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Missed chances cost Austin FC in 2-0 road loss to LA Galaxy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

LOS ANGELES (KXAN) — The early season blues continued for Austin FC on Saturday, falling to the previously winless LA Galaxy 2-0 at Dignity Health Sports Park.As one of the best goal-scoring teams in Major League Soccer last season, it hasn't carried over to this season. Austin FC has come up empty on the scoresheet for the third consecutive match. Verde and Black haven't scored since Jon Gallagher's goal in the fifth minute against the Colorado Rapids on March 25.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersAustin FC head coach Josh Wolff said the club isn't taking the opportunities they get to score. "You have to be resourceful when the opportunities come. You truly do," Wolff said. "It doesn't matter if it's LA Galaxy, or if it's in Salt Lake or anywhere else on the road. You got to take those opportunities and we need to create more chances."Not having midfielder Diego Fagundez...

Missing Austin dog reunited with family nearly 1 year later

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After 301 days separated from her family, an Austin dog reunited with her owners last week.Austin Animal Center received a missing dog — named "Juicee" by shelter staff — in June 2022. This past December, AAC posted on its Spanish-language Facebook page, "Mascotas de Austin," 100 dogs available for adoption.From there, the post was shared onto the FB group "Cubanos de Austin," where someone spotted a "unique-looking pitbull mix" that reminded them of their friend's old dog."A simple share can be part of a miracle," said Luis Herrera, AAC's public health educator, in a release. "Today we had an amazing example of the importance of social media for Spanish speakers and their pets."That miracle FB share helped track Juicee — actually named Kardashian — with her owners. They had been told she had passed away, not knowing she'd actually been brought to AAC as a stray.Formerly living in Austin, Kardashian's owner Dellys had since moved to Miami. But once they saw Kardashia...

Bailey Ober helps Twins past Nationals in series finale

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

The three walks Bailey Ober gave issued in the first two innings of his start on Sunday matched a career high, but they didn’t mark a sign of things to come. While Ober was bitten by some early-inning control problems, he quickly settled in and gave the Twins a performance they needed, helping them stop a three-game slide.Ober’s 5 2/3 innings, some solid defense and just enough offense helped the Twins to a 3-1 victory on Sunday afternoon in the series finale against the Nationals at Target Field, staving off a sweep in the process.Making his first start of the season, Ober issued a walk to a pair of batters in the first inning before allowing a double to Keibert Ruiz, giving the Nationals the lead at the time.But for the remainder of his outing, he didn’t allow a runner to reach second base. Ober did allow a pair of hits in the fifth inning — he only gave up three in his start — but some good defense helped him out of the inning. Catcher Ryan Jeffers corralled a short bunt, rifling...

Fox's settlement with Dominion unlikely to cost it $787.5M

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

(AP) — Fox Corp.'s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamation charges is eye-popping, but the ultimate cost to the media company is likely to be much lower. On Tuesday, Fox settled with Dominion over charges that Fox News baselessly accused the company of rigging its voting machines against former President Donald Trump in 2020. It was the most-watched media libel case in decades. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Fox had about $4 billion of cash on hand as of December 2022, and MoffettNathanson analyst Robert Fishman expects the company to pay the settlement during the current quarter. How much the lawsuit will actually end up costing Fox is unclear because there are ways it can defray some of the expense, primarily through insurance and the use of tax deductions. Fox can deduct the Dominion settlement from its income taxes as an expense necessary for the cost of doing business. Fox Chief Communi...

The front door, threshold of welcome—and perilous border

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The American front door is a place where the welcome mat offers friendly greetings, where affable neighbors knock or ring, where boxes brimming with possibility are delivered. An American front door is where signs trumpet words of warning, where cameras monitor visitors in high definition, where intruders find an entry point. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! It is where home meets a world full of potentially good things. It is where only a hunk of wood or metal separates the innermost spaces of home from a world full of chaos. They can and do exist together—usually peacefully but sometimes, particularly of late, contentiously.Both conceptions are real. In a land where private property is venerated and “get off my lawn” has become a mantra of jokey crankiness, the American front door is the landscape’s most intimate and personal of borders, the place where the public sphere encounters private space—occasionall...

