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Carolina Hurricanes ride collective scoring into the East final of the NHL playoffs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — It wasn’t long after the Carolina Hurricanes had closed out a second playoff opponent when defenseman Brent Burns began heaping praise on the team’s forwards for making it easy for the defensemen to jump into the offense.One of those forwards, Jesper Fast, sat to his right and couldn’t hold back. “Well,” Fast said, “you make it pretty easy for us as well.”The Hurricanes weren’t supposed to be able to do this: advancing in the playoffs after a series of injuries hit their forward group to sideline some of their most naturally talented goal-scorers. Yet the collective approach has worked so well that the Hurricanes are finding the net more frequently than they did in the regular season despite being down in bodies — and now has them in the Eastern Conference Final.“It’s really a five-man group,” Burns said after Thursday’s 3-2 overtime win in Game 5 to eliminate the New Jersey Devils. “We talk about that. On the nights things ar...

NBA Playoffs: Nuggets become 1st team to reach this year’s NBA final four

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

The Denver Nuggets are headed to the NBA’s Final Four.The top seed in the Western Conference became the first team to make it to the conference final round of these NBA playoffs, after ousting the Phoenix Suns 125-100 on Thursday night.It’s Denver’s first time in the conference finals since 2020, the bubble season. The Nuggets will meet either the Los Angeles Lakers or Golden State Warriors for the West title.Philadelphia could have gotten to the conference finals as well on Thursday, but dropped a Game 6 at home to Boston 95-86. Game 7 of that series is Sunday, in Boston.WHAT’S NEXT?Friday’s schedule has two Game 6 contests — New York at Miami (Heat lead 3-2) and Golden State at the Lakers (L.A. leads 3-2).There are no games Saturday. Game 7 of 76ers-Celtics is Sunday, and if a Game 7 is necessary for Warriors-Lakers, it’ll be Sunday as well. A Game 7 of Heat-Knicks would be Monday.HOW TO WATCH— Friday’s games are on ESPN.— The television schedul...

Colorado rain totals top 5 inches over 3-day period

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Steady rain fell across much of the Denver area for nearly three days, causing flooding in some places.Denver set a record for total rainfall for May 11 with 2.92 inches, beating the previous record of 1.55 inches set in 2011. Hail up to 4 inches fell Wednesday in Colorado: See the list The average monthly rainfall for Denver in May is 2.16 inches. How much rain has fallen?Here is a look at the preliminary rainfall reports from the National Weather Service as of 10 a.m. Friday:Arapahoe Park: 6.52 inchesArvada: 4.03 inchesAurora: 6.44 inchesBailey: 2.03 inchesBellvue: 2.02 inchesBerthoud: 3.66 inchesBlack Forest: 3.18 inchesBoulder: 2.61 inchesBroomfield: 3.43 inchesCastlewood Canyon: 3.44 inchesCastle Pines: 4.68 inchesCastle Rock: 4.10 inchesCherry Creek Reservoir: 5.35 inchesColorado Springs: 3.58 inchesColumbine: 3.75 inchesDacono: 4.26 inchesElizabeth: 5.13 inchesEnglewood: 3.73 inchesErie: 3.83 inchesEvergreen: 2.61 inchesFirestone: 2.71 inchesFort Collins: 2...

Students evacuated from multiple Broward schools after bomb threat reported to police

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

Students at several South Florida school were evacuated due to a threat. Hollywood Police arrived at South Broward High School, located at 1901 N. Federal Highway, Friday morning. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, a bomb threat was called in to law enforcement . Hollywood Police do not believe the threat is credible. Students were evacuated from the school to the campus baseball field as a precaution. Other schools that received similar bomb threats include the following: Coral Glades High SchoolAttucks Middle SchoolBlanche Ely High Schoolhttps://twitter.com/CoralSpringsPD/status/1657065002975600640An investigation is underway. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Musk confirms new Twitter CEO is NBC’s Linda Yaccarino, an executive with deep advertising roots

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

Elon Musk has confirmed that the new CEO for Twitter, or X Corp. as it’s now called, will be NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino, an executive with deep ties to the advertising industry.“I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter!” Musk wrote in a Friday tweet. He added that Yaccarino “will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design & new technology.”Yaccarino has worked at NBCUniversal for nearly 12 years — with her team generating more than $100 billion in ad sales since 2011, her company bio notes. According to LinkedIn, Yaccarino previously served as NBC’s chair for advertising and client partnerships and as president of cable entertainment and digital advertising sales. Prior to her time with NBC, Yaccarino worked at global entertainment company Turner for almost two decades.Yaccarino interviewed Musk on a Miami stage last month in front of hundreds of advertisers.Luring advertisers is critical for Musk and Twitter ...

