HOUSTON (AP) — Travis Evee scored 27 points to help Rice defeat Saint Thomas (Texas) 85-48 on Thursday night. Evee made seven 3-pointers for the Owls (1-1). Freddie Ricks III led the Celts in scoring, finishing with 13 points. NEXT UP Rice visits Middle Tennessee on Tuesday. ___ The Associated Press created this story using
Continue Reading MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — Branden Maughmer scored 20 points as Morehead State beat Campbellsville Harrodsburg 99-58. Maughmer had seven rebounds and five assists for the Eagles. LJ Bryan shot 8 of 10 from the field to add 16 points. Alex Gross recorded 15 points. The Pioneers were led by Chris Rawlins, who posted 10 points.
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — John Wolford has led the Los Angeles Rams to victory over the Arizona Cardinals before, and his teammates are confident he can do it again if needed Sunday. The fact that Wolford has never won another NFL regular-season start and has barely played at
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Federal judge in Texas blocks President Joe Biden’s student debt relief program.
Continue Reading COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Zed Key had 17 points and 13 rebounds for his second straight double-double, Brice Sensabaugh scored 14 points and Ohio State beat Charleston Southern 82-56. Key secured a double-double in the first half with 13 points and 10 rebounds to help Ohio State build a 46-22 lead. Charleston Southern was just
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TORNILLO, Texas — An Amtrak train collided with a farm truck Thursday afternoon, leaving the truck in pieces. According to a spokesman for the El Paso County Sheriff’s office, neither the driver of the truck, nor any passengers on the train were injured. A spokesman says Pacific Union police are on their way to assist
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By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian officials say Moscow must he held to account for Russian cybercriminals accused of hacking Australia’s largest health insurer and dumping customers’ personal medical records on the dark web. Almost 10 million current and former Medibank customers’ personal data was stolen. Australian Federal Police took the
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN Business) — La forma abrupta y brusca en que miles de empleados de Twitter fueron despedidos la semana pasada fue todo un espectáculo. Pero también fue un útil recordatorio de que, aunque los empresarios pueden deshacerse de muchos trabajadores a su antojo (y con cero gracia), los empleados no carecen de derechos
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — A person with knowledge of the deal says reliever Robert Suarez has agreed to remain with the San Diego Padres under a $46 million, five-year contract. The person spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the contract hasn’t been finalized pending a
Continue Reading BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Sean Pedulla scored a career-high 20 points, Justyn Mutts had 16 points, 11 rebounds and five assists and Virginia Tech beat Lehigh 78-52. Virginia Tech scored the opening nine points of the game, all by Mutts and Grant Basile, as Lehigh missed its first five shots. Pedulla made Virginia Tech’s third
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By Katie Lobosco, CNN Student loan borrowers are now waiting indefinitely to see if they’ll receive debt relief under President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program after a federal judge in Texas struck down the program Thursday, declaring it illegal. The Department of Justice immediately appealed to the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals. But
Continue Reading By The Associated Press The first part of the U.S. World Cup team has arrived in Qatar. Nine of the 26 players and staff were met by a piano playing “The Star-Spangled Banner” and people waving American flags when they walked into a Doha hotel following a flight from New York. Coach Gregg Berhalter and
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN Emily Blunt would be more than game to return to the role that made her one of film’s most iconic fashion mean girls. The “Quiet Place” actress appeared on “The View” on Thursday to discuss her new series “The English,” and during her chat with the daytime hosts, her turn in
Continue Reading By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Some 250 copy editors, marketing assistants and other employees at HarperCollins Publishers went on strike Thursday, with the two sides differing over wages and benefits, diversity policy and union protection. It was a rare work stoppage in the book publishing industry, where HarperCollins is the
Continue Reading By The Associated Press DALLAS (6-2) at GREEN BAY (3-6) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST, Fox FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NFL LINE: Cowboys by 5 AGAINST THE SPREAD: Cowboys 6-2, Packers 3-6 SERIES RECORD: Packers lead 20-17 LAST MEETING: Packers beat Cowboys 34-24 on Oct. 6, 2019, at Arlington, Texas LAST WEEK: Cowboys were off last week after
