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Coach Prime brings rested and reeling Colorado into Rose Bowl for matchup against No. 23 UCLA

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:29:03 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Deion Sanders and Colorado remain a box office attraction, even though they are reeling on the field.Sanders brings his Buffaloes squad into a sold out Rose Bowl on Saturday for a matchup against 23rd-ranked UCLA. Not only will Colorado (4-3, 1-3 Pac-12) play to a packed house for the eighth straight game, it will be on national television for the fifth time this season with the game on ABC.Both are program records. Colorado joins Georgia, Iowa, Notre Dame and Tennessee as the only teams to play in front of capacity crowds in every game this season.However, the Buffaloes have dropped three of their last four. This will also be their first game since they blew a 29-point halftime lead and lost 46-43 in double overtime to Stanford on Oct. 13.“I don’t think we needed to get away and needed rest. I want to keep on going. I want to keep on moving. I want to keep on progressing,” Sanders said about coming back after a bye week. “I know where I feel like we s...

Derrick Henry, Chase Young, Brian Burns are among several star NFL players who could be on the move

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:29:03 GMT

The best team in the NFC already added an All-Pro to the secondary. More moves are coming around the NFL.Teams looking to bolster their rosters for the second half have until Tuesday’s trade deadline at 4 p.m. EDT. Several established veterans could end up switching uniforms. There were a slew of trades at this time last season.The Philadelphia Eagles couldn’t wait to upgrade at safety, acquiring two-time All-Pro Kevin Byard from the Tennessee Titans earlier this week. Byard is a significant addition at a position that was depleted by injury and the departure of C.J. Gardner-Johnson in free agency.“Obviously, I feel like I’m a great player, but at the end of the day, it’s not really about that,” Byard said Wednesday. “It’s about what I do now that I’m here. I had a great career in Tennessee, but I’m a Philadelphia Eagle now and that’s what it’s more about — moving forward, making plays, and winning games.“This is my eighth season and I’m feeling really good, coming off a bye week, t...

Flags lowered to half-staff following Maine mass shooting

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:29:03 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Following the White House's lead, Gov. Jared Polis has ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff on Thursday and remain lowered until Oct. 30.The flags were lowered following the tragedy in Lewiston, Maine on Wednesday. The suspect in the fatal Maine shootings is still at large. Residents are sheltering in place Authorities say a U.S. Army reservist killed 18 people and wounded 13 in a mass shooting at a bowling alley and bar. Maine is still in a panic with the suspect at large.The state of only 1.3 million people has one of the country’s lowest homicide rates: 29 killings in all of 2022.To honor the victims of the tragedy, President Joe Biden proclaimed all flags to be lowered to half-staff.Gov. Polis ordered all public buildings to lower their flags following the proclamation.

Lionel Messi is a finalist for the MLS Newcomer of the Year award

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:29:03 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Lionel Messi of Inter Miami CF is a finalist for Major League Soccer’s newcomer of the year.The league announced those up for its year-end awards Thursday with the winners being named throughout the MLS Cup Playoffs.It is no surprise that Messi, Argentina’s great who joined Inter Miami this summer, would be up for the honor. The global great has created a sensation since coming to play in the United States’ top soccer league. He has posted 11 goals and eight assists since joining Miami for the MLS Leagues Cup competition in July.Giorgos Giakoumakis of Atlanta United and Eduard Löwen of St. Louis City SC are the other finalists for the award, which the league defined as a player with previous professional experience who made his MLS debut in 2023.The finalists for the MLS most valuable player award are FC Cincinnati midfielder Luciano “Lucho” Acosta, Atlanta United midfielder Thiago Almada and Los Angeles Football Club forward Dénis Bouanga.Those up ...

All lanes blocked on I-595 West near Nob Hill Road in Davie after tanker rolls over, catches on fire

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:29:03 GMT

All lanes are closed on Interstate 595 after a tanker rolled-over and caught on fire.Davie Fire Rescue arrived at the scene on I-595 West, just before Exit 5: Pine Island Road, Thursday afternoon. The tanker carried waste products and its fuel lines were ruptured. The vehicle swerved, went on its side and caught on fire. Rescue crews at the scene attempted to douse the flames and have called additional units to assist them.According to officials, the driver of the vehicle is in his 30s and was transported to Broward Health Center with severe burns. Crews were able to put out the fire, but due to debris at the scene, three lanes on the highway were closed down. Florida Highway Patrol troopers are expected to arrive at the scene to direct traffic. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Ukraine hints Putin contriving second front as Hamas visits Moscow

