By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 34 points, Zach LaVine and Nikola Vucevic each added 27, and the Chicago Bulls held on for a 119-115 victory over the New York Knicks. Those three were the only Chicago players to score in the fourth quarter, but it was just
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By Amir Vera, Taylor Romine and Kelly McCleary, CNN School bells were replaced by police sirens Tuesday after a shooting at Michigan’s Oxford High School left four students dead. Six other students and a teacher were wounded by gunfire, and a 15-year-old suspect is in custody and has been charged as an adult, authorities said.
Continue Reading By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Fred VanVleet scored 29 points, Pascal Siakam had 20 and the Toronto Raptors took advantage of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s absence to beat Milwaukee 97-93 , ending the Bucks’ winning streak at eight. Antetokounmpo was out because of soreness in his right calf. Scottie Barnes scored 13 points as
Continue Reading MONTREAL (AP) — Cale Makar scored to put Colorado ahead to stay late in the second period, Valeri Nichushkin had a goal and an assist, and the Avalanche beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1. Andre Borkovsky and Gabriel Landeskog also scored for the Avalanche, who bounced back from an ugly 8-3 loss at Toronto a night
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By Amir Vera and Amy Simonson, CNN The woman formerly known as “Jane Arroyo Grande Doe” now has a name after 41 years, police in Henderson, Nevada, announced Thursday. Thanks to a process called investigative genetic genealogy, the woman was identified November 10 as Tammy Terrell. The 17-year-old’s body was found October 5, 1980, according
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury stopped Alex Ovechkin in the shootout after Seth Jones tied it midway through the third period and the Chciago Blackhawks rallied past the Washington Captials 4-3. Patrick Kane scored the shootout winner, and Fleury got some assistance from his goalposts to help Chicago win
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team beat SIUE 79-46 on Thursday night to improve to 8-0 on the season. Aijha Blackwell led the Tigers with 16 points and 15 rebounds. Up next – MU will play at No. 5 Baylor on Saturday at 7 p.m. We’ll have full highlights and reaction from the
Continue Reading TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Cam Holden had 21 points as Towson topped Long Island-Brooklyn 72-63. Isaac Kante led the Sharks with 17 points.
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By Megan Thomas, CNN A text about Thanksgiving dinner that was accidentally sent to a wrong number six years ago has sparked an enduring friendship. Now it’s inspiring a film. Netflix is developing a movie based on Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton’s viral chance meeting. The two Arizona residents met in 2016 when Dench accidentally
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By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alec Baldwin says someone is responsible for the shooting on a New Mexico film set that killed a cinematographer, but it’s not him. In an ABC interview with George Stephanopoulos that aired Thursday night, Baldwin said he would do anything to undo what happened, but
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press United Nations (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is urging all nations to observe a truce during the Beijing Winter Olympics starting in February, saying a halt to conflicts during one of the world’s premiere sporting events can be “a tool to promote peace, dialogue and reconciliation.” A resolution
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By Laura He, CNN Business Didi said Friday that it would “immediately” start the process of delisting from the New York Stock Exchange and pivot to Hong Kong, just months after its disastrous IPO. “After a careful study, the company will start delisting on the New York Stock Exchange immediately, and start preparations for listing
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By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Victor Hedman had two goals and an assist, and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the St. Louis Blues 4-2. Tampa Bay also got goals from Ondrej Palat and Anthony Cirelli, and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 26 saves. Brandon Saad and Pavel Buchnevich scored for the Blues. Ville
Continue Reading CLEVELAND (AP) — Torrey Patton had 20 points as Cleveland State beat Northern Kentucky 72-58. Marques Warrick led the Norse with 14 points.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En las dos últimas semanas, la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris ha perdido a dos de sus principales asesoras. En primer lugar, justo antes del Día de Acción de Gracias, se conoció la noticia de que Ashley Etienne, la directora de comunicaciones de Harris, dejaría la oficina de la vicepresidenta. Luego, este miércoles
Continue Reading GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Tra’Michael Moton registered 17 points and six assists as Grambling State rolled past Jarvis Christian 71-44. Zahad Munford had 10 points for Grambling State (3-5). Cameron Christon, who was second on the Tigers in scoring coming into the matchup with 13 points per game, shot only 20 percent in the game
Continue Reading OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Republican governor and the state attorney general are suing in federal court to exempt the state’s National Guard from a Biden administration COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Gov. Kevin Stitt argued in a statement Thursday that the Biden administration’s Defense Department overstepped its constitutional authority by subjecting the National Guard to the
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business The independent board that oversees Facebook parent company, Meta, is once again urging the social media giant to be more transparent about its content moderation decisions. The Facebook Oversight Board on Thursday released two rulings overturning Meta’s decisions to remove user posts from its platforms, saying the content did not
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN) — El Congreso de Estados Unidos evitó el cierre del Gobierno este jueves por la noche cuando el Senado aprobó un proyecto de ley provisional que ya había aprobado la Cámara de Representantes para extender el financiamiento hasta mediados de febrero de 2022. La cuenta final en el Senado fue de 69-28. Nuevas
Continue Reading By MICHELLE L. PRICE and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The omicron variant of COVID-19 has been discovered in at least five states, showing yet again how mutations of the virus can circumnavigate the globe with speed and ease. Just a day after the first known U.S. case was found in
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