NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and a few team owners and executives met with civil rights leaders who urged the league to make drastic changes to its hiring practices to improve diversity in leadership positions. Goodell was joined on the video call by Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II, Atlanta Falcons owner
Continue Reading By JONAH BRONSTEIN Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Austin Watson scored the tiebreaker in the third period and Zach Sanford and Brady Tkachuk added goals as the Ottawa Senators beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Thursday night. Nick Holden had two assists and Anton Forsberg made 22 saves as the Senators improved to 5-2-1
Continue Reading IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Moussa Diabate scored 16 of his career-high 28 points in the second half and Michigan beat Iowa 84-79. Diabate, a freshman whose career high had been 15 points, was 12-of-15 shooting with eight rebounds for the Wolverines, who broke a seventh-place tie with the Hawkeyes in the Big Ten. Hunter
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Moussa Diabate scored 16 of his career-high 28 points in the second half and Michigan beat Iowa 84-79. Diabate, a freshman whose career high had been 15 points, was 12-of-15 shooting with eight rebounds for the Wolverines, who broke a seventh-place tie with the Hawkeyes in the Big Ten. Hunter
Continue Reading By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Aliyah Boston had 10 points and 12 rebounds for her 18th straight double-double, Zia Cooke scored 20 points and No. 1 South Carolina won its 12th straight with a 75-38 victory over Auburn. Boston moved within a game of the Southeastern Conference’s record streak of
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, dijo durante su conferencia de prensa matutina que el gobierno de Estados Unidos “da dinero” a “asociaciones” que han cuestionado su gestión. Desde Tijuana, estado de Baja California, el mandatario dijo que “si es necesario” tratará el tema con el presidente Joe
Continue Reading NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — Jordan Minor had 20 points as Merrimack rolled past Fairleigh Dickinson 64-44. Anquan Hill led the Knights on Thursday night with 11 points and seven rebounds.
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In an ambulance rolling down the ice- and snow-covered highway, a small bundle of joy was brought into the world with the help of some paramedics and Boone County Firefighter Ryan Benedict.
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By David Close, Jacob Lev and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva has become one of the faces of Beijing 2022, but as the Winter Olympics nears its conclusion the spotlight is likely to remain on the 15-year-old and her entourage for the foreseeable future. A blame game has already broken out between
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By Selina Wang, Sandi Sidhu, Teele Rebane and Helen Regan, CNN Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva placed fourth in the women’s figure skating final at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Thursday, capping off more than a week of controversy after the teen was cleared to skate despite testing positive for a banned substance. The Russian
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will extend restaurant dining hours but maintain a six-person limit on private social gatherings as it wrestles with a massive coronavirus wave driven by the highly infectious omicron variant. The 109,831 new cases reported on Friday was another record and about a 25-fold
Continue Reading ELON, N.C. — Jyare Davis posted 11 points and 10 rebounds to lead Delaware to a 71-62 win over Elon. Darius Burford led the Phoenix on Thursday night with 21 points.
Continue Reading BOCA RATON, Fla. — North Texas held off Florida Atlantic for a 54-51 win on Thursday night, the Mean Green’s 11th straight victory. Michael Forrest hit a pair of foul shots with 2:25 left to help the Owls pull within 1, but they wouldn’t get any closer. Thomas Bell recorded 13 points and 11 rebounds
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Columbia Public Works plow crews have been out in full force, salting and plowing roads this morning amid the wintry weather and snow storm.
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El Departamento de Defensa Civil de Río de Janeiro informó que la cifra de fallecidos por los deslaves de este martes en Petrópolis ascendió a 134. Asimismo confirmó que las labores de rescate fueron suspendidas temporalmente por temor a nuevos movimientos de tierra causados por otra tanda de lluvias que hizo que
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — La presidenta de Honduras, Xiomara Castro, solicitó a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) el apoyo para instalar la Comisión Internacional Contra la Corrupción e Impunidad en Honduras (CICIH). La Presidencia de Honduras reiteró este jueves en un comunicado el compromiso de la mandataria de luchar contra la corrupción
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By Rishi Iyengar and Michelle Toh, CNN Business US stocks slid Friday as investors continued to track geopolitical developments in Eastern Europe following Thursday’s steep selloff. The Dow closed down nearly 233 points, or 0.7%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite ended the day with losses of 0.7% and 1.2%. All three indexes finished the
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Rozner Click here for updates on this story GREENBURGH, New York (WCBS) — A Westchester County police officer says she was harassed for being openly bisexual. The 29-year-old alleges in a federal lawsuit that harassment within the Greenburgh Police Department got so bad, she had to take a medical leave months later. She
Continue Reading CINCINNATI — David DeJulius had 17 points and six assists as Cincinnati got past Wichita State 85-76. Ricky Council IV led the Shockers on Thursday night with 17 points.
Continue Reading FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Kendall Spray scored 15 points to lead No. 25 Florida Gulf Coast to a 64-48 victory over Kennesaw State. Spray sank two of her three 3-pointers and scored eight as the Eagles grabbed an 18-9 lead after one quarter and never looked back. A layup by Julia Rodriguez and a
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