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6.12.25

No. 11 Gonzaga rebounds with blowout of No. 18 Kentucky

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No. 11 Gonzaga rebounds with blowout of No. 18 Kentucky

Graham Ike dominated with 28 points and 10 rebounds, Braden Huff added 20 points and No. 11 Gonzaga overwhelmed No. 18 Kentucky in a 94-59 victory on Friday night as part of the Music City Madness in Nashville, Tenn.

Gonzaga (8-1), which bounced back from a 40-point loss to then-No. 7 Michigan on Nov. 26, enjoyed a wire-to-wire victory. Huff scored the game's first points 12 seconds in and the Bulldogs never looked back. They jumped out to a 19-2 lead, led 43-20 by halftime and extended it to 37 points in the second half.

Rounding out the Bulldogs' double-digit scorers were Adam Miller and Braeden Smith, who both finished with 11 points off the bench. Smith also had six rebounds and six assists. Gonzaga shot 57.1% from the field and made half of its 3-point attempts (9 of 18).

The 35-point loss for Kentucky (5-4) was its first by 30 or more since a 118-84 loss to Duke on Nov. 6, 2018. The Wildcats have lost all four of their games against ranked opponents this season.

Otega Oweh led Kentucky with 16 points, five rebounds and five assists. Collin Chandler finished with 11 points for the Wildcats, who shot 26.7% from the field and 20.6% from 3-point range.

Gonzaga's fast start featured 3-pointers by Mario Saint-Supery and Steele Venters and an old-fashioned three-point play by Huff. A jumper by Miller at the 12:12 mark made it 19-2.

Kentucky missed its first 10 field-goal attempts and had five turnovers before Denzel Aberdeen knocked down a corner 3. But the Wildcats never cut significantly into the lead.

The Bulldogs had another 7-0 spurt later in the half, taking a 30-11 lead on a putback by Ike at the 5:44 mark. By halftime, Gonzaga had made 50% (17 of 34) of its shots from the field compared to Kentucky's 16.1% (5 of 31). The Bulldogs had a 22-4 advantage in points in the paint, thanks in part to Ike's 17 first-half points.

Kentucky, which rallied back from a 16-point halftime deficit against Gonzaga last season, didn't fare any better in the second half.

The Bulldogs extended their lead to 61-30 with just under 13 minutes left after a 7-0 run, started with a 3 by Emmanuel Innocenti.

Gonzaga leads the all-time series 3-2. Up next, Gonzaga returns home to face North Florida on Sunday. Kentucky hosts North Carolina Central on Tuesday.

--Field Level Media

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Ducks snap Capitals' 6-game winning streak with 4-3 shootout victory on goals by Terry, McTavish

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Ducks snap Capitals' 6-game winning streak with 4-3 shootout victory on goals by Terry, McTavish

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Troy Terry and Mason McTavish scored in the shootout, and the Anaheim Ducks snapped the Washington Capitals' six-game winning streak with a 4-3 victory Friday night.

Beckett Sennecke took the NHL's rookie scoring lead with a goal and an assist for the Pacific Division-leading Ducks, who rebounded froma 7-0 loss to Utahon Wednesday with a much-improved effort. Cutter Gauthier scored his 16th goal and Ross Johnston had a goal and an assist for Anaheim.

Logan Thompson made 34 saves in a standout performance for the Caps, who took a point from every stop ontheir three-game California road swingdespite losing for only the second time in 11 games. Tom Wilson, Ethen Frank and Aliaksei Protas scored in regulation for the Caps, and Anthony Beauvillier tallied in the shootout.

Ville Husso made 18 saves and gloved Frank's shootout try to end it.

After Wilson scored his 17th goal from the slot midway through the first period, Gauthier tied it off a clever setup from Sennecke.

Frank scored on a rebound early in the second period. Johnston tied it 13 seconds later with a redirection of Radko Gudas' slap shot for the fourth-line grinder's second goal, but Protas scored on a fat rebound moments later.

Sennecke tied it again late in the second with a deflected shot for his eighth goal and his 22nd point, both tops among rookies.

Washington rookie Ryan Leonard didn't return after his face was bloodied on an unpenalized first-period check from Jacob Trouba.

Mikael Granlund returned after missing 18 of the Ducks' previous 19 games due to a lower-body injury.

With Charlie Lindgren injured, Washington's backup goalie was Parker Milner, a 35-year-old retired minor-league goalie who occasionally practices with the Caps — and who coincidentally came along on the road trip.

Milner, a minor-league teammate of Thompson, is now the food editor at The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina. Before warmups, the Caps gave Milner the traditional solo lap for players making their NHL debuts.

Capitals: Host Columbus on Sunday.

Ducks: Host Chicago on Sunday.

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Torch relay for Milan Cortina Winter Olympics starts on 2-month countdown to opening ceremony

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Torch relay for Milan Cortina Winter Olympics starts on 2-month countdown to opening ceremony

ROME (AP) — Olympic swimming championGregorio Paltrinieristarted off thetorch relayfor theMilan Cortina Winter Gameson Saturday — which marked exactly two months before the Feb. 6 opening ceremony.

