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Seattle looking to end franchise-worst 10-game losing streak

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:43:25 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jewell Loyd has never been part of a losing streak like the one that Seattle is on right now. The Storm have dropped a franchise-record 10 straight games after blowing an 18-point lead in a loss at New York on Tuesday night. Her rookie year Seattle lost five in a row — the longest one she’s been a part of prior to the current one.“It’s something that’s different,” Loyd said Monday after practice. “But as long as you’re trying to get better, long term that’s what I look at. … No one likes to lose and it’s not something that we love to do. No one on this team is OK with losing. ”This was always going to be a transition year for the Storm with the retirement of Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart leaving for the Liberty in free agency. The Storm have many new faces and Loyd and Coach Noelle Quinn both said that this team is well bonded off the court.“Our group is very tight with one and another,” Quinn said. “There hasn’t been fu...

Plum, Wilson and Gray each score 20-plus points, Aces top the Sky 107-95

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:43:25 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Kelsey Plum had 27 points, A’ja Wilson added 24 points and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Chicago Sky 107-95 on Tuesday night for their sixth straight victory.Chelsea Gray had 22 points, six rebounds and nine assists for Las Vegas (22-2). Kiah Stokes grabbed 17 rebounds to go with six points. The 12-point win ended a streak of five straight games that the Aces had won by 15 or more. Las Vegas is 6-0 since Candace Parker was sidelined before the All-Star break. The Aces announced Monday that Parker underwent successful surgery on a fracture in her foot and is out indefinitely. Las Vegas lost Alysha Clark when she was hit in the face Wilson made 6 of 8 field goals in the first quarter and scored 13 points to help Las Vegas lead 30-26. Wilson had 15 points at halftime and Plum added 13 as Las Vegas led 55-45 after shooting 54% from the field.The Aces shot 50% overall and made 24 of 27 free throws. Kahleah Copper made 12 of 18 shots and scored a career-high 37 points for Chi...

Naylor slugs 2 HRs as the Guardians top the Royals, dealing Zack Greinke his 16th straight road loss

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:43:25 GMT

CLEVELAND (AP) — Bo Naylor had his first career two-homer game and drove in three runs as the Cleveland Guardians beat Kansas City 5-1 on Tuesday night, handing Royals pitcher Zack Greinke his 16th consecutive road loss.Naylor hit a 430-foot solo shot to right in the third inning and a 397-foot blast to right-center in the fifth to score Myles Straw for his first home runs at Progressive Field. The 23-year-old rookie catcher entered the game with two home runs.Greinke (1-11) gave up four runs in five innings and remained winless on the road since Aug. 13, 2021, when he pitched for Houston at Angel Stadium. In 27 subsequent away starts, the 39-year-old right-hander is 0-16 with a 6.43 ERA over 134 1/3 innings.Guardians starter Aaron Civale (4-2) worked a season-high eight innings, allowing one run on five hits. The 28-year-old right-hander struck out five and threw 60 strikes in 93 pitches before All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase worked a 1-2-3 ninth.José Ramírez and Will Brennan each h...

Reconocen a un supervisor de campamento por salvar a un niño del río Anacostia

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:43:25 GMT

Un supervisor de un campamento en Maryland fue reconocido por rescatar a un niño que casi se ahogó en el ramal noroeste del río Anacostia. Un grupo de campistas estaban caminando por un sendero en el condado Montgomery cuando David Cypress intentó saltar por encima de las piedras y se cayó. “Traté de acordarme de cada técnica que aprendí de la natación… tratando de sobrevivir”, dijo David. Relató que se quedó atascado contra un tronco.  Fue entonces que el consejero Tuvia Moses se tiró al río. “Decidí que era ahora o nunca cuando se trataba de salvarlo”, dijo. Moses se pegó la cabeza en las piedras pero pudo sostener la cabeza de David por encima del agua hasta que llegaron los rescatistas. “La prioridad número uno en mi mente era salvar el campista”, dijo Moses. “Mi vida estaba en peligro también, así que, eso daba un poco de miedo”. Moses recibió el martes el premio para ciudadanos de Maryland que realicen un servicio de emergencia (Mar...

Woman forcibly kidnapped in Aurora, police say: Have you seen this car?

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:43:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Colorado Bureau of Investigation issued an endangered missing alert for a woman who witnesses say was last seen being "forcibly kidnapped" in Aurora.The alert says Jessica Meise, 43, was last seen being forcibly kidnapped/abducted by Lance Foster, 43, at 26000 E. Quincy Ave. at 5:47 p.m. Tuesday. Police said she is believed to be traveling in an unknown direction on Interstate 70. Jessica Meise, 43, allegedly kidnapped by Lance Foster in Aurora (Photo credit: CBI)The car the two are traveling in is a 2008 black Lincoln MKZ with license plate BTMA53. Suspect vehicle in kidnapping of Jessica Meise in Aurora (Photo credit: CBI) Meise is described as 5 feet, 3 inches tall with brown hair and blue eyes. Foster is described as 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds with brown/blue eyes. Foster has neck and head tattoos. Lance Foster, 43, accused of kidnapping Jessica Meise in Aurora (Photo credit: CBI) If you see the car or either Meise or Foster, call 911 or th...

