ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Juwan Howard has resumed his role as Michigan’s basketball coach after serving a five-game suspension for hitting a Wisconsin assistant in the head. Howard met individually with each player Monday. The Wolverines are on the NCAA Tournament bubble with a 17-13 record overall and 11-9 mark in the Big Ten.
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For all the vitriol, Major League Baseball owners and players have closed the gap in recent weeks and are negotiating on similar frameworks for a new collective bargaining agreement. With the lockout in its 96th day, the sides remained apart to various degrees on three
Continue Reading
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas oil pipeline billionaire is suing Beto O’Rourke for defamation after the Democrat criticized his $1 million donation to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign following last year’s deadly winter blackout. O’Rourke on Monday called the lawsuit frivolous. The former presidential candidate has criticized Abbott
Continue Reading STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma State has announced it will mutually part ways with women’s basketball coach Jim Littell at the end of this season. Littell enters the Big 12 Tournament with a 203-139 record at Oklahoma State. He was Big 12 Coach of the Year in 2016 and 2021. He has led the Cowgirls
Continue ReadingBy Kate Raddatz Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Lena Bly has been glued to her television, trying to find out what’s happening outside her family’s home more than 5,000 miles away. “It’s worse than you see,” Bly said. She grew up in Ukraine, but moved to the Twin Cities more
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Tottenham has stayed in the race for the English Premier League top four after a 5-0 hammering of an Everton side that is in grave relegation danger. After Michael Keane’s own goal put Spurs ahead early, they ran riot. Harry Kane scored twice and Son Heung-min and Sergio Reguilon also netted. It
Continue Reading By FATIMA HUSSEIN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on cryptocurrency this week that will mark the first step toward regulating how digital currency is traded. The move comes as administration officials have raised concern in recent weeks about Russia’s use of cryptocurrency
Continue ReadingBy KTVT Staff Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Happening Monday the City of Dallas and a group of business owners will be back in court for a hearing on new restrictions for sexually oriented businesses. Back in January, the Dallas City Council approved an ordinance that would require all sexually
Continue ReadingBy WBBM Staff Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Two men have been charged in the brutal beating death of a father of three while he was hanging Christmas lights at his home in Gage Park in December, as part of a violent string of robberies stretching from the North Side
Continue Reading
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — One person was killed and two others were critically wounded Monday after gunfire that appeared to come from a passing vehicle struck them outside an Iowa school, authorities said. Des Moines police said in a news release that potential suspects have been
Continue Reading CINCINNATI (AP) — Safety Jessie Bates III will be with the Cincinnati Bengals at least one more season. The Bengals placed the franchise tag on Bates after ongoing negotiations failed to produce a new contract. He’ll be under contract through the 2022 season for roughly $13 million as the team continues to negotiate a long-term
Continue Reading
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Disney CEO Bob Chapek spoke out about Florida’s controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill in a staff email — but doubled down on his refusal to publish a public statement against it. Chapek said he and Disney’s leadership “unequivocally stand” with LGBTQ+ employees. He said the company, which employs over 75,000
Continue Reading
by Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Disney CEO Bob Chapek apologized for his “silence” on Florida’s controversial bill dubbed “Don’t Say Gay,” days after declining to condemn it. On Monday, Chapek had spoken out about — but did not directly condemn — the controversial “Parental Rights in Education” bill, which would ban educators from discussions about
Continue Reading
By Holly Yan, CNN A month after US basketball star Brittney Griner was arrested in Russia, it’s still not clear exactly where she’s being held. But a Moscow court has ordered the 31-year-old to stay in custody until at least May 19, the Russian state news agency TASS reported March 17. “The court granted the
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say 1 victim dead, 2 critically injured after shooting outside Des Moines, Iowa, high school; suspects in custody.
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — UAB junior guard Jordan Walker is the Conference USA men’s basketball player of the year. Walker is third in Conference USA with 19.3 points and 5.1 assists a game, and his 42 points against Middle Tennessee on February 5 is the league’s high-scoring game this season. Nick McDevitt was honored as the
Continue Reading By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The city of Los Angeles is suing Monsanto and two other companies for past and future costs of dealing with contamination of waterways by long-banned chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs. City Attorney Mike Feuer announced the lawsuit Monday, saying long-lasting PCBs were used in numerous
Continue Reading
Spring blooms begin to pop up as the weather warms, but the downside of the flowering plants in Mid-Missouri is a myriad of allergy-causing pollen.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — A veces es útil recordar cómo habrían sido las cosas si Donald Trump hubiera ganado realmente las elecciones de 2020. Durante el fin de semana, el expresidente dio un vistazo a cómo podría haber manejado la actual invasión rusa de Ucrania, y es delirante. Según un audio obtenido por The Washington
Continue Reading WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) — In a story published March 6, 2022, about tornadoes that killed seven people in Iowa, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of 5-year-old Kinlee Bolger after officials misidentified her.
Continue Reading