By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have won baseball’s first draft lottery and will get the top pick of eligible amateur players in July. The Washington Nationals will select second after finishing last season with the worst record in the majors. The Detroit Tigers will choose third, after
Continue Reading By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Defenseman Dougie Hamilton had a goal and two assists, Vitek Vanecek made 24 saves for his second shutout and the NHL-leading New Jersey Devils defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0 on Tuesday night. Nico Hischier and Jesper Bratt scored goals and Jack Hughes had two outstanding
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By Rob McLean, CNN Business E-cigarette maker Juul Labs said Tuesday that it has settled litigation it faced in the United States, resolving a substantial amount of legal issues for the company. “The global resolution covers more than 5,000 cases brought by approximately 10,000 plaintiffs against Juul Labs and its officers and directors,” the company
Continue Reading By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Ville Husso made 27 of his 43 saves in the third period and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2. The Red Wings got goals from Michael Rasmussen, Jonatan Berggren, Adam Erne and David Perron. Detroit, which has missed the playoffs in each
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By Steve Almasy, CNN Mills Lane, the third man in the ring for more than 100 championship boxing matches, has died, according to officials in Nevada. Lane, who loved to scream “Let’s get it on,” after giving instructions to the two fighters before each match, was 85, according to his biography on the International Boxing
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia residents longer need to use the city-issued trash bags. The Columbia City Council voted unanimously at its meeting on Monday to eliminate the required use of official city-provided trash bags for residential curbside collections, as well as the provision that the City provide trash bags. Effective immediately, Columbia Solid Waste residential curbside customers are permitted to
Continue Reading RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Terquavion Smith scored 33 points, Jarkel Joiner added 29 and North Carolina State beat Coppin State 94-72 in a game in which the Wolfpack led from the start. Smith started and ended a 3-point parade with a four-point play for a 38-15 advantage with 10:04 before halftime. Smith went 4 for
Continue Reading By ERIC W. BOLIN Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Nick Smith Jr. scored 22 points to help No. 9 Arkansas overcome a sluggish offensive showing and outlast North Carolina-Greensboro 65-58. The Razorbacks shot 33.3% and trailed for a majority of the game. Arkansas didn’t take the lead for good until Devo Davis made a
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Más de 1.200 mujeres embarazadas y en etapa de posparto murieron por sobredosis de drogas en Estados Unidos durante 2020, según un nuevo estudio. La investigación también señaló que más de 1 de cada 6 muertes asociadas al embarazo involucraron sobredosis ese año. Las muertes por sobredosis de drogas alcanzaron niveles
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Aaron Judge remains a free agent as baseball’s winter meetings continue in San Diego. While much of the majors awaited the resolution of Judge’s free agency, Mitch Haniger got a $43.5 million deal from San Francisco, Josh Bell agreed to a $33 million, two-year contract
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NEW YORK (AP) — The American Museum of Natural History has chosen college president Sean Decatur to become its next president, making him the first Black leader of the institution. The museum says Decatur, currently the president of Kenyon College in Ohio, will succeed Ellen Futter in April of next year. Futter was the first
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Ha sido una semana de hallazgos extraños para la Administración de Seguridad en el Transporte (TSA, por sus siglas en inglés): un paquete de seis nunchakus y otros objetos afilados, y ahora, un perro en una mochila. Esta semana “un perro fue enviado accidentalmente a través de los rayos X” en
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa and Jamiel Lynch, CNN The parents of Gabby Petito have filed a motion to add Laundrie family attorney Steven Bertolino as a defendant in an ongoing civil lawsuit against Brian Laundrie’s parents, Christopher and Roberta Laundrie. Petito, an aspiring travel influencer, vanished in the summer of 2021 on a cross-country road trip
Continue Reading BOONE, N.C. — Led by CJ Huntley’s 12 points, the Appalachian State Mountaineers defeated the Carlow Celtics 103-43 on Tuesday night. Nehemiah Brazil led the way for the Celtics with 13 points. The Mountaineers improved to 6-4.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — El cáncer de colon cobró otra vida: la actriz Kirstie Alley, ganadora de dos premios Emmy y recordada por sus papeles en “Cheers” y “Veronica’s Closet”, falleció este lunes a los 71 años tras luchar contra un cáncer que le “descubrieron recientemente”, según un comunicado de su familia. Mira la magia
Continue Reading By BILL BARROW and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican football legend Herschel Walker were locked in a tight race Tuesday night in their runoff election that will decide the final U.S. Senate seat. With votes still being counted, Warnock was notching a strong performance in and around
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By Jen Christensen, CNN To help prevent outbreaks of food-related illness and problems like the formula shortage that left many parents in the US without adequate access to food for their babies, the US Food and Drug Administration needs a clearer mission and a different kind of leadership, and it has to act with more
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has delivered another rebuke of Donald Trump, saying anyone who thinks the Constitution can be suspended would have a “very hard time” becoming president in the United States. The comment marked the second time in as many weeks that McConnell and
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (KMIZ) Missouri’s senior U.S. senator gave his final floor speech on Tuesday. Sen. Roy Blunt will retire next month. He served 12 years in the senate. Blunt talked about is role as a legislator. He ended his speech with a story about a statue in the U.S. Capitol. He said it went up
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By Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN A Manhattan jury has found two Trump Organization companies guilty on multiple charges of criminal tax fraud and falsifying business records connected to a 15-year scheme to defraud tax authorities by failing to report and pay taxes on compensation for top executives. The Trump Corp. and Trump
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