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UCF freshman Taylor Hendricks declares for NBA draft, he tells ESPN

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:40:00 GMT

UCF men’s basketball star Taylor Hendricks declared for the 2023 NBA draft on Wednesday, he told ESPN.Hendricks, a freshman who quickly rose in projected mock drafts throughout the season, has signed with attorney Raymond Brothers, president of Roc Nation basketball, as his NBA representation, the report said.“I want to thank my mom and brothers Tyler and Jamal,” Hendricks told ESPN. “Also, UCF and coach Johnny Dawkins for pushing me to develop my game and help get me where I am now.”Hendricks becomes the first “one-and-done” NBA draft prospect in UCF’s program history.The 6-foot-9 forward started all 30 games during the regular season and led the team in scoring, rebounds and blocks. Hendricks was the only player in the country with 60 or more made 3-pointers, 55 plus blocks and at least 35 dunks.ESPN lists Hendricks as the No. 12 best overall available player in June’s draft.In a recent mock draft, Yahoo Sports projected the UC...

Source: Patriots, DB Jalen Mills reach revised 1-year deal after expected release

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:40:00 GMT

The Patriots and defensive back Jalen Mills have agreed to terms on a revised 1-year deal four days after the team intended to release him, a source confirmed to the Herald.Mills’ new deal is a 1-year pact worth up to $6.1 million. His expected release was reported last week, a move that reduced the Pats’ already questionable cornerback depth. However next season, Mills plans to play safety, per The Score.Related ArticlesNew England Patriots | Guregian: Patriots’ dynastic defense ends without McCourty, Hightower New England Patriots | Former Patriots LB Dont’a Hightower announces retirement New England Patriots | Patriots honor retired S Devin McCourty with family-style send-off New England Patriots | Guregian: Forget it — Lamar Jackson to the Patriots is a pipe dream New England Patriots | Patriots releasing veteran CB in surprising move, per reports Mills enjoyed one of the best...

Child hospitalized after being trapped in vehicle following crash

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:40:00 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- A child was hospitalized after being trapped in a vehicle following a Wednesday morning crash, said the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.According to officials, a two-vehicle collision occurred shortly before 7:50 a.m. on Adams Avenue and Biona Drive in the Kensington neighborhood. SDFD reported one vehicle on its side on top of a fire hydrant.Adams Avenue is closed in both directions, SDFD told FOX 5. Travelers are encouraged to avoid the area.As of 8:20 a.m., SDFD reported one patient was transported to a local children's hospital in critical condition.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates

Mexico rights agency: 4 soldiers killed unarmed men

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:40:00 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s governmental human rights agency said four soldiers opened fire without justification on a pickup truck in the border city of Nuevo Laredo last month, killing five men and wounding another. The case of the Feb. 26 shootings has been referred to civilian and military prosecutors. The National Human Rights Commission normally steps back when cases go to prosecution. But the commission took the unusual step late Tuesday of issuing a report stating that four of the 21 soldiers on patrol that morning opened fire. The report claimed those four soldiers fired a total of 117 shots at the pickup, with three soldiers saying they opened fire to support the first soldier who started shooting.The report said the soldiers had committed excessive use of force and violated the rights of the men. The soldiers in four patrol vehicles had followed the pickup in the pre-dawn hours based on just a “suspicion,” and did not follow proper procedure in engaging the vehicle, the r...

Brazil police foil gang plot targeting Carwash judge Moro

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:40:00 GMT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Federal police raided locations in several states Wednesday to crack down on a gang accused of plotting assassinations and kidnappings of public officials including a former judge who presided over Brazil’s biggest corruption case.One of the suspects’ targets was Sen. Sérgio Moro, who as a judge presided over the Carwash bribery and money laundering investigation that began in 2014, Justice Minister Flávio Dino told reporters in Sao Paulo. The suspects had rented out houses near Moro’s home and office in Parana’s capital, Curitiba, and had erected walls to create rooms that could be used for stowing hostages, he said.Dino told reporters that authorities are investigating whether the criminals intended to kill or kidnap Moro. The operation was launched Wednesday because investigators determined the suspects were already setting up teams to execute their plans, he added.Moro said on Twitter he had been targeted for retaliation by one of Brazil’s most...

