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Resuelven un caso de casi 50 años en Canadá gracias al análisis de ADN de un hombre de Virginia Occidental

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:38:44 GMT

(CNN) — Un caso de Quebec de hace casi 50 años finalmente se resolvió, según un comunicado de prensa publicado este martes por la policía canadiense, luego de que lograran relacionar el ADN del asesinato de una joven de 16 años con un hombre fallecido cuyo cuerpo fue enterrado a más de 1.200 kilómetros de distancia, en Virginia Occidental.Franklin Romine (Crédito: Service de police de l’agglomÈr)Sharron Prior fue secuestrada el 29 de marzo de 1975 en la zona de Pointe St. Charles, en Montreal, y su cadáver fue hallado cuatro días después en un terreno baldío de Longueuil, según la policía. Longueuil se encuentra en la provincia de Quebec, al otro lado del río San Lorenzo, frente a Montreal.Sharron Prior Crédito: Service de police de l’agglomÈrFuncionarios de la Unidad de Homicidios sin Resolver de la División de Delitos Graves de la Policía de Longueuil y otros especialistas utilizaron la genealogía genética para establecer un vínculo de ADN entre las pruebas recup...

Taylor leads way as TCU routs Kansas in Big 12 Tournament

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:38:44 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Brayden Taylor drove in three runs and scored four times and TCU blew open a close game with a five-run sixth inning to defeat Kansas 14-4 in eight innings on Thursday in a winners bracket game of the Big 12 Tournament.Taylor, who had four hits, ripped his 21st home run in the sixth inning and reached 60 RBIs for the season with the two-run shot.No. 4 seed TCU (35-22) advances to the final round of the upper bracket of the double-elimination tournament and will face either No. 8 Kansas or No. 5 Kansas State on Saturday.Cole Fontenelle tripled to drive in a first-inning run and scored on a throwing error on the play as the Horned Frogs moved out to a 3-1 lead. Kansas kept it close and was within 5-4 heading to the bottom of the sixth inning before TCU broke loose. After an RBI-single by Nunez and a run-scoring groundout by Bowen, Taylor homered to right field. Fontenelle capped the inning by scoring on a fielder’s choice. Fontenelle finished with three r...

Heat to start Lowry for injured Vincent in Game 5 of East finals vs. Celtics

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:38:44 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — The Miami Heat will start Kyle Lowry at point guard against the Celtics in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals Thursday after starter Gabe Vincent was ruled out with a sprained left ankle. Vincent got hurt late in Miami’s Game 4 loss when he landed awkwardly while trying to save a loose ball near the Heat bench. He was re-taped and returned to that game, but the effects of the sprain led to the Heat ruling Vincent out for Game 5.Miami enters Thursday with a 3-1 series lead and a second chance to advance to the NBA Finals for a matchup with the Denver Nuggets.Vincent started each of Miami’s first 15 playoff games. He’s averaged 13.1 points in the postseason, third-best on the Heat behind Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo. Lowry has been coming off the bench while Vincent starts.Miami has played most of the playoffs without two other guards, Tyler Herro and Victor Oladipo. Herro has been cleared to resume some basketball activities after recovering from a broken hand but ...

This is the most common activity in lightning deaths

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:38:44 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Lightning is the most dangerous type of weather in Colorado, with fishing named as the top activity associated with lightning fatalities.The list below shows the top activities with the most deaths from lightning. It comes from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data from 2006-2018 across the United States. How higher property value is either making or costing you more money Fishing takes the top spot, with 38 deaths nationwide. Beach activities and camping take the second and third spots.Activities with the most lightning deaths:Fishing: 38Beach: 23Camping: 19Farming/ranching: 19Boating: 17Motorcycle/ATV: 16Social gathering: 16Walk to/from home: 14Construction: 14Soccer: 12Yardwork: 12Roofing: 11Golf: 10When breaking down the victims by gender, 80% of them were male, while only 20% were female.Colorado ranks fourth in the nation for lightning fatalities and is one of the states with the most lightning strikes per year.Lightning can strike from up to 1...

Coach Prime keeps driving ticket sales: Colorado sets single-game record

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:38:44 GMT

There's a high demand for a front-row seat to watch the turnaround at the University of Colorado under Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders. Or so the soaring ticket sales indicate.The Buffaloes sold 11,273 single-game tickets Wednesday, the largest one-day total for individual games in team history. The school already sold out of its season-ticket allotment, marking the first time that's happened since 1996.The demand has been through the roof since Sanders took over the downtrodden program in early December. Even the spring game — featuring snowy and cold conditions — sold out. Nikola Jokic ties wedding ring to shoe before every game Sanders and his veteran coaching staff have their work cut out for them turning around a program that went 1-11 last season. They've seen many players exit through the transfer portal, only to replaced by a new batch of highly touted recruits. Fall camp figures to be just as much about learning names and faces as new plays and systems.The Buffaloes over/unde...

