By DAN SCIFO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Anthony Duclair scored the tiebreaking goal in the second period and Carter Verhaeghe added an insurance score in the third, leading the Florida Panthers to a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Duclair and Verhaeghe matched career highs in goals. Duclair scored his 23rd of the season
Continue Reading By MARK AMBROGI Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Darius Garland had 41 points and 13 assists and hit a decisive pair of free throws with 14 seconds left to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers past the Indiana Pacers 127-124. The Pacers went ahead 124-122 with 40 seconds remaining when Malcolm Brogdon was credited with a basket
Continue Reading By DICK SCANLON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — DeAndre Ayton and Landry Shamet scored 21 points each and Mikal Bridges blocked a potential tying 3-pointer in the final seconds to help the Phoenix Suns hold off the Orlando Magic 102-99. After Cameron Payne’s two free throws put the Suns up by three with 6.9
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EL PASO, Texas — Gas prices aren’t the only thing increasing due to the war in Ukraine; we’re also seeing the price of grain go up too. The price of wheat, corn and soybeans have all shot up drastically, and soon you’ll see the impact on your grocery bill, while local businesses that depend on
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nathan Bastian scored a power-play goal with 6:56 left to play to put the New Jersey Devils on top as they rallied from a three-goal deficit to beat the Colorado Avalanche 5-3 on Tuesday night. Tomas Tatar, Ty Smith, Damon Severson also scored for the
Continue Reading By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kyrie Irving hit nine 3-pointers and scored a season-high 50 points, and the Brooklyn Nets snapped a four-game skid with a 132-121 win over the Charlotte Hornets. Irving became one of 22 players in NBA history with five 50-point games. Irving was 15 of 19
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Trey Calvin stepped into the lane and drilled a jumper from just inside the free throw line with 10.5 seconds left to complete a late comeback from 16 points down to earn Wright State a 72-71 win over Northern Kentucky to claim both the Horizon League championship and an automatic berth in
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FRISCO, Texas — Taevion Kinsey had 23 points as Marshall got past Florida International 74-62 in a first-round game in the Conference USA tournament. Tevin Brewer led the Panthers on Tuesday night with 23 points.
Continue Reading FRISCO, Texas — Taevion Kinsey had 23 points as Marshall got past Florida International 74-62 in a first-round game in the Conference USA tournament. Tevin Brewer led the Panthers on Tuesday night with 23 points.
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Jarrod West made two clutch 3-pointers late, scoring 20 points and adding four steals, to help Louisville hold off a furious rally by Georgia Tech in an 84-74 victory in the first round of the ACC tournament. El Ellis hit a 3-pointer to extend the Louisville lead to 67-40 with 12:07
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Jyare Davis scored 18 points, Andrew Carr had 17 points and 12 rebounds for his second career double-double and fifth-seeded Delaware beat No. 2 seed UNC Wilmington 59-55 to claim the Colonial Athletic Association tournament championship. Delaware won its sixth conference tournament title, along with the teams from 1992 (NAC), 1993 (NAC),
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By Stefano Pozzebon, CNN At least one American member of the so-called CITGO 6 has been released from prison in Venezuela, a lawyer assisting several of the CITGO 6 and a spokesman from a Venezuelan nongovernmental organization that’s providing legal assistance to prisoners in the country both told CNN. Gustavo Cárdenas, a US citizen detained
Continue Reading By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have agreed to terms on an extension with Pro Bowl linebacker Harold Landry III. The Titans declined to use the franchise tag on Landry earlier Tuesday before the NFL deadline. But the Titans announced Tuesday night a deal had been
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By Maeve Reston, CNN California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing a tax rebate to ease some of the pain at the pump in his state, which has the highest gas prices in the nation. The Democratic governor’s announcement in his “State of the State” address Tuesday night comes as Californians brace for further price hikes
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Alejandra Ramos Kyiv, Ucrania (CNN) — Hace apenas dos semanas, los residentes de la capital ucraniana atendían sus tiendas, daban clase a los estudiantes en las escuelas o trabajaban en sus escritorios. La invasión rusa cambió todo. Luchando literalmente por sus vidas, los civiles, convertidos en soldados voluntarios, ayudaron a construir defensas con precisión militar,
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By Theresa Waldrop and Paradise Afshar, CNN Hawaii’s mask mandate will expire March 25, Gov. David Ige said Tuesday, making it the last US state to announce its face-cover requirement will be dropped. “It’s taken the entire community to get to this point — with lowered case counts and hospitalizations,” Ige said in a tweet.
