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Toronto Maple Leafs sign Matthew Knies to entry-level contract

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:18:06 GMT

The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Matthew Knies to a three-year, entry-level contract.The contract begins in the current 2022-2023 season with an average annual value of US$925,000, the Leafs said Sunday in a statement.Knies (pronounced NIGHS) was coming off a season of 21 goals and 21 assists in 40 games with the University of Minnesota.Toronto drafted the 20-year-old from Phoenix, Ariz., in the second round (57th overall) in 2021.Knies totalled 36 goals and 39 assists in 73 career NCAA games.He had three assists in five games for the United States in the 2022 world junior men’s hockey championship. Knies also had a goal and an assist in four games at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing.“In two seasons playing for Coach (Bob) Motzko and his program at the University of Minnesota, Matthew has participated in two Big Ten championship games, two NCAA Frozen Four Championships, one world junior championship tournament and one Winter Olympic Games,” Leafs general man...

Mayor Carter announcing St. Paul to join Just Deeds Coalition

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:18:06 GMT

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter plans to announce on Monday that the city is joining the Just Deeds Coalition, which will help property owners remove racial covenants from their deeds.The mayor will make the announcement at 11:30 a.m. at Mitchell Hamline Law School. The school’s Center for the Study of Black Life and the Law is partnering with the city to join the coalition.Carter will be joined by St. Paul City Attorney Lyndsey Olson; Mikeya Griffin of the Rondo Community Land Trust; Maria Cisneros of the Just Deeds Project; Anthony Niedwiecki, the Mitchell Hamline School of Law president and dean; and Dr. Anansi Wilson, director of the Center for the Study of Black Life and the Law at Mitchell Hamline.According to the Just Deeds website, “white-only” covenants in Minnesota restricted families from owning homes in many neighborhoods until the 1968 federal Fair Housing Act made the covenants illegal. The coalition provides free legal and title services to property own...

FOX 2 presses ESL Housing Authority to fix tenant's unit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:18:06 GMT

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Our You Paid For It Team gets results for an East St. Louis resident with a terrible problem.Victoria Moore lives in a housing project in East St. Louis. Her unit had a hole in the floor big enough that an adult could put their in it. In fact, you could see down into the basement.For years, Moore tried to get the East St. Louis Housing Authority to take care of the matter, but to no avail. She finally reached out to FOX 2 for help. Top Story: Police search for Creve Coeur shopping center shooter She worried not only for her own safety, but also her grandchildren who visited.“Maybe one of them might stick their foot in there and break their leg or something. It’s been a long running nightmare,” she said. “(The problem existed) for about 6 or 7 years, and it keep getting worse and worse, and I kept asking for help they didn’t do anything.”FOX 2 went to the housing authority and we spoke with someone in the executive director’s office. Within a week, city worke...

'Drag March' held in West Hollywood to protest anti-LGBTQ+ legislation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:18:06 GMT

Hundreds of demonstrators marched down Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood Sunday to show their support for the transgender community.  The “Drag March” event kicked off with a rally at West Hollywood Park where organizers spoke out against anti-LGBTQ+ legislation seen across the country.  More than 450 pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation have been either introduced or passed in 2023, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. Drag performances have also been outlawed in some states, most notably Tennessee.  Some activists at Sunday’s rally said legislation targeting the transgender community is an attack on the movement for equality.  “I think people should be aware of these drag bans, what’s going on, because it’s a small chip away at civil rights,” a rally-goer identified only as Danny told KTLA. “Our rights are being chipped away and soon it’s going to be your rights that are chipped away.”  West Hollywood Mayor Sepi Shyne on Sunday signed a resolution pr...

Dirt-racing star Bell outruns Reddick to win on Bristol dirt

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:18:06 GMT

Christopher Bell held on through a restart eight laps from the end to hold off Tyler Reddick and win the dirt race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday night. Bell was a whiz-kid dirt racing sensation growing up and that experience helped the Joe Gibbs Racing driver to his fifth victory in the NASCAR Cup Series. “This place is so much fun, whether it’s dirt or concrete,” Bell said. Reddick was second for a second straight season, followed by Austin Dillon, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Chase Briscoe. Bell’s last challenge came after defending race winner Kyle Busch spun with 15 laps left. Bell took off on the restart and widened his lead over Reddick. Reddick, who won the second stage, was closing in on the last lap when the 16th and final caution came out, instantly ending the race and sending Bell’s team into hysterics. “Man, I just can’t get over how long those laps feel,” Bell said. Reddick also enjoyed the intensity down the stretch. “I thought I had a little b...

