Sheryl Crow lied to us.

In 2019, she informed All Issues Thought of that she was releasing one final album — Threads — then she was carried out with albums. She known as the format “a dying artwork kind.”

On March 29, 2024, she launched a brand new album, Evolution.

“I do know, I do know, I am unable to depend on what is going on to return out of my mouth subsequent,” she backpedaled to Morning Version host Debbie Elliott. “I did not intend to place out a whole full size album. It nonetheless seems like a playlist of latest songs. So that is what I will name it: a playlist of latest songs by Sheryl Crow. How’s that?”

Listed below are a couple of highlights from Crow’s chat about her new “playlist.”

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On the inspiration behind her new songs

It actually began off with this in-depth dialog about A.I. and what that is going to imply, not just for artists however what it may imply for our humanity. I believe it was the appearance of the Beatles utilizing John Lennon, after which shortly after that, George Carlin getting used with a brand new comedy routine that any person wrote and used his likeness. It felt very, very harmful and really formidable to me as an artist to know that my voice could be inserted into another person’s work, and {that a} program can write a Sheryl Crow tune. But it surely’s deeper than that. It is actually about reality and about how can we discern what the reality is anymore and are we even within the reality? That is the place — as a mother who has lived via most of her life with out expertise — that is the place mother and artist intersect. I discovered that I used to be simply writing a creative obtain that culminated with me placing out these new songs.

On the tune “Damaged Report,” which is crucial of social media

That tune was actually in response to the hate that I acquired from talking up concerning the Covenant capturing, which was proper down the road from us in Nashville. I believe due to texting and social media, we have gotten away from this concept of empathy, that we now have to keep in mind that the phrases we are saying — whether or not you understand an individual or you do not — could be hurtful. All issues must be based mostly in intention. My intention is one thing so simple as: gun management is not for the federal government to return in and take away individuals’s weapons. My intention is to attempt to discover a strategy to make our children safer. And as a substitute of acknowledging intention, there’s a whole lot of “Shut the f*** up and sing.” I imply, just a few actually ugly issues. And so the tune actually is directed from one thing my mother informed me once I was a child: “It is simply as simple to be good as it’s to be a jerk.”

On the tune “Alarm Clock” — and the challenges of being each a touring rock star and a mom of youngsters

I am lacking driving my children to high school. I’ve a 16-year-old now, and he takes his youthful brother to high school. However, you understand, each morning, fly off the bed, 6:15, pack the lunches, make the breakfast, ensure everyone’s acquired all the pieces, get within the automobile, take him to high school. And coming again residence and eventually having that second cup of espresso and feeling a way of accomplishment: okay, I did it! I acquired my children to high school!

It is humorous whenever you assume, okay, you had been a rock star. And there have been mornings whenever you had been getting residence at 6:15, and now you are on the opposite facet of it. And I’d not commerce it for something. However I don’t love mornings. Neither does my 13-year-old. So we have all the time stated, man, I hate my alarm clock. So I made a decision, you understand what, there is a tune in that.

On the inspirational tune “Love Life”

There’s so many instances once I assume: I will keep in mind this second. The truth is, final night time I used to be taking part in basketball with my children, and the basketball bounced off the wall, got here again and hit me proper within the head. And all of us like cockroaches on our backs, we had been laughing so laborious. And I keep in mind considering, I will look again on this second.

I believe you do get to a sure level in your life — it is just like the tune says, “We’ll be trying again at proper now.” You do get to an age the place you begin making an attempt to catalog all of the moments that you simply wish to keep in mind, as a result of whenever you’re younger, your complete life is in entrance of you and also you assume it is by no means going to finish. Then as you become older, you understand that point flies at warp pace, you understand? Particularly whenever you’re elevating children and also you begin counting summers, like, what number of extra summers do I’ve with my children? That is actually what the tune is about: stopping for a second and acknowledging that second and being in it.

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(NewsNation) — Actress Daphne Pleasure says her ex-boyfriend, rapper 50 Cent, raped and bodily abused her.

