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An investigation is underway after a man was shot to death at a bar in southeast Houston on Monday night, according to the Houston Police Department.

The Caribou Vikings and Orono Red Riots needed extra time to settle Monday night’s Class C boys basketball game, and the visiting Vikings got a huge lift from sophomore Declan Miller in overtime. The two teams were deadlocked at 47 after four quarters, and Miller gave the Vikings a boost to start overtime by taking a charge and getting the ball back for his team. Caribou capitalized on that offensive foul against Orono by scoring two points and jumpstarting a dominant 10-0 run in overtime. The Vikings went on to win 57-47. “It was a huge charge for us,” Caribou coach Kyle Corrigan said about Miller’s gutsy defensive play. “It got us the ball back. We were able to score, and kind of take the lead and get a lot of momentum.” Corrigan said he was “really proud” of Miller and noted that the team gave Miller player of the game honors in the locker room afterward. Monday night’s overtime thriller was the most recent edition of what has been a series of close contests between the two teams in recent years. Both Caribou and Orono spent years excelling in Class B North before dropping down to Class C this year as part of a statewide basketball reclassification. Caribou won the Class B state championship a year ago, and Orono won back to back state titles the two years before that. The Vikings are now 11-2 this season at the top of Class C North, and Orono is currently seventh at 7-6. Corrigan heaped praise on the Orono team, which has weathered several key injuries so far this season. “They’re so underrated right now, too, because they’re just finally healthy,” Corrigan said. “They’re a completely underrated team, and they’re different when they’re all out there. Their chemistry is so good.” Caribou’s Owen Corrigan and Orono’s Brady Hews both put up 22 points to lead all scorers. Miller had eight points in the game, and was tasked with guarding the prolific Hews on the defensive end. “I thought Declan made things hard, but you don’t just stop Brady,” the Caribou coach added. Corrigan was pleased with his team’s defensive effort but said his team was still searching for offensive consistency after battling some seasonal illnesses in its own locker room this winter. While Owen Corrigan has stepped up into a primary offensive role for the Vikings this year, Miller has shown his mettle on the defensive end. “Declan is such an energy guy, and he brings it every single day. And he’ll do whatever we ask,” Kyle Corrigan added after the win. “And today it was, ‘I don’t really care if you score, just go guard Brady, and just make things as difficult as possible. I know it’s a hard task.’ He doesn’t ask questions, he just goes out and does his job.” Caribou has gritted out several close wins so far this season, including a last second victory over reigning Class C North champion Mattanawcook Academy of Lincoln. And the Vikings coach agreed that these close games during the regular season can help prepare a team for the pressures of tournament time. “These games are better than blowouts,” Corrigan added. “You grow more from games like this, and losses, than you do from 30-point wins.”

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The aurora could be visible across Canada and much of the northern tier of U.S. states — and possibly farther south — Monday night following a major disturbance in the Earth’s magnetic field, a forecast shows. The forecast, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center, comes amid intense geomagnetic and solar radiation storms, said Shawn Dahl, service coordinator at the center. Geomagnetic storms that can lead to vivid northern lights also can interfere with satellite operations, GPS communications and other infrastructure, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Dahl said the current storm isn’t expected to become much weaker until sometime Tuesday. In November, solar storms brought vibrant auroras to parts of Europe including Hungary and the United Kingdom, and as far south in the United States as Kansas, Colorado and Texas. Solar radiation storms can affect objects in space and certain types of communications systems, but Dahl said astronauts at the international space station currently are not at risk. The intensity of this storm has not been seen in more than two decades, he said.

U.S. Attorney Andrew Benson issued a statement on Monday warning Maine protesters not to interfere with federal law enforcement actions. The statement comes ahead of a rumored deployment of agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Portland and Lewiston this week, which Benson appeared to affirm by referring to protests “in the coming days.” Benson stated that law enforcement officers take an oath to “fulfill their duty to enforce federal law, including the laws relating to illegal immigration,” and that The Constitution “guarantees the right to peacefully assemble and to protest.” “What is not protected, however, are acts of violence against other individuals, destruction of property, or obstruction of lawful governmental activity,” Benson said. ICE deployments by the Trump administration to other major U.S. cities in Democrat-controlled states have drawn protests fueled by videos circulating online of masked federal agents violently detaining people, including American citizens and peaceful protesters. The recent shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis by ICE agent Jonathan Ross further escalated the tension around ICE actions. “In the coming days, if Maine citizens seek to exercise their rights to assemble and protest, it is vital that these protests remain peaceful,” Benson said. “Anyone who forcibly assaults or impedes a federal law enforcement officer, willfully destroys government property, or unlawfully obstructs federal law enforcement activity commits a federal crime and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” Benson also said it is “incumbent upon anyone with a public voice” to urge protesters to remain peaceful. “Divisive, bombastic public statements only inflame the situation and make violence more likely,” he said. “Force, intimidation and threats have no place in our public discourse and are contrary to our time-honored tradition in Maine of peaceful civic engagement,” Benson said.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Nebraska basketball’s Braden Frager was named the Freshman of the Week in the Big Ten Conference on Monday. The Lincoln native posted two 20-point outings against Oregon and Northwestern last week, averaging 21.5 points per game. Frager also shot 59% from the floor, including 50% from deep, and had 3.5 rebounds per game. This is the...