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Ángela Reyes (CNN) — Al menos un estadounidense de los llamados “6 de Citgo” ha sido liberado de prisión en Venezuela, dijeron a CNN un abogado que asiste a varios de integrantes de ese grupo de detenidos y un portavoz de una organización no gubernamental venezolana que brinda asistencia legal a los presos en el
Continue Reading By Theresa Waldrop and Paradise Afshar, CNN Hawaii’s mask mandate will expire March 25, Gov. David Ige said Tuesday, making it the last US state to announce its face-cover requirement will be dropped. “It’s taken the entire community to get to this point — with lowered case counts and hospitalizations,” Ige said in a tweet.
Continue Reading By JOSHUA GOODMAN, REGINA GARCIA CANO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — An American oil executive freed from custody in Venezuela says that even as he celebrates with his family the end of a long “nightmare,” he’s praying for the release of five colleagues who are still imprisoned and “deserve the same blessings.”
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By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly toxic pesticide could jeopardize dozens of plants and animals with extinction. The move comes after government officials received pledges from chemical manufacturers to change product labels for the pesticide malathion so that
Continue Reading By Tasnim Ahmed and Steve Contorno, CNN The Florida Department of Health released new guidance Tuesday that says healthy children between the ages of 5 to 17 do not need to get the Covid-19 vaccine. “Based on currently available data, healthy children aged 5 to 17 may not benefit from receiving the currently available COVID-19
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The winds will pick up around 30 mph Wednesday afternoon and early evening. Temps will warm to the upper 60’s. More winds expected Thursday with gusts around 35 mph and perhaps some blowing dust and sand by late Thursday PM.
Continue Reading ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Dimencio Vaughn had 20 points as Rider topped Manhattan 79-67 in the Metro Atlantic Conference Tourney first round. Jose Perez led the Jaspers on Tuesday with 21 points.
Continue Reading OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder announced that their No. 2 scorer, Lu Dort, will miss the rest of the season after having surgery to address a cartilage tear in his left shoulder. The guard joins reserves Ty Jerome and Mike Muscala as Thunder players who had procedures. Dort averaged 17.2 points per
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN A southwest Missouri community is mourning a police officer who was fatally shot as he and others tried to take a suspect into custody on Tuesday. The suspect, who crashed a stolen squad car, was also killed after police returned fire. Joplin police Cpl. Benjamin Cooper, a 19-year officer, was killed
Continue Reading CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Chattanooga women’s basketball coach Katie Burrows has stepped down after four seasons at her alma mater. Athletic director Mark Wharton announced the move Tuesday. Wharton said a change in leadership needed. Chattanooga went 7-23 this season. Burrows is 46-68 in her four seasons. She took over in 2018 when Women’s Basketball
Continue Reading LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — CJ Fleming scored a career-high 27 points, Dylan Penn added 22 and Division I newcomer Bellarmine defeated Jacksonville 77-72 in the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament, handing the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament to regular-season champion Jacksonville State. The Knights, in the second of a four-year transition to D-1, became heroes
Continue Reading TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay’s Chris Godwin will be one of the NFL’s highest-paid wide receivers after the Buccaneers placed the franchise tag on him for the second straight year. The team announced the move after failing to reach a long-term agreement with the 26-year-old. Godwin led the Bucs with a career-best 98 receptions
Continue Reading By Jeremy Herb, Kylie Atwood, Jennifer Hansler and Oren Liebermann, CNN The Pentagon on Tuesday evening dismissed Poland’s proposal floated hours earlier to transfer its MiG-29 fighter jets to the United States for delivery to Ukraine. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a statement that the Pentagon did not believe Poland’s proposal was “tenable,”
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By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN In the last year and a half, Donnell Hunter has missed his daughter’s first day of kindergarten, his son’s standout season of youth football, the birth of his grandson and countless other memories, all because of his long battle against Covid-19. The 43-year-old spent 549 days in hospitals and long-term acute
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