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Jamestown (CSi) The Jamestown City Fire Department was called out about 9:25-a.m Wednesday to a reported fire in the laundry room at Hansen Heights Apartments on 5th Avenue, Northeast in Jamestown.
City Fire Chief Jim Reuther says, the fire was located in the dryer, on the first floor that caused considerable smoke to the area, and a lesser amount to the rest of the building.
Also on scene to assist in the evacuation of residents was Jamestown Police, and the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office. A Dietrich school bus was on scene for the evacuated residents to keep warm in during the evacuation. Jamestown Area Ambulance Service was on scene for standby.
The dryer was taken out of the building.
No injuries reported.
The fire department extracted smoke from the building.
One resident was not allowed to return to the building until door damage is repaired, from fire department access. That person is receiving assistance from the Buffalo Valley Red Cross Chapter.
Ladder One was on scene for stand-by which is called to all structural fires.
Five city fire department units and 23 fire fighters were on scene around 40 minutes.
Chief Reuther says the fire is under investigation
Jamestown (CVHD) Central Valley Health District (CVHD) has an additional 200 first doses of COVID vaccine available for today, March 4, for the current vaccination priority groups in Stutsman and Logan Counties.
The current priority groups include:
- All persons 65 years and older
- Ages 18 and older living with two or more high-risk* medical condition
- Child care workers
- School staff (Teachers, nutritional services, aides, bus drivers, principals, administrative staff, custodians, etc)
To register for an appointment, please visit www.centralvalleyhealth.org and click the COVID-19 tab to view the available vaccination clinic. Appointments are open to those in Stutsman and Logan counties, or surrounding counties. Anyone from out of state will be turned away. The clinic will be closed if the amount of appointments exceeds the number of available vaccine doses.
CVHD anticipates more vaccine the week of March 8 and will post more information on their Facebook page and website when the information is available.
* High-risk medical conditions as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at https://bit.ly/3uzNsTA.
NDDoH
COVID-19 Stats
Wed. Mar. 3 2021
11am
Barnes:
New Positives +1
Total Positives 1296
Active 9
Recovered 1255
Stutsman
New Positives +3
Total Positives 3296
Active 6
Recovered 3196
COVID-19 Test Results
The results listed are from the previous day. Additional data can be found on the NDDoH website.
Please note that from now on the daily news release will be sent Monday – Friday. The NDDoH dashboard will continue to be updated daily.
| BY THE NUMBERS | ||||||
| 137,039 | Residents who received at least one dose of vaccine | |||||
| 232,079 | Total COVID-19 vaccine doses administered | |||||
| 6,950 | Total Tests from yesterday* | |||||
| 1,673,674 | Total tests completed since the pandemic began | |||||
| 111 | Positive Individuals from yesterday***** | |||||
| 51 | PCR Tests | |||||
| 60 | Antigen Tests | |||||
| 100,067 | Total positive individuals since the pandemic began | |||||
| 2.25% | Daily Positivity Rate** | |||||
| 605 | Total Active Cases | |||||
| +29 | Change in active cases from yesterday | |||||
| 76 | Individuals with a recovery date of yesterday**** | |||||
| 98,014 | Total recovered since the pandemic began | |||||
| 20 | Currently hospitalized | |||||
| -4 | Change in hospitalizations from yesterday | |||||
| 1 | New death(s) | |||||
| 1,448 | Total deaths since the pandemic began
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| INDIVIDUALS WHO DIED WITH COVID-19 | ||||||
| Man in his 70s from Ward County | ||||||
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NEW POSITIVE CASES REPORTED WENESDAY BY COUNTY |
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| Adams | 0 | Grant | 0 | Ransom | 3 | |
| Barnes | 1 | Griggs | 0 | Renville | 0 | |
| Benson | 2 | Hettinger | 1 | Richland | 6 | |
| Billings | 0 | Kidder | 0 | Rolette | 8 | |
| Bottineau | 0 | LaMoure | 0 | Sargent | 0 | |
| Bowman | 2 | Logan | 0 | Sheridan | 0 | |
| Burke | 0 | McHenry | 2 | Sioux | 0 | |
| Burleigh | 12 | McIntosh | 0 | Slope | 0 | |
| Cass | 16 | McKenzie | 2 | Stark | 9 | |
| Cavalier | 1 | McLean | 0 | Steele | 0 | |
| Dickey | 2 | Mercer | 2 | Stutsman | 3 | |
| Divide | 2 | Morton | 3 | Towner | 0 | |
| Dunn | 0 | Mountrail | 0 | Traill | 1 | |
| Eddy | 0 | Nelson | 0 | Walsh | 4 | |
| Emmons | 1 | Oliver | 0 | Ward | 13 | |
| Foster | 0 | Pembina | 1 | Wells | 0 | |
| Golden Valley | 0 | Pierce | 0 | Williams | 8 | |
| Grand Forks | 5 | Ramsey | 1 | |||
* Note that this includes PCR and antigen; it does not include individuals from out of state.
