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Crash involving overturned big rig kills 1, injures 5 in Los Angeles County

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:53:02 GMT

One person was killed and another five were injured after a crash Monday involving a vehicle and a big rig in Antelope Acres, an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County.  Crews with the Los Angeles County Fire Department were dispatched to Highway 138, near 110th Street, at around 5:44 p.m., officials told KTLA.  At the scene, paramedics found one person dead, four people with critical injuries and another person with minor injuries. Authorities did not identify any of the victims, nor did they say if the person who died was in the vehicle or in the big rig. While it’s unclear what led up to the accident, aerial footage from Sky5 showed a dark colored vehicle that was badly damaged and an overturned big rig with debris spilling out of the top of one of the trailers it had been pulling.  A crash involving a vehicle and a big left one person dead and 5 others injured on Highway 138 in Antelope Acres April 9, 2023. (KTLA)A crash involving a vehicle and a big left one p...

Trailer drops for Disney's 'Peter Pan & Wendy'

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:53:02 GMT

Scene from the trailer of Peter Pan & Wendy. (DIsney)Disney’s first trailer for the upcoming Peter Pan live-action reboot, Peter Pan & Wendy, dropped on Monday, transporting fans back to Neverland once again.The film, which is based on both the J.M. Barrie novel and the 1953 Disney animated classic, “introduces Wendy Darling, a young girl looking to avoid boarding school who meets Peter Pan, a boy who refuses to grow up.“Alongside her brothers and a tiny fairy, Tinker Bell, she travels with Peter to the magical world of Neverland. There, she encounters an evil pirate captain, Captain Hook, and embarks on a thrilling and dangerous adventure that will change her life forever,” Disney says in the film’s synopsis.Peter Pan & Wendy stars Jude Law as Captain Hook, along with Alexander Molony, Ever Anderson, Yara Shahidi, Alyssa Wapanatâhk, Joshua Pickering, Jacobi Jupe, Molly Parker, Alan Tudyk and Jim Gaffigan.This will be the ninth official Peter Pan film in the Disney fran...

SF Giants done in by home runs, old foes to start Dodgers rivalry on sour note

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:53:02 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants lost more games to the Dodgers in 2022 than any season since the teams moved west. They were outscored 99-51. If they hoped to fare better in 2023, that quest started Monday night, with Logan Webb on the mound.But this season’s first installment of the Giants-Dodgers rivalry only brought more of the same.Julio Urías mystified on the mound and Max Muncy mashed at the plate, as Giants were done in by their oldest nemeses in a 9-1 loss to the Dodgers.Outdueling Webb for six innings, the Giants’ only damage off Urías came on a towering Wilmer Flores solo shot to left field. With one run on four hits over six innings, Urías actually increased his ERA against the Giants dating back to the start of last season to 1.00 over six starts.With a three-run shot off Webb and a seventh-inning grand slam that sealed the loss, Muncy was responsible for seven of the Dodgers’ nine runs, managing to find a new career-high to set against a Giants team that he...

Bicyclist hit and killed near Filoli in San Mateo County

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:53:02 GMT

WOODSIDE – A driver hit and killed a bicyclist Monday in San Mateo County, according to the California Highway Patrol.The crash was reported just after 5 p.m. on Cañada Road near Filoli, said CHP Officer Art Montiel.The bicyclist, identified only as a 37-year-old South San Francisco man, was pronounced dead at the scene, Montiel said. The San Mateo County Coroner’s Office will release the man’s identity once it is confirmed and his next of kin is notified.Montiel said the bicyclist was riding northbound on Cañada Road when he was hit by the driver of an Acura traveling in the same direction.The driver, identified only as a 22-year-old Redwood City man, and his 21-year-old passenger were taken to an area hospital as a precaution following the crash, Montiel said.The collision is under investigation, and it wasn’t immediately known if alcohol or drugs played a role.Cañada Road was temporarily closed in both directions at Edgewood Road for the investigation.Anyone with information rela...

Novak lifts Predators past Flames 3-2 in shootout

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:53:02 GMT

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Tommy Novak scored the deciding goal in the shootout and the Nashville Predators beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Monday night to preserve their playoff hopes.Zach Sanford and Egor Afanasyev also scored for the Predators, who have two home games remaining in the regular season — on Thursday against Minnesota and Friday against Colorado. Juuse Saros stopped 42 shots through overtime and three of four in the shootout.Troy Stecher and Mikael Backlund scored for the Flames, and Jacob Markstrom finished with 27 saves.Jonathan Huberdeaul scored on the first attempt of the shootout for the Flames. Cody Glass tied it in the third round for the Predators, and Novak won it in the fourth round.Calgary’s 17 overtime and shootout losses is the most in the NHL.Nashville led 1-0 after the opening period. Afanasyev scored the first NHL goal of his career at 5:49. Predators forward Mark Jankowski chased the puck behind Calgary’s net. The former Flames player fed the 22-year-old...

