By Tamara Qiblawi and Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN A volley of machine-gun fire erupted just as Andriy Abba’s family raised a toast to celebrate his 30th birthday in Kherson. Wine glass in hand, he rushed with his parents and younger brother to the basement. Outside, Russian troops were in the final throes of occupying their city
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. — KC Ndefo registered 14 points, seven rebounds and six blocks as St. Peter’s topped Fairfield 57-41. Jesus Cruz led the Stags with 11 points.
Continue Reading SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Jordan Miller scored six of his 25 points in the final 25 seconds and finished with season-high 13 rebounds, Kameron McGusty had 15 of his 19 points after halftime and Miami scored the final 10 points in a 75-72 win over Syracuse in the regular season finale for both teams. Isaiah
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By David Williams, CNN Weaver Olena Shevtsova sells handmade Slavic and Ukrainian patterned belts, sashes, scarves and even guitar straps online to support her family, but since Russian forces moved into her country, she’s used her skills to help make camouflage webbing to protect Ukrainian troops. “I call us the spider women,” she said of
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BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — A performer in the Missouri tourist town of Branson who convinced his audiences to donate thousands to a fake charity for foster children has been sentenced to five years of probation. The Springfield News-Leader reports that James Patrick Garrett also was ordered to pay $82,000 in restitution when he was sentenced
Continue Reading By FOSTER NIUMATA Associated Press France, Spain and Argentina have eased into the Davis Cup Finals while Belgium has scraped past host Finland 3-2 in the qualifiers on Saturday. Australia also came from behind to beat Hungary 3-2 in Sydney. France ticked all of its boxes in defeating Ecuador 4-0 in Pau. Spain took out
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — El portaaviones estadounidense USS Harry S Truman se ha ubicado esta semana en el norte del Mar Egeo en parte para asegurarse de que puede llevar a cabo operaciones de vuelo desde allà si las tensiones se intensifican en la región debido a la invasión rusa de Ucrania, según un funcionario
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CHICAGO (AP) — In a story published August 19, 2021, The Associated Press reported that a ShotSpotter engineer changed the reported Chicago address of a sound the company labeled a gunshot to the street where Michael Williams was driving. The story included ShotSpotter’s explanation that the engineer had corrected the street address generated in its
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story VAN NUYS, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A woman is seeking more than $500,000 from a man and a woman who she alleges conned her into making a loan in 2021 to a man she thought was singer Kenny Chesney, but who instead was someone else
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Oliver Wahlstrom and Brock Nelson each scored and the New York Islanders beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1. Ilya Sorokin made 27 saves, including 14 in the third period, as the Islanders snapped a two-game skid. Robert Thomas scored for St. Louis and Jordan Binnington recorded 18 saves, but the Blues
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Oliver Wahlstrom and Brock Nelson each scored and the New York Islanders beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1. Ilya Sorokin made 27 saves, including 14 in the third period, as the Islanders snapped a two-game skid. Robert Thomas scored for St. Louis and Jordan Binnington recorded 18 saves, but the Blues
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Una tarde reciente, el empresario estadounidense Brent Reynolds estaba hablando por teléfono desde su apartamento en el cuarto piso de la calle Pushkinskaya en el centro de Kyiv, cuando una repentina explosión interrumpió la conversación. “Un momento, déjame mirar”, me dijo, mientras salÃa al balcón. “Acabamos de tener una explosión. ParecÃa
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — All-Star guard Luka Doncic sat out the Dallas Mavericks’ home game against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday because of a left toe sprain. Doncic ranks sixth in the NBA in scoring, 18th in rebounding and fifth in assists. The Mavericks entered the game 31-16 this season with Doncic in the lineup and
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Max Scherzer favors a radical reworking of the playoffs, one that would have the higher seed in the first round of an expanded postseason start a best-of-five series with a 1-0 lead. Major League Baseball and locked-out players, who resume talks Sunday, both would expand
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story TIGARD, Oregon (KPTV) — A mother is seriously injured, and her daughter died while crossing a street in a hit-and-run crash in Tigard on Friday night, according to police. The Tigard Police Department said just after 8:30 p.m. on Friday, officers responded to Southwest Hall
Continue Reading By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Jabari Smith scored 21 points, K.D. Johnson had 18 and No. 5 Auburn won the Southeastern Conference title with an 82-71 victory over South Carolina. The Tigers secured the No. 1 seed for next week’s league tournament in Tampa, Florida, after entering the day one
Continue ReadingBy Web Staff Click here for updates on this story OAKLAND, California (KPIX) — Gunfire erupted at a party being held in a room at a hotel near Oakland International Airport late Friday, leaving three 18-year-olds hospitalized with injuries. Oakland police told the East Bay Times that officers responded to reports of a shooting around
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — England striker Tammy Abraham is thriving at Roma after leaving European champion Chelsea. The forward whom Jose Mourinho convinced Roma to spend 40 million euros on in August was decisive for the second consecutive game as Roma beat Atalanta 1-0 in Serie A in a key
Continue Reading CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Justin Hill posted 18 points, nine assists and eight rebounds as Longwood topped South Carolina Upstate 79-70 in the Big South Conference tournament semifinals. Bryson Mozone led the Spartans on Saturday with 24 points.
Continue Reading NIAGARA, N.Y. — Noah Thomasson scored a career-high 27 points as Niagara romped past Marist 83-52. Marcus Hammond added 21 points for the Purple Eagles. Jao Ituka led the Red Foxes with 19 points.
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