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Raiders sign 5 drafted players, including third-round WR Tre Tucker

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:47 GMT

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders signed five of their drafted players Thursday, including wide receiver Tre Tucker. Tucker was selected in the third round out of Cincinnati, where he caught 56 passes last season for 672 yards and three touchdowns. He also has two career kickoff returns for touchdowns.Quarterback Aidan O’Connell was taken in the fourth round out of Purdue, where he passed for 9,219 career yards and 65 TDs.Safety Chris Smith II, a fifth-rounder, had 132 career tackles at Georgia, with five tackles for loss, six interceptions and 10 pass breakups.Linebacker Amari Burney was a sixth-round selection out of Florida, where he totaled 223 career tackles, 15 tackles for loss, seven sacks and 12 pass breakups.Defensive tackle Nesta Jade Silvera, taken in the seventh round out of Arizona State after previously playing at Miami, had 161 career tackles, 20 1/2 tackles for loss and 3 1/2 sacks.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nfl and https://twitter.com/AP_NFL ...

Cognizant Founders Cup Scores

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:47 GMT

ThursdayAt Upper Montclair Country ClubClifton, N.J.Purse: $3 millionYardage: 6,536; Par: 72First RoundSei Young Kim34-32—66Hae-Ran Ryu34-33—67Peiyun Chien36-32—68Hye Jin Choi34-34—68Nasa Hataoka36-32—68Cheyenne Knight37-31—68Jin Young Ko33-35—68Minjee Lee32-36—68Stacy Lewis35-33—68Maddie Szeryk34-34—68Atthaya Thitikul35-33—68Na Rin An33-36—69Pajaree Anannarukarn35-34—69Aditi Ashok34-35—69Gemma Dryburgh37-32—69Grace Kim36-33—69Yealimi Noh36-33—69Anna Nordqvist35-34—69Ryann O’Toole36-33—69Luna Sobron Galmes35-34—69Bailey Tardy34-35—69Samantha Wagner36-33—69Angel Yin33-36—69Pavarisa Yoktuan34-35—69Perrine Delacour35-35—70Wei-Ling Hsu36-34—70Stephanie Kyriacou35-35—70Lexi Thompson36-34—70Ruoning Yin36-34—70Ashleigh Buhai36-35—71Lauren Coughlin37-34—71Maria Fassi37-34—71Georgia Hall36-35—71Haeji Kang36-35—71Sarah Kemp37-34—71Frida Kinhult34-37—71Aline Krauter36-35—71Maude-Aimee Leblanc34-37—71Lucy Li37-34—71Brittany Lincicome37-34—71Yu Liu37-34—71Azahara Munoz37-34—71Madelene Sags...

Cognizant Founders Cup Par Scores

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:47 GMT

ThursdayAt Upper Montclair Country ClubClifton, N.J.Purse: $3 millionYardage: 6,536; Par: 72First RoundSei Young Kim34-32—66-6Hae-Ran Ryu34-33—67-5Peiyun Chien36-32—68-4Hye Jin Choi34-34—68-4Nasa Hataoka36-32—68-4Cheyenne Knight37-31—68-4Jin Young Ko33-35—68-4Minjee Lee32-36—68-4Stacy Lewis35-33—68-4Maddie Szeryk34-34—68-4Atthaya Thitikul35-33—68-4Na Rin An33-36—69-3Pajaree Anannarukarn35-34—69-3Aditi Ashok34-35—69-3Gemma Dryburgh37-32—69-3Grace Kim36-33—69-3Yealimi Noh36-33—69-3Anna Nordqvist35-34—69-3Ryann O’Toole36-33—69-3Luna Sobron Galmes35-34—69-3Bailey Tardy34-35—69-3Samantha Wagner36-33—69-3Angel Yin33-36—69-3Pavarisa Yoktuan34-35—69-3Perrine Delacour35-35—70-2Wei-Ling Hsu36-34—70-2Stephanie Kyriacou35-35—70-2Lexi Thompson36-34—70-2Ruoning Yin36-34—70-2Ashleigh Buhai36-35—71-1Lauren Coughlin37-34—71-1Maria Fassi37-34—71-1Georgia Hall36-35—71-1Haeji Kang36-35—71-1Sarah Kemp37-34—71-1Frida Kinhult34-37—71-1Aline Krauter36-35—71-1Maude-Aimee Leblanc34-37—71-1Lucy Li37-34—...

Man shot and killed by officers in Fairfax Co. parking lot

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:47 GMT

Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, said officers shot and killed a man after a struggle in a parking lot on Route 1 on Thursday.The department said in a tweet that no officers were hurt by gunfire during the incident, which happened near the intersection of Route 1 and N Kings Highway shortly after 4 p.m. near the Huntington area.Multiple witnesses told WTOP the man who was shot had been driving a police vehicle and crashed by the McDonald’s. A responding officer pulled their service weapon and started firing at the crashed police vehicle, according to witnesses.Police said the man was shot during a struggle with officers.“This is a McDonald’s, so there’s people on the street. I could hear screams. It was scary,” said Lori Terry, who saw the incident unfold while driving nearby.Officers are in the 6300 blk Richmond Hwy after an officer struggled with a man in a parking lot. Officers discharged their firearms during the struggle. The suspect was declare...

