DAYTON, Ohio — Led by Daron Holmes’ 20 points, the Dayton Flyers defeated the Saint Joseph’s Hawks 76-56 on Wednesday night. The Flyers are now 11-5 on the season, while the Hawks dropped to 6-8.
Continue Reading KINGSTON, R.I. — Led by Malik Martin’s 23 points, the Rhode Island Rams defeated the Fordham Rams 82-79 on Wednesday night. The Rams moved to 5-9 with the victory and the Rams dropped to 12-3.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — Amazon dice que planea despedir a más de 18.000 empleados. Varios departamentos se verán afectados, incluidas las Amazon Stores y su departamento de recursos humanos, según un comunicado del CEO Andy Jassy. “Estos cambios nos ayudarán a perseguir nuestras oportunidades a largo plazo con una estructura de costos más sólida; sin
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Christine Harrison ha visitado Le Praz De Lys-Sommand, una pequeña estación de esquí en los Alpes franceses, durante los últimos 20 años. La vista desde la ventana de su chalet siempre ha sido más o menos la misma: una amplia extensión de montañas, colinas y chalets, todos cubiertos de nieve espesa.
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JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man charged in a July 2017 crash that killed a pregnant woman and her three sons has been sentenced to two years in prison. Thirty-year-old Sean Woulfe of Orland Park pleaded guilty in July to five counts of reckless homicide. Will County Judge Daniel Rippy sentenced Woulfe to two
Continue Reading BUIES CREEK, N.C. — Laurynas Vaistaras scored 13 points as Campbell beat Gardner-Webb 63-58. Vaistaras went 6 of 10 from the field for the Fighting Camels. Quest Aldridge led the Runnin’ Bulldogs with 20 points.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Cole County law enforcement sales tax has been reduced to three-eighths of a cent. This comes after voters approved a half-cent tax in 2007. The Jefferson City Chamber of Commerce said this change was part of that went into effect January 2008. The tax was scheduled to be reduced to
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VALPARAISO, Ind. (AP) — Tytan Anderson led Northern Iowa with 16 points and Michael Duax scored the game-winning putback as time expired as the Panthers beat Valparaiso 69-67 on Wednesday night. Anderson also contributed 12 rebounds for the Panthers (7-8, 3-2 Missouri Valley Conference). Duax added 15 points while going 7 of 13 from the
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers E-commerce giant Amazon and business software maker Salesforce are the latest U.S. tech companies to announce major job cuts. Amazon said Wednesday that it will be cutting about 18,000 positions. It’s the largest set of layoffs in the Seattle-based company’s history, although just a fraction of
Continue Reading The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday sent a frigate armed with the country’s latest Zircon hypersonic missile on a trans-ocean cruise in a show of force as tensions with the West escalate over the war in Ukraine. Russia touts that the Zircon missile can evade any Western air defenses by flying at
Continue Reading By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press HEBRON, Ky. (AP) — President Joe Biden says he intends to visit the U.S.-Mexico border in connection with his meeting next week in Mexico City with the leaders of Canada and Mexico. It will be his first visit to the border since taking office. Biden says
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans flailed through a long second day of fruitless balloting Wednesday, unable to either elect their leader Kevin McCarthy as House speaker or come up with a new strategy to end the political chaos that has tarnished the start of their new majority.
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos (CNN) — El partido de la NFL entre los Bengals de Cincinnati y los Bills de Buffalo, que se pospuso en el primer cuarto luego de que el safety de los Bills, Damar Hamlin, sufriera un paro cardíaco y colapsara en el campo, fue la transmisión televisiva de “Monday Night Football” más vista
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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) Charges were recently dropped for a woman who was accused of trying to hire someone to kill her ex-husband’s mother. Leigh Ann Bauman’s charges were dismissed by the Camden County Prosecuting attorney on Dec. 29. The prosecuting attorney at the time was Caleb Cunningham. Current Camden County Prosecuting Attorney Richelle Grosvenor
Continue Reading By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press A man accused of chewing off the ear of a 78-year-old man on a light-rail train platform near Portland, Oregon, told detectives he thought the victim was a robot trying to kill him, police said. Koryn Daniel Kraemer was charged with second-degree assault in Multnomah County District Court on Wednesday,
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By Kate Bennett, CNN First lady Jill Biden will undergo a procedure next week to remove a lesion that was found during a routine skin cancer screening, her press secretary Vanessa Valdivia told CNN on Wednesday. “During a routine skin cancer screening, a small lesion was found above the First Lady’s right eye,” White House
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson, CNN A Virginia judge applied the state’s statutory punitive damages cap to decrease the amount of punitive damages owed by White Nationalists who organized and participated in the 2017 Unite the Right rally from $24 million to $350,000, court records show. A total of $26 million was awarded by a jury in
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republicans squabble over who will be the next speaker, there are essentially no members in the U.S. House of Representatives — only members-elect. Without a speaker, none of the members can be sworn in, and the 118th Congress can’t convene or vote on any rules.
Continue Reading By Zachary Cohen, CNN Special counsel Jack Smith has received a trove of new documents from local election officials in Wisconsin and Nevada who were subpoenaed as part of the ongoing criminal investigation by the Justice Department into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The documents were handed by officials in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, and
Continue Reading By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Heading into a tough election year, Gov. Andy Beshear asserted Wednesday evening that Kentucky’s future is “brighter than it has ever been” while touting a record of economic development and resilience to make his case. The Democratic governor, delivering his fourth annual State of the Commonwealth
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