MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) — Less than six months after dropping the mascot “Mohawks,” the Mason City School Board has approved a student-led suggestion to adopt the name “River Hawks.” The Globe Gazette reports that the board unanimously approved the name change Monday night. The name was presented by members of the Mason City High
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills have restocked their veteran depth at receiver by signing Jamison Crowder to a one-year contract. The seventh-year player joins the Bills after spending the past three seasons with the AFC East rival New York Jets. At 5-foot-9, Crowder primarily has been used as a slot receiver and
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Mallorca has fired coach Luis García Plaza after the team slid into the relegation zone in the Spanish league. The club owned by American businessman Robert Sarver fell 1-0 at Espanyol on Sunday for its sixth straight league loss. It hasn’t won since a home victory against Athletic Bilbao in February. García
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By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan says President Joe Biden plans to announce new sanctions against Russia on Thursday while in Brussels. Biden will be there for meetings with NATO and European allies. Biden is also expected to underscore efforts to enforce the avalanche of existing
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — With some workers across the U.S. staging a walkout, The Walt Disney Co. finds itself performing a high-wire act of balancing the expectations of a diverse workforce against demands from an increasingly polarized and politicized marketplace. On the one side are LGBTQ supporters
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By Ella Nilsen, CNN The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it will allocate more than $1.7 billion in recovery funds to disaster-weary Louisiana after two deadly hurricane seasons in a row. Parts of the state were devastated by Hurricanes Laura and Delta in 2020, followed by Hurricane Ida in 2021. In the aftermath of those
Continue Reading CHUCK KING Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Reigning World Series MVP Jorge Soler says he’s happy to be playing in front of family in Miami. The Marlins formally announced the signing of Soler to a three-year, $36 million contract on Tuesday before the Grapefruit League game against St. Louis. Marlins manager Don Mattingly says
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Big Sky Conference commissioner Tom Wistrcill and Samford athletic director Martin Newton were added to the NCAA men’s basketball committee on Tuesday while Minnesota athletic director Mark Coyle was confirmed through the 2025-26 season. Coyle replaced Jim Phillips, who left Northwestern and his spot on the committee to become the Atlantic Coast
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El portavoz del Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, le dijo a Christiane Amanpour de CNN este martes que nadie le teme al líder de la oposición rusa, Alexey Navalny. Un tribunal de Moscú condenó este martes al destacado crítico del Kremlin encarcelado a nueve años más en una cárcel de máxima seguridad. Cuando
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By Luke McGee and Claire Calzonetti, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin’s chief spokesman has conceded that Russia has yet to achieve any of its military goals in Ukraine and refused to deny that Moscow could resort to the use of nuclear weapons. In an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday, Dmitry Peskov repeatedly refused
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Columbia, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Board of Education has received a recommendation on the next principal for Alpha Hart Lewis Elementary School. Officials say Amanda Minear will take over the role from current Interim Principal Brian Rehg. Rehg will be returning to his position as assistant principal at Parkade Elementary School where he served prior
Continue Reading WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Police in Waterloo say a man has died after being shot early Tuesday in a residential neighborhood. The Courier reports that police were called shortly after 4 a.m. to an address just west of Washington Park and found a 41-year-old man wounded. Police say he had been shot in the abdomen.
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By Jennifer Hansler and Kate Bennett, CNN Four Ukrainian children were transported to the United States for cancer treatment with the help of the US State Department and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said Tuesday, and they will meet with first lady Jill Biden on Friday. According to Price, the
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings and free agent outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith have agreed to contract terms. Smith gets a three-year deal worth $42 million with incentives that can push the value to $47 million. He gives the Vikings a pass-rushing boost after being released by the
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By Marianne Garvey Wanda Sykes plans on partying at the Oscars, while she’s hosting. Sykes, who is co-hosting Sunday’s Academy Awards with Regina Hall and Amy Schumer, says she will be drinking and things may get crazy. The comedian appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” where Kimmel guessed she was getting paid around $15,000 for the
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By Jorge Engels, Mario Medrano and Bertha Ramos, CNN Former Nicaraguan presidential candidate Cristiana Chamorro Barrios was sentenced to eight years in prison for financial crimes on Monday, according to a Nicaraguan human rights non-governmental organization. This is the latest crackdown by President Daniel Ortega’s government on opposition members. Ortega claimed a fifth term as
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Paul Vercammen, Cheri Mossburg, Chloe Melas, CNN A conservatorship for actress Amanda Bynes, which has been overseeing her personal and professional affairs for the past nine years, was officially ended by a judge on Tuesday. “The conservatorship is no longer needed or required, and therefore the petition for termination is granted,” said Ventura County Judge
Continue Reading OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has added two more transfers to its roster with the addition of SMU running back Ulysses Bentley IV and TCU linebacker Khari Coleman. The school announced the latest transfers on the first day of spring practice. The Rebels are expected to have at least 13 new transfers going through spring
Continue Reading By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French energy giant TotalEnergies says it has decided to halt all its purchases of Russian oil and petroleum products by the end of the year at the latest. The French company said in a statement Tuesday that it will “gradually suspend its activities in Russia” amid
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Existen ahora más de 5.000 planetas confirmados más allá de nuestro sistema solar, según la NASA. La más reciente incorporación de 65 exoplanetas al Archivo de Exoplanetas de la NASA contribuyó al hito científico marcado este lunes. Este archivo alberga los descubrimientos de exoplanetas procedentes de artículos científicos revisados por pares que
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