CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Leigha Brown scored 26 points, Emily Kiser added 20 and No. 17 Michigan eased past Miami 76-64 in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Wolverines didn’t get the lead into double figures until Brown’s basket two minutes into the fourth quarter and didn’t put it there for good until Kiser hit
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Jason Robertson had his third career hat trick, scoring in all three periods to extend his points streak to 17 games in the Dallas Stars’ 5-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night. Robertson became the NHL’s first 20-goal scorer this season with a deflected
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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kevin McCullar Jr. returned from an injury to score 17 points and grab 10 rebounds, Jalen Wilson added 15 points and 13 boards, and ninth-ranked Kansas rolled to a 91-65 victory over Seton Hall in the Big East-Big 12 Battle. KJ Adams had 11 points,
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By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The first White House state dinner of President Joe Biden’s administration drew big names Thursday from fashion, entertainment, politics and business who turned out to help celebrate French President Emmanuel Macron and the return of large social events after the pandemic. There were kisses
Continue Reading DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Led by Kevin Davis’ 21 points, the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats defeated the Chicago State Cougars 86-73 on Thursday night. The Wildcats improved to 4-4 with the win and the Cougars fell to 2-7.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) According to a running list of college volleyball transfers on Twitter, Mizzou outside hitters Anna Dixon and Kaylee Cox have entered the transfer portal. This comes just four days after Mizzou parted ways with head coach Josh Taylor after the team finished 9-19 last season, which was last in the SEC. As
Continue Reading By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Martinook had a hat trick to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the St. Louis Blues 6-4 on Thursday night. After a turnover, Martinook scored the winning goal with 4:35 left, beating goalie Jordan Binnington on a wrist shot. Martinook also scored in the second period
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Estrés por las fiestas. Problemas en el trabajo. Preocupaciones económicas. Problemas familiares: las preocupaciones que pueden robarte el sueño son infinitas. Si todo eso afecta las horas que duermes, pagarás un precio en tu capacidad de pensar, planificar y gestionar tus emociones. “La deuda de sueño, también llamada déficit de sueño,
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By Kara Scannell Lawyers for E. Jean Carroll argued that former President Donald Trump acted with private motives when he denied raping the ex-magazine columnist and they urged the DC Court of Appeals to reject his claim that his allegedly defamatory statements were made as part of his job as president. “Trump did not attack
Continue Reading By Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Russian government formally told the US Embassy last week about Brittney Griner’s transfer to a remote penal colony, weeks after the wrongfully detained WNBA star had been moved, according to the Biden administration. “The U.S. Embassy in Moscow was formally notified by the Russian government of Ms. Griner’s transfer on
Continue Reading By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Diamond Johnson and Saniya Rivers each scored 22 points to help No. 12 North Carolina State overcome a 45-point effort from Caitlin Clark and beat No. 10 Iowa 94-81 in an ACC/Big Ten Challenge game on Thursday night. Johnson and Rivers led a balanced scoring
Continue Reading By KRUTIKA PATHI and SIBI ARASU Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Asia’s richest man, coal magnate Gautam Adani, made his vast fortune betting on coal as an energy hungry India grew swiftly after its economy was liberalized in the 1990s. Adani says he wants to be known as the world’s largest renewable energy player
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has demanded neighboring Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers prevent terrorist attacks coming from their soil. The demand came a day after a suicide bombing in Pakistan’s southwest killed four people. It appeared to target police protecting polio workers in the area. Pakistani Taliban fighters who are hiding across
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There will be parking restrictions in Downtown Jefferson City for events on Friday and Saturday, according to a press release from the Jefferson City Police Department. The Living Windows event will be 5:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday. Parking will not be allowed on High Street between Monroe and Jefferson streets. The roadway will be blocked at 5
Continue ReadingBy Angus Watson, CNN Prosecutors in Australia have ended high-profile legal action against a former government staffer accused of raping a colleague inside Parliament House, saying a retrial would pose a “significant and unacceptable risk” to the woman’s life. The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) director of public prosecutions, Shane Drumgold, told reporters Friday that the
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s economy secretary has proposed yet another round of talks with the United States on a dispute over Mexico’s energy sector.  Mexico hopes to stave off a full-fledged trade complaint under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement. The United States says Mexico is unfairly favoring its state-owned electricity and oil companies over American
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Friday sanctioned eight people and seven organizations suspected of engaging in illicit activities to finance North Korea’s growing nuclear weapons and missile programs. The move was largely symbolic considering the lack of financial exchanges and business activities between the rival Koreas. But
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By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Tesla made the first deliveries of its Semi truck to customers Thursday evening, five years after the heavy-duty hauler was first unveiled. The event included two truck cabs decked out in the livery of Pepsi and Frito-Lay, PepsiCo’s snack foods subsidiary. The Tesla Semi was first shown as a prototype
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By Sandra Gonzalez, CNN It’s a name so iconic, he comes with his own theme song, and boy, is it a sweet sound. In the new teaser trailer for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” Harrison Ford returns as the titular hero archaeologist, this time alongside “Fleabag” star Phoebe Waller-Bridge. In this fifth installment,
Continue Reading By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — An attorney for Harvey Weinstein at his Los Angeles rape and sexual assault trial told jurors Thursday that prosecutors’ case relies entirely on asking them to trust women whose testimony showed they were untrustworthy. “‘Take my word for it’ — five words that sum up
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