McDonald’s found liable for hot Chicken McNugget that burned girl in Tamarac

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — McDonald’s and a franchise holder are at fault after a hot Chicken McNugget from a Happy Meal fell on a little girl’s leg and caused second-degree burns, a jury in South Florida found in a case reminiscent of the famous hot coffee lawsuit of the 1990s.A second jury will determine how much McDonald’s USA and its franchise owner, Upchurch Foods, will pay the child and her mother, the South Florida SunSentinel reported.Thursday’s decision was split, with jurors finding the franchise holder liable for negligence and failure to warn customers about the risk of hot food, and McDonald’s USA liable for failing to provide instructions for safe handling of the food. McDonald’s USA was not found to be negligent, and the jury dismissed the argument that the product was defective.“Our sympathies go out to this family for what occurred in this unfortunate incident, as we hold customer safety as one of our highest priorities,” McDonald’s o...

Elon Musk names new Twitter CEO

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

Twitter CEO and owner Elon Musk is set to hand over the reins of Twitter, announcing he’s hired Linda Yaccarino to be the new CEO of the social media platform.In a tweet Friday, Musk said that Yaccarino, an outgoing NBCUniversal executive, “will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design & new technology.”Musk had first tweeted that the new CEO would be a woman. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported that Yaccarino was the leading candidate. With his tweet, Musk followed through on statements from February, where he said he would find a new Twitter CEO “by the end of the year” after ensuring Twitter is “in a financially healthy place.” Musk’s upcoming departure also fulfills his promise to leave Twitter after he publicly lost a poll called, “Should I step down as head of Twitter?” in December 2022. About 10 million people voted “yes” in the poll.The South African-born billionai...

5 Amtrak employees taken to hospital after early morning ‘incident’ near Readville station

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

Authorities say five people were taken to a hospital after an apparent incident involving Amtrak equipment and personnel near a Boston Commuter Rail station.Boston EMS confirmed five people were transported from near the Readville station in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood early Friday morning.According to a spokesperson for Amtrak, an “infrastructure maintenance work group” for the railroad company was involved in the incident, which occurred around 4:30 a.m. “Five employees are receiving medical attention to treat non-life-threatening injuries,” the spokesperson said in a statement.When asked, MBTA officials referred 7NEWS to Amtrak, with MBTA Transit Police saying the incident involved Amtrak equipment.At the scene, crews could be seen inspecting several Amtrak work trains that remained stationary throughout the morning and early afternoon.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.https://twitter...

Dexter Lawrence contract shows how new deals help Giants create cap space

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

Before signing his new contract, Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence was due to count $12.4 million against this season’s salary cap.Now, thanks to Lawrence’s four-year extension, the Giants have lowered Lawrence’s 2023 cap hit to $6.653 million, per sources, freeing up more money that GM Joe Schoen can use to run the rest of his team this year.That’s because Lawrence’s extension, which puts him under contract through 2027, includes $22 million of his $59 million total guarantees as a signing bonus. This cap charge gets spread evenly through the five years of his new contract.A low $2.253 million base salary in 2023, plus the $4.4 million annual proration of his signing bonus, keeps Lawrence’s cost down in Year 1.This is the side benefit of signing a top player to a long-term deal, and it is why possible upcoming extensions for left tackle Andrew Thomas and running back Saquon Barkley could further help the Giants’ short-term cause.̶...

McDonald’s found liable for girl’s burns from chicken nuggets. Next up: Jury to determine how much company will pay

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:16:24 GMT

McDonald’s is to blame for not warning customers about the dangers of its overheated Chicken McNuggets, one of which fell on a little girl’s lap and left her with second-degree burns on her upper thigh in 2019, a Broward jury ruled Thursday.A second jury will be empaneled to decide just how much McDonald’s and its franchise operator will be ordered to pay.The jury’s decision came after two days of testimony and arguments about what happened to a 4-year-old girl in August 2019 and who was responsible. The girl’s mother, Philana Holmes, testified that she bought Happy Meals for her son and daughter at a Tamarac McDonald’s, receiving no warning that the food might be unusually hot. After receiving the food from the drive-thru window, Holmes said she handed the food to her daughter and son in the back seat and drove away.When a piece of chicken fell on her daughter’s leg, Holmes said she did not realize at first why her daughter was screaming. The girl, identified in court as Olivia, is...