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The GOP debate field was asked about Trump. But most of the stage’s attacks focused on Nikki Haley

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:00:12 GMT

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Four Republican presidential candidates were given several opportunities Wednesday to criticize former President Donald Trump, who was absent from the debate again. But they mostly targeted each other, with former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley taking the brunt of the attacks as she gets more interest from donors and voters. With just over a month before the 2024 primary calendar begins, the debate demonstrated how firm Trump’s grip remains on the party. But the focus on Haley reflected how other candidates perceive her as a threat to their chances of taking on Trump directly. Aside from former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, most the candidates have spent more time in debates going after each other than taking aim at Trump, reflecting the view of many GOP operatives that there are diminishing returns in attacking the former president given his popularity among Republicans.The last scheduled debate before Iowa’s GOP caucuses on Jan. 15 may ...

Vasilevskiy has 24 saves, Kucherov has a goal and assist as Lightning beat Penguins 3-1

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:00:12 GMT

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 24 shots, NHL points leader Nikita Kucherov had a goal and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 on Wednesday night.Anthony Cirelli and Tanner Jeannot also scored for the Lightning, who have won four in a row after a four-game skid. Kucherov extended his point streak to 11 games, and has 44. points in 26 games.“There’s a lot of great players in this league, the best in the world,” Tampa Bay coach Jon Cooper said of Kucherov. “But I think right now through 20-something games you’ve got to put him on the top of mountain. He’s been elite, that’s all I can say.”In his sixth game since recovering from back surgery that delayed his season debut, Vasilevskiy stopped two scoring chances by Sidney Crosby during the same shift in the second period, including one from the low left circle while the center was on his knees. The goalie was coming off a 25-save, 4-0 win over the Dallas on Monday...

Kolek scores 28 as Marquette cruises past Texas 86-65 in Big East-Big 12 Battle

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:00:12 GMT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Tyler Kolek had 28 points, eight rebounds and six assists as No. 8 Marquette drubbed No. 12 Texas 86-65 on Wednesday night in a Big East-Big 12 Battle matchup.Kam Jones added 17 points for Marquette (7-2), which rebounded from a 75-64 loss Saturday at in-state rival Wisconsin and gave coach Shaka Smart an emphatic win against his former team. Smart faced the Longhorns for the first time since spending six seasons at Texas, where he went 109-86 from 2015-21 but did not win an NCAA Tournament game. Max Abmas led Texas (6-2) with 25 points.After closing out the first half with a flurry, Marquette left no doubt in the second, building a 32-point lead.Kolek opened the game with a 3-pointer, but Abmas responded with three consecutive makes from deep in a little over a minute to put the Longhorns in front.After Kolek’s opening shot, Marquette missed its next eight 3-point attempts. But an 11-0 run, which included three consecutive 3s, pushed Marquette to a 29-20 lead with ...

UNLV student from Colorado describes scene of Las Vegas shooting

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:00:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Another shooting on a college campus sent students running for safety on Wednesday at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.Three people were killed and another was hurt, and police said the suspect was dead.When the shooting began, hundreds of students went running to hide and find safety, including students from here in Colorado. FOX31 spoke with a student from Telluride who's a junior at the school.Jack Dubroff said he was not on campus at the time, but one of his roommates was in the building when the shooting happened. He said he was headed to campus to meet his roommates when he heard the news."It's scary to see just like places that I normally walk as a crime scene, and to think that I could have been there," Dubroff said. FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox He said the roommate who was there had just finished presenting for his final when officers entered their classroom and told them to get down and hide. After a few minutes, t...

On RTD, high schooler used to dodging fentanyl, chaos

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:00:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A family heading to the holiday festivities downtown reached out to the FOX31 Problem Solvers in fear after using RTD to attend the Parade of Lights in Denver.It’s the season of holiday cheer and fun family activities downtown. But the RTD train ride home from the Parade of Lights last Saturday night was anything but joyful for mother Cindi Clark and her daughter.“My daughter starts yelling, 'Quit doing fentanyl on the train,'” Clark said. “And we turn around, and they're sitting like a foot away from us."Clark’s daughter, Aaliyah Villarreal, said she’s now used to the smell of smoke on the train as she and her friends use RTD often.“Lately, it's really bad,” Villarreal said. “Like every time we're on there, someone's either smoking fentanyl or it's just chaotic on there.” FOX31 Newsletters: Sign up to get breaking news sent to your inbox It’s gotten to a point where the sophomore in high school knows how to react."If it gets too like clouded up in there and, you k...

