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Patrick Williams didn’t sign a rookie contract extension. What does that mean for the Chicago Bulls?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:32 GMT

The deadline to sign a rookie contract extension passed Monday without Patrick Williams and the Chicago Bulls striking a deal. What does that mean as the former No. 4 draft pick enters the fourth and final year of his contract?Williams has been a complicated figure for the Bulls since they selected him in the first round of the 2020 draft. After a promising rookie year, his growth was slowed by a season-ending wrist injury in his sophomore season.There have been bright spots in Williams’ progression — a building role as a defensive leader, his 41.4% accuracy from behind the 3-point arc. But his relatively moderate production (averaging 10.2 points, four rebounds and 1.2 assists last season) has been a point of emphasis — and contention — for the Bulls.Still, Williams remains a valuable piece of the puzzle for the Bulls — both as a key player in the starting lineup and as a potential trade asset if this season doesn’t shake the status quo.Ahead of ...

Mayor says West Maui to reopen to tourism on Nov. 1 after fire and workers are ready to return

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:32 GMT

HONOLULU (AP) — All of West Maui except for burned-out sections of historic Lahaina will reopen to tourism on Nov. 1 following the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than century, the mayor of Maui County said Monday. Mayor Richard Bissen said he made the move after talking about it with his Lahaina advisory team, the Red Cross and other partners.West Maui has about 11,000 hotel rooms, or about half of Maui’s total. Travelers evacuated those hotels after the Aug. 8 fire raged through Lahaina town, killing at least 99 people and destroying more than 2,000 buildings. Hawaii Gov. Josh Green last month declared West Maui would officially reopen to tourism on Oct. 8 to bring back badly needed jobs and help the economy recover. Bissen modified the governor’s declaration with a phased plan, allowing a small section on the northern edge of West Maui to open first with the rest to follow at an undetermined date. The community has had an impassioned debate about when to welcome travelers b...

García powers Rangers to first World Series since 2011 with 11-4 rout of Astros in Game 7 of ALCS

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:32 GMT

HOUSTON (AP) — Adolis García homered twice and drove in five runs as the Texas Rangers reached the World Series with an 11-4 blowout of the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series on Monday night.García went deep for the fourth straight game and set a record for RBIs in a postseason series with 15. Corey Seager got things started for the Rangers with a long home run in the first inning, and Nathaniel Lowe also went deep to give Texas — one of six major league teams without a World Series title — its first berth in the Fall Classic since consecutive trips in 2010 and 2011.After winning their Lone Star State showdown with Houston, the wild-card Rangers open the World Series at home Friday night against Arizona or Philadelphia, who play the decisive Game 7 of their NLCS on Tuesday night.Bruce Bochy, who came out of retirement this season to manage the Rangers, became the first skipper to win a League Championship Series with three different teams, after previously leadin...

4 suspected North Korean defectors found in small boat in South Korean waters

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:32 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Four suspected North Korean defectors were found in a small wooden boat near the two Koreas’ sea border Tuesday, South Korean officials said.Defections by North Koreans have been a sore point in relations between the two Koreas. South Korea accepts those who choose to resettle in the South, but North Korea often says its people are held against their will in the South and demand they be returned.A coast guard ship found the boat south of the sea border upon a report by a fishing boat and the four people on board identified themselves as North Koreans, coast guard officials said. South Korea’s military said it secured the custody of the North Koreans in coordination with the coast guard, after chasing their boat along the two Koreas’ eastern sea border. The statement said the North Koreans were suspected of defecting to South Korea but gave no further details.South Korea’s Unification Ministry confirmed an investigation of the North Koreans was underway but ...

Day of bloodshed in southwest Mexico kills at least 19 people, including police and officials

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:32 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A local security secretary and 12 police officers were shot dead in Guerrero state Monday, authorities said, the worst episode in a day of violence across southwestern Mexico that killed at least 19 people.Another person was slain in the Guerrero state capital and five people, including a police officer, were killed in the neighboring state of Michoacan, officials said.Eleven people were initially reported killed in the attack in El Papayo, which is in the Guerrero township of Coyuca de Benítez on the Pacific Coast. Hours later, the state prosecutor’s office said two more police officers had died.The secretary for security of Coyuca de Benítez was among those slain, said Gabriel Hernández Mendoza, state deputy prosecutor for investigations. He gave no further details.Rigoberto Acosta González, an academic and community leader, was reported shot to death in Chilpancingo, the Guerrero state capital 60 miles (95 kilometers) northeast of Coyuca de Benitez.In Mic...