“I’m bored with upholding and defending a picture to our son that you’ve got by no means even earned. Let’s put the actual focus in your true evil actions of raping me and bodily abusing me,” Pleasure wrote in an Instagram submit Thursday. “You might be now not my oppressor and my God will deal with you from this level on.”

The submit comes after 50 Cent, whose actual identify is Curtis James Jackson, made enjoyable of Pleasure on Instagram over a lawsuit filed by music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones in opposition to Sean “Diddy” Combs by which he referred to as her a “intercourse employee” for the hip-hop government and producer.

Combs is at present concerned in a number of lawsuits that accuse him of sexual abuse and intercourse trafficking. Two of his properties had been raided by federal legislation enforcement earlier this week, though they haven’t confirmed this was in connection to the litigation.

“I didn’t know you was a intercourse employee, 👀you little intercourse employee,” Jackson mentioned to Pleasure in his submit.

In a separate Instagram submit, Pleasure denied the allegations.

“I’m deeply harm by the lies in Rodney Jones’ lawsuit,” Pleasure wrote. “The declare that I’m a intercourse employee is 100% false and character assassination. I’m retaining an lawyer to discover all authorized treatments in opposition to each Rodney and his lawyer.”

She mentioned of Jackson, “Every part is a joke to you till our security is compromised, which is occurring now.”

“You might be wreaking actual havoc, frenzy and chaos onto individuals’s lives,” Pleasure wrote on social media.

Pleasure went on to accuse Jackson of being a negligent father and solely seeing their son ten instances despite the fact that they moved to New York to be nearer to him.

In 2013, Jackson was charged with misdemeanor home violence and three counts of vandalism after allegedly kicking Pleasure and destroying her property, in line with Reuters.

The home violence cost was dropped, although, after he pleaded no contest to a single rely of misdemeanor vandalism.

A consultant for Jackson informed Individuals journal in a press release that what Pleasure mentioned is “false and baseless” and is a response to him in search of sole custody of him and Pleasure’s son.

“Preserving him in a secure atmosphere is my solely focus right now,” Jackson mentioned.

Susan Higges was one such highwaywoman. Residing in Buckinghamshire, her profession of crime stretched for 20 years. She dressed as a person to stalk the highways and pilfer from travellers, and likewise drummed up extra funds by extorting males whom she caught sleeping along with her single feminine servants.

However her exploits got here to a bloody finish when she murdered a lady who knew her identification. Along with her dying breath, her sufferer spat blood onto Higges’ face – leaving a stain which, so the story goes, couldn’t be scrubbed away. With bodily proof of her crime, the highwaywoman was compelled to admit, and was promptly despatched to the gallows.

Higges wasn’t the one girl to embrace freeway theft. Though comparatively unusual, we are able to discover tales of highwaywomen in numerous sources, from court docket information to standard songs. Some – like Higges – have been solo operators, whereas others partnered with their spouses, or ran with gangs. Many dressed as males to commit their crimes – although we are able to’t ensure why.

An actual Renegade Nell? The ballads of Susan Higges

Our foremost report of Higges’ vibrant life comes from broadsheet ballads: low-cost, mass-produced lyric sheets that peddled sensational tales of homicide and woe. These ballads have been beloved by their Seventeenth-century readers, and have become a key a part of standard information tradition within the interval.

It’s maybe no shock that the writers of those ballads pounced on the lives – and deaths – of highwaywomen. For max drama, many have been written from the standpoint of the ladies themselves, recounting their misdeeds to the reader as they shivered on the gallows.

Higges’ story was the main focus of two broadsheet ballads, each printed in 1640: A True Relation of One Susan Higges, and The Sorrowfull Grievance of Susan Higges. Because of the nature of those sources, we are able to’t take them as completely correct, however they supply a tantalising flavour of her life.

These two tales are spare on some particulars. We don’t get a way of Higges’ adolescence, as an illustration, or why she turned to a lifetime of crime, however it’s clear that she was adept at overlaying her tracks. In line with A True Relation, Higges managed to cover her legal exercise from her pals and neighbours for twenty years.