Task force tracks down unregistered sex offenders in Denver metro

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:00:12 GMT

ADAMS COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — A special law enforcement team is going after sex offenders in the state with Operation Colorado Cleanup. The U.S. Marshals Service invited FOX31 to see firsthand how hunting down sex offenders led to uncovering other crimes in metro-area neighborhoods. Colorado hate crimes likely underreported, despite spiking to record highs One deputy marshal described their fugitive track-downs as professional hide and seek. Specifically with Operation Colorado Cleanup, the mission is finding 1,800 noncompliant sex offenders with warrants for their arrests in the state.The operation is led by the U.S. Marshals Service, with local deputies and federal agencies teaming up, county by county, to track down convicted felons.FOX31 rides along for Marshals Service operationIn the pre-dawn hours, while most are sleeping, the task force takes advantage of the darkness, searching for those who don’t want to be found. The team gathered for a briefing before the first stop of...

Colorado hate crimes likely underreported, despite spiking to record highs 

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:00:12 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — New data from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation shows the state is on pace to match or exceed last year's record high of reported hate crimes.Yet despite those statistics, state leaders still believe 82-96% of those crimes are not being reported.“Some people just don’t feel safe reporting to law enforcement, and some people don’t feel that if they do report, that something can happen, said Scott Levin with the Anti-Defamation League.Levin said the ADL has seen a 300% increase in antisemitic events amid the Israel-Hamas conflict.“That’s had an impact here in the United States, and here in the community," he said. Polis to Biden: Reschedule marijuana before 2024 Metropolitan State University of Denver student Morgan Shepard said he witnessed antisemitic hate crime at a recent rally.“I have seen quite a bit, especially at some of those protests. There were people who made throat-cutting motions,” he said. “I think the people who held those beliefs have always held ...

Florida won’t turn over lottery winnings

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:00:12 GMT

She won a little lottery money. The bad news: the state took it and said she owed them money, but she doesn’t. She still couldn’t get her lottery winnings, so she asked Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser to help her hit the jackpot.When Marlene looks at the pictures on her wall, including her two adult children, she feels like a lucky lady.Marlene Campbell: “I’m blessed. Yeah, I’m blessed, I’m blessed.”And she wanted to be lucky in another way, after she read about people winning the lottery.Marlene Campbell: “I was just curious and said, ‘Hey, let me see if today’s my lucky day.'”She bought a scratch-off ticket. She scratched. She screamed.Marlene Campbell: “I was so shocked when I scratched off and saw the amount I won: $1,000.”She headed to the Miami Lakes lottery office, filled out the form to collect her cash … and her lucky streak ended.Marlene Campbell: “The lady called me, and she told me I w...

Julia Roberts, ‘Leave the World Behind’ co-stars talk about making new Netflix thriller

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:00:12 GMT

Imagine planning a nice vacation with your family, only to have it interrupted by a stranger bearing news of a cyberattack. That’s the premise of the new Netflix movie “Leave the World Behind.” The film brings Julia Roberts and Mahershala Ali together to take on a strange new world.Julia Roberts (as Amanda Sandford): “I went online this morning, and I rented us a beautiful house out by the beach.”Life’s a beach, especially when your family vacation takes an unexpected turn.Julia Roberts: “This is a story about a family that goes on vacation until there’s a knock at the door in the middle of the night, and then the rest of the movie is what happens in the light of day from that point.”Mahershala Ali (as G.H. Scott): “I’m so sorry to bother you, but this is our house.”Mahershala Ali and Julia Roberts star in the new Netflix thriller “Leave the World Behind.” Their characters must stick together to surv...

Ovarian cancer: New steps toward early diagnosis

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:00:12 GMT

The dream of early detection for ovarian cancer is now one step closer to reality: according to the results of a new study published today in Science Translational Medicine, it would be possible to identify, years in advance of the first clinical manifestations of the disease, molecular alterations specific to ovarian cancer DNA in swabs already in use for the Pap test — the common cervical cancer screening exam.Early detection of ovarian cancer, of which symptoms manifest usually in the last stages of the disease, is critical for survival. In fact, the survival rate at five years is just 30 percent for cancers diagnosed at stage III (or more), the most abundant, but it is 90 percent when the tumor is diagnosed at stage I.“Ovarian cancer survival is highly dependent on the timing of diagnosis: changing our ability to make early diagnosis means changing the chances of cure. And that is exactly what we believe is possible through an innovative, yet fairly simple approach: applyi...