Ashlon Jackson scores career-best 30 points to lead No. 13 Duke past No. 9 Kansas 73-62
One of the great benefits of streaming TV is that I’m able to watch old network shows that I enjoyed while growing up in the 1970s. One of my favorite shows was “The Waltons.” When I was 11 years old, that prime-time show was a central part of my weekly ritual. Every Thursday, after dinner, my father and I boarded our Plymouth Fury station wagon and headed to the Del Farm grocery store located in a small suburban plaza one mile from our home. I pushed the cart as I helped my father work through the long shopping list my mother provided. Though cookies and potato chips were never on my mother’s list, on a good night my father would be feeling generous. He’d buy a box of Del Farm’s freshly baked oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies and a bag of Snyder of Berlin potato chips, onion dip (my mother’s favorite) and a wooden case of Regent soda pop. When we finally pulled the loaded-down station wagon into the garage, everyone in the house was alerted and the massive unloading process began. We usually got everything packed away by 8 p.m., just in time to turn on “The Waltons.” I’d bring a bowl of ice to the family room, open some bottles of Regent soda pop, pour the Snyder of Berlin chips into a couple of bowls and soon my sisters, parents and I would be enjoying the newest episode of one of our family’s must-see shows. I think I loved “The Waltons” so much because it mirrored the stable family experience my sisters and I were living. There were lots of imperfections in my family, to be sure — there will always be conflict and drama when six children and their mother and father are living together in a modest-sized home. But, like the parents on “The Waltons,” our mom and dad were committed to each other and to us. They put our needs ahead of their own. They gave us an incredible sense of security and wellbeing. They taught us right and wrong — we all went to Catholic school and attended Mass every Sunday — and they drove us to become good, productive citizens. Thanks to them, all of my sisters and I are flourishing as adults. Interestingly, nobody expected “The Waltons” to succeed when it first aired in 1972. The ‘70s was a turbulent and cynical era, after all. The Vietnam war was still raging, Watergate dominated the news. According to Patheos, a non-partisan online media company that provides religious and political information and commentary, the social changes of the ‘60s had paved the way to the disco hedonism of the ‘70s. So why was a wholesome drama about a rural American family from Virginia such a hit? In 2012, Earl Hamner, who created the show based on his book, “Spencer Mountain,” explained why. He said in the 1970s there was a yearning to see “people trying to make decent lives for themselves and their children.” When you get down to it, that’s really all anybody wants. All I know is, I’m greatly enjoying “The Waltons” half a century after it originally aired. That’s because it fills me again with the incredible sense of security and love I knew as a boy, when my mother and father put us first.HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Ashlon Jackson scored a career-high 30 points and No. 13 Duke defeated No. 9 Kansas State, 73-62 on Monday, in the semifinals of the Ball Dawgs Classic. The Blue Devils (6-1) overcame an early 11-point deficit behind Jackon’s shooting hand to advance to Wednesday’s championship game against the winner of the game between No. 8 Oklahoma and DePaul. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content.
Blowout loss to Packers leaves the 49ers on the playoff brinkSTUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Players from Swiss team Young Boys held up teammate Meschack Elia's shirt as a tribute during their Champions League game at Stuttgart after his son died this week. Lukasz Lakomy gave Young Boys the lead with a powerful long-range shot in the sixth minute Wednesday and ran toward the sideline, where he held up Elia's shirt as his teammates gathered around him.A man has been sentenced to decades behind bars for a courtroom outburst early this year that went viral on social media. It all stemmed from 31-year-old Deobra Redden's sentencing hearing on Jan. 3 for an attempted battery charge. As Judge Mary Kay Holthus began announcing that he would be going to prison, Redden leapt over the judge's bench in an attempt to attack her. Courtroom quickly intervened. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Thanks for the feedback.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has launched an extraordinary attack on the Albanese government, claiming its “extreme anti-Israel position” caused the arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue. Early morning worshippers were forced to flee as the Adass Israel synagogue was firebombed on Friday. In footage of the incident, flames and thick pillars of smoke can be seen climbing into the sky as police surround the streets and firefighters battled for 40 minutes to contain the blaze. Police allege two men wearing masks were seen spreading an accelerant inside the synagogue. Now Mr Netanyahu claimed the “abhorrent act of anti-Semitism” was tied to the government’s treatment of Israel, reported the Herald Sun . “Unfortunately, it is impossible to separate this reprehensible act from the extreme anti-Israel position of the Labor government in Australia,” he said. Mr Netanyahu pointed to the Australian government’s “scandalous decision” to support a United Nations resolution that called on Israel to “bring an end to its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, as rapidly as possible”. He also singled out the government’s decision to refuse a visa to former Israeli justice minister Ayelet Shaked over her commentary on the war in Gaza. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has defended rejecting the visa of Ms Shaked over comments she made comparing Palestinian children to snakes, and claims Palestinian-occupied areas of Israel should be levelled. The right-wing former justice minister was slated to attend the Canberra-Jerusalem Strategic Dialogue, however Mr Burke rejected her application on the grounds she had the potential to “seriously undermine social cohesion”. Mr Albanese said the violence and destruction at a place of worship was an outrage. “I unequivocally condemn the attack on a Melbourne synagogue early this morning,” Mr Albanese said in a statement. “I have zero tolerance for anti-Semitism. It has absolutely no place in Australia. “The people involved must be caught and face the full force of the law.” Israeli President Isaac Herzog also expressed his “firm condemnation of the horrific arson attack” to Mr Albanese and urged him to take “firm and strong action” on anti-Semitism in Australia. He said there had been an “intolerable wave of attacks on Jewish communities in Australia and around the world”. “I noted to the Prime Minister that this rise and the increasingly serious anti-Semitic attacks on the Jewish community required firm and strong action, and that this was a message that must be heard clearly from Australia’s leaders,” he said. “I thanked him for his ongoing efforts to combat anti-Semitism, and expressed my trust that the local law enforcement would do everything in their power to bring the perpetrators to justice.” Mr Netanyahu’s office has slammed the government over its lack of support, suggesting Australia may no longer be a “key ally” of the Jewish state and warning “disappointing” positions on UN resolutions would “invite more terrorism” and “more anti-Semitic riots”. Australia has split with the United States and Israel voting in favour on a draft United Nations resolution which recognised the “permanent sovereignty” of Palestinian people in occupied territories like the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Australia sided with 154 countries, including the United Kingdom, New Zealand and France, to vote in favour on the motion which recognised Palestinian sovereignty in the “occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources”. It comes as Amnesty International accused Israel of “committing genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza since the start of the war last year, saying its new report was a “wake-up call” for the world. The London-based human rights group said its findings were based on satellite images documenting devastation, fieldwork and ground reports from Gazans as well as “dehumanising and genocidal statements by Israeli government and military officials”.
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