By Chloe Melas, CNN Pete Davidson might be headed to space. The “Saturday Night Live” star is in talks with Jeff Bezos to join one of his upcoming Blue Origin space flights, a source with knowledge of the conversations told CNN. This source said the idea came about when Davidson and his girlfriend, Kim Kardashian,
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a man suspected in a shooting that killed four people in Portland last year has been arrested in Texas. The Portland Police Bureau said Thursday that detectives worked with U.S. Marshals and local law enforcement to arrest 27-year-old Jeremy Lenoire in Frisco, Texas. Lenoire was named as a suspect
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Veronica Burton had 18 points, eight rebounds and eight assists, Lauryn Satterwhite added 15 points and a late block and No. 7 seed Northwestern beat 10th-seeded Minnesota 65-60 in the second round of the Big Ten Conference tournament. Northwestern advances to play Caitlin Clark and 12th-ranked Iowa in the quarterfinals on Friday.
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EL PASO, Texas – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Texas announced that Arturo Shows Urquidi, known at “Chous” was sentenced to life in prison for helping the Sinaloa Cartel distribute drugs. Shows, 50, is a Juarez native and former Chihuahua State police officer who according court documents helped the Sinaloa
Continue Reading WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Max Brooks had 29 points plus 17 rebounds as UMass Lowell got past Hartford 83-73. David Shriver led the Hawks on Thursday night with 22 points.
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By Raja Razek and Amy Simonson, CNN Philadelphia police provided more details Wednesday on a deadly incident, in which officers chased and shot a boy after a shot was fired into the officers’ car. Police identified the boy as 12-year-old Thomas Siderio, and said in a statement he was shot in the back by an
Continue Reading By Gianluca Mezzofiore, Katie Polglase and Paul P. Murphy, CNN Three schools shelled, one of them with a gaping hole on the side of the building. Multiple rockets raining on panicking shoppers outside a supermarket. People walking through a park forced to rush to safety as shells explode around them. These were some of the
Continue Reading GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Destiny Harden and Lola Pendande teamed up for nine straight points that gave Miami the lead for good in the fourth quarter as the Hurricanes defeated Duke 61-55 in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. The seventh-seeded Hurricanes will take on second-seeded and fourth-ranked Louisville in Friday’s quarterfinals
Continue Reading BOSTON (AP) — Boston Celtics forward Aaron Nesmith was helped off the court after spraining his right ankle Thursday night against Memphis. Nesmith was hurt going for a defensive rebound with 6:53 left in the first quarter. He remained on the court for several minutes before members of the Celtics’ training staff helped him to
Continue Reading By Tim Lister, Olya Voitovych, Simone McCarthy and Lianne Kolirin, CNN Russian troops have occupied Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant, with managers working at “gunpoint” after a fire caused by their attack was extinguished, according to Ukrainian nuclear officials. Countries around the world swiftly condemned the episode, with the United States embassy in Ukraine warning
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(CNN) — President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law sweeping workplace reforms designed to free victims of sexual harassment and sexual assault to seek justice in court, flanked by one of the most prominent advocates for the effort and the bipartisan lawmakers who drove the bill through Congress. Gretchen Carlson, the former Fox anchor who has worked to
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona State women’s basketball coach Charli Turner Thorne is retiring after 25 years. Turner Thorne announced her retirement Thursday, a day after the Sun Devils lost to Oregon State in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas. Turner Thorne turned Arizona State
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(CNN) — There is a loud and growing chorus of calls for the International Criminal Court to pursue Vladimir Putin. On Wednesday, the court said it would immediately proceed with an active investigation of possible war crimes following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s suspected use of cluster bombs and so-called vacuum bombs in dense areas with many
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The winds will pick up later in the day Friday. Gusts from the SW will increase to 40 mph by the afternoon and evening. There will be some areas of blowing dust and sand in spots. Most will occur out to the west of El Paso. The winds will continue through the weekend with gusts
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(CNN) — A record number of Para athletes — around 700 — were expected to compete in this year’s Winter Paralympics in Beijing, but much of the focus the day before the Opening Ceremony fell on the 83 who won’t. That’s after the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced the U-turn decision to block Russian and Belarusian
