By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Jordanian soldiers killed 27 armed drug smugglers as they tried to enter the country from Syria on Thursday, an army spokesman said. Smugglers were “backed up by armed groups” who managed to flee back into Syrian territory, the spokesman said in a statement. “Large quantities of narcotics” were seized from the
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By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Long before he represented Tom Brady, Bryant Young, Sean Payton and Jimmy Garoppolo, Don Yee considered a career in journalism. Changing course was the right choice. Yee became one of sports’ most influential agents. Yee was a producer for a sports radio show in California after high school
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Aston Villa has signed defender Calum Chambers from Arsenal, making him the club’s fifth addition of the January transfer window. The 27-year-old Chambers can play in both central defense and at right-back and signed a three-and-a-half-year deal at Villa Park for an undisclosed fee. His arrival follows those of Philippe Coutinho, Lucas
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los familiares de cuatro niños holandeses asesinados por los nazis expresaron su tristeza después de que les informaran que sus placas de identidad se encontraron en las ruinas de un campo de concentración. El campo de exterminio de Sobibor, en la Polonia ocupada por los nazis, se creó en marzo de
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SRPINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri couple who participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol apologized and said they got caught up in the crowd and former President Donald Trump’s urging them to march that day. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Thursday sentenced Zachary Wilson to 45 days of home detention
Continue Reading By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has strongly affirmed that he will nominate the first Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court. He said Thursday that such historic representation is “long overdue” and he’s promising to make his selection by the end of February. In
Continue Reading By The Associated Press There is limited public data about how much money college athletes have earned in the six months since a key NCAA decision. One of the major companies surrounding name, image and likeness compensation is INFLCR. It says 59% of the activitiy reported in its system comes from Division I male athletes.
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Cori Bush of St. Louis says her car was struck by gunfire last weekend. Bush’s office confirmed Thursday that her parked car was struck by bullets Saturday morning. She was not in the car and no one was hurt. Bush’s spokesman, Jack Besser, declined to say specifically where
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will not require players with minor league contracts to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this season but is mandating that most staff receive the shots. While players with major league contracts are unionized and rules regarding them must be negotiated by the Major League Baseball Players Association, players with
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By Marianne Garvey, CNN Actor Vachik Mangassarian has died of Covid-19 complications, according to his manager. He was 78. Mangassarian, a character actor who appeared on “NCIS: Los Angeles” and “The Mentalist,” was vaccinated, his manager Valerie McCaffrey told CNN. He was most recently filming an upcoming movie with Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda called
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By Fredreka Schouten, CNN Lawmakers in New Mexico are expected to take up a proposal that would make it a crime to intimidate election workers — becoming at least the fourth state to consider new laws this year to confront the onslaught of threats against them. The bill from state Sen. Katy Duhigg, a Democrat
Continue Reading By ERICA HUNZINGER AP Sports Writer It is a man’s world six months after the NCAA cleared the way for college athletes to earn money on their celebrity. Men lead the way in total name, image and likeness compensation and have more NIL activities than women. That’s according to third-party data from July 1 through
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By ERICA HUNZINGER AP Sports Writer It is a man’s world six months after the NCAA cleared the way for college athletes to earn money on their celebrity. Men lead the way in total name, image and likeness compensation and have more NIL activities than women. That’s according to third-party data from July 1 through
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer The latest diversity study on FBS hiring finds women and people of color are underrepresented in athletic departments. The report card was issued Thursday by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. The study indicated improvement among racial hiring at the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision schools for a
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Green energy companies and environmentalists are fighting renewed efforts in the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature to impose stricter limits on wind turbines and solar farms. It’s happening in a state where renewable resources account for nearly half the state’s capacity for generating electricity. The state Senate Utilities
Continue ReadingBy Camila Fernandez Click here for updates on this story INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Several residents at the Lakeside Pointe at Nora apartments are trying to survive in single-digit temperatures with broken heaters. The city and the Marion County Public Health Department on Tuesday gave the owners of the complex a week to get things fixed.
Continue Reading OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A 52-year-old Paola man has pleaded no contest in the stabbing death of his girlfriend’s ex-husband. Vincenzo Anecio Lucasta pleaded on Wednesday to second-degree intentional murder in the death of 57-year-old David Paterno of Shawnee. The Kansas City Star reports that officers found Paterno in his home on Aug. 8, 2018,
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — An advocacy group for minor leaguers says Major League Baseball’s new housing policy is an improvement but still inadequate. The player steering committee of Advocates for Minor Leaguers issued a statement objecting to housing two players per bedroom and not accommodating spouses and children. The group also is against using host
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By CNN Justice Stephen Breyer appeared alongside President Joe Biden at the White House after announcing his retirement. Read a transcript of his remarks below: Thank you, Mr. President. Terribly nice, and believe me, I hold it right here, it’s wonderful. And I thought about what I might say to you, and I’d like to
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By Annie Grayer, CNN The car of Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri was struck by gunfire early Saturday morning in the St. Louis area, a Bush spokesperson confirmed to CNN on Thursday. Bush was not in the car and there was no evidence that she was the target of the attack, the spokesperson added.
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