Rams star wide receiver Cooper Kupp, tight end Hunter Long placed on injured reserve
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:08:57 GMT
The Rams will start the 2023 season the same way they started the 2022 campaign: without Cooper Kupp. According to reports from NFL.com, Kupp will miss at least the first four games of the season with a hamstring injury. Head coach Sean McVay said on Friday that Kupp and tight end Hunter Long (thigh) being placed on IR was a “definite possibility.” According to the team’s website, McVay said that the Super Bowl LVI MVP has been dealing with “some soft tissue stuff.” COVID outbreak forces cancellation of high school football game Long sustained a thigh injury unrelated to the groin injury that kept him out for most of training camp and preseason. The Rams will travel to Seattle to take on the Seahawks in their opening game of the season, with kickoff scheduled for 1:25 p.m. Sunday afternoon. In addition to their matchup against the Seahawks, Kupp and Long will miss the Rams’ home opener against the San Francisco 49ers and two road games against the Cincinnati Bengals in Wee...'It makes no sense': Mother finds twins suffocated in toy chest
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:08:57 GMT
A mom from Jacksonville, Florida is mourning after discovering her twins suffocated in a toy chest on Aug. 25.The mother, Sadie Myers, wrote in a Facebook post that her four-year-old twins, Aurora and Kellan Starr, went to play in the middle of the night and fell asleep inside their toy chest. Myers said that at some point while the twins were asleep, one of them must have moved or kicked the lid closed. COVID outbreak forces cancellation of high school football game The old wooden cedar toy chest is airtight when shut, and soundproof. Myers wrote that the twins slowly lost oxygen as their arms were wrapped around each other, snuggling. After Myers and her husband Don Starr, and their two older boys woke up, they checked the twins' room and immediately panicked.After searching the home and up the street, one of the boys found the twins in the toy chest.“Mommy I found them! They are so silly just sleeping in the toy box”, he had said.Upon discovering them, Myers wrote that she kne...1 injured after Saturday morning shooting in Oakland
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:08:57 GMT
(KRON) -- One person was injured after a shooting Saturday morning in Oakland, the Oakland Police Department (OPD) confirmed. The shooting happened around 11:30 a.m. near 42nd Street and Telegraph Avenue.When police arrived at the scene, they found a victim who had at least one gunshot wound. Medical personnel were at the scene and took the victim to the hospital.As of 1 p.m., Saturday, the victim is listed in stable condition, according to OPD. The victim was not identified by authorities. The shooting happened approximately a five-minute walk away from the MacArthur BART station. OPD says anyone with information about this shooting is asked to contact 510-238-3426.Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka are playing for the US Open women’s title
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:08:57 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) — Coco Gauff and Aryna Sabalenka have begun the match that will determine the U.S. Open women’s singles champion.Gauff enters Saturday’s championship match at Arthur Ashe Stadium seeking her first Grand Slam title. Sabalenka is trying to win her second major trophy of the year.They are playing with the roof closed because of lightning in the area.Gauff is a 19-year-old from Florida who is seeded No. 6 at Flushing Meadows. She has won 11 matches in a row and 17 of the past 18.Her semifinal victory on Thursday night was interrupted for 50 minutes early in the second set by four climate protesters, one of whom glued his bare feet to the concrete floor in the stands. The disruption to the match prompted the U.S. Tennis Association to increase security.Sabalenka is a 25-year-old from Belarus who is seeded No. 2 in the last major tournament of the season. She will rise to No. 1 in the WTA rankings for the first time on Monday no matter what happens against Gauff....William Byron aims to advance in NASCAR playoffs, give Hendrick his 300th Cup Series win
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:08:57 GMT
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Every driver in the Hendrick Motorsports stable pulled into Kansas Speedway for this week’s NASCAR Cup Series playoff race knowing they could be the one to give team the boss his 300th series win.If Rick Hendrick had his druthers, he might well put William Byron at the top of the list.Kyle Larson advanced to the next round of the playoffs with last week’s win at Darlington, taking all the pressure off the No. 5 team while giving the 74-year-old owner his 299th win. Now, the pressure is on Byron to join him with a victory of his own, even if the No. 24 car is leading the playoff points race and i in strong position to advance to the next round.It won’t be easy. Byron will start from the back Sunday after breaking a suspension piece in practice Saturday.“I feel like we’ve been struggling to put Saturdays together just in terms of results, but we’ve had speed,” Byron said. “Luckily our Sundays have been really good, so we’ll ...No. 12 Utah, still without Cam Rising, scores two TDs in final 2 minutes to win 20-13 at Baylor
