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NHLPA launches a new program to help players prepare for life outside of hockey

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:48:25 GMT

Early in his time in the NHL, Darnell Nurse says he did not notice a lot of players talking about what to do after hockey. Going into his ninth season, the chatter is now normal.“People are curious as to what there is outside the game and what you can do to prepare yourself,” Nurse said.Plenty of players have taken it upon themselves to prepare for the future, like Zdeno Chara getting his real estate license and others finishing college degrees or exploring business opportunities. The NHL Players’ Association on Thursday launched a program that gives its members the chance to do a personality analysis and delve into real estate, business or other avenues while still in the league.The hope is to help them develop interests outside of hockey while playing and ease the transition to life afterward.“It’s something that’s been missing a little bit,” veteran center Lars Eller told The Associated Press. “It’s kind of well known that one of the struggles for a professional...

UConn’s Dan Hurley cashes in on national title with a new 6-year, $31.5M contract

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:48:25 GMT

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley has cashed in on the Huskies national championship, agreeing to a new six-year, $31.5 million contract, the school announced Thursday.The deal, which runs through 2029, will pay Hurley an average of $5.25 million per season and includes incentives that could push his compensation higher, the school said.The contract replaces a package signed in 2018 when Hurley was hired that paid him about $3 million per season.“I am thrilled to have Dan Hurley leading our men’s basketball program,” David Benedict, the school’s director of athletics, said. “The work he and his staff have done over the past five years in rebuilding our program, which culminated in the Huskies once again reaching the pinnacle of college basketball, has been nothing short of remarkable. I know all of UConn Nation is ecstatic that Dan will continue to lead this program for the foreseeable future.”The 50-year-old Hurley is 104-55 at UConn, a ...

Hunter Biden formalizará en julio su acuerdo de culpabilidad por cargos de evasión fiscal

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:48:25 GMT

Hunter Biden comparecerá ante un juez el mes próximo para formalizar un acuerdo de culpabilidad con los fiscales en torno a cargos relacionados con armas y evasión fiscal que presumiblemente evitará que el hijo del presidente Joe Biden vaya a la cárcel, según documentos judiciales dados a conocer el miércoles.Aún falta que la jueza federal de distrito Maryellen Noreika apruebe el acuerdo de culpabilidad, alcanzado tras una larga investigación federal. Según el acuerdo, el hijo del mandatario se declarará culpable de dos cargos menores de falta de pago de impuestos. Hunter Biden también debe aceptar condiciones impuestas por la corte que le evitarán ser enjuiciado por un cargo grave de armas.La audiencia está programada para el 26 de julio. Será la comparecencia inicial del acusado ante la corte, y en ella también se establecerá formalmente el acuerdo.La noticia del acuerdo de culpabilidad generó críticas de algunos republicanos, que están impulsando sus propias investigaciones legis...

8 charged with up to 88 counts each in alleged group theft, drug ring

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:48:25 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Grand jury indictments revealed that eight people are being charged with up to 88 counts each in a vehicle theft and drug ring case, according to court documents.The indictment says that the group engaged in racketeering activity over the course of 11 months. It is responsible for 45 motor vehicle thefts valued at about $1 million, dozens of acts of chop shop activity with those vehicles, and over $96,000 worth of other stolen property. 50-round drum confiscated after police shootout with 17-year-old The group would allegedly drive and scout areas before targeting a vehicle to steal or steal from, according to a press release from the 20th Judicial District. A member would then break into the targeted vehicle and steal items from it or the vehicle itself.When they could successfully steal a car, they would take both the stolen vehicle and the transport vehicle back to a "chop shop" in Lafayette.Colorado Revised Statute 18-4-420 defines a chop shop as a place wher...

1 dead following hit-and-run in NW Miami-Dade

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:48:25 GMT

Miami-Dade Police officers were on the scene of a hit-and-run incident in Northwest Miami-Dade that left one man dead. Officials said around 3:45 a.m. Thursday, a man was struck while he walked along a marked crosswalk on Northwest 32nd Avenue, intersecting 103rd Street. Once fire rescue crews arrived, they transported him to Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition. Despite life-saving efforts from medical personnel, the man succumbed to his injuries.Police are now searching for the driver that fled the scene. The driver traveled south on 32nd Street in a dark-colored four-door sedan and, police said, the car should have damage on its hood and windshield.Authorities closed off Northwest 32nd Avenue from 103rd Street, but have since reopened the street.Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Coast Guard rescues 4, including dog, from sailing vessel in distress off Sanibel Island

