MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks have signed guard Rayjon Tucker. The 6-foot-3 Tucker appeared in three games with the Denver Nuggets this season while on a 10-day contract. He averaged 2 points, 1.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 9.7 minutes. He also played 14 games for the Philadelphia 76ers in 2020-21 and 20 games for
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — More than 28% of Major League Baseball players were born outside the 50 states for the second straight season. MLB says 275 of 975 players on expanded 28-man, opening-day rosters, injured lists, the restricted list and the bereavement list were born outside the 50 states. The Dominican Republic led with 99
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La legendaria banda de rock Pink Floyd lanzó su nuevo sencillo “Hey Hey Rise Up” este viernes en apoyo al pueblo de Ucrania, dijo la banda en un comunicado este jueves. Es la primera canción nueva de la banda desde 1994, y todas las ganancias se destinarán a la ayuda
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The price is going up for disrupting airline flights. The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that it’s seeking record civil fines against two passengers who assaulted other people on flights last summer. In one case, a woman tried to open a cabin door, then headbutted and spit at crew members and passengers
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Toyin Owoseje, CNN Pablo Picasso‘s “Femme nue couchée” (“Naked woman reclining”), a portrait of his lover and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter, could sell for more than $60 million when it makes its auction debut next month. The work, painted in April 1932, could become one of the most valuable portraits of Walter ever offered at auction
Continue Reading WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue’s board of trustees has approved a $6.7 million renovation plan for Mackey Arena. Construction is expected to begin following next basketball season. The funding will come entirely from private donations. The updates include reconfigured locker rooms and players lounges for the men’s and women’s basketball teams, an expansion of
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By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The Justice Department said two men charged with impersonating federal agents pose a danger to the community and a flight risk, citing a stockpile of weapons found in their apartments, extensive overseas travel and foreign contacts, including an uncorroborated connection to the Pakistani intelligence service. In a memo
Continue Reading GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — New Grambling volleyball coach Chelsea Lucas has cut more than half of the team’s scholarship players and told incoming recruits that the previous coach’s commitments would not be honored. Athletic director Trayvean Scott defended Lucas’ right to reshape the program as she deems appropriate and also has sought to refute reports
Continue Reading INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Butler Bulldogs have hired Austin Parkinson as their new women’s basketball coach. Parkinson will stay in Indianapolis after spending the past 12 seasons at nearby IUPUI. The move comes a little more than two weeks after athletic director Barry Collier fired Kurt Godlevske. Parkinson won two Horizon League Tournament championships over
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BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been arrested and charged with first-degree arson for a fatal Blue Springs duplex fire that police say he started when he intentionally set some clothing on fire in the basement. The Kansas City Star reports that 48-year-old Anthony Jordan is accused of starting the fire
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks were mixed to slightly higher on Wall Street Friday, as gains in energy companies were offsetting declines in tech stocks. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.8% and the Nasdaq fell 0.4%. The benchmark S&P 500 remains in the red for the
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Fifteen people were taken to the hospital after a fire erupted early Friday at a Kansas City apartment building, including five adults who were seriously injured when they jumped from the second floor to escape the flames. A fire department spokesman said the top two floor of the three-story building
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President Joe Biden on Friday will host an event at the White House to mark the historic confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
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By Megan Marples, CNN On a beach vacation, a venomous sea slug probably isn’t high on your must-see list. That’s exactly what San Antonio resident Erick Yanta came across on his trip to Mustang Island, an 18-mile-wide stretch of land in the Gulf of Mexico near Corpus Christi, Texas. While strolling along the beach, Yanta
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TONIGHT This afternoon we will still be tracking light rain and perhaps even snow showers. With that said, temperatures are already in the mid to upper 30’s as I write this in the late morning hours. As temperatures struggle towards 40, we expect to lose the snow flurry chance, and will lean towards a forecast
Continue Reading AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the company will build an electric vehicle dedicated for use as a robotaxi. He also told a crowd at a party celebrating the opening of a Texas factory that Tesla will start making three new vehicles next year. Musk didn’t give details of the robotaxi other
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By Steve Contorno, CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has raised more than $100 million for his reelection effort, the first gubernatorial candidate in the Sunshine State — and perhaps the entire country — to reach the nine-figure milestone solely through donations. The staggering sum not only gives DeSantis an unprecedented leg up on the Democrats
Continue Reading EDISON, Neb. (AP) — A wildfire in southern Nebraska fueled by dry conditions and strong winds forced the evacuation of the small village of Edison, destroyed several homes and led to the death of a rural fire chief who was killed in a crash while he was responding to the blaze. The Nebraska State Patrol
Continue ReadingMarysabel E. Huston-Crespo (CNN Español) – Un polémico nuevo estudio desde Gran Bretaña busca resolver algunas de las dudas más frecuentes sobre el covid-19. La investigación, que presentó dilemas éticos al infectar deliberadamente a adultos sanos con el nuevo coronavirus, arrojó resultados esclarecedores de cómo se comporta la enfermedad en el cuerpo humano. Entre ellos,
Continue Reading By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former Goldman Sachs banker has been convicted of bribery and other corruption charges accusing him of participating in a $4.5 billion scheme to loot the Malaysian state investment fund, 1MDB. A jury found Roger Ng guilty on all counts Friday at a U.S. trial where
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