**Individuals (PCR or antigen) who tested positive divided by the total number of people tested who have not previously tested positive (susceptible encounters).
*** Number of individuals who tested positive with a PCR or antigen test and died from any cause while infected with COVID-19. Please remember that deaths are reported as they’re reported to us by the facility or through the official death record (up to 10-day delay).
**** The actual date individuals are officially out of isolation and no longer contagious.
*****Daily positive numbers include people who tested with a PCR or antigen test. Totals may be adjusted as individuals are found to live out of state, in another county, or as other information is found during investigation.
For descriptions of these categories, visit the NDDoH dashboard.
For the most updated and timely information and updates related to COVID-19, visit the NDDoH website at www.health.nd.gov/coronavirus, follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and visit the CDC website at www.cdc.gov/coronavirus.
Valley City (CCHD) City-County Health District (CCHD) is prepared to move into Phase 1C in North Dakota’s COVID-19 vaccination plan: Essential workers and people of any age at increased risk for COVID-19.
Phase 1C includes:
National Guard, not previously covered
Workers enabling access to human food (i.e., grocery workers), not including restaurant workers
Public safety answering points (911)
Manufacturing related to the development or supply of COVID-19 vaccine
Other healthcare/public health workers not included in phase 1A
Free standing clinical laundries
Public transit, including bus, taxi, ride-share
Persons age 18 – 64 with one or more high-risk medical conditions
Blood bank workers not previously vaccinated
Information Technology
All other essential workers per Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Those who are currently eligible, who wish to be vaccinated by City-County Health District must register for an appointment by visiting www.citycountyhealth.org/covid-19-vaccine. Those in need of clinic registration support are encouraged to call CCHD at 701-845-8518.
For information and updates related to COVID-19 vaccination in North Dakota, visit the NDDoH website at www.health.nd.gov/covid-19-vaccine-information.
LaMoure (NDDHP) The North Dakota Highway Patrol investigated a one vehicle crash, February 28 at about 9:50-a.m. on LaMoure County Road 35 a half mile East of Highway One, four and a half miles west of Ft. Ransom.
The reports says a 2006 Toyota Corolla, driven by 15 year old Bailee Stockert, of Sanborn,
was traveling eastbound on County Road 35. The Toyota lost control on the gravel roadway and then left the roadway after over correcting. The Toyota entered the north ditch and rolled. The vehicle came to rest on its top and the driver was removed from her seatbelt by responders. Stockert was transported by life flight to Fargo to Sanford Hospital for injuries sustained in the crash.
Assisting at the scene were, the Lamoure County Sheriff, Ransom County Sheriff, Barnes Ambulance, Verona Fire and rescue.
The crash remains under investigation by the North Dakota Highway Patrol.
Jamestown (CSi) Stutsman County Veterans Service Officer, David Bratton says, premium reductions are coming to those enrolled in the Veterans Group Life Insurance Program.
On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 David added that, the reduction is effective April 1, 2021, and amounts to a seven percent reduction.
He said the VA continues to offer debt relief options, for those struggling due to effects of the pandemic.
David pointed out that the VA’s Department of Veterans Affairs has given over one million doses of COVID-19 vaccinations to veterans, with 329,000 of those being second doses.
Also the VA is providing testing and COVID-19 vaccines to those utilizing caregiver support.
He said, appointments are filling fast for a Fargo VA Clinic first dose COVID-19 vaccination for veterans enrolled in the VA Healthcare program, regardless of age, in Jamestown at the Gladstone Inn & Suites on March 10. Call 701-239-3700 and select option 2, to schedule an appointment in Jamestown.
David said, however the appointments may be filled. If so, those interested may be put in the schedule for the next vaccine clinic.
In other notes, he said the VA is sending out 1095b’s for taxes, concerning confirmation of the healthcare coverage, under Obama Care, for tax year 2020. His office is handling requests of copies if needed.
He pointed out that plans are being reviewed for the possible restart of the Burleigh County van that takes vets to Fargo medical appointments. The van will be accessible to those veterans that have had both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
David Bratton can be reached at his office in the lower level of the LEC in Jamestown, by calling 252-9043, Monday- Friday 8-a.m. to noon and 1-p.m. to 5-p.m.
He can also arrange to meet with in person visits for service, by calling him to meet upstairs at the LEC.
CHURCHS FERRY, N.D. (AP) — Authorities a man who was delivering a new bus to a school in Canada suffered a minor injury after the bus rolled over several times on a highway in northeastern North Dakota. The North Dakota Highway Patrol says 50-year-old Toronado Watson, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, fell asleep shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday. He was driving a 2022 Thomas school bus west on U.S. Highway 2 near Churchs Ferry. Watson tried to gain control of the bus after running off the road but overcorrected and wound up rolling it in the north ditch. Authorities say he was the sole occupant of the bus and was wearing his seatbelt.
