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Auston Matthews scores another hat trick as Toronto Maple Leafs beat Minnesota Wild 7-4

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:53 GMT

TORONTO (AP) — Auston Matthews registered his second hat trick in two games to open the season, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Minnesota Wild 7-4 on Saturday night.William Nylander had two goals and an assist for Toronto, and Ilya Samsonov made 28 saves. Calle Jarnkrok had a goal and an assist, and Tyler Bertuzzi also scored. Mitch Marner and Morgan Rielly each had two assists.Matthews is the fifth player in NHL history to open a season with back-to-back hat tricks, joining Alex Ovechkin (2017-18), Cy Denneny (1917-18), Joe Malone (1917-18) and Reg Noble (1917-18).“I want to play at the highest level that I can every night,” Matthews said. “I’m not really thinking in the past or thinking about years in the past. It’s all about today.“Just trying to go out and put in my best effort and do what I can to help the team.”Toronto coach Sheldon Keefe said it has been fun watching Matthews go to work.“You don’t expect back-to-back hat tricks, of course, but I’ve gotten somewhat comfor...

Police search for vehicle in serious hit-and-run in Denver

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:53 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A Medina Alert was issued for a vehicle in a hit-and-run crash with a pedestrian early Sunday morning, according to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.The crash happened in the 6700 block of Leetsdale Drive around 3 a.m. The pedestrian suffered serious injuries.The vehicle was described as a 2005 white Ford Explorer with Colorado license plate CJKK91.CBI urges anyone who sees the vehicle to call 911 or the Denver Police at 720-913-2012.

Denver weather: More sun and warm air on the way

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:53 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver’s weather will stay sunny, encouraging a warming trend to end the weekend and start the workweek.Weather today: Warming up nicelyMore sunshine is on the way for us this afternoon! High temperatures warm up into the upper 60s nearing 70 degrees, making for a perfect day to get outdoors. It could be breezy for some, especially east of the metro area with gusts up to 15 mph. Weather tonight: Cool and calmThe clear skies are forecasted to continue overnight, temperatures drop down into the upper 30s and lower 40s. Winds coming out of the southwest will be anywhere from 5-10 mph. Looking ahead: 70s and 80s on the horizonThe sunshine continues through the work week! This will ensure a warming pattern, especially for the next couple of days.Tuesday will be the warmest day of the week. High temperatures will climb to the lower 80s, which is around 15 degrees above normal and close to the record high of 86 set in 1926.Our next front moves into the mix from Tu...

Israel says it has killed a top Hamas commander

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:53 GMT

Israel said Sunday that it has killed a major Hamas commander.Speaking to host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week,” Lt. Col. (r) Peter Lerner said Israel had “killed Billal Al Kedra last night in a strike.”An official Israeli statement also said that he had been killed.“Following ISA intelligence, IDF fighter jets operated in the Gaza Strip and killed Billal Al Kedra last night, the Nukhba commander of the forces in southern Khan Yunis, who was responsible for the Kibbutz Nirim massacre. Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror operatives were also killed,” according to a joint announcement from the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Securities Authority.Israel’s claim could not immediately be confirmed.Kibbutz Nirim was one of the traditional agricultural communities near the border with Gaza that was attacked in Hamas’ invasion last weekend. The Oct. 7 attack was the deadliest single day in Israel’s history.Lerner added: “We will strike Hamas from the top through its institutions all the ...

Secret audio, a star witness, and ‘Thai prostitutes’ complicate Sam Bankman-Fried’s defense

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:53 GMT

New York (CNN) — Two weeks into what could be a four-to-six-week trial, jurors hearing the case against fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried have been inundated with evidence that looks, for now, pretty damning.While the defense has yet to call its own witnesses, it has stumbled frequently in cross-examining the government’s, several of whose testimony placed Bankman-Fried at the center of a yearslong conspiracy to steal from customers, defraud investors and bend over backwards to cover it all up.Bankman-Fried, 31, has pleaded not guilty to seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. He’s been accused of stealing billions of dollars in deposits from customers of his FTX crypto exchange in order to cover losses at his other firm, a crypto trading house called Alameda Research.The prosecutors brought out their big guns in week two of the trial. Here are the highlights.‘The ultimate insider’By the far the most significant witness for the prosecution is a 28-year-old...

