The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. UL Monroe Warhawks (9-14, 4-8 Sun Belt) at Southern Miss Golden Eagles (14-11, 7-5 Sun Belt) Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Thursday, 8:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Southern Miss hosts the …
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Minnesota company and employee cited for reckless driving in Alaska crash that killed 3 sled dogs
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Both a Minnesota man testing a snowmobile for his employer in the Alaska backcountry and the company have been cited for reckless driving after the machine slammed into a sled dog team on a training run in December, killing three dogs. The State of Alaska charged Erik Johnson, of Roseau, Minnesota, and Minnesota-based Polaris Inc. on …
Read More »Wolves: Matheus Cunha sufre lesión ‘importante’ y podría perderse la Copa América
WOLVERHAMPTON, Inglaterra (AP) — El atacante brasileño Matheus Cunha sufrió una lesión “bastante importante” en la corva, según confirmó el miércoles el club inglés Wolverhampton, temiéndose que podría perderse el resto de la temporada de la Liga Premier. El técnico de los Wolves Gary O’Neil no puso un plazo para el retorno de Cunha, pero la gravedad de la lesión …
Read More »Un día después de haber salido del hospital, Austin presiona para enviar más ayuda a Ucrania
WASHINGTON (AP) — Un día después de su hospitalización más reciente por problemas de salud tras recibir tratamiento por cáncer de próstata, el secretario de Defensa, Lloyd Austin, realizó una sesión virtual sobre Ucrania para ayudar a reabastecer las municiones y atrillería urgentemente necesarias para Kiev mientras lidia con escasez en su guerra de casi dos años contra Rusia. En …
Read More »Date night strike: Thousands of US, UK delivery, ride-hailing drivers stop work on Valentine’s Day
Thousands of ride-hailing and delivery workers in the U.S. and the U.K. went on strike on Valentine’s Day, calling for higher pay and other changes to their working conditions. In the U.S., Uber and Lyft drivers planned daylong strikes in Chicago; Philadelphia; Pittsburgh; Miami; Orlando and Tampa, Florida; Hartford, Connecticut; Newark, New Jersey; Austin, Texas; and Providence, Rhode Island. Drivers …
Read More »Oduro scores 28 points, blocks late shot to help Providence beat St. John’s 75-72
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Josh Oduro scored 26 of his 28 points in the second half and blocked the last shot to help Providence beat St. John’s 75-72 …
Read More »Nebraska GOP bills target college professor tenure and diversity, equity and inclusion
Scores of people turned out Tuesday to testify well into the night on bills being considered by Nebraska lawmakers that target diversity initiatives and higher education programs, mirroring proposals by Republicans across the country. The bills before the state Legislature’s Education Committee included one that would ban diversity, equity and inclusion — known as DEI — programs and offices at …
Read More »Caitlin Clark fans can expect to pay hundreds to get in door for her run at record Thursday
The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Fans who want to be able to say they were in the arena when Caitlin Clark set the NCAA women’s career scoring record …
Read More »Here’s the latest on the investigation into the shooting at Joel Osteen’s megachurch
HOUSTON (AP) — Nearly a week after a woman opened fire at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Texas megachurch, there are still questions about a motive behind the attack and scrutiny on how a person with a record of criminal misdemeanors and a history of mental illness was able to obtain her weapons. Police said Genesse Moreno used a legally purchased …
Read More »Judge denies requests to limit evidence ahead of armorer’s trial in fatal ‘Rust’ shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge warned special prosecutors and defense attorneys Wednesday that she will not consider any more motions as the court prepares for the involuntary manslaughter trial of the weapons supervisor on the “Rust” movie set when Alec Baldwin fatally shot the cinematographer during rehearsal. State District Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer was stern with …
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