Bismarck (CSi) Unoccupied fish houses must be removed from all waters beginning March 15 until ice-out. Please remove by mid-night.
Those remaining after the deadline will be impounded locally by the Stutsman County Park Board.
Fish houses may be used after March 15 if they are removed daily.
Mild weather conditions can result in unstable ice conditions that can make removing a fish house with a vehicle difficult or dangerous.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Republican and Democratic legislative leaders are finalizing a resolution to expel a North Dakota House member accused of threatening and sexually harassing women at the state Capitol. House Majority Leader Chet Pollert says a resolution to expel GOP Rep. Luke Simons will be introduced on the House floor Thursday. Pollert and Democratic House Minority Leader Josh Boschee said they worked together over the the Legislature’s mid-session break to craft the expulsion resolution. Simons has denied wrongdoing and declined Republican leadership’s requests to resign. He says the allegations have been “totally misconstrued and taken out of context.”
ENDERLIN, N.D. (AP) — A first responder in North Dakota was called to her own home where her 2-year-old son had been severely burned in a fire. It happened in the small community of Enderlin in southeastern North Dakota Tuesday afternoon. Shelby Jankowski was volunteering as a first responder when she heard the call. Jankowski’s son, Royce, had suffered burns after his mattress caught fire. Just how the mattress ignited remains under investigation. By the time Jankowski arrived at her home with a co-worker, crews had rescued Royce and put out the fire. Royce and his mom where flown to a hospital in Minnesota. The boy had suffered third-degree burns over 30% of his body.
A GoFundMe set up by Enderlin EMTs has raised close to $5,000 in less than one day for the 2 year-old. You can find the GoFundMe page here.
In sports…
Sioux City Iowa — (UJ) The University of Jamestown’s Mason Walters (SO/Jamestown, ND) has been named GPAC Player of the Year, as the conference office announced its postseason honors Wednesday.
Walters, who was also named to the all-conference first team, averaged 21.7 points, 12.1 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game
for the Jimmies, who finished the regular season with a record of 19-8 overall and 14-6 in conference play. He had five games of 30 points or more, including 38 points against Concordia (Neb.) Walters also had three games with 20 or more rebounds, including a UJ record 22 boards against Hastings (Neb.) His 21 double-doubles also lead the NAIA.
Marc Kjos (SO/Lake City, MN) was named to the all-conference second team. Kjos was second on the team with 11.2 points per game and led the Jimmies with 70 three-pointers, a .452 percentage from three-point range, 109 assists, and 27 steals.
Allante’ Pickens (SR/Chicago, IL) and Will Cordes (FR/Shakopee, MN) were honorable mention all-conference selections. Pickens averaged 11.2 points and had 66 assists for UJ. Cordes averaged 8.3 points per game and tied with Pickens for second on the team with 48 made three-pointers.
2020-21 GPAC Men’s Basketball All-Conference Honors
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (UJ) — Four University of Jamestown women’s basketball players earned all-conference awards as the Great Plains Athletic Conference announced its postseason teams Wednesday
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Hannah DeMars (SO/Grand Rapids, MN) was selected to the first team. DeMars led the Jimmies in scoring with 17.8 points per game as well as rebounding with 7.8 boards per game. She had nine games with 20 or more points, including a 39-point game at Doane (Neb.), which is the second-most in Jimmie history.
Kia Tower (SO/Bigfork, MN) was named to the second team.Tower averaged 14.7 points per game and reached double figure point totals in 22 of 26 games. Five times Tower scored 20 points or more. She set a new career high with 25 points against Northwestern (Iowa) early in the season and also reached that mark in the final game of the season at Morningside (Iowa). Tower was second on the team with 51 three-point field goals and 75 assists.
Earning honorable mention honors were Noelle Josephson (JR/Ramsey, MN) and Macy Savela (SO/Mountain Iron, MN). Josephson emerged as one of the premier defensive players in the conference, as evidenced by her 80 steals. The 80 steals was fourth most in a season by a Jimmie and gave Josephson an even 200 for her career, moving her into fourth place on the all-time UJ list. Josephson was third on the team in scoring with 10.4 points per game and second on the team with 6.1 rebounds per game. Savela was the top long-range shooters for the Jimmies this season, making 67 three-pointers at a 39.4 percent rate. She averaged 9.3 points per game and was in double figures for five of her last six games.
In addition, Josephson was one of three players chosen as GPAC Defensive Player of the Year. She was second in the conference in both steals (80) and steals per game (3.33). Josephson twice recorded seven steals in a game, tying a personal best. Sharing the award with Josephson were Kennedy Benne of Briar Cliff (Iowa) and Faith Meyer of Morningside (Iowa).
