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Undefeated Bay Area native to fight in Chase Center’s first-ever boxing match

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:45 GMT

Chase Center is trying something new this December, when it’ll be welcoming two warriors competing in something other than a basketball game.For the first time ever, boxing is coming to Chase Center, it was announced Tuesday morning.Mark your calendars for Dec. 9, when 24-year-old Bay Area native Devin Haney (30-0, 15 knockouts) will be moving up a weight class to take on 34-year-old Regis Prograis (29-1, 24 knockouts) in a matchup that is already creating headlines.Haney was born in San Francisco but grew up in Oakland until he was 14 and his family moved to Las Vegas. He quickly found fame in the boxing world at age 20 in 2019, when he became the youngest person in the sport to become a world champion.He’s now undefeated as a professional and is moving from lightweight to super lightweight to face Prograis, the current WBC World Super Lightweight champion who isn’t particularly intimidated by his new opponent.“Physically, I just think that I’m too much [for Haney], that’s all,” he...

Man fatally struck by garbage truck in San Jose

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:45 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- The San Jose Police Department is at the scene of a deadly collision involving a pedestrian and a garbage truck early Tuesday morning.Police responded to the fatal collision at 3:23 a.m. in the 40 block of S. Jackson Avenue near Interstate 680 and Alum Rock Avenue. The incident happened in the parking lot of Jackson Square. The pedestrian, an adult male, was pronounced deceased at the scene.This is the third pedestrian death in San Jose in the past four days.The driver remained at the scene and is cooperating with investigators, according to San Jose PD.Traffic in the area may be impacted, and authorities are advising drivers to avoid the area during the investigation into the crash.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

San Joaquin and Alameda counties have highest violent crime rates involving guns

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:45 GMT

(BCN) -- For over a decade, San Joaquin and Alameda counties have had the highest rates of violent crimes involving guns among California's 15 largest counties, according to a study.The Public Policy Institute of California, in a research it published on Monday, said that nearly 40% of violent crimes from 2010 to 2022 in San Joaquin and Alameda counties involved firearms. Oakland businesses plan Tuesday strike to protest crime The study, based on data from the California Department of Justice's Criminal Justice Statistics Center, revealed that in the same period, 90% of all homicides recorded in both counties involved guns. In Contra Costa County and San Francisco, around 70% and 60% respectively of their homicide cases involved guns. In Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, 50% and 38% respectively of similar cases were also committed with firearms, the study found.Half of robberies committed in Alameda County from 2010 to 2022 involved guns, according to the study.The Public Polic...

Dolphins’ McDaniel skirts a shot at history and Raiders’ McDaniels opts for a field goal mystery

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:45 GMT

Take a bow, Mike McDaniel, for taking a knee.Miami’s coach decided to forgo a field goal that would have allowed the Dolphins to break Washington’s record 72-point game set in 1966 against the Giants. Instead, he had his offense go into victory formation on fourth down at the Denver 27 in the final minute of their 70-20 shellacking of the Broncos on Sunday.McDaniel’s magnanimous gesture allowed the Broncos to avoid infamy to go with the insult of becoming the first team to surrender 350 yards and five touchdowns both passing and rushing in the same game.“It would have been cool,” McDaniel said of scoring more points than anyone in the 104-year history of the NFL. “But … that’s not really what I’m about. I will be fine getting second-guessed by turning down NFL records. That’s fine.”Fins fans wanted the record, loudly voicing their displeasure that the Dolphins didn’t match the all-time NFL record established by the Chicago Bears in their 73-0 wipe...

Prince William school system makes counterproposal on salaries

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:45 GMT

This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today.With an impasse in negotiations already declared by the Prince William Education Association, the two sides in the Prince William County Schools contract negotiation are going back and forth on wages, with a significant gap in between.On Tuesday, the school division delivered its counter-proposal on wages, offering an average 6% wage increase for all division employees, both for state-certified and classified. The offers were a far cry from the union’s demand of 17% raises, a proposal the school system estimates would cost roughly $184 million or about 12% of the division’s $1.5 billion fiscal 2023 budget.Last week, the union declared an impasse in negotiations, triggering a mediation process on a series of non-wage issues like employee rights, grievances, conditions of employment and board rights. “We had a fruitful discussion wi...

