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Santa pays an early visit to kids at Inova Loudoun Hospital

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:28:47 GMT

Children and families at Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, Virginia, got a special visit from Santa to brighten their holiday spirits with some early Christmas gifts on Thursday afternoon.Santa arrived in style, escorted by deputies on motorcycles from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office.“We collect toys from across all our stations,” explained Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman.Chapman told WTOP they do this every year, in partnership with the Inova hospital system and Cole’s Closet, a local organization that helps them collect toys to distribute to kids in the pediatric wing during the holidays.Cole’s Closet donates items to hospitals each year to help children have a more comfortable hospital stay. It was started in Northern Virginia by the family of Cole Tomczyk, who died in infancy years ago of a rare brain disease.“It’s uplifting for us, it’s uplifting for them, and for their families,” Chapman said of the annual traditi...

Pistons drop 25th straight to move within loss of tying NBA single-season record

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:28:47 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — Kelly Olynyk scored 25 points and the short-handed Utah Jazz beat Detroit 119-111 on Thursday night for the Pistons’ 25th straight loss — one short of the NBA single season record.The 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers and 2013-14 Philadelphia 76ers share the record at 26. The 76ers hold the overall mark at 28, a skid that started in the 2014-15 season and carried over into 2015-16.“I want to be careful with my words, because this one hurts more than most of them,” first-year coach Monty Williams said. “A team that played last night got (50) points off turnovers and rebounds. It is unbelievably hard to understand how we can get outworked in those categories.”The Pistons fell to 2-26, with the crowd chanting “Sell the team! Sell the team!” at the end in a loud statement to owner Tom Gores and his Platinum Equity firm. Detroit will be back in action Saturday night in Brooklyn.“We’re not 2-26 bad — no way are we that bad,” said Cade Cunningham, who led Detroit with ...

Decomisan “miles de unidades” falsificadas de Ozempic en EE.UU., dice la FDA

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:28:47 GMT

(CNN) — La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) informó este jueves que decomisó “miles de unidades” falsificadas del medicamento Ozempic, que se utiliza tratar la diabetes tipo 2, en la cadena de suministro de fármacos de EE.UU. En ese sentido, la agencia instó a proveedores, farmacias y pacientes a que tomen la medicina con precaución. Cinco personas resultaron enfermas en relación con los productos falsificados, pero ninguno de los casos es grave, aclaró la FDA.Los fármacos Ozempic y Wegovy revolucionaron el sector de las dietas. Entonces, ¿por qué apuesta la CEO de WeightWatchers por ellos?La agencia advirtió a las farmacias, sistemas de salud, mayoristas y pacientes que comprueben dos veces los productos de semaglutida para asegurarse de que son los auténticos. Los productos inyectables Ozempic de un miligramo con el número de lote NAR0074 y el número de serie 430834149057 en la caja no deben utilizarse.L...

Eugene puts up 24 as Troy takes down Eastern Kentucky 88-81

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:28:47 GMT

TROY, Ala. (AP) — Christyon Eugene’s 24 points helped Troy defeat Eastern Kentucky 88-81 on Thursday night.Eugene had five assists for the Trojans (6-6). Myles Rigsby scored 18 points and added six rebounds. Tayton Conerway had 15 points and shot 4 for 12 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 5 of 9 from the free throw line.The Colonels (4-7) were led in scoring by Leland Walker, who finished with 20 points. Eastern Kentucky also got 13 points from Collin Cooper. In addition, Michael Moreno had 12 points and seven rebounds.___The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.Source

Ovechkin scores his first goal in 15 games to lift Capitals to a 3-2 win over the Blue Jackets in OT

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:28:47 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored his first goal in 15 games with 53 seconds left in overtime on Thursday night to lift the Washington Capitals to a 3-2 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.Ovechkin’s 828th career goal came on a 4-on-3 Capitals power play due to a roughing call against Columbus goaltender Elvis Merzlikins with 2:18 left in the OT period.Ovi wins it!! Alex Ovechkin’s goal in the final minute of the extra frame is the @Energizer overtime winner! pic.twitter.com/PCsxkPN6uf— NHL (@NHL) December 22, 2023It was Ovechkin’s 26th OT goal, extending his NHL record, and his 125th game-winner overall, second in NHL history behind Jaromir Jagr’s 135.Anthony Mantha scored twice and Charlie Lindgren made 34 saves as the Capitals won their third straight. John Carlson had three assists.Cole Sillinger also scored for the Blue Jackets, and Merzlikins had 29 stops for Blue Jackets, who lost after scoring nine goals in beating Buffalo on Tuesday night.The...

