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Casey steps down as Pistons coach after last game of season

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:20 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Detroit Pistons coach Dwane Casey stepped down after Sunday’s 103-81 loss to the Chicago Bulls to end the 2022-23 season.Casey will move to a role in the franchise’s front office. The Pistons ended the season with an NBA-worst 17-65 mark and missed the postseason for the fourth straight year. “Hopefully my legacy will be will building the foundation with these young guys,” said Casey, a former NBA coach of the year in Toronto. “When you bring in a young team, this league is not very forgiving in terms of wins and losses. I knew that coming in.”Casey guided the team to the playoffs in his first season in Detroit but the start of a rebuilding project the following season left Detroit near the Eastern Conference’s basement. The franchise selected Cade Cunningham after winning the 2021 NBA draft lottery but his second season lasted just 12 games before he was sidelined by shin surgery. “Things changed, health changed and we took it down to the studs,” Casey said of the te...

Boulder man accused of distributing child sexual material

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:20 GMT

BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- A special task force housed at the Boulder County Sheriff's Office arrested a man on multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a child on Saturday, a release said.Sergey Tolstick, 36, is accused of distributing child sexual abuse material via a peer-to-peer network, the sheriff's office said. The Boulder County Forensics Lab came across the illegal material that was downloaded from an IP address in Boulder County during other investigations. A deeper dive into the origination of the material discovered it was on a device associated with Tolstick's residential internet, according to BCSO. Local doctor accused of sexual assault A search warrant was issued for Tolstick's residence in the 6000 block of Gunbarrel Avenue on March 29 where that material was discovered as well as other evidence, the sheriff's office said. Tolstick was booked into the Boulder County Jail and is being held without bond on one count of sexual exploitation of a child - distrib...

Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn break up after six years

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:20 GMT

(CNN) — Taylor Swift and actor Joe Alwyn have broken up after six years together.A source close to Taylor confirmed the news to CNN saying “Taylor and Joe broke up a few weeks ago. They simply grew apart and plan to remain friends.”CNN has reached out to Swift and Alwyn’s reps for comment. Entertainment Tonight was first to report the news.Swift, who is currently on her “Eras Tour,” and Alwyn were first linked romantically in 2016.The Grammy-winner and Alwyn managed to keep their relationship mostly under wraps, but in true Taylor Swift style, the singer dropped some Easter eggs about Alwyn through her music along the way.In January, Swift revealed on her Instagram that “Lavender Haze,” a track from her 2022 album “Midnights,” is about Alwyn, saying when you’re in a lavender haze of love, “you’ll do anything to stay there and not let people bring you down off of that cloud.”“Like my r...

Healey to take ‘executive actions’ to protect abortion pill access

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:20 GMT

Gov. Maura Healey will join reproductive rights advocates today on the steps of the State House to unveil her administration’s response to the ruling of a Texas judge which effectively bans the use of a common abortion drug nationally.“Tomorrow, Governor Maura T. Healey will announce her administration’s plan to protect access to mifepristone in Massachusetts following a federal court ruling that blocked the FDA’s approval of the abortion medication drug that has been used safely and effectively for decades,” Healey’s administration announced Sunday.Healey is scheduled to appear alongside U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Lt. Gov Kim Driscoll, Attorney General Andrea Campbell, state Senate President Karen Spilka and others at 1 p.m on Monday, when her staff says she will respond to the Friday decision by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk to overturn the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the country’s most common method of abortion.The Cambridge Democrat will use “...

Payton Pritchard records first triple-double, Celtics finish regular season strong with win over Hawks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:20 GMT

It has not been an easy season for Payton Pritchard. By his own admission, it’s been frustrating.“Obviously people know it’s been an up and down year emotionally and obviously physically now,” he said Sunday.The fourth-year guard and 2020 first-round pick was buried on the Celtics’ depth, the fourth guard in line after the offseason addition of Malcolm Brogdon. His opportunities have been scarce, often only coming in garbage time or when the C’s are shorthanded. Then over the last month came an injury that cost him 13 games.His time – at least one more in a Boston uniform – was still coming, though. Last Wednesday, the Celtics clinched the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. The final two regular-season games became mostly meaningless as the Celtics prioritized resting their regulars. But not for Pritchard, who saw it as another opportunity to prove himself. There is still discomfort in his injured heel, but it didn’t outweigh his desire to play. As he’s done all season, Pritchard...

