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Sydney Crosby’s 16th hat trick buries Blue Jackets 5-3

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Sidney Crosby recorded his 16th career hat trick, scoring twice in the third period, rallying the Pittsburgh Penguins over the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3 on Tuesday night for their league-leading fifth straight win.Crosby extended his point streak to nine games with the 558th, 559th and 560th goals of his career, also adding an assist. Jake Guentzel and Erik Karlsson each contributed a goal and an assist, and Tristan Jarry stopped 28 shots in his fourth consecutive win.Kirill Marchenko, Yegor Chinakhov and Alexandre Texier scored, and Elvis Merzlikins stopped 38 for Columbus, which has lost six straight and two in a row at home.Crosby put Pittsburgh up at 4:10 of the first period with a shot from the side of the net off a give-and-go with Marcus Pettersson.Marchenko stole the puck in the defensive zone and out-deked Jarry to pull Columbus even at 10:29.With 32 seconds left in the first period, Chinakhov put Columbus up 2-1 on his first goal of the season. Werens...

No. 21 Baylor women never trail in 84-77 win over fourth-ranked future Big 12 foe Utah

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

WACO, Texas (AP) — Sarah Andrews scored 18 points, Aijha Blackwell had 13 points with eight rebounds and 21st-ranked Baylor beat future conference foe and fourth-ranked Utah 84-77 on Tuesday night. The Bears (2-0) never trailed, building an early 10-point lead and then responding with a 12-3 run over the final 4 minutes of the third quarter after Utah’s Gianna Kneepkens made a jumper to make it 51-all. That was the second and last time the game was tied. The other was 2-2 in the opening minute. Alissa Pill, the Pac-12’s top player last season, had 22 points on 9-of-11 shooting to lead Utah (2-1), even after playing less than 2 minutes in the first half after two early fouls. Kneepkens had 18 points and Isabel Palmer 11. Jenna Johnson had 10 rebounds. The Utes, who returned all five starters after winning 27 games and Pac-12 regular-season title last season, will be joining Baylor in the Big 12 next year. Andrews, the senior guard and only Bear to play more than two seasons at ...

Miami Dolphins hand out holiday meals to families at Hard Rock Stadium

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

The Miami Dolphins threw a holiday celebration.The team, joined by cheerleaders and staff, dished out turkey and fixins at the Hard Rock Stadium Tuesday evening to area families.It was all part of the “Football Unites” program, which a youth and community group. “Just coming out here, and trying to support the community as much as possible,” said Dolphins linebacker Jaelan Phillips. “It really means everything. With our platform, just being able to come out here and spread some love and make peoples day, is really the greatest feeling.”Food was supplied by ”Troy’s Barbque” in Boynton Beach, which is part of the Dolphin’s Minority Restaurant program.The families were also surprised with an extra meal box to take home for the holidays.

Seeding the future: A discussion on new genomic techniques

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Focused on the production and sale of seed for corn, sugarbeet, cereals, vegetables, oilseed rape and sunflower, KWS is one of the world’s leading plant-breeding companies. It has over 5,000 employees in more than 70 countries and net sales of around $1.94 billion in the fiscal year 2022/2023. It uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to continuously improve yield for farmers and plants’ resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested more than $320 million last fiscal year in research and development. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for 165 years. Here, CEO Felix Büchting shares his insights.Q:  What are the main elements currently moving KWS and the seed sector in Europe?New breeding methods are an important tool for the future of sustainable agriculture, for maintaining food supply and for achieving the Farm to Fork targets of the EU Green Deal.A: Agriculture today faces a multitude of chall...

US-EU unity ruptures over climate damage payments

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

A Brussels promise has exposed the yawning gap between the United States and European Union over payments to climate-ravaged countries — just ahead of a major climate summit.The vow came Monday from Wopke Hoekstra, the EU’s climate commissioner, who said the EU was “ready to announce a substantial financial contribution” for a new climate damage fund. The pronouncement flew in the face of the more cautious U.S. approach — and will inevitably raise pressure on Washington and other wealthy governments to follow suit. The emerging divide reflects how contentious the debate is over a fund to support countries scarred by extreme weather and other global warming harms, often referred to as “loss and damage.” Even settling on a framework for the fund faced challenges until climate negotiators reached a fragile agreement earlier this month in Abu Dhabi. The dispute has often pitted rich, heavy-emitting countries like the U.S. and the EU against the developing countries facing...

