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Mike Rhoades ready to begin new era at Penn State after whirlwind offseason marked by roster rebuild

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:32:57 GMT

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Mike Rhoades didn’t have a team to coach when Penn State hired him in March.Graduations and defections following Micah Shrewsberry’s departure for Notre Dame gutted the Nittany Lions’ roster. Rhoades, plucked from VCU after three NCAA tournament appearances in the last four years, turned to familiar faces to jumpstart his new program.In less than 60 days, Rhoades signed 10 players from eight different schools, including former VCU star Ace Baldwin Jr. and former North Carolina standout Puff Johnson, who had a hand in North Carolina’s run to the 2022 NCAA championship game.Transfers from Miami, Georgetown, Dickinson, Lafayette and Temple rounded out the roster.“I see some pieces that I really like and we’ve still got a ways to go to get where we want to go,” Rhoades said. “But I do like what we’re becoming.”Rhoades’ VCU teams went 129-61 overall and 72-32 in six seasons of Atlantic 10 play. Baldwin and former VCU teammate Nick Kern Jr. are eager to bring his...

Photos: Behind the scenes of 'Denver's oldest haunted house'

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:32:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Frightmare Compound is one of the most popular haunted houses in Denver with lines out the door before the spot even opens. FOX31 got a sneak peek into that haunted house and what makes Denverites scream.This Halloween has been one of the most popular seasons for Frightmare Compound. The weekend before Halloween, the wait time was four hours. Photos: Denver homes go all-out on Halloween decorations Josh Holder, the owner of Frighmare Compound, says the scare is all about the five senses."Scares change every year," said Holder. "You always want to hit on people's five senses. So you always want something touching people, people are walking through something you want the ground to be moving, pop-out scares are good."Visitors will experience those five senses within the haunted house, which takes about 20 minutes to walk through.Inside Frightmare Compound (KDVR)Actors getting ready at Frightmare Compound (KDVR)Inside Frightmare Compound (KDVR)Inside Frightmare Compo...

Aurora ranks as deadliest DUI city in Colorado so far this year

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:32:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Out of all the cities in Colorado, Aurora ranks the highest in impaired-related car accident deaths.The Colorado Department of Transportation recorded the number of people killed in impaired-related accidents this year. From the start of the year up to early October, Aurora ranks significantly higher than any other city in the entire state of Colorado. Man accused of DUI in crash that killed boy and his grandparents This graph includes all the cities with impaired-related car accident deaths. The rest of the cities in Colorado have zero deaths for the year.Aurora is one of the biggest cities in Colorado, but not the biggest with both Denver and Colorado Springs having a larger population than Aurora. Still, Aurora almost doubles the number of deaths in the two larger cities.While Aurora's death toll is the highest for this year, impaired drivers aren't just a problem in Aurora. Adams County deputy accused of DUI after driving through cemetery fence On Oct. 19, C...

Buffs coach Deion Sanders talks UCLA game after bye week

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:32:57 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — After a bye week, the University of Colorado Buffaloes are gearing up to face the UCLA Bruins on Saturday. The last time the Buffs were on the field was a game worth forgetting. On Oct. 13, Deion Sanders and his Buffaloes faced Stanford in what should have been a win for CU. But Friday the 13th got the best of them. Buffs to feature in prime time for homecoming game against Oregon State Instead, it was the largest blown lead in Colorado history. Stanford rallied from a 29-point halftime deficit for a 46-43 victory over Colorado.But the past is in the past, and the Buffs are looking ahead to Los Angeles. After a week off, Sanders spoke at CU about the upcoming game and what he and the team are doing to prepare.He spoke live at 11 a.m. You can watch his full remarks in the player above. CU is now eighth in the Pac-12 division with an overall standing of 4-3. Meanwhile, UCLA is sixth with an overall standing of 5-2. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get Broncos, Nugget...