Haiti gang ambushes, kills 3 policemen as violence soars

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:20 GMT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A gang near Haiti’s capital ambushed and killed three police officers on Sunday in the latest attack against an under-resourced and underfunded police department that has reported nearly two dozen officers slain so far this year, according to authorities.The killings occurred in Thomassin, a largely upper-class neighborhood just south of the capital of Port-au-Prince that is controlled by a gang called “Ti Makak,” which translates to “Little Macaques.”The details of the killings were provided by an officer who survived the attack, according to the National Union of Haitian Police Officers, which said it was saddened by the news.Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry condemned the killings and extended his condolences.“Our police brothers have today, once again, fallen under the murderous bullets of lawless thugs. We deplore these barbaric acts,” he tweeted.He added that his government is doing everything possible to create a climate of security and stability...

Part of building collapsed onto vehicle, between houses on Rogers Road

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:20 GMT

A wall of a building at 490 Rogers Road, east of Weston Road, has collapsed.Police initially responded for a wall collapse and found a partial brick wall collapsed onto a vehicle and between two houses.TFS crews are currently dealing with a structural collapse incident on Rogers Rd. just east of Weston Rd. Partial wall collapse. No reported injuries at this time. Crews investigating. Please avoid the area. ^dv #Toronto— Toronto Fire Services (@Toronto_Fire) April 9, 2023The building is unstable and more sections could be crumbling.No injuries were reported though there are road closures in the area as it is an active scene and emergency crews are on site.

King’s coronation: 3 crowns, 2 carriages and a shorter route

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:20 GMT

LONDON (AP) — King Charles III plans to take a short cut and smoother ride to Westminster Abbey for his coronation, trimming the procession route his mother took in 1953 as he aims for a more modest event that will include some modern touches, Buckingham Palace said Sunday.The lower-key ceremony May 6 will still be steeped in ancient traditions and adorned with royal regalia from the Crown Jewels, but will also feature its own bespoke emoji, reflecting the first British crowning of the social media era. Queen Elizabeth II’s was the first coronation televised 70 years ago.In one break with tradition, Charles and Camilla, the queen consort, will roll out of Buckingham Palace in the horse-drawn gilded black Diamond Jubilee State Coach built for Elizabeth’s 60th anniversary. It has heat, air conditioning, power windows and a suspension system that will provide a comfier ride than his mother’s accommodations for her enthronement. The 1.3 mile (2 kilometer) route is a bi...

'No rules': Illegal cabins with million-dollar views crop up along Oregon river

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:20 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — For more than five years, Larry Purtle and Ric Scaramella have been watching from their condominium people living across the Willamette River in makeshift cabins, complete with doors and windows. Some have solar panels, and all have a million-dollar view of downtown Portland.Nexstar's KOIN discovered the soil these cabins sit on is a sort of no-man's land in the middle of a modern city.From their windows, they can see "about nine structures," Scaramella said. "These are not tents. These are structures."The couple said they are concerned for the people living with no services and are worried there might be pollution going into the river. Since 2017, Scaramella estimates he’s called or complained to different government agencies “30, 40” times.Two different worldsThe cabins are hard to reach. They are isolated by the adjacent Union Pacific railyard. A KOIN reporter traveled there by boat to get a closer look, with hopes of speaking with people living in the sha...

Showers and storms possible for some on Monday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:48:20 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Limited breaks of sun this afternoon should be enough to push highs into the low to mid 70s. We'll continue a partly cloudy sky for the better part of the evening, but more clouds arrive later tonight. Overnight lows drop into the upper 50s by morning. There's a slight chance for showers or storms overnight, generally in the Hill Country.Tonight's forecastWe're still watching a disturbance that will drop toward Central Texas from the northwest late in the night or, more likely, during Monday morning.Still, even less than 24 hours out, there's considerable disagreement among our computer models about rain coverage and timing. That being said, there's enough of an indication to raise rainfall coverage to at least 50% for Monday with the potential for a few rounds of wet weather beginning in the morning, with the highest rain chances during the late afternoon into the early evening.Future radar potential for MondayThese rain chances arriving from the northwest have a h...