By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to speak to U.N. Security Council diplomats outraged by growing evidence that Russian forces have deliberately killed civilians. Many of the victims were shot at close range in yards, streets and homes, and their bodies left in the open. The Security
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By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bill Self won his elusive second national title with a masterful second-half coaching job and a spicy dash of Remy Martin. Kansas tightened up defensively to rev up its transition game and Martin provided the spark in a dazzling second half in the Jayhawks’ 72-69
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bill Self went from the Hall of Fame coach who too often failed on the big stage to the brilliant mastermind of the biggest second-half comeback in NCAA title game history. The Jayhawks were blitzed by plucky North Carolina for most of the first 20
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bill Self went from the Hall of Fame coach who too often failed on the big stage to the brilliant mastermind of the biggest second-half comeback in NCAA title game history. The Jayhawks were blitzed by plucky North Carolina for most of the first 20
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — David McCormack’s late inside baskets to help Kansas surge past North Carolina in the NCAA championship game followed a Final Four trend. The way teams played in the post had a major influence on all three games. The 6-foot-10 McCormack scored the final four points
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — David McCormack’s late inside baskets to help Kansas surge past North Carolina in the NCAA championship game followed a Final Four trend. The way teams played in the post had a major influence on all three games. The 6-foot-10 McCormack scored the final four points
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bill Self won his elusive second national title with a masterful second-half coaching job and a spicy dash of Remy Martin. Befuddled by North Carolina in an ugly first half, Kansas tightened up defensively and Martin provided the spark in a dazzling second half in
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kansas brought its fourth NCAA title back home Monday thanks to a second-half flurry that erased a 16-point deficit and eventually overcame North Carolina 72-69 in an epic battle of power programs. David McCormack scored the go-ahead bucket from close range with 1:21 left, then
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares are mostly lower in Asia and oil prices have risen after a tech-driven rally on Wall Street. Many Asian markets including those in China were closed for holidays. Tokyo and Seoul declined while Sydney advanced. The S&P 500 rose 0.8%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 0.3%
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — North Carolina big man Armando Bacot never looked like himself in the national championship game against Kansas because he was battling an ankle injury. Bacot finished with 15 points and 15 rebounds, but most of that production came in the first half of the 72-69
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — North Carolina big man Armando Bacot never looked like himself in the national championship game against Kansas because he was battling an ankle injury. Bacot finished with 15 points and 15 rebounds, but most of that production came in the first half of the 72-69
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A stunning upset in a union election on Staten Island had brought sudden exposure to the organizers and worker advocates who realized victory for the nascent Amazon Labor Union when so many other more established labor groups had failed before them. The
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — What looked like a lost cause turned into one of the sweetest wins ever for Kansas. The Jayhawks brought their fourth NCAA title back to Allen Fieldhouse on Monday thanks to a second-half flurry that erased a 16-point deficit and eventually overcame North Carolina 72-69
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature is poised to slash taxes again only a decade after a GOP governor launched a tax-cutting experiment that became nationally notorious for the budget shortfalls that followed. This time Democrats aren’t warning that big tax cuts will tank the budget. Instead,
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kansas pulled off the biggest comeback in national championship history Saturday night, getting a big game from David McCormack, crucial shots from Remy Martin and surviving a tying 3-pointer by North Carolina’s Caleb Love that missed everything at the buzzer for a 72-69 victory in the Superdome. The senior-laden Jayhawks trailed
Continue Reading NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kansas tops North Carolina 72-69 for school’s first NCAA men’s basketball championship since 2008.
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a story published April 1, 2022, about California’s corporate diversity law being ruled unconstitutional, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the judge didn’t explain his reasoning. The judge said the Legislature should have considered other options for achieving greater diversity on boards before mandating it. Â
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A report by the World Bank says disruptions to supplies of commodities, financial strains and higher prices are among the shocks from the war in Ukraine that will slow economies in Asia in coming months. The report released Tuesday forecasts slower growth and rising poverty in
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A motorcycle driver was seriously injured Monday morning in Moniteau County after a crash on Highway 87 and Highway 50 westbound onramp.
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By Ryan Nobles, Jamie Gangel and Gloria Borger, CNN January 6 select committee Chairman Bennie Thompson told reporters Monday that he believes it will not be necessary for the panel to issue a subpoena to former Vice President Mike Pence and that the committee has been able to glean enough information that his testimony may
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