2020-21 GPAC Women’s Basketball All-Conference Honors
YANKTON, S.D (UJ).– Meghan Orr (SR/Ypsilanti, N.D.) finished 14th in the prelims of the 600 meter run at the NAIA National Indoor Track and Field Championships Wednesday.
Orr’s time of 1:40.44 was fifth in her heat. The top finisher in each of the three heats plus the next five fastest times qualified for the final on Friday. The eighth qualifying time for finals was 1:38.90.
BISMARCK, N.D. (UJ) — The top-ranked University of Jamestown women’s volleyball team swept the University of Mary for the second time in three nights Wednesday, defeating the Marauders 25-12, 25-19, and 25-20.
Anna Holen (JR/LaMoure, N.D.) led UJ with nine kills, followed by Jayla Ritter (JR/Forest Lake, Minn.) and Kalli Hegerle (JR/West Fargo, N.D.) with four each. Jackie Meiklejohn (JR/Dickey, N.D.) had 13 assists while Megan Gaffaney (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) added 10. Defensively, Sydney Ellingson (SR/Langdon, N.D.) (21) and Hannah Schiele (JR/Jamestown, N.D.) (14) both reached double figures in digs, and Ritter and Hegerle finished with three solo blocks each.
The Jimmies outhit the Marauders .147-.095. Jamestown made 13 attack errors to 21 by UMary. The Marauders also had a 31-29 advantage in kills.
With the score tied at 6 in the first set, UJ went on a 16-5 run to open up a 22-11 lead. An Ellie Holen (FR/LaMoure, N.D.) service ace ended the set for the Jimmies.
UMary got within a point at 10-9 in set two before a Corina Huff (SR/Breezy Point, Minn.) kill jumpstarted a 10-3 run to make it 20-12 in favor of UJ. A set error by UMary and a block by Ritter gave UJ the set and a 2-0 match lead.
Jamestown took a commanding 16-4 lead in the third set but the Marauders would score 15 of the next 20 points to get within 21-19. Ritter and Anna Holen combined on a block to end the set and secure the match.
Next up for the Jimmies is a match on Tuesday at Valley City State (N.D.) with first serve set for 7 p.m.
NBA…
— Terry Rozier scored 31 points and Gordon Hayward added 23 as the Charlotte Hornets headed into the All-Star break with a 135-102 win over the skidding Minnesota Timberwolves. Rozier hit three 3-pointers in a span of 1:29, the last of which pushed the lead to 79-65. The Hornets have alternated wins and losses for the past 11 games, with Wednesday’s victory coming after a loss Monday at Portland. The Timberwolves have lost nine in a row and are 0-5 since Chris Finch replaced Ryan Saunders as coach.
— James Harden had a triple-double with 29 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists in the first meeting with his former Houston teammates and the Brooklyn Nets won 132-114 to hand the Rockets their 13th straight loss. Many of the 3,615 fans booed when Harden was introduced before the game and more boos came the first few times he touched the ball. The Nets set a franchise record with their seventh straight road victory and have won 10 of their last 11 overall. It’s the longest skid for the Rockets since they dropped 15 in a row in 2001.
UNDATED (AP) — Joel Embiid had 40 points and 19 rebounds and hit a tying 3-pointer late in regulation, and Tobias Harris scored 11 of his 22 points in overtime to lead the Philadelphia 76ers past the Utah Jazz 131-123 in a matchup of the NBA’s Eastern and Western Conference leaders.Ben Simmons added 17 points for the 76ers, who improved their Eastern Conference-leading record to 24-12.Donovan Mitchell had 33 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Jazz, who lost their second straight. Mike Conley and Bojan Bogdanovic added 18 points apiece for Utah.Mitchell was ejected with 30.8 seconds left in overtime after picking up his second technical. He got his first with 57.5 seconds remaining in the extra period after arguing a foul call.
The game included four players who will be participating in Sunday’s All-Star game in Embiid, Simmons, Mitchell and Rudy Gobert.
Checking out Wednesday’s other NBA action:
— Buddy Hield shook off a sore ankle to score 29 points and the Kings beat the short-handed Lakers 123-120 Wednesday night. Hield’s status for the game was in doubt because of a sprained right ankle but he decided to play through it and helped the Kings win for just the second time in the past 12 games. They took advantage of a banged-up Lakers team missing LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Sacramento held on at the end to win this one with Harrison Barnes’ layup giving the Kings a 121-120 lead with 30.1 seconds remaining after De’Aaron Fox had just fouled out.
— Wayne Ellington scored 25 points and the Detroit Pistons beat the virus-depleted Toronto Raptors 129-105 to snap a three-game losing streak. Ellington was 8 of 11 from 3-point range and the Pistons were 20 for 41 overall from long range. Detroit’s backup had 56 points, with Rodney McGruder and Saben Lee each finishing with 20. Norman Powell had 36 points for Toronto, and Kyle Lowry added 21 points.
