Chris and Kelsey Waits describe the the ugliness that followed Kelsey’s unsuccessful race to be re-elected as chair of her school board in Hastings, Minnesota.
Continue Reading By Faith Karimi, CNN Michael Failla doesn’t get much sleep. In the dead of the night, the Seattle resident gets panicked calls and messages from members of the LGBTQ community in the Middle East — mostly gay men, thousands of miles away, terrified for their lives. They reach out to Failla in their darkest moments
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By MIKE CORDER, GEIR MOULSON and JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in countries on opposite sides of the world Sunday and many governments rushed to close their borders. That came even as scientists cautioned that it’s not clear if the new
Continue Reading By ARNO PEDRAM and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France is inducting Missouri-born cabaret dancer Josephine Baker who was also a French World War II spy and civil rights activist into its Pantheon. She is the first Black woman honored in the final resting place of France’s most revered luminaries. A coffin carrying
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — Swiss voters have given clear backing to legislation that introduced special COVID-19 certificates under which only people who have been vaccinated, recovered or tested negative can attend public events and gatherings. Final results Sunday showed 62% of voters supporting the legislation, which is already in force. The referendum offered a rare bellwether
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jalen Hall passed for 276 yards and two touchdowns, Tyler Allgeier rushed for 111 yards and a pair of scores and No. 13 Brigham Young rallied to defeat Southern California 35-31 Saturday night after blowing an 15-point, third-quarter lead. BYU (10-2) trailed 31-28 with 11:03
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — UCLA wrapped up its first eight-win regular season since 2015 with a 42-14 victory over California. Dorian Thompson-Robinson passed for three touchdowns and Zach Charbonnet rushed for 106 yards and another score. Kyle Philips caught two touchdown passes, Greg Dulcich caught another and Kazmeir Allen
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has approved barring entry to foreign nationals and the use of controversial technology for contact tracing as part of its efforts to clamp down on a new coronavirus variant. The Health Ministry said in a statement Sunday that the country’s coronavirus Cabinet had authorized a raft of measures, including red-listing travel
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Stephen Fulton Jr. unified the WBO and WBC titles with a majority decision over Brandon Figueroa in a matchup between undefeated super bantamweight world champions Saturday night. A late push helped Fulton to a score of 116-112 from two judges, overruling a 114-114 card.
Continue Reading By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Kyrgyzstan held a parliamentary election just over a year after a forceful change of government in the ex-Soviet Central Asian nation and voters have backed parties supporting the country’s new president. President Sadyr Zhaparov, who was elected in January following protests that ousted his predecessor, had expected
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LOS ANGELES — Eli Scott had 28 points as Loyola Marymount narrowly defeated Prairie View 83-80. Jawaun Daniels led the Panthers with 31 points.
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES — Eli Scott had 28 points as Loyola Marymount narrowly defeated Prairie View 83-80. Jawaun Daniels led the Panthers with 31 points.
Continue Reading PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The military says militants have targeted a Pakistani military post in the northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, killing two soldiers in a firefight. The army said in a statement late Saturday that militants attacked a post in a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The area is a former militant
Continue Reading CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Kyle Connor scored twice, including the game-winner with five minutes left, as the Winnipeg Jets snapped a five-game skid with a 4-2 comeback victory over the Calgary Flames. Connor’s 14 goals ties him for fifth in the NHL. Paul Stastny and Andrew Copp also scored for Winnipeg, which salvaged the final
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — D.J. Burns Jr. scored 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds in 27 minutes — all career highs — to help Winthrop beat Washington 82-74 an snap a three-game skid. Burns shot 12 of 21 from the field with one block and two steals. Patrick Good hit three 3-pointers and finished with 18
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, Melissa Alonso and Chris Boyette, CNN A security guard on assignment for a San Francisco Bay area news crew died Saturday after being shot in an attempted robbery three days earlier, police said. Kevin Nishita was working security on Wednesday afternoon for a news crew covering a story in downtown Oakland when
Continue Reading A security guard on assignment for a San Francisco Bay area news crew died after being shot in an attempted robbery three days earlier, police say. Kevin Nishita was working security for a news crew covering a story in downtown Oakland when someone attempted to rob the crew and Nishita was shot, according to Oakland Police.
