By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian soccer club Bahia says at least three players were injured by a homemade explosive on the team’s bus after the device detonated inside the bus on the way to a match. Bahia said on Twitter that goalkeeper Danilo Fernandes is in a hospital due
Continue Reading LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg will return for a fourth season but has agreed to a pay cut and a reduced buyout if he’s fired after next season. Athletic Director Trev Alberts made the announcement on Thursday night. Hoiberg is 21-65 overall and 6-49 in the Big Ten entering a home game
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn star guard Paige Bueckers has been cleared to return. Bueckers has been sidelined since early December with a left knee injury. Bueckers will suit up Friday for the seventh-ranked Huskies when they host St. John’s in Hartford. Bueckers went down in the closing seconds
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After Russia invaded Ukraine in the early morning hours, Ukrainians headed out to get basic supplies, flee the country and get married.
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Temps will rapidly cool overnight. Expecting the mid and upper 20’s by Friday morning. A decent amount of clouds will hang around through the morning – clearing out by the afternoon. The weekend looks good with temps in the mid and upper 60’s and sunshine. Follow Doppler Dave on twitter: @Dopplerdaves
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El actor y cineasta Sean Penn está en Ucrania, donde asiste a conferencias de prensa y se reúne con el presidente Volodymyr Zelensky mientras Rusia comienza su invasión del país de Europa del Este. La oficina del presidente de Ucrania dijo que Penn llegó a Kyiv para “decirle al mundo la
Continue Reading By CARLOS RODRIGUEZ AP Sports Writer ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — As much as Daniil Medvedev cares about taking over the No. 1 ranking in men’s tennis, he also knows there are more serious matters happening involving his home nation of Russia. A loss by Novak Djokovic at the Dubai Championships means that the Serbian player
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — A summary of some key areas in collective bargaining between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association as of proposals through Feb. 24, as obtained by The Associated Press.
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals canceled a March 7 hearing in Pasadena on the attempt by American female players to reinstate their equal pay case against the U.S. Soccer Federation following a settlement agreement contingent on a new labor contract. In announcing the cancellation, the court revealed for the
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ESPN is near the goal line of landing a top-tier talent to join the “Monday Night Football” booth. Troy Aikman is on the verge of leaving Fox after 22 years to become the lead analyst on the primetime package. The New York Post reported that Aikman will sign a
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DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Morning News has named Tampa Bay Times senior editor Amy Hollyfield its new managing editor. The News reported Thursday that Hollyfield would succeed Keith Campbell, who retired in December. The 51-year-old journalist will oversee day-to-day newsroom operations when she takes up her duties next month. In 20 years at the
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DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Morning News has named Tampa Bay Times senior editor Amy Hollyfield its new managing editor. The News reported Thursday that Hollyfield would succeed Keith Campbell, who retired in December. The 51-year-old journalist will oversee day-to-day newsroom operations when she takes up her duties next month. In 20 years at the
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — La justicia de Nicaragua declaró este miércoles culpables de conspiración para cometer menoscabo de la integridad nacional a los exaspirantes presidenciales nicaragüenses Juan Sebastián Chamorro, Félix Maradiaga y Arturo Cruz. En el juicio colectivo también declararon culpables a los otros cuatro dirigentes opositores: Violeta Granera, Tamara Dávila y José Pallais
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By Jeremy Herb and Phil Mattingly, CNN US President Joe Biden unleashed sweeping sanctions Thursday responding to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attack on Ukraine that target Moscow’s banking, technology and aerospace sectors, though the US and Europe stopped short of several key steps to target Moscow — and Putin himself. Still, the scale of the
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The families of two Houston residents killed in a series of recent traffic accidents involving local law enforcement say they believe their loved ones’ deaths are part of an ongoing problem with police pursuits and driver training for officers. But the head of the Houston police
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Southampton is one of the form teams in the Premier League and takes a five-match unbeaten run into a home match against last-place Norwich. It’s the first match of the 27th round and Norwich goes into it five points from safety. Bottom side Levante hosts Elche in a must-win game if
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Sol Amaya (CNN Español) — El pleno de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Honduras, por 14 votos a favor y uno en contra, denegó este jueves darle arresto domiciliario al expresidente Juan Orlando Hernández, según informó en una comparecencia de prensa el portavoz del Poder Judicial, Carlos Silva. Según Silva, la resolución obedece a
Continue Reading MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks signed point guard Jevon Carter on Thursday, adding another former Brooklyn Nets player to their roster. The defending champion Bucks signed Carter, who faced Milwaukee with Phoenix last year in the NBA Finals, two days after the Nets waived him. The addition comes just over a week after the
Continue Reading By Alex Rogers and Manu Raju, CNN Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, a leading conservative Republican and veteran of the Senate, announced on Friday that he will resign in January 2023, sparking a special election this November. “It is bittersweet, but with a clear heart, that Kay and I announce that at the end of the
Continue Reading By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Ukraine’s national basketball team had to play a World Cup qualifier in Spain after waking up to the news of their country being invaded and scrambling to find out if their relatives were safe back home. The game went on as scheduled despite the requests by
Continue Reading By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Three Republicans in the Arizona House defected from a united GOP front to defeat a measure banning manufacturing or prescribing medication that would cause an abortion. The bill that unexpectedly failed Thursday evening would have eliminated the choice used by half of the people who have abortions
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EL PASO, Texas – UTEP men’s basketball redshirt-junior Tydus Verhoeven comes from a basketball family. His mom, Jodi, played at Fresno State, and she would have had the opportunity to compete for the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks. She gave all of that up, though, when she became pregnant with Tydus, and she never returned to play competitively again. “I learned
Continue Reading By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The nation’s strictest abortion law went before the Texas Supreme Court on Thursday but an attorney representing abortion clinics said he no longer sees a way in this case to halt the law. The Austin-based court took no immediate action over Texas’ restrictive law, which since September
Continue Reading CNN By Kara Scannell, CNN The abrupt resignations of two top prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump and his business cast into doubt the future of the long-running probe as the clock winds down on the current grand jury and prosecutors debated whether they have a case. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been gearing
Continue Reading By Kara Scannell, CNN The abrupt resignations of two top prosecutors investigating former President Donald Trump and his business cast into doubt the future of the long-running probe as the clock winds down on the current grand jury and prosecutors debated whether they have a case. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been gearing up
Continue Reading By Melanie Zanona and Daniella Diaz, CNN Key Republican voices from across Capitol Hill — who have been coordinating their messaging on the crisis in Ukraine — have been purposely measured in their criticism of President Joe Biden in the immediate wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with top GOP lawmakers deliberately critiquing the
Continue Reading Sol Amaya (CNN) — Los expolicías de Minneapolis Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng y Thomas Lane fueron declarados culpables de violar los derechos civiles de George Floyd por un jurado federal en St. Paul, Minnesota, este jueves. Los 12 miembros del jurado, que deliberaron durante aproximadamente 13 horas durante dos días, encontraron a Lane, Kueng
Continue Reading By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The largest auction of offshore wind sites in the nation’s history is drawing strong interest from companies in an indication of the industry’s potential. At the end of the second day of the auction by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, bids had exceeded
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AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas System’s Board of Regents has established a $300 million endowment fund to help seven system universities expand their free tuition programs for lower-income students. The Promise Plus program will allow the universities — the University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Texas at Dallas, the University of
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By Tierney Sneed Planned Parenthood clinics in the five states neighboring Texas saw a nearly 800% increase in abortion patients from the Lone Star State after a six-week ban went into effect in September, the organization said Thursday. Colorado and Oklahoma clinics saw some of the biggest surges in Texas abortion seekers, the organization said.
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