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VIDEOS: Beached whale, calf return to open ocean off Oregon's coast

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:24:44 GMT

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A stranded mother gray whale and its calf were able to return to open water after they became beached at Oregon's Cape Meares near Bayocean Peninsula Park in Tillamook County.Oregon State Parks Ranger Simon Freeman told Nexstar's KOIN that capturing the May 11 event was one of the coolest moments of his life.“They were likely forced to go into shallow water due to killer whales hunting them,” Freeman said. “These whales were able to wait until the tide got high enough to swim back out to the ocean. This was the ideal outcome for this situation.” Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network Manager and Oregon State University Marine Biologist Jim Rice told KOIN it's unlikely the whales intentionally beach themselves to evade predators.“It is not normal behavior for whales to intentionally beach themselves in order to avoid predation, although it’s possible that they sought shallow water to avoid predation and inadvertently became stran...

Texas softball seeded No. 13 in NCAA tournament, hosting regional with Seton Hall, Texas A&M, Texas State

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:24:44 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns softball team will start the postseason at McCombs Field.The Longhorns were given the No. 13 national seed by the NCAA softball tournament selection committee Sunday, and they'll host Seton Hall, Texas State and Texas A&M.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/newslettersThe Longhorns play the Pirates, who are 42-16 this season and Big East champions, in their first game Friday while the Bobcats and the Aggies will take each other on to open the tournament. It's a double-elimination tournament, and the team left standing at the end will advance to the super-regional round against the Knoxville regional champion. No. 4 Tennesse, Louisville, Northern Kentucky and Indiana are in that regional.It's the Longhorns' 18th straight appearance in the NCAA tournament.Full NCAA tournament bracketTexas finished second in both the Big 12 regular season standing...

Residents of homeless encampment in Beverly Grove moved into housing

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:24:44 GMT

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said a much-maligned homeless encampment in Beverly Grove is being cleaned up and its residents are moving into more permanent housing as part of the city's Inside Safe program.The homeless encampment along San Vicente Boulevard near the Beverly Center shopping mall has been a contentious subject for residents of Beverly Grove, with reports of drug use, intoxicated individuals and violence.In April, several unhoused individuals who spoke to KTLA claimed they were told to move to the area by law enforcement officials. Neither the Los Angeles Police Department or Sheriff's Department has confirmed that claim, with the Sheriff's Department explicitly denying any directive.The encampment has been considered a blight by people who live around the area, but those who have been forced to call it home say they have nowhere else to go.This week, that changed. Many of the residents within the encampment were moved out and into converted housing as part of the Insi...

Berkeley: Man shot in leg in Southwest Berkeley

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:24:44 GMT

BERKELEY — A man was hospitalized after a weekend injury shooting in a Berkeley neighborhood, authorities said.Officers received a call at 2:40 p.m. reporting a possible shooting near Sacramento Street and Ashby Avenue, Berkeley police Lt. Robert Cummings said in a statement Sunday.As officers headed to the scene, they learned that a man suffering from a gunshot wound was being taken in a private vehicle to a hospital. It was not clear if he self-transported or received a ride from friends or associates.The man was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to his leg, Cummings said. His exact condition was not immediately available Sunday evening.Officers soon found evidence of a shooting outside a home in the 3000 block of Sacramento.After speaking with witnesses who said they had seen a white Toyota fleeing southbound along Sacramento shortly after the shooting, investigators believe it may be related to a separate physical altercation that happened in the same area a...

3 members of California family killed, 6 others hurt in crash on interstate east of Los Angeles

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:24:44 GMT

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — Two children and one adult were killed and six other members of their family were injured when their SUV collided with a car on a Southern California highway early Sunday, authorities said. The crash involving a Chevy Suburban and a Tesla sedan occurred shortly before 7:30 a.m. on Interstate 10 in the Whitewater area near Palm Springs, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The Suburban carrying nine members of a family from Anaheim overturned after hitting the center divider, and at least six occupants were ejected, officials said. A 31-year-old woman and two girls, ages 10 and 12, were killed, ABC 7 reported. Three girls, ages, 3, 7 and 11, and a 15-year-old boy were seriously hurt, while two adults had minor or moderate injuries, the TV station reported. The Tesla’s sole occupant, a 31-year-old man from Indio, was not hurt. Eastbound lanes of the highway were closed for much of the day. The cause of the crash remained under investigation.So...

