By Nicquel Terry Ellis When Angelica Rose Brown was accepted into the University of North Carolina’s Kenan Flagler Business School PhD. Program in 2020, she said it brought her one step closer to her career aspirations. Brown entered the program that year with high hopes: she wanted to do extensive research on code switching and
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By Brenda Goodman, CNN President Joe Biden lit a firestorm of controversy this week when he said in an interview that “the pandemic is over”: Is it really over? How do we know? Who gets to decide? Pandemics don’t have hard edges. Knowing where they start or stop is a judgment call, and there isn’t
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By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Stars expect to open training camp without young 40-goal scorer Jason Robertson. The Stars and the 23-year-old restricted free agent have been unable to agree on a new contract. The Stars and new coach Pete DeBoer begin camp Thursday in the Austin, Texas,
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Leah Dolan, CNN If ever anyone needed more convincing of Zendaya’s fashion influence — beyond her Vogue covers, Valentino campaigns (as a global ambassador for the fashion house) and title as the youngest ever recipient of the CFDA’s Fashion Icon Award — look no further than the actor’s latest Instagram post. On Saturday, the “Euphoria”
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lost in the drama of the Chiefs’ comeback win over the Chargers last week was the fact that Kansas City, with its star quarterback and offensive-minded head coach, had five opportunities on third-and-short and converted just once. And that’s not going to cut it
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lost in the drama of the Chiefs’ comeback win over the Chargers last week was the fact that Kansas City, with its star quarterback and offensive-minded head coach, had five opportunities on third-and-short and converted just once. And that’s not going to cut it
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Lost in the drama of the Chiefs’ comeback win over the Chargers last week was the fact that Kansas City, with its star quarterback and offensive-minded head coach, had five opportunities on third-and-short and converted just once. And that’s not going to cut it
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By Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN House Democrats have struck a deal on a long-stalled package of public safety and policing bills, lawmakers and aides told CNN, paving the way for a Thursday vote. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer affirmed to reporters the vote will be scheduled for Thursday, and Rep. Joyce Beatty, the
Continue ReadingBy Web staff Click here for updates on this story PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn (WABC) — An apparent argument over not saying “thank you” for opening the door of a Brooklyn smoke shop ended with a 37-year-old man fatally stabbed late Tuesday. It happened around 10:20 p.m. at Park Slope Convenience on 4th Avenue in Park
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals fired longtime executive Dayton Moore on Wednesday, ending the roller-coaster tenure of an influential general manager and president who took the club from perennial 100-game loser to two World Series and the 2015 championship before its quick return to mediocrity.
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals fired longtime executive Dayton Moore on Wednesday, ending the roller-coaster tenure of an influential general manager and president who took the club from perennial 100-game loser to two World Series and the 2015 championship before its quick return to mediocrity.
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals fired longtime executive Dayton Moore on Wednesday, ending the roller-coaster tenure of an influential general manager and president who took the club from perennial 100-game loser to two World Series and the 2015 championship before its quick return to mediocrity.
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals fire President of Baseball Operations Dayton Moore.
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals fire President of Baseball Operations Dayton Moore.
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By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press/Report for America LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor says a western Michigan sheriff’s deputy won’t face criminal charges for fatally shooting a man after an alteraction during a traffic stop. Allegan County Prosecutor Myrene Koch disclosed the decision in a report Friday to Michigan State Police. The prosecutor said in
Continue Reading By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians experienced a widespread internet outage on Wednesday amid days of mass protests against the government, including a loss of access to Instagram and WhatsApp, two of the last Western social media platforms available in the country. An Iranian official had earlier hinted that such
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The International Space Station is welcoming three new residents following a smooth Russian launch. The Soyuz capsule rocketed into orbit from Kazakhstan on Wednesday and, just three hours later, pulled up at the space station. Two Russians and one American are checking in for
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyler Murray appears content to let things that happened in Vegas stay in Vegas. Police in Las Vegas said on Monday that they were investigating allegations that a fan in the stands struck the Cardinals quarterback amid celebrations of Arizona’s 29-23 overtime victory over the
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Greg Norman says he has been asked not to attend the QBE Shootout in December. That’s the PGA Tour-sanctioned event he started in 1989 as the Shark Shootout. It’s held at Tiburon Golf Club in Naples, Florida. It isn’t clear who asked Norman not to
Continue Reading By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks bounced around and bond yields snapped higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve made its third big interest rate hike in a row and sharply increased its outlook for how high it expects to raise rates in coming months. Treasury yields pushed further into multiyear
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