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Defending champion LSU is No. 1 in women’s preseason AP Top 25 for first time. UConn, Iowa next

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:27 GMT

Defending champion LSU is ranked No. 1 in the women’s preseason AP Top 25 college basketball poll for the first time in school history.LSU, which won its first NCAA title last April behind star player Angel Reese and Co., received 35 first-place votes from a 36-member national media panel in the poll released Tuesday. UConn received the other top vote. The second-ranked Huskies have now been ranked in the AP poll for 565 consecutive weeks, tying Tennessee’s record.Caitlin Clark and national runner-up Iowa was third. It’s the same spot the Hawkeyes held last year in the preseason poll. UCLA and Utah round out the top five.The Tigers were ranked second in 1977 and third twice in 2004 and 2005 in the preseason poll, but never No. 1 until this year. There is a lot of optimism around LSU as they return a stellar group, including Reese, along with two talented transfers in Hailey Van Lith and Aneesah Morrow.“We appreciate the recognition of being the No. 1 ranked team going into the...

Could this October be one of the driest in Denver history?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:27 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- After May and June ranked as some of the wettest months in Denver history, October's going the opposite way with one of the driest Octobers so far. Since the significant rainfall in May and June of this year Denver's rainfall has gone from above average to below average, according to FOX31's Pinpoint Weather Meteorologist Travis Michels. July, August and September tallied below-average levels. In the past two and a half months, Denver's only received 1.61 inches of rain.To put that into perspective, Denver had about a foot of rain in May and June.According to the National Weather Service, there was only slightly more than trace amounts of rain in October so far this year. Fall leaves set to be more colorful than usual There were trace amounts of rain on Oct. 2 and Oct. 12. The only rain that was recorded other than the trace amounts was on Oct. 11 which tallied 0.01 inches, the lowest amount the NWS can record. According to Michels, it goes beyond that with that ...

Photos: Cirque Du Soleil on ice is coming to Denver

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:27 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Cirque du Soleil’s CRYSTAL is coming to Denver in 2024. The performance is just like any Cirque du Soleil show, except this time it's on ice.CRYSTAL started in 2017 as the company’s very first acrobatic experience on the ice. In six years, the show has toured 135 cities in 15 different countries worldwide. Most popular unique names in Colorado The show includes Cirque du Soleil's circus favorites like hand-to-hand, Banquine, aerial straps, hand-to-trapeze, juggling and hand balancing, all on ice.Cirque du Soleil 2019. Costumes : Marie Chantale Vaillancourt . Photos : Matt Baker and Olivier BrajonCirque du Soleil 2019. Costumes : Marie Chantale Vaillancourt . Photos : Matt Baker and Olivier BrajonCirque du Soleil 2019. Costumes : Marie Chantale Vaillancourt . Photos : Matt Baker and Olivier BrajonCirque du Soleil 2019. Costumes : Marie Chantale Vaillancourt . Photos : Matt Baker and Olivier BrajonCirque du Soleil 2019. Costumes : Marie Chantale Vaillancou...

Lockdown lifted at Boyd Anderson High School on lockdown after report of person armed on campus

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:27 GMT

The lockdown has been lifted at Boyd Anderson High School in Lauderdale Lakes following reports of an armed individual on campus, Tuesday afternoon.7Skyforce hovered over the scene, located at 3050 NW 41st St., around 12:30 p.m., where heavy police presence was visible. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies conducted a search and the suspect was located and detained in a classroom in Building 6.According to BSO, there was no weapon on campus. No injuries have been reported at this time. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Hamas admits Israel killed a top commander

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:27 GMT

Hamas’ military wing said Tuesday an Israeli airstrike on the central Gaza Strip killed one of its top militant commanders. Ayman Nofal, known by his nom de guerre Abu Ahmad, was a member of the general military council of Izz el-Deen Al-Qassam Brigades in charge of the Central Gaza area, Hamas said in the statement. Nofal is the most high-profile Hamas militant to have been killed so far in the Israeli bombardment on Gaza. The Israeli military confirmed Nofal’s killing, describing him as “one of the most dominant figures” in the organization, in a statement on X. Earlier on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Israel Securities Authority (ISA) announced that ISA intelligence and IDF fighter jets operated in the Gaza Strip, killing Billal Al Kedra, “the Nukhba commander of the forces in southern Khan Yunis, who was responsible for the Kibbutz Nirim massacre,” adding that “Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror operatives were also killed.”Israel’s killing of No...