Karen Khacharov wins at Zhuhai Championships for his 1st title in 5 years

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:45 GMT

ZHUHAI, China (AP) — Top-seeded Karen Khachanov won his first tour title in nearly five years by beating Yoshihito Nishioka 7-6 (2), 6-1 at the Zhuhai Championships on Tuesday.The title caps an impressive comeback for the 27-year-old Russian, who was competing in only his second tour-level event since his French Open quarterfinal run in May when he suffered a stress fracture in his back.Khachanov dropped only one set en route to the final. It was his fifth tour title and first since Paris nearly five years ago.At the Ningbo Open, third-seeded Sorana Cirstea defeated Claire Liu 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, while Kamilla Rakhimova beat sixth-seeded Arantxa Rus 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 and Valeria Savinykh eliminated fifth-seeded Varvara Gracheva 7-5, 7-5.Wang Xiyu, who won the Guangzhou Open last week, lost to Nadia Podoroska 7-6 (3), 6-4.Top-seeded Ons Jabeur played later Tuesday against Diane Parry.At the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Marta Kostyuk beat sixth-seeded Daria Kasatkina beat 6-3, 4-6, 6-3...

Descuben en Tailandia una especie de tarántula azul eléctrica

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:45 GMT

(CNN) — Según una nueva investigación, se descubrió en Tailandia una especie de tarántula azul eléctrica “hipnotizadora”.Un grupo de investigadores tailandeses encontró la araña durante una expedición a la provincia de Phang-Nga, en el sur de Tailandia, para investigar la diversidad y distribución de las tarántulas en el país.“Encontramos una nueva especie de tarántula que exhibe un fascinante tono azul-violeta, que recuerda a las chispas azules eléctricas”, le dijo a CNN Narin Chomphuphuang, investigador del Departamento de Entomología y Patología Vegetal de la Universidad de Khon Kaen.El estudio que detalla el descubrimiento se publicó en la revista de investigación ZooKeys el 18 de septiembre.Descubren nuevo tipo de tarántula y la nombran en honor a Gabriel García MárquezLa tarántula azul eléctrica es una especie recién descubierta en el sur de Tailandia. (Crédito: Cortesía de Narin Chomphuphuang)El equipo que encontró la especie en un manglar tambié...

Police confirm 10-year-old’s death after accidental shooting at home in North Miami

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:45 GMT

North Miami Police have confirmed the death of a 10-year-old boy following an accidental shooting, Monday evening. Initially, relatives stated that the boy’s death took place after an incident at the home in the area of 14050 NW 5th Place. Officials said they received a call about a single shot that was fired at the house and that a child was injured. The young boy was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital. During their preliminary investigation, police said the situation was an isolated incident and they have no one in custody or a person of interest they are looking for. “This is a very fresh scene, so very preliminary, as we get additional information then those decisions can be made at that time,” said North Miami Police Chief Cherise Gause. “Obviously, this is a tragic incident anytime a juvenile is involved. So yes, we do want gun owners to practice gun safety at all times, especially when it’s involving children. So as we get information, I...

Messi’s status for US Open Cup final on Wednesday remains unclear

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:45 GMT

Lionel Messi’s status remains unclear for Inter Miami’s U.S. Open Cup final match against Houston on Wednesday night.The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner was subbed out of a match against Toronto on Sept. 20 in the first half because of a leg issue, and did not play in the team’s 1-1 tie at Orlando on Sunday. That was the third match he missed in its entirety — two for club, one for country — in the last two weeks.Messi was not on the field for the portion of a training session that was available to reporters on Tuesday. Speaking at a post-practice news conference at the team’s headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Inter Miami coach Gerardo “Tata” Martino said no decision on Messi’s status will be made before Wednesday.“It’s a handicap when you don’t have the best player in the world,” Inter Miami midfielder Sergio Busquets said.The nature of Messi’s leg problem remains unclear. Fatigue was originally cited for Messi’s absences, an...

FIFA moving 100+ jobs to Coral Gables from Zurich as legal department transfers to 2026 World Cup base

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:30:45 GMT

GENEVA (AP) — FIFA is moving more than 100 jobs from its Swiss headquarters to Florida, where a growing workforce is already working on organizing the 2026 World Cup.FIFA informed staff on Tuesday that its entire legal department and the audit, compliance and risk management teams will move from Zurich to Coral Gables near Miami — a city whose status on the global soccer map is growing after Lionel Messi’s move to play in MLS for Inter Miami.“The move is planned to be fully operational in August 2024,” FIFA told staff in an email seen by The Associated Press.“The FIFA office is a permanent office that will share space initially with the (FIFA 2026 World Cup) team at the Coral Gables premises in Florida,” said the email attributed to secretary general Fatma Samoura, who is leaving the world governing body at the end of the year.FIFA previously needed more staff based in the United States after making the organization of World Cups an in-house affair instead of relying on host n...