Though she was “nicely considered by good Gents and Farmers of fine fame”, the ballad says “Most wickedly I [Higges] spent my time. Devoide of godly grace: / A Lewder Lady by no means liv’d, I thinke in anywhere.”

The crimes of Susan Higges

The ballad particulars the varied crimes Higges dedicated. These vary from extortion – she demanded that males who slept with the ‘younger Countrey girles’ she employed as servants “give me cash for this fallacious, completed to my home and me” – to theft and homicide. In line with A True Relation, Higges’ profession as a highwaywoman concentrating on London retailers was notably profitable: “My weapon by the high-way aspect, hath me a lot cash wonne”.

The ballad additionally describes the clothes Higges would put on when she was terrorising the streets: “In mens attyre I oft have rode, upon a Gelding stout / and completed nice robberies valiantly.” Whereas we are able to’t know for sure why Higges selected to decorate in males’s garments, judging from A True Relation, it appears it was to cover her identification:

I had my Scarfes and Vizards, my face for to disguise:
Someday a beard upon my chin, to blinde the peoples eyes.
My Turkie blade, and Pistols good, my braveness to maintaine:
Thus took I many a Farmers purse nicely cram’d with golden gaine

Nevertheless, Higges’ lifetime of crime finally caught up along with her, when she was recognised by a lady she robbed at Misseldon heath. Higges fatally wounded her sufferer, however as her final act the lady “gave a grone: a therewithall did spit upon my face / Three drops of blood, that by no means could possibly be wiped from that place”.

What occurred to Susan Higges?

A lot as William Shakespeare’s murderous Girl Macbeth struggled to scrub her palms clear, the ballad says that Higges couldn’t scrub the blood from her face. Fearful that her bloodied cheek would reveal her crimes, she confessed to her servants, who promptly reported her to the native justices of the peace.

Higges was then imprisoned, and later taken to court docket for sentencing. She was condemned to demise for her crimes, almost definitely by hanging – a verdict that the ballad describes as Higges’ “simply desert [sic]”.

The story ends with a stark warning from the highwaywoman: “Be warned by this story, you ru[s]sling Rosters all / The upper that you simply climbe in sinne the larger is your fall.”

Renegade Nell streams on Disney+ in UK from 29 March

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports activities Author

PORTLAND, Ore.  — Aziaha James had 29 factors and third-seeded North Carolina State earned its third journey to the ladies’s Elite Eight with a 77-67 victory over second-seeded Stanford on Friday evening.

Saniya Rivers added 13 factors and 7 rebounds for the Wolfpack (30-6), who fell behind by 10 factors however rallied within the third quarter and led by as many as 15 factors within the fourth quarter.

AP All-American Cameron Brink fouled out with 8:10 left within the sport. She completed with 13 factors, 9 rebounds and 7 blocks in her remaining sport for Stanford (30-6). Kiki Iriafen led the Cardinal with 26 factors and 10 rebounds.

Stanford, underneath Corridor of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer, was vying for its twenty third look within the Elite Eight. They’d reached that milestone in 5 of the final seven years.

N.C. State went on a 13-2 third quarter run capped by a pair of 3-pointers from James to go up 49-45. The Wolfpack led 55-47 going into the fourth quarter.

James opened the ultimate interval with a 3-pointer that beat the shot clock.

The Wolfpack defeated Tennessee 79-72 within the second spherical in Raleigh. It helped erase the unhealthy feeling from the season earlier than, when the group fell to Princeton within the opening spherical.

The Cardinal wanted extra time to get previous seventh-seeded Iowa State 87-81 in a second-round sport at residence in Maples Pavilion. Iriafen completed with 41 factors after Brink fouled out.

Brink, who’s from the Portland space, has already introduced that she’s declaring herself eligible for the WNBA draft, though she had yet one more season of eligibility.

