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Leons scores 15, Bradley beats Truman State 69-47

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:50:49 GMT

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Malevy Leons scored 15 points to help Bradley defeat Truman State 69-47 on Thursday night.Leons also contributed eight rebounds for the Braves (8-5). Duke Deen scored 13 points and added five assists. Darius Hannah shot 5 of 8 from the field to finish with 11 points, while adding nine rebounds and four steals.The Bulldogs were led by Casen Lawrence, who posted 11 points. Landon Eiland added 10 points and two blocks for Truman State. Joe Knutson also had six points and six rebounds.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Svechnikov and Fast help the Carolina Hurricanes top the Montreal Canadiens 5-3

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:50:49 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov scored three times and Jesper Fast had two goals, helping Antti Raanta and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 on Thursday night.Svechnikov got his fourth goal of the season 1:35 into the first period. He snapped a tie with 6:09 left in the third, and then secured his third career hat trick with an empty-netter with 18.9 seconds to play.Sebastian Aho had four assists for Carolina, and Brent Burns added three assists. The Hurricanes were coming off a 5-2 win at Nashville on Wednesday night.The 34-year-old Raanta made 18 saves in his first NHL game since Dec. 15. He was placed on waivers and completed an assignment in the American Hockey League before being recalled this week. He was the backup for the team’s victory against the Predators.Mitchell Stephens, Mike Matheson and Josh Anderson scored for the Canadiens, who were coming off a five-day holiday break. Cayden Primeau, son of former Hurricanes captain Keith Primeau...

Jokic perfect from field, line for 11th triple-double of the season in win over Grizzlies

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:50:49 GMT

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic was perfect from the field and free throw line, finishing with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists as the Denver Nuggets posted their highest point total of the season in a 142-105 win over the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday night.Jokic was 11 for 11 from the field, hit his only 3-point try and went 3 for 3 from the line. The performance followed another near-perfect outing after he converted all 18 free throws Monday in a 120-114 win over Golden State. Nuggets’ Gordon out indefinitely, needs 21 stitches after dog bite: AP source It was the 116th regular-season triple-double of Jokic’s career, and that ranks fourth all-time in NBA history and 22 behind Magic Johnson for third place. Russell Westbrook tops the list with 198, and Oscar Robertson has 181 all-timeJokic went to the bench Thursday after feeding Christian Braun for a dunk with 1:31 left in the third quarter and completing his 11th triple-double of the season.Memphis played without...

Denver migrant encampment near Speer and Zuni to be cleared

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:50:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — With hundreds of migrants arriving in Denver daily, officials are looking for more options to house all of them. Meanwhile, a sweep is planned for an encampment just north of downtown that could displace hundreds.A Denver city official confirmed the sweep of a large area near the encampment at Speer Boulevard and Zuni Street, saying it will clear away anything that obstructs any public space. This comes as the city is offering new services to these migrants."I think I don't have more options," said Juan Carlos, a migrant living in an encampment.Tents are spreading across street blocks around the encampment near Speer and Zuni. On these tents, the city of Denver placed notices alerting folks they will be cleared out starting Jan. 3 in a sweep that will last five days."I think they are planning to give something to us, but the thing is, people don't believe in them," Juan Carlos said. "They don't believe in them."A migrant encampment near Speer Boulevard and Zuni Stree...

‘I’m floating again’: South Florida Onewheel group replaces man’s stolen electric skateboard amid search for thieves

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:50:49 GMT

A South Florida man is rolling again after thieves swiped his electric skateboard, and he has a local group to thank. Vincent Richardson said he uses his one-wheel as his mode of transportation everywhere he goes. “I do not use my car. I use only my one-wheel; that’s all,” said Richardson. But a routine trip to a Target location in Fort Lauderdale earlier this month was different. Thieves sneaked up on Richardson and took his one-wheel right out of his cart before he got inside. “After he took the board, and I knew that it was gone, depression. I got so depressed, man,” he said. “I’m going like, ‘Man, what am I going to do? I can’t run after him,'” said Richardson. Richardson said he chased after the getaway car, opened the door, and was faced with a knife.The subjects got away with his one-wheel board, which Richardson said costs over $1,500.It’s an amount that, Richardson said, he cannot afford to replace the board....