Significant warming to include temperatures near an unseasonable 80 degrees Tuesday afternoon

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:32 GMT

Mild pattern holds through the workweek but unsettled weather to bring multiple rain chances in coming days while an early season snowstorm targets the Rockies and Northern CascadesSOUTHERLY WINDS TRANSPORT SIGNIFICANTLY MILDER AIR INTO THE REGIONRAINY SPELLS TO COME AND GO THIS WEEKEarly snapshot of how precipitation may lay outFew light showers/sprinkles are possible Tuesday evening, but the best organized rainfall is likely to arrive after midnight in Wednesday's predawn hours and impact the Wednesday AM commute period. Rains are likely pause for a time Wednesday afternoon, then reorganize late Wednesday night/early Thursday morning.TUESDAY AFTERNOON TEMPS — CLIMATE PERSPECTIVETuesday afternoon temperatures to make a run at 80º for parts of the area—worth noting that only 6 years since observations began in 1871 have logged an 80+ day this late in the season.The last time it happened was in 1999 when the mercury reached 80 on October 28th.UNSEASONABLY MILD, BUT UNSETTLED WEATHER ...

Rapper Blueface ordered to pay $13M in damages after Vegas strip club shooting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:32 GMT

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- A judge has ordered rapper Blueface to pay a shuttered Las Vegas strip club more than $13 million in damages after a shooting in 2022, according to court documents. Earlier this month, a different judge sentenced Blueface, whose real name is Johnathan Porter, to probation for the Oct. 8, 2022, shooting that left one man injured.The victim said he was shot in the hand outside of Euphoric Gentlemen’s Club on Windy Road off the Las Vegas Strip, according to documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained. He reportedly recognized Porter in the venue and had spoken “with him earlier in the night.” The victim said he made a joke about Porter “speaking with some females in a cheap vehicle,” according to the documents.Prosecutors initially charged Porter with attempted murder. A plea deal lowered the charges to battery and discharging a firearm at or into an occupied structure. Las Vegas woman left U2 concert to take $50K from ‘sugar daddy’s’ hotel safe: police Attor...

Seager, Garcia slug Rangers to World Series in 11-4 Game 7 win over Astros in ALCS

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:32 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Adolis Garcia and Corey Seager were the Texas version of the Bash Brothers in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series on Monday.The duo combined for seven hits and six RBIs in an 11-4 rout of defending champion Houston to win the series 4-3 and send the Rangers to their third World Series in team history.A Houston Astros fan watches during the sixth inning of Game 6 of the baseball AL Championship Series against the Texas Rangers Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Texas Rangers' Nathaniel Lowe hits a two-run home run during the sixth inning of Game 6 of the baseball AL Championship Series against the Houston Astros Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)Houston Astros' Jeremy Pena makes a play on a ball hit by Texas Rangers' Josh Jung during the fourth inning of Game 6 of the baseball AL Championship Series Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in Houston. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)Texas Rangers relief pitcher Jordan Mo...

Jordan Addison and Cam Bynum help Vikings upset 49ers on Monday Night Football

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:32 GMT

A wide open Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison (3) celebrates his touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers in the first quarter of a NFL game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Monday, Oct., 23 2023. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison (3) celebrates his touchdown against San Francisco 49ers with wide receiver Trishton Jackson (9) in the first quarter of a NFL game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Monday, Oct., 23 2023. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)A wide open Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison (3) catches a quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) pass for the touchdown against the San Francisco 49ers in the first quarter of a NFL game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis on Monday, Oct., 23 2023. (John Autey / Pioneer Press)Minnesota Vikings running back Alexander Mattison (2) bust through an arm tackle San Francisco 49ers safety Tashaun Gipson Sr. (31) in the first quarter of a NFL game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapoli...

Bathroom arson fire evacuates Burnsville elementary school

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:00:32 GMT

A Burnsville elementary school was evacuated Monday afternoon after an arson fire in a bathroom, officials said.Firefighters responded to a smoke alarm at Edward Neill Elementary just before 1 p.m. A small bathroom fire was extinguished by sprinklers, the fire department said in a statement. No one was injured.Staff and students were evacuated due to water and smoke in the building, which is at 13409 Upton Ave S. north of Burnsville Parkway.“At this time, it is determined to be an arson fire and the fire remains under investigation,” the statement read.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | Ex-Minneapolis cop sentenced to workhouse, probation for beating St. Paul man during 2020 civil unrest Crime & Public Safety | Maple Grove ‘Airbnb becomes machine gunBNB,’ sheriff’s office says after 11 guns found at teen’s birthday party Crime & Public Safety | Former Mayo Clinic doctor accused of fatally poisoning w...