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Sinking Gophers passing game now among nation’s worst

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:28:51 GMT

Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck first shared his “line of success” concept during a rough first season at the U in 2017. The idea is the line trends upward overall, but with downturns along the way.The Gophers passing game has taken a more turbulent path.Under Fleck, Minnesota started at the bottom of college football in passing yards per game in his first season, steadily climbing over three years to mive into the top 50 in the nation in 2019. Since then, it has been trending downward — so low now, they can see the basement floor.Minnesota currently ranks 130th in the nation with 133 passing yards per game after a 52-10 loss to No. 2 Michigan on Saturday. Only the lampooned offense of the Iowa Hawkeyes and two service academies who so often pass on the idea of on passing — Navy and Air Force — are worse.This year was supposed to be a tilting of the scales away from the power-running diet of Mo Ibrahim to a better run-pass balance with strong-armed quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis an...

VSP investigating fatal car and train collision

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:28:51 GMT

VERNON, Vt. (NEWS10) -- Vermont State Police announced they are investigating a collision between an Amtrak passenger train and a motor vehicle that resulted in the death of the car's driver. The crash occurred in Vernon on October 6. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! On Friday at 5 p.m., Vermont State Police received a 911 call reporting a car accident near the intersection of Route 142 and Bemis Road in Vernon. Upon arrival, troopers found that a Toyota Rav4 had been struck by an Amtrak train. The driver, identified as Craig Hudson, 53, of Brattleboro, and a passenger in the car were both transported to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, where Hudson was pronounced deceased. The passenger was then transported to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center to be treated for their injuries. Albany Police investigating Providence Place shooting No one was injured on the train, which continued on its route following a delay. Route 142 in th...

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage in the Capital Region

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:28:51 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — NEWS10 is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with a special look at how many are preserving their Latino cultures in the Capital Region. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Cassie Hudson hosts the annual Hispanic Heritage program with stories on a little-known art museum in Troy, the Afro-Latino background of one of the state's most powerful people, and a new documentary celebrating a legend of rock and roll.

Woman found dead in Westminster, police investigating as suspicious death

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:28:51 GMT

Police are investigating a suspicious death at a Westminster apartment complex, officials announced Saturday.Just after 1 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to a report of a dead woman at the 8400 block of Sheridan Boulevard in Westminster, at the Toscana Apartment Complex.According to a news release from the Westminster Police Department, the woman’s body had been found by her roommate in their home that afternoon.Due to evidence found at the scene, officers are investigating the incident as a suspicious death, the release stated.Suspicious Death Investigation pic.twitter.com/GWH5d2deQ2— Westminster Police (@WestminsterPD) October 8, 2023Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Denver Sheriff Department staffing shortage worsens, overtime soars: “It’s never been this bad” Crime and Public Safety | JonBenet Ramsey murder probe soon to get fresh eyes Crime and Public Safety | Four dead in three overnight crashes...

Desperate people dig out dead and injured from quakes that killed over 2,000 in Afghanistan.

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:28:51 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Men dug through rubble with their bare hands and shovels in western Afghanistan Sunday in desperate attempts to pull victims from the wreckage left by powerful earthquakes that killed at least 2,000 people. Entire villages were flattened, bodies were trapped under collapsed houses and locals waited for help without even shovels to dig out bodies.Living and dead, victims were trapped under rubble, their faces grey with dust.“Most people were shocked ... some couldn’t even talk. But there were others who couldn’t stop crying and shouting,” photographer Omid Haqjoo, who visited four villages Sunday, told The Associated Press by phone from Afghanistan’s fourth largest city, Herat.Saturday’s magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit a densely populated area near Herat. It was followed by strong aftershocks. A Taliban government spokesman on Sunday provided the toll that, if confirmed, would make it one of the deadliest earthquakes to strike the country in two decades. An earthquake t...