Great Danes down UNH to secure home-field advantage

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — UAlbany women’s lacrosse clinches the top overall seed in the 2023 America East Tournament, dispatching New Hampshire 16-11 on Senior Day.  Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Key Stats Katie Pascale scored five goals and added one assist and won nine draws Sarah Falk scored five goals Allie Maloney scored twice with one assist Ava Poupard scored two goals Twenty of UAlbany’s 23 shots were on-target UAlbany won 19 of 31 draws, including seven of nine in the third quarter Head Coach Katie Thomson: “Today was a great day honoring and celebrating our senior class.  We are so proud of all their accomplishments on and off the field, and for exemplifying what it means to be a UAlbany women’s lacrosse player daily.  We had a great game against a gritty UNH team.  Our strong start helped push us through and we will enjoy this one and then prep...

Saints clinch playoff birth with win over the Mount

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- With major MAAC playoff implications hanging in the balance, Siena Men’s Lacrosse rose to the challenge and knocked off Mount St. Mary’s 13-12 with a stirring second-half performance in front of a raucous Hickey Field crowd on Saturday afternoon to lock down a postseason berth for a third straight season.  Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The Saints (7-6, 5-4 MAAC) trailed 6-4 at the break, but were uplifted by a spirited defensive effort and a cavalcade of seven straight Siena goals by graduate students Zac Schuette and Christian Watts to grab the lead and not let go. Clinging to a one-goal lead, the Mountaineers (8-7, 7-2 MAAC) had an opportune moment to tie it in the closing seconds with a man-up advantage but were thwarted by an alert Siena defense that knocked the ball loose as time expired. The Saints have now beaten the top two seeded teams in the MAAC over the past two weekends...

UAlbany can't contain No. 19 Yale's potent offense

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Short Story: Men’s lacrosse hangs tight with #19 Yale in the first half but falters in the second half to fall 14-6 in the latest match against the Bulldogs ahead of Sunday’s Senior Day.  Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Key Stats Silas Richmond scored two goals UAlbany outshot Yale 45-36, including 25-18 in the first half Yale took 25 shots on goal to UAlbany’s 22 Yale won 41 ground balls to UAlbany’s 34 Yale goalkeeper Jared Paquette recorded 16 saves Head Coach Scott Marr: “I thought it was a good effort.  We allowed just five goals in the first half.  Yale’s goalkeeper had 13 saves in the first half, but I thought we were right there and that we had some good looks.  We didn’t bury the ball.  We had some odd-man rushes and didn’t capitalize on some of our breaks.  Our defense really gave us a chance, but unfortuna...

California bursts into wildflower 'super bloom' after relentless storms

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

After months of wintry weather battered the West Coast with torrential rains and snow, California’s hillsides are now bursting with orange, yellow and purple hues so vibrant that they are visible from space.Tourists are coming in droves to see these so-called “super blooms,” which occur when large amounts of precipitation in natural landscapes intersect with years of drought, according to California’s Department of Parks and Recreation.Prolonged drought conditions eliminated the grasses and weeds that would have otherwise consumed nutrients, enabling the growth of what the agency described as “spectacular blooms” — events that last occurred in 2019 and 2017.“The seeds hang out for years and years in the soil. And when you get a good rain, they're like, 'Oh, okay, great, time to come out,’” Valerie Eviner, a plant sciences professor at the University of California Davis, told The Hill.“So we do tend to see those big flushes,” she said, noting that “super bloom” is more of a popu...

Deal paves way for special state assembly hearing to address fentanyl epidemic

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

It was a busy week at the state capitol where Republican and Democratic lawmakers agreed to a behind-the-scenes deal to schedule a special hearing in the coming week to take up delayed fentanyl bills. Democrats and Republicans say they're pleased these bills will get a hearing, but some say the process it took to get to this point is unacceptable. "We have good ideas, but you won't even vet them," California Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher said. "You won't even hold a hearing on them. That's the problem."Authors of these bills say the legislation seeks to target fentanyl dealers and increase penalties for them. However, Assembly Public Safety Committee Chair Reggie Jones Sawyer argued some of the proposals, "were duplicative or provided no rational solutions at all." "The fentanyl epidemic is impacting every city and every community in our state...And so our response has to be about coming together with real solutions," San Francisco Assemblymember Matt Haney said. A behin...