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Verona beats Spezia in Serie A relegation playoff, Ranieri’s Cagliari promoted

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

MILAN (AP) — Hellas Verona will continue to play in the Italian top flight next season after it beat Spezia 3-1 in a relegation playoff on Sunday, sending its opponent down to Serie B.Cyril Ngonge scored twice to help Verona secure its Serie A status. Spezia had a chance to get back into the match midway through the second period after Verona defender Marco Davide Faraoni was sent off but M’Bala Nzola saw his penalty saved.Claudio Ranieri’s Cagliari will be one of the teams that replaces Spezia in Serie A after it beat Bari in a promotion playoff.Both Verona and Spezia finished the regular season level on points, on either side of the relegation zone. Under new rules there was a playoff to decide who would join last-place Sampdoria and Cremonese in being relegated.If the rules hadn’t been changed, Spezia would have stayed up as it had the better head-to-head record.It was the first relegation playoff since 2005, when Parma beat Bologna over two legs.This was a one-off match in Reggi...

Nuggets home championship win would be rare for Colorado teams

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Only two of Colorado's four major sports teams have won championships and only one was won at home. Since the Super Bowl is played in a predetermined location, it's rare to be at one of the home fields of the teams playing. And the locations are chosen with warm weather in mind, which means it's never been and most likely never will be played in Denver. So that rules out the Broncos ever winning a Super Bowl at home. With the Broncos out, that leaves the Colorado Avalanche who have won three Stanley Cups since the franchise moved from Quebec to Denver. And only one of them was won on home ice. Want to see the Nuggets play in Game 5? Get ready to spend Game 7 of the 2001 Stanley Cup Final was played at the then-named Pepsi Center when the Avalanche defeated the New Jersey Devils in the best-of-seven series to win the Cup. All post-championship celebrations have wreaked some havoc on the city but the Avs home win 22 years ago was especially memorable. The Denver Pol...

Tix for trade: Local barber offers free haircuts for life in exchange for Nuggets tickets

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

FREDERICK, Colo. (KDVR) -- A local barber has jumped on the bandwagon for unique trades to get his hands on Game 5 Denver Nuggets tickets. But his offer is for life. "I am willing to trade free haircuts for life in exchange for one to two tickets to Game 5 and I don’t care where I sit," Ozzy Villarreal, a barber at Creative Minds, said. Villarreal said that whoever makes the exchange could get set up for a haircut every two to three weeks. "An average American male will spend $20,000-plus worth of haircuts in a lifetime to put things in perspective," Villarreal said. Want to see the Nuggets play in Game 5? Get ready to spend Villarreal posted the trade on the Facebook group, Denver Nuggets Ticket Exchange, where dozens of others have also posted unique trades to get their hands on tickets. "I can do a wide variety of haircuts as shown in my work with the exception of long/layered hair," Villarreal said. "I would even consider adding lifetime haircuts for kids into the deal for be...

Most active Philippine volcano spews lava, locals ready to evacuate in event of explosion

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

DARAGA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines’ most active volcano has begun spewing lava in a gentle eruption, putting thousands of people on heightened alert for the possibility of a violent explosion that would force them to suddenly evacuate from their homes, authorities said Monday.More than 12,000 villagers have left their homes so far in mandatory evacuations from the mostly poor farming communities within a 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) radius of Mayon volcano’s crater in northeastern Albay province. Those evacuations began after the volcano begun showing signs of renewed restlessness last week.Authorities cautioned that thousands more remain within the permanent danger zone below Mayon, which has long been declared off limits.With the volcano beginning to expel lava Sunday night, the high-risk zone around Mayon may be expanded should the eruption turn violent, said Teresito Bacolcol, director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. Bacolcol said if that...

Reports: Over 7,000 evacuated in Cuba due to extensive floods

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

Widespread flooding has forced thousands of evacuations and rescues in Cuba.Heavy rain in the central and eastern portions of the country caused water to rise this weekend.According to reports on the island, more than 7,000 people have had to leave their homes after they were damaged or destroyed. Many have also lost their crops.Rescuers rushed families on to their planes to fly them to safety.Men, women and children have been taken to state shelters or homes of relatives after waiting in their flooded neighborhoods for help to arrive.“They came to our rescue early, and we didn’t want to go out, but we had to go out now.” said a man through a translator.In some areas, roads and bridges collapsed under the weight of the floodwaters.