Continue Reading By MATTHEW COLES Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Te’Jon Lucas scored a season-high 18 points to lead No. 18 BYU to a 75-64 win over Utah on Saturday night, keeping the Cougars undefeated. Alex Barcello had 17 points, most of them coming late in the game as he controlled the ball and went
Continue Reading RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Daniel Akin registered 13 points and seven rebounds as California Baptist romped past San Diego Christian 85-38. Otto Taylor led the Hawks with six rebounds.
Continue Reading SEATTLE — Darrion Trammell had 18 points to lead five Seattle players in double figures as the Redhawks topped St. Thomas (MN) 81-64. Rip Economou added 14 points for the Redhawks. Viktor Rajkovic chipped in 12, Cameron Tyson scored 11 and Riley Grigsby had 10. Riley Miller led the Tommies with 20 points.
Continue Reading By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Spencer Sanders threw for a touchdown and ran for another and No. 7 Oklahoma State beat No. 10 Oklahoma 37-33 on Saturday night to keep alive its College Football Playoff chances and stop the Sooners’ streak of Big 12 titles at six. Oklahoma State (11-1,
Continue Reading MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Seth Henigan passed for 336 yards and three touchdowns and Memphis beat Tulane 33-28 to become bowl eligible in the regular-season finale for both teams. Memphis (6-6, 3-5 American Athletic Conference) went into the season with six consecutive bowl appearances, the longest active streak in the conference. Asa Martin had four
Continue Reading By Martin Goillandeau, CNN Swiss voters on Sunday approved their government’s pandemic response plan in a referendum by a 62.01% majority, according to official results published on the Federal Chancellery’s website. With a 65.72% participation, the Sunday referendum showed that most Swiss voters are unwilling to give up restrictive measures against Covid-19, with the result
Continue Reading By JOHN KEKIS AP Sports Writer SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Kenny Pickett threw for four touchdowns to break the Pittsburgh school record for scoring passes in a season, and the 20th-ranked Panthers beat Syracuse 31-14. Pitt has won four straight and finished the regular season 5-0 on the road. The Panthers have 10 wins for
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Mikko Rantanen had a hat trick and an assist, Bo Byram scored in his return to the lineup, and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Nashville Predators 6-2. It was Rantanen’s first hat trick of the season and the third of his career. Cale Makar finished with three
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By Nicole Gaouette, Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The US and its allies restart Iran nuclear talks on Monday unsure how Tehran’s new government will approach negotiations, not optimistic about the prospects ahead and emphasizing that if diplomacy fails, the US is “prepared to use other options.” The parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro is holding a commanding lead as Hondurans appear poised to remove the conservative National Party after 12 years of continuous rule. Castro declared herself the winner despite orders from the National Electoral Council to political parties to await official results. “We
Continue Reading OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have activated linebacker Malik Harrison from injured reserve, less than four weeks after he was struck on the leg by a stray bullet. Harrison was hit by the bullet Oct. 31. Police said he was outside a Cleveland nightclub. Ravens coach John Harbaugh said at the time
Continue Reading By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pavel Buchnevich and Ivan Barbashev each scored twice and the St. Louis Blues beat the Columbus Blues Jackets 6-3. Justin Faulk and Jordan Kyrou also scored to give St. Louis its third win in 10 games. Ville Husso made 24 saves for his third win in
Continue Reading By JACK MAGRUDER Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Hot-shooting Roope Hintz scored his seventh goal in eight games and the Dallas Stars extended their winning streak to four with a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday night. Jacob Peterson and Jason Robertson also scored for the Stars, and Joe Pavelski had two
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