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Loons’ big spending on Teemu Pukki is paying off in early returns

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

Minnesota United is spending big at striker, and the Loons’ recent investment at the position has started to pay dividends.Teemu Pukki checks in as the 12th-highest-paid player in MLS at $3.55 million, according to the MLSPA salary budget release Wednesday. Pukki easily eclipses the Loons’ previously highest-paid player, Emanuel Reynoso, at $2.1 million.After signing a two-year contract in June, Pukki has produced 10 goals in 11 league matches in 2023, a total ballooned by a four-game performance on Oct. 7.The Finnish international started slow, with one goal in his first five matches, but has become a regular scoring threat, nine goals in his past eight games.With an MLS Cup Playoff spot on the line, Pukki scored a club-record four goals in a 5-2 win over Los Angeles Galaxy on Oct. 7. With the highest scoring total of his professional career, he won MLS player of the match day.The rule of thumb is for a forward to score 0.50 goals per 90 minutes, roughly one goal every two games. B...

Dash cam video of Vikings’ Jordan Addison’s speeding ticket shows he was cuffed, but encounter was cordial

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

Dash cam video from a Minnesota State Patrol squad car shows a trooper rushed to catch up with Vikings rookie receiver Jordan Addison when he was clocked at 140 mph in his sports car on Interstate 94 in St. Paul.It also shows the trooper handcuffed and detained Addison in the back of his squad car.“The exchange between Mr. Addison and the police officers was nonconfrontational,” a spokesperson for Addison said Wednesday. “The matter is closed.”Addison, 21, previously agreed to plead guilty to speeding, and a charge of reckless driving was dismissed. The Pioneer Press requested the State Patrol’s dash camera video and the agency released it Wednesday after the timeframe for Addison to appeal his court case ended.A citation says a trooper was parked on the Pascal Street ramp to eastbound I-94 around 3 a.m. July 20 when he saw a vehicle pass at an “extremely high rate of speed” and radar readout showed 140 mph; the speed limit there is 55 mph.T...

Letters: It’s a free country. Let’s keep it that way.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

Free country, let’s keep it that way“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” is a quote commonly attributed to Voltaire. Similarly, as I grew up in the shelter of the freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights that “Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech” I’d hear and say “Hey, it’s a free country. You can say what ever you want, I just don’t have to agree with it.”Oh how I wish that that was universally accepted, but it is evidenced that it is not.As exampled by the apparent “doxxing” action at Harvard. The publishing of the names, faces and often addresses of those who express an unpopular point of view as a punishment for their having the temerity to state it. It’s as if to goad some un-American loony into an act of violence against these individuals. Hey Harvard, it’s a free country, say what you want, without fear, and in turn, I’m free to tell you, if I think it’s stupid, short-sighted or just plain wr...

Saratoga re-launches addiction treatment based Family Court

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The re-launched Saratoga County Family Treatment Court aims to help litigants going through the system, especially those struggling with addiction, get the services they need to come out better on the other side.Man credits Albany facility in his addiction recoveryLitigants — or Program Graduates (as the court calls them) like Mary. The rough-and-tumble road of addiction caused her to lose custody of her son, and eventually her daughter. Mary’s court appointed parent advocate Karen, spoke on her behalf:“When I had my court date on zoom in that small hospital room, the judge said I could not keep her, and this broke my heart. Then a wonderful thing happened in my life. Family treatment court, or FTC, was offered to me, and I accepted.”Mary says that made all the difference. Aided by Schenectady County's FTC, she was able to overcome addiction and get one of her kids back. Now she wants to support the court model’s Saratoga re-introduction. Assemblywoman ...

Saratoga BLM activists react to wrongful death lawsuit

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) - After 10 years, a verdict has been reached in the Darryl Mount civil case. After just about three hours, the six-person jury voted in favor of the City of Saratoga Springs. Following the end of the trial, NEWS10 spoke with the plaintiffs and local activists about what comes next for the family.  Official report released on DocGo provided services Back in 2013, Darryl Mount was involved in a police chase that left him comatose. Unfortunately, Mount died a year later. The jury’s ruling has cleared the city and police department from any liability in his death. “We took the case. We called all the witnesses we could have. I have no apologies for what we did, and I don't think we left any stone unturned,” said attorney Steve Coffey. Coffey represented Darryl’s Mother, Patty Jackson and he says this decision delivered some closure. “For Patty, it is the end of the road.” Despite the civil case being over, he says it could still have an impact on t...