Police: Motorcycle rider dies in crash after fleeing traffic stop in Hyannis

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

A motorcycle rider is dead after crashing while fleeing a traffic stop in Hyannis on Sunday afternoon, officials said.An officer who tried to stop the motorcyclist for a traffic violation on Route 28 near Garden Lane in Hyannis around 1:45 p.m. said the rider fled north onto Bearse’s Way, where they crashed into a vehicle near Enterprise Road, according to police.The rider was taken to Cape Cod Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His name has not been released.The cause of the crash is being investigated by the Cape Cod Regional Law Enforcement Council Crash Reconstruction Team.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

Brockton man accused of shooting Boston police officer set to face a judge

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

A Brockton man accused of shooting of Boston police officer during an attempted armed robbery in Roxbury is expected to face a judge on Monday.Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said the officer initially saw a pizza delivery driver being robbed at gunpoint and approached a suspect, later identified as 23-year-old John Lazare, of Brockton, who opened fire in the area of Cedric Street.Cox said the officer was shot twice and was rushed to Boston Medical Center for treatment. He is in stable condition.Two other officers were also injured, though Cox said their injuries were not firearm-related.“Thank goodness that officer who was struck multiple times is still with us” said Cox, who also called the situation “troubling.”There was a large police presence seen in Roxbury after the shooting. Several streets in the area were taped off, though some officers had left the scene.Lazare, who was allegedly found to be in possession of a stolen gun, was a person of interest in other pizza del...

NY man arrested in Manchester, NH shooting

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

A New York man is facing criminal charges in connection with a shooting in Manchester, New Hampshire on Saturday night, officials said.Officers responding to a reported shooting in the area of 104 Orange St. around 5:30 p.m. found a 27-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg, according to Manchester police. He was taken to a nearby hospital for treatement.After reviewing surveillance video, police arrested Gil Diaz, 26, of Queens, on charges of first-degree assault, being a felon in possession of a dangerous weapon, falsifying physical evidence, and resisting arrest.

‘Devastation’: Section of I-95 burns and collapses in Philadelphia

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

PHILADELPHIA — An elevated section of Interstate 95 collapsed early Sunday in Philadelphia after a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo caught fire, closing a heavily traveled segment of the East Coast’s main north-south highway indefinitely, authorities said.Transportation officials warned of extensive delays and street closures and urged drivers to avoid the area in the city’s northeast corner. Officials said the tanker contained a petroleum product that may have been hundreds of gallons of gasoline. The fire took about an hour to get under control.The northbound lanes of I-95 were gone and the southbound lanes were “compromised” by heat from the fire, said Derek Bowmer, battalion chief of the Philadelphia Fire Department. Runoff from the fire or perhaps broken gas lines caused explosions underground, he added.Some kind of crash happened on a ramp underneath northbound I-95 around 6:15 a.m., said state Transportation Department spokesman Brad Rudolph, and ...

What they’re saying: Barr, DeSantis, Hutchison react to details in Trump indictment

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 11:00:59 GMT

Republicans, including those affiliated with former President Donald Trump and others challenging him for the GOP nomination, voiced a variety of reactions to the details in his unsealed indictment.Former Trump AG  Bill BarrDuring an appearance on Fox News Sunday, the former Attorney General said the government was not conducting a “witch hunt” in charging the former president.“If even half of it is true, then he is toast. It’s a very detailed indictment and it’s very, very damning. This idea of presenting Trump as the victim here, victim of a witch hunt, is ridiculous,” he said. “He is not a victim here. He was totally wrong that he had the right to have those documents. Those documents are among the most sensitive secrets that the country has.”Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisA former military lawyer, the Sunshine State’s governor called the charges politically motivated, defending his political rival without naming him.“I think there needs to be one standard of justice in thi...