Stanford was bodily in the beginning. Brink had six rebounds and three blocks within the first quarter alone, however the Cardinal held a slender 12-11 lead.

Hannah Soar led all scorers with 10 factors within the first half for Stanford. Iriafen performed simply seven minutes due to foul hassle however had eight factors and 7 rebounds, and the Cardinal ended the primary half on a 9-2 run to steer 37-27.

Brink picked up her third foul with 5:35 left within the third quarter and went to the bench. Quickly thereafter N.C. State tied the sport at 43 on Zoe Brooks’ layup earlier than James made back-to-back 3-pointers.

Stanford is amongst 5 Pac-12 groups — most of any convention — that superior to the Candy 16 because the league’s days dwindle due to convention realignment. Earlier within the day, Oregon State earned a spot within the Elite Eight with a 70-65 victory over Notre Dame within the Albany Area.

Stanford and California each determined to hitch the ACC final summer time, a part of a collapse that left simply two groups — Oregon State and Washington State — in a Pac-2. That may put the Cardinal in the identical convention as N.C. State subsequent season.

N.C. State’s males’s group, an eleventh seed, beat second-seeded Marquette 67-58 on Friday evening to additionally advance to the Elite Eight.

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Guided by a dominant publish presence, the No. 3 Oregon State ladies’s basketball group pulled away and held off No. 2 Notre Dame late to win an NCAA Match Candy 16 matchup Friday at MVP Area in Albany, New York, 70-65.

It marks the Beavers’ third journey to the Elite Eight in program historical past and the primary since 2018 a 12 months faraway from a 13-18 season. The Beavers will face No. 1 South Carolina at 10 a.m. Sunday.

“I believed it was a fantastic illustration of who we’re,” Oregon State coach Scott Rueck stated. “It confirmed each little bit of us, I believed. It wasn’t at all times good, however we discovered a manner. That is what this group has accomplished all 12 months as we have grown collectively so rapidly. Who would have thought earlier than the 12 months that we would be sitting right here? Not many individuals off this podium and within the locker room, after all.”

Main by two with beneath a minute to play, Raegan Beers scored her 18^th level with 26 seconds left on a layup to present OSU a four-point lead, and a clutch block on a Notre Dame 3-point try by Talia von Oelhoffen and subsequent free throws sealed a Beaver victory.

Oregon State overcame 26 turnovers to only 5 Irish turnovers to get the win, taking pictures 60.4% from the sphere to Notre Dame’s 35.6%. The Beavers’ minus-21 turnover discrepancy tied an NCAA Match report for worst in a match victory.

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Beers completed with 18 factors and a game-high 13 rebounds, and Timea Gardiner scored a team-high 21 factors with 11 rebounds to guide the Beavers. That pair helped Oregon State dominate Notre Dame on the glass, successful the rebound battle 42-24.

“Once you’ve acquired a pressure like (Beers), someone with not solely the power and dimension that she has, however the agility and the arms that she has, you are taking part in by means of that individual,” Rueck stated. “There was a degree the place I believed we missed her too usually early the place we’re like, simply give her the ball, play by means of (her), however you give them credit score for making that troublesome. Luckily we have now numerous different issues we will go to. Lily (Hansford) hit enormous threes, Timea was unbelievable. Simply did what she does. (Donovyn Hunter) hit a pair enormous photographs and Talia play-made for us.”

Notre Dame star freshman Hannah Hidalgo, who averaged practically 23 factors per sport heading into the Candy 16 matchup, scored simply 10 factors on 4 for 17 taking pictures from the ground. Sonia Citron led the Irish with 22 factors and Maddy Westbeld added 19.

In a forwards and backwards first half, Oregon State dominated Notre Dame on the glass with a 23-9 rebound benefit however had simply two second-chance factors and allowed 14 factors off 12 turnovers. The Beavers led 32-31, regardless of taking pictures 57.7% from the sphere against the Irish’s 36.4%.

