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Supreme Court Places Abortion Drug Restrictions on Hold — For Now

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:25 GMT

In a brief order issued Friday evening, the U.S. Supreme Court paused harsh limitations on a key abortion drug while the case plays out in a lower court, leaving access to the medication unchanged for now.The restrictions, which were set to take effect at midnight, would have had sweeping and detrimental consequences for already-strained abortion access nationwide. The 7-2 Supreme Court ruling, with Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissenting, ensures that the critical drug will remain available until further review by the conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, which plans to hear oral arguments on May 17. Legal experts note the case could make its way back to the Supreme Court in the coming months.The drug mifepristone — part of the most common method of pregnancy termination in the U.S. — is at the center of an ongoing legal battle between the Biden administration and ideological right-wing judges and advocacy groups who want to see its availability severely diminishe...

Islanders’ record 4-goal outburst seals 5-1 win over Canes

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:25 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Kyle Palmieri and Matt Martin scored 44 seconds apart late in the third period and the New York Islanders beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 Friday night to cut their first-round series deficit to 2-1.Casey Cizikas, Scott Mayfield and Anders Lee also scored as New York got four goals in a 2:18 span late — the fastest four goals in Stanley Cup playoff history — to pull away. Ilya Sorokin stopped 30 shots for the Islanders, who had a pair of one-goal losses in the first two games at Carolina.Jesper Fast scored for the Hurricanes. Antti Raanta finished with 32 saves.Game 4 is back at the UBS Arena on Sunday.BRUINS 4, PANTHERS 2SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist, Linus Ullmark stopped 28 shots and Boston topped Florida in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series.Charlie Coyle, David Pastrnak and Nick Foligno also scored for Boston, which reclaimed home-ice advantage and took a 2-1 lead in the series. Dmitry Orlov had a pair of long outle...

Katie Grimes wins 10k open water title, gains world berth

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:25 GMT

SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Katie Grimes won the women’s 10-kilometer title at the open water national championships on Friday to earn a berth at this summer’s world aquatics championships.Grimes pulled away over the last five laps to win in 1 hour, 58.08 seconds at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota. The 17-year-old from Las Vegas won by 15 seconds to defend her title.Mariah Denigan of Walton, Kentucky, and Claire Weinstein of White Plains, New York, had a photo finish for second. The nod went to Denigan, whose time of 1:58.23 was 1 second ahead of Weinstein.Ashley Twichell of Fayetteville, North Carolina, finished fourth in her return to open water competition less than a year after giving birth to her first child.Carlos Garach of Spain won the men’s 10k in 1:51.05.65. Brennan Gravley of Las Vegas finished second in 1:51.05.78 and his brother, Dylan Gravley, was third at 1:51.07.77. As the top American finisher, Brennan Gravley qualified for the world meet in Japan.___AP sports: ht...

Bethancourt, Lowe homer in 9th, Rays beat White Sox 8-7

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:25 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, (AP) — Christian Bethancourt hit a leadoff homer in the ninth and Brandon Lowe followed with a walkoff two-run shot off Reynaldo López to lead the Tampa Bay Rays over the Chicago White Sox 8-7 on Friday night.Harold Ramírez had a two-run homer off Michael Kopech during a four-run first for the Rays, who matched the 2019 Seattle Mariners as the only teams since 1901 to homer in each of their first 20 games.Chicago lead 7-4 in the fourth after Eloy Jiménez hit his first home run this year, but Chicago couldn’t hold the lead and lost for the seventh time in nine games.Yandy Díaz hit and RBI single in the bottom half, and Tampa Bay came from behind in a three-run ninth off Reynaldo López (0-2), who is filling in while closer Liam Hendriks is treated for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which is remission.Bethancourt led off by driving a fastball to the opposite field in right. The ball dropped out of a fan’s hands and back onto the field, determined to be a home ru...

Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard to miss 2nd straight playoff game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:25 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard will miss Game 4 for the Clippers against the Phoenix Suns, leaving Los Angeles without its superstar for a second straight playoff game.Leonard has a right knee sprain, the same injury that has sidelined teammate Paul George since March 21. The Suns lead the best-of-seven series 2-1, with Game 4 on Saturday in Los Angeles.With Leonard watching from the bench, Norman Powell scored 42 points and Russell Westbrook added 30 points and 12 assists in a five-point loss on Thursday night.Leonard hurt his knee in Game 1 and played through it in Game 2, but his condition worsened. He missed all of last season while recovering from a torn right ACL.He was averaging 34.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and six assists in the first two games against the Suns. With Game 5 on Tuesday, it’s possible Leonard could return in Phoenix after having a week’s rest. ___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/NBA and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports Source

