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California’s food insecurity rises as pandemic aid ends

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:00 GMT

(BCN) -- Food insecurity in California ticked upward over the past year, bringing the share of hardship back up to levels early in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released by the California Association of Food Banks on Tuesday."Families are buying less food," said May Lynn Tan, the association's director of research and strategic initiatives, who conducted a survey of food aid recipients this summer. "They're running out of food, not being able to afford nutritious meals, and worrying more about food." Lawsuit: Saint Mary’s College rape victim shamed as ‘bad girl,’ silenced by school Advocates credited a pandemic-era federal aid program that gave food assistance recipients more money for groceries for pulling food insecurity below 20% of California households between 2021 and 2022. The additional aid, Tan said, helped recipients buy healthier food and become more financially stable.As prices soared last year, food insecurity spiked. Then, the boost in federal aid ended in...

Xavier Brown scores 17 off the bench, No. 20 James Madison beats Hampton 88-71

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:00 GMT

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Xavier Brown matched a career-high with 17 points off the bench to lead six Dukes in double figures as No. 20 James Madison defeated Hampton 88-71 on Saturday.Freshman Jaylen Carey added 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Dukes (10-0). Michael Green III scored 16 points and had eight assists.Jerry Deng scored 18 for Hampton (4-6) and Kyrese Mullen added 14 points and 12 rebounds.After trailing by 10 at one point, James Madison chipped away at the lead and then used a 13-2 run in the second half to pull away.Deng, who scored 37 last time out against Division III Mary Baldwin, came off the bench midway through the first half and scored seven quick points to give the Pirates a 22-18 lead.As the half continued, James Madison went ice cold from 3-point range while the Pirates got to the free-throw line and built an eight-point advantage 13 minutes in. With reigning Sun Belt Player of the Week TJ Bickerstaff in early foul trouble, the Dukes got quality minutes off the b...

Hinson, Leggett pace Pitt in Panthers’ runaway win over South Carolina State

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:00 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Blake Hinson scored 19 points shooting 7 for 10 and Ishmael Leggett scored 14 points and Pitt beat South Carolina State 86-49 on Saturday in a game it never trailed.Reserve Zack Austin added 12 points for Pitt which shot 31 for 62 (50%). Ten players entered the scoring column for Pitt.Hinson entered having scored 20 or more points in four consecutive games, the longest 20-plus-point scoring stretch for the Pitt program since Jamel Artis scored 20 or more points in five consecutive contests from Dec. 28, 2016 through Jan. 17, 2017.Backup Atiba Taylor scored 14 points for South Carolina State. The Bulldogs’ starters scored a combined 14 points. The Bulldogs shot 28.1% (16 for 57), committed 18 turnovers and 17 personal fouls.Taylor’s 3-pointer with 6:04 remaining before halftime reduced South Carolina State’s deficit to 21-18. Pitt countered with a 3-pointer from Hinson, Leggett threw down a dunk and the Panthers (8-3) proceeded to outscore South Ca...

Reserves Hunt, Navarro lead Ohio to 41-21 victory over Georgia Southern in Myrtle Beach Bowl

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:00 GMT

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Rickey Hunt woke up edgy and nervous Saturday, having no idea he would soon have one of the best performances in Ohio football history. Hunt, a freshman, ran for four touchdowns and caught a fifth as Ohio overcame a host of transfer portal losses to win its fifth-straight bowl game, beating Georgia Southern 41-21 at the Myrtle Beach Bowl. “I did not see this coming at all,” said Hunt, pressed into service when the Bobcats top two running backs in Sieh Bangura and O’Shaan Allison entered the portal after combining for 1,263 yards and 10 touchdowns. Hunt’s five touchdowns were the best single-game showing ever for the Bobcats. He finished with 115 yards and had scoring runs of 2, 6, 40 and 9 yards. Hunt also had an 18-yard TD catch off a jump pass from fill-in quarterback Parker Navarro. “The last two weeks, it was shaky,” Hunt said. “We lost some big players.” Along with Bangura and Allison, Ohio played without starting quarterback Kurtis Rourke,...

