By KMBC 9 News Staff Click here for updates on this story LAWRENCE, Kansas (KMBC) — Adidas has signed four college basketball players to a large NIL deal. Among the players is University of Kansas men’s basketball player Gradey Dick. NIL stands for name, image, or likeness. Thanks to recently passed legislation, NIL deals allow
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By Alex Marquardt and Tierney Sneed, CNN A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia’s crown prince after the Biden administration recommended he be granted immunity in the case brought against him by the fiancée of murdered Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Judge John Bates said in an opinion that despite his “uneasiness,”
Continue ReadingBy CBSBOSTON.COM STAFF Click here for updates on this story MALDEN, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A former Malden firefighter was sentenced in federal court on Monday after pleading guilty to drug charges. Joshua Eisnor, 43, of North Reading, dealt drugs to other firefighters, according to US Attorney Rachael Rollins. Eisnor was sentenced to five years of
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Katie Hunt, CNN Archaeologists have discovered a stunning 1,300-year-old necklace, made of gold, garnets and other semiprecious stones, at an excavation site in central England earmarked for a housing development. The necklace and other precious objects, called the Harpole Treasure after the local parish in Northamptonshire county where they were unearthed in April, also revealed
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By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press Two Kansas high schools are investigating after students at one school reportedly yelled racist and offensive taunts at the other school’s basketball teams. The basketball coach at Topeka High School says the men’s basketball team faced “outright racism” when they played Valley Center High School on Saturday. Coach Geo Lyons
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN)– James Sanford estaba sentado en un banco del Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana, en República Dominicana, esperando a que su maleta apareciera en el carrusel de equipaje. Era agosto de 2013, y James, residente en Atlanta y entonces veinteañero, estaba en República Dominicana con su mejor amigo para asistir a las celebraciones
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TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy with patchy fog developing by morning. Lows in the upper 30s to around 40. TOMORROW: Morning fog with mostly cloudy skies during the day. Rain moves in around midnight or just before. Highs in the lower 50s. EXTENDED: Spotty showers have been hard to come by, but we can’t rule out areas
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — La acusación de Moscú de que drones ucranianos atacaron dos bases aéreas en el interior de Rusia ha vuelto a plantear la espinosa cuestión de la escalada en nueve meses de guerra. Los ataques suponen una violación extraordinaria de las suposiciones de Rusia de que puede proteger su interior profundo, desde
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By Jacob Lev, CNN Coach Prime is officially heading to Boulder, Colorado. Football legend Deion Sanders has been named the new University of Colorado football head coach, the school announced Saturday. Sanders will be leaving Jackson State University, where he coached the Tigers for the past three seasons, compiling a record of 26-5 — including going
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN Español) — Los octavos de final del Mundial de Qatar 2022 llegaron a su fin y tras de sí dejaron momentos dignos para el recuerdo. Luego de los partidos jugados del sábado 3 de diciembre a este martes 6 de diciembre, los clasificados a cuartos de final fueron Países Bajos, Argentina, Croacia, Brasil,
Continue ReadingBy CBS CHICAGO TEAM Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — A toy drive for migrant children who’ve arrived in Chicago hopes to get 2,500 toys to kids in need. An estimated 15 companies and a Chicago area nonprofit pledge to collect 2,500 toys and possibly more for the area’s migrant children.
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By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — A chant of “RONALDO! RONALDO!” swept around the biggest stadium at the World Cup, followed by loud jeers when the fans realized their idol wasn’t coming onto the field. Cristiano Ronaldo was, in fact, sitting in the Portugal dugout, looking glum and still wearing a
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — A person familiar with the negotiations says the Cleveland Guardians and slugging first baseman Josh Bell have agreed to a $33 million, two-year contract. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the deal was pending a review of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services will be hosting a Save a Life: Naloxone education and distribution event 12:15-1 p.m. at its location at 1005 W. Worley St. in Columbia. The event is co-hosted with the Boone County Overdose Response Coalition “Save a Life!” is a part of a series
Continue Reading By Dan Heching, CNN After three shows and 51 episodes of the delectable “Great British Bake Off” on BBC and Netflix, Matt Lucas is “cheerfully passing the baguette on” as co-host of the competition series. In a tweet on Tuesday, Lucas wrote that “Bake Off” has been “a delicious experience,” but that it’s become clear
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By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — The elections director in the largest county in one of the nation’s most important battleground states details the threats he and his co-workers have received since the 2020 presidential election and how he responded to protect his staff. Clark County Registrar of Voters Joe
Continue Reading By Brian Fung, CNN House Republicans say they will seek congressional testimony from top Twitter employees who oversaw the company’s handling of a New York Post report on Hunter Biden’s laptop in public hearings when Republicans officially reclaim control of the House in the next Congress, indicating that probes into digital content moderation will figure
Continue Reading By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Five women who accuse Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting them decades ago have filed a new lawsuit against the 85-year-old comedian _ and this one calls NBCUniversal, a studio and a production company complicit in the abuse. The lawsuit comes more than a year after Cosby left
Continue Reading By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — Achraf Hakimi converted the decisive spot kick for Morocco with a little dink of a shot known as a “Panenka” in a penalty shootout win over Spain to make his team the first Arab country ever to reach the World Cup quarterfinals. He didn’t
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s company was convicted of tax fraud Tuesday for helping executives dodge taxes on extravagant perks such as Manhattan apartments and luxury cars, a repudiation of financial practices at the former president’s business as he mounts another run for the White House. A jury
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