By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Wendell Moore Jr. is the third Duke player this week to announce plans to enter the NBA draft. The school says Moore plans to hire an agent. The 6-foot-5, 213-pound junior and potential first-round draft prospect won the Julius Erving Award as college basketball’s top small forward this season.
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Haley and Hanna Cavinder are about to expose 4 million fans to Miami women’s basketball. The Cavinder sisters — identical 5-foot-6 twin guards who combined to average 34.2 points per game in their three seasons at Fresno State and built an enormous social media
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Robert Morse, estrella de Broadway conocida por los televidentes como el jefe de “Mad Men”, Bertram Cooper falleció a los 90 años. Su amigo, el guionista Larry Karaszewski, y el hijo de Morse, Charlie, confirmaron su muerte en Twitter y a la cadena KABC, afiliada a CNN, respectivamente. Morse fue un
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN Español) — Estados Unidos acusó formalmente al expresidente de Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández de abusar de su poder como mandatario de su paÃs y convertirlo en uno de los mayores puntos para el envÃo de cocaÃna a Estados Unidos, según la acusación hecha pública este jueves por el Departamento de Justicia de
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Contractors working for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) will begin the first phase of a project to improve three highly-traveled bridges along U.S. Route 50 near Jefferson City on Monday. MoDOT contractors will begin work on the eastbound Route 50 bridge over the Osage River, beginning Monday with the bulk
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — The Texas Rangers will be without starting pitcher Jon Gray for at least one start after he suffered a left knee sprain, general manager Chris Young said. Gray will go on the injured list Friday and right-hander Glenn Otto is expected to be brought up from Triple-A Round Rock to start Friday
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Haley and Hanna Cavinder are about to expose 4 million fans to Miami women’s basketball. The Cavinder sisters — identical 5-foot-6 twin guards who combined to average 34.2 points per game in their three seasons at Fresno State and built an enormous social media
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton is expected to miss at least two weeks after injuring his left knee Wednesday night in Game 2 of their first-round playoff series with the Chicago Bulls. The Bucks announced Thursday night that the three-time All-Star had undergone an MRI  earlier
Continue Reading AVONDALE, La. (AP) — Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele are a good team even when they’re playing for cash instead of a flag. The Presidents Cup and Ryder Cup partners opened with a tournament-record 59 for a one-shot lead in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. The format was fourballs Thursday. Now it switches to
Continue Reading Major League Soccer’s All-Star Game will again be between the league’s best players and their counterparts from Mexico’s LIGA MX. The game is set for Aug. 10 at Allianz Field, home of Minnesota United. The festivities that week will include a concert headlined by Khalid and a skills challenge. The MLS and LIGA MX all-stars
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SEATTLE (AP) — Starbucks workers at the coffee giant’s flagship roastery in Seattle have voted to form a union, the chain’s latest location to form a collective bargaining unit. The Seattle store voted Thursday 38-27 to unionize. Workers United said 26 Starbucks locations have unionized nationwide. The Starbucks Reserve and Roastery in the Capitol Hill
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — ¿Quiero hacer ejercicio hoy? ¿Debo ir al gimnasio? ¿Debo ir a una clase? ¿Tengo tiempo para hacer ejercicio? Hace más de un año, lo que parecÃa una simple decisión para Renée Fishman se convirtió en una abrumadora serie de preguntas. “Me surgieron todas estas preguntas. Y antes de darme cuenta, ya
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By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Former President Barack Obama on Thursday called on tech companies to provide greater transparency about the way they promote content and for stricter regulation of the industry to combat what he called the “disinformation problem.” Obama, speaking in the heart of Silicon Valley in Stanford, California, has been making the fight
Continue Reading By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press California officials say as much as $30 billion is needed to protect the heart of the state’s farm country from significant flooding over the next three decades. Officials released a draft of an updated flood protection plan for the Central Valley on Thursday. Approximately 1.3 million people live in floodplains
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Arizona closer Mark Melancon retired Juan Soto with the bases loaded in the ninth inning, helping Cooper Hummel’s tiebreaking two-run home run hold up in the Diamondbacks’ 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals. Soto popped up to third base with two outs, ending Melancon’s second save of the season. Hummel had two
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Londres (CNN Business) — Nestlé, la compañÃa de alimentos y bebidas más grande del mundo, aumentó los precios en más de un 5% en los primeros tres meses de este año al trasladar el aumento de los costos a los compradores. Los consumidores en América del Norte fueron los más afectados, con un
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Authorities are investigating after former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson was recorded on video punching an aggressive passenger on board a plane at San Francisco International Airport. The video shows Tyson leaning over the back of his seat repeatedly striking the unidentified man in the head, drawing blood. The footage was first
Continue Reading CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Senior candidates will have more opportunities to be selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the next three years. The hall’s Board of Trustees has approved several changes to the bylaws governing the selection of Hall of Fame enshrinees. In the past, only one player who no longer was
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jimmie Johnson posted the fastest lap of his career Thursday. And IndyCar drivers got back to work on the second day of Indianapolis 500 testing. This time, there were no spins, no crashes and fewer concerns about the slick warmup lane. Drivers raced toward the top
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The U.S. women’s national soccer team will play a pair of matches against Colombia in June as it prepares for World Cup qualifying. The games will be held in Commerce City, Colorado, on June 25 and Sandy, Utah, on June 28. The U.S. will then head to Monterrey,
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