NORFOLK, Va. — Joe Bryant Jr. and Jalen Hawkins scored 19 points each, Dana Tate Jr. tallied 14 points and 11 rebounds and Norfolk State defeated Morgan State 72-63 in the Mid-Eastern Conference tournament semifinals. Malik Miller led Morgan State with 14 points and eight rebounds.
Continue Reading WASHINGTON — DaRon Holmes II had a season-high 28 points as Dayton edged past UMass 75-72 in the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Conference championship.Holmes made a go-ahead jumper with 51 seconds remaining and the Flyers iced the game by making 7 of 9 free throws down the stretch. Noah Fernandes led the Minutemen with
Continue Reading KATY, Texas — Simeon Fryer had 20 points as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi defeated Nicholls State 71-64 in the semifinals of the Southland Conference tournament. Terrion Murdix had 13 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for the Islanders. Latrell Jones led the Colonels with 20 points.
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KATY, Texas — Simeon Fryer had 20 points as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi defeated Nicholls State 71-64 in the semifinals of the Southland Conference tournament. Terrion Murdix had 13 points, nine rebounds and eight assists for the Islanders. Latrell Jones led the Colonels with 20 points.
Continue Reading ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — George Papas had 20 points as Monmouth narrowly defeated Rider 72-68 in the semifinals of the Metro Atlantic Conference tournament. Dwight Murray, Jr. led the Broncs with 20 points.
Continue Reading By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Josiah-Jordan James led five players in double figures with 16 points and ninth-ranked Tennessee pulled away for a 72-59 victory over Mississippi State in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament. The Volunteers won for the 10th time in 11 games to advance to Saturday’s semifinals
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh is sticking with Jeff Capel. Athletic director Heather Lyke said the Panthers remain committed to Capel, who is 51-69 in four seasons since taking over for Kevin Stallings. That includes an 11-21 mark this year. Pitt has endured six straight losing seasons since Jamie Dixon left for TCU in 2016. Capel
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By Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Jeremy Herb, CNN With Russia’s war in Ukraine now in its third week, US and European officials have little optimism that the diplomatic channels can deliver a way out of the conflict at this point. Talks between Ukraine’s and Russia’s diplomats this week yielded no discernible progress. Supposedly safe
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Markieff Morris is finally on the cusp of returning to the Miami Heat. A person with knowledge of the situation says Morris has received clearance to play again. That move that comes more than four months after he was injured in a scuffle with Denver’s Nikola
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Rhea Mogul, CNN In a video that has since gone viral on social media, a group of men gather on a dusty street in India’s southern Karnataka state. Carrying saffron-colored flags and matching scarves, the men chant loudly in unison as they taunt their targets: Muslim women in hijabs who remain huddled in one corner
Continue Reading By AVERY OSEN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Emily Ryan and Lexi Donarski each scored 14 points to help No. 10 Iowa State hold off West Virginia 66-60 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. Down by as many as 21 in the third quarter, the Mountaineers trailed by four with 16
Continue Reading PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland Trail Blazers guard Anfernee Simons is out for at least a week because of mild patellar tendinopathy in his left knee. Simons has missed two games because of the injury, which was confirmed by an MRI, the Blazers announced on Friday. He will be reevaluated in one to two weeks.
