By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball made a “best and final” offer to locked out players about 90 minutes before its 5 p.m. deadline and threatened to start canceling regular season games if the sides don’t reach a deal. After making progress during 16 1/2 hours of bargaining
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By Jake Tapper and Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden told news anchors during a lunch ahead of the State of the Union on Tuesday that he has a major message he wants to send to the American people: America and its allies will remain united in their response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors are recommending that a former Kansas City police detective be sentenced to nine years in prison for the fatal shooting of a Black man. Eric DeValkenaere, who is white, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday for the death of Cameron Lamb in December 2019. He was convicted in December
Continue Reading BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston is the Southeastern Conference women’s basketball player of the year. She has also been named the league’s defensive player of the year for the third straight season. The top-ranked Gamecocks’ star headlined the honors that were released Tuesday and voted on by the league’s coaches. Her coach,
Continue Reading BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston is the Southeastern Conference women’s basketball player of the year. She has also been named the league’s defensive player of the year for the third straight season. The top-ranked Gamecocks’ star headlined the honors that were released Tuesday and voted on by the league’s coaches. Her coach,
Continue Reading By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — James Harden is set to make his home debut with the Philadelphia 76ers. Harden will be in the starting lineup when the 76ers play the New York Knicks on Wednesday night. Harden was the last Sixer off the court after practice Tuesday. He shared laughs
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By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The messy love life of former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner has become a focus at the U.S. trial over a $4.5 billion scheme to loot the Malaysian investment fund known as 1MDB. Leissner is the star government witness testifying against Roger Ng, another Goldman banker
Continue Reading By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is introducing herself to the nation by delivering the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. Reynolds is expected to use the televised rebuttal Tuesday night to highlight her five years pursuing a conservative agenda in the
Continue Reading ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta United midfielder Luiz Araújo will miss about four weeks after sustaining a hamstring injury while scoring the team’s first goal of the season. Araújo is one of the team’s three designated players, coming over from French club Lille last August. He has scored five goals in 15 appearances for Atlanta United.
Continue Reading By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The judge presiding over Sarah Palin’s defamation case against The New York Times said he was unfamiliar with push notifications and didn’t realize news of his decision to toss out the lawsuit would reach jurors deliberating simultaneously. Despite that, he wrote that it didn’t really matter.
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY, Alabama (WVTM) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday asked for the immediate removal of Russian liquor from ABC Stores throughout the state. Learn more in the video above. The governor issued the following statement about the effort to show support for Ukrainians during
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes (CNN Español) — Este martes se registró un sismo de magnitud 5,3 a 2 km al este-sureste de San Cristóbal Amatlán, en Oaxaca, México, informó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El sismo se produjo a una profundidad de 48,5 km, según el reporte. La jefa de
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has undergone surgery on his non-throwing shoulder. Coach Mike McCarthy says the postseason procedure was a clean up for an issue that isn’t a concern. The coach says he expects Prescott to be available for offseason work. McCarthy says he didn’t think the left shoulder bothered Prescott
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has named a longtime state health official as the new acting director of the Department of Health and Senior Services. Parson on Tuesday appointed Paula Nickelson to the position. By designating her as an acting director, Nickelson can begin working
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Russian forces have stepped up their attacks on several Ukrainian cities, with a huge convoy of Russian tanks and armored vehicles on a road to the capital, Kyiv, and fighting intensifying there and in other population centers. Ukrainian officials say Russia shelled several key sites in Kyiv and in the country’s
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By Kunyi Yang The hashtag #BoycottLukoil started trending online not long after Russia invaded Ukraine on February 21. The idea is to stop people from filling their tanks at the US gas stations that bear the name Lukoil, the Russian oil and gas giant. The trouble is that most of the 230 Lukoil gas stations
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Major League Baseball threatened to let its 5 p.m. deadline for a labor deal pass and start canceling regular season games, saying it would make a final offer to locked out players. The sides made progress during 16 1/2 hours of bargaining Monday but were
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By Ryan Nobles and Annie Grayer, CNN The House select committee investigating last year’s US Capitol attack issued subpoenas Tuesday to six different individuals who have ties to the effort to interrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election. The group represents a wide range of individuals who played a role in a number of
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been corrected to reflect the location of the fire. BOONE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County Fire Protection District crews took a defensive position at a structure fire due to a lack of a nearby water supply at North Perche Road and Rock Hollow Road. Flames and heavy smoke were seen
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