By Kathleen Magramo, CNN A Philippine archipelago known for tropical vacations will become the focus of political attention this week when Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the highest ranking US official to visit its main island. Palawan is home to dive resorts as well as a Philippine military base that Harris will visit on Tuesday,
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president has suspended his routine morning Q&A sessions with journalists after squabbling with a broadcaster over its coverage of his remarks caught on a hot mic in the United States. President Yoon Suk Yeol’s so-called “door-stepping” session was in line with his campaign
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Hunter Dickinson scored 24 points and had 14 rebounds as No. 20 Michigan, startled by a wild buzzer-beater at the end of regulation, beat Ohio 70-66 in overtime. Down 63-61 with 2.1 seconds left in the second half, Ohio threw a length-of-the-court inbounds pass that hit the rim. After a
Continue Reading By THOMAS PEIPERT and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As bullets tore through a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and wounding many more, one patron who had been partying moments before rushed into action, grabbing a handgun from the suspect, hitting him with it and pinning him down
Continue Reading By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s longest-ruling coalition says it has not decided which bloc to support after weekend elections left neither with enough seats to form a government on its own, and it would ask the nation’s king to give it more time. The National Front’s announcement has prolonged
Continue Reading BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Canisius Golden Griffins defeated the SUNY-Fredonia Blue Devils 98-52 led by Siem Uijtendaal’s 30 points. The Golden Griffins improved to 2-2 with the victory.
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand lawmakers will take a vote on whether to lower the nation’s voting age from 18 to 16. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement Monday, hours after the country’s Supreme Court ruled that not allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote amounted to age
Continue Reading By BRIAN SLODYSKO and AARON KESSLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Trailing badly in his Arizona Senate race as votes poured in, Republican Blake Masters went on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News program and assigned blame to one person: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. “You know what else is incompetent, Tucker? The establishment. The people who
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) ABC 17 Sports Director Nathalie Jones brought on Mizzou women’s basketball alums Lindsey and Sophie Cunningham in this week’s edition of Sunday Sit-down. You can watch the full conversation ahead of the first-ever Sophie Cunningham Classic at Columbia College in the video player above.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Chiefs trailed at the half and with less than two minutes left to play, but still took down the Los Angeles Chargers 30-27 on Sunday night. With less than a minute to play, quarterback Patrick Mahomes ran six plays down the field for 75 yards to toss the game-winning
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By Jen Christensen and Nadia Kounang, CNN In April 1992, Vanessa Williams’ “Save the Best for Last” topped the Billboard 100, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton was running for the White House, “Who’s the Boss?” aired its final episode, and the babies born to Rachel and Philip Ridgeway a couple of weeks ago were frozen as
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou football team dominated New Mexico State on Saturday night for a senior night win. MU also managed to get in a quite a few new faces throughout the win, including a lot of first-year guys. Saturday’s victory put the Tigers just one win away from bowl eligibly, as well. ABC17’s
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By George Ramsay and Zayn Nabbi, CNN The captains of several European teams will not wear “OneLove” armbands at the World Cup in Qatar due to the danger of receiving yellow cards. England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Wales were set to participate in the “OneLove” campaign to promote inclusion and oppose discrimination.
Continue Reading By STEVE MIMS Associated Press EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Senior point guard Marcus Sasser scored 16 points to lead third-ranked Houston to a 66-56 win over Oregon. Freshman Terrance Arceneaux scored a career-high 15 points while Jamal Shead added 13 for Houston, which made 11-of-22 3-pointers. Jarace Walker scored 10 as the Cougars improved to
Continue Reading By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis had 30 points and 18 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs 123-92 to win three straight games for the first time since the first week of January. While LeBron James missed his fourth straight game with a left
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes connected with Travis Kelce for their third touchdown of the game with 31 seconds remaining, and the Kansas City Chiefs rallied past the Los Angeles Chargers 30-27 to stay atop the AFC. Mahomes hit Kelce on a short crossing route that Kelce took
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes connected with Travis Kelce for their third touchdown of the game with 31 seconds remaining, and the Kansas City Chiefs rallied past the Los Angeles Chargers 30-27 to stay atop the AFC. Mahomes hit Kelce on a short crossing route that Kelce took
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes connected with Travis Kelce for their third touchdown of the game with 31 seconds remaining, and the Kansas City Chiefs rallied past the Los Angeles Chargers 30-27 to stay atop the AFC. Mahomes hit Kelce on a short crossing route that Kelce took
Continue Reading By ABBY SEWELL ERBIL, Iraq (AP) — An Iranian Kurdish opposition group says Iranian surface-to-surface missiles and drones have struck its bases in northern Iraq. The Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan says the weapons hit adjacent refugee camps in Koya and Jejnikan late Sunday night. The group also asserts that the strikes hit a hospital
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — Hilary Knight had two goals and an assist, Nicole Hensley stopped 22 shots, and the United States beat Canada for the third straight time, 4-2 in the Rivalry Series. Abby Roque and Savannah Harmon also scored for the U.S., which won 4-3 in a shootout on Tuesday and 2-1 on Thursday7 to
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