LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 25-year-old man was convicted of killing a man he was trying to remove from his home. Steven Drake was convicted Friday of killing 26-year-old Bryce Holladay in September 2017. Drake was charged with first-degree murder but the jury convicted him on the lesser charge. Drake testified during the trial that
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By Homero De La Fuente, CNN Elana Meyers Taylor became the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympics history after she won the bronze medal in the two-woman bobsleigh at Beijing 2022 on Saturday — and one of the American bobsledder’s initial emotions was a sense of being overwhelmed by her achievement. The medal is
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By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Atlético Madrid has earned its most convincing win in months and it comes just days before it hosts Manchester United. João Félix scored and assisted Luis Suárez in Atlético’s 3-0 win at Osasuna in the Spanish league on Saturday. The victory gives the struggling defending champions
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Second-half goals from Emile Smith Rowe and Bukayo Saka have helped Arsenal beat Brentford 2-1 to strengthen its bid for a top-four finish in the Premier League. Smith Rowe’s solo effort in the 48th minute broke the deadlock and Saka doubled the lead in the 79th before Christian Norgaard scored in stoppage
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By Emmet Lyons and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday sanctions on Russia should be made public before a possible invasion of Ukraine occurs, as tensions between western nations and Russia continue to intensify. Zelensky told CNN’s Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour in a one-on-one interview at the Munich Security Conference that
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga, Auburn, Arizona and Kansas hold No. 1 seeds in the initial rankings for the committee that will select the field for next month’s 68-team men’s NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs were the top overall seed ahead of the Tigers in rankings released Saturday by the NCAA Division I Men’s
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Gonzaga, Auburn, Arizona and Kansas hold No. 1 seeds in the initial rankings for the committee that will select the field for next month’s 68-team men’s NCAA Tournament. The Bulldogs were the top overall seed ahead of the Tigers in rankings released Saturday by the NCAA Division I Men’s
Continue Reading BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Netherlands striker Wout Weghorst has scored his first Premier League goal as Burnley moved off the bottom of the standings with an emphatic 3-0 win at Brighton. Sean Dyche’s side went above last-place Norwich on goal difference. Burnley trails 17th-place Newcastle by five points but has two games in hand. Weghorst
Continue Reading LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has suspended associate women’s basketball coach Chuck Love with pay. No reason for the suspension was given in a two-sentence statement released by the athletic department. The department declined further comment. Love is in his sixth season at Nebraska under coach Amy Williams. He previously worked on Williams’ staff at
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn has been fined $5,000 by the NHL for unsportsmanlike conduct after squirting water from the bench toward an opponent. The fine was announced Saturday, a day after Benn squirted water into the face of Blackhawks wing MacKenzie Entwistle as he skated past the Dallas bench late
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — El exaspirante presidencial y exdiplomático Arturo Cruz Sequeira, de 68 años, el excanciller Francisco Aguirre Sacasa, de 77 años, y el jurista y exdiputado liberal José Benard Pallais, de 68 años, continuarán su proceso judicial bajo ” detención domiciliaria con custodia policial”, según informó el Ministerio Público de Nicaragua a
Continue ReadingBy Anaridis Rodriguez Click here for updates on this story HANOVER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — Pandemic unemployment fraud has been a huge issue across the nation, but a Hanover couple had no idea they were caught up in the mess until they received a tax form for benefits they never received or applied for. Linda Kearns
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Londres (CNN) — Mientras el mundo observa y espera con nerviosismo saber si el presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, ordenará a sus fuerzas que invadan Ucrania, los diplomáticos europeos encuentran un pequeño lado positivo de la crisis que se desarrolla en Europa del Este. La Unión Europea (UE) y la OTAN han estado
Continue ReadingBy Velena Jones Click here for updates on this story SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California (KOVR) — A wild 500-pound bear broke into a home in South Lake Tahoe and this isn’t the first time, police said This bear has broken into dozens of homes and has become quite a problem for locals. Known as “Hank
Continue Reading SOUTHAMPTON, England (AP) — Stuart Armstrong and Shane Long struck rare Premier League goals as Southampton overwhelmed Everton in a 2-0 win on the south coast. If Armstrong was ecstatic to end a drought running from April 4 last year, Long stepped off the bench to top that sense of relief with his first touch.
Continue Reading WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 20-year-old man has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder after two people were shot to death at a southeast Wichita home. Brandon Prouse Jr., was charged Friday during his first court appearance in the case. His bond was set at $1 million. Wichita police went to a home
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Hakim Ziyech volleyed in an 89th-minute winner as Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 1-0 on its return to Premier League action after triumphing at the Club World Cup. The Morocco winger was lurking at the far post to meet Marcos Alonso’s cross with a cushioned volley into the net, allowing Chelsea to consolidate
Continue Reading By Emmet Lyons and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday sanctions on Russia should be made public before a possible invasion of Ukraine occurs, as tensions between western nations and Russia continue to intensify. Zelensky told CNN’s Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour in a one-on-one interview at the Munich Security Conference that
Continue Reading By Emmet Lyons and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday sanctions on Russia should be made public before a possible invasion of Ukraine occurs, as tensions between western nations and Russia continue to intensify. Zelensky told CNN’s Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour in a one-on-one interview at the Munich Security Conference that
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jackson County prosecutors say a man is facing felony charges after a patient at a Kansas City hospital reported that he tried to rape her. Elisha Beraiah, 31, was charged Saturday with first-degree attempted rape and first-degree sodomy. Prosecutors say officers responded to a call Thursday at University Health Medical
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