Australia suspends WTO case against China on barley tariffs

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:53:02 GMT

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia suspended a complaint to the World Trade Organization in a bid to reopen the Chinese market to Australian barley for the first time in three years in the new government’s latest step toward repairing relations with Beijing.China effectively closed it doors to Australian barley in May 2020 by imposing an 80% tariff after the previous Australian government angered Beijing by calling for an independent inquiry into the origins of and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous conservative government responded by challenging the tariff in the Geneva-based trade body.On Tuesday, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said her center-left Labor Party government, which was elected in May, had reached an agreement with China that “creates a pathway for the resolution of the dispute over Australian barley.”China had agreed to review its duties on the grain over three or four months, she said, and Australia will temporarily suspend the WTO dispute during that r...

Kraken win 5th straight, reach 100 points, top Coyotes 4-1

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:53:02 GMT

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Jared McCann scored his 40th goal of the season and the Seattle Kraken reached the 100-point mark in their second NHL season, beating the Arizona Coyotes 4-1 on Monday night.Oliver Bjorkstrand, Justin Schultz and Matty Beniers also scored for the Kraken, who won their fifth game in a row and are 26-10-4 on the road. They beat the Coyotes for the third time in eight days after winning twice at home last week.Philipp Grubauer stopped 22 shots for the Kraken. Joey Daccord, who played for Arizona State, finished the final 1:16 in goal for Seattle.Jack McBain scored for the Coyotes, who have one win in their last 11 games. Ivan Prosvetov had 33 saves for Arizona.Seattle is assured of at least the top wild card in the Western Conference. The Kraken clinched a playoff spot in Thursday’s win over Arizona but need some help to stay above Los Angeles for third place.The Coyotes scored first when McBain deflected Liam O’Brien’s shot from the blue line past Grubauer 9:22 int...

Johansson helps Wild rally for 4-2 victory over Blackhawks

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:53:02 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — The Minnesota Wild rested a couple key players, and then rallied for a dramatic victory.It was one productive night for Marcus Johansson and company.Johansson scored two goals late in the third period, and the short-handed Wild beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-2 on Monday.Matt Boldy and Gustav Nyquist also scored for Minnesota in its second consecutive win. Filip Gustavsson made 39 saves in his second straight start.“It wasn’t pretty, but we got it done,” Johansson said.Johansson’s 18th goal — a wrist shot on a 2-on-1 with 6 minutes left — tied it at 2. It was the Wild’s 14th short-handed goal of the season, breaking the franchise record.Johansson then put Minnesota in front when he got a nice pass from Boldy and beat Alex Stalock on the glove side with 3:13 left.Nyquist closed it out with an empty-netter with 1:01 remaining.“We didn’t like the entire 60 minutes, but the third period was real good,” Wild coach Dean Evason said.Marcus Foligno’s fight wit...

Terps Miller, Meyers selected in 1st round of WNBA Draft; Mystics trade 4th overall pick

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:53:02 GMT

The Minnesota Lynx made Diamond Miller the highest-selected Maryland Terrapin in the WNBA Draft since 2009, and the Dallas Wings took Abby Meyers 11th overall. And the Washington Mystics traded away their selection at fourth overall in a star-studded event in New York Monday night.Miller was the second overall pick in the 2023 draft, tying Marissa Coleman for the highest-drafted Terp. The versatile 6-foot-3 All-Big Ten performer led Maryland to its first NCAA Tournament Elite 8 appearance since 2015.More Sports NewsMore Mystics NewsMeyers, coming off a season in which she set career highs in 3-point accuracy and assists, was thought to be a second-round selection coming into the draft. Still, the Wings picked the Maryland guard after selecting UConn guard Lou Lopez Sénéchal with the fifth overall pick.The Mystics selected injured Iowa State center Stephanie Soares with the fourth overall pick but traded her to Dallas in exchange for future first and second-round picks.Trade Alert p...

Canada beats U.S. 4-3 in 9th round of SO at women’s worlds

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:53:02 GMT

BRAMPTON, Ontario (AP) — Jamie Lee Rattray scored the winner in the ninth round of the shootout and Canada beat the United States 4-3 Monday night in the final preliminary round game for both teams at the women’s world hockey championship.The teams will turn their attention to the quarterfinals on Thursday after finishing 1-2 atop Group A.Sarah Fillier had a goal and an assist and Marie-Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey scored in regulation for Canada. Goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens made 26 saves in the win.“Never over until it’s over,” Desbiens said. “Really proud of how we reacted in overtime.“We’ve always found different ways to win. Today was a new way.”Hannah Bilka had a goal and an assist and Hilary Knight and Amanda Kessel also scored for the Americans. Goaltender Aerin Frankel had 33 saves in the loss.Rattray buried the winner on a slick deke after Desbiens and Frankel went toe-to-toe through eight rounds of the shootout before being mobbed by teammates.“They’re loaded,” U.S. head c...