Beers had 12 factors on 6 for 7 taking pictures on the halftime break with seven rebounds, nearly outrebounding Notre Dame by herself. Gardiner added 9 first half factors with 4 rebounds, whereas Notre Dame’s Sonia Citron acquired scorching and scored a team-high 11 factors within the first half.

The Beavers then opened the second half with a flurry of buckets from Beers and Gardiner, taking a double-digit lead lower than three minutes into the third quarter.

The Irish got here again to finally take a lead, 59-57, with 4:19 to play within the fourth quarter. Again-to-back 3-pointers from Donovyn Hunter and Lily Hansford helped the Beavers retake a lead they might by no means relinquish en path to an Elite Eight Sunday matchup again at MVP Area towards undefeated South Carolina, which beat Indiana.

“We at all times believed in ourselves and what we might do, and lots of people did not know what we might do,” Gardiner stated. “We got here in, we had nothing to lose, so we are available, we play our sport, we play Oregon State basketball and we demonstrated that tonight, and we’re not accomplished but.”

Learn our updates from the sport beneath.

FINAL: No. 3 Oregon State 70, No. 2 Notre Dame 65

Talia von Oelhoffen blocked a 3-point try with 18 seconds left and hit two clutch free throws to present the Beavers a six-point benefit late, and OSU held on to upset Notre Dame within the Candy 16, 70-65, to maneuver on to their third Elite Eight in program historical past.

Timea Gardiner scored a team-high 21 factors with 11 rebounds and Raegan Beers had 18 factors and 13 rebounds to guide the Beavers. Notre Dame was led by Sonia Citron’s 22 factors and 7 rebounds, with Maddy Westbeld including 19 factors. Star freshman Hannah Hidalgo scored 10 factors on simply 4 for 17 taking pictures from the ground.

Raegan Beers layup offers OSU a 4-point lead with 26 seconds left

After back-to-back 3-pointers from Donovyn Hunter and Lily Hansford, and a layup from Raegan Beers, the Oregon State ladies’s basketball group leads Notre Dame 67-63 with 26 seconds remaining. Beers has 18 factors and 13 rebounds and Timea Gardiner has 20 factors and 10 rebounds. Notre Dame has possession out a timeout.

Beavers hanging on to slim lead down the stretch

With 4:58 left within the sport, Oregon State is main Notre Dame 57-56. The Beavers have turned the ball over 23 occasions to the Irish’s three, and Notre Dame has 24 factors off these turnovers. Timea Gardiner has a team-high 20 factors whereas Notre Dame is led by Sonia Citron’s 21 factors.

END 3Q: Oregon State 53, Notre Dame 50

Notre Dame battled all the best way again to tie it earlier than a Timea Gardiner 3-pointer on the third quarter buzzer to present Oregon State a slim lead heading into the fourth. Raegan Beers and Gardiner have mixed to attain 32 factors with 19 rebounds.

Notre Dame is led by Sonia Citron and Maddy Westbeld’s 17 factors a bit, and Anna DeWolfe has 10 factors. The Irish have 18 factors off 17 OSU turnovers.

Beavers preserve lead at first media timeout of second half

With 4:11 to play within the third quarter Oregon State leads Notre Dame 48-42. Notre Dame has minimize into the double-digit lead behind Sonia Citron and Maddy Westbeld’s mixed 28 factors and has 16 factors off 14 OSU turnovers.

Beavers open second half on enormous run

Oregon State has come out of the gates robust, main Notre Dame 43-33 with 7:19 to play within the third quarter. The Beavers have opened the second half on an 11-2 run behind fast factors from Raegan Beers and Timea Gardiner. These two have mixed to attain 27 factors. OSU is taking pictures over 60% from the sphere, practically double Notre Dame’s 36.1%.

HALF: Oregon State 32, Notre Dame 31

Regardless of 12 turnovers, Oregon State leads Notre Dame by one on the half. The Beavers are taking pictures 57.7% from the sphere and are holding the Irish to 36.4%, however have allowed 14 factors from the Irish off turnovers. OSU is outrebounding Notre Dame 23-9, however solely have two second-chance factors.