New Russell Wilson: Trimmer body, lower public profile

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:38:44 GMT

There’s a lot less of Russell Wilson this offseason.No more hype videos bombarding social media, no more chronicles of every globetrotting trip, no more merchandise pitches or cringey catchphrases.And apparently, fewer gourmet meals, too."I feel lean and mean and ready to go,” said Wilson, who looked noticeably thinner when he stepped up to the podium on Thursday. These were his first public comments since his post-game pledge on Jan. 8 to do everything in his power to reverse both his and the Denver Broncos' fortunes in 2023. Jamal Murray reveals top 5 players in NBA history Wilson was light on specifics when asked exactly how much weight he'd lost.“I'm not worried about that, I'm not counting,” Wilson said. “All I know is I'm excited to play again.”Wilson has kept a much lower public profile since Sean Payton took over as head coach following a 5-12 debacle, Denver's sixth straight losing season.Payton's pledge for the BroncosPayton pledged on Day 1 that the Broncos would put in...

Miami welcomes Pastis, iconic NYC French hotspot featured on ‘Sex and the City’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:38:44 GMT

“Sex and the City” may be a New York City show, but you don’t have to go all the way to the Big Apple to feel like Carrie, Miranda, Samantha or Charlotte anymore.That’s because an iconic New York hotspot that’s been featured on the show has now made its way to the 305.Josh Rademacher: “Pastis is a new restaurant here in Wynwood brought to you by Keith McNally and Stephen Starr from New York City, and we are a Parisian-style brasserie.”Brasserie is a fancy French way of saying restaurant.Josh Rademacher: “Pastis is known for its classic Parisian fare. We have a wonderful selection of steak frites and some lighter dishes here in Miami with plenty of seafood.”On the menu, you’ll find classics like the super cheesy and rich French onion soup. Meat lovers can feast on fresh steak tartar or…Josh Rademacher: “The filet au poivre is absolutely one of our staples here at Pastis, with a rich au poivre sauce made with green pepp...

Washington Post: Trump employees moved boxes day before DOJ went to Mar-a-Lago

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:38:44 GMT

(CNN) — Two employees of Donald Trump moved boxes of papers at Mar-a-Lago a day before the Justice Department visited the former president’s residence to collect classified documents, The Washington Post reported Thursday.The Post, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that investigators view the timing – just before FBI agents and a prosecutor visited the Florida resort to recover the documents sought as part of a subpoena – as a potential sign of obstruction.Investigators have evidence, the newspaper reported, that the former president kept classified documents in a visible place in his office and had shown them to others. He also allegedly conducted “a ‘dress rehearsal’ for moving sensitive papers” along with his team before they were subpoenaed in May 2022, according to the report.CNN previously reported that following the May 2022 subpoena – which former president wanted to fight – federal prosecutors had a June meeting at Mar-a-Lago during which they were shown docu...

Surveillance video shows shooting on sidewalk in Roxbury; City leaders speak out after other recent incidents

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:38:44 GMT

Boston city leaders spoke out Thursday after a recent uptick in violence that included three shootings in three days this week.On the same day that the family of a man killed in a recent shooting shared details about their loved one’s life, Commissioner Michael Cox and Mayor Michelle Wu also discussed efforts to curb the violence.“We’re here and we care,” Cox said. “From our perspective, people need to understand this is a safe city. We can be safer with the public’s help.”On Wednesday, surveillance video captured the moment shots rang out along a sidewalk close to a liquor store on Shawmut Avenue. In one angle, a man in a red hoodie is seen walking up the street with his hands in his pocket. Video then showed the man pulling a gun and opening fire into a crowd of people, narrowly missing one man. Another man is then seen coming out of a building and shooting back. Another angle showed people scrambling to safety, with one young girl at one point ducking behind a black sedan as...

Service Disruptions Coming To Red Line, And Even The New GLX

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:38:44 GMT

Five months after the T slowed trains across its system, causing delays and disruptions for riders, the new general manager said Thursday that the MBTA has made “some further progress” on lifting the slow zones, but “we have a lot more to do.”Across all four subway lines, the MBTA lifted 66 speed restrictions in April and May. The restrictions were put in place after parts of the track were found to be unsafe for trains to run at full speed. There are still 204 restrictions in place system-wide, representing 20 percent of all tracks.June Red and Green Line RepairsThe T cut service to Blue and Red Lines this spring to find extra time to make repairs. Going into June, the MBTA will be focusing repairs on southern sections of the Red Line, where widespread slow zones have caused major rider delays, and even the northern Green Line extension — the newest tracks, most of which have only been open for roughly seven months.The Green Line extension, which start...