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Suarez, Buescher earn front row starts for NASCAR All-Star race after heat wins

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:02:41 GMT

NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. (AP) — Daniel Suarez and Chris Buescher will start on the front row for Sunday night’s All-Star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway after winning their respective 60-lap heats.Suarez beat out Joey Logano in the first heat at the .625-mile renovated track on a night in which NASCAR experimented with its wet weather tire package for the first time on the Cup Series cars following a light, but steady rain. Buescher won the second heat after leading all 60 laps as drivers started on slick tires before NASCAR had them switch to the wet weather tires for the second half of the race after some drizzle.Joey Logano and Austin Dillon will start on the second row, while Chase Briscoe and William Byron will be on the third row.The 21 drivers who qualified for the 200-lap All-Star race by virtue of their past accomplishments were divided into two heats as part of a unique format for this year’s race. They will be joined Sunday night by the top two finishers from the Al...

Los siete muertos en accidente de tránsito en Oregon eran campesinos mexicanos

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:02:41 GMT

ALBANY, Oregon — Las víctimas de uno de los accidentes viales más mortíferos de Oregon eran trabajadores agrícolas que viajaban en una camioneta tipo van a una hora en que suelen volver a casa después de duras jornadas laborales en la cosecha, informaron las autoridades mexicanas y el sindicato de trabajadores agrícolas del estado.Las autoridades aún no han dado a conocer los nombres de las siete personas que murieron ni de las cuatro que resultaron heridas cuando un camión salió de la carretera Interestatal 5 el jueves y se estrelló contra la camioneta, que se hallaba estacionada al costado del camino cerca de Albany, en una zona agrícola de Willamette Valley.Pero el sindicato Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN), con sede en Woodburn, señaló en un comunicado el viernes por la noche que las 11 personas que viajaban en el vehículo eran trabajadores agrícolas y que ha estado en contacto con algunas de sus familias para apoyarlas. Accidente múltiple deja siete...

Some of the worst air quality in the world over the weekend along Front Range

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:02:41 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- If you spent any time outside Friday or Saturday you probably saw a thick haze in the sky. It's all due to smoke coming from large wildfires up in Canada. “Now we're on a streak of day two, tomorrow will bring more smoke and we will potentially see some of the worst air quality in the world not just the country," Pinpoint Meteorologist Liz McGiffin said Saturday. McGiffin explained the smoke comes in on a northeasterly breeze and then settles across the Front Range. She said the mountains to the west, not very visible on Saturday, work as a wall with the smoke not making it easy to push out. “It almost traps it in the Front Range as it pushes against the mountain range and that’s why areas like here in Denver, we notice the thick blanket of smoke," McGiffin said. "It’s like a fog at times where you can't see the mountains." Smoky skies cause poor visibility around Denver While Colorado is dealing with poor air quality, thousands of runners are expected to lace up...

Ball Arena roomies show support in playoffs

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:02:41 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- This time last year, the Colorado Avalanche had Ball Arena to themselves after their roommates, the Denver Nuggets, were eliminated from the NBA playoffs in the first round. But this year has flip-flopped for Colorado's professional teams who call Ball Arena home. The Avalanche lost to the Seattle Kraken in seven games to end their NHL Stanley Cup playoff run in the first round. But the Nuggets' postseason is thriving as Nikola Jokic and the team in blue and yellow battle for the Western Conference championship against the Los Angeles Lakers. ‘Casa Bonita saviors’ Trey Parker and Matt Stone spotted at Nuggets game The Nuggets started off in Denver for Games 1 and 2 which drew some familiar faces. Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson was courtside for the Game 1 win. Former Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning was at Game 2 along with Avs forwards Nathan MacKinnon and Andrew Cogliano. MacKinnon, who had a career year finishing the season with 111 points,...

Women Build: 4 families receive keys to Habitat for Humanity homes in Pompano Beach

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:02:41 GMT

It’s a special weekend for four Broward County families that received the keys to their future homes — all made possible by generous sponsors, some local female power and Habitat for Humanity of Broward.7News cameras captured the new homeowners at a dedication ceremony held at the Rick Case Habitat Community, Saturday morning.“This is the power of women helping women, women supporting women, women lifting women up,” said Rita Case, president and CEO of the Rick Case Automotive Group. “This isn’t a handout; this is a hand up.”It was all part of this years Women Build — female business leaders rolling up their sleeves alongside future homeowners putting in that sweat equity“Its empowering. I mean, it sets an example: that women have the power to get things done if they put their mind to it,” said Kelly Koenig with City Furniture.One of the new homeowners, Assitan Niangadou-Sidibe, addressed the audience at the dedication cere...

