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Jaylen Brown scored 29 points and Jayson Tatum finished with 26 points and eight rebounds to help the Boston Celtics extend their winning streak to five games by beating the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves 107-105 Sunday. Brown made 7 of his 10 3-point attempts, including five in the opening quarter. The Timberwolves are winless in their last 18 road games against the Celtics. Minnesota’s last win in Boston came in March 2005. Minnesota was within two points, 107-105, following a Julius Randle layup with 33.6 seconds to play. The Timberwolves had the ball trailing by two with 7.1 seconds left, but Naz Reid missed a 3-point attempt at the buzzer that would have given Minnesota the win. The Timberwolves received 20 rebounds and 10 points from Rudy Gobert. Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards had 28 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, and Randle finished with 23 points. Minnesota, which shot 42% from the field, has lost five of its last seven games. Derrick White added 19 points and nine rebounds for Boston, which made 21 of its 56 3-point attempts (37.5 percent). Brown opened the game with five 3-pointers to help the Celtics build a 15-6 advantage. Boston missed 11 consecutive shots later in the quarter and an 11-0 run allowed Minnesota to go in front 17-15. The Timberwolves led 27-24 after one quarter. Boston led 53-43 following two Tatum free throws with 3:39 remaining in the second quarter and extended the lead to 12 later in the second, but Minnesota scored the final nine points in the quarter and Boston had a 55-52 halftime lead. Boston scored 14 of the first 18 points in the third quarter to stretch its lead to 69-56. Boston had a 19-point lead — its largest of the game — after an Xavier Tillman layup made it a 79-60 game with 4:26 to play in the third. The Celtics led 84-73 entering the fourth.
DENVER (AP) — Un accidente de un avión de la Patrulla Aérea Civil en Colorado ha causado la muerte de la piloto de la aeronave y de un fotógrafo aéreo, según informaron las autoridades. El accidente, que ocurrió en el condado de Larimer el sábado, mató a la piloto Susan Wolber y al fotógrafo aéreo Jay Rhoten, de acuerdo con un comunicado emitido por la oficina del gobernador Jared Polis. La aeronave estaba en una misión de entrenamiento rutinaria en el momento del accidente. El copiloto, Randall Settergren, resultó herido y fue trasladado a un centro médico en helicóptero por la Guardia Nacional del Ejército de Colorado. “El Estado de Colorado está agradecido por su compromiso con el servicio y no será olvidado. También quiero agradecer a los primeros respondedores que asistieron con los esfuerzos de rescate y recuperación”, dijo Polis en la plataforma de redes sociales X. La Patrulla Aérea Civil, la auxiliar oficial de la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos, es una organización sin fines de lucro con 60.000 miembros en todo el país, operando una flota de 550 aeronaves. Realiza misiones de búsqueda y rescate en el interior continental de Estados Unidos y es acreditada por el centro de coordinación de rescate de la Fuerza Aérea con salvar un promedio de 70 vidas anualmente. Sus profesionales no remunerados también realizan misiones de seguridad nacional, alivio de desastres e interdicción de drogas a solicitud de agencias federales, estatales y locales. RELATED COVERAGE Trabajadores de aeropuerto de Carolina del Norte planean huelga durante semana de Acción de Gracias Republicanos arremeten contra demócratas que expresan sus inquietudes sobre nominación de Gabbard Tras negar el Proyecto 2025, Trump apunta a sus autores e influencers para puestos clave ___ Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
The biker community is reeling after three motorcyclists died near Taihape at the weekend. The crash on Saturday involving four motorbikes and a ute happened on State Highway 1 at Utiku. Rob Miller, a life member of the Road Pirates Social Motorcycle club, told RNZ the riders had been taking part in an event organised by the Manawatu Road Pirates. He said those killed were from a range of clubs including their club, the Bay MC Motorcyclone Club and the Sulphur City Motorcycle Club. Road safety expert Professor Simon Kingham said he did not know any details of the crash, but that tragic motorbike accidents were far too common. "Historically the crash rates for people on motorbikes are higher than any other mode driven, and I think that's partly because of the vulnerability of people," he said. Kingham said it was important drivers were well prepared and trained, and that roads had median barriers where possible. "We can make any road safe to drive at high speeds, you can put in things like median barriers but they are of course a very expensive way to engineer roads," he said. He said while it was unclear what caused the accident and whether barriers would have helped, he was an advocate for slower speeds in some areas. "We can engineer roads to be safe and we can use lower speed limits to keep us safe," Kingham said. Figures from the Ministry of Transport show 255 people have died on the roads so far in 2024.