Legendary band Metallica to decide if Va. high school marching band will win national competition

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:00 GMT

The Oakton high school marching band performing on their home field. (Courtesy Carolee Schriener) The Oakton high school marching band performing on their home field. (Courtesy Carolee Schriener) A Virginia high school marching band is hoping to be number “one,” getting major attention as legendary band Metallica prepares to select winners in a national competition.The Oakton High School Marching Cougars put together a Metallica-themed show this year titled “Parade to Black,” which has reached the finals in a competition sponsored by the iconic rock band, who will also serve as judges.The competition is a play on Metallica’s song “From Whom the Bell Tolls” and is called &#...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar falls and breaks hip at Los Angeles concert

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was undergoing surgery for a broken hip Saturday after falling at a concert in Los Angeles.The NBA Hall of Famer was attending a show Friday night when he was injured. Paramedics at the undisclosed venue responded and the 76-year-old was taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.His business partner, Deborah Morales, declined to provide a further update Saturday and referred only to a statement posted on Abdul-Jabbar’s social media.“We are all deeply appreciative of all the support for Kareem,” it said.Abdul-Jabbar was a key player on the Los Angeles Lakers’ teams during their “Showtime” era in the 1980s, leading them to five NBA championships. He was a six-time NBA MVP.The 7-foot-2 center was the NBA’s career-scoring leader until being passed by current Laker LeBron James in February. Abdul-Jabbar owned the mark for 39 years.He starred at UCLA, when he was known as Lew Alcindor and was a three-time national player of the year unde...

2 killed after car slams into power pole, catches fire in North Miami Beach

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:00 GMT

A fiery wreck on the road left two people dead in North Miami Beach.North Miami Beach Police and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash in the area of Northwest 172nd Street and U.S. 1, Saturday afternoon.The victims’ car caught fire after it struck a power pole. Video shared by Only in Dade captured the vehicle fully engulfed in flames.Police worked to free the trapped the occupants, but they would not survive.Their vehicle was left charred and unrecognizable.Police have not provided further details about the crash, as they continue to investigate.

Shooting in Roxbury leaves man with life-threatening injuries

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:00 GMT

Boston police are investigating a shooting in Roxbury on Saturday that left a victim hospitalized with life-threatening injuries, officials said.Officers responding to a Shot Spotter activation around 4:45 p.m. in the area of Quincy and Warren Street found a man suffering from life-threatening injuries. No additional information was immediately available.This is a developing news story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest details.

‘Missing baby problem’: More parents accuse Brigham and Women’s of losing fetal remains in baby Everleigh case

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:00 GMT

Brigham and Women’s Hospital has now been accused of five cases of improperly disposing of the fetal remains, lawyers stated in a hearing in Suffolk Superior Court.“The plaintiffs, despite the best efforts of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, have discovered that this is not an isolated incident,” said Patrick Driscoll, lawyer for the plaintiffs, at the hearing. “There are actually five effected families, where their child’s remains were discarded in a 17-month period starting in August of 2020 against their wishes.”The hearing, presided over by Judge Michael Doolin, stemmed from a lawsuit brought by the parents of baby Everleigh, a 12-day old newborn who died at Brigham and Women’s in Aug. 6, 2020.When a funeral home employee went to collect Everleigh’s body days after her death, according to court documents, morgue staff was unable to located her remains. On Aug. 12, hospital investigators found via video and interviews that a path...

Trump delivers wide-ranging speech to New Hampshire hockey arena

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:01:00 GMT

DURHAM, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump returned to the Granite State for a Saturday rally at the University of New Hampshire, where he half-filled the school’s hockey arena with hundreds of MAGA faithful.After mounting a stage set just to one side of center ice, the 45th President launched into his typically bombastic style of stump speech, jumping into attacks against President Joe Biden during his opening remarks and hammering the sitting commander-in-chief’s record as the address continued.“Not one thing has gotten better under crooked Joe Biden,” Trump said. “Joe Biden and the Democrat Party are incapable of solving any problems.”“All that will change when the polls close on election night in 2024,” he said. “By Christmas of next year the economy will be roaring back.”Trump’s speech, which lasted about an hour-and-a-half, was wide ranging and somewhat rambling, jumping from topic to topic rapidly and with little or no evidence provided to back up his claims.At one point ea...