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All Blacks and Japan to play more often after landmark deal

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:34 GMT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The All Blacks and Japan will play regular test matches under an agreement signed by the New Zealand and Japanese rugby unions which might also see a faltering first step toward a global club competition.The memorandum of understanding between the unions will see both countries explore opportunities for New Zealand-based Super Rugby franchises to play matches against clubs from the Japan League One professional competition.Those matches will occur outside the current window for Super Rugby Pacific, which involves Fijian Drua, Moana Pasifika and five clubs each from Australia and New Zealand. A team from Japan and leading franchises from South Africa formerly participated in the Super Rugby competition but didn’t return after the pandemic shutdown.If the club matches in Japan are successful and other countries such as Australia seek to participate, it could provide an early framework for a global club tournament.In the meantime, the two nations ha...

Denver weather: Damaging hail, wind, tornadoes possible Wednesday

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:34 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will turn stormy late Tuesday into Wednesday with severe weather possible on both days.Wednesday will be a Pinpoint Weather Alert Day because of the chance of damaging winds, small hail and isolated tornadoes.Weather tonight: Late-night stormsSome late-night storms could develop along the Front Range after 9 p.m. on Tuesday. Some of these could contain hail, gusty winds and heavy downpours. Lightning will be the main threat with storms Tuesday night. Photos: Hail hits the Front Range Tuesday evening Overnight lows will fall to the mid-40s on the Front Range, with partly to mostly cloudy skies. Weather tomorrow: Slight risk for severe stormsWednesday will be the best chance for severe storms in Denver and along the Front Range this week.A slight risk (yellow) is in place for the Front Range and plains on Wednesday, where there is potential for large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes. Make sure you have a way to get severe weather updates ...

Hail storm hits the Front Range

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:34 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Hail hit the Front Range on Tuesday ahead of another day of severe weather chances.A severe thunderstorm warning was in effect Tuesday evening for parts of northeast Colorado, including Adams, Denver, Weld and Larimer counties, according to the National Weather Service.It was a quick hail storm, but the intersection of 120th and Colorado in Thornton seemed to take the brunt of it.“It was a very crazy 5 minutes,” nearby resident Jessica Fey told FOX31's Greg Nieto. Denver weather: Severe storms likely Wednesday, Pinpoint Weather Alert Day Fey lives in an apartment complex just west of Colorado Boulevard and said Mother Nature hit at about 6:10 p.m. on Tuesday. She said she caught pea-sized hail.FOX31 viewers sent photos and videos of the hail, some pea-sized and some bigger.Denver’s weather will be stormy late Tuesday into Wednesday with severe weather on both days. There is a risk for possible large hail on the Front Range and plains on Wednesday, as well...

Lawmakers reflect on rocky finish to legislative session

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:34 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Lawmakers at the state Capitol are done with this year's session. Senators gaveled out around 10 p.m. Monday night after the House wrapped up around 9:45 p.m. No surprise that things did not end on a quiet note.Lawmakers are leaving this year's session thinking about walkouts, housing, property and how they can better work together in the future. The day after the end of the session, there were differing opinions about the work lawmakers did during their 120 days at the Capitol."This session delivered real results on the issues that matter to Coloradans," House Speaker Julie McCluskie said Tuesday morning, reflecting on the session at a press briefing. Colorado passes property tax bill "We're sad that the people of Colorado are not living a life that is any more affordable because of this legislative session, that in fact, life is not any safer in Colorado because of this session," Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen said at the Senate GOP press conference."We were...

Turkey’s Erdoğan risks alienating conservative women voters

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:34 GMT

ISTANBUL — How did a popular soap opera called “Cranberry Sherbet” suddenly become one of the most heated discussion points before Turkey’s crucial elections on Sunday? It’s all to do with a character called Nursema, and her shocking fate is pushing viewers to pose a tricky question: Who would she vote for? The answers are not comforting for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who is seeking to extend his 20-year rule in the impending vote. Nursema is a strong, bright and devout Muslim in the show, and millions of Turkish women can easily identify with her. Turkey’s legions of soap addicts were stunned by a brutal plot twist in which she is married off to an abusive husband by her conservative family. He attempts to rape her, then shoves her out of a window when she resists, almost killing her. In early April, Turkey’s media watchdog reacted harshly to the harrowing storyline, doling out a fine to the makers of the series and slapping the drama with a ...