— T.J. McConnell set an NBA record with nine steals in the first half and posted his second career triple-double with 16 points, 13 assists and a franchise-best 10 steals, leading the Indiana Pacers to a 114-111 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. McConnell also went 8 of 8 from the field in 36 minutes off the bench as Indiana rallied from a 19-point deficit in the third quarter and snapped Cleveland’s four-game winning streak. Malcolm Brogdon scored 27 points for the Pacers, who snapped a four-game skid.
— Kristaps Porzingis had 19 points and 13 rebounds with European sidekick Luka Doncic sidelined by a back issue going into his second All-Star appearance, and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 87-78. Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 19 points, Josh Richardson added 16 and Dallas cruised most of the second half without the NBA’s sixth-leading scorer. Doncic had averaged 31.6 points in the previous nine games, with Dallas winning seven to get above .500 for the first time since Jan. 22. The Mavericks kept that roll going, winning for the 10th time in 13 games going into the All-Star break.
— Trae Young scored 32 points and hit the go-ahead free throws with eight seconds remaining as the Atlanta Hawks rallied from 19 down in the second half to beat the Orlando Magic 115-112. Young had 20 points after halftime to lead the Hawks back from a 61-42 deficit at the break. They shot 9 of 13 on 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and 21 of 45 in the game to complete their biggest comeback of the season. Combined with Tuesday’s win in Miami, Atlanta improved to 2-0 under interim coach Nate McMillan and won consecutive games for the first time in 5 1/2 weeks.
— Zach LaVine capped a 36-point performance with a driving layup and four free throws during the final minute, and the Chicago Bulls held off a late rally to beat the mercurial New Orleans Pelicans 128-124. Coby White scored 25 for the Bulls, who led by as many as 19 and were still up 18 in the fourth quarter. The Pelicans’ late surge pulled them as close as 117-113 on Jaxson Hayes alley-oop dunk as he was fouled with 1:49 left. Hayes missed the free throw, however, and Zion Williamson, who scored 28 points, missed two free throws with a chance to cut it to two with 1:23 left.
NBA-ALL-STAR GAME-CHARITY
NBA says $3 million going to HBCUs through All-Star Game
ATLANTA (AP) — The last shot of Sunday’s NBA All-Star Game will be worth $300,000 for either the Thurgood Marshall College Fund or United Negro College Fund.
The NBA on Wednesday revealed how an estimated $3 million in charitable donations from the contest will be distributed. Those two organizations that support historically Black colleges or institutions will be the primary benefactors, each guaranteed $500,000 in scholarship funding before the game even starts and with an additional $750,000 at stake during the game.
The teams captained by LeBron James and Kevin Durant will each represent one of those groups, and the winning team in each of the first, second and third quarters will collect $150,000 for their respective organization. The first team to hit the target score and win the All-Star Game will get the final $300,000 in scholarship funds.
TOP MEN’S BASKETBALL..
UNDATED (AP) — Justin Moore dropped in 24 points and 10th-ranked Villanova wrapped up the Big East regular-season title by defeating No. 14 Creighton, 72-60.
Jay Wright’s team raced to a 19-point lead and clinched its seventh regular-season title in the last eight seasons. However, the Wildcats finished the game without star guard Collin Gillespie due to a left knee injury suffered in the first half.
The Bluejays were in action for the first time since coach Greg McDermott came under fire for using racist language in a postgame locker room talk.
In other top-25 men’s basketball finals:
— MJ Walker scored 18 points, hitting six 3-pointers, and RaiQuan Gray added 16 points to help No. 11 Florida State win its 25th straight ACC home game, 93-64, over Boston College. Gray scored in double figures for an 11th straight game for the Seminoles, who are in position to win the league’s regular-season title with a win at Notre Dame on Saturday. Walker scored 12 points in the first half as the Seminoles cruised to a 53-35 lead at the break and were never challenged. The Seminoles shot 55.6% from the floor and 13 of 27 from 3-point range.
— Matt Mitchell scored 19 points and Jordan Schakel added 16 for No. 19 San Diego State, which beat UNLV 71-62 to clinch the Mountain West Conference regular-season title for the second straight year. Nathan Mensah scored 14 points for the Aztecs, who used a 14-0 run spanning halftime to take control and win their 11th straight game. They get a week of rest before returning to Las Vegas as the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.
NHL..
— Jonathan Marchessault goal in the second period was the winner, Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 5-1. Vegas swept the two-game set against Minnesota and remained atop the West Division, one point ahead of the St. Louis Blues. Alex Tuch, Mark Stone, Chandler Stephenson and William Karlsson also scored for Vegas. Fleury improved to 11-3-0 and has limited teams to two goals or fewer in 10 of his 14 appearances.