Proposed prescription drug fee causes debate

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The state has proposed pharmacies receive a fee for filling prescriptions. The Department of Financial Services said the changes would create protections for consumers and small business owners while increasing supervision over one of the most unregulated sectors of the healthcare industry. Those opposed said it creates unnecessary additional costs.Zarina Jalal is the supervising pharmacist at Lincoln Pharmacy, which her family owns, and she welcomes the proposed $10.18 fee that would be paid by Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to pharmacies.“Using ‘new’ to describe this dispensing fee is not actually accurate. There’s always been a dispensing fee for the services that a pharmacy provides,” said Jalal.She said the dispensing fee has always been rolled into the prescription drug costs but what’s new is the proposed regulation would set a baseline minimum of $10.18 that would need to be paid by PBM’s. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment del...

FBI St. Louis breaks up online scheme to fund North Korea weapons programs

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

ST. LOUIS – Federal agents in the FBI St. Louis Office say they’ve disrupted a scheme that North Korea has been using to raise money for its ballistic missile and weapons of mass destruction programs.“North Korea has been making IT workers available by obfuscating their identities and then having American companies hire them, with the vast majority of those wages not going to the workers but instead to fund these programs,” said Jay Greenberg, FBI St. Louis Division Special Agent in Charge.The FBI has seized a number of domains that were being used as part of the scheme. Now, a splash screen is on display instead.Authorities also seized $1.5 million in funds.“More likely or not, if you are hiring IT workers for mobile application development or specific software development at point of need and don’t have a robust process to ensure who they are, more than likely you might have some of these North Korean IT workers on your contractor payroll,” Greenberg said. Close ...

Rockies’ Gold Glove finalists: Brenton Doyle, Ezequiel Tovar, Ryan McMahon

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

The Rockies struck rookie gold in 2023.Confirmation arrived Wednesday when rookie center fielder Brenton Doyle and rookie shortstop Ezequiel Tovar were named finalists for the Rawlings National League Gold Glove Award.Also, veteran third baseman Ryan McMahon was named a finalist for the third consecutive season.During the last third of the season, Colorado manager Bud Black frequently lobbied for all three players to win a Gold Glove, but Black was particularly adamant that Doyle deserved the honor.“When I watch him run balls down, it tells me he’s got range,” Black said late in the season. “When he dives and makes a great play it tells me he’s got athleticism and aggressiveness as a defender. He’s making his mark as a major league defender. On that side of the ball, he’s doing awesome, he’s doing remarkable.”Doyle’s competitors are Atlanta’s Michael Harris II and Arizona’s Alek Thomas. Doyle led all outfielders in St...

Murder charges upheld against 3 suspects in rock-throwing spree that killed Alexa Bartell

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

Alexa Bartell, 20 (Provided by Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department)It’s still not clear which of the three men charged in a fatal Denver-area rock-throwing spree last spring is responsible for hurling the objects in each incident, but prosecutors argued in court Wednesday that all three were complicit in Alexa Bartell’s murder and the attempted murder of six other drivers.Defense attorneys for Joseph Koenig, 19, Nicholas “Mitch” Karol-Chik, 18, and Zachary Kwak, 18, challenged prosecutors’ evidence during a preliminary hearing Wednesday, but First Judicial District Judge Christopher Zenisek ruled the prosecution had enough evidence to proceed to trial on all counts.Prosecutors said the three young men each were complicit because there was “excitement” in the truck as they drove around the night of April 19 and the teens cheered after the rock hit Bartell’s vehicle, Jefferson County sheriff’s Detective Dan Manka testified, referencing...

Football: CU Buffs take break before stretch run

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:32:24 GMT

BOULDER,CO October 13:Colorado’s Anthony Hankerson runs through Stanford’s defense during the Pac-12 football game with Stanford and Colorado on October 13, 2023. (Cliff Grassmick/Staff Photographer)After a few days of work, the Colorado Buffaloes are taking some time off to refocus and gear up for the final five weeks of the season.Following a disappointing, 46-43 double-overtime loss to Stanford last Friday at Folsom Field, the Buffs practiced for a few days, wrapping up their work week on Tuesday.CU (4-3, 1-3 Pac-12) is taking a four-day break before gathering again to practice on Sunday as it prepares for a visit to No. 25 UCLA (4-2, 1-2) on Oct. 28 (5:30 p.m. MT, ABC).Head coach Deion Sanders addressed the team before Tuesday’s practice, telling them, “Come back with the right attitude and work habits that’s gonna propel us to where we wanna go. That’s undefeated in these next several games.”In Sanders’ first season as the Buffs’ head coach, they’ve exceeded expectations in man...