Pastrnak, with a goal and 2 assists, leads Boston Bruins to 5-2 win over Buffalo Sabres

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists to lead the Boston Bruins to a 5-2 victory against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday.Danton Heinen, Brandon Carlo, Oskar Steen, and Hampus Lindholm all scored their first goals of the season and Linus Ullmark made 32 saves for the Bruins, who are 3-0-1 in their last four games.Pastrnak’s 11th goal of the season was the second of five straight goals scored by Boston.“(Pastrnak) allows you to have a lot of success as a team because he’s a difference maker, right,” Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said. “He makes people around him better. As good a goal scorer he is, he’s as equal a passer, and the way he competes as a leader on our team and our most skilled player, it shows everybody that you have to work to have success.”Victor Olofsson scored two goals for Buffalo. Devon Levi made 13 saves on 18 shots before he was replaced by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen in the second period. Luukkonen made 14 saves for Buffalo who are 1-2-1 in their la...

Orioles make no additions to 40-man roster ahead of Rule 5 draft protection deadline

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

On the day of the deadline to protect prospects from being selected in the Rule 5 draft, the Orioles made more subtractions from their 40-man roster than additions to it.Ahead of Tuesday evening’s deadline, Baltimore added no minor leaguers to its 40-man roster, meaning all eligible players will be available to other teams in next month’s Rule 5 draft, though none of the Orioles’ top 30 prospects, according to Baseball America, were left exposed.Instead, Baltimore’s only roster moves Tuesday were outrighting utility player Terrin Vavra and left-hander Tucker Davidson to Triple-A Norfolk, leaving four openings on the 40-man roster. Vavra made the Orioles’ opening day roster, batting .245 with no extra-base hits in 27 major league games, but missed much of the year with a right shoulder injury. Davidson was claimed off waivers from the Kansas City Royals last month and agreed to terms on a contract last week that established his salary for any time spent ...

Report: Sox close to hiring Andrew Bailey as pitching coach

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

The Red Sox are “close to hiring” Andrew Bailey to be their new pitching coach, MLB insider Ken Rosenthal reported late Tuesday night.Bailey, who pitched for the Red Sox from 2012-13, has been the San Francisco Giants’ pitching coach for the last four years. He’s close friends with Boston’s new chief baseball officer Craig Breslow; they were teammates for five years in Oakland and Boston and already work together on Breslow’s Strike 3 Foundation.Several teams sought Bailey’s services, including the Baltimore Orioles. The New York Yankees interviewed him on Monday for their bench coach opening, which would’ve been a vertical move, a step closer to managing.Regardless of his relationship with Breslow, the Red Sox landing Bailey is a strong way to start the offseason. It not only shows how serious they are about transforming their pitching; it signals that they’re prepared to be aggressive again in the pursuit of winning.It may even...

Some of the 40 workers trapped in India tunnel collapse are sick as debris and glitches delay rescue

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Some of the 40 construction workers trapped in a collapsed road tunnel for a fourth day were sick as falling debris and technical glitches delayed the work to free them, officials in northern India said Wednesday.Wide pipes are set to be drilled through excavated rubble to create a passage to free the workers trapped since Sunday when a portion of the under-construction road collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state. That is testing the patience of the relatives and friends of the trapped workers gathering outside the tunnel who are growing frustrated and angry with reports that some workers were falling sick.Magistrate Abhishek Ruhela said some workers have sent messages that they are suffering from fever, body aches, and nervousness. Medicine has been sent through pipes that were set up earlier to get water and food to the workers.“Essential eatables such as gram and almonds are being sent through the same channels,” Ruhela said.Two of the workers also were ...

2 pizza delivery drivers robbed this month in Oakland

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 14:00:00 GMT

CHICAGO — Chicago police have issued a warning after two pizza delivery drivers were robbed this month in the city's Oakland neighborhood.The robberies happened in the 4000 block of South Lake Park Avenue. One happened around 6 p.m. on Nov. 6 and the other happened around 6:45 p.m. on Saturday. Read more: Latest Chicago news headlines Police said the group of two or three men displayed handguns and took food and the driver's belongings.Anyone with information is asked to call Area One detectives at 312-747-8380.