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Ex-Brazil midfielder Lucas Leiva retires due to bad heart

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:52 GMT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazil, Liverpool and Lazio midfielder Lucas Leiva retired on Friday at age 36 after a heart condition was found during regular medical examinations.He made the announcement in a news conference at Gremio, the Brazilian club where his professional playing career has ended, and where it started in 2005.Leiva played for Liverpool from 2007-17, winning the English League Cup in 2012. He joined Lazio for five seasons and added the Italian Cup in 2019. The defensive midfielder returned to Gremio last year. He played 24 matches for the national team from 2007-13.“I am finishing where I would like to, but not in the way I would like to,” said Leiva, who was surrounded by Gremio executives and coaching staff. “I was very hopeful I could reverse this, but it didn’t happen. My health comes first.”Gremio doctor Márcio Dornelles said Leiva stopped working at the club three months ago when the first results came. Recent examinations did not show any improvement in h...

Defending champ OSU tops Northeastern in women’s Frozen Four

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:52 GMT

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Sloane Matthews, Makenna Webster and Hadley Hartmetz each scored and defending champion Ohio State eased by Northeastern 3-0 on Friday in the NCAA women’s Frozen Four.Top-seeded Ohio State (33-5-2) seeks its second championship in program history on Sunday in an all-WCHA final.Ohio State came out aggressively in the first period, getting the first 11 shots on goal as Northeastern didn’t have a shot through the opening nine minutes.Matthews scored her sixth goal of the year to open the scoring just 1:16 into the game when she buried a rebound from national goalie of the year Gwyneth Philips. It was the first shot of the game. The Huskies appeared to tie it at 1-all with 5:39 left in the first, but Ohio State challenged and it was overturned for a hand pass.Ohio State improved to 24-0-1 this season when leading after the first period.Webster scored her 15th goal of the season at 11:16 of the second on a one-touch shot off a pass from Jennifer Gardiner. Hartm...

Clark, Czinano lead Iowa past SE Louisiana in March Madness

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:52 GMT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark had 26 points and 12 assists and Monika Czinano added 22 points as Iowa defeated Southeastern Louisiana 95-43 in a women’s NCAA Tournament first-round game on Friday.Hannah Stuelke added 13 points for the Hawkeyes, the second seed in Seattle Regional 4. Iowa (27-6) will play No. 10 seed Georgia in the second round on Sunday.Clark, an Associated Press first-team All-American who was third in the nation in scoring at 27 points per game, added seven assists. She was 9 of 14 from the field.Czinano, third in the nation in field-goal percentage after leading the nation in that category the last two seasons, was 10 of 12 from the field. She added eight rebounds.The Hawkeyes, playing in front of a sellout crowd of 14,382, never trailed. They led 28-17 at the end of the first quarter and 54-32 at halftime. Iowa shot 60.6% in the first half, 60% for the game.Iowa’s defense held the Lady Lions to just 25.4% shooting for the game, including 3 of ...

Panama buries last 13 bodies of dozens of bus crash victims

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:52 GMT

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama buried the last 13 unclaimed bodies Friday from a Feb. 15 bus crash that killed over three dozen migrants from several countries. The migrants buried Friday included people from Haiti, Eritrea and Nigeria. Their bodies had not been claimed by relatives. They were buried in individual graves in a cemetery in the province of Chiriqui near the border with Costa Rica. About 20 other bodies had already been claimed.The bus was carrying 67 migrants, most from Ecuador, Haiti and Venezuela, when it plunged off a hillside. Many of the migrants had crossed the dangerous Darien Gap into Panama from Colombia. Later that month, Panama’s government suspended bus trips carrying the migrants across the country, after a bus caught fire. All the passengers on that bus were evacuated safely.Migrants frequently reach Panama by crossing the roadless, jungle-clad Darien Gap between Colombia and Panama. Panamanian authorities estimate that over 250,000 migrants made the dan...

'Kind, selfless and so talented': Zackary Smith's parents plead for answers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- It's been roughly two and a half years since Zackary Smith was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head inside his car. Now, his parents are urgently pushing for tips so they can help Denver Police Department solve this case.On Thursday, Metro Denver Crime Stoppers announced an increased reward for information leading to an arrest in Smith's case. The reward has since been increased to $30,000. Smith's parents donated to the pot of money and are behind that push for answers."He just loved Denver and the circle of friends he had and he was a Colorado guy," Smith's father Scot Smith told FOX31. The two moved to Denver in 2002 when Smith was 13 years old. Smith's mother, Jan Purther, lived with his sisters in Michigan at the time of the move. "I think he became him because of Denver," Purther said. "The music that he stumbled upon." Multiple vehicles involved in hit-and-run crash Smith grew up playing guitar and went on to play guitar in Autonomix, an electric dan...