Video shows bullet strike ground during Little League game in San Marcos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:34 GMT

SAN MARCOS, Calif. – A reward is now being offered for information leading to the person responsible for a shooting near a San Marcos sports park.At least seven gunshots can be heard on video obtained by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department from Mission Sports Park. It happened just before 8 p.m. Monday evening during a Little League game. One bullet can be seen striking the ground, dangerously close to children.“Somebody knows something about what happened here, right? Somebody knows and it’s our children we are trying to look out for and protect. Just kids playing baseball,” Detective Brian Bentley said.The sheriff’s department is looking into any leads and Crime Stoppers is now offering up to a $1,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest in the case.Detectives say it’s too early to share where the shots came from or what potential charges could be, depending on the circumstances. Man who caught 2 Navy ships nearly colliding ordered to take cameras down Nearby Pa...

As more women forgo the hijab, Iran’s government pushes back

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:34 GMT

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Billboards across Iran’s capital proclaim that women should wear their mandatory headscarves to honor their mothers. But perhaps for the first time since the chaotic days following Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, more women — both young and old — choose not to do so.Such open defiance comes after months of protests over the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country’s morality police, for wearing her hijab too loosely. While the demonstrations appear to have cooled, the choice by some women not to cover their hair in public poses a new challenge to the country’s theocracy. The women’s pushback also lays bare schisms in Iran that had been veiled for decades.Authorities have made legal threats and closed down some businesses serving women not wearing the hijab. Police and volunteers issue verbal warnings in subways, airports and other public places. Text messages have targeted drivers who had women without head covering in ...

Prosecutors want 25-year sentence in Texas protest killing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:34 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors are seeking at least 25 years in prison for a U.S. Army sergeant who fatally shot an armed man during a Black Lives Matter protest in Texas, saying his history of racist and provocative texts and social media posts expose a threat of violence likely to resurface.Daniel Perry, 36, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday. He was convicted of murder in April for killing Garrett Foster during the downtown Austin protest in July 2020.On Tuesday, prosecutors submitted into evidence dozens of texts and social media posts Perry wrote, shared or liked, including some shockingly racist images. They had been excluded from Perry’s trial, but were publicly released after his conviction and allowed into the sentencing phase by District Judge Clifford Brown.Prosecutor Guillermo Gonzalez urged Brown to issue a sentence of at least 25 years. The sentencing range for the murder conviction is five years to life in prison.“This man is a loaded gun, ready to go off ...

What to know about the mass shooting at a Texas mall

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:34 GMT

ALLEN, Texas (AP) — It took four minutes for a neo-Nazi with an arsenal of firearms to kill eight people and wound seven others at a Dallas-area shopping center before a police officer ended the rampage, likely saving untold lives.The massacre Saturday sent hundreds of shoppers at the Allen Premium Outlets scrambling for cover in shops, storerooms and closed hallways. Those killed included two elementary school-age sisters, a couple and their 3-year-old son, and a security guard who had helped others escape.Allen, a multicultural suburb of 105,000, is left as the latest U.S. community rent by an eruption of violence in a year that has seen an unprecedented pace of mass killings.Investigators say they have yet to establish a motive and that the gunman had no criminal record. But they’ve acknowledged the authenticity of a social media account on which he displayed a fascination with white supremacy while offering what are, in retrospect, chilling hints of his research and planni...

PHOTOS: Denver Nuggets overpower Phoenix Suns 118-102 in Game 5 of NBA Western Conference semifinals

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:17:34 GMT

The Denver Nuggets hosted the Phoenix Suns for Game 5 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado on Tuesday night, May 9, 2023. Denver won 118-102.Related ArticlesDenver Nuggets | PHOTOS: Phoenix Suns 129, Denver Nuggets 124 in Game 4 of NBA Western Conference semifinals Denver Nuggets | Nuggets 3-pointers: Nikola Jokic wasn’t going to let Suns owner Mat Ishbia stop him from dropping 50 on Devin Booker, Suns Denver Nuggets | PHOTOS: Phoenix Suns 121, Denver Nuggets 114 in Game 3 of NBA playoffs series Denver Nuggets | Kiszla: Dare we say sweep? Nuggets thinking bigger than stealing one playoff game in Phoenix. Denver Nuggets | Keeler: Kevin Durant is fried. Karl-Anthony Towns is fishing. Nuggets’ Aaron Gordon has become dragon-slayer of NBA Playoffs and Denver’s secret MVP.