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Mother of Honduran migrant teen who died in US custody says he had epilepsy but wasn’t seriously ill

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:49 GMT

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The mother of a 17-year-old Honduran migrant who died in U.S. custody said Saturday her son had epilepsy but showed no signs of being seriously ill before he left for the United States. The death of Ángel Eduardo Maradiaga Espinoza at a holding center in Safety Harbor, Florida, on Wednesday underscored concerns about a strained immigration system as the Biden administration ends asylum restrictions known as Title 42. His mother, Norma Saraí Espinoza Maradiaga, said that her son had had epilepsy since he was a child, but that his seizures were brief and not serious.“He had epilepsy, but it wasn’t an illness that threatened him, because he had had it since he was eight,” she said. “The longest a seizure would last was less than a minute. It seemed like it only hit him a little.”Espinoza Maradiaga had told The Associated Press in a phone interview Friday that Ángel Eduardo left his hometown of Olanchito on April 25. He crossed the U.S.-Mexico border s...

Ku-Dipietro helps DC United earn 1-1 draw with Nashville

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:49 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Theodore Ku-Dipietro scored late in the second half to help D.C. United earn a 1-1 draw with Nashville SC on Saturday night.Ku-Dipietro took passes from Kristian Fletcher and Mateusz Klich and scored in the 81st minute. It was Ku-Dipietro’s first goal since scoring in the season opener.Alex Muyl put Nashville (5-3-4) up 1-0 in the 73rd minute with his first goal of the season. It was unassisted.DC United (4-5-3) was trying to win back-to-back matches at home for the first time since beating the New England Revolution and Houston Dynamo early last season.Tyler Miller only had to make one save as DC United held reigning MVP Hany Mukhtar in check. Mukhtar entered play with six goals and three assists in his last six matches.Joe Willis did not have a save for Nashville. The two teams combined for 15 shots with just three on target.Nashville is 3-0-2 all-time versus DC United.DC United travels to play the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday. Nashville returns home to ...

Martinez’s 3-run shot lifts Dodgers over Padres 4-2, win 4th in row

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:49 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just off the injured list, J.D. Martinez made his presence felt with a big blast.He hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the first inning, Julio Urías tossed seven strong innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 on Saturday for their fourth straight victory.The NL West leaders earned their fifth consecutive series win and have won 17 of their last 20 at Dodger Stadium. Their 14-6 home record is tops in the division. The Dodgers stretched their lead to six games over the third-place Padres.“We got a chance to go for the jugular tomorrow and that’s our intent,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said.Martinez came off the IL on Thursday after being out since April 23 with a back issue. The five-time AL All-Star signed with the Dodgers as a free agent in the offseason.“At the beginning, I felt I was pressing a little bit too much,” Martinez said. “The lineup is really potent. You got six, seven guys that can carry the team. They really control t...

Joey Wiemer’s sacrifice fly in 9th lifts Brewers past Royals 4-3

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:49 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rookie Joey Wiemer’s sacrifice fly with one out in the ninth inning gave the Milwaukee Brewers a 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night.Christian Yelich homered twice for Milwaukee, with the second tying it at 3 in the sixth with a shot off Josh Taylor, who relieved starter Zack Greinke to begin the inning.Brian Anderson opened the ninth with a single off Carlos Hernandez (0-1), who came on in relief to start the inning. Owen Miller’s one-out double sent Anderson to third. Wiemer then sent an 0-1 pitch deep enough to center to easily score Anderson — and then got a Gatorade shower from his jubilant teammates to celebrate the win.Devin Williams (3-0) got the victory with a perfect ninth.Salvador Perez opened the fifth with his eighth homer to put the Royals up 3-2, chasing starter Adrian Houser.Houser, making his second start after four rehab starts at Triple-A, allowed three runs and eight hits as the Royals left six aboard through four inni...

Phoenix Suns fire coach Monty Williams after 4 years, AP sources say

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:49 GMT

The Phoenix Suns fired Monty Williams on Saturday, two years after reaching the NBA Finals and a year after he was the overwhelming choice as the coach of the year, two people with knowledge of the decision said.The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the decision.Williams had great success in his four regular seasons in Phoenix, winning 63% of his games. But three consecutive years of playoff frustration was likely too much for the Suns to overlook — especially after two straight years of Phoenix trailing by 30 points at halftime of elimination games at home.ESPN and The Athletic first reported the decision.The Suns had a 2-0 lead in the 2021 NBA Finals, only to lose in six games. They lost in the second round in each of the last two seasons, both times in an embarrassing finale — last year to Dallas, this year to Denver.“Neither day feels good,” Williams said after the loss earlier this week to Denver, when asked to com...

