By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Brandon Schneider signed a new four-year contract with Kansas on Wednesday that will pay the Big 12 coach of the year $400,000 annually along with numerous benefits and incentives through the 2025-26 season. Schneider led the Jayhawks (20-8) to a fifth-place finish in the Big
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By Lianne Kolirin and Tim Lister, CNN Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, posted an open letter addressed to the world’s media on Tuesday, detailing what she described as the “mass murder of Ukrainian civilians.” In recent weeks Zelenska has repeatedly used social media to highlight the plight of her nation, yet none have
Continue Reading By Lianne Kolirin and Tim Lister, CNN Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, posted an open letter addressed to the world’s media on Tuesday, detailing what she described as the “mass murder of Ukrainian civilians.” In recent weeks Zelenska has repeatedly used social media to highlight the plight of her nation, yet none have
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By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business Confusion. Amnesia. New paperwork. Delays getting through to the IRS. These are some of the top pandemic-induced frustrations marking this tax filing season, both for tax preparers and their clients. A recent survey by the National Association of Tax Professionals found that “only 4% [of tax preparers] think that taxpayers
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By Michael Nedelman, CNN A new move by Congress targets vaping products that remained on the market despite growing efforts to clamp down on flavors that are especially popular among young people. It comes down to the type of nicotine. While the US Food and Drug Administration has authority over tobacco products, some companies have
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By Marianne Garvey A trailer for Mayim Bialik’s directorial debut, “As They Made Us,” has been released. The movie, centered around a dysfunctional family with a dying father, was also written by the “Jeopardy” host. Bialik told USA Today that she began writing the movie after her father died in 2015. The film stars Dianna
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JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — The mayor of Joplin, Missouri, is urging residents to pull together in the wake of shootings that left one police officer dead and two others badly wounded. Mayor Ryan Stanley says Wednesday that support would be just as people did 11 years ago when a massive tornado devastated the city. Joplin
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses posted a near-record level of open jobs in January, a trend that has pushed up worker’s pay and added to the economy’s inflationary pressures. The Labor Department said Wednesday that employers posted 11.3 million jobs at the end of January, down slightly from a
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By Tami Luhby, CNN Millions of needy children have had an easier time getting free meals at school and over the summer thanks to waivers Congress authorized at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. But that nourishment is now at risk. Lawmakers have not yet agreed to extend the waivers past June 30 in the
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM and DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a tax rebate amid record-high prices at the pump. He announced the plan in his State of the State address Tuesday. He rejected calls to increase oil drilling, saying he wants to free the state “from the
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By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Disney’s CEO transition from Bob Iger to Bob Chapek marked a shift from an outspoken, famous CEO with political ambitions, to a largely unfamiliar name whose politics remain a mystery. This week, we got a glimpse at how Chapek’s Disney might respond to the world’s tumultuous political climate. On Monday,
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man who saw his 2013 murder conviction overturned faces a new murder charge for a stabbing death at a Johnston fast food restaurant earlier this week. The Des Moines Register reports that 55-year-old Spencer Antowyn Pierce, of Des Moines, was arrested Tuesday and charged with first-degree murder and
Continue Reading By MARK LONG AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida women’s basketball coach Kelly Rae Finley’s recently signed five-year contract is worth $740,000 annually. The University Athletic Association released her contract in response to a public records request. Finley signed it March 1, two days after agreeing to terms on the $3.7 million deal.
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Un hombre de 57 años Maryland que recibió el primer trasplante de un corazón de cerdo genéticamente modificado en una innovadora cirugía murió, informó este miércoles el Centro Médico de la Universidad de Maryland (UMMC, por sus siglas en inglés). Por primera vez en la historia, un hombre con una enfermedad cardíaca
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By Carma Hassan and Katherine Dillinger, CNN A 57-year-old Maryland man who had received a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind transplant surgery has died, the University of Maryland Medical Center said Wednesday. David Bennett died on Tuesday after his condition began to deteriorate several days ago, the medical center said. He was given
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By Lisa Respers France, CNN Grab your fan, gentle reader, as things are about to steam up on the second season of “Bridgerton.” A new trailer dropped Wednesday and we meet newcomers Kate Sharma (played by Simone Ashley) and her younger sister Edwina (Charithra Chandran), who arrive just in time for the competition to win
Continue Reading By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. businesses posted a near-record level of open jobs in January, a trend that has pushed up worker’s pay and added to the economy’s inflationary pressures. The Labor Department said Wednesday that employers posted 11.3 million jobs at the end of January, down slightly from a
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By Chuck Morris Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A 3-year-old child is in critical condition after being shot inside an Antioch apartment, Metro Police said on Tuesday. Officials determined that the three-year-old boy’s injuries were self-inflicted when the child removed the nine-millimeter pistol from his mother’s purse in her
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Elena Branson, una ciudadana rusa-estadounidense, fue acusada de actuar como espía en Estados Unidos, según documentos judiciales que la señalan de dirigir organizaciones que “buscaban difundir propaganda rusa”. Los espías rusos que vivían infiltrados en el corazón de Estados Unidos A Branson la acusaron este martes de actuar y conspirar para ejercer
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By Mark Thompson and James Frater, CNN Business Europe will consider joining a US-led embargo of Russian oil this week as the West looks for new ways to punish President Vladimir Putin for waging his devastating war in Ukraine. EU leaders will discuss whether to dump by far the biggest supplier of oil to the
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