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Bruins bring back Milan Lucic among their bargain shopping in NHL free agency

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:19:44 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — Milan Lucic is back with the Boston Bruins, grinning ear to ear while wearing a hat of the team he won the Stanley Cup with more than a decade ago.Lucic returned to the Bruins just after the opening of NHL free agency Saturday, one of several players signed to bargain contracts. The 2011 Cup champion got a $1 million deal with $500,000 more possible in performance-based incentives as part of an emotional rendezvous.“It’s a place that’s close and dear to my heart,” said Lucic, now 35, who played his first eight NHL seasons with Boston. “It feels like I’m going home.”Also signed to contracts next season were winger James van Riemsdyk ($1 million) and 2020 Cup-winning defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk ($1.05 million). Former Seattle forward Morgan Geekie signed for $4 million over two years and Patrick Brown for $1.6 million over two years.“We did a lot of the things that we set out to do in addressing the depth overall of our club,” general manager Don Sweeney said. “We have ...

VIDEO: San Diego's 'shark shores' in full-swing as leopard sharks arrive

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:19:44 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Summertime in San Diego means its time for locals to break out the beach gear to hang out at one of the region's sandy shores. That includes some of our aquatic friends, who have just arrived for the season.Every year, thousands of leopard sharks swarm to the coast near La Jolla, hanging out for a couple months just beyond the breaking waves at the southern end of the Shores Beach. It's the largest annual aggregation of leopard sharks in the world, with kayakers, swimmers and divers all flocking to the region to swim among the generally harmless creatures.The leopard sharks off the San Diego coast during the season are almost entirely female. Many of them travel to the shallow waters while pregnant to help their pups grow in the calm, warm waters -- an ideal natural incubator. There's also an abundance of food in the sandy reefs, including clams, crabs, shrimp, squid, fish and fish eggs -- attracting the spotted creatures to the San Diego area. Rare ‘corpse plant’ to...

65-year-old man in critical condition after hit by truck while on bus bench

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:19:44 GMT

CHULA VISTA, Calif. -- A 65-year-old pedestrian is in critical condition after he was struck by a vehicle while sitting on a bus bench on Friday, according to the Chula Vista Police Department.Around 9 p.m., officers with the department were alerted of the collision in the 300 block of E Street. When police arrived on scene, they discovered a large pickup truck collided with a bus bench, where the male pedestrian was seated.Paramedics and officers attempted lifesaving measures on the pedestrian before he was transported to a nearby hospital. The 65-year-old remains hospitalized and is in critical condition, according to CVPD. Traffic posts stolen from Pacific Beach street The occupants of the truck contacted 911 as soon as the collision occurred, CVPD said. They remained on scene and cooperated with law enforcement's investigation.The series of events that led up to the crash and what caused the collision remains under investigation by the CVPD Traffic Bureau. Police have not disc...

2nd bus carrying asylum seekers from Texas arrives in Los Angeles

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:19:44 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A bus carrying migrants from a Texas border city arrived in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday for the second time in less than three weeks.The office of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was not formally notified but became aware on Friday of the bus dispatched from Brownsville, Texas, to L.A. Union Station, Bass spokesperson Zach Seidl said in a statement. “The City of Los Angeles believes in treating everyone with respect and dignity and will do so,” he said.The bus arrived around 12:40 p.m., and the 41 asylum-seekers on board were welcomed by a collective of faith and immigrant rights groups. Eleven children were on the bus, according to a statement by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights.The asylum seekers came from Cuba, Belize, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Venezuela. They received water, food, clothing and initial legal immigration assistance at St. Anthony’s Croatian Parish Center and church. Jorge-Mario Cabrera, a spok...

Venezuelan women are increasingly taking up the grueling work of fishing in the Caribbean

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:19:44 GMT

CHUAO, Venezuela (AP) — Long before sunrise, dozens of people gather around more than 50 boats along this portion of Venezuela’s vast Caribbean coast, their tanned bodies showing scars and maimed hands from years of fishing. Most of them are men, but women are increasingly among them.The women may be joining a family tradition of fishing, or in some cases launching new careers after losing jobs during Venezuela’s economic crisis, enlisting in the physically demanding work that may pay $8 after five consecutive 12-hour shifts.That’s only a fraction of the estimated $390 that a Venezuelan family would need per month to buy a basic basket of goods in the South American country, but it is more than the nationwide $5 monthly minimum wage.Once relegated to cooking or cleaning at hostels, bed-and-breakfasts and diners, women in the coastal communities of Choroni and neighboring Chuao have been gaining the respect of men with whom they now work to catch thousands of pounds of fish a day. Ma...

