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Michael Porter Jr.'s younger brother, Coban, sentenced to 6 years in prison for fatal DUI crash
Former University of Denver basketball player Coban Porter, the younger brother of Denver Nuggets star Michael Porter Jr., was sentenced Friday to six years in prison for killing a 42-year-old woman in a drunken driving crash last year. Denver District Court Judge Ericka Englert told Porter, “Do what you can to use this opportunity to educate others” about the dangers of driving drunk. “All I can really say is, ‘I’m sorry,’” Porter said in court.
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Canucks' Rick Tocchet among new coaches making an impact in leading teams to NHL playoffs
Rick Tocchet barely had a chance to get accustomed to the Pacific time zone when the newly hired Canucks coach wondered what exactly he had just gotten himself into in late January 2023. Four days and two games into his tenure, Tocchet recalled the feeling of dread he experienced standing on a Vancouver street corner at 3 a.m. after the team returned home from Seattle following a 6-1 loss, in which the coach referred to the Canucks being “soft.” “I felt like I got hit by a bus,” Tocchet told T
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Families of Nottingham stab victims glad date has been set for killer’s sentence appeal
The families of three people stabbed to death in Nottingham say they are glad a date has been set to review the sentence handed to killer, Valdo Calocane.
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VideoWorld leaders call on Iran and Israel to avoid allowing conflict to worsen
A senior army commander confirmed Friday that Iran’s air defense systems fired at "a suspicious object" over the Iranian city of Isfahan in response to an apparent Israeli drone attack. World leaders are calling on Iran and Israel to try to avoid escalating tensions.
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Coyotes' move to Salt Lake City elicits opposing responses in 2 cities
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman sat next to the former Arizona Coyotes owner in a downtown Phoenix hotel meeting room, trying to put a positive spin on the funeral for a franchise. Late Friday afternoon, Bettman will sit next to the new Coyotes owner in Salt Lake City to bask in the excitement of the league's newest city and a fan base that had been itching for another team to join the NBA's Utah Jazz. "If you look back from the perspective over the last three decades, the NHL support for hockey
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Iowa lawmakers approve bill just in time to increase compensation for Boy Scout abuse victims
Iowa men who were victims of child sexual molestation while they were in the Boy Scouts of America could get higher legal compensation under a bill approved Friday by lawmakers and expected to be signed by the governor, just before the deadline to do so will expire. The retroactive measure, which would waive the statute of limitations for victims filing a civil claim as part of the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy settlement, would take effect after Gov. Kim Reynolds signs it. The Boy Scouts f
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Paris Hilton shares first photographs of five-month-old daughter
The US star said becoming a mother inspired a new ‘deeply personal song’ with Sia, titled Fame Won’t Love You.
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