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Tom Allen won’t return as Indiana Hoosiers coach. The sides reached a $15.5 million buyout

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:05:37 GMT

Tom Allen spent four seasons steadily taking Indiana up the Big Ten ladder.Then everything came crashing down in college football’s rapidly evolving world.Three consecutive losing seasons and a three-year conference record of 3-24 cost Allen his dream job on Sunday, when the two sides reached a financial settlement to part ways.“It has been my greatest professional honor to serve as Indiana’s head football coach for the past seven years,” Allen said in a statement released by his agent. “Representing this university and this state has meant more to me than you can imagine. Our entire journey here has been based on a simple concept – Love. Each. Other. It’s what we’ve done, it’s what we’ll always do. I continue to believe it’s a recipe to change the world.”Allen had four years remaining on a contract he received in 2021 and was owed $20.8 million. But the athletic department said Allen agreed to take two payments worth $7.75 million, all of which will come from donor funds. It’s the ...

Police searching for driver in deadly crash in Aurora

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:05:37 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Police in Aurora are searching for a driver involved in a crash that killed one person Sunday morning in the area of South Havana Street and East Iliff Avenue.The crash was first reported just after 7 a.m. Two vehicles were involved.When police arrived on the scene, they found a 28-year-old man who had died in the crash.The crash closed both streets in all directions. The southbound lanes of Havana Street were reopened just after 1 p.m., according to police.According to a release from the Aurora Police Department, a preliminary investigation found that a Honda Accord was traveling south on Havana Street when it was struck in the driver's side door by a Hyundai Elantra.Investigators believe the driver of the Hyundai had run a red light right before the crash. That driver ran away after the crash.Police did not specify details about the driver but referred to the person as he. Police said he had not been positively identified or located as of Sunday evening.Now, polic...

75-year-old man suspected of dismembering body in Florida dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:05:37 GMT

INVERNESS, Fla. (AP) — A 75-year-old man suspected in the dismembering death of a man at a home in north Florida has died, sheriff’s officials said.Someone called deputies about a possible murder at a home in Inverness, which is 75 miles (121 kilometers) north of Tampa, the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Saturday.They knocked on the door and announced themselves, but got no answer. Deputies then began checking the home’s perimeter, the statement said.In the backyard, they saw a large butcher-style knife, along with blood and drag marks on the ground.The deputies continued trying to contact Jonathan Dimick Sr., 75, who they now considered a suspect in a crime, the statement said.Deputies entered the home and found Dimick sitting in his living room. He was unresponsive, with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was given emergency medical treatment and taken by helicopter to a hospital where he later died of his...

Nets snap three-game skid, beat Heat 112-97 with Miami resting Butler and Adebayo

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:05:37 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Mikal Bridges scored 24 points, Cam Johnson added 19 points and 10 rebounds, and the Brooklyn Nets routed the short-handed Miami Heat 112-97 on Saturday night to snap a three-game losing streak.Brooklyn got double-figure scoring from its entire starting five, with Dorian Finney-Smith scoring 16 points, Nic Claxton chipping in 13 and Spencer Dinwiddie finishing with 14 points and 11 assists.Miami was the third team the Nets held to under 100 points this season. The Nets forced the Heat into 17 turnovers.“Just give our guys credit for continuing to work at it,” coach Jacque Vaughn said. “It’s something new, getting our guys in different positions on the floor and taking calculated risks at certain time throughout the course of the game and possessions.”Caleb Martin scored 22 points off the bench and rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. had 18 for the Heat, who rested Jimmy Butler and Bam Abedayo, a night after blowing a 21-point lead and losing to New York at Madison Square Garden....

Storm impacts Sunday night

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:05:37 GMT

A coastal storm is moving in, bringing rain and wind to Southern New England overnight. Rain will start falling over the area over the next few hours, and gradually pick up intensity after midnight. The heaviest rain is expected to fall around 3am, with wind gusts also picking up around this time. There is a Wind Advisory for Cape Ann, Cape Cod, and the Islands through the overnight. Gusts up to 50 mph is a possibility for areas in the wind advisory. Other locations can expect gusts of 30mph or less.The storm moves out by Monday morning, but not without leaving behind at least a 1/2″ of rainfall for most.