Blinken: US ‘working overtime’ to confirm reports Americans among those killed in Israel

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:28:51 GMT

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that U.S. officials have received reports that several Americans have been killed in Israel as a result of Hamas’s attacks on the country. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, Blinken said the U.S. is working to verify those reports. “Yes, we have reports that several Americans were killed,” Blinken told CNN’s Dana Bash when asked whether Americans were killed or kidnapped in Israel.“We're working overtime to verify that. At the same time, there are reports of missing Americans, and there again, we're working to verify those reports,” Blinken said. Blinken’s comments come after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched the biggest attack on Israel in decades Saturday, killing an estimated 500 Israelis, according to reports. Blinken reiterated American support for Israel and described the war as “a massive terrorist attack on Israeli civilians, indiscriminate firing of rockets against civilia...

Five people injured in Oakland shootings Saturday night

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:28:51 GMT

OAKLAND — Five people, one a 16-year-old girl, were injured in four Oakland shootings that happened within 3.5 hours Saturday night, authorities said.The shootings do not appear to be related at this time, authorities said.A shooting that left two men wounded happened about 7:53 p.m. Saturday outside in the 5900 block of San Pablo Avenue in North Oakland.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | East Bay pursuit following robbery ends in highway crash Crime and Public Safety | One dead, one arrested following three-person stabbing in Union City Crime and Public Safety | In Fremont, two carjackings lead to four arrests. All the suspects are juveniles Crime and Public Safety | Oakland man settles pimping case with plea deal, two-year prison term Crime and Public Safety | 2 girls got into a fight at an East Bay high school. Three days later, one of their cousins allegedly shot up the other girl’s hom...

Investigators: Pilot error was cause of 2021 plane crash that killed 4 in Michigan

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:28:51 GMT

BEAVER ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — A pilot’s error during landing caused a 2021 plane crash that killed four people on a Michigan island, federal investigators concluded. The National Transportation Safety Board, which investigated the Nov. 13, 2021 crash on Beaver Island, said in a report released Thursday that the pilot lost control during landing and crashed 300 feet (91 meters) from the airport’s runway.While approaching the airport, the plane was observed flying slowly and “‘wallowing’ as if nobody was flying,” the report said. The pilot exceeded the “airplane’s critical angle of attack during final approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of control at an altitude too low to recover,” according to the NTSB report. The pilot and three others were killed in the crash; a young girl survived.The pilot was flying for Island Airways, which takes travelers between Beaver Island in northern Lake Michigan and Michigan’s northern Lower Peninsula. Source

A surge in rail traffic on North Korea-Russia border suggests arms supply to Russia, think tank says

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:28:51 GMT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Recent satellite photos show a sharp increase in rail traffic along the North Korea-Russia border, indicating the North is supplying munitions to Russia, according to a U.S. think tank.Speculation about a possible North Korean plan to refill Russia’s munition stores drained in its protracted war with Ukraine flared last month, when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un traveled to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin and visit key military sites. Foreign officials suspect Kim is seeking sophisticated Russian weapons technologies in return for the munition to boost his nuclear program.“Given that Kim and Putin discussed some military exchanges and cooperation at their recent summit, the dramatic increase in rail traffic likely indicates North Korea’s supply of arms and munitions to Russia,” Beyond Parallel, a website run by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank, said in a report Friday.“However, the extensive use o...

Boniface scores again and Leverkusen returns to top of Bundesliga with 3-0 win over Cologne

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 19:28:51 GMT

BERLIN (AP) — Victor Boniface scored again Sunday as Bayer Leverkusen returned to the top of the Bundesliga with a 3-0 win over local rival Cologne.The Nigeria forward completed the scoring in the 68th minute against Cologne, which had won on its previous two visits to Leverkusen but remains bottom with just one point from its opening seven games.Jonas Hofmann opened the scoring in the 22nd when he swept the ball inside the right post after Florian Wirtz set him up with his heel. Boniface had some fortune in the buildup with the bounce of the ball but the visitors’ protests for hand ball were dismissed. Cologne coach Steffen Baumgart was booked for his reaction, as was Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong for telling the referee to book Baumgart.Leverkusen was dominating play and Alex Grimaldo whipped the ball across the face of goal for Frimpong to score the second in the 32nd.Cologne goalkeeper Marvin Schwäbe prevented Frimpong from scoring Leverkusen’s third early in the second half, bu...