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UAlbany men's basketball stomps Siena to reclaim Albany Cup

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:07:49 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The University at Albany men's basketball team dominated crosstown rival Siena on Sunday night, claiming the Albany Cup with a convincing, 86-51 victory. The 35-point win is the largest margin of victory in any previous Albany Cup game (Division I era). Coach Dwayne Killings:"I thought we were trying to make a statement today. It wasn't necessarily about the Albany Cup, but it was about what we are trying to do for our program… What you saw was a bunch of kids who've been working, trying to figure this thing out, playing hard for each other, with each other… I thought we were the best team on the floor today." Key Stat LinesAmar'e Marshall had the best game of his collegiate career, finishing with 33 points. He also led the team in rebounds, finishing with eight.Point guard Sebastian Thomas continued to be a key piece for the Great Danes, dropping 14 points and dishing out four assists, which was tied for the team lead with ...

Westland Hills decorating trees for passed family

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:07:49 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -For its third year, the Westland Hills Baseball and Softball Park turning its field into a haven of Christmas trees. 108 of these "Angels in the Outfield" lighting the night as families remember those not with them anymore.The Our Angels Remembered fundraiser came to light after a board member of Westland Hills took part in a similar event from Cambridge. The festivities helping Dan Farrell heal after his mom passed in 2017. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! "There were 20, 30, trees there, but it was cathartic to really be a part of that. To be able to kind of be closer to her at the holidays. So, we wanted to start it then. Covid happened, we needed to delay it," explained Farrell.Now, hundreds of families coming to Albany to take part in its own tradition. One family lost a sister just three weeks ago and felt this was the right place to come. "Relatives, my son, my nieces, my sister’s daughters all play...

3 men of Palestinian descent attending a holiday gathering shot, injured near University of Vermont

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:07:49 GMT

Three young men of Palestinian descent who were in Burlington for a Thanksgiving holiday gathering were shot and injured, one seriously, near the University of Vermont, police said Sunday. The attack may have been a hate crime, authorities said.Police were searching for the suspect after the attack around 6:25 p.m. Saturday near the UVM campus, Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad said in a statement Sunday.Two of the men were in stable condition and the other suffered “much more serious injuries,” Murad said. The three, all age 20, were walking during a visit to the home of one of the victim's relatives when they were confronted by a white man with a handgun, police said.“Without speaking, he discharged at least four rounds from the pistol and is believed to have fled,” Murad said. “All three victims were struck, two in their torsos and one in the lower extremities.”The victims are of Palestinian descent and two are U.S. citizens and one is a legal resident. Two of the men were wearin...

Thanksgiving travel rush highlighted by busy Sunday at St. Louis Airport

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:07:49 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Sunday will go down as one of the busiest—if not the busiest—travel days of 2023, with thousands of people flying in and out of St. Louis Lambert International Airport.Airports across the country saw record crowds as people scurried back from their Thanksgiving destinations. Lambert Airport officials predicted Sunday would be the busiest day of the Thanksgiving holiday travel period, with 23,000 passengers departing that day alone.Despite the influx of travelers, airport officials said things went relatively smoothly on Sunday. At last check, despite hundreds of flights departing and arriving in St. Louis, there were no reported cancellations. It was a good introduction to Lambert for Alexander Fulbright, who traveled to St. Louis for his bachelor party on Sunday.“I really like it. This was my first time here; it was really easy to get through,” Fulbright said.Fulbright’s Air Force comrades met him in St. Louis all the way from Germany for the celebration. Caitlin O’Donn...

Naked man arrested on iconic Disneyland ride

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:07:49 GMT

Disneyland guests on “It’s a Small World” got an unexpected and unwelcome show Sunday when a man stripped nearly naked and got up close and personal with some of the set pieces on the iconic ride.Officers with the Anaheim Police Department responded to the theme park at around 1:30 p.m. to assist Disney security with the incident. Video of the streaker obtained by KTLA shows the man, eerily lit in blue, orange and pink lights, walking around nearly in the buff to the sound of Christmas music. A man was spotted on the "It's a Small World" ride after stripping off most of his clothes on Nov. 26, 2023. (@iheartdisneyland)A man was spotted on the "It's a Small World" ride after stripping off most of his clothes on Nov. 26, 2023. (magic.with.maegra)A 26-year-old man's clothes seen in a pile on the "It's a Small World" ride after he was spotted walking around the ride nearly naked on Nov. 26, 2023. (@iheartdisneyland)“I am on Small World and there was a streaker, I cannot believe this ha...

