LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Chicago Bears safety Eddie Jackson will miss the remainder of the season because of a foot injury. Coach Matt Eberflus says the Bears are not sure if Jackson will need surgery to repair the Lisfranc injury. The Bears placed Jackson on injured reserve on Tuesday. He was hurt in the
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NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA teams will play a record 40-game schedule this upcoming season that begins on May 19 the league announced Wednesday. All 12 teams will have games the opening weekend, starting with New York playing Washington and Connecticut facing Indiana. The regular season concludes on Sept. 10 with all 12 teams playing.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — WNBA teams will play a record 40-game schedule this upcoming season that begins on May 19 the league announced Wednesday. All 12 teams will have games the opening weekend, starting with New York playing Washington and Connecticut facing Indiana. The regular season concludes on Sept. 10 with all 12 teams playing.
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Longtime NFL quarterback John Hadl, who starred for his hometown Kansas Jayhawks before embarking on a professional career that included six Pro Bowl appearances and an All-Pro nod, died Wednesday. He was 82. The university, where Hadl returned after his playing days as a coach
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Longtime NFL quarterback John Hadl, who starred for his hometown Kansas Jayhawks before embarking on a professional career that included six Pro Bowl appearances and an All-Pro nod, died Wednesday. He was 82. The university, where Hadl returned after his playing days as a coach
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By Nicole Chavez and Rikki Klaus, CNN The killing of Shanquella Robinson is being investigated as a femicide, an unfamiliar term for many in the United States as this gender-motivated crime has not been defined by US legislation despite being a global issue. Robinson, a 25-year-old former student at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina
Continue Reading A video circulating online shows a fight between a woman and Shanquella Robinson, the woman killed while vacationing in Cabo San Lucas with friends. CNN’s Randi Kaye reports.
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Over a dozen tobacco companies are being sued by the state of New Mexico, accusing the companies of conspiracy and breach of contract, the Las Cruces Sun News reported. The announcement was made Tuesday by Attorney General Hector Balderas, who said companies have been withholding portions of annual payments
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Hoffmann says he believes Rodriguez wanted to use his family for his own benefit. He also says he felt threatened by Rodriguez. He says Rodriguez opened his jacket and showed he was carrying a gun while at a restaurant. He said he used it against his “enemies.”— Dylan McKim KVIA ABC-7 (@DylMcK14) November 30, 2022
Continue Reading By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Tunisia coach Jalel Kadri failed in his “personal mission” to get the national team through the group stage at the World Cup for the first time in its sixth attempt. Now he’s facing questions about whether he will stay in charge. Kadri says “I
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — As Deshaun Watson walked toward his locker, staying behind the sizable media contingent awaiting his first interview in three months, Browns linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah spotted his teammate. “There he goes right now if you want to flip the camera on him,” Koramoah said. Watson chose
Continue Reading By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — As Deshaun Watson walked toward his locker, staying behind the sizable media contingent awaiting his first interview in three months, Browns linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah spotted his teammate. “There he goes right now if you want to flip the camera on him,” Koramoah said. Watson chose
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang is out indefinitely after suffering a stroke. General manager Ron Hextall announced Tuesday that the 35-year-old Letang had the stroke Monday. Letang was a last-minute scratch in a 3-2 overtime loss to Carolina with an undisclosed illness. The team said Letang is not experiencing “any lasting effects”
Continue Reading FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — Atlanta Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts is done for the season because of a knee injury. Coach Arthur Smith updated Pitts’ status after the second-year player revealed on social media that he had a procedure on his right knee. Pitts was hurt in a Nov. 20 win over the Bears
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — American soccer hopes to be ascendant, to challenge the NFL, Major League Baseball and the NBA in the competition for U.S. market share. Reaching the final 16 with Tuesday night’s 1-0 win over Iran was another step for a team whose success is measured in
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CNN By Daniella Diaz, CNN House Democrats chose caucus chair Hakeem Jeffries of New York to succeed Nancy Pelosi as leader of the Democrats in the chamber next year, a historic move that will make him the first Black person to lead one of the two major parties in either chamber of Congress. House Democrats
Continue Reading By Nicki Brown, CNN A man seen in surveillance video punching an elderly Asian woman more than 100 times and stomping on her body in Yonkers, New York, has been sentenced to more than 17 years in state prison, prosecutors announced Tuesday. “Today we close a chapter on one of the most violent and shocking
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Buffalo and New England are jockeying for playoff position in a tight AFC East race as they prepare to meet for the first time this season. The road team has reigned supreme in recent meetings, taking each of the past three matchups. Buffalo won the second regular-season meeting last season and
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JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico and Saudi Arabia will play their last group-stage match at the World Cup Wednesday at noon. Both teams still have chances to qualify for the knockout stage; one team has it easier than the other. A win for Saudi Arabia will qualify for the next round. Mexico needs to beat Saudi
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(CNN) — The world’s largest active volcano is shooting fountains of lava more than 100 feet high and sending a river of molten rock down toward the main highway of Hawaii’s Big Island. The leading edge of the lava flow gushing out of Mauna Loa is about 4.5 miles away from Saddle Road, also known
Continue Reading By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Philadelphia and Oakland County, Michigan, are joining the small list of U.S. localities that are looking for signs of polio infections in sewage, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the communities will test for polio in sewage for
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — House passes bill to avert economically punishing rail strike threatened for Dec. 9, measure awaits Senate vote.
Continue Reading By Stella Chan, Zoe Sottile and Josh Campbell, CNN A woman whose parents and sister were killed last week in the alleged “catfish” triple homicide in Riverside, California, is urging families to speak to their children about online safety. Michelle Blandin, whose father, Mark Winek, 69, mother, Sharie Winek, 65, and sister, Brooke Winek, 39,
Continue Reading CNN By Haley Britzky, CNN The Iranian regime is “fundamentally” misunderstanding its own citizens by blaming outside actors for the protests raging throughout the country, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday. “What’s happening in Iran is first and foremost about Iranians, about their future, about their country. And it’s
Continue Reading DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The U.S. women’s team will make at least three times more from the men’s World Cup than they received for winning the 2019 women’s tournament. That’s thanks to a new deal to split World Cup earnings. A 1-0 win by the men over Iran on Tuesday night increased their World Cup
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Tight end Payne Durham jokes that he made it to Purdue the easy way. He accepted a scholarship. But Durham also understands the heartbeat of the Big Ten West Division champs comes from those who made it the hard way. Starting quarterback Aidan O’Connell and leading rusher Devin Mockobee
Continue Reading By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit brought by a former University of Connecticut women’s soccer player who lost her scholarship after giving the middle finger to a television camera. Three judges on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City ruled Wednesday that Noriana Radwan
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills head to New England looking for their first division win of the season. Week 13 is loaded with several playoff-type matchups, starting with the Bills (8-3) visiting the Patriots (6-5) on Thursday night. Five other games on Sunday also feature winning teams
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Coach Teri Moren spent nine seasons patiently constructing her program at Indiana. She worked hard to convince prep stars and transfers to take a shot on the Hoosiers. She placed a premium on developing bonds and skills and carefully pieced it all together. Now, Indiana
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Russia and Kenya received encouraging news from track and field’s ruling body, though any possible reprieve for Russia was tempered by World Athletics’ intent to keep the country out of international meets until the war in Ukraine is over. Kenya is dealing with a protracted doping crisis that has
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