TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Frankie Collins scored 21 points and Marcus Bagley’s three-point play with 18 seconds left in the game rescued Arizona State as the Sun Devils avoided a season-opening upset, defeating Tarleton 62-59 on Monday. Trailing 58-57, Bagley hit a layup, drew the foul and made the free throw to put Arizona State
Continue Reading MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Emmitt Matthews scored 15 points, Tre Mitchell added 13 and West Virginia beat Mount St. Mary’s 76-58 in their season opener. South Carolina transfer Erik Stevenson overcame early foul trouble to finish with 10 points for West Virginia. Matthews spent his first three seasons at West Virginia before transferring to Washington
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By Reuters Hong Kong’s government said on November 7 it was relaxing COVID-19 restrictions on inbound tour groups including allowing them to enter theme parks and museums after arriving in the financial hub. Hong Kong has relaxed many of its stringent coronavirus policies in recent months, including hotel quarantine for international arrivals as of Sept.
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Steffan Nero is not your average athlete. Born with two visual impairments, he struggled at school, failing to find a place where he felt he fitted in. After discovering visually impaired sports, the Australian started playing blind cricket and found new horizons.
Continue Reading By Ben Morse, CNN Growing up visually impaired, school wasn’t easy for Australian Steffan Nero. He remembers struggling with anxiety and being “very quiet,” “lonely” and “probably weird as well.” His life changed when he discovered visually impaired sports — notably cricket. “I was actually a different person when I was with other vision impaired
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By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN In a tense, head-to-head exchange with Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, prosecutors used Rhodes’ own words from texts, speeches and interviews to suggest to the jury that the militia leader misled them when he testified he was unaware of other members’ activities on January 6, 2021, and was
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EL PASO, Texas — Monday night’s jackpot is breaking records. It is the highest prize for Powerball ever. The Jackpot is worth 1.9 billion dollars. Monday’s jackpot replaced the previous record. That was just under 1.6 billion dollars and was won on January 13, 2016. The record-breaking jackpot brought out skeptics to test their luck. All
Continue Reading COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Donta Scott scored 18 points, Jahmir Young added 14 and coach Kevin Willard won in his debut at Maryland with a 71-49 victory over Niagara in a season opener. Willard was named coach on March 21, 2022 after coaching Seton Hall the previous 12 seasons. Scott was 7 of 13
Continue Reading STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Jalen Pickett scored 23 points, Andrew Funk added 22 and Penn State opened the season with a school record 18 3-pointers and a 93-68 win over Winthrop. Myles Dread added 12 points and Seth Lundy had 10 for the Nittany Lions, who went 18 of 38 from 3-point range and
Continue Reading By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tyreke Key came off the bench to score 17 points to lead No. 11 Tennessee to a 75-43 victory over Tennessee Tech Monday night in the season opener for both teams. Key, an Indiana State transfer, connected on 4 of 8 3-pointers to ignite the sluggish
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Jeremy Roach scored 16 first-half points to help seventh-ranked Duke open Jon Scheyer’s coaching tenure with a 71-44 win against Jacksonville on Monday night. Freshman Mark Mitchell had a team-high 18 points for the Blue Devils Duke used a 25-4 run spanning halftime to blow
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — In the hallways and meeting rooms of Resorts World, baseball general managers are starting to weigh bigger bets than the wagers placed on tables and machines in the casino downstairs. A free-agent market that will be defined by Aaron Judge, Trea Turner, Dansby Swanson and
Continue Reading By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Antonio Reeves scored 22 points, CJ Fredrick had 20 and No. 4 Kentucky opened the season by beating Howard 95-63 with All-American Oscar Tshiebwe and two other players sidelined. Tshiebwe had a procedure last month on his right knee. He received his Naismith Trophy
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By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Caroline Garcia plopped on a cowboy hat to go with the trophy she was holding after telling fans she had enjoyed her first trip to Texas. There was plenty for the Frenchwoman to like in Cowtown. Garcia took a tight first set and went
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Veronika Kudermetova and Elise Mertens beat defending champions Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova 6-2, 4-6, 11-9 to win the doubles title in the WTA Finals on Monday night. Kudermetova and Mertens won six consecutive points after falling behind 7-2 in the champions tiebreaker before
