BOCA RATON, Fla. — Doug Edert’s 23 points helped Bryant defeat Detroit Mercy 98-88 to conclude the round-robin Paradise Invitational. Edert made seven 3-pointers and added a couple of free throws for the Bulldogs. Earl Timberlake scored 19 points and added six rebounds and five assists. Sherif Kenney had 16 points. Antoine Davis finished with
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By The Associated Press Elon Musk’s Twitter has reinstated the personal account of far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, which was banned in January for violating the platform’s COVID misinformation policies. The Georgia Republican’s reinstatement comes after Musk over the weekend reinstated the account of former President Donald Trump, who was banned in the aftermath of
Continue Reading HINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say an SUV crashed into an Apple store in Massachusetts, killing one person and injuring 16 others. A large hole was seen in the glass front of the store and first responders arrived at the scene Monday morning in Hingham. Police were investigating but didn’t immediately say whether the crash
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By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — No. 1 Georgia is looking for better short-yardage offense when it closes its regular season against in-state rival Georgia Tech. The Bulldogs were stopped on a fourth-and-1 play to open the fourth quarter of last week’s 16-6 win at Kentucky. Georgia also failed to convert
Continue ReadingBy Christopher Wiggins Click here for updates on this story COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (Advocate Channel) — In the wake of Saturday’s mass shooting at the queer club Club Q in Colorado Springs, Colo., which left five people dead and 25 wounded, advocates point to the increased anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric online and the numerous anti-LGBTQ+ bills drafted
Continue ReadingÁngela Reyes Haczek (CNN Español) — De la mano de Luis Enrique, España llega como una de las favoritas al Mundial de Qatar, con el destaque de figuras como Pedri, Sergio Busquets y Ansu Fati. Después del papelón de 2018 con la llegada y destitución de Julen Lopetegui y tras la ausencia obligada por un
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Southeastern Conference announced that Mizzou guard D’Moi Hodge is the conference player of the week on Monday afternoon. In a pair of wins against SIUE and Mississippi Valley State, the graduate student averaged about 24 points, five rebounds, and five steals per game. In the game against SIUE, Dodge put up
Continue Reading By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a dispute over a dog toy that got whiskey maker Jack Daniel’s barking mad. Jack Daniel’s had asked the justices to hear its case against the manufacturer of the plastic Bad Spaniels toy. The toy mimics the Jack Daniel’s
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA’s threat of on-field punishment for players pushed World Cup teams to back down Monday and abandon a plan for their captains to wear armbands that were seen as a rebuke to host nation Qatar’s human rights record. Just hours before the first players with
Continue Reading By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — FIFA’s threat of on-field punishment for players pushed World Cup teams to back down Monday and abandon a plan for their captains to wear armbands that were seen as a rebuke to host nation Qatar’s human rights record. Just hours before the first players with
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Amazon to stop retaliating against employees engaged in workplace activism. The ruling was made Friday in a court case brought by the National Labor Relations Board. The agency sued the company in March seeking the reinstatement of a fired employee
Continue ReadingBy PETER ROSEN Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (KSL) — It’s estimated Americans will throw out more than 200 million pounds of perfectly good turkey meat this year, most of it after Thanksgiving. Statistics like that prompted a Utah business executive to leave her career a few years ago
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team will look to bring the Battle Line Trophy back to Columbia in Friday’s game against the Arkansas Razorbacks. Last year, Hogs head coach Sam Pittman and company beat MU 34-17 in Fayetteville to keep that coveted trophy. However, the Tigers did win the last meeting in Columbia, in
Continue ReadingBy Kari Barrows Click here for updates on this story JACKSON COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) — An argument over free-ranging pigs in one Western North Carolina town led to a shooting and now a minimum 23-year prison sentence for one man. District Attorney Ashley Hornsby Welch announced on Monday that a Jackson County jury returned
Continue ReadingBy Peter Salter Click here for updates on this story LINCOLN, Nebraska (Lincoln Journal Star) — Three Nebraska deer hunters were shot by members of their own hunting parties over the weekend, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission reported. On Sunday, the last day of Nebraska’s rifle-deer season, a 20-year-old Indianola man was seriously injured
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Freshman Kiki Rice scored 18 points and Gina Conti added 16 to help No. 20 UCLA hold off Marquette 66-58 in overtime to win the Battle 4 Atlantis championship. Chloe Marotta scored 15 points to lead the Golden Eagles, and Jordan King had just
Continue Reading UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Sun hired Stephanie White to be their new head coach on Monday. White succeeds Curt Miller, who left to coach Los Angeles last month. She has a combined 15 seasons of experience as a player and coach in the WNBA, most recently as the head coach of the Indiana
Continue Reading ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a University of New Mexico student conspired with two other students and a teenage girl to lure a visiting New Mexico State University basketball player onto campus, leading to a shootout that left the UNM student dead and the player wounded. The investigation of the weekend shooting continued Monday.
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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Consumers could see higher gas prices and shortages of some of their favorite groceries during the winter holiday season if railroads and all of their unions can’t agree on new contracts by an early-December deadline that had already been pushed back. The likelihood of a
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Mark Parsons has been named the new head coach of the Washington Spirit, returning to the team he led from 2013 to 2015. Parsons most recently served as head coach of the Dutch women’s national team. He parted ways with the team in August after it failed to defend its title
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