By Brian Stelter, CNN Business Starting in May, MSNBC’s highest-rated star Rachel Maddow will be hosting her 9 p.m. Eastern show just one day a week — on Mondays — while she pivots to other projects for parent company NBCUniversal. The new schedule has an end-of-an-era feel for MSNBC, since so much of the channel
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By Leah Asmelash, CNN No player from a historically Black college or university has been drafted into the WNBA since 2002. On Monday night, that finally changed. Ameshya Williams-Holliday, a senior center out of Jackson State University, was selected in the third round, 25th overall, by the Indiana Fever, making her the first HBCU player
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By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa appealed for protesters to end the weeks of mass demonstrations that have called for the government to resign over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. Rajapaksa and his brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, have become a focus of the
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By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — George Springer answered booing fans with a go-ahead, two-run homer and an RBI double, and the Toronto Blue Jays made three sparkling defensive plays to beat New York 3-0 and extend their Yankee Stadium winning streak to five. Alek Manoah allowed one hit over six
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — J.T. Realmuto hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and Rhys Hoskins and Didi Gregorius followed with run-scoring doubles that helped the Philadelphia Phillies rally past the New York Mets 5-4. The Phillies trailed 4-0 before they scored five runs against two Mets relievers. Realmuto’s
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CNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El tráfico comercial en el puente internacional Pharr-Reynosa, un importante punto de entrada para la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México por el que se mueven vehículos comerciales y de pasajeros, está “temporalmente detenido” debido a una protesta en el lado mexicano de la frontera y “no hay movimientos de transportistas
Continue Reading By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Paul Blackburn allowed three hits in five scoreless innings, Seth Brown and Elvis Andrus both hit three-run homers, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Tampa Bay Rays 13-2. It was Tampa Bay’s first loss after opening the season with a three-game sweep of Baltimore. Blackburn struck
Continue Reading MONTREAL (AP) — Evgeny Svechnikov scored a tiebreaking goal midway through the third period, and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2. Morgan Barron had a goal and an assist and Paul Stastny also scored for Winnipeg. Adam Lowry added an empty-net goal, and Dylan Samberg had two assists. Starting back-to-back games, Connor Hellebuyck
Continue Reading By Steve Almasy, Brandon Miller and Chris Boyette, CNN A storm system lashing states from Oklahoma into the Midwest brought tornadoes and hail to Arkansas Monday. A tornado emergency was declared by the National Weather Service office in Little Rock, Arkansas, for a confirmed large and destructive tornado. “A large, extremely dangerous, and potentially deadly
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. has ordered all non-emergency government staff to leave Shanghai, which is under a tight lockdown to contain a COVID-19 surge. Many residents in the city of 26 million have been confined to their homes for up to three weeks as China maintains its “zero-COVID” strategy of handling outbreaks with strict
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin has been suspended four games for cross-checking Nashville’s Mark Borowiecki in the face. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the suspension after holding a hearing with Malkin about the play. Malkin was initially given only a four-minute double-minor penalty after striking Borowiecki in
Continue ReadingSevere storm threat expands across the Central US as the West sees heavy April snow. CNN meteorologist Pedram Javaheri breaks down who will see the worst weather.
