NEW YORK (AP) — Carolina Hurricanes forward Nino Niederreiter has been suspended for one game by the NHL for slashing Washington Capitals forward Axel Jonsson-Fjallby during Friday night’s game. The incident occurred at 13:43 of the first period. Niederreiter was assessed a minor penalty for slashing.
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN An Iowa woman has gone viral on TikTok, asking for help to make a heartfelt birthday present for her father, a retired firefighter. Allison Marois’ father, Bill Collins, recently retired from the Des Moines Fire Department after serving for more than 38 years. When she started planning for his August birthday,
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By Zoe Sottile, CNN Justin Blauwet noticed something unusual while working at a construction site in Iowa. At first glance, it appeared to be a block of stone, just under a foot long, covered in ridges. But Blauwet had a better idea of what it was, thanks to a lifelong interest in pre-historic animals: a
Continue ReadingBy WDJT Staff Click here for updates on this story PEWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Residents of Pewaukee were stirred by a train derailing in the early morning of Sat., March 19. “As the light kind of started getting brighter out here we were able to see exactly what happened,” said neighbor April Hadju. At 6:37
Continue Reading STEVE BITTENBENDER Associated Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Mackenzie Holmes scored 19 points to lead Indiana to an 85-51 victory over Charlotte Saturday in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Serving as hosts for the first time in the women’s tournament, the third-seeded Hoosiers (23-8) used a 22-2 run across a nearly six-minute
Continue Reading By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans look to move on in the wake of Friday’s trade of quarterback Deshaun Watson to the Cleveland Browns, hoping the three first-round picks they received in the deal will help them improve a team that has been among the league’s worst the past
Continue Reading By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Francesca Belibi and Lacie Hull got talking the other day as Stanford prepared for the NCAA Tournament about just how special it is to be back hosting the first and second rounds on campus again.It’s been a while. Three years, in fact, and Belibi wasn’t
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By Ross Levitt and Kristin Fisher, CNN A trio of Russian cosmonauts arrived Friday at the International Space Station wearing bright yellow flight suits trimmed with blue, raising questions about whether the three were showing solidarity with Ukraine by wearing its national colors and rebuking their own government’s invasion. While it is possible that the
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By Ross Levitt and Kristin Fisher, CNN A trio of Russian cosmonauts arrived Friday at the International Space Station wearing bright yellow flight suits trimmed with blue, raising questions about whether the three were showing solidarity with Ukraine by wearing its national colors and rebuking their own government’s invasion. While it is possible that the
Continue Reading By Zoe Sottile, CNN An Iowa woman has gone viral on TikTok, asking for help to make a heartfelt birthday present for her father, a retired firefighter. Allison Marois’ father, Bill Collins, recently retired from the Des Moines Fire Department after serving for more than 38 years. When she started planning for his August birthday,
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — RJ Davis scored a career-high 30 points and eighth-seeded North Carolina beat defending champion Baylor 93-86 in overtime in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The Bears wiped out a 25-point deficit, but the East Region’s top seed never could get ahead at
Continue Reading By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Chelsea’s players are managing to maintain their on-field focus amid a troubling period for the club. It’s now six straight wins since Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich announced he’d be selling the London club. Chelsea swatted aside second-tier Middlesbrough in a 2-0 win Saturday to reach the FA Cup
Continue Reading ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Maddy Siegrist scored 25 points and 11th-seeded Villanova rallied to beat No. 6 seed BYU 61-57 in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. Kaitlyn Oriehl added 10 points and Lucy Olsen had nine for the Wildcats, who finished second in the Big East. Paisley Harding scored 21 points
Continue Reading By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Paige Bueckers started and scored 12 points as UConn began its run toward a 12th NCAA Tournament title with an 83-38 first-round rout of No. 15 seed Mercer. Last season’s national player of the year played 24 minutes, the most in six games since coming
Continue Reading DUBLIN (AP) — Ireland has accounted for Scotland 26-5 in Six Nations rugby and earned the Triple Crown at Lansdowne Road. The Irish were then waiting for a favor from England for a possible trophy upgrade. The four-try bonus-point victory put Ireland on top of the championship by three points before the last match in
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By Ramishah Maruf and Tami Luhby, CNN Three of the country’s largest credit reporting agencies are removing nearly 70% of medical debt from consumer credit reports, the companies announced in a joint statement Friday. Starting July 1, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion will no longer include medical debt that went to collections on consumer credit reports
Continue Reading LENS, France (AP) — Lens has swapped its traditional “blood and gold” colors for the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag in a 3-1 win over Clermont in the French league. The northern club said the message was aimed at promoting peace following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It rallied from a goal down to
Continue ReadingBy Shelby Myers Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — A Mobile man captured a fatal shootout on Government St. in Mobile Friday on camera. In Jacob Green’s 20 minute video, you see dozens of Mobile police officers with their guns drawn. The officers converge on the wrecked out car in
Continue ReadingBy Stephen Moody Click here for updates on this story OKALOOSA COUNTY, Florida (WALA) — Several homes were damaged and trees were destroyed in Okaloosa county after a suspected tornado went through the area Friday morning. It’s a sound that no homeowner wants to hear during severe weather. The sound of a train indicating that
Continue ReadingBy WALA Staff Click here for updates on this story MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — Chaos erupted in Midtown Mobile Friday afternoon after a call about an erratic driver morphed into a pursuit and shootout. It began when police were called to St. Joseph Street to investigate a reckless driver. Responding officers spotted the driver and
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