Kaprizov breaks franchise career goals record in Wild's 5-1 win over Lightning

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov broke the franchise career goals record with 220, Mats Zuccarello, Brock Faber and Quinn Hughes each had a goal and assist and the Minnesota Wild beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-1 Tuesday night.

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Kaprizov's empty-netter, a backhander from center ice for his 35th of the season, pushed him past Marian Gaborik for the most in Wild history.

Yakov Trenin also scored to help Minnesota end a two-game slide and continue its home dominance of Tampa Bay. The Wild are 16-3-0 at home against the Lightning.

Matt Boldy added a season-high three assists, extending his points streak to a career-high-tying 10 games. Filip Gustavsson stopped 26 shots, improving to 5-1-0 in his past six starts.

Opening a four-game road trip, Tampa Bay got a goal from Nikita Kucherov but lost its third straight game after a 20-1-1 stretch. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 17 saves.

Hughes also scored in the third period, resulting in a brief "U-S-A! U-S-A-!" chant for the member of the recent gold-medal winning squad.

Trenin scored a fluky goal at 17:10 of the second period for a 3-1 Minnesota lead.

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Losing the puck as he tried to split a pair of defenders in the Lightning zone, Trenin finished his drive to the net and capitalized when Vasilevskiy struggled to cover the slow sliding puck.

Just over two minutes earlier, Kucherov completed a pretty passing play with Brayden Point and Jake Guentzel to get Tampa Bay on the board.

Faber scored less than four minutes into the game for a 1-0 lead. Zuccarello made it 2-0 with a 4-on-3 power-play goal early in the second period, the eighth straight game Minnesota has scored with the man advantage.

Up next

Lightning: At Winnipeg on Thursday night.

Wild: At Vegas on Friday night.

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Hurley goes out a winner in what could be his final home game at Arizona State

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Fans spilled out of the stands onto the court, jumping and shouting in celebration of Arizona State's massive upset.

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As the chaos swirled around him, Bobby Hurley, a coach known for his fiery sideline demeanor, calmly walked along the scorer's table shaking hands with Kansas' coaches and players before heading up the ramp.

No fist pumps, no shouts of joy, even if may have been his final home game.

Just a coach proud of the way his team fought through adversity — just as he did throughout his career.

"These kids care about the game, they want to play the right way, and a lot of them are underdogs, like I always was," Hurley said afterArizona State's 70-60 victoryover No. 14 Kansas on Tuesday night. "And that's why I could relate to them."

Hurley's role as the ultimate underdog was part of what made his hiring 12 years ago such a big splash.

An undersized point guard, he won two national championships at Duke and is still the NCAA's career assists leader. He played five seasons in the NBA before a car accident cut his career short.

Hurley won almost immediately after becoming a head coach, taking Buffalo to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in his second season.

He also won at Arizona State, just not enough.

Through 11 years of ups and downs, Hurley entered the final season of his contract likely needing an NCAA Tournament berth to keep his job. The Sun Devils fell well short, leaving them needing a miracle run at the Big 12 Tournament or bust.

"He is the greatest coach that's ever coached me," said Arizona State guard Moe Odum, who had 23 points against Kansas. "I'd go to war with him anytime. I don't care what anybody says."

If Tuesday night was his final home game, it was quite a way to go out.

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Two of the biggest highlights of Hurley's tenure — outside of three NCAA Tournament appearances — were wins over Kansas in consecutive seasons.

The Sun Devils won at Allen Fieldhouse in 2017 against the second-ranked Jayhawks, part of a 12-0 start that propelled them to No. 3 in the AP Top 25, matching the highest ranking in program history.

The Sun Devils did it again the following season in Tempe, taking down Kansas for their only home win over a No. 1 team.

Fate brought the Jayhawks back for the potential end of Hurley's home finale in the desert.

The Sun Devils came out with the same fire their coach has on the sideline and during his playing days, smothering the Jayhawks while building a 20-point lead.

A coach was ejected and it wasn't Hurley — Bill Self was tossed for arguing an offensive call on Jayhawks star freshman Darryn Peterson.

Kansas stormed back, pulling with four, then back to two after Arizona State again stretched the lead to double digits.

Unlike some of the games they couldn't find a way to finish, the Sun Devils pushed back, shoving the Jayhawks out the door and Hurley to a win in what could be his final game at Desert Financial Arena.

"I don't think it was me," Hurley said. "It would have been a nice storyline, but I really believe that's who they are."

Competitive to the end, just like their coach.

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Hormuz shutdown could force Iraq, Kuwait to curb oil output within days, JP Morgan says

March 4 (Reuters) - Crude oil supplies from Iraq and Kuwait could start shutting in within days if the ‌Strait of Hormuz remains closed, potentially cutting 3.3 ‌million barrels per day (bpd) by day eight of the Middle East conflict, J.P. ​Morgan analysts said in a note.

