By ERICA HUNZINGER AP Sports Writer The NCAA has relaxed the amount of THC an athlete can have to trigger a positive test, and is recommending less-stringent penalties for athletes who do test positive for marijuana. The threshold levels for THC, which is the active ingredient in marijuana, will go from 35 nanograms per milliliter
Continue Reading
By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer John Landy, an Australian runner who dueled with Roger Bannister in a bid to become the first person to run a four-minute mile, has died. He was 91. Landy took up competitive running to help him get fit to play Australian rules football. Within 12 months he was on
Continue Reading
By Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase, CNN On Friday, Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov sought to reassure the world about civilian casualties on day two of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Nobody is going to attack the people of Ukraine,” he said during a heated press conference, telling CNN that there were “no strikes on civilian
Continue Reading
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to affect many people around the world including here in Mid-Missouri.
Continue Reading
By Katelyn Polantz, Annie Grayer and Holmes Lybrand, CNN The chairman of the Republican Party in Georgia on Friday told the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot that the Trump campaign had directed the party in 2020 to put forward an alternate slate of electors after then-President Donald Trump lost the state’s vote,
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Miguel Angel Jimenez had a hole-in-one during a 6-under 66 in breezy conditions to match Jeff Sluman for the first-round lead at the Cologuard Classic. Jimenez won the PGA Tour Champions’ season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship in Hawaii and kick-started his round at Tucson National by
Continue Reading
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal regulators have issued a draft environmental impact statement saying there are significant benefits to a plan to demolish four massive dams on Northern California’s Klamath River to save imperiled migratory salmon. That sets the stage for the largest dam demolition project in U.S. history. The
Continue Reading
By Gabby Orr and Steve Contorno, CNN Despite its Trump-loving crowd, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference became a venue this week for top Republicans to set themselves apart from each other and, in some cases, from the former President as they sharply condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin and his full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Some
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — La Fiscalía de Sonora, al noroeste de México, informó este jueves que investiga el ataque armado que mató al periodista Jorge Luis Camero, citado como director del portal digital de noticias El Informativo, información que CNN no ha podido verificar de forma independiente aún. Según la fiscalía el hecho ocurrió
Continue Reading
Williams Crooks faces up to 20 years in prison after pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
Continue Reading
BOSTON (AP) — A steady snow that started in the predawn hours brought nearly a foot of accumulation in some areas of the U.S. Northeast by the time it wound down late in the day. Meanwhile, other spots contended with a sloppy mix of sleet and ice. The National Weather Service on Friday issued a
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Le tomó unas horas el jueves al presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, romper la paz y la seguridad de Europa en su intento de despojar a los ucranianos de su derecho a la autodeterminación. Con ataques aéreos, marítimos y terrestres, la invasión a gran escala de Ucrania continuó hasta el viernes,
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Baseball players and owners took a first step toward salvaging opening day, nearing agreement on an amateur draft lottery during lockout negotiations that included a surprise one-on-one meeting between Commissioner Rob Manfred and union head Tony Clark. While an agreement on the draft was not
Continue Reading
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Union organizers overwhelmingly won a vote Friday to represent workers at a Starbucks in Mesa, Arizona, giving them their third win in an effort to organize the sector. The vote was 25 in favor of the union and only 3 opposed. There were a total of 43 workers eligible to
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN Español) — Antes del amanecer del viernes, las explosiones iluminaron el cielo cuando Rusia atacó la capital, Kyiv, con ataques con misiles, según un asesor del gobierno ucraniano. En todo el país, las estaciones de metro de Ucrania están funcionando como refugios antibombas, a medida que la invasión rusa impacta sitios civiles. Imágenes
Continue Reading
By Derrick Hinds, CNN Russian-born NHL player Alex Ovechkin has expressed his hope for an end to hostilities after Russia invaded Ukraine. “I would say it’s a hard situation,” the Washington Capitals left wing said at a Friday news conference. “I have lots of friends in Russia and Ukraine. And, it’s hard to see another
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Derrick Rose had had another procedure on his right ankle, this time to address a skin infection just as it appeared he was close to returning to the New York Knicks. Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said Rose wasn’t in pain but was feeling discomfort. The 33-year-old point guard had recently begun
Continue Reading
If you were out late last night, you probably noticed one of two things. Either a little bit of light drizzle, or maybe even some snow, but there is one problem with this, much of it didn’t show up on radar. Here’s a look at a radar loop from last night. Some snow showing up to
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Mike Matheson is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury sustained in a loss to New Jersey. Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan said Matheson is “week to week.” It is unclear when Matheson was hurt. He skated 19:04 in a 6-1 setback that marked Pittsburgh’s third straight defeat. Matheson, who
Continue Reading By TERRY TANG Associated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Employees at a Starbucks in suburban Phoenix voted Friday to form a union, becoming the first store outside New York to organize. Several workers from a Mesa Starbucks store cheered and hugged at a local union hall as the results show a 25-3 vote for organizing.
Continue Reading