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Josh Allen gets Bills off to fast start in 24-18 win over Buccaneers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:55 GMT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen threw two touchdown passes and ran for another — shrugging off aggravating an injury to his throwing shoulder — and the Buffalo Bills hung on to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24-18 on Thursday night.After a week of questions about his “low-energy” approach and Buffalo’s slow-starting offense, Allen came through for the Bills (5-3), throwing for 324 yards on 31-of-40 passing. He had been listed on the Bills’ report with a right shoulder injury and was checked in the blue medical tent in the second quarter, but remained in the game.Gabriel Davis had a career-best nine catches for 87 yards and a touchdown, and rookie tight end Dalton Kincaid scored his first career TD on a 22-yard catch.Buffalo’s defense limited the Buccaneers’ Baker Mayfield-led attack to less than 200 yards of offense through three quarters and 302 overall. And Bills punter Sam Martin contributed by landing three punts inside Tampa Bay’s 10.Mayfield tried to rall...

Live Updates | Lewiston schools to remain closed as police continue search for mass shooting suspect

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:55 GMT

At least 18 people were killed in shootings at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, sparking a massive search for the suspect. Late Thursday, heavily armed law enforcement backed by a police helicopter had surrounded a home and told anyone who might be inside to surrender, but authorities eventually left without indicating anyone had been taken into custody. 10:40 We don’t know for sure. Follow for live updates.WHAT TO KNOW— Authorities are searching towns, forests and waterways for the suspect.— Here’s what we know about the suspect and where the shooting happened.— Social media posts spread an incorrect photo of the Maine suspect.— Maine passed a law to try to prevent mass shootings, but some say more is needed.— The shooting is the 36th mass killing in the United States this year.LEWISTON SCHOOLS TO REMAIN CLOSED FRIDAYLewiston Public Schools will be closed again on Friday, according to a post by Superintendent Jake ...

Backup goalie Woll earns the win, Rielly has a 2-point game as Maple Leafs beat Stars 4-1

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:55 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Morgan Rielly opened the scoring and had the assist on the first power-play goal scored against Dallas this season as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Stars 4-1 Thursday night.Mitchell Marner, Tyler Bertuzzi and John Tavares also scored for the Maple Leafs, who won their third straight game despite losing defenseman Jake McCabe to injury after only one shift.Four of Toronto’s other five defenders played more than 22 minutes each, led by Rielly’s 26:13.“You kind of get familiar with it,” Rielly said of losing a fellow blueliner that early. “It’s not the easiest thing, but I thought as a group we did a good job. There comes a point in a game where you have to manage energy a little bit.”Mason Marchment scored for the Stars, who lost in regulation for the first time in six games this season and had their three-game winning streak ended.Joseph Woll won the matchup of backup goaltenders against Scott Wedgewood, stopping 30 shots while making consecutive starts for the first...

Richard accounts for 7 TDs in NC Central’s 62-28 romp over SC State

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:55 GMT

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Davius Richard ran for two scores and threw three of his five touchdown passes in the first half and North Carolina Central breezed to a 62-28 victory over South Carolina State on Thursday night.Richard connected with J’Mari Taylor for a 60-yard touchdown on the fifth play from scrimmage and North Carolina Central (7-1, 2-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference), ranked 10th in the FCS coaches poll, never looked back. Max U’Ren added a 20-yard fumble return and the Eagles led 14-0 after one quarter.Richard made it 21-0 with a 5-yard touchdown run before Corey Fields Jr. hit KeShawn Toney for a 7-yard touchdown to get South Carolina State (3-5, 1-1) on the scoreboard. Richard pushed the Bulldogs’ lead to 41-7 by firing a 60-yard scoring strike to Devin Smith, scoring on a 1-yard run and then connecting with Twan Flip Jr. for a 30-yard touchdown.Richard completed 18 of 27 passes for 352 yards with one interception for the Eagles. He also carried five ti...

Hundreds at Queen’s receive CPR training for World Restart a Heart Day

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:55 GMT

Queen’s University marked one of many sites worldwide taking part in the “World Restart a Heart Day” initiative last week. On October 16, World Restart a Heart Day aims to raise awareness of cardiac arrest and what bystanders can do to help greatly improve someone’s chance of survival.This year McMaster’s Cardiovascular and Resuscitation Student Group led the charge in activities hosted at 12 universities in Ontario, with student volunteers facilitating basic CPR training at each participating campus.The organizers from McMaster, Bianca Mammarella or Mika’il Visanji, started outreach in May to connect with other universities and site leaders at each school, aiming to provide training to 2,500 people in a single day. While participants didn’t become CPR certified, the informal training acted as a way to share basic CPR knowledge and awareness of cardiac arrests, with an emphasis on the importance of someone stepping in when it happens. A typi...

