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Austin mom welcomes 1st child days after wrapping breast cancer treatment

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:25:29 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin mom has extra to celebrate this Mother's Day, just months after she successfully completed breast cancer treatment while pregnant with her first child.Emily Williams celebrated her 40th birthday last March and underwent her first routine mammogram, which came back clear. In May, she learned she was pregnant with her first child, after seven rounds of in vitro fertilization attempts. TRENDING NOW: San Antonio Zoo welcomes several baby endangered animals But come June 2022, she discovered a lump in her breast. After completing a biopsy, she was diagnosed with stage IIB breast cancer."It's almost like my happiness turned and went 180 [degrees]," she said. "Can I even keep this baby, after all that we went through? And so it was really — it was devastating to me."Austin resident Emily Williams has plenty to celebrate this Mother's Day, having given birth earlier this year to her first child just days after wrapping chemo treatment. (Courtesy: Cynthia Hamilton...

High School Musical Theatre Awards winners announced

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:25:29 GMT

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Proctors Theatre and the Collaborative School of the Arts hosted the 2023 High School Musical Theatre Awards on May 13. The ceremony celebrated the achievements of dozens of Capital Region high school students, and highlighted the importance of musical theatre and arts education. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The evening began with a medley of “Another Opening, Another Show” and “There’s No Business Like Show Business”, followed by a welcome from Proctors Collaborative CEO Philip Morris. In between the various awards, each of the Best Musical nominees performed a song from their respective shows. The ceremony concluded with a performance of “Brand New Day” from “The Wiz”, featuring students from every participating high school. The winners of the Best Actor and Best Actress awards will travel to New York City on June 26 to take part in the Jimmy Awards, a live nationwide competition for hig...

Riverside County Sheriff's deputy dies following crash in San Jacinto

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:25:29 GMT

A Riverside County Sheriff's Office deputy that was involved in an early morning crash on Friday has died from his injuries, Sheriff Chad Bianco announced Sunday.Deputy Brett Harris, who was assigned to the Hemet Sheriff's Station, was injured in a crash with another vehicle around 2:15 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Esplanade Avenue and State Street in San Jacinto.Harris, 26, suffered major injuries, including a "catastrophic brain injury," according to the Sheriff's Office.Riverside County Sheriff's deputy Brett Harris was fatally injured in a crash in San Jacinto on May 12, 2023. (OCHawk)Details about the crash itself are limited, but the Sheriff's Office confirmed that Harris was responding to a call for backup when the crash happened. The driver of the second vehicle, a 56-year-old Hemet woman, suffered moderate injuries and a second deputy suffered a knee injury while trying to remove Harris from the wreckage. It remains unclear what led up to the crash or which driver may...

Office of French president: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to make previously unannounced visit to Paris on Sunday night

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:25:29 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Office of French president: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy to make previously unannounced visit to Paris on Sunday night.Source

Jake Burger returns from injured list for White Sox

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:25:29 GMT

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox reinstated infielder Jake Burger from the 10-day injured list on Sunday.Burger was starting at designated hitter and hitting seventh for the White Sox against the Houston Astros.Burger played in two rehab games with Triple-A Charlotte after he went on the injured list May 4 for a strained left oblique. He is hitting .224 with seven home runs and 14 RBIs in 23 games this season.The White Sox also optioned catcher Carlos Pérez to Charlotte. He went 1 for 4 in three games after he was recalled from Triple-A on May 7.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_SportsSource

Atletico Madrid stays 3rd in Spain after losing to last-place Elche

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:25:29 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid failed to regain second place in the Spanish league after a 1-0 loss to already-relegated Elche on Sunday.The defeat kept Atletico two points behind Real Madrid, which beat Getafe 1-0 on Saturday. Barcelona has a comfortable lead at the top and can clinch the title with a win at Espanyol later Sunday.The loss also prevented Atletico from mathematically securing a spot in next season’s Champions League, though it can do this by earning a point from its last four matches.It was Atletico’s only second loss in its last 16 league games. The team’s other defeat was at Barcelona in April.Forward Fidel scored in the 41st minute to give last-place Elche its fourth league win of the season.RELEGATION FIGHTAlberto Mari scored with a header in the 88th as Valencia beat Celta Vigo 2-1 to boost its chances of avoiding relegation. The result moved Valencia to 14th place, three points from the relegation zone with four matches remaining.Justin Kluivert put ...