Head of Japanese entertainment company mired in sex abuse scandal apologizes, promises fix

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:24:44 GMT

TOKYO (AP) — The head of a major Japanese boys-group talent agency has released a YouTube video apologizing for the sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by her predecessor and promised to prevent a recurrence.Allegations against Johnny Kitagawa, a powerful figure in Japanese entertainment and the founder of Johnny & Associates, have been tossed around for more than 20 years, although he was never charged with crimes. He died in 2019.The allegations resurfaced as a hot topic of scrutiny after BBC News did a special earlier this year, focusing on several people who said they were sexually abused.“More than anything, I apologize very deeply to the victims,” said a solemn Julie Keiko Fujishima, bowing four times during a one-minute video released late Sunday.The scandal has served as a wake-up call for Japan’s lagging fight against sexual harassment. A consumer boycott has begun against Johnny’s, as the company is also known, making for an extensive list, as dozens of the “tarento,” o...

NHL player Hathaway makes clean grab of foul ball at Fenway Park

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:24:44 GMT

BOSTON (AP) — NHL player Garnet Hathaway just settled into his seat in a luxury box behind home plate, getting ready to enjoy a Sunday night game at Fenway Park between the Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals when a foul ball off the bat of Boston’s Justin Turner came sailing back at him in the first inning.So, what did the 31-year-old forward do? He stood up, reached with both hands and made the clean grab.Hathaway played for the Bruins this season after being acquired from Washington at the trade deadline. He’s currently a free agent.“You never think it’s going to happen and then it happens,” he said, smiling. “I’ve been here for a few hours already. It’s my son’s birthday. We got to bring him around the stadium. It was amazing.”Hathaway said he had warning about foul balls just as the game started.“One of the concession guys said: ‘Heads up. If it’s a righty batter, they come quick, they come often. Pay attention,’’’ he said. “I had just sat down and my wife took the kids home. The n...

Scherzer wins in return, Mets score 8 in 5th to beat Nats 8-2 for Sunday split

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:24:44 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Max Scherzer pitched five steady innings in his return from neck spasms and the New York Mets finally broke loose for eight runs in the fifth to beat the Washington Nationals 8-2 on Sunday.Slumping outfielders Starling Marte and Mark Canha both had two hits and two RBIs during New York’s biggest inning this season. After losing 3-2 hours earlier in the completion of a game suspended Saturday because of rain, the scuffling Mets improved to 6-14 in their last 20.The 38-year-old Scherzer (3-2) allowed one run and two hits against his former team, striking out six and walking two. He threw 83 pitches, 50 for strikes, and lowered his ERA to 4.88. The three-time Cy Young Award winner was scratched from his scheduled start last Tuesday in Cincinnati due to neck spasms.Scherzer is 3-0 with a 2.78 ERA in his past four starts against Washington, and his 40 wins at Nationals Park are third all-time behind Stephen Strasburg (54) and Gio Gonzalez (41). In the completion o...

Jason Day ends 5-year drought, Jin Young Ko back to No. 1 in women’s golf

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:24:44 GMT

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Jason Day won his first PGA Tour event in five years Sunday, closing with a 9-under 62 for a one-shot victory over Austin Eckroat and Si Woo Kim at the AT&T Byron Nelson.Day, winless in 105 starts since the 2018 Wells Fargo, took his first lead when he broke a tie at 20 under with hometown favorite Scottie Scheffler by chipping in for birdie at the par-4 12th, the second-toughest hole of the week that played as a par 5 the past two years at the TPC Craig Ranch.Playing on Mother’s Day a little more than a year after losing his mom to cancer, Day finished 23 under while ending his victory drought the week before the PGA Championship.With the heaviest rain coming down near the end of an off-and-on rainy final round, Day put his approach at 18 inside 3 feet. Kim made a short birdie for 63 that forced Day to make his easy tap-in before Day greeted his kids and wife, who is expecting their fifth child.Eckroat had a 65 for his best finish on the PGA Tour. C.T. Pa...

Tyler Lussi scores to give the Courage a 1-0 win over OL Reign

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:24:44 GMT

Tyler Lussi’s first-half goal powered the North Carolina Courage to a 1-0 win against OL Reign in the National Women’s Soccer League on Sunday. In the 34th minute at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina, Courage forward Rikke Madsen sent a through ball to Lussi just over the halfway line. The forward beat her defender on the fast break and slotted a shot into the far post.North Carolina (3-3-1), which had 69% of possession in the first half, also had two first-half goals called back for offside.OL Reign (4-2-1) got its first shot on goal in the 61st minute when goalkeeper Casey Murphy had to push away a Jordyn Huitema header. Huitema got a similar look five minutes later, but Murphy again made the save.The Reign lost for the first time since their NWSL regular-season opener. WAVE 2, CURRENT 0Belle Briede scored her first goal of the season in San Diego’s road win against Kansas City.The match was played in front of 12,969 fans at Children’s Mercy Park ...