Brittney Griner is back home and she intends to play basketball this season
By Abby Phillip and Ray Sanchez, CNN Brittney Griner departed a medical military facility in Texas on Friday and returned home to Arizona, vowing in…
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Stolen gun used in UNM campus shootout
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — The gun Brandon Travis used to shoot Mike Peake in the deadly UNM campus shooting was stolen, according to New Mexico…
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Island breeze: Rozner shoots 64 for share of Mauritius lead
GRAND BAIE, Mauritius (AP) — Antoine Rozner and Alfredo Garcia-Heredia have moved into a tie for the lead with Sami Valimaki at the Mauritius Open.…
Continue Reading Infantino gives FIFA wish list of new and revamped events
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA president Gianni Infantino has shared his wish list to create and revamp games and events…
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Basin Electric to buy power from South Dakota wind farm
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Bismarck-based Basic Electric Power Cooperative has reached a 25-year deal to buy power from a new South Dakota wind project…
Continue Reading Could these dinosaurs whip their tails faster than the speed of sound?
By Kate Golembiewski, CNN Diplodocids were a family of dinosaurs with long necks and, often, even longer tails — some species’ tails reached…
Continue Reading The death penalty in the US remains in decline during ‘the year of the botched execution,’ analysis finds
By Dakin Andone, CNN The use and imposition of the death penalty in America saw a continued decline in 2022 as polls showed public support for…
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Recording Academy announces Trevor Noah will host the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in 2023
(CNN)- Trevor Noah has a new hosting gig. Thursday the recording academy announced the comedian will serve as m-c for next year’s grammy awards. It…
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Pedestrian seriously injured after crash outside northwest El Paso bar
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Police are investigating a pedestrian accident that left one person seriously injured outside a northwest El Paso bar…
Continue Reading Phillies finalize 4-year, $72M deal with RHP Taijuan Walker
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies finalized their deal with Taijuan Walker, agreeing to a $72 million, four-year contract with the…
Continue Reading Brittney Griner prisoner swap AP Sports Story of the Year
By ERIC TUCKER and DOUG FEINBERG Associated Press Writers The return of Brittney Griner to the United States in a dramatic prisoner swap with Russia…
Continue Reading Brittney Griner prisoner swap AP Sports Story of the Year
By ERIC TUCKER and DOUG FEINBERG Associated Press Writers The return of Brittney Griner to the United States in a dramatic prisoner swap with Russia…
Continue Reading Missing college student Kenny DeLand Jr. is safe in Spain, his family says
By Saskya Vandoorne and Jason Hanna, CNN An American college student who was reported missing more than two weeks ago in France has told relatives he…
Continue Reading Kenny DeLand Jr., formerly missing American college student, on flight back to US
Kenny DeLand Jr., the American student who went missing more than two weeks ago in Grenoble, France, is alive, his father Ken DeLand Sr. says. CNN’s…
Continue Reading TikTok might be too big to ban, no matter what lawmakers say
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN In July 2020, the same month former President Donald Trump said he would ban TikTok in the United…
Continue Reading Super League boss: plan ‘not dead’ despite legal setback
MADRID (AP) — The head of the proposed Super League says the project is still going forward even though the scheme to form a breakaway European…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for December 16: Ukraine, Covid, Twitter, Immigration, Climate
Two systems will bring snow to the Midwest into the Northeast causing travel delays. CNN meteorologist Britley Ritz has the latest…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for December 16: Ukraine, Covid, Twitter, Immigration, Climate
The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine has released audio of what they say is an intercepted call between Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine that…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for December 16: Ukraine, Covid, Twitter, Immigration, Climate
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Much of the East Coast will be hunkering down this weekend as snow and ice begin to smother parts of the Mid-Atlantic and New…
Continue Reading Elon Musk’s Twitter blocked links to rival Mastodon. That could raise alarms among regulators
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Elon Musk’s Twitter sparked an international outcry on Thursday by suspending a number of journalists at major news…
Continue Reading Val Gardena men’s super-G canceled due to fog and rain
SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) — A men’s World Cup super-G slated for Friday in Val Gardena has been canceled due to a mixture of fog, rain and…
Continue Reading ‘Game changer’ satellite will measure most of the water on the planet
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The first mission to survey nearly all of the water on Earth’s surface has launched. The international Surface Water…
Continue Reading FIFA targets $11 billion in revenue through 2026 World Cup
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA expects to earn $11 billion in the 2026 World Cup cycle with a 48-team men’s tournament…
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Judge prevents Biden from ending ‘Remain in Mexico’ immigration policy
EL PASO, Texas – Earlier this summer, the supreme court ruled that the Biden administration had the authority to end the trump-era program. But the…
Continue Reading Macron returns to Qatar for love of sport, despite criticism
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is about to jet off to Qatar for the second time in a week, despite…
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How much packaging we use (and what happens to it)
The Rounds examined historical data from the Environmental Protection Agency to see what happens to packaging after it’s thrown away and how that’s…
Continue Reading As sports betting grows in Africa, many see a real scourge
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — In at least five African countries, gamblers and experts said that…
Continue Reading A Minnesota man who allegedly admired mass shooters is charged with possession of a machine gun
By Holmes Lybrand, CNN A Minnesota man who federal authorities say expressed admiration for mass shooters was arrested Wednesday after allegedly…
Continue Reading US court rejects maintaining COVID-19 asylum restrictions
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) — Restrictions that have prevented hundreds of thousands of…
Continue Reading HBCU Winston-Salem State University responds to video of Black student being arrested in classroom
Administrators from Winston-Salem State University, a historically Black institution, issued a statement after a video that went viral captured a…
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