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:48:25 GMT

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (WSVN) – A Coast Guard crew from a station in Fort Myers Beach successfully rescued four people and their dog on Wednesday after their sailing vessel encountered treacherous conditions off Sanibel Island. Courtesy: @USCGSoutheastThe group traveled aboard the North Wind and found themselves taking on water amidst severe weather conditions. Sailors promptly reached out to Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders around 7:45 p.m. through a radio channel. Officials reported that the boat’s sails and rudder were torn due to the weather. Petty Officer 2nd Class Dean Marandos with Station Fort Myers Beach urged the importance of weather checks, especially during Florida’s rainy season. “It’s really important for people to check weather reports before going out on the water during Florida’s rainy season,” said Marandos. “It’s even more important to have working safety equipment on board such as flares and an emergency p...

Two Pinellaas County Sheriff’s Deputies rescue manatee by holding it’s head up for two hours

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:48:25 GMT

(TMX) – A pair of sheriff’s deputies rescued a distressed manatee in Florida by standing in the water and holding its head up for two hours, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office.When red tide levels were high a few weeks ago, the department’s Marine and Environmental Lands Unit received a call about a distressed manatee in the Intracoastal Waterway west of Tampa. Deputy Jill Constant arrived on the scene and immediately jumped into action.“This manatee is going to die right in front of us and I’m not letting that happen,” Constant said in PCSO’s Inside the Star newsletter.“We’re watching it, and it will not go underwater. It just stayed at the surface with labored breathing,” Constant said. The “exhausted” manatee was trying to beach itself on some rocks to keep from drowning.“We docked the boat, I took off my equipment, and got in. We stayed in the water for two hours holding its head up until it could be rescued,” Constant said. But as the manatee began recoveri...

Riyadh not Rome: Anger rises over Macron’s backing for Saudi World Expo bid

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:48:25 GMT

PARIS — France has fired anger across Europe by backing Saudi Arabia rather than neighboring Italy to host the glitzy 2030 World Expo, as Emmanuel Macron pushes to boost trade and diplomatic ties with the world’s largest oil exporter. The French president’s support of a bid run by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (known as MBS) has irked Rome and raised concerns from NGOs campaigning against human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia, and in the wake of the brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 — reportedly ordered by MBS himself. Macron’s move is now also raising concerns in other EU countries.Four countries have bid to host the 2030 World Expo — a massive event that allows countries to showcase themselves, held every five years, and which can generate cash, jobs and global attention. As well as Italy and Saudi Arabia, Ukraine and South Korea put themselves forward (although Ukraine’s bid has been excluded because o...

‘We know this is hard’: UK braces for more pain as BoE lifts rates again

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:48:25 GMT

The Bank of England dished out more pain for the British economy on Thursday with a big hike in its key interest rate, arguing that nothing less will break the country’s stubborn inflationary spiral. Britain’s central bank raised the Bank Rate by a bigger-than-expected 0.50 percent on Thursday, the 13th increase in a row, as it struggles to contain the worst inflation shock in western Europe. Interest rates are now at a 15-year high of 5 percent and markets now expect them to rise by another full percentage point. The BoE’s counterparts in the U.S. and Europe, by contrast, have been tentatively signalling that their monetary tightening cycles are nearing their end.“The Bank of England has … launched a rate grenade at the specter of ongoing inflation,” Neil Birrell, Chief Investment Officer at Premier Miton Investors said in e-mailed comments. Data published on Wednesday showed consumer prices rose 8.7 percent on the year in May, while underlying i...

Invading mosquitoes bring killer diseases to Europe

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:48:25 GMT

Europe has seen more cases of locally acquired dengue in 2022 than the total number of cases in the previous decade, as heat waves and flooding allow invasive mosquitoes to establish themselves further north and west in the region.The data released Thursday by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is a stark warning that climate change, as well as factors such as migration and land-use change, appears to be contributing to the spread of mosquito-borne diseases on the Continent. The ECDC’s Director Andrea Ammon warned that Europe could see more cases and potentially deaths from diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and West Nile fever.In 2022, there were 71 cases of locally acquired dengue, with 65 in France and six in Spain. There was also a peak in cases of West Nile virus, with 1,133 cases and 92 deaths. Most of those cases — 1,112 — were locally acquired in 11 countries, with more than 700 in Italy. It’s the highest number of cases since 2018, when a m...