Meram scores twice as Charlotte tops Atlanta United 3-1

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:49 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Justin Meram scored two goals, Karol Swiderski added a penalty-kick score and Charlotte FC breezed to a 3-1 victory over Atlanta United on Saturday night.Charlotte (4-5-3) took a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute on a goal by Meram. Ashley Westwood and Jaylin Lindsey picked up assists on Meram’s first goal since scoring in a 2-2 draw with the Colorado Rapids in July of last season while playing for Real Salt Lake.Swiderski’s PK goal came in the 52nd minute following a red card on Atlanta United’s Andrew Gutman. Meram made it 3-0 when he took a pass from Kamil Józwiak and scored five minutes later.Charlotte’s Kristijan Kahlina and Atlanta United’s Quentin Westberg both finished with one save.Charlotte evens the all-time series at 2-2-0 and avenges a 3-0 home loss to Atlanta United (5-4-3) earlier this season.Atlanta United had an 11-6 advantage in shots, but Charlotte had a 4-2 edge in shots on target. Charlotte is 3-1-0 in its last four matches...

Colorado congresswoman pushes bill to confront 'zombie drug' through US House

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Colorado Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo put a bill through the U.S. House of Representatives to confront what some call a public health crisis.It's Caraveo's first bill ever passed by the House. If it passes the Senate and is signed into law, it would fund research to learn more about Xylaxine, a dangerous drug also called "tranq.""We're giving the National Institute of Science and Technology the ability to create testing and safe way to handle this for law enforcement," Caraveo said. Xylazine, the ‘zombie drug,’ infiltrating street supply "The danger is that it's a synthetic opioid," Caraveo said, "so Narcan which works against fentanyl and other substance does not work against this."The goal is to learn more about this drug and how to detect it in victims."To make sure that people know what they're ingesting," Caraveo said, "people know what they're coming in contact with if they're law enforcement officers."First responders would have another tool to manage the d...

'It was so unexpected': Young mom battling breast cancer

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:49 GMT

THORNTON, Colo. (KDVR) -- A 32-year-old single mom of two from Thornton was diagnosed with breast cancer in February this year.“I felt something like a tiny marble in my left breast then after a mammogram, it turns out it was breast cancer,” Kelsey Kaminky said. "Then they found it was Stage One-B.” Kaminky said just over three weeks later she was sent in to have a double mastectomy in hopes of preventing the cancer from spreading. But she said a recent scan showed another spot on her liver and one in her left armpit. ‘Turn yourselves in and do what’s right,’ Family of deadly shooting victim pleads for answers "I am scared. It's scary. It was so unexpected. I'm so young and I have so much to live for," Kaminky said. Just days before this Mother's Day, Kaminky went through her first round of six hours of chemotherapy. “I feel terrible today. I don’t feel good at all. I am just powering through for now for my kids basically," Kaminky said. Kaminky said the thing that keeps her...

Why property tax bill caused controversy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:49 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Republican House Minority Leader Mike Lynch and Democratic House Speaker Julie McCluskie discussed the recent passing of a property tax bill that caused some controversy between the parties. Republicans walked out of the House in the legislative session’s final hours, upset with the Democrats’ bill on property taxes. How to challenge what you owe in property taxes “If we would have had the tools afforded to us in the constitution without having rules keeping us from the debate going, the bill would have never survived,” Lynch told "Colorado Point of View" host Matt Mauro this week.Gov. Jared Polis and those who support the bill said it will provide much-needed property tax relief while ensuring local services are not hurt and also put more money toward education.“The last two sessions, we have brought forward property tax reductions for Coloradans, but we felt like it was time to invest our energy into a longer-term solution,” McCluskie said. Mauro also discussed ...

South Florida Mind Your Health Festival held in SW Miami-Dade

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:52:49 GMT

An event held this weekend in Southwest Miami-Dade aimed to raise awareness for mental health.The South Florida Mind Your Health Festival was held at Larry and Penny Thompson Memorial Park, Saturday afternoon.The outdoor event provided resources and emotional support to anyone affected by mental health issues.“It’s really important to bring awareness to the community, right? We take such great care of our physical bodies — we work out, we eat right — but we don’t take care of the mind,” said Vicky Sabharwal, CEO of Jackson Behavioral Health, “and I think this event really helps to being that awareness in the community of how important mental well-being is.” WSVN is a sponsor of Mind Your Health.7Weather meteorologists Vivian Gonzalez and Jackson Dill spoke as emcees.