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Bracket data: Will Texas reach the Final Four?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:12 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — March Madness is off and running with 68 men's and women's college basketball teams battling their way through the bracket to decide this year's national champion.It's the best time of year for hardcore and even casual college basketball fans. Millions of brackets have been submitted for pools with family, friends, co-workers and (sometimes) random strangers. The winner of these pools will undoubtedly claim themselves a college basketball expert amongst their inner circle. How many perfect brackets remain in the NCAA Men’s tournament? Over 20 million brackets were submitted through ESPN's bracket challenge. ESPN also offered stats on which teams America picked to make it to each round.While Houston and Alabama are the two favorites to cut down the nets, the Texas Longhorns aren't too far behind, according to ESPN brackets. 6.2% of ESPN brackets picked Texas to win the national title. Over a quarter of brackets have Texas in the Final Four.Texas LonghornsThe Univers...

Third suspect charged in fatal shooting of St. Paul man arriving home from work

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:12 GMT

A third suspect has been arrested and charged in the December killing of Alex Becker, a 22-year-old repeatedly shot in his St. Paul alley after walking home from a late-night work shift.Shaun Lamar Travis  (Courtesy of Ramsey County sheriff’s office)Shaun Lamar Travis, 25, of Brooklyn Park, faces aiding and abetting second-degree murder in the fatal shooting in the city’s North End just before midnight Dec. 27. An autopsy showed Becker had been shot six times.Travis was charged Feb. 21, but charges were sealed until Friday, when he was arrested in Northeast Minneapolis in an industrial area near Highway 280 and Broadway Street.Prosecutors charged Arteze Owen Kinerd, 20, of Minneapolis, nine days after the murder, and Detwan Cortell Allen, 19, of St. Paul, on Feb. 10, two days after his arrest.Becker was a 2019 graduate of Como Park Senior High School. He was returning home from work at Goodin Co. on Como Avenue when he was “robbed and shot outside his home only a f...

Class 1A girls basketball semifinals: Top-ranked Mountain Iron-Buhl rallies past Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:12 GMT

Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa had top-ranked Mountain Iron-Buhl on the ropes in their Class A state semifinal at Williams Arena, up by 11 with 10 minutes to play. But the Rangers finished on an epic run.Sage Ganyo had a game-high 23 points and four assists, and Jordan Zubich added 17 points and four assists as Mountain Iron-Buhl rallied to beat BBE, 61-57, at Williams Arena.With her team trailing 48-37 with 10 minutes remaining, Zubich, a senior guard headed for North Carolina, made a 3-pointer to start an 18-2 run that put the Rangers ahead 55-50 with 2:42 left on the clock.Harley Roering hit a 3-pointer, her fourth of the game, to pull BBE within 57-53 with 59 seconds left, but the Rangers (29-3) closed the game by making 6-of-8 free throws to seal a championship matchup against BOLD on Saturday at Williams Arena. Tip is set for noon.Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa (25-5) closed to within 51-50 on a layup by senior guard Abby Berge, but the Rangers responded with seven straight points. Berge ha...

Closing the gender wage gap in New York

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:12 GMT

ALABANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- According to an updated report by the New York State Labor Department, women in New York made 88 cents for every dollar earned by men in 2021."That figure is all women compared to white men the year before," explained Department of Labor Commissioner, Roberta Reardon. "The thing that’s really not so well known is women of color have much worse pay gaps. For Black American women, it is about 68 cents to the dollar and for Latina women in the United States, it’s 63 cents to the dollar." Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Commissioner Reardon said she thinks there is a lack of awareness and preconceived notions from decades ago that are contributing to the wage gap and added that childcare has an enormous impact. "We knew before the pandemic that childcare was an issue, but with businesses shutting down, women having to go home and take care of their children and do remote schooling at the same time, it ...

Eckert's Farm preparing for multiple nights of subfreezing temperatures

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:12 GMT

BELLEVILLE, Ill. - Warm weather in February and March had crops at Eckert’s Farm coming out of dormancy early, but luckily the timing of this cold isn’t too terrible just yet.“Getting ready to bloom. They’re not blooming yet, fortunately," said Chris Eckert, president of Eckert's Inc. "So this cool weather has us a little on edge about not losing any crops to mother nature."Plants on the ground the next three nights are most at risk because the temperature at night is colder.“Strawberries for us, in particular, is a crop that we know we’re going to have to protect because the buds are formed and out there," Eckert said. "They’re not open flowers yet, but they’re still vulnerable to temperatures below 20 degrees. In our case, we’re putting some fabric blankets over our strawberries, and in the case of certain varieties that are a little more advanced, we’re actually putting two layers of covering.” Trending: Mother of Jefferson County detainee wants to visit son in ICU While apples...