Raegan Beers has a game-high 12 factors and 7 rebounds whereas Timea Gardiner has added 9 factors and 4 boards of her personal. Notre Dame is led by Sonia Citron’s 11 factors and Maddy Westbeld has 9 factors however three fouls. Star freshman guard Hannah Hidalgo has simply six factors of two for 8 taking pictures and sat chunk of the second quarter getting a nostril ring eliminated on account of NCAA guidelines.

Irish on a 7-0 run towards the top of the primary half

Behind a 3 minute scoring drought from OSU, Notre Dame has opened up a 29-25 lead with 2:45 left to play within the first half behind a 7-0 run. Sonia Citron has gotten unfastened and leads the Irish with 9 factors, together with Maddy Westbeld. Oregon State has 11 turnovers already and the Irish have 12 factors off turnovers.

Beavers preserve small lead halfway by means of second quarter

With 5:51 left within the first half, Oregon State leads 25-22. Whereas star Notre Dame level guard Hannah Hidalgo has handled getting a nostril ring eliminated on the sideline for half of the second quarter, the Beavers have not been in a position to separate. Notre Dame has eight factors off seven OSU turnovers, whereas Oregon State is taking pictures 57% from the ground, led by Raegan Beers’ 10 factors.

END 1Q: Oregon State 17, Notre Dame 15

Raegan Beers scored six straight factors and Lily Hansford added a 3-pointer to present Oregon State a lead heading into the primary quarter break, 17-15. Oregon State is taking pictures 50% from the sphere whereas Notre Dame is taking pictures 42.9%. Beers has a game-high eight factors and 5 rebounds already whereas Notre Dame is led by Maddy Westbeld’s seven factors. Notre Dame has 4 rebounds as a group.

Beavers and Irish go back-and-forth early

With 3:06 left within the first quarter on the first media timeout, the Beavers path the Irish, 10-8. Oregon State has six offensive rebounds already however solely two second-chance factors towards a short-handed Notre Dame lineup, however the Irish are taking pictures 55.6% from the sphere.

Timea Gardiner has an early six factors for the Beavers whereas the Irish are led by Hannah Hidalgo and Maddy Westbeld’s 4 factors a bit.

Starters introduced for Candy 16 matchup

For Oregon State: G – Donovyn Hunter (6.6 PPG); G – AJ Marotte (5.3 PPG); G – Talia von Oelhoffen (10.9 PPG); F – Raegan Beers (17.5 PPG); F – Timea Gardiner (11.4 PPG)

For Notre Dame: G – Hannah Hidalgo (22.9 PPG); G – Sonia Citron (17.1 PPG); G – Anna DeWolfe (8.6 PPG); F – Natalija Marshall (5.1 PPG); F – Maddy Westbeld (14.2 PPG)

Sport time set for Oregon State ladies’s basketball vs. Notre Dame

The NCAA Match Candy 16 sport between Oregon State and Notre Dame is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. Friday inside MVP Area in Albany, New York. It would air on ESPN.

Alec Dietz covers College of Oregon soccer, volleyball, ladies’s basketball and baseball for The Register-Guard. You could attain him at adietz@registerguard.com and you can follow him on X @AlecDietz.

ALBANY, N.Y. — The Notre Dame ladies’s basketball workforce misplaced 70-65 within the Candy 16 to Oregon State on Friday afternoon within the Albany regional.

The No. 2 seeded Combating Irish could not overcome an off evening from their main scorer Hannah Hidalgo, who had 10 factors on 3 of 17 capturing and solely two subject objectives within the second half.

No. 3 seed Oregon State leaned on its proficient entrance court docket of Timea Gardiner and Raegan Beers. They every had double-doubles with Gardiner placing up 20 factors, 11 rebounds and 4 assists whereas Beers had 18 factors and 13 rebounds.

The Beavers overcame turning the ball over a season-high 26 instances, probably the most turnovers for this system since 2017-18.

