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Tkachuk sends Panthers to Stanley Cup final, after topping Hurricanes 4-3 for sweep

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:48:52 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk scored a power-play goal with 4.9 seconds left, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 36 shots to cap off a brilliant series, and the Florida Panthers earned their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final in 27 years by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on Wednesday night to win the Eastern Conference title in a sweep.Tkachuk’s goal was his second of the night — and maybe the biggest in Panthers’ history. The Panthers will play either Vegas or Dallas for the Stanley Cup starting sometime next week; Vegas currently leads the Western Conference title series 3-0.The Panthers scored 10 goals in the series, and Bobrovsky ensured those were all they needed. Four games, four one-goal wins, three of them coming from Tkachuk in dramatic fashion — two in overtime to end Games 1 and 2, and then this one to cap Florida’s stunning rise from No. 8 seed to East champions.Ryan Lomberg and Anthony Duclair had the other goals for Florida, which swept a series fo...

Strong magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes in Caribbean just off border between Panama and Colombia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:48:52 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 struck Wednesday night in the Caribbean Sea just off the Panama-Colombia border, the U.S. Geological Survey said.There was no immediate word on whether were any injuries or damage in the nearby areas, which are not densely populated.The USGS said the quake was centered about 41 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of Puerto Obaldia, Panama. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).The region shaken is home to the Darien Gap, an area of dense jungle that is a primary land route for migrants heading north out of South America.

Several injured in crash in Stoughton, one victim with gunshot wound 

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:48:52 GMT

Several people taken to the hospital, including one person found with a gunshot wound, after a crash in Stoughton Wednesday night, police said.Stoughton police said the crash happened at the intersection of Plain Street and West Street,Police said the person with the gunshot wound was taken to a hospital. Four other people were also taken to the hospital with unknown injuries, according to police.The intersection was closed to all traffic as of around 11 p.m. Wednesday and is expected to remain closed until further notice. On scene, three vehicles were seen stopped in the intersection. In an update, though, police said only two of the vehicles were involved in the crash.While an investigation was ongoing, police said they did not believe there was an exchange of gunfire. Instead, police said they believed someone in one of the cars in the crash fired shots into the third car, a white SUV, which was not involved in the crash. A man was then found with a gunshot wound in the driv...

Father whose daughter was murdered by ex-boyfriend continues mission to raise awareness about dating violence

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:48:52 GMT

A Wayland father whose daughter was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2011 is continuing his mission to raise awareness about dating violence years after his daughter’s death.On Wednesday, he debuted a new video aimed at helping teens understand the signs of trouble and how to get help.“Our culture needs to come to terms with where the violence comes from,” said Malcom Astley.Astley’s daughter, Lauren, was murdered weeks after she broke up with her then-boyfriend, who is now serving a life sentence in connection with Lauren’s death.Since his daughter’s murder, Malcom, along with the Lauren Dunne Astley Memorial Fund, has worked to educate students about unhealthy relationships, dating violence and opportunities to get help.The new 20-minute video that debuted on Wednesday is geared toward children in eighth grade and older. It features interviews with more than a dozen experts giving insight into the causes of pain and violence in relationships. The video, Astley said, aims to “h...

Orioles surge past Yankees, 9-6, behind 8-run 7th inning as Gunnar Henderson, Adam Frazier continue hot May

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:48:52 GMT

Neither Gunnar Henderson nor Adam Frazier began this season the way they or the Orioles hoped. The two infielders, one a rookie and the other a veteran, have done their best to make up for it of late.The pair contributed the biggest hits of Baltimore’s eight-run seventh inning Wednesday night against the New York Yankees that turned a four-run deficit into a four-run lead as the Orioles evened their series at Yankee Stadium with a 9-6 victory.Baltimore (32-17) entered the frame trailing 5-1, with Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes, briefly an Oriole to start his career, to that point continuing his success against his former team. Cortes took the mound for the seventh with a 1.39 ERA in 45 1/3 career innings against Baltimore, but a walk to Anthony Santander and a single by Austin Hays brought up Frazier, who launched an elevated fastball off the right field foul pole for a three-run home run to cut the Orioles’ deficit to one.The blast was Frazier’s sixth, with the...