These San Diego-area communities will put you in the Halloween spirit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:55 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- With Halloween nearing, it's time to experience the spooky spirit.There are many homes across San Diego County that have gone all out to bring a bit of excitement and eeriness to the area. Ghoulish deep-sea fish found on SoCal beach in rare discovery FOX 5 compiled a list of neighborhoods that embrace the Halloween atmosphere.Shady Acres Cemetery in Clairemont4523 Limerick WayThe location offers two walk-through haunts: one for kids that takes you through a mysterious mansion and the other, for those who dare to visit the Mesa View Psychiatric Hospital.Del Sur in Black Mountain RanchKatherine Claire CourtThe community features themed homes like the killer clown house, pirate house, Area 51 crash site and Hocus Pocus house.Bressi Ranch in CarlsbadPeppertree WayFrom skeletons made to be Taylor Swift cheering on Travis Kelce to Barbie entering the Real World, this neighborhood is known for its elaborate decorations.South Park Horror House2962 Laurel St.Walk through chill...

Amid massive search for mass killing suspect, Maine residents remain behind locked doors

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:55 GMT

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Shocked and fearful Maine residents kept to their homes for a second night as hundreds of heavily armed police and FBI agents searched intensely for Robert Card, an Army reservist authorities say fatally shot 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in the worst mass killing in state history.Much of Thursday’s search focused on a property belonging to one of Card’s relatives in rural Bowdoin, where trucks and vans full of armed agents from the FBI and other agencies eventually surrounded a home. Card and anyone else inside were repeatedly ordered to surrender.“You need to come outside now with nothing in your hands. Your hands in the air,” police said through a loudspeaker. In most instances when police execute warrants — even for suspects wanted for violent crimes — they move quickly to enter the home.But hours later, after repeated announcements and a search, authorities moved off — and it was still unclear whether Card had ever been at the location, state pol...

A salty problem for people near the mouth of the Mississippi is a wakeup call for New Orleans

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:55 GMT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The heating element removed from Monique Plaisance’s water heater in September was disintegrating, streaked with rust and covered in a dry crust. She blamed the corrosion on the water piped in from the area’s longtime drinking water source: the Mississippi River. It was a similar story not far away at the Black Velvet Oyster Bar and Grill. “We’re draining the hot water heater every few days to get most, or a good bit, of the salt out of that,” owner Byron Marinovich said. “The ice machine has been off since the third week of April.” Plaisance’s home and Marinovich’s restaurant are in the Buras community of rural Plaquemines Parish, roughly 60 miles (about 96 kilometers) southeast of New Orleans and 20 to 30 miles (32 to 48 kilometers) upriver from where the Mississippi flows into the Gulf of Mexico. As in New Orleans, drinking water in the parish is drawn from the river. But this year, the gulf pushed back. A wedge of salt water slipp...

From Stalin to Putin, abortion has had a complicated history in Russia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:55 GMT

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — They were banned under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin but commonplace under later Kremlin leaders. Now, after less than a century, official attitudes about abortion in Russia are changing once again.Although abortion is still legal and widely available, new restrictions are being considered as President Vladimir Putin takes an increasingly socially conservative turn and seeks to reverse Russia’s declining population. Having embraced the Russian Orthodox Church, he is stressing “traditional family values” — often used as code words to differentiate his country from Western social attitudes toward LGBTQ+ rights and other policies.Some see it as a throwback to the Stalinist era, when abortion was outlawed in 1936, and women ending unwanted pregnancies often turned to illegal and unsafe procedures.“My grandmother worked as a teacher in a vocational school. She was telling me stories about abortions being performed with wardrobe hangers in the dormitories,” sa...

Commission reports on EU policy initiatives to promote investments in clean technologies

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:54:55 GMT

In a Communication adopted on 24 October, the Commission is setting out what the EU has done to promote and support the development and deployment of clean technologies, by reinforcing the Single Market, ensuring a level-playing field, supporting research and innovation, expanding its network of trade agreements, and mitigating the impact of external developments. It also looks at first results materialising from the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), as requested by the European Council. Additionally, the Communication acknowledges that other actors, notably China, also have active public support programmes in place that are likely to affect the investment environment for clean technologies in the EU.  Clean technologies play a key role in our green transition and in tackling climate change and biodiversity loss. Under the overall umbrella of the European Green Deal, and through a smart policy mix, the EU has built a regulatory framework and business environment that enhances growth...