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Rybakina routs Swiatek 6-2, 6-2 to reach Indian Wells final

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:16 GMT

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Elena Rybakina fired seven aces in routing top-ranked Iga Swiatek 6-2, 6-2 on Friday to advance to the BNP Paribas Open final.Rybakina will play second-seeded Aryna Sabalenka, who beat Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-3, in Sunday’s final in the Southern California desert.“It’s going to be huge,” said Sabalenka, who won the doubles title in 2019. “This tournament feels like a Grand Slam. I really want to hold this trophy as a singles champion.”Rybakina needed just 76 minutes to finish off Swiatek, the defending champion. She won 82% of her first serve points. Rybakina also beat the Polish star at the Australian Open in January on her way to finishing runner-up.Swiatek had won 10 straight matches in the desert until being stopped Friday.Sabalenka, the Australian Open champion, improved to 17-1 this year. Sabalenka took control against Sakkari, seeded seventh, from the start. She attacked the Greek’s second serve, winning 20 of 26 points off it. Sakkari, ru...

16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson topples No. 1 seed Purdue

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:16 GMT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Fairleigh Dickinson became the second No. 16 seed in history to win an NCAA Tournament game, stunning top-seeded Purdue 63-58 behind 19 points from Sean Moore and a relentless, hustling defense on Friday night.The shortest team in the tourney, the Knights (21-15) showed no fear in swarming 7-foot-4 All-America center Zach Edey from the start. FDU’s players were quicker and more composed than the Big Ten champion Boilermakers (29-6).Five years ago, UMBC showed the way for the little guys by overwhelming Virginia in the first 16-over-1 victory after numerous close calls over the years. Still, No. 16s had a 1-150 record against No. 1s and were 1-151 overall before FDU’s shocker.The Knights will now meet Memphis or Florida Atlantic on Sunday for a Sweet 16 berth in the East Region and a trip next week to play at Madison Square Garden in New York — just a short drive from the private school’s campus in Teaneck, New Jersey.Fairleigh Dickinson didn’t even win the No...

Georgia ousts Florida State women from March Madness 66-54

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:16 GMT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Georgia coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson said her first season as the Bulldogs’ head coach was an internal battle to find “stars.”“The star,” she said, “was our defense.”The Lady Bulldogs’ zone defense stifled Florida State in Friday’s 66-54 win in a women’s NCAA Tournament first-round game.Diamond Battles scored 21 points and Audrey Warren added 11 points as the 10th-seeded Lady Bulldogs (22-11) advanced to Sunday’s second round to face No. 2 seed Iowa.Georgia held the seventh-seeded Seminoles (23-10) to just 26.9% shooting from the field, including 22.9% in the second half.“They’re big, they’re physical,” Florida State coach Brooke Wyckoff said. “It’s not your typical stand-around zone. They’re very aggressive. They play 100% zone, and they know what they’re doing.”The Lady Bulldogs have embraced their defensive mentality. Asked why the zone works so well, Battles smiled and said, “I don’t want to g...

Tippett’s hat trick leads Flyers past Buffalo 5-2

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:16 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Owen Tippett had his first career hat trick, Carter Hart made 34 saves and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Friday night.James van Riemsdyk and Joel Farabee also scored, and Kevin Hayes and Tony DeAngelo each had two assists for Philadelphia. The Flyers snapped a four-game skid while winning for just the fourth time in 14 games since the All-Star break.“It’s pretty cool,” Tippett said. “It’s nice to get rewarded.”Tippett, a promising 24-year-old acquired last season at the trade deadline from Florida for Claude Giroux, reached 21 goals on the season.“He steps on the ice, he’s dangerous,” Flyers coach John Tortorella said. “We knew he was a good player. I think he thinks he’s a good player. I think he has a lot to learn still, but he’s made tremendous strides.”Victor Olofsson scored both goals for the Sabres, who lost for the eighth time in 11 games to further hurt their playoff chances. Buffalo entered six points back of a wild-card spot...

Analysis: What Canada can learn from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:16 GMT

By: Yuhao Zhou, Western University and Cristián Bravo, Western UniversityThe sudden collapse of Silicon Valley Bank left its investors reeling, shocked and unsure of what had happened to their funds. SVB was one of the top 20 banks in the United States, and many had trusted their money with the bank, unaware of the crisis that was brewing.The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) intervened to guarantee all deposits to customers, even those above the $250,000 limit. Silicon Valley Bank’s failure was technically due to a liquidity crisis — a lack of sufficient cash inflows to sustain it during a period of significant cash outflows.However, its downfall was also a culmination of several factors such as poor risk management, materialized interest rate risk, inadequate regulation and the aforementioned liquidity issues.The collapse of a medium-sized financial institution like Silicon Valley Bank serves as a reminder of the importance of robust risk management, sound regulato...