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — We’re used to a football team running routes on the field, but NMSU is carving a whole new path off of it. There are 131 Football Bowl Subdivision schools, otherwise known as FBS schools, in the country, and just four have females as equipment directors, including NMSU. Paulina Mihelich became
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CHAPARRAL, New Mexico — A makeshift memorial was created at the intersection where two separate crashes happened over the weekend, resulting in the death of three teenagers and injuring multiple others. New Mexico State Police say a 16-year-old driver ran a stop sign while driving on Steve drive and hit a truck traveling on Angelina
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By Dan Heching, CNN Zac Efron is abs-olutely going for it in the first photo from his upcoming drama “Iron Claw.” The actor shared the first-look image from the A24 film to his Instagram on Monday, showing him hurtling through the air in a blue Speedo as he lands a drop kick on an opponent
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EL PASO, Texas — An ammonia leak at North Loop and Hawkins is prompting the evacuation of nearby homes. The El Paso Fire Department responded to the hazardous condition at Farmers Dairies on 7321 North Loop. According to El Paso fire, the El Paso Community Valle Verde Campus has a shelter-in-place order. According to the
Continue Reading By Katelyn Polantz, CNN Reporter, Crime and Justice Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman’s campaign has gone to a federal court to try to have Pennsylvania voters’ mail-in ballots counted if they weren’t signed with a valid date. The question of whether mailed ballots with incorrect or missing dates can be counted is one of
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Junto a las numerosas repercusiones de la pandemia de covid-19 en la atención pediátrica, los investigadores han observado un marcado aumento de los adultos jóvenes que buscan tratamiento para trastornos de la alimentación. En todo Estados Unidos, las hospitalizaciones de adultos jóvenes y adolescentes con trastornos de la alimentación aumentaron a
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By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — A Christian web designer who contends her religious beliefs prevent her from making wedding websites for gay couples said Monday that her legal battle in the U.S. Supreme Court next month is about protecting everyone’s right to free speech. Lorie Smith spoke about her
Continue Reading By Taylor Romine, CNN. Photographs by Rachel Woolf and video by Lacey Russell, CNN Dr. Jill Gibson is jogging from patient to patient through the complicated maze of exam rooms, wearing navy scrubs, protective booties and a magenta shirt reading “I Stand with Planned Parenthood.” Gibson, Planned Parenthood Arizona’s Medical Director, saw nine patients the
Continue Reading As abortion laws in Arizona hang in the balance, patients and providers are left with the consequences. CNN visited Planned Parenthood in Tempe the day it resumed abortion services.
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The weather wins Tuesday! Lots of sunshine and warm temperatures. Highs will be in the upper 70s and low 80’s. A cold front will arrive early Thursday with winds up ahead of the front late Wednesday and early Thursday. Gusts are expected to be around 30-35 mph.
Continue Reading LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky senior forward Oscar Tshiebwe, last season’s consensus national player of the year, was sidelined for the fourth-ranked Wildcats’ opener against Howard. The school announced before Monday’s game that the 6-foot-9 Tshiebwe and guard Sahvir Wheeler were out because of injuries. Sophomore forward Daimion Collins missed the game for personal reasons.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Canada coach John Herdman plans to announce his World Cup roster on Sunday. That’s 10 days before Canada opens play in Qatar against No. 2 Belgium. Herdman can name up to 26 players. The roster limit was 23 at past tournaments. Herdman currently is holding a camp in Bahrain for out-of-season
Continue Reading By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has settled a lawsuit against a German company stemming from the emissions scandal that tarred Volkswagen and Fiat Chrysler. German auto supplier Bosch will pay $25 million to settle allegations by the state and California Air Resources Board under a court complaint and settlement agreement
Continue Reading A White student at the University of Kentucky is facing criminal charges after hurling racial slurs and attempting to punch a Black student employee working at a dorm.
Continue Reading By Liam Reilly and Nicole Chavez, CNN Less than 48 hours after video of a Black University of Kentucky student enduring racial slurs from a White student went viral, she addressed a crowd of supporters. “My name is Kylah Spring.” With tears in her eyes, the college freshman had a message during a rally Monday
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