BOSTON (AP) — Jakub Vrana scored the lone goal in the shootout and the Washington Capitals beat the Boston Bruins 2-1 in Zdeno Chara’s return, spoiling Tuukka Rask’s bid for his 300th career victory.
Lars Eller also scored for the Capitals, who improved to 7-1-1 in their last nine games. Vitek Vanecek made 18 saves in regulation.
The 43-year-old Chara, the Bruins’ captain his entire 14 seasons with the club, signed a one-year contract as a free agent with the Capitals during the offseason. He helped Boston win the 2011 Stanley Cup, and was a key part of its runner-up teams in 2013 and 2019.
David Pastrnak scored for Boston and Rask stopped 27 shots.
— Jordan Binnington made 27 saves and the St. Louis Blues scored on all three of their power plays in a 3-2 victory over the skidding Anaheim Ducks. Oskar Sundqvist, Brayden Schenn and Zach Sanford each had a goal for St. Louis, which is 6 for 10 with the man advantage against Anaheim this season. St. Louis has won all four meetings against the Ducks this year and six of their last seven dating to last season. Max Comtois and Rickard Rakell scored for Anaheim, which is 0-6-2 in its last eight games.
Elsewhere on NHL ice:
— Jonathan Marchessault goal in the second period was the winner, Marc-Andre Fleury made 36 saves and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Minnesota Wild 5-1. Vegas swept the two-game set against Minnesota and remained atop the West Division, one point ahead of the St. Louis Blues. Alex Tuch, Mark Stone, Chandler Stephenson and William Karlsson also scored for Vegas. Fleury improved to 11-3-0 and has limited teams to two goals or fewer in 10 of his 14 appearances.
— Mikko Rantanen scored twice and had two assists as the Colorado Avalanche beat the San Jose Sharks 4-0. Philipp Grubauer made 26 saves for his 14th career shutout and the Avalanche got payback for a 6-2 loss Monday night in San Jose. Gabriel Landeskog added a goal and three assists for Colorado, which went 3-1 on its road trip and pulled into a three-way tie for third place in the West Division with Arizona and Minnesota.
— Clayton Keller and Nick Schmaltz scored power-play goals in the second period, and Antti Raanta made 40 saves in the Arizona Coyotes’ 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. Johan Larsson scored 13 seconds after Schmaltz’s goal, and the Coyotes snapped a two-game skid by hanging on in the final minute of their only road game in a 27-day span. Drew Doughty scored a power-play goal and Jonathan Quick stopped 20 shots for the Kings. Gabriel Vilardi added a goal in the third, but the Kings took a late penalty and couldn’t get a last-ditch equalizer.
— Jimmy Vesey scored twice, Frederik Andersen made 26 saves in his return from an injury and the NHL-leading Toronto Maple Leafs completed a three-game sweep of the Edmonton Oilers with a 6-1 victory. John Tavares and Zach Hyman each had a goal and an assist, and William Nylander and Ilya Mikheyhev also scored to help Toronto improve to 18-4-2. The Maple Leafs outscored the Oilers 13-1 in the three games, winning 4-0 on Saturday night and 3-0 on Monday night. NHL scoring leader Connor McDavid was held without a point for the Oilers.
NHL-NEWS
Hurricanes’ Niederreiter fined for interfering with Saros
UNDATED (AP) — Carolina forward Nino Niederreiter (NEE’-dur-eye-tur) has been fined $5,000 for interfering with Nashville goaltender Juuse Saros (YOO’-see SAH’-rohs). That’s the maximum allowable under the collective bargaining agreement.
Niederreiter hit Saros up high in a collision behind the net five minutes into the Hurricanes-Predators game Tuesday night. He was given a two-minute minor penalty for roughing. Saros remained in net for the rest of the first period before being replaced by Pekka Rinne (PEH’-kuh REE’-nay) to start the second.
Elsewhere in the NHL:
— Boston Bruins forward Charlie Coyle has entered the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol, upping the number of players on the list to four, pending test results from Anaheim and the Los Angeles Kings. Coyle becomes just the second Bruins’ player added to the protocol, and first since Karson Kuhlman spent the first two days of the season on the list in January. He also becomes the 132nd player to spend at least one day in the protocol. Coyle’s addition comes a day after Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby and Nashville’s Ryan Johansen entered the protocol.
MLB-NEWS
Nationals lefty Jon Lester to have thyroid gland removed
UNDATED (AP) — Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez says left-hander Jon Lester will have surgery to have a thyroid gland removed.
Lester will leave spring training in West Palm Beach, Florida, and fly to New York for the procedure. Martinez says the 37-year-old starting pitcher is expected to be back at camp in about five to seven days. The starting pitcher originally was scheduled to make his first appearance for Washington in a Grapefruit League game Thursday.
In 2006, Lester’s rookie season with the Boston Red Sox ended early because he was diagnosed with a form of lymphoma. He had chemotherapy and returned the next season.