Police investigating after gun found inside classroom at SW Miami-Dade school

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:32:57 GMT

Miami-Dade Police are investigating after they said an employee left a gun inside a bag in a classroom at a school in Kendall. The incident occurred at Atlantis Academy, a private school, located at 9600 SW 107th Ave.According to police, around 11:55 a.m., Tuesday, another staff member discovered the firearm and reported it.As of now, it remains unclear whether the employee will be arrested, and authorities have yet to confirm whether the gun was loaded.According to Atlantis Academy’s website, the school is a “K-12 private school, educating students with learning differences and various abilities in greater Miami, Florida.” Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

High-speed DUI stop ends in violent confrontation, woman’s arrest in St. Petersburg

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:32:57 GMT

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WSVN) — An alleged drunk driver’s attempt to evade a speeding ticket resulted in a high-speed chase, violent confrontation, and ultimately, a one-way trip to jail.The incident began when a Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) trooper clocked a Mercedes speeding at an astonishing 120 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone while crossing the Gandy Bridge in St. Petersburg. The trooper then initiated a traffic stop.Upon approaching the driver, 31-year-old Brittany Bianchi, the trooper detected a strong odor of alcohol and noted slurred speech. The situation escalated when the trooper attempted to arrest her for DUI. Bianchi objected, insisting she had “zero reasons to perform any sobriety” and argued against being arrested for speeding. “You’re not arresting me for speeding. If you’re arresting me for speeding, that’s unlawful. You need to write me a ticket,” said Bianchi, captured on the trooper’s dash-cam.Things took ...

Israel slams UN chief for saying Hamas attack ‘did not happen in a vacuum,’ calls for his resignation

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:32:57 GMT

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations is calling for the resignation of UN Secretary-General António Guterres after he said the Hamas attack on October 7 in which 1,400 people were killed “did not happen in a vacuum.”“The Palestinian people have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation,” Guterres said, according to Israeli outlet Haaretz, to the 15-member U.N. Security Council Tuesday after the Hamas-led Ministry of Health in Gaza reported more than 700 Palestinians were killed in 24 hours of Israeli airstrikes, the highest daily death toll since the bombardment began. “But the grievances of the Palestinian people cannot justify the appalling attacks by Hamas. And those appalling attacks cannot justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.”The Palestinian territories — which are the West Bank and Gaza, in addition to East Jerusalem — are widely recognized as occupied by Israel.After the statement, Israel’...

Report: Red Sox narrow head of baseball ops search, Craig Breslow a top candidate

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:32:57 GMT

The Red Sox search for a new head of baseball operations appears to be edging closer to the finish line.According to multiple reports the Red Sox have narrowed their pool of targets and informed candidates whether or not they’ll move on to the second round of interviews. It is unknown how many candidates are still under consideration or if there will be additional rounds after the next one, but according to The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier, Chicago Cubs assistant general manager and former Red Sox pitcher Craig Breslow is considered a frontrunner for the job.If Breslow ends up landing the position, it will cap off a rapid ascent through the front office ranks since his retirement from baseball.After 12 seasons pitching in the big leagues, including five with the Red Sox, Breslow joined the Cubs front office in 2019 and became deeply involved in the organization’s pitching development efforts. The 43-year-old Yale graduate was promoted to director of pitching and then...

Under Armour’s partnership with Texas Tech will end when university jumps to Adidas

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:32:57 GMT

NFL star Patrick Mahomes announced news of Texas Tech University’s impending jump from Baltimore-based Under Armour to rival Adidas on his pregame outfit Sunday.A video the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback posted to Instagram shows him wearing a white T-shirt bearing his alma mater’s logo and the Adidas name, hand scrawled on what appears to be packing tape.Under Armour confirmed Tuesday that its nearly two decade-long partnership with Texas Tech will end next year. The sports apparel and footwear maker signed a deal to outfit the university’s athletes in 2006. In 2020, the university extended the contract another four years, through next June.“We are proud to have been partners with Texas Tech since 2006 and an official apparel outfitter since 2009,” an Under Armour spokesperson said in a email to The Baltimore Sun. “We wish the Red Raiders all the best after many successful years together.”An Instagram post shows the reigning NFL MVP reveali...

In courtroom faceoff, Michael Cohen says he was told to boost Trump’s asset values ‘arbitrarily’

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 07:32:57 GMT

By Jake Offenhartz and Jennifer Peltz, Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe Michael Cohen faced off with him at the former president’s civil fraud trial Tuesday, testifying that he worked to boost asset values to “whatever number Trump told us to.”Five years after turning on a boss that he once pledged to “take a bullet” for, Cohen is a key witness in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit alleging that Trump and his company duped banks, insurers and others by giving them financial statements that inflated his wealth.“I was tasked by Mr. Trump to increase the total assets, based upon a number that he arbitrarily elected,” Cohen testified, saying that he and former Trump Organization finance chief Allen Weisselberg labored “to reverse-engineer the various different asset classes, increase those assets, in order to achieve a number that Mr. Trump had tasked us.”Asked what that number was, Cohen replied: “Whatever number Trum...