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Dolphins cheerleaders spread holiday cheer to children at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:20:34 GMT

The Miami Dolphins spread some joy at a holiday event this weekend.The team’s cheerleaders and even T.D. the mascot visited Alex’s Place, the pediatric oncology center at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center in Miami, Saturday afternoon.The team spent quality time out with families, as they handed out toys and other gifts.Stephen Nimer, the director of the center, said it’s immeasurable how this event impacts families.“We’re doing something very special for the children of patients with cancer, and that’s something we’re very proud of doing, very important, very impactful, you know, the attention of the family, when someone has cancer, is usually on the patient and not so much on their children.”Through Dolphins Challenge Cancer, the team pledged a $75 million commitment to Sylvester in 2020, the largest known philanthropic pledge in sports.

Pacers put on historic shooting show, run away from Heat 144-129

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:20:34 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — Bruce Brown scored 30 points, Obi Toppin added 22 and the Indiana Pacers shook off the absence of leading scorer Tyrese Haliburton to beat the Miami Heat 144-129 on Saturday night.The Pacers shot 66%, the second-best rate in franchise history. They shot 67% against Minnesota on Oct. 24, 2017. And it was the best percentage ever shot against a Heat team; the Los Angeles Lakers shot 64% against Miami on Nov. 23, 1988.T.J. McConnell shot 10 for 11 and finished with 20 points and 11 assists off the bench for Indiana, and Aaron Nesmith also had 20 points for the Pacers.Jimmy Butler scored 33 points for Miami, which got 18 from Caleb Martin. The 273 points in the two games against the Pacers — Miami won 142-132 on Thursday — were the most ever by Miami in a two-game span.The Heat went 1-1 in those games, even with the Pacers playing without Haliburton — who had 44 points in Thursday’s game.Haliburton was dealing with right knee soreness and what the team said was an upp...

Fire crews battle blaze in multi-family home in Brighton

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:20:34 GMT

Boston fire crews were called to a fast-moving fire in Brighton on Saturday night that forced 3 people from their home.Crews responding to a reported structure fire on Fordham Road around 8 p.m. found heavy smoke and then flames coming from a first-floor apartment.Fire officials say they were fortunate to contain the blaze to the first floor and that there was no one home in the building when the fire broke out.Witnesses and neighbors said the fire developed quickly and they had little time to escape their homes.The cause of the fire remains under investigation.No additional information was immediately available.https://twitter.com/ChrisRogersTV/status/1731122001593368969https://twitter.com/BostonFire/status/1731127047651491887This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

In some neighborhoods in drought-prone Kenya, clean water is scarce. Filters are one solution

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:20:34 GMT

BONDENI-JUA KALI, Kenya (AP) — As the sun rises in the Bondeni-Jua Kali neighborhood on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, dozens of women and men step out of their corrugated iron homes with yellow jerricans, skip over pools of sewage and make their way to a nearby water vending station.There is no piped water or sewage system in the area, and drought has made clean water supplies more scarce and expensive for locals. Twice a week, trucks with 5,000 to 10,000 liters (1,300 to 2,600 gallons) of water will fill up vending stations across Athi River where residents can buy 20 liters (five gallons) for 20 Kenyan Shillings ($0.16). A household of four needs about five gallons a day, and weekly incomes are about $13, according to data from Kenya’s Finance Ministry.But for those whose homes are kitted out with water filters distributed by a local nonprofit, the nearby river — polluted, prone to drought and usually unsafe for drinking — is becoming a cheaper and sometimes more relia...

Three officials have left a pro-DeSantis super PAC in the group’s latest shake-up, AP sources say

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:20:34 GMT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three senior members of a super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis left the group on Saturday, the latest sign of instability within the 2024 hopeful’s political operation just six weeks before the Iowa Republican caucuses. Kristin Davison parted ways with Never Back Down just after she took over leading the group following the departure of CEO Chris Jankowski less than two weeks ago. Also leaving Saturday were communications director Erin Perrine and director of operations Matt Palmisano, according to two people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss Never Back Down’s internal operations. Davison’s departure was first reported by Politico.Longtime DeSantis ally Scott Wagner, who had been a member of the group’s board, was named interim CEO and board chairman. Never Back Down has carried the bulk of DeSantis’ presidential organizing duties and advertising loads since he announced his candidacy in May...

Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:20:34 GMT

On Saturday night, Kiss closed out the final performance of their “The End of the Road” farewell tour at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden.But as dedicated fans surely know — they were never going to call it quits. Not really.During their encore, the band’s current lineup — founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons as well as guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer — left the stage to reveal digital avatars of themselves. After the transformation, the virtual Kiss launched into a performance of “God Gave Rock and Roll to You.”The cutting-edge technology was used to tease a new chapter of the rock band: after 50 years of Kiss, the band is now interested in a kind of digital immortality.The avatars were created by George Lucas’ special-effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, in partnership with Pophouse Entertainment Group, the latter of which was co-founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus. The two companies recently teamed up for the “ABBA Voyage” show in London, in whic...

A suspected bomb blast kills at least 4 Christian worshippers during Mass in southern Philippines

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:20:34 GMT

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful explosion believed caused by a bomb ripped through a Catholic Mass and killed at least four people and wounded dozens of others Sunday in a predominantly Muslim city in the southern Philippines, officials said.The morning Mass was underway in a gymnasium at the state-run Mindanao State University in Marawi city when the explosion happened, causing panic among dozens of students and teachers and leaving the victims bloodied and sprawled on the ground, said Taha Mandangan, the security chief of the state-run campus.At least two of the wounded were fighting for their lives, Mandangan said.“This is clearly an act of terrorism. It’s not a simple feud between two people. A bomb will kill everybody around,” Mandangan told The Associated Press by telephone.Regional military commander Maj. Gen. Gabriel Viray III said at least four people were killed by the explosion, including three women, and 50 others were brought to two hospitals for treatment o...

White scores season-high 31 as Bulls beat Pelicans 124-118

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:20:34 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — Coby White scored a season-high 31 points, DeMar DeRozan added 24 points and 10 assists, and the Chicago Bulls beat the New Orleans Pelicans 124-118 on Saturday night.DeRozan missed the previous game with a left ankle sprain but took charge of a Bulls team missing Zach LaVine, helping them turn around the game in the third quarter en route to their second straight victory. White helped Chicago put it away with an alley-oop to Patrick Williams for a six-point lead with 20 seconds left.Torrey Craig and Ayo Dosunmu each scored 15 points off the bench for the Bulls, combining to hit four of the team’s 17 3-pointers. Williams added 14 points along with a pair of blocks.Troubled by a long history of injuries, Zion Williamson played on back-to-back nights for the first time all season, after resting for three previous opportunities this year. Williamson scored eight of his team-high 27 points in the final three minutes of the second quarter. The scoring flurry helped the Pel...

Texas high school football playoff scores for Saturday, Dec. 2

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:20:34 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Westlake prevailed in the second Battle of the Lakes rivalry game this season 21-14 Saturday at The Pfield in Pflugerville to claim the 6A Division I Region IV championship and move on to the state semifinals.The Chaparrals will play Galena Park North Shore, the team that defeated them last year in the semifinals, at 2 p.m., Dec. 9, at The Pfield. Dripping Springs fell to Cibolo Steele 28-21 in the 6A Division II Region IV final at the Alamodome. Texas high school football playoff scores for Friday, Dec. 1 Check out the rest of the regional final scores from around Texas. The sites and times for the state semifinal games should be solidified by Sunday.Regional finals scores from around TexasClass 6A Division IRegion INorth Crowley 49, Allen 37Region IIDuncanville 70, Spring Westfield 28Region IIIGalena Park North Shore 34, Humble Atascocita 28Region IVWestlake 21, Lake Travis 14Class 6A Division IIRegion I Southlake Carroll 56, Trophy Club Byron Nelson 7Region IIIH...

The Loop Fantasy Football Update Week 13: Last-minute moves

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 15:20:34 GMT

UPDATE: 10:49 p.m. Saturday We’ve got some Saturday fantasy updates while wondering just how loud the decibel level of plaintive wailing will be when the College Football Playoff pairings are announced in … say … Tallahassee, or Athens, or Columbus.The fantasy headline is that a guy nearly our age, Joe Flacco, will be starting at quarterback for the Cleveland Browns this week. But since it’s a bye week, there will be SOME people who throw caution to the wind and start the aged gunslinger. Good luck to them!Two noteables will be back this week: Miami running back De’Von Achane and Bengals wideout Tee Higgins. You can mostly ignore the latter with the state of the Cincinnati offense.Ruled out for Week 13 are Green Bay RB Aaron Jones, Saints WR Rashid SHaheed and Houston tight end Dalton Schultz.ORIGINAL POST: 11:59 a.m. Wednesday We’ve only got a couple of weeks left in the fantasy football regular season. A very good time to have all your standout players in action. And a very bad ti...