Lester is entering his 16th year in the majors and first with Washington. He was a free agent and joined the Nationals on a $5 million, one-year contract after playing the past six seasons with the Chicago Cubs.
In other MLB news:
— New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone is taking a leave of absence from the team to get a pacemaker and intends to return to work in a few days. Bench coach Carlos Mendoza took over as acting manager for Wednesday night’s exhibition against Toronto in Tampa. The 47-year-old Boone is entering his fourth season as Yankees manager.
— Houston Astros left-hander Framber Valdéz has a fractured left ring finger, an injury that could deal another blow to the team’s banged-up starting rotation. The 27-year-old was hurt Tuesday on the fifth pitch of his spring training debut on a one-hopper off the bat of the New York Mets’ Francisco Lindor (lihn-DOHR’). Valdéz stayed in the game and finished two innings. Houston already is missing ace Justin Verlander, who probably will miss the entire season following Tommy John surgery.
— Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Tim Locastro has tested positive for COVID-19. Manager Torey Lovullo says Locastro tested positive on Tuesday night and would be out for 10 days unless it was a false positive. The 28-year-old Locastro is expected to have a sizable role with the Diamondbacks this season, either as the starting center fielder or a versatile backup outfielder.
— Veteran left-hander Gio González has agreed to terms on a minor league contract with the Miami Marlins and will take part in their major league camp. The 35-year-old has a career record of 131-101 with a 3.70 ERA in 13 seasons for four teams and is a two-time All-Star.
— A person familiar with the situation says infielder Eric Sogard and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a minor league contract, pending a physical. The 34-year-old hit .209 with one home run and 10 RBIs in 43 games for Milwaukee last season.
— Joe Altobelli, the manager who led the Baltimore Orioles to their most recent World Series title in 1983, has died at the age of 88. Altobelli was hired by the Orioles before the 1983 season and immediately found success. The team’s roster included future Hall of Famers like first baseman Eddie Murray, shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. and pitcher Jim Palmer. The Orioles won the World Series by beating the Philadelphia Phillies in five games.
NFL-NEWS
Raiders GM Mike Mayock: ‘Jury is still out’ on Trent Brown
UNDATED (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders general manager Mike Mayock says the “jury is still out” on whether highly paid right tackle Trent Brown will be back in 2021 after being limited by injuries in his first two seasons with the team.
The Raiders gave Brown a $66 million, four-year contract in free agency in 2019 to be the anchor of the line. But after a strong start to his tenure, Brown has been hampered by various injuries and a bout with COVID-19.
He managed to be healthy enough to play at least 10 snaps in just 14 of 32 games since joining the Raiders.
Elsewhere in the NFL:
— The Minnesota Vikings don’t plan to drop quarterback Kirk Cousins, according to general manager Rick Spielman in comments made Wednesday. In his first media availability regarding the roster since the season ended, Spielman said “Kirk Cousins is our quarterback. I know there’s a lot of rumors floating around out there, but Kirk Cousins is our quarterback. We felt that he played very well, probably the best that he’s ever played down that stretch last year”.
— The New Orleans Saints cut eight-year veteran tight end and special teams regular Josh Hill and also voided the contract of Jared Cook, who was due to become a free agent this offseason. The decision to release the 6-foot-5, 250-pound Hill saves the Saints about $2.6 million in salary cap space for the coming season. The termination of Cook’s contract was a formality but also signifies the Saints’ intention to let Cook test the free-agent market rather than proactively looking to extend him after a season in which he caught 37 passes for 504 yards and seven touchdowns.
— Former NFL player Kellen Winslow II has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for multiple rapes and other sexual offenses against five women in Southern California. The sentence was the maximum allowed under a plea deal.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL-NEWS
Big East teams to get tickets for men’s hoops
UNDATED (AP) — The Big East Conference is going to provide a limited number of tickets to each of the participating teams in next week’s Big East men’s basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden.
The league says it will follow New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent announcement allowing partial spectator capacity at sporting events in the state.
There will be no public sale of tickets however. All tickets will be designated for use by the members of each school’s official travel party in order to permit families and guests of athletes, coaches and team staffs to attend the games.
In other college basketball news:
— The Atlantic Coast Conference has announced that Virginia Tech’s men’s basketball game at North Carolina State on Saturday has been canceled. The cancellation follows quarantining and a contract tracing review within the Virginia Tech men’s program. The team will adhere to the ACC’s outlined protocols.
TIGER WOODS-CRASH
Detectives look at SUV’s ‘black box’ from Tiger Woods crash
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Detectives are looking at data from the “black box” of Tiger Woods’ SUV to get a clearer picture of what occurred during the Southern California rollover crash last week that seriously injured the golf star.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says that traffic investigators executed a search warrant to retrieve the data from the device from the Genesis SUV that Woods was driving. Deputy Trina Schrader says there was no immediate information regarding what was found in the black box.