NASCAR Cup Series Food City Dirt Race Results

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:18:06 GMT

SundayAt Bristol Motor Speedway DirtBristol, Tenn.Lap length: 0.53 miles(Start position in parentheses)1. (4) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 250 laps, 52 points.2. (6) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 250, 48.3. (2) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 250, 52.4. (22) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 250, 33.5. (14) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 250, 41.6. (25) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 250, 35.7. (27) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 250, 34.8. (15) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 250, 29.9. (26) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 250, 28.10. (23) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 250, 27.11. (13) Michael McDowell, Ford, 250, 26.12. (11) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 250, 25.13. (10) William Byron, Chevrolet, 250, 25.14. (18) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, 250, 23.15. (20) Harrison Burton, Ford, 250, 22.16. (29) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 250, 21.17. (33) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 250, 20.18. (28) Chris Buescher, Ford, 250, 19.19. (7) Austin Cindric, Ford, 250, 18.20. (3) JJ Yeley, Ford, 250, 0.21. (32) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 250, 16.22. (30) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 250, 15.23. (9) Rya...

Nelson Cruz 2nd-oldest Padre to homer in 10-2 rout of Braves

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:18:06 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Nelson Cruz hit a three-run homer and drove in six runs, and the San Diego Padres beat the Atlanta Braves 10-2 on Sunday night for their third consecutive victory.At 42 years and 282 days, Cruz became the second-oldest player to homer for the Padres, just one day younger than Rickey Henderson was when he went deep on Oct. 4, 2001. It was the most RBIs for Cruz since he drove in seven on July 26, 2020, for Minnesota against the Chicago White Sox.Seth Lugo pitched six effective innings for San Diego, and Ha-Seong Kim hit a two-run homer. Manny Machado finished with three hits.The Padres (6-4), who advanced to the NL Championship Series last year, have won three straight for the second time this season. The NL East champion Braves (6-4) have lost eight of the last 11 games to the Padres at Truist Park.Cruz, a 19-year veteran, made it 4-0 in the third with his 461st career homer.Xander Bogaerts singled and advanced to third on Machado’s single when right fielder Ron...

Apuñalan a dos adolescentes dentro de un Walmart en Hybla Valley

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:18:06 GMT

Dos adolescentes fueron apuñalados la tarde del viernes dentro de un Walmart en el área de Hybla Valley en el condado Fairfax en Virginia, y uno de ellos quedó críticamente herido. Los apuñalamientos ocurrieron sobre las 6 p.m. en Walmart en la cuadra 7900 de Richmond Highway. Sin embargo, una de las víctimas fue hallada dos cuadras hacia el norte, en el estacionamiento de un Staples en la cuadra 7700 de Richmond Highway. Ese menor, un niño, sufrió heridas que amenazan su vida en la parte superior de su cuerpo y fue llevado al hospital en un helicóptero.La otra adolescente fue apuñalada en la cara y llevada al hospital, pero sus lesiones no ponen en peligro su vida, según la policía.Las autoridades dijeron que dos sospechosos están bajo custodia y que el crimen no fue aleatorio de acuerdo a información preliminar. Creen que comenzó con una pelea entre un grupo de menores dentro del Walmart.Source

DC man arrested for sexually assaulting 2 middle school girls

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:18:06 GMT

A District man has been arrested and charged after police say he allegedly had nonconsensual sex with at least two middle school girls he had befriended through their classmates on social media.On Friday, Metropolitan Police announced they had arrested 19-year-old Luis Quevedo of Northwest D.C. on charges of sexually abusing two middle school girls, ages 12 and 13 years old.The investigation is being run by MPD’s Youth and Family Services Division’s Physical and Sexual Abuse branch.In at least one of the cases, the girl says she believed Quevedo was 15, until she later discovered he was older.More Local NewsMore Crime NewsAccording to charging documents, at least two cases occurred at his family’s apartment in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of D.C., where he lived with his mother, grandmother and six-year-old sister with whom he shared a bunk bed.One of the complainants, who was 12 at the time, said Quevedo helped her run away from her home in Maryland in August...

Lo último sobre el trabajo híbrido: ¿Quién trabaja desde casa y quién no?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:18:06 GMT

(CNN) — A medida que la economía se desacelera, ¿empiezan los empresarios a recuperar el control en las negociaciones con los empleados y los solicitantes de empleo? El salario siempre es un asunto, por supuesto, pero a raíz de la pandemia, también lo es cuánto tiempo quieren los empresarios que la gente trabaje presencialmente frente a cuánto están dispuestos a dejar que los empleados trabajen a distancia.Según datos recientes de la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales (BLS por sus siglas en inglés), solo el 27,5% de las empresas del sector privado declararon que sus empleados trabajaron desde casa o desde otra ubicación remota parte del tiempo o todo el tiempo entre el 1 de agosto de 2022 y el 30 de septiembre de 2022.En otras palabras, el 72,5% de las organizaciones del sector privado -frente al 60% en el periodo de julio a septiembre de 2021- afirmaron que no tenían empleados trabajando a distancia.Los investigadores y observadores del trabajo desde casa consideran que este p...