Driver leads police on 55-mile Maine chase after almost hitting warden investigating moose complaint

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:53 GMT

LINCOLN, Maine (AP) — A driver led police on a 55-mile chase in Maine after nearly hitting a game warden who was investigating a moose complaint, police said.Police said the chase began late Thursday morning after multiple agencies were informed that the vehicle almost hit the warden in Lincoln. The warden had witnessed the vehicle leaving the scene of a suspected trespassing and theft at a pulp and tissue mill and the high-speed pursuit began, police said.The pursuit ended more than 90 minutes later in Haynesville after police deployed tire deflation mats and other techniques to slow the vehicle. Police said two passengers in the car were taken into custody and charged with crimes including theft and criminal trespassing.Police said the driver fled the scene but was quickly located and charged with numerous offenses.It was not immediately clear if the driver and passengers had hired attorneys. The driver was transported to Aroostook County Jail and the passengers posted bail.

Suspended Miami city commissioner pleads not guilty to money laundering and other charges

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:53 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — A suspended Miami city commissioner who is accused of accepting $245,000 in exchange for voting to approve construction of a sports facility has pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges, including bribery and money laundering.Alex Diaz de la Portilla did not appear in court Friday, but his attorney, Ben Kuehne, entered the plea for him.Diaz de la Portilla and a co-defendant, Miami attorney William Riley Jr., were arrested Sept. 14.Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended Diaz de la Portilla, who is a fellow Republican, after the commissioner’s arrest. Kuehne said Friday that his client was campaigning for the Nov. 7 election to keep his seat on the commission.“We look forward to a vindication of these charges because Alex is not guilty,” Kuehne said at the Miami-Dade criminal courthouse, according to the Miami Herald.Kuehne requested that Diaz de la Portilla be tried separately from Riley, WPLG-TV reported.On Friday, Riley’s attorney also entered a not guilty ...

Italian court confirms extradition of a priest wanted for murder, torture in Argentina dictatorship

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:53 GMT

ROME (AP) — Italy’s top criminal court has confirmed the extradition of an Italian priest sought by Argentina on charges of murder and torture during its last military dictatorship, rejecting the priest’s appeal, a lawyer said Sunday. Arturo Salerni, who represented Argentina in the case, told The Associated Press that the decision by Italy’s Court of Cassation in the case of the Rev. Franco Reverberi confirms a previous ruling by a Bologna appeal court and is now definitive. Italian Justice Minister Carlo Nordio has now 45 days to issue a decree that requests the extradition of Reverberi, 86, who served as military chaplain during Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship. “The battle for truth and justice that has been conducted primarily by the families of the victims of the terrible years of the Argentine dictatorship reached another important result,” Salerni said. “This decision affirms a universal jurisdiction on the violations of human rights,” he added. Reverb...

Azerbaijan’s president raises the nation’s flag in a former breakaway region’s capital

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:53 GMT

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has raised his nation’s flag over the capital city of a former breakaway region in a ceremony reaffirming Baku’s control over it.The Azerbaijani leader delivered a speech and raised the flag over the city, which is known as Khankendi by Azerbaijan and Stepanakert by Armenians, the presidential office said Sunday.The Karabakh region, which was previously known as Nagorno-Karabakh and is known to Armenians as Artsakh, is internationally recognized as Azerbaijani territory, but became a breakaway state under the control of ethnic Armenian forces in 1994 following a six-year conflict.A subsequent war in 2020 returned control of much of the area to Azerbaijan, until a lightning offensive last month forced separatists to relinquish the rest of the region.In a 24-hour campaign that began on Sept. 19, the Azerbaijani army routed the area’s undermanned and outgunned ethnic Armenian forces, forcing them to capitulate.The majority of the area’s ethnic Armenia...

Police investigating alleged sexual assault in Greektown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:43:53 GMT

Toronto police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred on Saturday in Greektown.On Oct. 14 at approximately 3:15 a.m., in the Logan Avenue and Danforth Avenue area, a man reportedly followed a woman on foot.He reportedly approached the woman and sexually assaulted her, then fled on foot.The man is described as black, 5’9″-5’11”, with a thin build. The man was wearing a black hooded sweater, a black vest, blue jeans, black shoes with white soles and wearing a light blue surgical mask.