Extra:How Hannah Hidalgo is stealing the present for Notre Dame ladies’s basketball

Notre Dame ladies’s basketball does not go down with out a struggle

Gardiner dropped in a 3-pointer within the ultimate minute of the primary half.

The Beavers carried that momentum into the third quarter by occurring a 14-2 run whereas going 5 of 6 from the sphere. Gardiner had seven factors throughout the stretch that gave her workforce a 43-33 lead, the biggest of the sport for both workforce.

Notre Dame confirmed loads of poise by chipping away on the lead. The Combating Irish fought again tie the sport on their ultimate possession of the quarter and took their first lead of the second half with 8:22 left within the fourth quarter when Natalija Marshall knocked down an extended two for her first basket of the sport.

It remained a one-possession sport down the stretch till OSU received back-to-back 3-pointers from freshman Donovyn Hunter and Lily Hansford with underneath three minutes to go.

Each of the 3-pointers got here off offensive rebounds.

Extra:How Olivia Miles helps Notre Dame ladies’s basketball even with out suiting up for NCAAs

Notre Dame faces sudden hurdles in first half 

Notre Dame saved tempo with Oregon State whereas Hannah Hidalgo and Maddy Westbeid needed to spend prolonged stretches on the bench throughout the first half. 

Accidents have decimated the Combating Irish’s depth this season — the latest of which was Kylee Watson struggling a torn ACL within the ACC match — and they’re solely enjoying six gamers. 

Hidalgo sat out the primary 4:49 of the second quarter to have her nostril ring eliminated. Whereas the freshman performed with the stud piercing all year long, the NCAA guidelines prohibit jewellery. She sat on the far finish of the bench whereas a number of trainers labored to tug it out. 

The freshman guard led Notre Dame with 22.9 factors, 5.6 assists and 4.6 steals per sport this season and earned first-team All-American honors. She had a shot stuffed by Beers later within the sport that left her visibility annoyed. Hidalgo struggled to get right into a rhythm going 2 of 14 by means of the primary three quarters. 

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Notre Dame wasn’t at full power for lengthy within the second quarter as soon as Hidalgo checked again in. 

Maddy Westbeld, who was tasked with guarding Beers, checked out with 4:00 to go after choosing up her third foul. She had 9 factors (4 of 6) within the half.

Oregon State’s measurement was evident proper from the beginning. 

The Beavers outrebounded Notre Dame 23-9 within the first half and 6 offensive rebounds. They made an effort to pound the ball down low to Beers, a 6-foot-4 ahead, who had 12 factors and 7 rebounds on the half. She drew double-teams within the paint each time she touched the ball. 

Notre Dame neutralized that benefit by scoring 14 factors off 12 turnovers within the first half. Oregon State almost matched its season common of 13.3 turnovers per sport in simply 20 minutes of play. 

Boy discovered secure in Connecticut after automotive stolen, Amber Alert

CHICOPEE – A 3-year-old boy has been discovered secure after Massachusetts State Police briefly issued an Amber Alert for a stolen automotive out of Chicopee Friday morning.

The boy was discovered at a lodge in Windsor, Connecticut and the Amber Alert was deactivated at about 10:30 a.m. He was taken to a Massachusetts hospital to be checked out as a precaution, however didn’t look like injured. The suspect, recognized as 52-year-old Springfield resident Vadim Vorobyov, was taken into custody at a Greenback Tree in Windsor. 

State Police mentioned the suspect dropped the boy off on the Rodeway Inn, and lodge workers referred to as police to report a baby left on the property. Video from the scene seems to point out the suspect letting the boy out of the automotive and driving away, leaving the toddler alone within the parking zone.

Vadim Vorobyov charged with kidnapping

Vorobyov can be charged with kidnapping, baby endangerment and stealing a automotive, police mentioned. Authorities don’t imagine he has any relation to the kid, and the crime seems to have been random. 