Iraq and Kuwait have roughly three and 14 days, respectively, before they would be forced to halt crude exports that pass through the strait, the bank ‌said on Tuesday.

The ⁠Strait of Hormuz, a narrow, strategically vital waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of ⁠Oman, is one of the world's key oil transit chokepoints, carrying roughly a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas ​flows.

In a ​prolonged closure, losses could escalate ​to 3.8 million bpd ‌around day 15 and 4.7 million bpd by day 18, according to J.P. Morgan.

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Iraq will be forced to cut its oil production by more than 3 million bpd in a few days if oil tankers cannot move freely through the ‌Strait of Hormuz and reach its ​loading ports, two Iraqi oil officials ​told Reuters on Tuesday.

U.S. ​President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the ‌U.S. Navy could begin escorting ​oil tankers through ​the Strait of Hormuz if necessary.

Iranian media reported that a senior official from the Islamic Revolutionary Guards said ​the Strait of ‌Hormuz is closed and that Iran would fire on ​any ship attempting to pass.

(Reporting by Pablo Sinha in ​Bengaluru; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)

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Florida public universities temporarily halt hiring foreigners on H1-B visas

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March 3 (Reuters) - Florida's public universities will temporarily halt hiring foreign faculty members using the H-1B ‌visa program, which allows employers to recruit highly skilled ‌professionals in specialized occupations.

The move comes after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis directed schools ​last October to crack down on what he described as "visa abuse" in higher education.

The Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state's public universities, voted for a temporary ban that will stay ‌in effect until January ⁠5, 2027, according to the regulation posted on the board's website.

The move will only affect new ⁠employees at the 12 universities in the State University System of Florida.

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Last year, U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a one-time $100,000 fee for ​new H-1B ​visa applicants amid his wider ​crackdown on immigration in ‌the United States.

The office of DeSantis and the board of governors were not immediately available for contact.

The H-1B visa program allows foreign professionals in specialized occupations - primarily in science, technology, engineering and mathematics - to work in the U.S. It offers 65,000 visas ‌annually, with another 20,000 visas for ​workers with advanced degrees, approved for ​three to six years.

More ​than 600 beneficiaries were approved for H-1B visas ‌by the 12 Florida schools last ​year, according ​to data on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' website.

Last October, DeSantis said U.S. universities "were importing foreign workers on ​H-1B visas instead of ‌hiring Americans who are qualified and available to do ​the job".

(Reporting by Jasper Ward in Washington; Editing by ​David Ljunggren and Daniel Wallis)

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Seattle City Council approves plan requiring local police to monitor ICE

(The Center Square) – The Seattle City Council unanimously approved a plan Tuesday requiring the police department to document evidence of potentially unlawful acts by Immigrations and Custom Enforcement agents during immigration actions.

The plan was first announced in anexecutive orderby Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson on Jan. 29. Tuesday's city council vote codifies it into city law.

Kent Loux, the new president of the Seattle Police Officer's Guild, did respond to an email seeking comment.

But former president Mike Solanhad attackedthe mayor's executive order on X, a day after Wilson's order.

"The concept of pitting two armed law enforcement agencies against each other is ludicrous, and will not happen," Solan said. "I will not allow SPOG members to be used as political pawns."

City Council Public Safety Committee Chairman Robert Kettle said Tuesday that the measure was necessary given the unprofessional behavior of federal immigration agents during enforcement actions. He cited the death of two protesters in Minneapolis at the hands ofICEin January.

"Federal law enforcement actions with ICE and Customs and Border Patrol, have not been to the standards that we expect from law enforcement, " he told the Center Square after Tuesday's vote.

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Under the resolution, Seattle police officers are required to to investigate, verify, and document any reports of immigration enforcement activity.

Officers who are dispatched to the scene are then directed to monitor the immigration enforcement action with in-car and body-worn video, validate the status of federal law enforcement agents by asking for official identification, and secure scenes of potentially unlawful acts to gather evidence for transmittal to prosecutors.

Kettle, a retired naval officer who has served overseas in conflict zones in the Middle East, said he accepts the premise that federal immigration agents have the authority to operate in the U.S.

"But what we were seeing from federal agents in Minneapolis was substandard," he said. "The resolution is about leadership and the expectations we have from federal immigration agents."

ICE officials and the U.S. Border Patrol did not respond to requests for comment.

Tuesday's resolution also condemns ICE for the actions in Minneapolis involving the deaths of two civilians.

Another part of the resolution requires the city of Seattle to install more than 600 signs prohibiting ICE enforcement action on city property including parks, city garages and The Seattle Center.

The signs have already started to be installed at the cost of $45,000 as part of Mayor Wilson's executive order.

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