ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — First-year University at Albany men’s basketball coach Dwayne Killings is away from the program while the school investigates a report of a physical confrontation with a player early in the season. A release from the university said its Office of Employee Relations was made aware of the allegation in February. School
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press Americans age 50 and older can get a second COVID-19 booster if it’s been at least four months since their last vaccination. The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized an extra dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for that age group and for certain younger
Continue Reading By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — The Celtics were a team in search of direction following a buzzer-beating loss to the Knicks on Jan. 6 that dropped them to 11th place in the Eastern Conference. It turned out to be an inflection point. Boston is an East-best 29-8 since then, buoyed by
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s candidacy filing period for Congress has ended without new U.S. House districts in place. More than five dozen people signed up to run for U.S. House seats without knowing exactly how those district lines will be drawn. The state House on Tuesday refused
Continue ReadingBy KABC Staff Click here for updates on this story EAST LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Homicide detectives are investigating the shooting death of a man in East Los Angeles Sunday night. Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to the 5500 block of Whittier Boulevard just before 10 p.m. and found a 27-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Mackey Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón on Monday joined family members of Cliff Hibbert Jr., a 22-year-old CSUN student who was shot and killed 14 years ago. “It took me nine months to carry my son in my stomach, 22
Continue Reading MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) — Stretching the salary cap into the playoffs was one of the subjects touched on by the NHL’s 32 general managers at their annual meetings in Florida. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says the system has worked well since the league’s hard cap was introduced in 2005. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly outlined how
Continue Reading By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the more reliable warning signals for a recession is starting to shine. The “yield curve” is watched for clues to how the bond market is feeling about the U.S. economy’s long-term prospects. On Friday, a closely followed part of the yield curve lit
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By Christiane Amanpour, Jo Shelley and Maddie Araujo, CNN Lesia Vasylenko is coming to terms with her country’s new reality. “There we go,” the Ukrainian member of parliament tells CNN as the air raid sirens sound across Kyiv’s morning sky. “That sort of disturbs your day, but you learn to live with it.” Vasylenko wanted
Continue Reading By Christiane Amanpour, Jo Shelley and Maddie Araujo, CNN Lesia Vasylenko is coming to terms with her country’s new reality. “There we go,” the Ukrainian member of parliament tells CNN as the air raid sirens sound across Kyiv’s morning sky. “That sort of disturbs your day, but you learn to live with it.” Vasylenko wanted
Continue Reading By CHUCK KING Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander won’t pitch on opening day as the team plans around the early-season schedule. Manager Dusty Baker says skipping Verlander on April 7 at the Los Angeles Angels better positions the 39-year-old right-hander to take advantage of the three off-days
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By Theresa Waldrop, Jenn Selva and Amanda Watts, CNN A Kentucky grand jury has indicted Quintez Brown, the man accused of shooting at a Louisville mayoral candidate, on charges of attempted murder and first-degree wanton endangerment. Brown allegedly entered the office Craig Greenberg, a Democratic candidate, and fired a gun at him on February 14.
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer An independent investigation into the Portland Timbers’ handling of domestic abuse accusations leveled at midfielder Andy Polo concluded that the team’s offers to help his estranged wife were not meant to persuade her to drop charges. The investigation by the law firm Proskauer Rose LLP concluded the Timbers
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Opinion by Bill Carter for CNN Business Perspectives While Will Smith apologized to Chris Rock and the Academy Tuesday for the slap heard around the world, it doesn’t detract from the stupidity of his actions or greatly minimize the damage that he has done. Smith could have done a few different things at the Academy
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden and other American officials voiced extreme caution Tuesday at signals Russia is scaling back its military operations near Kyiv, suggesting they were waiting to see stronger signs of de-escalation before making an assessment of Moscow’s intentions. “We’ll see. I don’t read anything into it until I see what
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden and other American officials voiced extreme caution Tuesday at signals Russia is scaling back its military operations near Kyiv, suggesting they were waiting to see stronger signs of de-escalation before making an assessment of Moscow’s intentions. “We’ll see. I don’t read anything into it until I see what
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) –La subvariante BA.2 de ómicron, muy contagiosa, es ahora la cepa dominante de covid-19 en Estados Unidos, y se calcula que está detrás del 54,9% de todas las nuevas infecciones por covid-19 de la semana pasada, según nuevos datos de los Centros de Control y Prevención de Enfermedades de Estados Unidos (CDC,
Continue Reading By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank says the team had only preliminary interest in dealing for Deshaun Watson before the quarterback accepted a trade to Cleveland. Blank says more investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations made by nearly two dozen women against Watson while he was with
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas are pushing a redistricting plan that the state Senate’s top GOP leader hopes will move the state school board to the right. The Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would redraw the districts for the 10-member elected State Board of
Continue Reading By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA President Gianni Infantino acknowledges all is “not paradise” in Qatar ahead of the World Cup but he is touting changes to labor laws in the tiny Persian Gulf nation ahead of the tournament draw. The commitment by Qatar to spend on stadiums, hotels
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