Car thieves in Thousand Oaks caught on camera

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:07:49 GMT

A dozen vehicles were broken into in a Thousand Oaks neighborhood over the weekend, with the thieves even stealing one to use a getaway car.  Cameras captured at least one of burglaries as a gang of crooks terrorized an upscale neighborhood, breaking into not just cars, but homes as well.  “Alarms were going off in people’s houses and the police ended up coming a little while after,” resident Alisa Bertram told KTLA’s Jennifer McGraw. "They took all their stolen merchandise and put it into my car and then drove away with my car.”   Man arrested after stripping naked, disrupting iconic Disneyland ride: video Bertram said all of the burglaries happened the night after Thanksgiving and that the thieves likely assumed that many of the residents would likely be out of town.  Surveillance captured thieves ransacking vehicles in a Thousand Oaks neighborhood on Nov. 24, 2023. Neighbors in the area believe that these thieves have been targeting them for some time, with one even chasin...

Giant tumbleweed seen blowing across Southern California road

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:07:49 GMT

An enormous tumbleweed was captured on video rolling across a road in Southern California last week. Video circulating on X, formerly Twitter, shows the massive tumbleweed rolling over one span of the road, over the median and on to the other side of the road in the direction of traffic. The National Weather Service even reposted the video, saying that a gargantuan tumbleweed was spotted in Simi Valley the day before.  California’s top cheeseburger joint is in L.A., according to Yelp Preliminary reports indicated that the video was taken in Simi Valley, but further investigation revealed that the actual location of the video was near Fairview Park on Placentia Avenue in Costa Mesa. Video circulating on X, formerly Twitter, shows the massive tumbleweed roll over one span of the roadway, over the median and on to the other side of the road in the direction of traffic. (X/@gunsnrosesgirl3 via @tuidelescribano)Many were quick to comment on the colossal tumbleweed, ...

Smith scores 21, sparks Charleston to 84-78 victory over Kent State

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:07:49 GMT

KENT, Ohio (AP) — Reyne Smith sank five 3-pointers and scored 21 points to lead five players in double figures and help Charleston defeat Kent State 84-78 on Sunday.Smith made 8 of 14 shots, including 5 of 8 from distance, for the Cougars (3-3). Frankie Policelli hit four 3-pointers and scored 16. Bryce Butler totaled 12 points, seven rebounds and four assists, while fellow reserve Jordan Crawford scored 10. Ben Burnham had 11 points and six rebounds.Jalen Sullinger scored 23 points to lead the Golden Flashes (4-3), who took a 41-35 lead into halftime. Sullinger made three 3-pointers, all eight of his foul shots and added seven rebounds. Voncameron Davis came off the bench to score 19 on 9-for-12 shooting.Kent State will host Shawnee State on Thursday. Charleston will host Liberty on Friday.___Get poll alerts and updates on AP Top 25 basketball throughout the season. Sign up here___AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com...

Jalen Hurts runs for OT winner among 5 total TDs as Eagles beat Bills 37-34

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:07:49 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts scored the winning touchdown on a quarterback draw with 2:37 left in overtime, and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Buffalo Bills 37-34 on a cold, rainy Sunday.Hurts threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more, and he outdueled Buffalo’s Josh Allen while rallying the Eagles from a 17-7 halftime deficit for the second straight game.Philadelphia’s Jake Elliott tied the game with a 59-yard field goal with 20 seconds remaining. After the Bills went ahead with a field goal on the first possession of OT, Hurts ran virtually untouched for the 12-yard score that made the Eagles the only 10-1 team in the NFL.Allen threw for 339 yards and two touchdowns and ran for two scores for the Bills (6-6), who are in danger of missing the playoffs after winning the AFC East the past three years. But he was intercepted in the fourth quarter by James Bradbury, setting up Hurts’ 29-yard TD pass to Olamide Zaccheaus for a 28-24 Philly lead.Hurts finished 18 of 31 for 200...

US Navy seizes attackers who held Israel-linked tanker. Missiles from rebel-controlled Yemen follow

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 20:07:49 GMT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Armed assailants seized and later let go of a tanker linked to Israel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday before being apprehended by the United States Navy, officials said. Two ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled Yemen then landed near a U.S. warship aiding the tanker in the Gulf of Aden, raising the stakes amid a series of ship attacks linked to the Israel-Hamas war.Yemen’s internationally recognized government blamed the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels for the attack, though the rebels in control of the capital, Sanaa, did not acknowledge either the seizure or the missile attack. The attackers seized the Liberian-flagged Central Park, managed by Zodiac Maritime, in the Gulf of Aden, the company, the U.S. and British militaries and private intelligence firm Ambrey said. The U.S. military’s Central Command said in a statement early Monday that its forces and allies, including the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Mason, responded...