Congratulations to our Week 10 SportsZone Football Friday Play of the Week Nominees! You can vote for your favorite play here. Nominee No. 1: Harrisburg standout Tanner Fike’s big hit leads to a Jace Carr interception. Nominee No. 2: California QB Calen Kruger connects with Trevor Myers for a long touchdown. Nominee No. 3: Eldon’s
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By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Cooper Rush subbed for the injured Dak Prescott and passed for 325 yards and two second-half touchdowns, the last a 5-yarder to Amari Cooper with 51 seconds left in the Dallas Cowboys’ 20-16 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night. Rush connected on the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the trial of a Missouri man charged with killing his Chinese wife. Joseph Elledge, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 28-year-old wife, Mengqi Ji. Elledge reported his wife missing in October 2019, prompting numerous searches before her body
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the trial of a Missouri man charged with killing his Chinese wife. Joseph Elledge, of Columbia, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 28-year-old wife, Mengqi Ji. Elledge reported his wife missing in October 2019, prompting numerous searches before her body
Continue Reading By SCOTT BAUER and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse has begun with the challenging task of seating jurors who haven’t already made up their minds about the man who shot three people, killing two, during a violent night of protests last summer. Rittenhouse was 17 when he
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By Niamh Kennedy, CNN A “number of people” have been left injured from a train collision at a tunnel near Salisbury, England, according to the British Transport Police (BTP). “Thankfully no one has died,” the BTP tweeted shortly after 9:00 p.m. local time (5:00 p.m. EDT) Sunday. Officers are continuing to respond to the incident
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By Andy Rose, CNN A fraternity house at George Washington University was vandalized over the weekend, including desecration of a Torah scroll, according to the university and Tau Kappa Epsilon. “Our entire chapter is outraged and saddened by this blatant act of antisemitism and violence against our brothers,” the fraternity said in a statement Sunday
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan should revitalize its economy through “new capitalism” and many in this country are puzzled over exactly what he has in mind. Still, as expected the ruling Liberal Democratic Party won the majority of seats in Sunday’s nationwide elections, handing him
Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan should revitalize its economy through “new capitalism” and many in this country are puzzled over exactly what he has in mind. Still, as expected the ruling Liberal Democratic Party won the majority of seats in Sunday’s nationwide elections, handing him
Continue Reading By GUERRY SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers appeared to have all of the advantages when Saints quarterback Jameis Winston went down with a second-quarter knee injury. Instead, they beat themselves. Three Brady turnovers and a slew of defensive penalties aided New Orleans backup Trevor Siemian. The
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Sydney’s international airport has come alive with tears, embraces and laughter as Australia’s border opened for the first time in 20 months. Australia eased travel restrictions Monday, betting that vaccination rates are now high enough to mitigate the danger of allowing international visitors again after maintaining
Continue Reading By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Sydney’s international airport has come alive with tears, embraces and laughter as Australia’s border opened for the first time in 20 months. Australia eased travel restrictions Monday, betting that vaccination rates are now high enough to mitigate the danger of allowing international visitors again after maintaining
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic is stalling as President Xi Jinping’s government cracks down on surging corporate debt. For a decade, the ruling Communist Party has talked about shifting to an economy based on spending by 1.4 billion consumers instead of on building factories
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s economic rebound from the coronavirus pandemic is stalling as President Xi Jinping’s government cracks down on surging corporate debt. For a decade, the ruling Communist Party has talked about shifting to an economy based on spending by 1.4 billion consumers instead of on building factories
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los cangrejos ermitaños se meten en los neumáticos que han sido desechados en el océano, y no pueden salir, según un nuevo estudio de la Universidad de Hirosaki. El interior cóncavo de un neumático de automóvil puede atrapar a los cangrejos ermitaños que acuden allà en busca de alimento y refugio.
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By Ellie Kaufman A US military panel asked for clemency in the case against a Guantánamo detainee, saying in a letter obtained by CNN that the treatment the detainee has experienced while in US custody over the past almost two decades is “an affront to American values and concept of justice.” The New York Times
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Tucker Davidson’s journey from World Series viewer to pitcher resulted in neither stardom nor shame. Davidson looked like the inexperienced pitcher he is, struggling to throw strikes. Five days after he watched the Series opener from a hotel in the Atlanta suburbs, the 25-year-old Braves left-hander
Continue Reading The Associated Press The popular gaming site Roblox is back online after an outage this weekend. The online platform crashed Friday. The company tweeted Sunday evening that Roblox was back online. Players on the platform can create their own games and play with other users. It became wildly popular after the coronavirus pandemic closed schools
Continue Reading The Associated Press The popular gaming site Roblox is back online after an outage this weekend. The online platform crashed Friday. The company tweeted Sunday evening that Roblox was back online. Players on the platform can create their own games and play with other users. It became wildly popular after the coronavirus pandemic closed schools
Continue Reading DENIS P. GORMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — James Harden had 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists to power the Brooklyn Nets to a 117-91 rout of the Detroit Pistons. Harden is Brooklyn’s all-time leader with 13 triple-doubles, and joined Larry Bird for second on the NBA’s all-time list with 59. And he
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