For Baby Suga: Rapper Trina dedicates Trina Day in Liberty City to 17-year-old niece killed in shooting

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:02:41 GMT

A Miami artist gave a sweet salute to a young family member nearly a year after she was killed in a shooting in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood.Trina, the rapper known as the Diamond Princess, is back home in the neighborhood where she grew up on Saturday for Trina Day.She spoke with 7News about the joyous occasion.“Trina Day is officially on May 14th, but we celebrate it on May 20th,” she said, “to eat, have fun. We’re going to have games, we’re going to have some stuff on stage, we’ve got some competitions. We’re going to have a good time today.”But this is a party with a purpose.“It’s my dedication to my little niece, who I lost this year, Welcome to Suga Land, so we just brought the city out,” she said.Called “Baby Suga” by loved ones, Toni Chester was 17 years old when, police said, she was shot in Miami, in the area of Northwest 62nd Lane and 13th Avenue, on July 20, 2022.Investigators said t...

Saturday’s high school roundup/scores: Brandon McMahon tosses 1-hitter, breaks Malden record for fewest pitches

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:02:41 GMT

In the East Boston Strike Out Cancer Tournament first round, Salem State-bound Brandon McMahon broke a 28-year-old Malden school record when he needed just 65 pitches to throw a complete game one-hitter in a 2-0 baseball win over Minuteman.Winning pitcher Sean Mercuri displayed pinpoint control in sparking Central Catholic to a 6-2 non-league win over Arlington. Mercuri went the distance, striking out six, scattering seven hits and walking none. … Senior Michael Archambault played a huge role in delivering head coach Jim Beauregard his 301st career victory, as North Middlesex Regional nipped Nashoba Regional, 2-1. Archambault tossed a complete-game four-hitter, striking out four and walking threeBoys lacrosseLucas Leander netted nine goals and six assists as Rockland rolled East Bridgewater, 15-6, in South Shore League action.In the Mayflower Athletic Conference, Peyton Volz netted a hat trick as Southeastern doubled up Upper Cape 14-7. … Colby Dunham and Sean Rivard eac...

Philadelphia blanks the Revolution in a costly 3-0 loss

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:02:41 GMT

The New England Revolution closed out as three-game road swing with a 3-0 loss to the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night at Subaru Park in Chester, Pa.The setback was compounded when team captain and playmaker Carles Gil, defensive midfielder Matt Polster and right back Brandon Bye left the game with injuries on a team that is hemorrhaging starters. Union (6-4-3) keeper Andre Blake recorded his MLS 67th clean sheet.The Revolution (7-3-3) begin a busy stretch of three games in eight days starting at home against the Chicago Fire on May 27. The Revolution go back on the road for a match at Atlanta United FC on May 31 and New York City FC on June 3.“We will see how the players progress during the week and leave it at that,” said Revolution head coach Bruce Arena. “Injuries are a part of the game and we have to deal with it. We have had a lot of injuries this year and it is all part of it. Hopefully our luck will turn a bit.”Arena made no changes to the Starting XI he put on the pitch...

10 road racers massacred in Northern Baja; 9 wounded

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:02:41 GMT

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Gunmen shot and killed 10 drivers and wounded nine others taking part in a road race on Saturday afternoon about 90 miles south of the border, according to the Baja California State Attorney General's Office. According to a news release issued by the AG's office, the victims were parked in their "dune buggy" style race cars when several armed men jumped out of a late model silver SUV and started firing at the vehicles.The ambush happened around 2:15 p.m. Saturday along the Transpeninsular Highway in the small town of San Vicente.The racers were taking part in a race called the "Cachanillazo" that began earlier in the day in the city of Ensenada. The finish line was in San Felipe on the Gulf of California.Several videos posted on social media show bodies on the ground while police walk around conducting an investigation.In one particular video, a woman can be seen running into a building as multiple gunshots are heard in the background. Visit the Border...

Sheriff: Grenade blast kills man, injures two teens in NW Indiana

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:02:41 GMT

LAKE COUNTY, Ind. — A man is dead, and two of his children are in the hospital after a hand grenade exploded in their Lakes of the Four Seasons home Saturday, sheriff's deputies said.According to the Lake County Sheriff's Department, police responded sometime before 6:30 p.m. to a reported explosion in a home in the 3400 block of West lakeshore Drive.Deputies said when they arrived on scene, an adult male was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead. His two children, a 17-year-old son and an 18-year-old daughter, were taken to an area hospital with shrapnel wounds.Upon further investigation, the LCSD said a family in the home had been going through a grandfather's belongings when they found a hand grenade, and someone reportedly pulled the pin on the device and it detonated. Police: Man in custody after attempted abduction in Evanston The Porter County Bomb Squad was called to secure the area and determine whether there may be additional explosive devices.A crime scene invest...