good with 12:26 left.Bennett deflected an Oliver Ekman-Larsson shot with 4:34 left for a 3-1 lead, and Verhaeghe added an empty-netter.The Canadiens play their sixth game in a run of seven straight on the road — three befor...

Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby score as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:11:02 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist, helping the Pittsburgh Penguins top the St. Louis Blues 4-2 on Saturday night.Malkin scored his 14th of the season on the power play. It was his third goal in two games. Malkin also set up Drew O’Connor’s fourth of the year.Jeff Carter scored his fourth goal for Pittsburgh in the third period, and Sidney Crosby’s 20th of the season was an empty-netter. Tristan Jarry made 25 stops.Crosby is one point from tying Joe Thornton for 12th place on the NHL’s career points list. He became the 19th player in NHL history to score 400 even-strength goals and 22nd in NHL history with 16 seasons of 20 or more goals.The Penguins improved to 6-1-1 in their last eight games.Robert Thomas scored his team-leading 15th of the season for the Blues, while former Penguin Kasperi Kapanen added his fourth.Joel Hofer stopped 26 shots for the Blues, who have lost two straight following a three-game winning streak. St. Louis is 5-3 under interim coach D...

No. 3 Houston improves to 13-0 with 81-42 win over Penn

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:11:02 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — L.J. Cryer scored 16 points, Jamal Shead added 14 points and No. 3 Houston stayed unbeaten with an 81-42 win over Penn on Saturday night.Cryer scored 12 points in the first half as Houston (13-0) jumped to an 18-0 lead and led 39-17 at the half. Cryer scored his 1,000th career collegiate point between Baylor and Houston on a 3-pointer with 14:15 left in the first half.Joseph Tugler had 13 points and seven rebounds, Emanuel Sharp scored 12 and Damian Dunn had 11 for Houston, which shot 48%. The Cougars forced 22 turnovers, which they converted into 25 points. Houston also held a 42-28 rebounding advantage.“Our effort was outstanding,” Houston coach Kelvin Sampson said of the quick start. “We had a great plan. We knew exactly how we wanted to guard them, and our kids executed. … Our quickness and our attention to detail I thought were good tonight.”Tyler Perkins had 10 points and Nick Spinoso added eight points for Penn (8-6).“Just disappointed with the first 12 to 15 m...