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Big West Conference men’s basketball championship history
The Big West Conference holds an annual men’s basketball tournament with the winner getting an automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.The Big West features nine teams–Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Hawaii, Long Beach State, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, and UC Santa Barbara.The conference men’s basketball tournament begins March…
Severe thunderstorm watch vs. warning: Here’s the difference
When thunderstorms strike during warmer times of the year, some of those storms may be powerful enough to warrant a “severe thunderstorm warning.”The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Severe Storms Laboratory defines a severe thunderstorm as a storm that contains one or more of the following: hail 1 inch or greater, winds gusting in excess of 57.5 mph, or a tornado.In…
George Zimmerman sues Warren, Buttigieg for $265M, accuses them of attempting to garner black votes by defaming him
George Zimmerman, the onetime neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Florida, is suing Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg for $265 million, claiming both 2020 Democratic presidential candidates defamed him in an attempt to “garner votes in the black community.”The lawsuit…
Conference USA men’s basketball championship history
Conference USA holds an annual men’s basketball tournament with the winner getting an automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.Conference USA features 14 teams–Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee State, North Texas, Old Dominion, Rice, Southern Miss, Texas-Arlington, UAB, UTEP, and Western Kentucky.The conference’s men’s basketball tournament begins March 11…
Big Ten Conference men’s basketball championship history
The Big Ten Conference holds an annual men’s basketball tournament, with the winner getting an automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.The Big Ten features 14 teams–Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers and Wisconsin.The conference tournament begins March 11 and runs through March 15.The…
Florida police investigate after ‘several’ tongues preserved in jars found in crawl space: reports
Police in Gainesville, Fla., are investigating after a contractor doing work on a home Monday discovered half a dozen jars containing human tongues inside a crawl space beneath the residence, reports say.Police were dispatched to a home near NW 16th Avenue after receiving a 911 call that human remains, dating back to the 1960s, had been found…
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Severe thunderstorm watch vs. warning: Here’s the difference
When thunderstorms strike during warmer times of the year, some of those storms may be powerful enough to warrant a “severe thunderstorm warning.”The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Severe Storms Laboratory defines a severe thunderstorm as a storm that contains one or more of the following: hail 1 inch or greater, winds gusting in excess of 57.5 mph, or a tornado.In…
George Zimmerman sues Warren, Buttigieg for $265M, accuses them of attempting to garner black votes by defaming him
George Zimmerman, the onetime neighborhood watch volunteer who was acquitted in the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Florida, is suing Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg for $265 million, claiming both 2020 Democratic presidential candidates defamed him in an attempt to “garner votes in the black community.”The lawsuit…
Florida police investigate after ‘several’ tongues preserved in jars found in crawl space: reports
Police in Gainesville, Fla., are investigating after a contractor doing work on a home Monday discovered half a dozen jars containing human tongues inside a crawl space beneath the residence, reports say.Police were dispatched to a home near NW 16th Avenue after receiving a 911 call that human remains, dating back to the 1960s, had been found…
Kansas crossing guard, 88, struck, killed by car after saving 2 schoolkids: reports
A crossing guard saved the lives of two students before he was struck and killed by a vehicle near a Kansas elementary school on Tuesday morning, according to multiple reports.Bob Nill, 88, who children at Christ the King Catholic School called “Mr. Bob,” was managing traffic for two boys, ages 7 and 11, when he told them…
Texas man, 24, drove for beer with ‘mangled’ corpse, body parts after allegedly striking pedestrian: report
A 24-year-old Texas man accused of driving to a beer garden with a fatally injured pedestrian and some of his body parts in the passenger seat of his car — after he allegedly struck the victim “at a high speed” Saturday — has been arrested, reports said Tuesday.Paul Joseph Garcia is accused of striking the pedestrian in a…
California police investigating possible cartel ties after 3 bodies found in cemetery
A triple homicide is being investigated for possible gang ties after three men were found dead in a California cemetery on Monday morning near the grave of a man who was killed in Mexico, police said Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Jaime Covarrubias Espindola, 50, Jose Maria Aguilar-Espejel, 38, and Rodrigo Aguilar-Espejel, 28 — all California…