By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Duke big man Mark Williams is entering the NBA draft. The 7-foot-1, 242-pound sophomore announced his decision in a social media video Monday evening. Williams is ranked as the No. 18 draft prospect by ESPN. He was a finalist for national defensive player of the year. Williams averaged 11.2
Continue Reading SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have signed defensive lineman Kemoko Turay to a one-year deal. Turay was originally drafted by Indianapolis in the second round in 2018 and spent the past four seasons with the Colts. Turay played 13 games last season and finished with nine tackles, a career-high 5 1/2
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By Forrest Brown, CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled its new system for travel risk assessments on Monday. Many European nations are now considered at “high” risk for Covid-19, along with other marquee destinations around the world. The new system places destinations into the following categories: • Level 3: High risk
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By Rachel Ramirez The Colorado River — which provides drinking water, irrigation and electricity for more than 40 million people in the West — is the most endangered river in the United States this year, according to the nonprofit conservation group American Rivers. From the Pacific Northwest to Alabama, American Rivers ranked the top 10
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By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter has indicated that it’s not interested in being bought by the world’s richest man without a fight. The social network’s board made a defensive maneuver that could thwart Elon Musk’s takeover bid, but he still has a range of options that suggest this Silicon Valley showdown is likely far
Continue Reading By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter has indicated that it’s not interested in being bought by the world’s richest man without a fight. The social network’s board made a defensive maneuver that could thwart Elon Musk’s takeover bid, but he still has a range of options that suggest this Silicon Valley showdown is likely far
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Aimee Lewis, CNN Rivalries were put aside at Anfield Tuesday as Liverpool and Manchester United’s fans came together for a minute’s applause in support of Cristiano Ronaldo and his family following the death of the player’s newborn boy. In an emotional seventh minute, which Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp described as the “moment of the game,”
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN At least 10 mass shootings across the US this weekend left eight people dead and dozens injured, disrupting gatherings including an Easter celebration and a massive house party. The shootings add to the year’s increasing toll of mass shootings in the United States, which stands at 144, according to the Gun
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By PAUL J. WEBER and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Infowars has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the website’s founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones faces defamation lawsuits over his comments that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax. The bankruptcy filing in Texas puts civil litigation on
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Prosecutor’s Office filed charges Monday in connection with a weekend shooting in downtown Columbia that hurt one person. Prosecutors charged Victor Leonardo Arriaga, 20, of Jefferson City with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. Columbia police arrested Arriaga after the shooting that took place around 1:45 a.m. Sunday near
Continue Reading By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Scientists in Idaho have completed a rare overhaul of one of the world’s most powerful nuclear test reactors. Officials at the Idaho National Laboratory said Monday that normal operations are expected to resume later this spring at the Advanced Test Reactor following low-power system checks. The
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — New York Islanders forward Mathew Barzal was fined $2,500 for unsportsmanlike conduct during Sunday night’s loss at Toronto. Barzal was sitting on the bench in the third period with about four minutes left when he tugged at the jersey of Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner. He held on to Marner for
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — New Kansas laws will make the state fair home to drinkers who roam and allow the state to tax each bale of home-grown cotton up to $2 to pay for efforts to get rid of the bug that ruins cotton crops. Gov. Laura Kelly on Monday signed bills on beer and
Continue ReadingBy WFOR Staff Click here for updates on this story OCHOPEE, Florida (WFOR) — A Florida man is recovering after being mauled by two tigers at an Everglades airboat tour company. Their caretaker had just fed the big cats when Ignacio Meabe saw a piece of chicken sitting in their cage. He got down on
Continue Reading NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt guard Scotty Pippen Jr. is entering the NBA draft and signing with an agent. Pippen announced his decision Monday in a social media post. He thanked Nashville and Vanderbilt fans for making him feel at home and shaping him into the person and player he is today. Pippen also thanked
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The new owners of an Iowa amusement park say a water ride where a boy died last year will not reopen this summer. Bill Lentz, general manager of Adventureland in Altoona, said the park officials are still discussing whether the Raging River ride will ever reopen. Eleven-year-old Michael Jaramillo died
Continue ReadingBy WJZ Staff Click here for updates on this story KENSINGTON, Maryland (WJZ) — For the first time in nearly 50 years, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Kensington will open its doors to non-Mormons for an extended open house. Thousands of commuters catch a glimpse of the castle-like structure daily while
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) – Columbia Public Schools called the Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s lawsuit over its former mask rule moot since the district dropped its mandate. The district asked Judge Joshua Devine to dismiss the attorney general’s January lawsuit on Thursday. The district argued that it no longer has a policy requiring masks that
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By Ashley Strickland, CNN The Artemis I mega moon rocket will undergo some tweaks before NASA’s next attempt at a crucial prelaunch test. The NASA team is preparing to roll the 322-foot-tall (98-meter-tall) Artemis I rocket stack, including the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft, back into the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — State officials say avian influenza has been detected at a third northern Indiana duck farm. The Indiana State Board of Animal Health said Monday that laboratory testing of a commercial duck flock in Elkhart County has come back as presumptively positive for the virus. It says the samples are being verified at
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