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AP sources: Silas not returning as coach of Houston Rockets

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:53 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Stephen Silas won’t return as coach of the Houston Rockets next season, two people familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Sunday.Silas wrapped up his third season with the team when the Rockets beat the Wizards 114-109 to finish the season 22-60. That will be the second- or third-worst record in the NBA, depending on the outcome of the Spurs’ game later Sunday.His contract had a fourth-year option that the team is declining to pick up, according to two people who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the move hadn’t been announced.One of the people said the 49-year-old Silas could remain with the team in an undetermined role.The Rockets finished with the NBA’s worst record in each of his first two seasons as they traded or released all their established stars to embark on a complete rebuild.Houston won four of its last five games, but it wasn’t nearly enough to save the job of Silas, who joined the Rockets after spending 20 years as ...

Judge homers twice, Yankees beat O’s 5-3 for 3rd series win

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:53 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — Aaron Judge homered twice, Nelson Cortes pitched into the sixth inning after umpires forced him to blot out a marking on his glove and the New York Yankees beat Baltimore 5-3 on Sunday to take two of three from the Orioles.Judge hit solo homers in the third inning off Tyler Wells (0-1) and the eighth inning off Logan Gillaspie for his 28th multihomer game and first this season. Judge is batting .364 and has four homers in nine games this season after hitting his fourth in game 17 last year en route to an American League record 62.Franchy Cordero also went deep for the Yankees, who have homered in their first nine games for the fourth time.Judge has homered in 10 of his last 18 games against the Orioles and has 37 homers against them. Judge had three hits and is batting .315 with 21 homers and 42 RBIs in 47 games at Camden Yards. With 224 home runs, he passed Don Mattingly for 11th on the Yankees’ career list.Off to a 6-3 start, New York has won its first three...

Red Sox top Tigers behind Casas, Crawford for 3-game sweep

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:53 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Triston Casas homered and hit an RBI double as the Boston Red Sox beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Sunday for a three-game sweep.Boston starter Kutter Crawford (1-1) allowed one run and five hits in five innings. He struck out six without walking a batter. Red Sox outfielder Adam Duvall, hitting .455 with four homers and 14 RBIs, left in the ninth after getting injured while diving for Spencer Torkelson’s bloop single.Rob Refsnyder reached base three times, scored once and drove in a run for the Red Sox, who outscored Detroit 23-9 in the series.Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth for his second save. Detroit loaded the bases with one out, but Zach McKinstry flied out and Akil Baddoo struck out.Matthew Boyd (0-1) yielded two runs on five hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings as Detroit fell to 2-7.The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the first with some help from Boston’s defense. With two outs, shortstop Kiké Hernandez threw wide to first on Javy Baez’s infield single, ...

Casey steps down as Pistons coach after last game of season

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:53 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 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:53 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 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:53 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 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:53 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 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:53 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 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:53 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 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:49:53 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.