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Utah Valley puts home win streak on the line against Weber State

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:24:02 GMT

Weber State Wildcats (4-2) at Utah Valley Wolverines (5-3, 1-1 WAC)Orem, Utah; Tuesday, 8 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: Utah Valley will try to keep its three-game home win streak intact when the Wolverines face Weber State.The Wolverines are 3-0 in home games. Utah Valley is 1-0 in games decided by less than 4 points.The Wildcats are 1-0 in road games. Weber State has a 0-2 record in one-possession games.Utah Valley’s average of 4.9 made 3-pointers per game is 1.3 fewer made shots on average than the 6.2 per game Weber State gives up. Weber State averages 8.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.3 more made shots on average than the 5.9 per game Utah Valley allows.TOP PERFORMERS: Caleb Stone-Carrawell is scoring 12.3 points per game and averaging 3.0 rebounds for the Wolverines. Tanner Toolson is averaging 1.5 made 3-pointers for Utah Valley.Steven Verplancken Jr. averages 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Wildcats, scoring 12.5 points while shooting 32.4% from beyond the arc. D...

Idaho hosts Martindale and Pacific

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:24:02 GMT

Pacific Tigers (4-5) at Idaho Vandals (4-4)Moscow; Tuesday, 9 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: Pacific faces the Idaho Vandals after Judson Martindale scored 21 points in Pacific’s 78-58 loss to the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks.The Vandals have gone 3-2 in home games. Idaho is fifth in the Big Sky at limiting opponent scoring, allowing 69.1 points while holding opponents to 41.7% shooting.The Tigers are 1-2 on the road. Pacific is 2-4 against opponents over .500.Idaho is shooting 45.9% from the field this season, 0.5 percentage points lower than the 46.4% Pacific allows to opponents. Pacific has shot at a 41.5% clip from the field this season, 0.2 percentage points less than the 41.7% shooting opponents of Idaho have averaged.TOP PERFORMERS: D’Angelo Minnis averages 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Vandals, scoring 9.5 points while shooting 35.1% from beyond the arc. Julius Mims is shooting 59.4% and averaging 10.9 points for Idaho.Martindale is scoring 11.8 points per game and ...

Boston Fire respond to fire at two-family home on Market Street

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:24:02 GMT

The Boston Fire Department responded to a large fire in a two-family home on Market Street Sunday night.No one was hurt in the blaze, which broke out in the attic.The fire department said six people were displaced by the fire; several pets were rescued from the building.Officials estimated the damages from the fire will be around $250,000.https://twitter.com/BostonFire/status/1731526600124932194

Global warming could cost poor countries trillions. They’ve urged the UN climate summit to help

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:24:02 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent developing-world leader on the issue of climate change said Monday that global taxes on the financial services, oil and gas, and shipping industries could drum up hundreds of billions of dollars for poorer countries to adapt and cope with global warming.Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley focused on how poorer countries, with help from richer countries and international finance, could shoulder the astronomical costs for the world to adapt to climate change, reduce its future impact, and pay for losses and damage caused as climate trouble like floods, forest fires and heat waves rip through communities.The U.N. climate summit known as COP28, which is being presided over by the head of the United Arab Emirates’ biggest oil company, put its attention Monday on how developing countries could possibly pay trillions of dollars that experts say they will need to cope with global warming.“This has probably been the most progress we’ve see...

Divers have discovered wreckage, remains from Osprey aircraft that crashed off Japan, Air Force says

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:24:02 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. and Japanese divers have discovered wreckage and remains of crew members from a U.S. Air Force Osprey aircraft that crashed last week off southwestern Japan, the Air Force announced Monday. The CV-22 Osprey carrying eight American crew crashed last Wednesday off Yakushima island during a training mission. The body of one victim was recovered and identified earlier, while seven others remained missing.The Air Force Special Operations Command said the remains were being recovered and their identities have yet to be determined.“The main priority is bringing the Airmen home and taking care of their family members. Support to, and the privacy of, the families and loved ones impacted by this incident remains AFSOC’s top priority,” it said in a statement.The U.S. military identified the one confirmed victim as Air Force Staff Sgt. Jacob Galliher of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on Saturday.On Monday, divers from the Japanese navy and U.S. military spotted what appeared...

