By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kevon Looney came into this season determined to play all 82 games for the Golden State Warriors and to show everyone that he was healthy again at last and could shed the reputation of being injury-prone. There were a handful of days coach Steve Kerr
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Chris Paul scored 28 points, including 14 in another spectacular fourth quarter, to lead the Phoenix Suns over the Dallas Mavericks 129-109 for a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals. Paul poured in 14 points during the first six minutes of the fourth quarter, almost
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By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov had a hat trick and Joel Eriksson Ek scored twice for the Minnesota Wild, who snapped back at the St. Louis Blues with a 6-2 victory to even their first-round playoff series at one game apiece. Frederic Gaudreau and Kaprizov scored on
Continue Reading By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov had a hat trick and Joel Eriksson Ek scored twice for the Minnesota Wild, who snapped back at the St. Louis Blues with a 6-2 victory to even their first-round playoff series at one game apiece. Frederic Gaudreau and Kaprizov scored on
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Telecommunications industry groups on Wednesday ended their bid to block California’s net neutrality law that bars broadband providers from throttling service. In a federal court filing in Sacramento, the groups and California Attorney General Rob Bonta jointly agreed to dismiss the case. The move followed a January decision by the 9th
Continue Reading By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The commissioners of the Southeastern Conference and Pac-12 are scheduled to meet with lawmakers in Washington on Thursday to lobby for federal legislation to regulate name, image and likeness compensation to athletes. Greg Sankey of the SEC and George Kliavkoff of the Pac-12
Continue Reading By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Raúl RuidÃaz scored on a deflected shot late in the first half, added a second goal off a perfect counter attack in the 80th minute, and the Seattle Sounders defeated Pumas 3-0 to win the CONCACAF Champions League title. The Sounders became the first team from
Continue Reading By JON GAMBRELL and CARA ANNA Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia moved to obstruct the flow of Western weapons to Ukraine by bombarding rail stations and other supply-line targets across the country while the European Union weighed whether to further punish Moscow with a ban on oil imports. Heavy fighting also raged Wednesday
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By Madeline Holcombe, CNN The bright red spot, tender skin, days of peeling — it’s only part of the sun damage story. Sunburns are the most immediately annoying evidence of too much time spent unprotected in the sun, but what we often don’t see right away is the accelerated skin aging and risk of skin
Continue Reading By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Federal Reserve raises interest rates — as it did Wednesday — the impact doesn’t stop with U.S. homebuyers paying more for mortgages or Main Street business owners facing costlier bank loans. The fallout can be felt beyond America’s borders, hitting shopkeepers in Sri Lanka,
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By Judson Jones and Monica Garrett, CNN Two tornadoes were reported in central North Carolina on Friday afternoon, making it the ninth consecutive day with twisters somewhere in the United States. In the town of Mebane — in between Greensboro and Durham — a tornado hit the Gildan Distribution Center, but none of the 30
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A Columbia man is facing charges after he allegedly robbed a Centralia convenience store.
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Thursday after the Federal Reserve chairman downplayed the likelihood of bigger rate hikes following the U.S. central bank’s biggest increase in two decades. Shanghai, Hong Kong, Australia and Southeast Asian markets advanced. Markets in Japan and South Korea
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Carolina goalie Antti Raanta left the Hurricanes’ playoff victory over the Boston Bruins in the first period of Wednesday night after David Pastrnak struck him in the head with a gloved hand. Raanta was playing the puck when Pastrnak skated in and hit Raanta in
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rowdy Tellez homered twice and set a Milwaukee Brewers record with eight RBIs to extend his recent power surge in an 18-4 blowout of the reeling Cincinnati Reds. Tellez had a grand slam, a two-run homer and a two-run double. He has homered four times in
Continue Reading By MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Jose Iglesias had a two-run double and Connor Joe a two-run triple in consecutive at-bats in the fourth inning after a crucial error by shortstop Alcides Escobar, and the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat the Washington Nationals 5-2. Charlie Blackmon added an RBI groundout in the five-run
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MILLER COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 16-year-old has died after a wreck in Miller County on Highway 42 on Wednesday evening. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the teen was driving a 2009 Chevy Cruze when it started to skid and traveled off the roadway and hit a fence and a tree. The
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By Dakin Andone, CNN Abortion clinics in states likely to maintain access to the procedure are preparing for a potential influx of out-of-state patients following the report of a leaked draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “This is a devastating blow for millions of people who will find
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By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN An opposition group that is actively campaigning against Rep. Madison Cawthorn has released a video clip appearing to show the North Carolina Republican naked in bed and, as Cawthorn described it, “being crass with a friend” and “acting foolish.” After the video appeared on social media, Cawthorn tweeted, “A new
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Romine and Michelle Watson, CNN A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against Alec Baldwin in which the family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan claimed defamation and negligence, according to court documents. The sisters and widow of fallen Marine Lance Cpl. Rylee J. McCollum sued the actor in January after he
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