Healing mass marks anniversary of Highland Park parade shooting

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:19:44 GMT

HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — It’s been nearly a year since the Highland Park parade shooting. To mark the somber anniversary, the Highland Park community is holding several events and services to remember those who were killed, injured, and impacted in the coming days. Saturday night, Christ Our Hope parishioners gathered at Immaculate Conception Church for a mass focused on “healing and remembrance.”  Highland Park ‘Dad Bods’ bond over basketball In many ways, the residents of Highland Park were still feeling the impact of July 4, 2022.On that day, seven people were killed and dozens of others were wounded when a gunman armed with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire on the city’s Fourth of July parade crowd, firing more than 80 rounds in an attack that horrified the nation. Parish pastor Father Hernan Cuevos celebrated the "mass for healing and remembrance" by sharing some spiritual reflections on the year since the parade tragedy. He led a group of people from the parade route to seek sh...

2 dead after fiery crash in Williamson Co., DPS says

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:19:44 GMT

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Two people are dead after a two-vehicle crash in Williamson County Saturday, the Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed to KXAN.At approximately 2:20 p.m., troopers responded to the crash at State Highway 95, half a mile south of Coupland Drive, DPS said.A Chevrolet pickup, occupied by a man driver, was traveling north on SH 95, DPS said. Then, a Ford F-350, occupied by a woman driver, was traveling south on SH 95. For an unknown reason, the Chevrolet traveled onto the wrong side of the road and struck the Ford, according to DPS.Both vehicles caught fire, and both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene.No more details were available Saturday, and DPS said the investigation into the incident is on-going.

Austin FC settles for draw at Inter Miami

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:19:44 GMT

After two wins at home to start the second half of the MLS season, Austin FC couldn't quite keep the good mojo going on the road at Inter Miami settling for a 1-1 draw.The host club got on the board first with a goal in the 47th minute from their star Josef Martínez. A cross found its way through three Austin players to Martínez who slotted it home past goalkeeper Brad Stuver.After a scoreless first half, Austin quickly responded with an equalizer. Sebastián Driussi's shot in the 51st minute was deflected in the box to Nick Lima who calmly found the corner of the net to even the score at one.Miami controlled much of the first half but the Verde and Black had a big chance in the 15th minute. A Julio Cascante header from Dani Pereira was deflected off the post for Austin's closest call of the first half.The second half saw a number of opportunities for both teams to snag three points with some big chances coming from Miami after the goals. Brad Stuver came up big a number of times in...

Former Nuggets veteran Jeff Green agrees to one-year, $6 million deal with Houston, source says

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:19:44 GMT

The Denver Nuggets were always open to a reunion with veteran forward Jeff Green if it came at the right price.But they were also comfortable if Green found a more lucrative deal elsewhere.Green, who spent the last two years in Denver and was a key piece of their championship rotation, agreed on a one-year, $6 million deal with the Houston Rockets, a league source confirmed to The Denver Post.Green, who’s almost 37 years old, averaged over 17 minutes per game for the Nuggets in the playoffs. He was also always one of the steadying voices in the locker room and a favorite of Nuggets coach Michael Malone.His departure clears a path for some of Denver’s other forwards to develop. Heading into next season, the onus will shift from Green to young forwards Peyton Watson, Zeke Nnaji and Vlatko Cancar.The departures of Green and Bruce Brown (to Indiana) mean Denver’s bench will look significantly different and likely younger next season. Similar to this season, Denver’s reserves could be a ...

Robbers shoot elderly man in upscale San Francisco neighborhood: police

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 14:19:44 GMT

A 71-year-old man was shot around midnight Friday in an upscale San Francisco neighborhood, police said.Police had responded at about 12:25 a.m. to a report of a possible shooting at Fillmore and Filbert streets in the Marina District, and found the victim with a gunshot wound that did not appear life threatening, the San Francisco Police Department said.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Man accused of 2 Bay Area mass shootings remains jailed after preliminary hearing in Santa Cruz Crime and Public Safety | Guns, explosives found inside Point Richmond home where police fatally shot man Crime and Public Safety | Shooting at Oakland’s Jack London Square leaves wounded man under arrest Crime and Public Safety | Suspect questions man, then shoots him as he walks home in East Oakland Crime and Public Safety | Oakland police seeking two persons of interest in fatal shooting near Uptown District T...