In the news today: Pro-Israel rally in Ottawa, Canadian confirmed dead in Lebanon

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:24:02 GMT

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today…Pro-Israel rally planned for Parliament HillProminent Jewish groups are set to host a rally on Parliament Hill this afternoon in solidarity with Israel. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs says the event is meant to be a show of collective strength in the face of what it calls staggering antisemitism. Speakers will include people whose family members were killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 and a Canadian woman whose Israeli cousin is among the hostages held in the Gaza Strip. Global Affairs confirms Canadian death in Lebanon, 8th since Israel-Hamas war beganA Canadian citizen has been confirmed dead in Lebanon, the eighth since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.In an update Sunday evening, Global Affairs Canada provided no further details but did confirm that 130 more Canadians left Gaza this weekend after the Rafah border crossing reopened to foreign nat...

Canada’s telecom sector awaiting key regulatory decisions after transformative year

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:24:02 GMT

Canada’s telecom sector faced a significant shakeup in 2023 after Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne handed down a mandate requiring the CRTC to prioritize consumer rights, affordability, competition and universal access.The directive, which rescinded a 2006 policy direction for the agency to rely on market forces when making decisions, has since guided the direction of a number of regulatory proceedings.Headed into 2024, many of those remain ongoing, or have resulted in rulings being contested by parties involved. Here’s where some of those deliberations stand as 2023 winds down.Internet competitionIn a move that quickly drew the ire of Bell Canada, the CRTC announced on Nov. 6 it would require that company, along with Telus Corp., to provide independent competitors with access to their fibre-to-the-home networks in Ontario and Quebec within six months.The move is meant to stimulate competition for internet services in Canada’s two largest provinces, wh...

Trial set to start for Saskatchewan Mountie charged with first-degree murder

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:24:02 GMT

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — The first-degree murder trial of a former Mountie is set to begin in Prince Albert, Sask., today. Bernie Herman was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Braden Herman in 2021. The two are not related.Braden Herman’s body was found in an isolated area of Little Red River Park on the outskirts of Prince Albert that May. Bernie Herman, who was a 32-year member of the RCMP, was arrested the same day.Family members say Braden Herman was kind, caring and thoughtful. “He was a very gentle person, a gentle giant,” said his older brother, Brett Herman. “He was a big kid but he would never hurt a fly.” Brett Herman said he’s not sure how his brother and the RCMP officer first met each other. Family have said he and the officer grew up in neighbouring northern Saskatchewan communities — Braden Herman was from Clearwater River Dene Nation and Bernie Herman was from La Loche.At some point, Braden Herman lived with the officer and h...

Large pro-Israel rally planned for Parliament Hill on Monday

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:24:02 GMT

OTTAWA — Prominent Jewish groups are set to host a rally on Parliament Hill this afternoon in solidarity with Israel. The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs says the event is meant to be a show of collective strength in the face of what it calls staggering antisemitism. Speakers will include people whose family members were killed by Hamas militants on Oct. 7 and a Canadian woman whose Israeli cousin is among the hostages held in the Gaza Strip. They also include deputy Conservative leader Melissa Lantsman and Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, along with the Israeli ambassador to Canada. Organizers say they want to gather people who believe in Israel’s right to exist and its need to defend itself against terror, and will call on the international community to push for the release of hostages held by Hamas.Israel resumed deadly airstrikes on southern Gaza this weekend after a weeklong truce fell apart on Friday, with both sides blaming the other. The Israeli army said more than...

The North Korean leader calls for women to have more children to halt a fall in the birthrate

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:24:02 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said it is a duty of women to halt a fall in the country’s births in order to strengthen national power, state media said Monday, as his government steps up the call for the people to have more children.While getting a detailed read on North Korea’s population trends is extremely difficult because of the limited statistics it discloses, South Korea’s government assesses that the North’s fertility rate has declined steadily for the past 10 years. That is a concerning development for a country that depends on mobilized labor to help keep its broken, heavily sanctioned economy afloat. Kim’s latest appeal for women to have more children was made Sunday during the country’s National Mothers Meeting, the first of its kind in 11 years. “Stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs that we should solve together with our mothers,” Kim said in his opening spee...