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By Steve Almasy and Kikue Higuchi, CNN Ahead of Monday’s WNBA draft, commissioner Cathy Engelbert reaffirmed the league’s commitment to helping bring Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner — who has been detained in Russia since mid-February — back home. “I did want to start by saying we continue to be working diligently on bringing Brittney
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EL PASO, Texas — The Socorro High School choir took center stage Monday as they opened for legendary rock band Foreigner. “It’s going to be one of the biggest things we ever do,” Carlos Frayre, a senior at Socorro said. “It’s just a dream come true,” Castillo Jasmine another senior at Socorro said. The choir
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces business manager is upset over repeated business break-ins. The Safe-Haven Animal Sanctuary thrift store was broken into over the weekend. This is the second break-in in six months, costing thousands of dollars in damage. It’s a trend that ABC-7 learned has become common in the El Paseo
Continue Reading By W.G. RAMIREZ Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Vegas Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer knows his team’s play in the defensive zone is critical to sparking offensive production in the final nine games of the regular season. Vegas has seen 16 skaters miss time due to injuries, but the return of several defensemen has
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Guardians newcomer Steven Kwan has quickly become the biggest story in baseball after a sensational start in a season-opening series at Kansas City. The 24-year-old rookie is the first player in major league history to reach base at least three times in each of his first four games. Kwan hit a
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jose Iglesias’ fourth hit was a tiebreaking RBI single in the 10th inning and the Colorado Rockies won a game-ending replay challenge to beat Texas 6-4, spoiling the Rangers’ home opener. After Texas pinch-hitter Willie Calhoun hit a tying home run with two outs in
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jose Iglesias’ fourth hit was a tiebreaking RBI single in the 10th inning and the Colorado Rockies won a game-ending replay challenge to beat Texas 6-4, spoiling the Rangers’ home opener. After Texas pinch-hitter Willie Calhoun hit a tying home run with two outs in
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — New York Mets pitcher Taijuan Walker left his start Monday night against Philadelphia after two innings because of right shoulder irritation. Walker struck out four, walked none and threw 30 pitches, retiring all six batters before he left the game. David Peterson started the third inning. Walker went 7-11 with a 4.47
Continue Reading By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Javier Báez hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers held on to beat the Boston Red Sox 3-1. Baez sent a 396-foot shot to left off Ryan Brasier that scored Austin Meadows. Michael Fulmer pitched the eighth and Gregory Soto
Continue Reading By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A Texas judge formally dismissing a murder charge Monday against a 26-year-old woman over a self-induced abortion did not quiet outrage or questions surrounding the case, including why prosecutors ever brought it to a grand jury. A woman who ends her own pregnancy cannot be charged with
Continue Reading CNN’s Fred Pleitgen takes a closer look at the destruction left by Russian forces in the suburbs of Kyiv.
Continue Reading By Paul LeBlanc, CNN The prosecutor general of Ukraine said Monday that her office is investigating 5,800 cases of Russian war crimes, with “more and more” proceedings every day. Speaking with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead,” Iryna Venediktova said Ukraine has identified more than 500 suspects in the sprawling probe, including Russian politicians, military
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Lviv, Ucrania (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia Vladimir Putin tiene un nuevo general al frente de su guerra en Ucrania. El general del Ejército Alexander Dvornikov, el comandante del Distrito Militar Sur de Rusia, fue nombrado comandante de operaciones de la campaña militar de Rusia en Ucrania, según dos funcionarios, un estadounidense y
Continue Reading EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on his wrist. He is expected to be ready for training camp, but his absence damages the Kings’ hopes of ending their three-year playoff drought. Doughty was injured March 7 in a game at
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EL PASO, Texas – Life in prison. That was the sentence for Travis Wayne Vavra, 60, a long-haul truck driver from El Paso who was found guilty of transporting children to engage in sexual activity. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said, ” Our office is committed to vigorously prosecuting cases against individuals who prey upon the
Continue Reading JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars waived linebacker Dylan Moses as players reported for the team’s voluntary offseason workout program. Moses signed with Jacksonville as an undrafted rookie from Alabama in 2021. He spent all of last season on the non-football injury list after undergoing knee surgery in February 2021.
Continue Reading By Amanda Watts and Jennifer Henderson, CNN One teenager is dead after at least two teens took turns shooting at each other while wearing body armor, police in Belleview, Florida, said. On April 3, the Belleview Police Department (BPD) received a call for a shooting at a residence. When they arrived, they found 16-year-old Christopher
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EL PASO, Texas – Mexican truckers are blocking the commercial lanes at the Ysleta Port of Entry. Channel 44 reports the truckers are upset over longer-than-normal wait times they’ve been experiencing since Friday. Last week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott acknowledged his call for state troopers to conduct enhanced safety inspections of commercial trucks at the
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