Continue Reading By The Associated Press DALLAS (6-2) at GREEN BAY (3-6) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST, Fox FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NFL LINE: Cowboys by 5 AGAINST THE SPREAD: Cowboys 6-2, Packers 3-6 SERIES RECORD: Packers lead 20-17 LAST MEETING: Packers beat Cowboys 34-24 on Oct. 6, 2019, at Arlington, Texas LAST WEEK: Cowboys were off last week after
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Thongchai Jaidee treated PGA Tour Champions players and their caddies to a Thai feast on the eve of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Jaidee and his family spent three months planning and preparing a multi-course meal for about 100 people Wednesday at Phoenix Country Club. “I
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Casas y edificios se están derrumbando en el océano y las autoridades han emitido advertencias para evacuar algunas áreas a medida que el ciclón tropical Nicole empuja un enorme volumen de agua del océano hacia la costa del sureste de Florida. Un video del condado de Volusia muestra cómo las casas
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN Explorers trudged the Atlantic Ocean searching for World War II artifacts lost at sea, but they stumbled on something else — a 20-foot-long piece of debris from the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was destroyed shortly after takeoff in 1986. The History Channel and NASA revealed Thursday that the Challenger segment was
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By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police in New Mexico’s largest city fatally shot a man they said lunged at officers with a knife early Thursday, marking a record 17 police shootings this year in Albuquerque, the city’s police chief said. The shooting happened after police received calls Wednesday about a
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Steven Alker matched Padraig Harrington’s early birdies and kept playing steady golf, giving him a one-shot lead over the only player who can pass him for the Charles Schwab Cup. The Kiwi couldn’t have asked for a better start. Alker shot a bogey-free 6-under 65 on
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Highs tomorrow will be cooler – in the low to mid 60’s but lots of sunshine is expected. The winds will be a bit breezy out of the east with gusts on the west side of town at around 30 mph. Colder air arrives next Wednesday.
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Dave Chappelle’s representative is pushing back on a report that claimed “Saturday Night Live” writers were staging a boycott ahead of his hosting the show this weekend. On Wednesday, The New York Post, citing an anonymous source, reported writers on the show were going to sit out on the episode.
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Tony Finau wants to end his big year in a big way, and he took a step Thursday by biding his time and delivering late birdies for a 5-under 65 that gave him a share of the lead in the Houston Open. Finau used a 60-foot birdie putt on the par-3 second
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Tony Finau wants to end his big year in a big way, and he took a step Thursday by biding his time and delivering late birdies for a 5-under 65 that gave him a share of the lead in the Houston Open. Finau used a 60-foot birdie putt on the par-3 second
Continue Reading By Taylor Nicioli, CNN For over 50 years, ecologists have studied and debated the mystery of the Namib Desert’s “fairy circles,” circular patches, mostly barren of grass, that have spread across 1,100 miles in the arid grasslands of Southern Africa. Despite their whimsical name, akin to the term “fairy rings” for circular patterns of fungi
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Atlanta Falcons starting left tackle Jake Matthews has arrived for Thursday night’s game against the Carolina Panthers in time to play after his wife, Meggi, gave birth to a baby boy earlier in the day. The Falcons posted a video of a Matthews in shorts
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EL PASO, Texas – Over 10,000 tickets have been issued for the UTEP men’s basketball team’s 2022-23 home opener versus NM State on Saturday. Less than 2,000 tickets are available for the Miners’ ‘915 Game’ and the Battle of I-10. Tipoff is at 7 pm. Capacity in the Don Haskins Center is 11,892. UTEP is trying
Continue Reading By Kristin Fisher and Jackie Wattles, CNN The Artemis I mission team will attempt to get the mega moon rocket off the ground again next week, even though it endured hurricane-force winds and incurred minor damage at the launchpad due to Hurricane Nicole, a NASA official said Friday. The space agency is still targeting a
Continue Reading MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Strikers Luis Suárez, Edinson Cavani and other veteran Uruguay players will be at the World Cup in Qatar after coach Diego Alonso included them in his squad. Suárez and Cavani are both 35 and are expected to play in their fourth and last World Cup. Uruguay is in Group H with
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