Socialists and conservatives trade barbs over EU response to Israel-Hamas war

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:27 GMT

STRASBOURG — European parliamentarians on the right and left of its political center sparred over the European Union’s response to Israel’s war against Hamas, fanning an ongoing dispute over the EU’s disjointed foreign policy messaging. EU leaders are meeting via videoconference on Tuesday evening to get a grip on a common stance. The informal summit follows a chaotic week where the EU struggled to coordinate geopolitical pronouncements related to the killing of 1,300 people in Israel by Hamas gunmen, and Israel’s response in Gaza which has killed more than 2,800 Palestinians. The European Commission quashed an apparently unilateral decision by Hungarian Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi to suspend Palestinian aid. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen then faced criticism for a perceived pro-Israel bias during a last-minute a trip to the Middle Eastern country on Friday.“When you travel to countries in conflict, you have to go with an objective, and the goal can...

Israel floods social media to shape opinion around the war

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:27 GMT

BRUSSELS — A photo with a bloody dead baby whose face is blurred has been circulating on X for the last four days. “This is the most difficult image we’ve ever posted. As we are writing this we are shaking,” the accompanying message says. The footage is not from a reporter covering the conflict in Israel and Gaza, or from one of the countless accounts sharing horrifying videos of the atrocities. It’s a paid message from the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry.Since Hamas attacked thousands of its citizens last week, the Israeli government has started a sweeping social media campaign in key Western countries to drum up support for its military response against the group. Part of its strategy: pushing dozens of ads containing brutal and emotional imagery of the deadly militant violence in Israel across platforms such as X and YouTube, according to data reviewed by POLITICO.Israel’s attempt to win the online information war is part of a growing trend of governments around t...

Republicans reject Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on the first ballot, but more votes are ahead

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:27 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on Tuesday on the first ballot, as holdouts denied the hard-charging ally of Donald Trump the majority needed to seize the gavel.More voting is expected as Jordan works to shore up support to replace the ousted Kevin McCarthy for the job and the leader of the GOP’s hard-right flank moves to take a central seat of U.S. power.But after two weeks of angry Republican infighting since McCarthy was removed by hard-liners, the House vote quickly has become a showdown for the gavel. Some 20 reluctant Republicans are refusing to give Jordan their votes, viewing the Ohio congressman as too extreme for the powerful position of House speaker, second in line to the presidency.The holdouts are a mix of pragmatists, ranging from seasoned legislators and committee chairs worried about governing to newer lawmakers from districts where their voters back home prefer President Joe Biden to Trump.But ...

Hocus Pocus cast members to appear together at events in Salem

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:27 GMT

Four actors from the movie Hocus Pocus will appear together at a pair of events in Salem later this week.The first of the two events is scheduled to run from 8 p.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Bit Bar in Salem. It will feature actors Omri Katz, Vinessa Shaw, Thora Birch, and Jason Marsden at what organizers have described as the “most exclusive Halloween event in Salem.” The event is open to people ages 21 and older. Tickets cost $250 and will include entertainment, food, a chance at raffle prizes and a professional photo-op with the actors. Proceeds from the event will go to the North Shore Alliance of GLBTQ Youth (NAGLY).The weekend’s second event with Katz, Shaw, Birch and Marsden will take place on Saturday from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. The actors will be available for autographs and photos at Salem Common. There are a series of ticket packages available for the autographs and photos event, ranging in cost from $60 to $300. More information and links to buy tickets are availabl...

Hocus Pocus screening, trick-or-treating planned at Fenway Park as part of Halloween Movie Night

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:19:27 GMT

Fans will have the chance to see the film Hocus Pocus and participate in trick-or-treating inside Fenway Park later this month as part of a planned Halloween Movie Night event at the stadium. The Red Sox announced the event on Tuesday. The event, itself, is scheduled for Oct. 27. Festivities will begin with a series of activities in Fenway’s Gate B concourse and trick-or-treating on the Fenway warning track from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., according to Tuesday’s announcement.Trick-or-treating and festivities in the concourse will be free. Fans will then need a ticket to stay in the ballpark for the Hocus Pocus screening scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Tickets will cost $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 12 and under. Children under the age of 2 will be able to attend the screening for free. Tickets are available online through the Red Sox website.The Red Sox in their event announcement said costumes are encouraged for trick-or-treating. Masks, though, will not be allowed.