WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Khayla Pointer had 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and No. 21 LSU beat short-handed Texas Tech 74-60 for its 10th straight victory in the West Palm Beach Invitational. LSU scored 12 of the first 14 points of the game, led 39-26 at the break and never trailed.
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By JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writers The NHL is not sending players to the Beijing Olympics after all. Two people with direct knowledge of the decision tell The Associated Press the league is going to withdraw from the Beijing Olympics after its regular-season schedule was disrupted by coronavirus outbreaks. More than 40
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By JOHN WAWROW and STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writers The NHL is not sending players to the Beijing Olympics after all. Two people with direct knowledge of the decision tell The Associated Press the league is going to withdraw from the Beijing Olympics after its regular-season schedule was disrupted by coronavirus outbreaks. More than 40
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UPDATE, Jan. 05, 2022: El Paso police have identified the teenager killed in a shooting back in December as Fabian Gomez. Police have yet to make an arrest in the case. Police say the shooting happened along the 2200 block of Zaragoza. UPDATE: El Paso police say a 16-year-old teenage male died in an east
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By David Williams, CNN Physics professor Vinod Menon doesn’t get much mail at the office, so when The City College of New York (CCNY) returned to in-person classes this semester, he was greeted with some junk mail and a nondescript package in a battered cardboard box. Menon, the chairman of the physics department, at first
Continue Reading A surprise box full of cash showed up at the City College of New York but the sender still remains a mystery. Darla Miles has the story.
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Rachel McLimore scored 12 of her 19 points in the fourth quarter, including the winning free throws with three seconds left, as IUPUI dominated the fourth quarter to defeat No. 15 Iowa 74-73. The Hawkeyes led by 18 points Iowa led 69-60 on a Kate Martin layup with under six
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Juventus has ended the year on a positive note by winning 2-0 at home to relegation-threatened Cagliari to close the gap to the top four. Moise Kean and Federico Bernardeschi scored as Juventus moved to within four points of Atalanta after it was surprisingly held to a
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pedro Almodóvar’s “Parallel Mothers” stars Penelope Cruz and Milena Smit as young mothers who meet at the hospital and whose babies are accidentally switched at birth. This secret plays out in unpredictable ways while the film also investigates another hidden past: Spain’s mass graves from
Continue Reading OXFORD, Ohio — Precious Ayah and Isaiah Coleman-Lands posted 14 points as Miami (Ohio) romped past Spalding 80-56. Jacoby Johnson led the Golden Eagles with 11 points.
Continue Reading NORMAL, Ill. — Antonio Reeves had 21 points as Illinois State defeated UTSA 81-64. Jacob Germany led the Roadrunners with 17 points.
Continue Reading NORMAL, Ill. — Antonio Reeves had 21 points as Illinois State defeated UTSA 81-64. Jacob Germany led the Roadrunners with 17 points.
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — Las Américas tuvieron una disminución del 15% en nuevas muertes por covid-19, la mayor de todas las regiones, según el informe epidemiológico semanal más reciente de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, publicado el martes. Los casos de covid-19 cayeron un 10% en las Américas, pero una cuarta parte de los
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Former San Antonio Spurs star Manu Ginobili, SuperSonics and Suns forward Tom Chambers and Olympic and WNBA champion Lindsay Whalen are among the first-time nominees for the Basketball Hall of Fame. Among the returning nominees are 2004 NBA Finals MVP Chauncey Billups and former UConn and Detroit Shock star Swin Cash.
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By Christina Carrega and Evan Perez, CNN Thousands of federal inmates who were released from prison to complete their sentence from home as a preventative measure to combat the spread of Covid-19, will be allowed to remain on home confinement, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday. Since March 2020, the federal Bureau of Prisons has
Continue Reading HART, Mich. (AP) — The father of four Christian missionaries from Michigan who escaped from kidnappers in Haiti is expressing gratitude and says they’re in good shape. Two more family members were also kidnapped but were released a few weeks ago. They’re associated with Hart Dunkard Brethren Church in Hart, about 190 miles northwest of
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Eddie Nketiah has scored a hat trick to lead Arsenal into the semifinals of the League Cup with a 5-1 victory over Sunderland. The rout was completed in stoppage time by 18-year-old Charlie Patino scoring on his Arsenal debut, 11 minutes after coming off the bench. Nicolas Pépé also scored against the
Continue Reading By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Authorities say two travelers are facing charges following a brawl with police at Miami International Airport. Miami-Dade police say 30-year-old Mayfrer Serranopaca and 32-year-old Alberto Yanez Suarez were arrested in Concourse H following Monday evening’s fight. The were each charged with battery on a law enforcement officer
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News defended Jesse Watters after he used the phrase “kill shot” in a speech urging young conservatives to conduct a hostile ambush interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci. Fox said Watters’ word had been twisted out of context, after some people on social media wrongly
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Another 21 NFL players were placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list Tuesday, including Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill, cornerback Rashad Fenton and tight end Blake Bell. They were among nine players, including two on the practice squad, who joined tight end Travis Kelce
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso is no longer one of the largest cities in the country without an abortion clinic. The city’s Planned Parenthood, which had stopped performing abortions at the start of the pandemic in 2020, again offers the service, marking a major shift in abortion access for El Pasoans.El Paso Planned Parenthood
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EL PASO, Texas — The Miami Hurricanes’ plans to play in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 31 appear to be uncertain at best, after the school announced Tuesday that its football program has entered Covid-19 protocols. The Hurricanes did not say how many players or coaches are currently dealing with virus-related issues. The team was
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball payrolls dropped 4% in 2021 compared to the league’s last full season, and the $4.05 billion total was the lowest in a fully completed year since 2015. Falling payrolls have sparked the labor unrest that led to the sport’s first work stoppage
Continue Reading By Ashley Vaughan, CNN It’s the season of giving! Even if you are low on funds, you can still make an impact. Here are four ways you can spread goodwill during the holidays without spending a dime. The gift of life The American Red Cross is experiencing its worst blood shortage in more than a
Continue Reading By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The quick spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus has stirred another reckoning about whether in-person schooling is worth the risk. Teachers worry about endangering their health by entering crowded schools. Frustrated parents wonder how to keep their children safe and whether campuses could
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The Associated Press Stocks closed solidly higher on Wall Street Tuesday, more than regaining the ground they had lost a day earlier. The S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose and the Nasdaq rose. Small-company stocks rose even more than the rest of the market, a signal that investors were feeling a more optimistic
Continue Reading By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The trial for a truck driver charged with causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in northern New Hampshire in 2019 is now expected to start in July to give the defense more time to find and work with a crash reconstruction expert. Twenty-five-year-old Volodymyr Zhukovskyy of
Continue Reading By JAKE SEINER AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Buck Showalter insisted at his introductory news conference that if the New York Mets don’t succeed during his tenure, it won’t be for sabermetric ignorance. The 65-year-old manager is eager for advanced analytics, he said, even bemoaning the lack of data brewed up by Baltimore’s
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Carlos Marshall Jr. had a career-high 26 points as Tennessee State routed Campbellsville-Harrodsburg 108-66. Mason Blair led the Pioneers on Tuesday with 16 points.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Nike, Micron rise; General Mills, Newmont fall.
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