Continue Reading INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Andy Murray outlasted qualifier Taro Daniel 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of the BNP Paribas Open to earn his 700th career victory. Murray received a wild card into the desert tournament, which he’s never won. He twice came from behind in the nearly two-hour match. Murray overcame a
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball and the players’ association resumed drug testing after an absence of nearly 3 1/2 months. Testing with penalties had been in place from 2004 through last Dec. 1. It was halted the following day because of management’s lockout. Opiates and opioids were
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Alejandra Ramos Nueva York (CNN Business) — El comercio está a punto de convertirse en un elemento clave de la respuesta mundial a la invasión rusa de Ucrania tras la serie de sanciones que ya se han impuesto. El viernes, el presidente Joe Biden anunció que Estados Unidos, junto con las naciones del G7 y
Continue Reading By Geneva Sands, CNN The Department of Homeland Security has uncovered “significant gaps” in its ability to detect potential domestic violent extremist threats within its ranks, citing unresolved issues of funding, training and consistency, according to a report released Friday. DHS officials have repeatedly pointed to domestic violent extremism as one of the most lethal
Continue Reading ORONO, Maine (AP) — Morgan Haney scored 20 points and Albany hit its last seven free throws in the final minute to defeat Maine 56-47 in the championship game of the America East to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in five years. The second-seeded Great Danes never trailed but made it
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By Jamiel Lynch, CNN The family of Gabby Petito has filed a civil lawsuit against Christopher and Roberta Laundrie, alleging they knew their son Brian Laundrie murdered Gabby Petito and were working to help him flee the country. In the lawsuit, Joseph Petito and Nichole Schmidt allege Brian Laundrie told his parents about killing Gabby
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri fired basketball coach Cuonzo Martin on Friday night, one day after the Tigers finished a 12-21 season with a 76-68 loss to LSU in the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament. Tigers athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois said in a statement that the
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EL PASO, Texas – After pandemic-related delays to change the city’s noise and sound amplification permit ordinances, El Paso is resuming research and gathering community input. In the Spring of 2021, Code Enforcement, El Paso Police and the City’s Attorney’s Office set about gathering data, collect sound readings, reaching out to businesses and the community.
Continue Reading Heavy shelling by Russian forces has erupted around the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv. CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh reports.
Continue Reading CLEVELAND (AP) — Xavier Castaneda scored 26 points and Ali Ali added 13, leading fourth-seeded Akron to a 70-62 upset of top-seeded Toledo in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference tournament. The Zips avenged a regular-season loss on Jan. 28 to Toledo and moved into Saturday’s title game, where they’ll play the winner of the
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer A person familiar with the situation says the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a $4 million, one-year contract with slick-fielding shortstop Andrelton Simmons. The person, confirming reports by The Athletic and MLB Network, spoke Friday on the condition of anonymity because the deal hasn’t been finalized. A native of
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Free agent left-hander Carlos Rodón has agreed to terms on a $44 million, two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants. A person with direct knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press about the deal witth the NL West champions. The 29-year-old Rodón has spent
Continue Reading Alejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Un tribunal de San Salvador ordenó este viernes la captura del expresidente Alfredo Cristiani, quien gobernó el país de 1989 a 1994, por el presunto delito de omisión en el caso del asesinato de seis sacerdotes jesuitas y dos colaboradoras, ocurrido hace 32 años, durante su gestión. Cristiani no se
Continue Reading CNNEE Nota del editor: Jorge Dávila Miguel es licenciado en Periodismo desde 1973 y ha mantenido una carrera continua en su profesión hasta la fecha. Tiene posgrados en Ciencias de la Información Social y Medios de Comunicación Social, así como estudios posuniversitarios en Relaciones Internacionales, Economía Política e Historia Latinoamericana. Dávila Miguel es columnista de
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State District Judge Amy Clark Meachum ruled Friday that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services cannot continue to investigate parents who provide gender-affirming care to their transgender children for child abuse. The statewide injunction will remain in effect until the case is heard in July. Meachum said there is a “substantial likelihood that”
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball players maintained unity throughout labor negotiations, yet were divided when it came time to vote on the deal. The eight-man executive subcommittee that appeared to be most involved in the nearly year-long talks voted 8-0 against approving the five-year contract. Team player representatives, the
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Nueva York (CNN Business) — A medida que la economía de Rusia es golpeada por las sanciones occidentales, cada vez más severas, a raíz de su invasión de Ucrania, la crucial industria aérea del país podría verse realmente afectada. Las aerolíneas rusas han quedado prácticamente aisladas de gran parte del mundo. Pero ese
Continue Reading CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Abby Meyers scored 22 points, Ellie Mitchell had 11 points and 16 rebounds for her sixth double-double, and No. 24 Princeton beat Harvard 72-67 in the final game for coaching icon Kathy Delaney-Smith. Princeton advances to the championship game of the Ivy League tournament on Saturday. Kaitlyn Chen finished with 18
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