1 hospitalized after shooting at South Los Angeles Burger King

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:12 GMT

A man was hospitalized after a shooting outside a Burger King in South Los Angeles Friday afternoon.The victim is a 30-year-old man, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. His identity has not been released.Officers responded to reports of an assault with a deadly weapon at the fast food restaurant located on Vernon and Figueroa Street around 3:20 p.m. When police arrived, the victim was found unconscious and not breathing, said LAPD.Two teenage suspects were seen running westbound from Figueroa, police said. The suspects are described as Hispanic males with curly hair.Police investigating a shooting outside of a Burger King in South Los Angeles on March 17, 2023. (KTLA)Police investigating a shooting outside of a Burger King in South Los Angeles on March 17, 2023. (KTLA)Police investigating a shooting outside of a Burger King in South Los Angeles on March 17, 2023. (KTLA)Police investigating a shooting outside of a Burger King in South Los Angeles on March 17, 2023. (KTLA)...

Judge: Trump’s lawyer to face more Mar-a-Lago questions

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:12 GMT

By Eric Tucker | Associated PressFederal prosecutors investigating the potential mishandling of classified documents at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate will be able to again question a Trump lawyer before a grand jury, a judge ruled Friday in a sealed order.The order will require M. Evan Corcoran to answer additional questions as prosecutors pursue their investigation into classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago as well as potential efforts to obstruct that probe. The order was described by a person familiar with it, who was not authorized to discuss a sealed proceeding and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.The precise scope of the order, which is expected to be appealed, was not immediately clear. Neither Corcoran nor his lawyer returned messages seeking comment, and a spokesman for special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the investigation, also did not respond to an email about the order.A Trump spokesman said the Trump team would...

Single family residence sells in Palo Alto for $3.9 million

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:12 GMT

196 Walter Hays Drive – Google Street ViewA house located in the 100 block of Walter Hays Drive in Palo Alto has new owners. The 1,998-square-foot property, built in 1950, was sold on March 2, 2023. The $3,858,000 purchase price works out to $1,931 per square foot. The property features three bedrooms, three baths, and a carport. The unit sits on an 8,050-square-foot lot.Additional houses have recently been purchased nearby:On Jordan Place, Palo Alto, in June 2022, a 2,031-square-foot home was sold for $5,005,000, a price per square foot of $2,464. The home has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.In August 2022, a 1,383-square-foot home on Walter Hays Drive in Palo Alto sold for $3,250,000, a price per square foot of $2,350. The home has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.A 2,472-square-foot home on the 1400 block of Greenwood Avenue in Palo Alto sold in August 2022, for $3,960,000, a price per square foot of $1,602. The home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. 

Letters: Police militarization | Manufactured crisis | Fix schools | Newsom errs | Social Security | Food insecurity

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:12 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Speak out againstpolice militarizationRe: “Bay Area police stockpiling military-grade weaponry” (Page A1, March 5).Katie Lauer illuminates in detail the militarized arsenals from drones to armored vehicles owned by law enforcement agencies, which some officers call “a life insurance policy.”But most policies authorizing the use of militarized equipment for Bay Area agencies are not restricted to “insuring life.” Contrary to the state law, AB 481, that requires them, policies proposed by police to elected officials often don’t clearly define in what situations weapons are authorized, only designating who in law enforcement may decide to use this weaponry. Many policies say authorized uses “include but are not limited to” a list of situations, or use euphemisms, as when the Livermore Police Department says tear gas fired into a house is “a de-escalation tactic.”Community members have a chance t...

Letters: Try Caltrain | Shame on author | Wrong call | EV infrastructure | Today’s GOP | Stop DeSantis

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:45:12 GMT

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.Quit your car andgive Caltrain a tryYes, as Bruce Holley says (“Expand public transit to help middle class” Page A6, March 9) we need more attention to our public-transit systems to lure people out of their cars on our packed highways.In this car culture of ours, I do wonder whether drivers on Highway 101 realize the pleasures of travel on Caltrain between San Jose and San Francisco. My 45 minutes from San Francisco to Palo Alto recently on the “limited” 7:14 train was quiet and uncrowded, a perfect place to read a good book. Can’t do that driving 101. “Limited” trains take about an hour and a quarter from San Francisco to San Jose. “Bullet” trains take about an hour. There are 52 trains each day.Why don’t more people use them? Perhaps we are just conditioned to assume it’s not a viable option. Try it. You’ll like it.Steve EittreimPa...