Shooting at Arizona neighborhood gathering kills 2, wounds 5

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:25:29 GMT

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — A shooting at a neighborhood gathering in Arizona left two people dead and five wounded, police said Sunday.The shooting happened just before 11 p.m. Saturday in the southwestern city of Yuma, said Yuma police spokesperson Sgt. Lori Franklin. She said an investigation is underway but no suspects have been arrested. A motive for the shooting wasn’t immediately known, but Franklin said there was no remaining threat to the community.Officers went to the gathering after getting reports of an aggravated assault, Franklin said. When they arrived, they found seven people with gunshot wounds.Two men — ages 19 and 20 — were pronounced dead at Yuma hospitals and a 16-year-old boy was airlifted to a Phoenix hospital with serious injuries, she said. Four boys ages 15-19 were being treated at Yuma Regional Medical Center for injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.The names of the dead and wounded weren’t immediately released Sunday.Source

Location for pedestrian bridge linking Crystal City to Reagan National Airport OK’d by Arlington Co. Board

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:25:29 GMT

Rendering of the proposed bridge that would link a future VRE station in Crystal City to Terminal 2 at Ronald Reagan National Airport. (Courtesy Arlington County)The Arlington County Board in Virginia has approved a location and a preliminary budget for the pedestrian bridge coming to Crystal City, Virginia.The bridge will connect the area to Reagan National Airport, making the downtown area only a short walk away to hop on a flight.Amazon’s selection of Arlington for the location of its second headquarters accelerated plans to put in the pedestrian bridge.“This is really gonna be an incredibly exciting feature,” said Arlington County Board chairman Christian Dorsey. “I have no doubt that it will look amazing but more importantly, it’ll be a pretty signature element of connectivity that you see in few places elsewhere.” The Arlington County Board unanimously approved a location for the bridge on Saturday and agreed to spend about $4.2 million on t...

Record crowd watches Chelsea beat Man United 1-0 in Women’s FA Cup final

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:25:29 GMT

LONDON (AP) — A world record crowd of 77,390 watched Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 in the Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley on Sunday. Sam Kerr’s 68th-minute strike proved decisive as Chelsea won the trophy for the third straight year to remain in contention for a league and cup double.The sold-out final smashed the previous record attendance for a women’s domestic club match, when Atletico Madrid hosted Barcelona in front of 60,739 people in 2019.Chelsea is second in the Women’s Super League, a point behind leader United, but with a game in hand. And while victory secured the FA Cup, it could also have given Emma Hayes’ team a psychological advantage in the closing stages of the title race.“It’s one piece of the jigsaw. I want more, this isn’t enough,” Chelsea midfielder Erin Cuthbert said. “We want to go for the league now. We can only control the controllables.”It might have been a different story had Leah Galton’s strike in the opening minute not been ...

Hurricanes face decisions in net with Andersen, Raanta healthy for East final

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 16:25:29 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Rod Brind’Amour felt comfortable all season distributing the Carolina Hurricanes’ goaltending load primarily between a pair of reliable veterans who were good enough to push his team to the league’s second-best record.Things have looked different by necessity through the Stanley Cup Playoffs so far.Carolina leaned on Antti Raanta through most of the first round with Frederik Andersen recovering from an illness, then Andersen started every game of the second round with Raanta battling his own ailment. Each played well in those longer stints and is healthy now with the Hurricanes set to face the Florida Panthers in the Eastern Conference Final, leaving their coach with a decision ahead of the best-of-seven series.“When they’re both healthy, now I have a good couple of options — we know that,” Brind’Amour said. “In both series, we didn’t really have that option. It was kind of like: OK, thankfully one guy was healthy so you...