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:08:57 GMT
WACO, Texas (AP) — Jaylon Glover scored on an 11-yard run with 17 seconds left for Utah’s second touchdown in the final two minutes, and the 12th-ranked Utes escaped Baylor with a 20-13 win Saturday in a matchup of future Big 12 foes both missing their starting quarterbacks. Utah’s winning drive was set up at the Baylor 29 after Cole Bishop’s interception on a pass Sawyer Robertson threw under pressure. The Utes (2-0) had tied the game at 13 with 1:59 left when redshirt freshman quarterback Nate Johnson scored on a 7-yard draw. That capped an 88-yard drive on which he had 20 yards rushing and completed 4 of 5 passes for 57 yards.The game was scheduled eight years ago, and the first meeting of the teams wound up being a Big 12 preview. Utah, which has won the last two Pac-12 championship games and is hoping for even more in coach Kyle Whittingham’s 19th season, is one of four teams from the picked-apart Pac-12 going to the Big 12 next year. Baylor (0-2) had one more...Montgomery Co. principal misconduct investigation raises ‘significant concerns’ over personnel vetting, promotion
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:08:57 GMT
A report from the first phase of an investigation into the promotion of a Montgomery County, Maryland, high school principal amid sexual harassment allegations has been given to the county’s board of education.The Montgomery County Board of Education said they’re reviewing the findings of the report from Baltimore-based law firm Jackson Lewis, hired in August to look into numerous complaints about Joel Beidleman, who was promoted to run Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville in June.“The report raises significant concerns about the vetting and promotion of personnel within MCPS, and the Board is committed to addressing those concerns,” the board of education said in a statement on Friday.Beidleman was placed on administrative leave after bullying and sexual harassment complaints were made against him from staff, including teachers.Officials said, after receiving the first phase of the investigation, they will deliberate with the Montgomery County Inspection...Broward Attractions and Museums Month offers ‘BAMM-tastic’ deals on 21 attractions and museums
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:08:57 GMT
Everybody wants some bang for their buck. What if we told you it’s BAMM and not bang that you’re looking for? Broward County’s the place to be this month for BAMM-tastic deals on great experiences.Mingling with the residents of the great outdoors. Taking in the sights on a legendary sailing ship. You can do it all — and more — in September, without putting a dent in your wallet, thanks to Broward Attractions and Museums Month, aka BAMM.Melissa Ault: “We have 21 attractions and museums. Thirteen of those attractions and museums are buy one get one free admission, and eight of the museums themselves are actually free.”At Flamingo Gardens in Davie, it’s BOGO for a terrific time in the middle of all of nature’s wonders.Melissa Ault: “We are a wildlife sanctuary and a botanical gardens sanctuary.”There’s lots of everything at Flamingo Gardens. You won’t run out of things to do here.Melissa Ault: “We have ...Woman hospitalized after being struck by lightning at Savin Hill Beach
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:08:57 GMT
State police were called to Savin Hill Beach in Boston on Saturday after a woman was struck by lightning, officials said.Troopers from the State Police-South Boston Barracks responded to the beach at 3:35 p.m.She was taken to Boston Medical Center.No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.Powerful earthquake in Morocco kills more than 2,000 people
Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 17:08:57 GMT
MARRAKECH, Morocco — A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco, sending people racing from their beds into the streets and toppling buildings in mountainous villages and ancient cities not built to withstand such force. More than 2,000 people were killed, and the toll was expected to rise as rescuers struggled Saturday to reach hard-hit remote areas.The magnitude-6.8 quake, the biggest to hit the North African country in 120 years, sent people fleeing their homes in terror and disbelief late Friday. One man said dishes and wall hangings began raining down, and people were knocked off their feet. The quake brought down walls made from stone and masonry, covering whole communities with rubble.The devastation gripped each town along the High Atlas’ steep and winding switchbacks in similar ways: homes folding in on themselves and mothers and fathers crying as boys and helmet-clad police carried the dead through the streets.Remote villages like those in the drought-stricken Ouargane Val...Latest news
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