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‘A breath of fresh air:’ Celtics stop bleeding with blowout victory over Blazers

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:12:20 GMT

As the Celtics processed their third consecutive agonizing loss on Monday night, they tried to thread a balance. They didn’t want to overreact to their struggles, but still wanted to act with a sense of urgency, knowing they have issues to iron out as the playoffs loom.“Winning cures all,” Malcolm Brogdon said Monday in Cleveland.For one night, it did.A typically inconsequential home game against the struggling Blazers suddenly became more important for the reeling Celtics in the face of some late-season adversity. After Monday’s loss, Brogdon said he told Blake Griffin it was one they needed to win to get back on track before a six-game, 16-day road trip against winnable teams.The Celtics stopped the bleeding and never let their foot off the gas in a wire-to-wire, 115-93 win over the Blazers at TD Garden. Jayson Tatum scored 30 points, Derrick White added 20 points and seven assists, and behind a strong early shooting display, the C’s earned an early double-digit and didn’t let it ...

Biden to highlight nuclear submarine deal with UK, Australia leaders in San Diego

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:12:20 GMT

President Biden will travel to San Diego on Monday to highlight the nuclear submarine deal with UK, Australia, alongside British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.The three leaders plan to engage in talks about  AUKUS, which deals with security in the Asia Pacific and Australia obtaining the nuclear-powered submarines under the agreement.Biden on Tuesday will then travel to Monterey Park for remarks on gun violence and later travel to Las Vegas. The next day, in Las Vegas, he will discuss his plan to lower the price of prescription drugs.Albanese said earlier on Wednesday that he planned to meet with Biden, saying there would be further announcements about the plans.Biden’s trip to California comes as he faces a steady stream of criticism from Republicans and Democrats for not visiting East Palestine, Ohio in the wake of the train derailment last month. He will travel to Philadelphia, Pa., on Thursday to unveil his budget.When the security pac...

3 officers shot in east Los Angeles; suspect barricaded

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:12:20 GMT

A massive police response was deployed Wednesday night in east Los Angeles after three officers were shot.The shooting took place some time after 6 p.m. near the intersection of Mission Road and North Broadway in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood.Video from Sky5 showed a large perimeter set up around the scene for what appeared to be a barricaded suspect.A police source later confirmed to KTLA that officers had been in the area as part of a felony investigation. They observed the suspect walking down the alley, and then go into a residence.Police then set up a perimeter and a police K-9 unit was called to the scene.The suspect was located in a small room in the bottom of the main house. Officers called out to the suspect, but he refused to surrender. Eventually, tear gas was deployed and gunshots were fired, at which point the three officers were wounded.The suspect went back into the home where he remained as additional police and SWAT teams arrived to the scene. Police have been un...

China’s other top leaders bring loyalty to Xi, experience

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:12:20 GMT

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Six men sit alongside Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the ruling Communist Party’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee, handling major portfolios from propaganda to corruption fighting. All are party veterans with close personal and professional ties to Xi, China’s most powerful figure in decades. Their roles are expected to come more into focus during the ongoing session of the National People’s Congress, China’s ceremonial legislature. The backgrounds of the six show the continued “prominence of politics in Xi Jinping’s vision for China’s governance,” said Neil Thomas, a fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis.The standing committee has only male representatives and the 24-member Politburo, which has had only four female members since the 1990s, also has no female officials after the departure of Vice Premier Sun Chunlan.Some details about the standing committee members in order of their party rank:LI QIANG Perha...

Malaysian ex-PM Muhyiddin arrives at anti-graft agency

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:12:20 GMT

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin arrived Thursday at the anti-graft agency office for a second time in a matter of weeks over alleged corruption in the awarding of government projects under his rule.A large crowd of supporters gathered outside the agency building amid speculation that he might be arrested and charged for graft. Muhyiddin, 75, got out of his car and prayed with his supporters before he went into the building. In a Facebook statement hours earlier, Muhyiddin denied rumors that he was arrested Wednesday on a golf course. He said he has been called to the anti-graft agency but didn’t say why.If Muhyiddin is charged, he will be the second former leader to be indicted after leaving office. Ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak began a 12-year jail term in August after losing a final appeal in a graft case.Shortly after taking power in November, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim ordered a review of government projects approved by past administ...

AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:12:20 GMT

Lawsuit against Fox shows the news behind the Trump newsNEW YORK (AP) — Fresh revelations flowing from a major defamation lawsuit are shedding light on what was happening inside Fox News following the 2020 presidential election. Here are some things to know about the case.THE CASEDominion Voting Systems is suing Fox for $1.6 billion, claiming the news outlet repeatedly aired allegations that the company engaged in fraud that doomed President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign while knowing they were untrue. Fox contends that it was reporting newsworthy charges made by supporters of the president and is supported legally by libel standards. The case is scheduled for trial next month.ELECTION DISCONNECTDominion has produced evidence that prominent people at Fox knew the fraud allegations were untrue, even as they and the president’s allies were given airtime to repeat them. Fox’s Sean Hannity said in a deposition that he did not believe the fraud claims “for one sec...

Disabled actors shine in basketball comedy ‘Champions’

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:12:20 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The new comedy “Champions” stars Woody Harrelson and Kaitlin Olson, but the veteran actors have tough competition for the spotlight with some charismatic newcomers.Harrelson plays a college basketball coach with a bad temper who’s facing jail time or community service for some bad behavior. To avoid punishment, he finds himself coaching a basketball team of young adults with intellectual disabilitie , who help him rediscover the joy of the game.Harrelson’s agent and another producer wanted to remake the original film, called “Campeones” — Spain’s biggest box-office hit in 2018 — and thought the actor and basketball lover would be a great fit. Harrelson loved the story and signed on as star and executive producer, and tapped his longtime friend Bobby Farrelly to direct.Casting was challenging as the producers wanted the athletes played by disabled actors, who also needed basketball skills. They auditioned hundreds of people before finding the 10 standout personalities...

Man sexually assaulted woman in east Toronto after offering her a ride: police

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:12:20 GMT

Toronto police are searching for a man that sexually assaulted a woman in his vehicle after he offered to give her a ride east of the city.Authorities say on Feb. 25 at approximately 3 a.m., the suspect stopped his vehicle in the Danforth Avenue and Greenwood Avenue area and asked to give the woman a ride. She accepted and entered his car.Police say the suspect drove to a dead-end street in the Felstead Avenue and Lamb Avenue area and sexually assaulted the female victim.It’s alleged the sexual assault was interrupted when the driver of a black sedan approached the dead-end street, and the man was startled. That’s when the woman was able to exit the vehicle, and the man sped away.Investigators are looking to speak to the driver of the black sedan and any other possible witnesses or victims.The male suspect is described as South Asian and in his 20s with a thin build. He was wearing dark clothing at the time of the incident.The suspect was also driving a light-coloured fo...

Chicago PD searching for 13-year-old girl missing from Roseland

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:12:20 GMT

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department is looking for a missing 13-year-old girl last seen Monday in Roseland.Aniya Curry is described by police as being about 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing about 115 pounds with brown eyes and black braided hair, according to police. Her front tooth is chipped. Candlelight vigil honors victims killed in Bolingbrook home invasion She may be wearing a black hooded coat with fur trim and tan Ugg boots.Chicago police said she was last seen in the 9800 block of Harvard Avenue and is frequently in the 9700 block of Lowe Street. Anyone with information on her whereabouts is asked to call 911 or Area 2 SVU detectives at 312-747-8274.

Northwestern students help Parkinson's patients put pen to paper

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 12:12:20 GMT

EVANSTON, Ill. — There is a new innovation to help patients continue an old-fashioned habit. Two resourceful college students put their heads together so those with Parkinson’s disease can put pen to paper.Izzy Mokotoff attends Northwestern University.“My grandfather had Parkinson’s disease for about a decade and he had a lifelong love of writing,” Mokotoff said.She says his handwritten letters and cards are her treasures.“His Parkinson’s symptoms reached sort of a debilitating stage and he lost the ability to write, which for him wasn’t only a loss of ability but also a loss of self,” she said. “Because writing was so integral to his identity and who he was and what he loved to do.”The journalism major researched possible solutions. What it’s like to live — and even thrive — with Stiff Person Syndrome “And very quickly realized there isn’t anything on the market designed specifically for people with Parkinson’s to counteract their most writing-inhibitive symptoms,” Mokotoff said....