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No. 1 Purdue faces big tests in Big Ten with Maryland, No. 9 Illinois coming up

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:33:12 GMT

Purdue should be accustomed to playing highly ranked opponents by this point of the season.The top-ranked Boilermakers rolled through Tennessee, Gonzaga and Marquette in consecutive days to win the Maui Invitational when all three of them were among the top 11 teams in the country. A few weeks later, they took down Arizona for their first win over a team ranked No. 1 since beating the Wildcats on Nov. 25, 2000.Now, they will face ninth-ranked Illinois on Friday night in one of the early showdowns in Big Ten play.Purdue (12-1), which also faces Maryland on Tuesday night, has already dropped a conference game to Northwestern, and another loss this week would put coach Matt Painter’s crew in catch-up mode before they even hit mid-January.“We still haven’t won a road game and we’re going into a beehive where they didn’t lose in the Big Ten last season,” Painter said of the Terps (9-4), who have won six straight games. “I feel like we’ve made strides. We have experience. We&#...

Tren se descarrila e incendia dejando varios heridos en San Francisco

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:33:12 GMT

El tren del sistema Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) acababa de partir de la ciudad de Orinda en dirección a la ciudad de Lafayette aproximadamente a las 9 de la mañana del lunes cuando los dos carros delanteros se salieron de la vía, dijo Jim Allison, portavoz de la agencia.Todos los pasajeros fueron desalojados y los bomberos extinguieron las llamas rápidamente, agregó.Varios viajeros fueron trasladados a hospitales con lesiones menores, señaló Allison. Por el momento se desconocía el número total de heridos. El resto de los pasajeros caminaron de regreso a la Estación Orinda.El pasajero Enrique Gonzalez dijo que el tren se demoró, y cuando comenzó a avanzar de nuevo él escuchó unos “pocos tronidos sonoros” y vio “humo que surgía de entre los vagones”. “Estaba sentado justo allí en la ventana y vi las llamas elevarse”, le dijo al periódico San Francisco Chronicle. Impresionante video: enorme ola deja varios heridos en California Tiroteo en cen...

1 arrested after breach at Colorado Supreme Court building

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:33:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — One person has been arrested after allegedly breaching the Colorado Supreme Court building early Tuesday morning.According to the Denver Police Department, officers responded to a call at 1:11 a.m. about a suspect breaching the building known as the Ralph Carr Judicial Center located at 2 East 14th Ave. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox DPD said the suspect fired shots from the building but no injuries have been reported.At 3:13 a.m. an adult male was taken into custody. FOX31 crews are at the scene where several agencies responded, including Denver Police Metro SWAT and Colorado State Patrol. Unfounded threat reported at Colorado Supreme Court justice’s home This incident follows the state’s controversial decision to disqualify former president Donald Trump from the Colorado primary ballot.It is unclear if the breach at the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday is due to the Trump ballot decision.The Ralph Carr Judicial Center will ...

Denver weather: Sunny and mild before light snow

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:33:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The sunny skies are here for the middle of the week with mild temperatures in the Denver weather forecast. Some snow chances move in later on Thursday.Weather today: Mostly sunny skiesMost of Colorado will see mainly sunny skies on Tuesday with light winds. Cheaper fares are here for RTD riders Afternoon high temperatures will be above average in the metro, topping out in the upper 40s.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on Jan. 2 Weather tonight: Clear and coolSkies stay clear Tuesday night, and that will help temperatures drop back into the upper teens and low 20s with a light wind.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on Jan. 2 Looking ahead: A few chances for snowWednesday also has plenty of sunshine through the afternoon with just above average highs in the upper 40s. Clouds increase through Thursday afternoon with cooler highs in the upper 30s. Snow will move into the southern half of the state Thursday morning, but Denver won't see any snow until evening. 12...

12-year-old climate activist in favor of new plastic, Styrofoam ban law in 2024

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:33:12 GMT

ARVADA, Colo. (KDVR) — Several laws take effect in Colorado in the new year.One of those laws bans the use of plastic bags for purchase at retail stores and Styrofoam from restaurant take-out orders. These new Colorado laws go into effect in 2024 A 12-year-old from Arvada said she has been advocating for this change since she was five. Madhvi Chittoor said the ban will help mitigate the impacts on climate change and the environment.“When I was 5 years old, I watched a CNN documentary called ‘Midway, a plastic island.’ It showed the garbage and plastics, they were all over the beaches and oceans," said Chittoor. "Everything decomposed except the plastic pieces. Also, the civilization where the plastic trash is coming from is very far away from Midway Island. It's still all over the shore and that's the really sad thing about it."It's what inspired Chittoor to become a climate activist.“So first, I wrote a book called ‘Is Plastic My Food?'" she said.From there, she worked with city ...