Denver weather: More rain and flooding in Colorado

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver's weather will stay wet and cooler after severe storms and then record-breaking rainfall. Flood watches will remain in effect until Friday morning.Weather tonight: Flooding rain Rain showers will be heavy at times through the evening and overnight Thursday. Rainfall record broken at Denver International Airport Low temperatures will be cool and fall to the mid-40s.Weather tomorrow: More rain, breezyMore rain is in the forecast on Friday. Temperatures will stay cool and only reach 60 degrees alongside wind gusts out of the northwest up to 35 mph.Looking ahead: More rain, warm-up aheadSoggy weather and more spring showers and thunderstorms will continue on and off for the next seven days. Saturday is looking dry, but the chance for showers will increase on Mother's Day.Temperatures will be cooler on Sunday and only reach the upper 50s. A more spring-like pattern will return next week with temperatures warming to the mid-70s again and a chance for afternoon sho...

Denver Broncos release 2023 schedule

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Broncos knew who they would face, but which team and when was still in question until the schedule was released Thursday night. Here is the lineup for the Broncos 2023 season:Week 1: Sept. 10 vs. Las Vegas Raiders at 2:25 p.m.Week 2: Sept. 17 vs. Washington Commanders at 2:25 p.m.Week 3: Sept. 24 at Miami Dolphins at 11:00 a.m.Week 4: Oct. 1 at Chicago Bears at 11 a.m.Week 5: Oct. 8 vs. New York Jets at 2:25 p.m.Week 6: Oct. 12 at Kansas City Chiefs at 6:15 p.m.Week 7: Oct. 22 vs. Green Bay Packers at 2:25 p.m.Week 8: Oct. 29 vs. Kansas City Chiefs at 2:25 p.m.Week 9: BYEWeek 10: Nov. 13 at Buffalo Bills at 6:15 p.m.Week 11: Nov. 19 vs. Minnesota Vikings at 6:20 p.m.Week 12: Nov. 26 vs Cleveland Browns at 2:05 p.m.Week 13: Dec. 3 at Houston Texans at 2:05 p.m.Week 14: Dec. 10 at Los Angeles Chargers at 2:25 p.m.Week 15: Dec. 16/17 at Detroit Lions TBDWeek 16: Dec. 24 vs. New England Patriots at 6:15 p.m.Week 17: Dec. 31 vs Los Angeles Chargers at 2:25 p.m...

1 dead, 4 wounded in southeast Denver shooting

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- A man was shot and killed during an exchange of gunfire between several parties Wednesday night in southeast Denver, the Denver Police Department said Thursday. Police said the preliminary investigation showed an assault allegedly occurred in an apartment in the 9600 block of E. Girard Avenue. The victim left and returned with other people, which ended up in a shootout outside the apartment involving multiple parties around 8:45 p.m., police said. Video captures gunshots that wounded 5 in southeast Denver Five people were shot. Three were taken to the hospital by ambulance, while two others went on their own. Police said a man later died at the hospital. Initial reports said four men and one woman were involved in the shooting but police have now confirmed one of the surviving victims is 17 years old. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-STOP.

'You won a million dollars!': $20 scratcher makes Denver woman a millionaire

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- All it took was a $20 scratcher ticket and a woman from Denver became Colorado's newest millionaire.The Colorado Lottery said that Crystal G. won $1 million on a Monopoly 200X scratch ticket. How this Colorado man plans to spend his $5.5M winning lotto ticket Crystal told the Colorado Lottery that she scratched off the top prize on the ticket and was “calm but shocked.” The Colorado Lottery said Crystal didn’t get nervous or excited until she told her kids. When she called her son into the room to look at the ticket and sent a picture to her niece in Ohio, she said, "Are you pranking me? Is this real!?” Crystal told them, “No, I have this in my hand; I think this is real!”What will Crystal do with the money?The Colorado Lottery said Crystal plans to buy a new house with the money and that she has already put an offer on one. They said she hopes the offer will be accepted so that she can move closer to her sister in Colorado Springs. She might also take a trip to H...

Belly dancing, Broward-based Gabby B on beats and bullying

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:47 GMT

You can hear a lot of the world in the music of Gabby B. We sat down with the South Florida artist at Markee Music Studios in Deerfield Beach to find out what makes up her sound.Geography plays a big part in the songs of Gabby B.Gabby B: “Since I was born in Brazil, raised in France, lived in Canada, and here I like to mix up elements of cultural sounds from different countries that I know of and put it into a pop song.”The Broward-based Miss B gets plenty of inspiration from her SoFlo surroundings.Gabby B: “I just feel at home here, and I feel like the tropical vibe is me also, and the Miami style of music fits me super well, with the dancing and all of that.”Moving comes naturally to the 23-year-old.She’s an expert at belly-dancing.There’s more to Gabby than movin’ and groovin’.She tackled the subject of bullying on her latest single, “One Too Many.”Gabby B, singing: “One too many disappointments/one too many brande...

Spain approves €2B package to alleviate drought impact

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:47 GMT

The Spanish government approved measures on Thursday valued at more than €2 billion to mitigate the impact of a prolonged drought that’s clobbering the country’s agricultural sector.“Spain is a country used to facing droughts, but climate change means that we must prepare for more frequent and severe periods like the current one,” said Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera. “We need anticipation, structural and emergency measures.”The new measures come as the country goes into campaign mode ahead of regional and municipal elections on May 28, in which the impact of the drought is set to be a key issue. A number of other EU countries also are currently bracing for a repeat of last year’s bone-dry summer, or worse, with about a quarter of the Continent’s territory under drought warning or alert. The vast majority of Spain’s new package, some €1.4 billion, will be used to build new water infrastructure, boost the reuse of urb...