A lawyer for the Missouri Attorney General’s Office said Thursday that the state will not drop a lawsuit against Columbia Public Schools now that the district’s mask mandate has expired.
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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin completed the super-G at the Beijing Olympics in a time way out of medal contention. But for the first time in three races at the 2022 Games, she made it across the finish. The two-time Olympic Alpine gold medalist crossed the line at the
Continue Readingolivertapia (CNN) — Dos sospechosos fueron detenidos tras la muerte a tiros de un periodista en el estado mexicano de Oaxaca, según la fiscalÃa estatal. La fiscalÃa identificó al reportero solo por sus iniciales, HFLV, y dijo que fue baleado el jueves cuando ingresaba a una residencia. Periodista cuenta cómo se salvó de atentado contra
Continue Reading HONOLULU (AP) — Aboubacar Traore scored 18 points with 11 rebounds, Colin Slater added 16 points and Long Beach State used a late 7-0 surge to defeat Hawaii 73-66 on Thursday night for its 10-straight victory. Up one with under 3 minutes to go, Long Beach scored seven points in two minutes, five by Drew
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — One way or another, there’s a good chance Marie-France Dubreuil and husband Patrice Lauzon will be celebrating another Olympic champion by the time ice dance finishes at the Beijing Games. Their school, the Ice Academy of Montreal, has become the most dominant in any figure skating
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares have declined after a sell-off on Wall Street spurred by news that inflation jumped 7.5% in January. Benchmarks fell in London, Paris and Hong Kong and U.S. futures also were lower. Markets in Japan were closed for a holiday. Investors believe the Federal Reserve
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Yoonjung Seo, CNN South Korean celebrities Son Ye-jin and Hyun Bin announced their engagement on Thursday via Instagram. The pair starred in the global hit show “Crash Landing on You,” which became one of the country’s most-watched drama series after airing on Korean television and Netflix in 2019. In the show, Son played Yoon Se-ri,
Continue Readingolivertapia Nueva York (CNN Business) — Bienvenido de nuevo a Jurassic World. Universal Pictures presentó el jueves el nuevo tráiler de “Jurassic World Dominion”, una de las pelÃculas más esperadas de 2022. El primer vistazo presentaba todo lo que cabrÃa esperar de una pelÃcula de “Jurassic World”: dinosaurios corriendo salvajemente, Chris Pratt en una motocicleta
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, CNN A man who was told to wear a mask at a well-known Chicago hot dog restaurant threw snow at an employee and shattered the business’ glass door, authorities said Thursday. The Wieners Circle in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood tweeted a surveillance video showing a man standing without a mask in the
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, CNN A man who was told to wear a mask at a well-known Chicago hot dog restaurant threw snow at an employee and shattered the business’ glass door, authorities said Thursday. The Wieners Circle in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood tweeted a surveillance video showing a man standing without a mask in the
Continue Reading BARWON HEADS, Australia (AP) — Former Women’s PGA champion Hannah Green shot a 2-under 70 and trails surprise leader and fellow West Australian golfer Whitney Hillier by two strokes after two rounds of the Vic Open. Hillier shot a 5-under 68 on the Creek course at 13th Beach Golf Links and has a two-round total
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. women’s hockey team avoided an upset when it rallied to beat the Czech Republic 4-1 in the quarterfinals. Lee Stecklein scored the go-ahead goal on a shot from the right point 6:49 into the third period for the defending Olympic champions. The U.S. managed
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO — Khalil Shabazz scored 24 points as San Francisco easily defeated Pepperdine 105-61. Gabe Stefanini added 21 points for the Dons. Houston Mallette led the Waves on Thursday night with 23 points.
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES — Fousseyni Traore had 19 points and 12 rebounds and Seneca Knight made a free throw with 0.7 seconds to play to give BYU an 83-82 overtime win over Loyola Marymount. Knight was fouled going for a last-second shot after LMU’s Keli Leaupepe tied the game with 23 seconds to go. The Lions
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Terrell Brown Jr., scored 19 points with eight assists and Washington led wire-to-wire in an 87-64 win over Arizona State. The Huskies led by as many as 20 points in the first half before the Sun Devils got back within seven and then raced away again. Kimani Lawrence led Arizona State with
Continue Reading SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Elijah Hardy scored 26 points and Atin Wright had 24 as Cal State Northridge ended its eight-game losing streak with an 83-78 win over Cal Poly in double overtime. The Matadors blew a nine-point lead in the final 29 seconds of regulation, forced into overtime on a Brantley Stevenson 3-pointer
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — Second-seeded Reilly Opelka has advanced to the quarterfinals of the inaugural Dallas Open with a straight-sets win over Cedrik-Marcel Stebe. Opelka was a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (8) winner in his second meeting with Stebe. The first was at Wimbledon in 2019. Opelka is a two-time ATP Tour winner ranked 23rd in the
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By Rob McLean, CNN Business CNN anchor Anderson Cooper announced the birth of his second son on Thursday’s “AC360” broadcast. Cooper said his newborn son’s name is Sebastian Luke Maisani-Cooper. “He was 6.8 pounds at birth, and he is healthy and happy. Even his occasional hiccups are, to me, adorable,” Cooper said during the broadcast.
Continue Reading By Rob McLean, CNN Business CNN anchor Anderson Cooper announced the birth of his second son on Thursday’s “AC360” broadcast. Cooper said his newborn son’s name is Sebastian Luke Maisani-Cooper. “He was 6.8 pounds at birth, and he is healthy and happy. Even his occasional hiccups are, to me, adorable,” Cooper said during the broadcast.
Continue Reading By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Lara Gut-Behrami finally has her Olympic gold medal. She won the super-G at the Beijing Games. Two-time Olympic Alpine gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin finished a distant ninth. Gut-Behrami’s gold comes after two consecutive fourth-place finishes in super-G at the Olympics. Mirjam Puchner of Austria clinched silver
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