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Garzon hits 5 3s, scores 23 as No. 21 Indiana beats No. 19 Lady Vols 71-57 at Fort Myers Tip-Off

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:09:26 GMT

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Yarden Garzon hit five 3-pointers and finished with 23 points to help No. 21 Indiana beat No. 19 Tennessee 71-57 Thursday night at the Fort Myers Tip-Off. Garzon made 9 of 20 from the field, missed one of her six 3-point shots, grabbed five rebounds and had five assists. She scored 11 points and had two assists as the Hoosiers outscored Tennessee 21-12 in the second quarter to take control of the game. Indiana (4-1) closed the first half with a 17-5 run — including three 3s by Garzon in the final three-plus minutes — to take a 33-21 lead into intermission. Sara Puckett made a basket in the paint to open the scoring in the third quarter and make it a 10-point game but Sydney Parrish answered with a 3-pointer and the Lady Vols got no closer. Puckett and Karoline Striplin each scored 13 points on 5-of-11 shooting for Tennessee (3-2). Jasmine Powell made 5 of 10 from the field and finished with 12 points. The rest of the Lady Vols combined to shoot 25% (8 of 32) ...

I-70 westbound closes at Genesee after crashes pile up on snowy road

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:09:26 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Westbound Interstate 70 was closed after multiple crashes on Thursday night as a snowstorm moved into Colorado.I-70 westbound was closed from Genesee to Chief Hosa, or mile points 256-253, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up for alerts from the Pinpoint Weather team The closure went into effect around 7:45 p.m. Colorado State Patrol said multiple crashes happened as winter driving conditions hit the stretch of interstate. The two left lanes of eastbound I-70 also were closed along the same stretch.A passenger vehicle traction law was in effect for U.S. 285 from C-470 to the Park County line and I-70 from Golden to the Eisenhower Johnson Memorial Tunnel.Semi trucks jackknife on I-70In one crash, a car driver lost control, according to CSP. A semi truck jackknifed to avoid the car and was broadsided by another semi.Evergreen Fire Rescue also said it was responding to multiple vehicle crashes in the area. "If you’re drivi...

Europe should offer Trump a Ukraine deal he can’t refuse

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:09:26 GMT

Joseph de Weck is the Europe director at Greenmantle. He is the author of “Emmanuel Macron. Der revolutionäre Präsident.”With United States President Joe Biden and his predecessor currently tied in the polls, Europe is waking up to the possibility that Donald Trump may well win back the White House. And preparing for another potential Trump presidency is now preoccupying European minds.As it stands, Europe’s biggest fear is that the Republican firebrand could cut U.S. support for Ukraine. Republicans in Congress are already blocking $24 billion in new Ukraine aid, and since the Hamas massacre on October 7, many in the U.S. argue that transferring scarce munitions to Kyiv could undermine Israel’s war efforts.At the same time, Europe’s leaders are under no illusion: In the short-term, Europe cannot replace the weapons, intelligence and diplomatic backing that Kyiv is receiving from the U.S.What Europe does have, though, is money — which might just be the key to convincing Republicans ...

This is the West’s war too

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:09:26 GMT

Gideon Sa’ar is a minister in the Israeli Government, a member of the Security Cabinet and chairman of the New Hope Party.In 2005 Israel withdrew from Gaza. It uprooted every Israeli and every community. Every Israeli grave was relocated. All soldiers were withdrawn, and military bases shuttered. Israel unilaterally withdrew to the pre-1967 border.Gaza has always been an epicenter of hate, incitement, and terrorism against Israel. Since Israel’s withdrawal, instead of choosing prosperity and peace, instead of developing Gaza into the Singapore of the Middle East, Hamas and Islamic Jihad decided to use the entity as a launching pad for their armies to wage their war against Israel.In the past decades and elsewhere in the Middle East (Lebanon, Yemen and others), Islamist terrorists have taken control and created “terror states” that operate and function completely differently from normal sovereign states.They’re not just a “terrorist organization” acting within the territory of anothe...

3 options for how to deal with your enemies: Jail, nasty names, and vomit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:09:26 GMT

Welcome to Declassified, a weekly humor column.We all have different ways of coping with people we don’t like, sometimes involving measures as barbaric as slightly terse emails or frowning. Russia is rather more direct when dealing with its enemies, with falls from tall buildings and airplane-based mishaps among the favorites. This week, Russian media reported that Susana Jamaladinova, a Ukrainian of Crimean Tatar origin known professionally as Jamala, is on the country’s wanted list. The one-time Eurovision winner’s crime? Discrediting Moscow’s army. Boo!Jamala, a vocal critic of Russia’s occupation of her native Crimean peninsula and of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016 with the song “1944,” which is about the deportation and ethnic cleansing of around 200,000 Crimean Tatars carried out by Soviet authorities in May 1944 — much as Taylor Swift’s “1989” is about the fall of the Berlin Wall and th...

