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Suspect arrested after high-speed chase in Ventura County

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:38:59 GMT

A suspect was arrested after a high-speed chase in Ventura County on Friday night.It's unclear what the man was initially wanted for as California Highway Patrol units trailed closely behind the vehicle.The chase started on the southbound 5 Freeway, down the Grapevine and eventually ended on the westbound 126 Freeway after authorities successfully deployed a spike strip to disable the vehicle's front tire.The suspect hits speeds of around 90 miles per hour throughout the pursuit.A pursuit surrenders to CHP officers in Ventura County on Nov. 10, 2023. (KTLA)The suspect of a pursuit surrenders to CHP officers as his dog follows him in Ventura County on Nov. 10, 2023. (KTLA)A pursuit surrenders to CHP officers in Ventura County on Nov. 10, 2023. (KTLA)The suspect of a pursuit surrenders to CHP officers as his dog follows him in Ventura County on Nov. 10, 2023. (KTLA)The suspect of a pursuit surrenders to CHP officers as his dog follows him in Ventura County on Nov. 10, 2023. (KTLA)A pu...

Dog killed, pedestrian injured after San Mateo hit-and-run

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:38:59 GMT

(KRON) -- A dog was killed, and a pedestrian was injured after a felony hit-and-run on Friday morning in San Mateo, the San Mateo Police Department announced in a press release. Around 8:31 a.m., police were informed about a pedestrian who was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of 42nd Avenue and Edison Street.The pedestrian was seen lying in the middle of the intersection bleeding, according to SMPD. Police said the pedestrian was walking his daughter's dog "Lola." The pet died at the scene. The driver fled before police arrived.Photos from the scene were posted by SMPD (see below). Police: Man arrested on elderly abuse charges after he ‘terrorized’ parents in Redwood City (San Mateo Police Department)(San Mateo Police Department)(San Mateo Police Department)The suspect in connection to the hit-and-run was identified as 31-year-old San Mateo man Armen Grigorian. He was arrested in San Carlos around 3:26 p.m. when officers located the white Toyota Tacoma Grigorian was driving. ...

Oklahoma beats Mississippi Valley State 82-43 behind Otega Oweh’s career-high 20 points

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:38:59 GMT

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Otega Oweh scored a career-high 20 points, Sam Godwin had 12 points and 11 rebounds and Oklahoma beat Mississippi Valley State 82-43 on Friday night.Oweh was 8 of 11 from the field and Godwin made 5 of 6 shots, but the rest of their teammates were 16 of 46 for a total of 46%. Mississippi Valley State shot just 32% (17 of 53).Oklahoma had two 9-0 runs in the first half to help take a double-digit lead after the first 10 minutes. Le’Tre Darthard started a 13-0 run with a four-point play and Oweh capped it with a 3-pointer to make it 44-17 with 2:15 left before halftime. The Sooners led 50-23 at the break. The Sooners scored 11 straight points in the second half for a 41-point lead.Rivaldo Soares added 11 points and Darthard finished with 10 for Oklahoma (2-0). Seven different Sooners made a 3-pointer, with Darthard making a team-high three.Rayquan Brown scored 14 points for Mississippi Valley State (0-2).Oweh and Javian McCollum combined for 37 points in the seaso...

Garcia, Ihnen lead the way for Minnesota in lopsided win over UTSA

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:38:59 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dawson Garcia scored 22 points and Isaiah Ihnen never missed from the floor and scored 20 points and Minnesota throttled UTSA 102-77 on Friday night.Minnesota never trailed and built a 54-30 lead at halftime.Garcia made 7 of 14 shot attempts and all seven of his foul shots. Ihnen went 7-for-7 shooting — including 5 for 5 from 3 — only missing 1 of 2 foul shots. Reserve Cam Christie scored 18 points, Joshua Ola-Joseph scored 12 and reserve Mike Mitchell Jr. 11 for the Golden Gophers (2-0).Minnesota shot 30 for 55 (54.5%) including 14 for 29 (48.3%) from 3-point range. Dre Fuller Jr. scored 16 points and collected nine rebounds for UTSA (1-1). Additionally, reserve guard PJ Carter scored 15 points, Adante Holiman 14 and Trey Edmonds 12 for the Roadrunners.___ Get poll alerts and updates on AP Top 25 basketball throughout the season. Sign up here ___ AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-bas...

Buchanan’s late free throws lift Virginia past Florida, 73-70

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:38:59 GMT

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Blake Buchanan hit 3 of 4 from the free-throw line in the final 62 seconds to lift Virginia to a 73-70 win over Florida at the Hall of Fame Series in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Friday night.Walter Clayton Jr. scored at the basket to tie the game at 69-69 with 1:18 to play, but his free throw with 51 seconds left to pull the Gators within one, 71-70, was the last point Florida would score. Buchanan hit the first of two from the foul line with 11 seconds left that made it 72-70 and Reece Beekman hit the second of two free throws to set the final margin. Buchanan hit 10-of-16 free-throws and finished with 18 points to lead Virginia (2-0). Beekman added with 13 points, five assists and four steals and Jacob Groves scored 12 points.Riley Kugel led four Gators (1-1) into double-figure scoring with 17 points and Will Richard added 16 points. Micah Handlogten scored 14 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and Tyrese Samuel added 10 points and 11 rebounds. UP NEXT: Virgin...

