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¿Cómo lo logró? Se gana la lotería por segunda vez en menos de dos años

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:57:48 GMT

Definitivamente hay personas a las que la suerte las acompaña. De esto puede dar fe un residente de Carolina del Norte que ganó la lotería por segunda vez en menos de dos años.Y es que no se trata de cualquier premio. Pharris Frank, de 41 años, ganó $2 millones luego de comprar el raspadito Diamond Dazzler, de solo $20.Casi dos años antes, en julio de 2021, Frank había ganado $1 millón en otra lotería, dinero que usó para hacer realidad la boda de sus sueños. Histórico: ganador del Powerball compra casa de $4 millones cerca de gasolinera que lo hizo millonario Lo que se sabe del afortunado ganador del premio mayor del Powerball de $754.6 millones “Llamé a mi esposa y le dije: ‘Lo hice de nuevo’. No sabía si estaba soñando o no. Estuve en estado de shock por un tiempo”, dijo Frank a la lotería de Carolina del Norte. El afortunado dijo que la noche anterior tenía el presentimiento de que iba a ganarse la lotería por segunda vez. “Es...

Ukraine court orders house arrest for leading Orthodox priest accused by authorities of condoning Russia’s invasion

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:57:48 GMT

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine court orders house arrest for leading Orthodox priest accused by authorities of condoning Russia’s invasion.Source

Denver weather: Warm and windy weekend, snow Tuesday

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:57:48 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — While not as strong as Friday, Denver’s weather will stay windy, leading to elevated fire danger through the weekend.Weather today: Warm and breezySaturday will be sunny, breezy and warmer. High temperatures will reach the mid-60s with wind gusts reaching 20-25 mph.Looking ahead: More wind before snow TuesdayWarm and windy weather continues through Monday with high temperature in the mid to upper 60s and wind gusts reaching around 30 - 50 mph.The next chance for snow moves in late Monday night through Tuesday. This will come with a gusty north wind followed by much cooler temperatures.We stay chilly through Thursday with another chance for showers on Thursday, but looks to be light for the Rockies home opener.

Search underway for man reported missing in Hollywood

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:57:48 GMT

Police seek the public’s help in their search for a man who was reported missing in Hollywood.According to Hollywood Police, Bobby Perez was last seen along Atlanta Street at around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday.He stads 5 feet, 10 inches tall, weighs around 250 pounds, and has black hair and hazel eyes.Perez was last seen wearing a gray shirt, black shorts and black running shoes.Officials urge anyone with information on his whereabouts to call Hollywood Police at 954-764-4357.

With 5 games left, where do the Chicago Bulls stand in the NBA play-in tournament?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:57:48 GMT

The Chicago Bulls are fighting for a spot in the NBA play-in tournament, a battle for the last two playoff seeds in each conference. Here’s an explainer about the history of the event and how it works — and where the Bulls stand.When did the play-in begin?The NBA introduced the idea after the restart of the pandemic-delayed 2019-20 season, with a team needing to be within four games of the No. 8 seed to force a play-in for the last playoff spot in the conference.The Memphis Grizzlies finished a half-game behind the No. 8 seed Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference, and the Blazers won the first game of a play-in, thus earning the final playoff spot. In the East, the ninth-place Washington Wizards finished 7½ games behind the eighth-place Orlando Magic, meaning a play-in was unnecessary.How has the tournament evolved?The next year, the NBA expanded its play-in rules, with only the top-six seeds in each conference guaranteed of a playoff spot and the Nos. 7-...

Kodai Senga set for Mets debut on Sunday vs. Marlins: ‘It will hit me pretty soon’

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:57:48 GMT

MIAMI — Kodai Senga wants to see how much his friends really care about him. If his friends and family in Japan aren’t awake at 2:40 a.m., to see him pitch in his first major league game, he’s going to wake them up himself.“I think a lot of people will be willing to stay up and watch me pitch,” Senga said Saturday at LoanDepot Park through a translator. “If I’m good friends with them and they are not going to be awake watching me, I will make sure they’re up.”How does he plan to do that?“A lot of calls,” he said.The 30-year-old right-hander is set to make his Mets debut and his MLB debut Sunday against the Miami Marlins in the final game of the first series of the season. The Japanese star never really thought he would be in this position considering he wasn’t exactly the phenom he’s considered today early in his career. He didn’t grow up dreaming of playing in the major leagues, but as his unlikely ...