Nestor Cortes’ late struggles persist as 8-run seventh pushes Orioles past Yankees

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:48:52 GMT

The third time through opponents’ lineups and the end of starts have haunted Nestor Cortes this season, so much so that he recently called his struggles in such situations “the story of my season.”That tale added another painful chapter Wednesday when Cortes served up a seventh-inning, three-run blast to the Orioles’ Adam Frazier. The home run smacked into Yankee Stadium’s right field foul pole and ruined what had been an impressive evening for Cortes.The Yankees still led, 5-4, at that point, but Baltimore scored eight total runs in the seventh after Jimmy Cordero and Albert Abreu followed Cortes out of the bullpen. The offensive outburst led to a 9-6 Orioles win, even though the Yankees were up, 5-1, when the inning began.Cortes entered the game with a 1.503 OPS when pitching the third time through the order this season, and he left it after allowing five hits, four runs, two walks, five strikeouts and two home runs over six complete innings and 89 pi...

Wednesday’s high school roundup/scores: Methuen blanks MVC rival North Andover, 5-0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:48:52 GMT

BASEBALLMatt Pappalardo fanned nine and allowed just one hit, while G’Andrey Canario drove in four as Methuen (9-9) defeated Merrimack Valley Conference foe North Andover 5-0.John Sellon (4-1) tossed five innings of shutout ball, while Connor O’Donnell, Steve Madden, Spencer Merrick and AJ Nash laced an RBI triple apiece as Abington rolled to a 14-0 South Shore League win over Norwell.Evan Samsel struck out 10 on the mound, while Luke Barry (3-for-4, double, game-winning suicide squeeze) and Cam Morrison (2-for-4, two RBI) set the tone at the plate for Bridgewater-Raynham (16-4) in a 3-2 nonleague win over North Attleboro. … Zach Bogusz pitched a complete game, and Colin Kinsella belted a two-run home run to lead Winthrop past Ipswich, 4-1. … Mavrick Bourdeau (three hits, two runs, one RBI), Nate Galanis (two hits, three runs, one RBI), Aiden MacLeod (two hits, two runs, two RBI) and Mike Maselli (two hits, one run, two RBI) took care of most of the offense for Shawsheen (16-3) in a...

After Typhoon Mawar battered Guam, ‘what used to be a jungle looks like toothpicks’

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:48:52 GMT

HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Guam residents and officials emerged from homes and shelters Thursday to survey the damage done to the U.S. Pacific territory after a long night of hunkering down as Typhoon Mawar’s howling winds shredded trees, flipped vehicles and knocked out utilities. There were no immediate reports of deaths and injuries but the central and northern parts of the island received more than 2 feet (60 centimeters) of rain as the eyewall passed. The island’s international airport flooded and the swirling typhoon churned up a storm surge and waves that crashed through coastal reefs. “We are waking up to a rather disturbing scene out there across Guam. We’re looking out our door and what used to be a jungle looks like toothpicks — it looks like a scene from the movie ‘Twister,’ with trees just thrashed apart,” said Landon Aydlett, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.“Most of Guam is dealing with a major mess that’s gonna take weeks to clean up,” he...

Tkachuk sends Panthers to Stanley Cup Final, after topping Hurricanes 4-3 for sweep

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:48:52 GMT

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk delivered for Florida, again. Sergei Bobrovsky denied Carolina, again.The wait is over: After 27 years, the Florida Panthers — a hockey punchline no more — are again going to play for the game’s grandest prize.Tkachuk got his second goal of the game with 4.9 seconds left, lifting the Panthers past the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 and into the Stanley Cup final for the first time since 1996.Bobrovsky stopped 36 shots to cap his stellar series — four games, four one-goal wins, three of them basically in sudden death. The first two were in overtime, and this one may as well have been.The Panthers will play either Vegas or Dallas for the Stanley Cup starting sometime next week; Vegas currently leads the Western Conference title series 3-0.The Panthers scored 10 goals in the series, and Bobrovsky ensured those were all they needed. They were the No. 8 seed, the last team in, the longest of long shots.And now, beasts of the East. Tkachuk arrived last summer...

CDC: 2 dead of suspected cases of meningitis after surgeries in Mexico, over 200 patients at risk

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:48:52 GMT

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Federal officials say more than 200 patients could be at risk of fungal meningitis after having surgical procedures at clinics in a Mexico border city. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday it is collaborating with the Mexican Ministry of Health and U.S. state and local health departments to respond to the outbreak among patients who traveled to Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas. Officials have identified and closed two clinics linked to the outbreak, River Side Surgical Center and Clinica K-3. The Mexican Ministry of Health sent the CDC a list of 221 U.S. patients who might be at risk for meningitis based on their recorded surgical procedures at either clinic from January to May 13. Three additional patients not on the list have also been identified, bringing the total of people in the United States known to have potential exposure to 224, the CDC said.The CDC is working with more than two dozen state and ...