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No. 19 James Madison stays unbeaten with 68-61 win over Louisiana-Lafayette

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:36:01 GMT

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Noah Freidel hit two 3-pointers in the final two minutes, Terrence Edwards led all scorers with 19 points and T.J. Bickerstaff had 14 points and 11 rebounds as No. 19 James Madison remained undefeated with a 68-61 win over Louisiana-Lafayette on Thursday night.The Dukes (14-0, 2-0 Sun Belt) went on a 14-0 run midway through the second half to open a 49-40 lead and snap the Cajuns 19-game home wining streak. Bickerstaff scored nine of his points during the run.James Madison opened the game on 1-of-12 shooting, but the Cajuns (7-7, 0-2) never led by more than eight points. The Cajuns had four in double figures, led by Kentrell Garnett with 17 points.Kobe Julien added 15 points and Kitenge Hosana had 11. Themus Fulks, who averaged 11.6 points per game coming into Thursday, finished with eight points on 4-of-14 shooting. Joe Charles had a game-high 15 rebounds.After an early 3-2 lead, the Dukes were behind in the game until 11:54 to play. With the Dukes up 58-57, F...

Defenseman Darren Raddysh scores twice, Lightning beat banged-up Wild 4-1

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:36:01 GMT

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Defenseman Darren Raddysh scored his first two goals of the season and Victor Hedman had a power-play goal in the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 4-1 victory over the injury-ravaged Minnesota Wild on Thursday night.Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves to end a three-start losing streak and Brandon Hagel added an empty-net goal to help the Lightning hand the Wild their fourth consecutive loss. Vasilevskiy’s bid for his 34th career shutout lasted until there was 4:25 left, when Zach Bogosian snapped a shot past him.Marc-Andre Fleury made 26 saves for the Wild, missing for the third straight game the chance to match Patrick Roy for second place on the NHL victory list with 551.Nikita Kucherov was limited to two shots and one assist for the Lightning on the night he was named to his fifth All-Star Game, ending his four-game goal streak. The Russian right wing has 10 goals and 10 assists in his last 12 games.Raddysh brought the Lightning to life soon after the first ...

Jefferson County rangers recommend overnight road closures for Lookout Mountain

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:36:01 GMT

GOLDEN (KDVR) -- In their search for ways to protect Lookout Mountain from careless, overnight drivers, Jefferson County park rangers are looking to curb access in the dark.“Our mission is healthy, nature-based activities,” said Mary Ann Bonnell, a Jefferson County Open Space Park Ranger. “What people are doing up there, at night, is heartbreaking. It is not healthy, nature-based activities.” Aurora Fire gets help from robots, drones in construction site fire cleanup Bonnell says people drive up the mountain at night where they commit acts of vandalism, litter and discharge firearms. Because this happens at night, officials are forced to take a closer look.Officials noted in a proposed access management fact sheet that the area is "busier at midnight than it is at 10 a.m. on weekends."The management tool — digitally controlled gates — would close Lookout Mountain Road between the Chimney Gulch Trail pullout and Lookout Mountain Park from one hour after sunset to one hour before su...

Adams County family grapples with home invasion, death of 2 dogs in fire

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:36:01 GMT

ADAMS COUNTY (KDVR) -- A home invasion turning into a house fire has left an Adams County family traumatized.Investigators say a man with a knife broke into the family's Adams County home on 80th Avenue while they were inside and torched the place Wednesday morning. Burglar allegedly starts fire that killed dogs in Adams County home “It's hard, very difficult, actually, just to see the broken glass, it’s just a flashback," said Jennifer Jenson.Nearly two days after her home was set on fire, Jensen is letting it all sink in.“It definitely has taken the sense of security away from me," she said.Around 2 a.m. Wednesday, Jenson's son Zaide Taul was wrapping presents for a late Christmas celebration when he looked outside the window.“I see a man with no shirt facing his back to me," said Taul. "He has long hair, blood and substances on his back."He went downstairs to the basement to alert his mom.“I looked back up and there was a rock or something flying through the window and the glas...

Nikola Jokic hits 40-footer at buzzer, Nuggets rally to stun Warriors 130-127

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:36:01 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nikola Jokic hit a 40-footer as time expired and the Denver Nuggets stunned the Golden State Warriors 130-127 on Thursday night after trailing by 18 points in the fourth quarter.Jokic had 34 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds. He tied it at 127 with a short jumper with 26 seconds left. Golden State's final possession ended with Stephen Curry's turnover, setting the the stage for Jokic's winner from near the right sideline. The defending champion Nuggets have won 11 of 13 and six straight on the road. They sent the Warriors — who failed to get back to .500 after snapping a three-game skid Tuesday night — to a 1-3 start on their seven-game homestand.Aaron Gordon scored 30 points for Denver, and Jamal Murray had 25. Curry led Golden State with 30 points. Klay Thompson added 24.Golden State pulled away in the third quarter, outscoring Denver 44-24 after trailing by double-digits early in the half. The Warriors had a 19-6 midway through the quarter, with Brandin Po...