Univ. of Md. denounces ‘hateful, antisemitic’ expressions from pro-Palestine rally

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:38:59 GMT

The University of Maryland has issued a statement condemning “in no uncertain terms” the “hateful, antisemitic statements” expressed during a Justice for Palestine rally held on campus Thursday.“The offensive actions of a few should not reflect on the vast majority of protesters who were there to peacefully express their views, but there is no place for any antisemitic message, behavior or action at the University of Maryland,” Friday’s statement read, referring to portions of a demonstration organized by the group Students for Justice in Palestine.Videos surfaced on social media platforms following Thursday’s rally, showing a small crowd on the College Park campus chanting the phrase: “There is only one solution — intifada revolution.”A photo depicting the phrase “Holocaust 2.0” chalked onto a campus sidewalk was also shown in the social media post.“Intifada” is an Arabic word meaning “shaking...

Panthers stay hot, roll past Hurricanes 5-2 in an East finals rematch

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:38:59 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov and Carter Verhaeghe each had a goal and an assist, and the Florida Panthers topped the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Friday night in a rematch of last season’s Eastern Conference finals.Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 28 shots on the way to winning his fourth consecutive start. Rookie Uvis Balinskis got his first NHL goal for Florida, and Kevin Stenlund added an empty-netter with 3:42 left for the Panthers.Sam Reinhart had two assists for Florida.“We know what to do on the ice right now and we know how to play the right way,” Barkov said. “If we do that, we will always get a chance to win and obviously (Bobrovsky) has been giving us a chance to win every night.”Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Sebastian Aho scored for the Hurricanes, and Jordan Martinook assisted on both goals. Antti Raanta made 30 saves for Carolina, which had won five of its last six games.But of late, Panthers-Hurricanes games always seem to go Florida’s way....

Skinner, Peterka help Sabres beat Wild 3-2

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:38:59 GMT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Jeff Skinner and JJ Peterka each had a goal and an assist, and the Buffalo Sabres beat the Minnesota Wild 3-2 on Friday night.Henri Jokiharju also scored for Buffalo, and Devon Levi made 31 saves. The Sabres won for the fourth time in six games (4-1-1).Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek scored for the Wild, and Filip Gustavsson stopped 22 shots. Minnesota has lost six of eight (2-5-1).Jared Spurgeon nearly forced overtime in the game’s final moments, firing a shot off the post with 10 seconds remaining.Skinner gave the Sabres a 2-1 lead with 58 seconds left in the second period, scoring on a breakaway. After the Sabres were dominated for much of the period, Skinner went to his forehand to score his seventh goal of the season. Peterka set up the breakaway by forcing a turnover.Peterka made it 3-1 following a pretty passing sequence that saw Tage Thompson find Peterka from behind the Minnesota net. It was Peterka’s sixth goal of the season and Thompson’s 1...

Wooga Poplar scores 23 points to lead No. 13 Miami to 88-72 win over UCF

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:38:59 GMT

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Wooga Poplar scored 23 points to lead No. 13 Miami to an 88-72 win over UCF on Friday night.Poplar, a junior guard, shot 6 for 8 from the field and was perfect on five 3-point attempts. He has scored 20 or more points in his first two games after only reaching the total once last season.“He’s an incredible 3-point shooter, an incredible pull-up jump shooter. He’s great going to the basket,” Miami coach Jim Larrañaga said. “As long as he stays in control of his own abilities, he’s going to have a sensational year.”Norchad Omier had 19 points and 12 rebounds, Bensley Joseph scored 15 points, Matthew Cleveland added 12 and Nijel Pack 11 for the Hurricanes (2-0), who never trailed.Miami finished with 14 steals and scored 23 points off UCF turnovers.“We wanted to create a lot of havoc on the defensive end,” Joseph said. “Coming in, our defense was going to change the game for us and we wanted to focus on that.”The Knights (1-1) used pressure defense and rallied ...

Jaylen Brown scores 28 points, Celtics hit 19 3s and beat Nets 121-107 in NBA tournament play

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 06:38:59 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla didn’t have any extra discussion with his team about its first In-Season Tournament game. It was just 1 of 82 games as far as he was concerned.His team sure played like it mattered a little more. Jaylen Brown scored 28 points, making five of his team’s 19 3-pointers, to lead Boston to a 121-107 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Friday night.Jayson Tatum added 23 points and 10 rebounds to help the Celtics snap a two-game skid and earn a victory in their tourney opener.Boston’s bench, which had struggled in back-to-back losses, contributed 37 points, getting 15 from Sam Hauser and 13 from Payton Pritchard.Mazzulla said Pritchard’s impact was felt all over the court. “To me, he changed the game for us,” Mazzulla said. “It’s easy to look at the scoring on the bench and feel like they’re not producing. But it’s so much other stuff that they do for us on a daily basis. … Tonight we got to see the other side of that.”Lonnie...