Paltrinieri carried thesleek torcharound the track of the statue-lined Stadio dei Marmi at the Foro Italico to begin a trek covering 12,000 kilometers (nearly 7,500 miles) that will wind its way through all 110 Italian provinces before reaching Milan's San Siro Stadium for the opening ceremony.

In all, there will be 10,001 torch bearers.

Also due to carry the torch around Rome on Saturday were tennis player Matteo Berrettini, retired NBA player Andrea Bargnani and former motorcycle racer Max Biaggi.

The torch relay, which includes 60 city celebrations, will be in Naples for Christmas and in Bari for New Year's Eve. It will reach 2006 Olympics host Turin on Jan 11.

The torch will arrive in Verona on Jan. 18 and pass throughCortina d'Ampezzoon Jan. 26 — on the 70th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1956 Winter Olympics held at the resort in the Dolomites.

There will also be a cauldron lit in Cortina on the night of the opening ceremony.

These games will be held across a large swath of northern Italy and the ceremony will be observed in four different locations, including Livigno (where snowboarding and freestyle skiing will be contested) and Predazzo (ski jumping).

Skating sports will be held in Milan; men's Alpine skiing and ski mountaineering in Bormio; and women's Alpine skiing, sliding sports and curling in Cortina.

The next stops on the torch relay are Viterbo on Sunday and Terni on Monday.

AP Olympics:https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics

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5.12.25

India air travel chaos eases but IndiGo crisis still leaves hundreds stranded

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Passengers wait outside the IndiGo airlines ticketing counter at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in India after several IndiGo airlines flights were cancelled. - Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters

Crowds at Indian airports eased on Saturday but hundreds of passengers were still gathering outside Bengaluru and Mumbai airports as 385 IndiGo flights were canceled, in the fifth day of a crisis that has hit the country's biggest airline.

Air travel across India has been in turmoil this week after IndiGo canceled thousands of flights, prompting the government to announce special relief for the carrier and operate some trains to help clear the backlog.

It is the biggest crisis ever for the 20-year-old airline, which long prided itself on on-time performance and lured passengers with low-cost fares.

IndiGo has admitted it failed to plan properly ahead of a November 1 deadline to implement stricter rules for pilots around night flying and weekly rest, which ultimately led to problems around roster planning this week.

On Friday, more than 1,000 IndiGo flights were canceled. The Delhi airport in a post on X said flight operations are steadily resuming, but some IndiGo flights continue to be affected.

Airport sources told Reuters 124 IndiGo flights in Bengaluru have been canceled on Saturday, 109 in Mumbai, 86 in New Delhi and 66 in Hyderabad.

India's government has made special relaxations to the rules for the airline, and IndiGo has said it could return to normalcy between December 10-15.

Still, hundreds of passengers gathered outside Bengaluru and Mumbai airports on Saturday, with some clueless about their cancellations, according to Reuters photographers present at the scene.

Satish Konde had to catch a connecting flight to go to the city of Nagpur from Mumbai, and was checked in, but was told later it was canceled.

"I am waiting for my luggage to be returned," he told Reuters at the airport.

Other major Indian airlines, including Air India and Akasa, have not had to cancel flights due to the new rules.

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Detained illegal immigrants will face $5K 'apprehension fee': Border Patrol chief

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Detained illegal immigrants will face $5K 'apprehension fee': Border Patrol chief

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks announced that nearly allillegal immigrantsdetained will be charged a $5,000 "apprehension fee."

In a post on X on Thursday, Banks said illegal immigrants ages 14 and older who entered the country without inspection will face a fee, a provision included in the "big, beautiful bill," which PresidentDonald Trumpsigned into law in July.

"This message applies to all illegal aliens — regardless of where they entered, how long they've been in the U.S., their current location, or any ongoing immigration proceedings," Banks wrote.

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The warning came after a lawsuit was filed Thursday against the federal government on behalf of 21,500 immigrants facing daily penalties of $998, reaching up to $1.8 million each for staying in the U.S. illegally.

Their lawyers argued they were attempting to comply with federal immigration laws.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced in October thatmigrants paroled in the U.S.would also face a $1,000 fee "to institute accountability and prevent rampant fraud of the parole system."

DHS this week launched a "holiday deal of a lifetime," offering illegal immigrants a "Cyber Monday" incentive to self-deport.

All illegal immigrants in the country could receive a free flight home and a $1,000 bonus forvoluntarily leaving the country. The average cost to arrest, detain and deport someone is $17,000, according to DHS.

People in the U.S. illegally may also qualify for forgiveness of any civil fines or penalties incurred for failing to depart, DHS said, allowing the possibility for them to return legally.

Trump Admin On Pace To Shatter Deportation Record By End Of First Year: 'Just The Beginning'

President Donald Trump

The Trump administration previously announced it closed out fiscal year 2025 with 237,565Border Patrol apprehensions, the fewest since 1970.

DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital in October that the administration was "on pace to shatter historic records" by tallying 600,000 deportations by the end of Trump's first year back in office.

More than two million illegal immigrants have left the U.S. this year, she said, including 1.6 million who self-deported, 515,000 deportations and another 485,000 were arrested.

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Trump deployed additional personnel to the southern border after taking office and ended "catch-and-release," the practice of releasing illegal immigrants as they wait for hearings.

Fox News Digital's Peter Pinedo, Bonny Chu and Landon Mion contributed to this report.

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