By The Associated Press The NCAA Division I Council has approved a one-year waiver that will allow football teams to sign up to seven players to replace those that leave the program. The move is intended to address a growing number of transfers. Current NCAA rules state a team can sign no more than 25
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By PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN and ANNIE MA Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials at historically Black colleges thought they might finally have a pipeline for long-term funding from the federal government after the Biden administration included at least $45 billion for them in its multitrillion dollar economic package. That enthusiasm was short-lived after a
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of gay rights advocate and tennis great Martina Navratilova. Personal Birth date: October 18, 1956 Birth place: Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) Birth name: Martina Subertova Father: Miroslav Subert Mother: Jana Navratilova Marriage: Julia Lemigova (December 15, 2014-present) Other Facts Her parents divorced when she
Continue Reading SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Assailants have shot and killed three men in Indian-controlled Kashmir in separate attacks blamed by police on militants fighting against Indian rule in the disputed region. The first two killings occurred in Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar while the third was in the northern Hajin area. Police are calling the killings
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Personal Birth date: October 28, 1956 Birth place: Aradan, Iran Birth name: Mahmoud Saborjhian Father: Ahmad Saborjhian, a blacksmith. Ahmadinejad’s father changed the family name from Saborjhian to Ahmadinejad after the family moved to Tehran. Mother: Seiyed Khano Marriage:
Continue Reading By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRDO CASTLE, Slovenia (AP) — European Union leaders met for the first time Tuesday since the messy Western troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and France’s loss of a multi-billion dollar submarine deal with Australia. The EU argues that those events have exposed Europe’s need for more autonomy on defense. The dinner
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban leaders say they met with Iranian officials in the Afghan capital in an effort to boost trade relations key to filling the country’s cash-starved coffers as it teeters on the brink of economic collapse. A spokesman said Tuesday they met a day earlier with a
Continue Reading SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian soccer player was arrested after kicking a referee in the head during a second-division game, knocking him unconscious. William Ribeiro kicked referee Rodrigo Crivellaro twice during Monday’s match between Sao Paulo de Rio Grande and hosts Guarani de Venancio Aires, the second time when the official lay on the
Continue ReadingToday: Temperatures continue to slightly increase to a high of 73 with winds out of the northeast at 5-10 mph. Scattered showers move in from the east. Tonight: Showers die out early into the evening with mostly cloudy skies and an overnight low of 59 degrees. Extended: Wednesday, Central Missouri will see more scattered showers
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Best Buy will not renew its lease and will close the Jefferson City store on Oct. 30. The closure is a part of the regular and ongoing review of stores and their lease renewals, according to Kevin Flanagan, a spokesperson with Best Buy. Flanagan said in a release, “The decision to
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Daniel Craig knows that with all the global challenges of the pandemic, “everything has to be put in perspective.” That includes Hollywood blockbusters like his final James Bond film, “No Time to Die.” Still, Craig hopes audiences will experience his movie in a theater. “A Bond movie going into a
Continue Reading By Lisa Respers France, CNN Daniel Craig knows that with all the global challenges of the pandemic, “everything has to be put in perspective.” That includes Hollywood blockbusters like his final James Bond film, “No Time to Die.” Still, Craig hopes audiences will experience his movie in a theater. “A Bond movie going into a
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A late-night fire at a West Des Moines hotel destroyed dozens of units and displaced more than 100 people. West Des Moines Fire Marshall Mike Whitsell says firefighters were called to the Valley West Inn, an extended-stay hotel, around 11:15 p.m. Monday. Arriving firefighters found heavy smoke and flames
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the Islamic New Year. For followers of Islam in the western hemisphere, the next New Year begins on the evening of July 19, 2023. The exact date can vary depending on the method used to determine the start of the new year: using local moon-sighting or using
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By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business October has often been a spooky month on Wall Street. Stocks famously crashed in October 1929, 1987 and, most recently, 2008. But the market isn’t always a terrifying place to be just before Halloween. In fact, stocks typically go up in October. According to data from Ryan Detrick,
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is dispatching White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan for talks with a senior Chinese foreign policy adviser. This comes as the two countries find themselves at odds on a variety of issues, including Taiwan and trade. The meeting is set for Wednesday in
Continue ReadingCNNEE (CNN Español) — La leyenda del baloncesto español Pau Gasol anunció su retiro en una conferencia de prensa este martes. “Hoy sopesándolo todo, estoy aquà para comunicaros lo que ya han podido adivinar: me voy a retirar del baloncesto profesional. Es una decisión difÃcil después de tantos años, pero es una decisión meditada”, dijo
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN Business) — Decir que la pandemia ha sido transformadora para las empresas es quedarse corto. Por ello, quizá no es sorprendente que tres de las 10 mujeres más nombradas en la lista de las mujeres más poderosas de Fortune de 2021, publicada este lunes, dirijan empresas del sector sanitario, o que la
Continue Reading By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Israel’s president is in Ukraine to honor the victims of the Babi Yar massacre eight decades after one of the most infamous Nazi mass slaughters of World War II. Nearly 34,000 Jews were killed within 48 hours in a ravine in the Ukrainian capital when Kyiv
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN BOROWY Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — The former owner of a Flint funeral home and current owner of a cremation service in southeast Michigan has been charged for improper handling of a decedent. O’Neil Swanson was arraigned on Monday in Washtenaw County’s 14-A District Court, according to
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