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EL PASO, Texas – A generous gift by Cliff and Martha Eisenberg with the presentation of $100,000 to Texas Tech University Healthy Sciences Center El Paso for the creation of a scholarship fund for the Foster School of Medicine. This gift ensuring the borderland will have more physicians to care for the area’s residents. “We
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Civica Rx, a non-profit generic drug maker backed by hospitals, insurers and philanthropies, announced Thursday that it plans to manufacture and sell insulin for no more than $30 a vial. It is expected to be available as soon as early 2024, pending federal approval. Insulin, which more than 8 million Americans
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Haley Jones scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead No. 2 Stanford to a 57-44 victory over Oregon State in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals. Stanford was 16-0 in conference play during the regular season and won its 18th straight game this season and has
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas inmate who was scheduled to be the first to be executed by the state this year received a reprieve from an appeals court. Michael Dean Gonzales had been set to receive a lethal injection Tuesday evening for fatally stabbing an elderly couple during a
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By George Ramsay The 2022 Winter Paralympics officially got under way on Friday, with the start of the Games marked by the presence of the full Ukrainian delegation inside Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium at the Opening Ceremony. All of Ukraine’s Para athletes made it to the Chinese capital — a feat described as a “miracle”
Continue Reading By Stephanie Busari and Shama Nasinde, CNN Hundreds of international students trapped in the Ukrainian city of Sumy by Russia’s invasion have appealed to the world: “Help us, we are stranded.” Vivian Udenze, 21, a Nigerian medical student at Sumy State University told CNN: “This is the 8th day since the crisis began. A lot
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn Nets swingman Joe Harris will have more surgery on his left ankle and miss the remainder of the season. Harris had surgery on the ankle Nov. 29 and has missed the last 49 games. Nets general manager Sean Marks said in a statement Thursday that Harris would need an additional
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — There’s a reason Jason Day was a late withdrawal from the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Day says his mother died of cancer Wednesday night. He was able to rush home to Ohio and be by the side of Dening Day. She was diagnosed with lung cancer
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By Michael Nedelman and John Bonifield, CNN The office of US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a request Thursday for information surrounding health misinformation, seeking input and data from tech companies, health care providers and community organizations. The request seeks to understand the scope and impact of misinformation on Covid-19 — especially when it
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By Devan Cole, CNN Iowa’s Republican governor approved legislation Thursday banning transgender women and girls from participating on sports teams consistent with their gender at accredited schools and colleges. Gov. Kim Reynolds’ decision to sign House File 2416 means the state joins South Dakota in enacting such a ban this year, according to the American
Continue Reading By JIM LITKE AP Sports Columnist Strongmen and sports are a match made in hell, but that never bothered the International Olympic Committee before. Besides, who could have guessed that Russia and China would use the Games as a pretext to to crack down on dissent or invade a neighboring country? The answer: Everyone but
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FORT BLISS, Texas – He survived some of the most violent battles an American soldier could experience. Retired Lt. Col. Robert Chisolm jumped into Normandy on D-Day, and fought in the Battle of the Bulge and Operation Market Garden. Family, friends and fellow soldiers on Thursday said their final goodbyes and gave a heart-felt last
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN Fossils have led researchers to a previously unknown species of armored dinosaur that lived 168 million years ago, and it’s unlike anything they’ve ever seen before. The ancient fossil belongs to a stegosaur, an herbivorous dinosaur with a tiny head and bony plates marching down its back, ending in a spiked
Continue Reading By Marianne Garvey, CNN Brad Pitt stars in a highly stylized new movie “Bullet Train,” playing an assassin who boards a bullet train filled with trouble. Pitt is Ladybug, sent on a mission to retrieve a briefcase aboard a bullet train, who encounters some other shady characters on the ride: Prince (Joey King), Tangerine (Aaron
Continue Reading RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico (AP) — Michael Kim birdied the last two holes for a 7-under 65 at breezy Grand Reserve and a share of the lead in the Puerto Rico Open on Thursday with Chase Seiffert. Kim, the 2018 John Deere Classic winner, had a bogey-free round. Ryan Brehm was a stroke back, and
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