Officials break ground on Cocoanut Grove fire memorial at Statler Park

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:05:37 GMT

Officials and area residents gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony at Statler Park in Boston on Sunday for a memorial to the hundreds of people who perished in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in 1942.The moving memorial will honor the 81st anniversary of the fast-moving fire that killed 490 people, marking the worst loss of life since Pearl Harbor and the second deadliest fire in American history.Family members of victims spoke at the event and some hose relatives survived the blaze noted the thanks they and their loved ones have for the good Samaritans and firefighters who rushed into the building to help.The memorial is set to be officially installed in September of 2024.

Push to extend Israel-Hamas truce grows

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:05:37 GMT

Israel and Hamas signaled that a temporary cease-fire in Gaza could be extended beyond Monday to allow for the release of more hostages and prisoners.U.S. President Joe Biden backed prolonging the war pause, saying it’s allowing for the delivery of “critically needed” aid to Gaza and the recovery of hostages, after another 17 were released by Hamas on Sunday.The four-day pause brokered by Qatar, which began Friday, provides for Hamas to release 50 hostages in exchange for 150 Israeli-held prisoners — and for Israel to hold its fire for each day that Hamas frees 10 more captives. Hamas has handed over 58 hostages through Sunday.“This deal is structured so that it can be extended to keep building on these results,” Biden told reporters. “That’s my goal.”Hamas released a statement on Telegram late Sunday saying it seeks to “extend the truce after the end of the four-day period.” Israel Defense Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said the military is preparing for the next stage of fighting,...

17 hostages released amid fragile cease-fire

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:05:37 GMT

Another 17 people were freed by Hamas on Sunday in the third day of hostage releases, including the first with U.S. citizenship: a four-year-old girl whose parents were killed in the Oct. 7 attacks.Abigail Idan, one of three hostages with American citizenship, was initially in the hands of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Hamas militants killed her parents at their home on the Kfar Aza kibbutz near the Gaza border.“One of our fellow Americans, a little girl named Abigail turned 4 years old — she spent her birthday, that birthday and at least 50 days before that held hostage by Hamas,” President Joe Biden said Sunday in Nantucket, where he spent the holidays. “She’s free and she’s in Israel now.”“What she endured is unthinkable,” he added.The total number of people released to the care of the Red Cross included 13 Israelis, three foreign nationals and an individual carrying a Russian passport, in exchange for 39 Palestinian prisoners, said Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokes...

Report: Former Red Sox OF Jackie Bradley Jr. to retire

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:05:37 GMT

Jackie Bradley Jr.’s career as one of baseball’s most underrated defenders may be in the rear-view mirror.The 33-year-old outfielder is expected to retire after an 11-year career spent mostly in a Red Sox uniform, MLB insider Jon Heyman reported this weekend.Boston drafted Bradley No. 40 overall in the first round of the 2011 MLB Draft and he made his Major League debut on Opening Day 2013. He’ll retire with an All-Star season, a Gold Glove Award and two World Series rings to his name.That Bradley only won one Gold Glove in 2018 belies how reliable and spectacular he was defensively (though he was a finalist in several other seasons). For years he was a one-man highlight reel in Fenway’s tricky center field, leaping and diving to make jaw-dropping leaping catches and scaling walls to rob hitters of home runs. Thrice between 2014-17 he was top-10 in the American League in Defensive Wins Above Replacement; his career 10.3 dWAR currently ranks 19th among active players. He led AL cente...

Thousands expected to pass through Chicago's airports, train stations amid holiday travel rush

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 20:05:37 GMT

CHICAGO — The holiday weekend is coming to an end and travelers heading back home are flooding Chicago’s airports, train stations and roadways.According to the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA), more than 1.65 million people passed through the Midway and O'Hare between last Tuesday and Monday, but the busiest day overall is Sunday. The busiest travel day around Thanksgiving, by the numbers 226,000 people are expected to make their way through O'Hare International Airport on Sunday as many make the trek back home after Thanksgiving.AAA predicts the number of travelers this week reached numbers even higher than pre-pandemic levels.Overnight snowfall made for some hazardous driving conditions across Chicagoland in the early morning hours on Sunday, but the snow mostly cleared up by the afternoon hours. Thanksgiving travel underway in Chicagoland, O’Hare International Airport The skies and roadways aren't the only place seeing the post-holiday congestion. A representative from Am...