Geert Wilders seeks coalition allies after seismic Dutch election

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:09:26 GMT

THE HAGUE — Far-right populist Geert Wilders wants to be the Netherlands’ next prime minister.His party won around 25 percent of Wednesday’s vote, becoming by far the largest in the lower house of parliament, but there are still many bridges to cross before he can form a government.Political parties are meeting on Friday with Speaker Vera Bergkamp to decide who should be the so-called scout — a senior statesman or woman who looks into possible government coalitions in the days after an election.Within a week of the election, the parliament will appoint an informateur to conduct detailed negotiations with the most likely candidates.The last government of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte took a record 299 days to coalesce; this time it could take even longer.Founded in 2006, Wilders’ PVV has finally become the largest party in parliament, and as its leader declares, can “no longer be ignored.” But while he definitely has his rivals’ attention, it’s by n...

The violent demise of a neighborhood that epitomized Greece’s political spirit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:09:26 GMT

ATHENS — In a northern part of Greece’s capital, the neighborhood of Exarcheia – historical center of radical leftwing politics, adored in equal measure by intellectual activists and scruffy late-night revelers – is under attack.It starts shortly after sunrise. Trucks come ferrying workers who climb scaffolding and start cutting back trees, shielded by barbed wire and four-meter-high metal barricades, covered in graffiti. Locals shout, bang on the fences, blast out loud music all day. Riot police look on, ready to pounce.On the surface, the ripping up of the square — it’s one of the area’s few green spaces too — is to make way for construction of a metro station, a decision taken by the conservative Greek government and the municipality. But for many people who live in Exarcheia, there seems more to it than that. “Choosing the square as the location for the metro was a political decision,” said 36-year-old Niki, who lives a few meters away and watches the drama unfold over cof...

The king, the Cam and the PM: Britain’s COP28 identity crisis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:09:26 GMT

LONDON — COP28, meet the U.K.’s three amigos.One is a king who has spent most of his adult life campaigning for bold action on global warming — but is now bound by ancient convention to stick to his government’s skeptical script.The second is a prime minister who just scaled back Britain’s net zero ambitions and wants to “max out” fossil fuel production at home — and stands accused by former colleagues of being “uninterested” in environmental policies.And the third? A former prime minister — now the U.K. foreign secretary — who once pledged to lead the “greenest government ever,” but then grew tired of what he called “the green crap” … and is already showing signs of overshadowing his new boss.All three — King Charles III, Rishi Sunak, and David Cameron — are due to descend on the United Nations climate conference, COP28, which starts in Dubai next week, rounding off a year set to be the hottest ever recorded. (Sunak and the king are already confirmed to atte...

Woman taken to hospital after shooting in Hyannis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:09:26 GMT

A woman was taken to a hospital Thursday after a shooting in Hyannis, police said. The Barnstable Police Department in a statement said police first responded around 5:30 p.m. to the area of Hamden Circle, Hyannis. An adult female victim suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to police, and was taken to Cape Cod Hospital.Police were subsequently seen working in the area of Hamden Circle, taping off a home with crime scene tape. Authorities had cleared the scene as of around 10 p.m.While the incident remained under investigation, police said it appeared to be targeted. Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators by phone at 508-778-3874 or by email at [email protected] is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Sage Fire burns in Jamul, prompting evacuations on Thanksgiving

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:09:26 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A fast-moving vegetation fire burned through nearly 40 acres along State Route 94 in Jamul Thursday evening, prompting Cal Fire San Diego to briefly evacuate nearby homes.The fire, dubbed the Sage Fire, broke out around 2:45 p.m. nearby the 13000 block of Vista Sage Lane. In initial warnings, Cal Fire said the vegetation fire had a "critical rate of spread" and was threatening structures around Jamul.At 3:45 p.m., Cal Fire said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, the forward spread of the flames had been stopped around 39 acres and crews were holding the fire at 5% containment.Mandatory evacuations were issued for residents near the fire along Lyons Valley Road and SR-94 around 3:15 p.m. All evacuation orders were lifted by Cal Fire just after 4:30 p.m.A map of the area that was impacted by the evacuation order can be found below.Evacuations from the Sage Fire. (Courtesy of Cal Fire)A temporary evacuation point was set up at Steele Canyon High School at 12440 Campo Rd. fo...