Evergreen woman pushes for more regulations after meth lab found in cabin 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:16 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — It was the majestic view and the peace and quiet that made Kathi McCarty fall in love with her small Evergreen cabin. But in 2016, McCarty decided to move out of the mountains and rent the cabin after dealing with some health complications."To me, what seemed like a sensible solution turned into my worst nightmare," McCarty said.Former meth lab flipped for profitMcCarty hired a management company and later found out a tenant had been making and using methamphetamine in her home.“There was equipment outside and inside that was highly explosive,” she said. "It was devastating." ‘Just cause’ eviction bill passes Colorado House McCarty had the home tested multiple times, revealing extremely high levels of meth contamination in every room. She said some of those companies told her they would never be able to bring it to state standards and advised her to sell the home or demolish it. "I sold it fully disclosed, fully contaminated, to what I thought would be a builder to...

College basketball player arrested after punching Fort Lauderdale Police officer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:16 GMT

Body camera footage has been released of a spring break party foul, as a college basketball player is seen allegedly punching a police officer outside of a popular bar in Fort Lauderdale Beach.Wednesday evening’s incident involved 22-year-old De’Sean Allen-Eikens, a student and shooting guard at California State University, Northridge, who was visiting South Florida for spring break.According to witnesses, Allen-Eikens had been drinking at the Rock Bar, located at 219 S Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., when he was asked to leave by a bouncer.A fight broke out between Allen-Eikens and the bouncer, with the bouncer throwing the 6-foot-6 customer to the ground and swinging his fist at him.When Allen-Eikens got back up, he refused to leave the area, and police were called.Bodycam footage showed a Fort Lauderdale Police officer attempting to calm Allen-Eikens down, but the suspect is seen pushing the officer’s hand down.Moments later, police said, Allen-Eikens decided to take a s...

Roadways reopen at Golden Glades Interchange after truck hits I-95 overpass, damaging support beams

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:16 GMT

Roadways that were shut down at Golden Glades Interchange have reopened hours after a crash involving a truck sent chunks of concrete down onto the pavement, causing major traffic backups.Friday afternoon, 7SkyForce hovered above the scene in North Miami-Dade after a tractor-trailer hauling construction material hit the overpass on Interstate 95 that loops around to the 826.The vehicle was traveling west o the Northwest Seventh Avenue extension to enter the Palmetto Expressway.Concrete from the overpass could be seen on the roadway. The impact was so severe that officials with the Florida Department of Transportation said it damaged support beams for the Florida Turnpike bridge over the Palmetto.The 826 westbound at the Golden Glades Interchange was closed, as crews began cleanup efforts and engineers worked into the night to ensure the I-95 overpass was stable. No injuries were reported. https://twitter.com/myfdot_miami/status/1636848086059294721?s=46&t=e1NeucU2jTfG_qoWtYQmegSe...

Yacht in Fort Lauderdale partially submerged after taking on water

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:16 GMT

A yacht in Fort Lauderdale got caught up in a sinking situation.The vessel was docked when it started taking on water near Northeast 57th Court and Bayview Drive, Friday evening, leaving it partially submerged.Crews arrived and used pumps to siphon the water off.It’s unclear what caused the breach, but no one was on board at the time.

YouFit gyms to offer free self-defense classes next week

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:39:16 GMT

We all know getting your fitness is very important in South Florida, but knowing how to protect yourself is really important, too. YouFit gyms is actually helping you do both. For an entire week starting March 20, YouFit is offering free self-defense classes for its members and the community.YouFit gyms wants to help you learn how to defend yourself. Nathalia Ferreira: “YouFit is hosting a self-defense workshop in all of our locations based on the story that has gone viral from one of our longtime members, Nashali Alma. She was attacked in her apartment complex gym, and we were just stunned by it.”So, they’re providing a free self-defense workshop to make sure it never happens again.Pricilla Costa: “We have a warmup session, just to get your body going, and after that we start our segment where we introduce you to the techniques for you to get out of situations that you don’t want to be in.”They’ll teach you different techniques and show you...