Crypto Crime: Federal prosecutors take us inside the mysterious, complex world of cryptocurrency cases

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:50:49 GMT

Tonight, in an exclusive interview, federal prosecutors give us an inside look into the mysterious world of cryptocurrency crime. 7’s Karen Hensel investigatesWhat a difference a year makes.Last December, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested a month after the cryptocurrency exchange he founded collapsed in stunning fashion.Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for Southern District of New York: “This is one of the biggest financial frauds in American history.”Last month, Bankman-Fried was convicted on seven counts of conspiracy and wire fraud. A federal jury found he stole billions of dollars from customers, investors and lenders.Investors like Alex Chernyavsky.Alex Chernyavsky, lost money in FTX collapse: “It looks like it was a big fraud.”The engineer, who is an executive at a manufacturing company in Hollywood, put a lot of money onto the exchange last year.Alex Chernyavsky: “A hundred and fifty, yeah, $150,000.”A hundred and fifty-thousan...

Bodycam video shows arrests after robbery of SW Miami-Dade couple in Lambo; 1 charged with attempted murder

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:50:49 GMT

Officer-worn body camera video captured the takedown of two men following an armed robbery of a Southwest Miami-Dade couple earlier this year, and detectives said at least one of the suspects is also wanted for attempted murder.The bodycam video of the June 23 arrests, acquired exclusively by 7News, shows a driver getting out of a vehicle at a fast-food drive-thru and complying with officers’ demands to get on the ground.“I’ve got eyes on the passenger,” an officer is heard saying in the video.“Come to us, come to us, come to me,” an officer is heard telling the driver as the suspect crawled toward them.The duo who were taken into custody were wanted in connection to the June 22 carjacking of a couple outside of their Southwest Miami-Dade house.Bodycam video captured victim Peter Gonzalez as he described the incident to a responding Miami-Dade Police officer.“He came out of the car with a gun,” said Gonzalez.Speaking with 7News after t...

Gallery: Celtics almost lose to the worst team in the NBA

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:50:49 GMT

Celtics beat Pistons 128-122 in overtime

VIDEO: Daring surfers catch massive waves amid high surf warning

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:50:49 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Surfers took to the waters Thursday amid a high surf warning in San Diego County.Around 4:45 p.m., SkyFOX captured surfers riding the massive waves at Torrey Pines. One surfer was seen catching a wave and then immediately aborting it, catching big air and falling headfirst into the water. Another surfer was caught riding a wave for at least 20 seconds before coming to a halt.In southern San Diego County, wave sets to 15 feet were reported in Imperial Beach and Sunset Cliffs, according to the National Weather Service (NWS).Earlier Thursday, FOX 5's Megan Healy spoke to City of San Diego Lifeguard Chief James Gartland, saying they have beefed up their staff for the high surf warning.High surf and dangerous rip currents will last until Sunday with waves of eight to 15 feet in southern San Diego County, per NWS. Residents should expect minor coastal flooding and beach erosion. Orca sightings have surged in SoCal. What experts believe is keeping the whales here "You can lo...

Red River sees historic December flood warning; St. Croix River is also rising

Published Sun, 02 Feb 2025 08:50:49 GMT

FARGO, N.D. — A historic flood warning for the Red River in December may have weather watchers and the general public wondering what season we’re in.Select river points are rising in the southern Red River basin due to excessive, unseasonable rainfall, which also contributed to a damaging ice storm over the past few days.“We believe this is the first,” said Carl Jones, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Grand Forks, about a flood warning in December.Since 2003, when the weather service there began its current format of flood warnings, it has not issued such a warning in December, he said.It has issued multiple flood warnings outside of the spring and summer months, including September, October and November, and once in February of 2017.But up until now, a flood warning had not been issued in December or in January.Most Red River Valley flooding happens in the spring from snow melt and occasionally in the summer from heavy rains or thunderstorms.“It’s very unusual in...