Shake Shack to come to Canada in 2024 with first location set for Toronto

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:40:00 GMT

TORONTO — Canadians with a hankering for Shake Shack’s juicy burgers and hand-spun milkshakes soon won’t have to cross the border to satisfy their cravings.Toronto-based private investment firms Osmington Inc. and Harlo Entertainment Inc. announced plans Wednesday to bring the U.S. fast food giant to Canada.Shake Shack’s Canadian debut will begin with a flagship location in Toronto set to open in 2024, the companies said, with plans for 35 locations across the country by 2035.The New York-based fast food brand that started out of a hotdog cart in Madison Square Park in 2001 and now has 440 locations worldwide has been eyeing Canada for “quite some time,” said the company’s chief global licensing officer, Michael Kark, in a statement.He promised the Canadian locations will feature a mix of Shake Shack classics including its burgers, chicken sandwiches, crinkle-cut fries, frozen custard, beer and wine, along with “bespoke Canada-exclusive item...

Canada needs 300,000 new rental units to avoid gap quadrupling by 2026: report

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:40:00 GMT

TORONTO — Canada’s rental housing shortage will quadruple to 120,000 units by 2026 without a significant boost in stock, Royal Bank of Canada said in a report Wednesday.In order to reach the optimal vacancy rate of three per cent, the report suggested Canada would need to add 332,000 rental units over the next three years, which would mark an annual increase of 20 per cent compared with the 70,000 units built last year.The research analyzed vacancy rate data released in January by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).Canada’s vacancy rate fell to 1.9 per cent in 2022, its lowest point in 21 years, from 3.4 per cent in 2020 and 2021.Competition for units also drove the highest annual increase in rent growth on record, by 5.6 per cent for a two-bedroom unit.Canada’s rental housing stock grew by 2.4 per cent in 2022, led by Calgary at 7.4 per cent and Ottawa-Gatineau at 5.5 per cent, while Toronto and Montreal saw the smallest percentage increases at 2.1 per c...

AP sources: Trump probe grand jury not meeting for the day

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:40:00 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump over hush money payments during his 2016 presidential campaign will not meet Wednesday despite that being one of the days each week when the panel ordinarily convenes, according to four people familiar with the matter.The grand jurors were told to be on standby for Thursday, another day when the panel has been meeting, three of the people said. The reason for the postponement was not immediately clear, but it would indicate that a vote on whether or not to indict Trump will be at least temporarily pushed back.The people who confirmed that the grand jury would not be meeting as scheduled were not authorized to discuss those details on the record and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press.The development comes amid mounting signs that the grand jury, which is probing payments to silence a porn actor who says she had a sexual encounter with Trump, is nearing the completion of its work....

Stratford man accused of threatening driver, smashing vehicle window in Durham Region

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:40:00 GMT

Police in Durham Region arrested a 31-year-old man accused in a violent road rage incident that started on Highway 401 in Whitby and ended up off the highway in Oshawa.Police say on Saturday a driver was travelling east on the 401 near Thickson Road when he saw a person in a vehicle behind him becoming “increasingly agitated” and believes the suspect threw an object at his vehicle.The victim followed the suspect off the highway, continuing east to Bloor Street West and Park Road South in Oshawa, where they both stopped.According to investigators, the suspect then walked up to the other vehicle, pointed an imitation firearm at the man and started to smash the driver side window and mirror of the vehicle.The man managed to get away from the suspect who then fled the area.Police haven’t said if the man was injured during the confrontation.Investigators managed to track down the suspect to a residence in Statford where he was arrested. While searching his home and vehi...

Activist investor wants Parkland to sell or spin off Burnaby refinery

Published Wed, 12 Feb 2025 11:40:00 GMT

CALGARY — A U.S. activist investor has set its sights on Calgary-based Parkland Corp., urging the fuel retailer to consider selling or spinning off its Burnaby refinery.New York-based Engine Capital LP., which owns about a two per cent stake in Parkland, sent a letter to the company’s board on Wednesday. In the letter, Engine criticized Parkland for being “unable to translate its advantaged strategic position and quality assets into adequate returns for shareholders,” and said the company could achieve better performance by becoming a pure play fuel and convenience retailer and getting rid of non-core assets.“We are particularly troubled by Parkland’s staggering underperformance compared to Canadian convenience retailer champion, Alimentation Couche-Tard,” Engine managing partner Arnaud Ajdler and partner Brad Favreau wrote, adding the investment fund proposes Parkland sell or spin off its Burnaby, B.C. refinery as well as its heating oil and propane di...