Barack Obama shares his favorite music of 2023, and it’s a super eclectic mix

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:33:12 GMT

(CNN) — If you want to groove like Barack Obama, you can do so from Afrobeats to Reggaeton.The former president shared his list of favorite songs of the year to his official Instagram on Friday, and it was pretty eclectic.Included was “On My Mama” by Victoria Monét, “Crazy Love” by Rita Wilson and Keith Urban, “Water” by Tyla and “La Bebé (Remix)” by Yng Lvcas & Peso Pluma.There was also “Cobra” by Megan Thee Stallion, “The Returner” by Allison Russell, and Zach Bryan’s “I Remember Everything” featuring Kacey Musgraves and more.Ironically (or not), Obama also included Beyoncé’s “America Has A Problem” which features rapper Kendrick Lamar.Oscar-winner Jon Batiste also made the list, with his song “It Never Went Away.”In a nod to any potential glaring omissions, in the caption to the list, Obama wrote, “Let me know if there are any artists or songs I should check out.”It’s become an annual tradition for Obama to share his favorite books, movies and music of the year. He also does ...

Most Unusual and Difficult Problems

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:33:12 GMT

From a woman wanting her leg removed, to a man trying to block Miami-Dade County from killing a dog based on false information: Help me Howard with Patrick Fraser had some requests for help with very difficult problems in the past few months. Now, as we turn the page to 2024, Patrick shows us how these stories turned out.I will never forget Tina’s words to us: Please help me get my foot amputated. Tina Bakr: “Its a very destructive tumor.”When Tina developed cancer in her foot, her boss fired her. For some unknown reason, her insurance company then refused to pay for the surgery to remove the foot. Months passed, the cancer spread. Tina Bakr: “The tumor has latched itself around my ankle. So now its too late for a foot removal. Now, I have to have a partial leg removal as well because of the waiting time.” Afraid she was going to die, Tina asked us to fight her insurance company and AHCA, the state agency that administers medicaid. We pushed, they gave ...

1 fatality from 3-alarm morning fire in Cambridge

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:33:12 GMT

One person is dead after a 3-alarm fire in Cambridge Tuesday morning.Officers responded to a 4-story brick building on Chester Street before 5 a.m. after heavy fire was reported in a first floor apartment. Cambridge Fire Chief Thomas Cahill confirmed one fatality from the blaze; the individual was found dead by firefighters inside the structure. Authorities said they had to conduct multiple rescues to get residents out safely. They estimated between 30 and 40 people have been displaced by the fire. .One firefighter was taken to hospital for minor injuries and is expected to fully recover.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

FBI’s terrorism task force investigating deadly Rochester crash

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:33:12 GMT

(CNN) — The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating after cars crashed and plowed into a crowd outside of a New Years concert in Rochester, New York, according to a law enforcement official.The FBI is investigating after two vehicles – one laden with gas canisters – collided and plowed into a crowd in a fiery crash that killed two people and injured five others as a New Year’s concert was letting out in Rochester, New York.Thousands of people were pouring out of the Kodak Center after ringing in the new year when the fatal crash shrouded the night’s celebrations with tragedy, authorities said.Revelers were walking on a crosswalk outside the venue at around 12:50 a.m. Monday when a Ford SUV slammed into a Mitsubishi Outlander that was leaving a nearby parking lot, Rochester Police Chief David Smith said at a news conference Monday.The force of the crash sent the vehicles through a group of pedestrians who were on the crosswalk, Smith said.Two passengers in the Mitsubishi we...

True or false: DJ Moore — cigar celebration and all — has been everything as advertised for the Chicago Bears

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 07:33:12 GMT

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024. And in the eyes of the Chicago Bears, welcome to a year that seems to hold incredible potential.The Bears put an exclamation point on their home finale Sunday afternoon, hammering the Atlanta Falcons 37-17 for their fifth consecutive win at Soldier Field. The encouraged vibes were everywhere inside the victorious locker room with players feeling more confident than ever that the team is in the middle of a significant breakthrough.Later in the evening, the Bears were officially eliminated from the NFC playoff picture. But they have one more game to play in Week 18 with a chance to punctuate at their late-season surge in emphatic fashion.Here in the final week of the season, Tribune writers Dan Wiederer and Colleen Kane talk through four Bears-related topics in a “True or false” format to set the stage for all that’s ahead.True or false: A Week 18 trip to Lambeau Field to face the rival Green Bay Packers is the ideal final test for th...