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:29:03 GMT

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested that Russia is benefitting from war in the Middle East as senior officials from Hamas arrived in Moscow for talks.Addressing EU leaders meeting for a summit in Brussels, Zelenskyy said by video link: “We must do everything to prevent an even larger international fire from breaking out in the Middle East. The enemies of freedom are very interested in bringing the free world to the second front.”He added: “We must clearly see this scenario and counter it — together, of course. The sooner security prevails in the Middle East, the sooner we will restore security here — in Europe.”Zelenskyy spoke as a delegation from Hamas visited Moscow for talks on the release of the foreign hostages, including Russians, that the group is holding in Gaza, Russian news agencies reported.Mousa Abu Marzook, a founder and political leader of Hamas who now lives in Qatar, led the delegation that met with the Russian deputy foreign minister,...

Pentagon says 900 US troops have deployed or are deploying to Middle East amid heightened tensions

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:29:03 GMT

(CNN) — Roughly 900 US troops have deployed or are deploying to the Middle East to bolster US force protection in the region, Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said Thursday.“These include forces that have been on prepare to deploy orders, and which are deploying from the continental United States,” Ryder said. “Deployed and deploying units include a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery from Fort Bliss Texas, Patriot batteries from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Patriot and Avenger batteries from Fort Liberty, North Carolina, and associated air defense headquarters elements from Fort Bliss and Fort Cavazos, Texas.”Ryder added that the deploying units would not be going to Israel and are “intended to support regional deterrence efforts and further bolster US force protection capabilities.” The Pentagon previously announced the deployment of the THAAD and Patriot batteries.As the war between Israel and Hamas continues, the US is seeking to send a strong message to adversa...

Governor Healey, Massachusetts State Police extend support to Maine

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:29:03 GMT

Victims of a mass shooting in Maine that’s claimed 18 lives are being treated at hospitals in Massachusetts, Gov. Maura Healey’s office said Thursday, and Massachusetts is ready to send law enforcement and human service workers, including grief counselors, to its New England neighbor.A manhunt is underway for 40-year-old Robert Card, the suspect in the killings Wednesday night at a restaurant and bowling alley.“So many people right now are going to be in need of grief counselors, are going to be in need of mental health services,” Healey told reporters at the State House on Thursday morning. “And I know the people of Massachusetts will step forward and support the great people of Maine … in this time.”The governor added, “We just need to step up and show our solidarity in terms of comfort, and in terms of support in this time, in the weeks and in the months ahead.”Law enforcement is in communication with Maine officials and ̶...

Police Arrest 57 At Pro-Palestine Sit-In At UMass Flagship

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:29:03 GMT

Fifty-seven pro-Palestine protestors at the University of Massachusetts Amherst were arrested by campus police Wednesday night for trespassing during a sit-in protest at the Whitmore Administration Building, where students demanded Chancellor Javier Reyes condemn the Israel Defense Forces’ attacks on Gaza and cut the university’s ties with defense contractor Raytheon Technology.Students rallied in front of the student union at 2 p.m. before marching to the Whitmore building to meet with administrators to present their demands. They remained inside the building after hours, in spite of “multiple verbal warnings” that the building was closing at 6 p.m., the university said in a statement. UMass Police arrested 56 UMass Amherst students and one UMass Amherst employee, the university said.“Our goal is to let the school know, let the administration know and let the chancellor know that we have a say in what our university is giving money to,” said Arsema Kifle, a founding member of...

Suspect accused of using hedge clippers in robbery, assaulting woman in another arrested in Manchester, NH

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:29:03 GMT

Police in Manchester, NH say a man was taken into custody following a pair of robberies that happened on the same night.Farah Ibrahim, 28, was arrested after the Manchester Police Department said its officers were called to a robbery on Union Street on Monday, Oct. 23.According to authorities, police responded to Seven Days Market, where a caller had said he was approached by a man around 10:20 p.m. who was armed with a pair of “large hedge clippers.”The caller said the individual demanded his wallet, but left after being given just cash instead.Officials said a description of the suspect matched that of a man who robbed a Family Dollar store on Lincoln Street earlier that night – an incident that involved a woman being assaulted.“In that incident, a man tried to steal items from the store and when confronted by a female employee, punched the woman in the face,” the police department said in a news release.Following an investigation, police identified I...