Woods suffered a serious leg injury when the SUV he was driving went off a Los Angeles County road and rolled over on a downhill stretch.
TRANSGENDER ATHLETES-MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi House wants ban on transgender athletes on female teams
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House voted Wednesday to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls’ or women’s sports teams in the state’s schools and universities.
The bill heads to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves in the next several days, and he is expected to sign it into law. Mississippi is one of more than 20 states with lawmakers proposing restrictions on athletics or gender-confirming health care for transgender minors this year.
Democratic President Joe Biden signed an executive order Jan. 20 — the day he took office — that bans discrimination based on gender identity in school sports and elsewhere. The House voted 81-28 to pass Senate Bill 2536. Six representatives did not vote, and seven voted “present,” which counts neither for nor against the bill.
In world and national news…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Capitol Police say they have uncovered intelligence of a “possible plot” by a militia group to breach the Capitol on Thursday. The threat appears to be connected to a far-right conspiracy theory, mainly promoted by supporters of QAnon, that Donald Trump will rise again to power on March 4, the original Inauguration Day under the Constitution. On Jan. 6 a mob of Trump supporters stormed the building to try to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s electoral victory. The threat of new violence led House lawmakers to abruptly finish their work for the week earlier than planned.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ power grid manager has been fired following February’s deadly blackouts that left millions of people without electricity and heat for days. The board of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas fired CEO Bill Magness on Wednesday. He is the highest-ranking official to lose his job in the wake of one of the worst power outages in U.S. history. More than 4 million customers in Texas lost electricity as the state’s power grid buckled in subfreezing weather. The winter storm and ensuing blackout have been blamed for at least 40 deaths, but the exact toll likely won’t be known for months.
LONDON (AP) — Regulators in the U.K. and four other countries plan to fast-track the development of modified COVID-19 vaccines to ensure drugmakers are able to move swiftly in targeting emerging variants of the disease.Previously authorized vaccines that are modified to target new variants “will not need a brand new approval or ‘lengthy’ clinical studies,” Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency said in a statement.The new guidance was issued jointly be regulators in the U.K., Australia, Canada, Singapore and Switzerland. The guidelines build on the model already used to modify the flu vaccine in response to continual changes in that virus.
MOSCOW (AP) — The European Medicines Agency says has started a rolling review of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, many months after it was first approved for use in Russia and after dozens of countries around the world have authorized it. Despite skepticism about Russia’s hasty introduction of the vaccine, which was rolled out before it had completed late-stage trials, the vaccine appears to be safe and effective. According to a study published in the Lancet, Sputnik V was about 91% effective and appears to prevent inoculated individuals from becoming severely ill with COVID-19.
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Prince Philip has had a successful heart procedure in a London hospital. The palace says the 99-year-old Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, “underwent a successful procedure for a pre-existing heart condition at St Bartholomew’s Hospital.” It said he is expected to remain in hospital for treatment, rest and recuperation for a number of days.” Philip has been hospitalized since being admitted to King Edward VII’s Hospital in London on Feb. 16, where he was treated for an infection. On Monday he was transferred to a specialized cardiac care hospital, St. Bartholomew’s. Daughter-in-law Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, said Wednesday that Philip’s condition was “slightly improving.”
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Recent satellite imagery indicate North Korea may be trying to extract plutonium to make more nuclear weapons. The 38 North website said the satellite imagery indicated a coal-fired steam plant at North Korea’s main Yongbyon nuclear complex is in operation after about a two-year hiatus. The website says the plant could be operating to prepare for reprocessing spent fuel or handling of radioactive waste. The International Atomic Energy Agency said this week the North’s nuclear activities remain concerning. North Korean leader has vowed to expand his nuclear arsenal.
DETROIT (AP) — Pandemic lockdowns and stay-at-home orders kept many drivers off U.S. roads and highways last year. But those who did venture out found open lanes that only invited reckless driving, leading to a sharp increase in traffic-crash deaths across the country. The nonprofit National Safety Council estimates in a report issued Thursday that 42,060 people died in vehicle crashes in 2020. That’s an 8% increase over 2019 and the first jump in four years. Plus, the fatality rate per 100 million miles driven spiked 24%. It was the largest annual percentage increase since the council began collecting data in 1923. Authorities say the reckless behavior is continuing even as traffic is returning to pre-pandemic levels.
World shares have fallen, tracking a decline on Wall Street as another rise in bond yields rattled investors. Benchmarks were lower Thursday in most major markets and the dollar rose against the Japanese yen. South Korea reported its economy contracted in 2020 for the first time in 22 years. The S&P 500 fell 1.3% Wednesday, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped 2.7%. Higher bond yields can signal that inflation could be on the way as the economy picks up. They can also make stocks that have made huge gains, like many of the Big Tech companies, look expensive. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury was steady at 1.47%.
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