A Lim Kim shoots 7-under 65, leads rain-delayed Chevron

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:25 GMT

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — A Lim Kim birdied the final two holes for a 7-under 65 and the lead Friday in the suspended second round of the rain-delayed Chevron Championship.Thirty-one players were unable to finish the round before dark in the first women’s major tournament of the season, with the event in its first year in suburban Houston after a decades-long run in the California desert.Kim won the last LPGA Tour major held in the Houston area, the 2020 U.S. Women’s Open at Champions Golf Club. The South Korean player said she isn’t sure why she’s played so well in this area, but that she thinks it’s a great city. After opening with a 71 on Thursday at The Club at Carlton Woods, she had eight birdies with just one bogey Friday to reach 8-under 136. Finishing on the front nine, the 27-year-old just missed an eagle on the par-4 ninth when her second shot landed mere inches from the hole before she tapped it in. “I think front is … easier, more than the back nine,” she said.As...

La Conferencia Episcopal de Ecuador llama a los grupos violentos a “abandonar las armas”

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:25 GMT

(CNN Español) — En medio de la crisis de seguridad que enfrenta Ecuador, la Conferencia Episcopal del país hizo un llamado a los grupos violentos a que “abandonen las armas”, a la vez que planteó un clamor por la paz y la justicia.“Exigimos, en nombre de Dios, a los violentos que abandonen las armas, que no maten a sus hermanos ni los extorsionen. ¡La vida humana es sagrada!”, indicó en un comunicado.La institución religiosa se solidarizó con las víctimas de la violencia y afirmó que la creciente inseguridad se ha generado por la crisis política y económica.La Conferencia Episcopal también demandó al gobierno la generación de políticas públicas que favorezcan la paz, el diálogo, el Estado de derecho, la seguridad pública y la inclusión.Fiscalía de Ecuador pide prisión preventiva para Lenín Moreno y otras 9 personas dentro del caso Sinohydro“Deben evitarse medidas populistas que, en lugar de enfrentar los problemas del país, lleven a una mayor violencia y desintegración”, enfat...

Memorial placed at site of Alexa Bartell's death

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:25 GMT

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Folks gathered Friday at the site where Alexa Bartell died to pay their respects after the young woman was killed by a rock thrown into her windshield.Susan Eckhardt left flowers at a memorial site in Jefferson County."I wanted to come and pay my respects to her," Eckhardt said.Eckhardt said her son-in-law works with Bartell's mother, and the family had known her since she was a child. RELATED: Investigators get more tips of rocks through windshields Whoever is responsible for the crime remains at large. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is investigating.The crime affected Bartell's family and friends. Eckhardt said her son-in-law was so touched that he reached out to his own family."We were coming back from Phoenix," Eckhardt said. "He even called us to say, 'I just want to tell you guys that when you lose somebody or know somebody so well and they are lost in such a tragic way, I just want to tell you how much I care for you.'"What charges a...

High school senior creates cookbook for Marshall Fire victims

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:25 GMT

LONGMONT, Colo. (KDVR) — A Silver Creek High School senior recently created a cookbook to honor Marshall Fire victims and bring a sense of home back to them. Most people who lost everything in the Marshall Fire had their immediate needs met when it came to bedding and a roof over their heads to be replaced. But over a year later, family heirlooms and cherished items are things they’ll never get back. This Colorado town is getting a makeover on an HGTV show That’s why a local high school senior, Miranda Beasley, made it her mission to bring back a sense of home to those fire victims. "The Family Meal" is the cookbook she created for her capstone project at Silver Creek High School. "It originally started my junior year of high school because I am part of a program at Silver Creek called SCLA, where you learn a bunch of leadership skills and learn how to manage projects," Beasley said. "Our assignment that year, because it was right after the Marshall Fire, was to try and create a p...

Inmates cause more than $100,000 in damage during disturbance at Bristol County House of Correction, sheriff says

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:39:25 GMT

Authorities said no staff or prison inmates were taken hostage and no one was injured during an hours-long disturbance at the Bristol County House of Correction that led to officers escorting prisoners out of the facility in handcuffs.While there were no injures, Sheriff Paul Heroux said inmates caused between $100,000 and $200,000 in damage in one of two housing units involved.“The second unit has far less,” he said.Officials said the incident at the facility started in the morning after authorities attempted to move inmates to different housing units.In an update provided by the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office, sheriff’s office spokesperson Jonathan Darling said the incident occurred while staff were taking steps to make the facility “more suicide-resistant.”“Part of this process is moving inmates to different housing units,” Darling said. “Friday morning, some inmates in one of the housing units did not want to move, leading to the current inci...