Paul scores with 1:13 to play as Lightning beat Golden Knights 5-4

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:28:47 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nicholas Paul scored the winning goal with 1:13 left in the third period and added two assists as the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the injury-impacted and league-best Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 on Thursday night.Paul put home a rebound for his second straight three-point game.Tampa Bay right wing and NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov had a goal and two assists. Brayden Point had two goals and an assist, and Alex Barré-Boulet also scored for the Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy turned aside 30 shots.Jiri Patera, playing in his third game this season and fifth overall, made 31 saves filling in for the injured Adin Hill (lower body) and Logan Thompson (upper body).The defending Stanley Cup champions, coming off a 6-3 loss at Carolina on Tuesday, got two goals from Jonathan Marchessault. Ivan Barbashev and Paul Cotter had the other goals, while Jack Eichel extended his franchise-record point streak to 12 games with two assists.Eichel had a great scoring chance stopped by Vasil...

Crosby scores his 19th of the season, adds shootout winner as Penguins edge Hurricanes 2-1

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:28:47 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored his 19th goal of the season in regulation and then beat Pyotr Kochetkov in a shootout to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 on Thursday night.Alex Nedeljkovic made 23 saves and turned away all three Carolina attempts in the shootout as the Penguins beat the Hurricanes for just the third time in 13 meetings.Teuvo Teravainen scored his 12th of the season for the Hurricanes. Kochetkov stopped 24 shots and Carolina’s penalty kill turned away all five Pittsburgh opportunities with the man advantage, including one in overtime. Yet Kochetkov couldn’t get his glove on Crosby’s wrist shot from in close in the shootout as the Penguins won for the fourth time in five games.The Hurricanes came in with some momentum following an iffy start. Carolina came in with points in each of its last five games to drift toward the top of the logjam in the middle of the Eastern Conference as Christmas approaches.It’s a ...

Queen’s falls from top 15 research universities ranking

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:28:47 GMT

A recent ranking of the top Canadian research universities saw Queen’s University fall from the top 15. The ranking pulls data from 2022, and is based on the overall sponsored research income of an institution – coming from grants, contracts or contributions from any external source. Given the university closes for the holidays as of Friday, a spokesperson said they would be unable to comment in time for publication. Queen’s is still listed as a member of the U15 Canada Association, but it’s unclear if they may be excluded from that group in future as their research income takes them just outside the top 15 country wide. Justyna Scezwyck-El Jassem, a history student and the president of PSAC 901, said she thinks the university putting too much on the plates of grad student workers is contributing to a decline in research income and quality.She says for grad student workers, both research and teaching assistant (TA) work is suffering due to the university spre...

Wheat Ridge woman scammed out of more than $10K

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:28:47 GMT

WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (KDVR) — A Wheat Ridge woman said she was scammed out of thousands of dollars by someone who said her son had been in a car crash.This comes as police are warning folks about scammers targeting victims during the holidays.The woman asked not to be identified.Scammer uses son to bait mother for cashLast Friday, a man called her saying her son was involved in a crash and she had to pay up. The scammer told her that her son dropped his phone while he was driving and got into a crash."He was in jail," the woman said the scammer told her about her son. "He was injured from the accident. The car that he hit, she was pregnant and was in the hospital." FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox Panicked, she said the scammer stepped up the lies showing they had no limit to their shame."Now, he says, the woman's baby has died," the woman said. "He says she miscarried, and so this makes it even worse, so the bail is going up even more money."A dead...

Woman shot while sleeping inside Aurora home

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:28:47 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A 27-year-old was taken to the hospital after she was shot while inside her Aurora home.Just before 2 a.m. on Thursday, officers with the Aurora Police Department responded to a shooting in the 900 block of South Joplin Way. The area is directly south of Tollgate Park.Officers said the woman, who's pregnant, was sleeping in her bedroom when the bullet hit her. Police said the shot possibly came from the green belt, which is located between Alameda Parkway and Mississippi Avenue. Deputy shot, suspect killed in Adams County The woman is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.Police did not say if a suspect is in custody.Anyone with information is asked to contact the Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. Tipsters can remain anonymous and be eligible for a cash reward.