Denver weather: A sunny weekend, slow warm up

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The sunshine is back in Denver weather and we get to enjoy more of the same for the weekend ahead. Even the mountains will be dry and sunny until snow returns there on Monday. Temperatures will be warming, but not until early next week. Here's your weekend outlook from Pinpoint Weather, Colorado’s Most Accurate Forecast.Weekend outlook for Denver from Colorado's Most Accurate ForecastWeather tonight: Clear and coldUnder clear skies and light wind, temperatures will be dropping quickly after sunset. Overnight lows across Colorado will all be below freezing. Most of metro Denver and the Front Range will dip into the teens. The coldest readings will be across northwest Colorado and in some mountain valley locations with temperatures going below zero. Did you see the sun pillar light up the sky? Forecast overnight low temperatures by Saturday morning from Pinpoint WeatherWeather tomorrow: A chill in the airYour Saturday will bring abundant sunshine for Denver...

Stepped-up security at Miami Northwestern Senior High day after fights; 3 students cited

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:52 GMT

Security was stepped up at Miami Northwestern Senior High School one day after several fights recorded on video led police to intervene and issue citations to three students.Thursday was a rough day at the school, located at 1100 NW 71st St.Parents received a call from the school’s principal, Dr. Bridgette Tate-Wyche.“In an abundance of caution, the school was placed on a lockdown due to police activity on campus,” Tate-Wyche said in the recorded message.Students described the chaos that unfolded on Thursday.“It was fights everywhere; you didn’t even know where to go,” said a student.7News cameras on Friday captured a noticeable increase in police presence near the campus entrance. Officers were seen on every corner, and several cruisers were parked outside.Cellphone videos of the fight captured the punches thrown and hair pulled, as teachers and staff members worked to break it up.“I was running ;cause, you know, I was scared,” said a...

Spring break crowds flock to South Florida beaches as St. Patrick’s weekend kicks off

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:52 GMT

Thousands of spring breakers have descended on beaches across South Florida on St. Patrick’s Day, kicking off a festive weekend.Revelers and tourists strolled down Ocean Drive as music blared steps away on the sand, Friday afternoon.“We’re ready to party. Whatever’s going on, yeah, we’re there,” said Joylia Crawford, who is visiting from Atlanta.“I can see the palm trees. Back home it’s raining; down here it’s sunny,” said Awa Seck, who is visiting from Washington, D.C.7SkyForce flew high above the large crowds on the sand.“We expect tens of thousands, probably even more than that, hundreds of thousands of people coming here,” said Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber.With that amount of tourists heading to the popular destination, city leaders said, they don’t want a repeat of the crime and chaos South Beach has seen in recent years. This is why they have increased the police presence and organized special events...

Rhode Island probing possible contamination of drug evidence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:52 GMT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Investigators are reviewing hundreds of criminal cases in Rhode Island that could be undermined by the possible contamination of evidence at the state health department’s forensic chemistry lab, state Attorney General Peter Neronha said Friday.Neronha said his office was notified of what he described as a “possible contamination event” on Tuesday. He said the incident potentially affects the results of drug-related evidence used by his office, specifically tests used to detect cocaine.Neronha said the problem focused on tests by one laboratory scientist that may have yielded false positive results for cocaine. The forensics lab has identified 52 cases that are potentially impacted. Aother 263 cases are pending review.Drug-related court evidence produced by other laboratory scientists — or evidence in which cocaine was not indicated — do not appear to be affected.Neronha said he’s asked that all affected evidence be retested and that notices be sen...

Skier survives being buried in an avalanche in New Hampshire

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:11:52 GMT

GORHAM, N.H. (AP) — A skier who was buried in snow for about 6 1/2 minutes after getting caught in an avalanche in New Hampshire’s White Mountains this week was dug out by a companion and survived uninjured, authorities said.Three skiers originally ascended what’s known as Wildcat-B/Carter Notch on Wednesday morning, according to a release from the Mount Washington Avalanche Center, but one turned back after deciding that the conditions were too risky.Jeff Fongemie, the interim director of the avalanche center, described them Friday as “experienced back country skiers,” who were equipped with beacons, shovels and probes.One of the two remaining skiers began descending and unintentionally triggered an avalanche. That person was swept 500 vertical feet (152 meters) down a narrow gully before coming to rest buried and unable to move anything, except for one hand, according to the avalanche center, a division of the U.S. Forest Service.The person was “critically buried...