Marquette’s Shaka Smart voted men’s AP coach of the year

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:57:48 GMT

Shaka Smart has packed an entire career’s worth of experiences into 14 years as a college head coach. He led VCU to an improbable Final Four as a 30-something wunderkind in 2011, guided mighty Texas to a Big 12 Tournament title during six otherwise tepid years in Austin, and now has turned Marquette into a Big East beast.It’s sometimes easy to forget he’s still just 45 years old.Yet his work with the Golden Eagles this season might have been his best: Picked ninth in the 11-team league by its coaches, they won the regular-season title going away, then beat Xavier to win their first Big East Tournament championship.That earned Smart the AP coach of the year award Friday. He garnered 24 of 58 votes from a national media panel to edge Kansas State’s Jerome Tang, who received 13 votes before guiding the Wildcats to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, and Houston’s Kelvin Sampson, who earned 10 before taking the Cougars to the Sweet 16.Voting opened afte...

At least 21 dead after tornadoes rake US Midwest, South

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:57:48 GMT

WYNNE, Ark. (AP) — An Illinois official has confirmed three more deaths from storms, bringing the total death toll in the South and Midwest to at least 21.Crawford County Board Chair Bill Burke said three people were killed and eight others injured after a tornado hit the county about 9:10 p.m. Friday. It appears the fatalities were in or new New Hebron, which is just west of the state line with Indiana. That’s close to where three other people were killed in Sullivan, Indiana.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.WYNNE, Ark. (AP) — Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 18 people in small towns and big cities across the South and Midwest, tearing a path through the Arkansas capital, collapsing the roof of a packed concert venue in Illinois, and stunning people throughout the region Saturday with the damage’s scope.Confirmed or suspected tornadoes in at least eight states destroyed homes and businesses, splintered tree...

Purdue’s Zach Edey named AP men’s player of the year

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:57:48 GMT

In the days after Purdue’s historic NCAA Tournament loss, Zach Edey kept to himself. He turned his phone turned off, along with the rest of the outside world.It was a disappointing finish to an award-winning season for the big man with the BoilermakersDominating at both ends of the floor, Edey was a runaway winner for The Associated Press men’s college basketball player of the year. Edey received all but one vote from a 58-person media panel, with Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis getting the other.“The season ended in disappointment, which really sucks, but it’s always nice to win individual accolades,” Edey said. “It kind of validates your work a little bit. The last three years I’ve played here, I’ve seen my game grow every year. AP player of the year is a great feeling, it just kind of stinks the way the season ended.”Edey hasn’t yet decided if he’ll return to Purdue or enter the NBA draft.“I have no clue,” he said Saturday.Edey had 2...

2 tornadoes touchdown in Northern Illinois, NWS confirms

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 17:57:48 GMT

CHICAGO — NWS Chicago has confirmed two tornadoes in Northern Illinois -- neither is one in Belvidere where the theatre roof and marquee collapsed.According to the NWS, one was reported west/southwest of Baileyville and one was reported near Caledonia. Possible tornadoes leave extensive damage in Northern Illinois, Northwest Indiana 57 tornadoes and even more funnel clouds reported across 7 states in the Midwest and South. 1 dead, 28 injured after roof collapses at Belvidere theater amid strong storms National Weather Service investigators will be looking into each one of these twisters in the next few days to track the speed and strength. Almost 300 reports of wind damage and wind gusts in the Chicago area reached more than 70 mph. 164 reports of large hail, 26 reports of hail 2" or greater in size which is the size of a chicken egg.