The pink 2021 Toyota Camry was parked outdoors an Trade Road residence in Chicopee with the motor working when it was stolen at 8:40 a.m. with the boy within the backseat, State Police mentioned. The boy’s mom referred to as 911 to report the theft.

A license plate reader recognized the automotive heading south on Route 91 in Longmeadow, police mentioned. The Toyota firm helped police to search out the unoccupied automotive within the Kennedy Highway buying plaza in Windsor.

What’s an Amber Alert?

The Amber alert system is called after Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old Texas woman who was kidnapped and murdered in 1996. The system makes use of the Emergency Alert System to broadcast info that might be used to assist discover kidnapped youngsters.

Massachusetts State Police have three necessities that have to be met earlier than an Amber Alert is issued: The kidnapped baby have to be 17 years previous or youthful, the kid have to be at risk of significant damage or loss of life, and police will need to have sufficient info to share by an Amber Alert that will assist discover the kid. 

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Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston College.

Trying to find an edge rusher within the wake of Bryce Huff’s departure in free company, the New York Jets acquired Haason Reddick in a commerce Friday with the Philadelphia Eagles, sources instructed ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The Jets will ship a conditional 2026 third-round decide to the Eagles that improves to a 2026 second-rounder if Reddick reaches 67.5% play time and 10 sacks, the sources stated. In 2023, Reddick recorded 11 sacks and 38 tackles in 17 video games. He performed 74% of the defensive snaps.

Mainly, the Jets and Eagles swapped edge rushers. Huff, who led the Jets with 10 sacks final season, signed a three-year, $51 million contract with the Eagles on Day 1 of free company.

The Jets pursued Shaq Barrett and Jadeveon Clowney in free company, however they signed with the Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers, respectively.

In Reddick, 29, the Jets are getting a confirmed commodity. He has 50.5 sacks over the previous 4 seasons, the fourth-highest whole within the NFL. Reddick and Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett are the one two gamers to report a minimum of 10 sacks in every of the previous 4 seasons.

The draw back to the commerce is the Jets are inheriting an enormous contract. Reddick is because of make $14.25 million in base pay in 2024, the ultimate yr of his contract. If they do not re-sign him, and he leaves as a free agent subsequent yr, the Jets could be in line for a compensatory draft decide in 2026. It is also doable that the Jets give him a brand new contract earlier than the approaching season.

Reddick can also be due a $1 million roster bonus on April 1. The Eagles are anticipated to pay the bonus, a supply stated. It was initially due in March, however the Eagles and Reddick pushed it again to assist facilitate a commerce.

That is the most recent in a sequence of win-now strikes by the Jets, who’re making an attempt to capitalize on their Aaron Rodgers window. They acquired tackles Tyron Smith and Morgan Moses, each 33, and likewise added broad receiver Mike Williams, 29, who’s coming off ACL surgical procedure.

The Jets are loaded at defensive finish, with Reddick becoming a member of starters Jermaine Johnson and John Franklin-Myers and 2023 first-round decide Will McDonald. Additionally they have backup Micheal Clemons.

“The extra, the merrier,” coach Robert Saleh stated this week on the annual league assembly in Orlando, Florida.

Sometimes, the Jets wish to rotate 4, generally 5 defensive ends in a recreation. Reddick’s arrival may influence McDonald, who is anticipated to have a bigger function after a nondescript rookie yr. It additionally may influence Franklin-Myers, who carries a $16.4 million cap cost. They may strategy him a couple of pay reduce.

The priority with Reddick is that he tailed off on the finish of final season, ending with 5 straight sackless video games (together with one within the playoffs). The Eagles modified defensive coordinators throughout the season, which appeared to have an effect on Reddick’s function and utilization.

“Every kind of juice and fuel off the sting. He is undoubtedly an issue,” Saleh stated of Reddick earlier than going through the Eagles final season. “… He is undoubtedly discovered a brand new lease on life in that entrance. He is dynamic. He is versatile. They’ll do lots of various things with him, however he is a three-way rusher. He can win inside. He can win exterior. He can run proper by way of you.”