KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Family members and a forensic expert are questioning why Kansas City police didn’t find a man’s body in the cargo area of his own SUV until after they towed it to a Missouri police station earlier this month. Adam “A.J.” Blackstock Jr.’s death is being investigated as a homicide, according
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By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series “24″ and providing the voice for Tess in the video game “The Last of Us,” has died. She was 45. Wersching passed away Sunday morning in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer, her publicist
Continue Reading By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series “24″ and providing the voice for Tess in the video game “The Last of Us,” has died. She was 45. Wersching passed away Sunday morning in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer, her publicist
Continue ReadingBy Miles Montgomery Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WANF) — University of Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett was arrested and charged with public intoxication in Texas on Sunday morning, according to Texas police officials. Officials say police responded to reports of a man banging on doors on the 1600 block of Tribeca Way
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By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Terry Rozier scored 31 points, P.J. Washington had 27 and the Charlotte Hornets stopped Miami’s three-game win streak with a 122-117 victory over the Heat. LaMelo Ball scored 13 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter as Charlotte improved to 7-16 at home. Gordon
Continue Reading PHILADELPHIA (AP) — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy was questionable to return to the NFC championship game on Sunday after he took a hard hit to his right elbow in the first quarter. Purdy was drilled in the arm by Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Haason Reddick on a play that was ruled a fumble. The
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by Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Michael B. Jordan is giving full insurance coverage a whole new meaning. The actor portrayed an interloping version of State Farm’s popular spokesperson, Jake, in a hilarious sketch during his “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut on January 28. In what began as an all too familiar State Farm commercial, the sketch
Continue Reading by Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Michael B. Jordan is giving full insurance coverage a whole new meaning. The actor portrayed an interloping version of State Farm’s popular spokesperson, Jake, in a hilarious sketch during his “Saturday Night Live” hosting debut on January 28. In what began as an all too familiar State Farm commercial, the sketch
Continue Reading By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, LEAH WILLINGHAM and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The pastor at the Memphis church where Tyre Nichols’ family spoke from the pulpit urging peace after his brutal killing reiterated the call for calm, following the release of video showing the fatal beating by police. Pastor Kenneth Thomas said before
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By Michelle Watson and Kevin Dotson, CNN University of Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett was arrested early Sunday in Dallas for public intoxication, according to the Dallas Police. Just after 6 a.m. CT, police officers responded to “reports of a man banging on doors,” near the 1600 block of Tribeca Way, Dallas Police said in a
Continue Reading TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas firefighters found a man on fire inside a restroom at a Walmart store this weekend. Topeka city spokeswoman Gretchen Spiker told the Topeka Capital-Journal that firefighters found the man when they went to a Walmart Neighborhood Market around 8:15 p.m. Saturday. She said that firefighters worked to quickly extinguish the
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Tom Verlaine, miembro fundador de la influyente banda punk de Nueva York Television, murió este sábado a los 73 años “después de una breve enfermedad”, según un comunicado de prensa de Jesse Paris Smith, hija de la expareja de Verlaine, Patti Smith. Verlaine murió “en paz” en la ciudad de Nueva
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By Celina Tebor, Isa Kaufman-Geballe and Zoe Sottile, CNN A man threw a Molotov cocktail at a New Jersey synagogue in an arson attempt on Sunday morning, police and the synagogue said. The suspect lit and threw a Molotov cocktail at the front door of Temple Ner Tamid around 3 a.m. and fled the scene,
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By Theresa Waldrop and Dakin Andone, CNN The first law enforcement official to respond to the scene where Alex Murdaugh’s wife and son were found killed testified Thursday that one of the first things Murdaugh mentioned after the sergeant from the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office arrived was a boating accident involving his son years ago.
Continue Reading PITTSBURGH — Kahliel Spear finished with 30 points and 11 rebounds to power Robert Morris to a 68-63 victory over Oakland. Jackson Last scored nine points for the Colonials (11-12, 6-6 Horizon League). Stephaun Walker added eight points and nine rebounds. The Golden Grizzlies (9-14, 7-5) were led by Jalen Moore, who finished with 24
Continue Reading TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Aliyah Boston had 16 points and 12 rebounds, Bree Hall scored a career-high 18 and No. 1 South Carolina beat Alabama 65-52. It’s the Gamecocks’ 27th straight win, but was close through the third quarter. Sarah Ashlee Barker scored a season-high 15 points for Alabama and Brittany Davis scored 11 of
Continue Reading BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Led by Keith Higgins Jr.’s 19 points, the Lehigh Mountain Hawks defeated the Boston University Terriers 66-55 on Sunday. The Mountain Hawks improved to 13-8 with the win and the Terriers fell to 10-13.
Continue Reading By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Voters in Tunisia massively shunned parliamentary elections seen as an important test for their president and their country’s troubled democracy, according to preliminary turnout figures Sunday. Independent observers reported scattered violations. Turnout was just 11.3% of Tunisia’s 8 million voters, according to preliminary estimates from
Continue Reading GREENVILLE, N.C. — Led by Craig Porter Jr.’s 20 points, the Wichita State Shockers defeated the East Carolina Pirates 85-72 on Sunday. The Shockers improved to 11-10 with the win and the Pirates fell to 11-11.
Continue Reading GREENVILLE, N.C. — Led by Craig Porter Jr.’s 20 points, the Wichita State Shockers defeated the East Carolina Pirates 85-72 on Sunday. The Shockers improved to 11-10 with the win and the Pirates fell to 11-11.
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