What makes a tiny home a legal residence in Colorado?

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:43:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Coloradans can now legally live in a tiny home and consider it a full-time residence.Before HB 22-1242, tiny houses were categorized with campers and RVs, so they could only be lived in seasonally. Now tiny homes can be built on wheels to International Residential Code for people to reside in permanently.Tracy Manchego-Baker has been building RV-certified tiny homes on wheels for years as a co-founder of Tiny Building Experts. Edible mushrooms you can find in Colorado "With this new law I'm going to be able to take my tiny house, put it on a piece of land, as long as I built it to code and as long as I tie it to utilities correctly and place it correctly, I'm going to be able to live in that full time in Colorado, that used to not be," she said.She was on the team that helped make the new laws so that tiny homeowners can live on their own property."There's a difference now, we've actually defined what a tiny home is," Manchego-Baker said. Tiny homes in Colorado w...

It only took 3 minutes for all of Denver's e-bike vouchers to be claimed

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:43:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If you thought you had plenty of time to claim an e-bike rebate voucher from the City and County of Denver on Tuesday, you were wrong.That's because it only took three minutes for all of the available vouchers to be claimed.The vouchers offer an upfront discount on the sale price of an e-bike from participating bike shops. Denver offers two different types of rebate vouchers:Standard rebate of up to $300 on the sale of an e-bike or up to $500 on the sale of an e-cargo bike.Income-qualified rebate of up to $1,200 on the sale of an e-bike or $1,400 on the sale of an e-cargo bike.There is also an adaptive rebate for people with disabilities who are unable to use standard e-bikes. CSP: Colorado 40-somethings have trouble staying in their lane Before Tuesday's vouchers were available, 6,118 rebate vouchers had already been claimed.This was the fourth release day so far this year.The next round of vouchers will be available on Tuesday, Sept. 26 starting at 11 a.m., wit...

Mingle with your pup at InterContinental Miami’s weekly Paws Patio event

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:43:25 GMT

Vacations are a much-needed part of life, but what about our pets? Why can’t we take them with us?At the Intercontinental in Miami, your dog can join you on a vacation getaway. In fact, they’re making sure pooches get just as pampered as their owners.It’s a suite life for dogs at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami.Gina Genna: “People these days that do travel with their dogs, they’re looking for elevated amenities for their dogs that they look for themselves… Intercontinental being a dog-friendly hotel has elevated the guest amenity when guests book the pets and points package.”Your pooch will feel just as pampered as you do, with endless “puppuccinos” and their pup pools and ball pits.And now, the hotel partnered with two local businesses to add more fun to your pet’s stay.Gina Genna: “You get a custom amenity which is the yum cup, a big and beefy food pack, and you get a keepsake Hola from Lola Intercontinental bra...

Admitting Ukraine will be the EU’s biggest geopolitical contribution to the war

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:43:25 GMT

Mujtaba Rahman is the head of Eurasia Group’s Europe practice and a columnist for POLITICO Europe. He tweets at @Mij_Europe.The European Commission finally delivered its long-anticipated oral report on Ukraine’s progress last month, looking at the headway made toward the seven reforms the country will need to pass if European Union leaders are to green-light opening accession negotiations with Kyiv.On reforms relating to the judiciary, Kyiv received a broadly positive assessment, albeit more needs to be done. And the same goes for tackling vested interests in the media as well. On the prevention of money laundering, the fight against corruption, reducing the influence of oligarchs and the protection of minorities, however, Ukraine still has a lot more to do, and it will now have until the fall to demonstrate further progress before European capitals consider a fuller written assessment.What was crucially missing from this initial analysis, though, was the EU’s own preparedness for a...

Dancing with the far right doesn’t pay off

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:43:25 GMT

Kristina Kausch is a senior fellow and resident representative, Spain, at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Vassilis Ntousas is the head of European operations at the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.Sunday’s general election in Spain was a turning point in Spanish politics — but in much a different way than anticipated.The European Union’s fourth largest economy went to the polls expecting a landslide for a conservative coalition, which would have allowed a far-right party to claim some governing power at the national level for the first time in modern Spain’s 45-year democratic history. But in defiance of the polls, and much to everyone’s surprise, the vote became a plebiscite in favor of the political center.While the conservative People’s Party (PP), led by Alberto Núñez Feijóo, made great gains and emerged as a narrow winner with 33 percent of the vote, it failed to muster the necessary parliamentary majority to gover...