Bim Skala Bim celebrates 40 years of Boston ska

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:36:01 GMT

When the band Bim Skala Bim first appeared in 1983, Boston didn’t have much of a ska scene. They worked hard over the years to make sure we got one.This Saturday the band celebrates its 40th anniversary at the Crystal Ballroom. True to their roots, it’s an all-ages matinee. “When we started there were just a couple of ska bands in town,” frontman Dan Vitale recalled this week. “There was Dub 7, who we really looked up to because they opened for the Clash on Cape Cod. As a young band we were very much into reggae as well as ska, in fact some of the first airplay we got in town was for our reggae songs. We didn’t have anyone to compare ourselves to, but we all loved Bob Marley and UB40. At that time it wasn’t easy to be an all-white reggae band, but now you can’t swing a stick without hitting one.”Bim Skala Bim has also been a remarkably stable band: All seven of the band’s original members have remained in the picture over the years, and all will be appearing this weekend. Other form...

Lowry: Left can’t handle the idea of a Trump victory

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:36:01 GMT

If 2024 is set to be tumultuous and unpredictable, just wait until 2025 if Donald Trump wins the presidency again later his year.His adversaries don’t have a history of accepting his victories with equanimity. Trump’s unexpected victory in 2016 launched conspiracy theories about how Russia had helped him win; catalyzed a years-long law-enforcement investigation into him and his campaign based on those theories; and set off protests in the streets.Trump’s opponents are sincerely, and to some extent, understandably alarmed by his conduct after the 2020 election, and how he’s branded his political comeback as a revenge tour.For most of them, though, saving democracy doesn’t mean upholding the rules no matter what and letting the voters decide the election and the fate of the next president. No, it means blocking Donald Trump by any means necessary, regardless of the consequences for the rule of law, democratic politics or faith in our system of government....

‘Night Swim’ treads water, sinks

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:36:01 GMT

You learn not to expect that much from a horror movie being released the first week of the year, when theater auditoriums continue to draw folks with higher-profile movies that hit on or around Christmas Day.However, “M3GAN” — a tale of an artificial intelligence designed for children going epically out of control — arrived in that window last year with a fun mix of scares and laughs.That provided hope that “Night Swim” — an offering from the “M3GAN” triad of Universal Pictures, Atomic Monster and BlumHouse washing into theaters this week — would be similarly entertaining.But while “Night Swim” stays afloat for a while, it drowns in its third act.The problem isn’t that “Night Swim” — written and directed by Bryce McGuire, who based it on his 2014 short film of the same name and shares the story credit with Rod Blackhurst — eschews the mildly campy tone that worked well for “M3GAN.” After all, a haunted backyard swimming pool is, as you come to observe, deadly serious business. But t...

Scheinmann: Elite universities’ culture problem must be solved

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:36:01 GMT

Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation puts an end to a short and embarrassing era at America’s oldest university. Her unfeeling response and admission, under oath to Congress, that calls for genocide against Jews and antisemitic speech do not violate university guidelines were public relations disasters. Her tolerance of Jew-hatred on campus enabled the worst instincts to surface and spread fear amongst Jewish students. The message sent to young Americans was clear: antisemitism is prevalent on our campuses, but there’s little we can and will do about it.Her resignation is necessary, but not sufficient to actually change the culture at elite universities. The increasingly radical and antisemitic views of a younger generation of college students are a feature, and not a bug, of today’s higher education.It is therefore unsurprising that the views of college-age students, captured by a Harvard-Harris poll, on Hamas’s attack and Israel in general are so disturbing. Shockingly, 36...

Editorial: Warren waters down ‘steadfast’ support of Israel

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 11:36:01 GMT

Sen. Elizabeth Warren stands firmly with Israel in battling terrorism and defending its right to exist.Unless that position ticks off her progressive staffers.Warren posted on X Thursday: “When it comes to military aid to Israel, the U.S. cannot write a blank check for a right-wing government that’s demonstrated an appalling disregard for Palestinian lives. The U.S. should use all the tools at its disposal to condition aid & move the parties toward a lasting peace.”As Politico reported, the Massachusetts Democrat was all-in for Israel right after the Oct. 7 slaughter by Hamas terrorists. In an emotional speech at the same pro-Israel rally where Sen. Ed Markey was booed for calling for de-escalation, Warren said there is “no justification for terrorism ever” and pledged that America would be a “steadfast ally” to Israel.What happened between then and now?A late October open letter by more than 260 staffers from her 2020 presidential campaign. In it, they demande...