By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Alabama standout freshman Brandon Miller was in the starting lineup and scored a career-high 41 points in a win over South Carolina on Wednesday night, hours after the university said he’d remain an “active member” of the No. 2-ranked Crimson Tide and is not considered
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Patrick Kane and Max Domi scored two goals apiece, and the Chicago Blackhawks erased a three-goal deficit in a 4-3 victory over the Dallas Stars. The Central Division-leading Stars have lost five in a row, including the past two against last-place teams. The Central cellar-dwelling Blackhawks
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN and AREF TUFAHA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Palestinian militants fired six rockets from the Gaza Strip toward the country’s south early Thursday, hours after an Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank triggered a fierce gunbattle in which 11 Palestinians were killed. The rocket attacks, which
Continue Reading By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Jakob Pelletier and Walker Duehr scored goals 25 seconds apart in the third period and the Calgary Flames rallied to beat the Arizona Coyotes 6-3 on Wednesday night. Calgary’s Mikael Backlund scored with 3:19 left to cap the scoring. Milan Lucic, Elias Lindholm and Tyler Toffoli
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By Holly Yan, Christina Maxouris and Nicki Brown, CNN Federal investigators released a spate of new details Thursday about the fiery train derailment that spewed toxic chemicals and wreaked havoc in East Palestine, Ohio. The initial fire started February 3 when a Norfolk Southern rail car carrying plastic pellets was heated by a hot axle,
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — The search for at least 50 people missing since an open pit coal mine collapsed in northern China has been suspended following an additional landslide at the gigantic facility, state media reported Thursday. At least two people were killed and six injured in Wednesday’s disaster in the vast Inner Mongolia region’s Alxa
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — On State of the Union night, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo strode down the aisle and found her seat in front of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell, not known to waste words, complimented Raimondo on a recent writeup about her efforts to restore the U.S. as the
Continue Reading By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of U.S. mass killings linked to extremism over the past decade was at least three times higher than the total from any other 10-year period since the 1970s, according to a report by the Anti-Defamation League. The report, provided to The Associated Press ahead of
Continue Reading By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats recently celebrated the 100th judicial confirmation of Joe Biden’s presidency and are clamoring for more. To make it happen, some are flirting with ending a century-long Senate practice that a “blue slip” from a senator could make or break a nomination. Republicans during Donald Trump’s presidency
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN All four people aboard a light aircraft that crashed in the Philippines at the weekend have been confirmed dead, authorities in the Southeast Asian country said Thursday, following a treacherous search mission atop a restive volcano. The bodies of pilot Rufino James Crisostomo Jr., crew member Joel Martin, and Australian technical
Continue Reading By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the year since Russia invaded Ukraine, disinformation and propaganda have emerged as key weapons in the Kremlin’s arsenal. Other European nations and U.S. tech companies have responded by muzzling Russian state media and taking down networks of fake accounts that seek to spread misleading claims about
Continue Reading AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Wendell Green Jr. scored 13 of his 23 points in the final six minutes — including going 6 for 6 from the free-throw line in the final 30 seconds — and Johni Broome scored 19 points on 8-of-13 shooting to help Auburn beat Mississippi 78-74 Wednesday night after blowing a 12-point
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harvey Weinstein could get another long prison term at a Los Angeles court hearing. A judge is scheduled to sentence the former movie mogul on Thursday morning to up to 18 years in prison after he was convicted in December of raping and sexually assaulting
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri attorney general called Wednesday for the resignation of St. Louis’ elected prosecutor, after a motorist who repeatedly violated his bond conditions on earlier charges crashed and injured a teenage volleyball player from Tennessee, resulting in amputation of both of her legs. The case has
Continue Reading By The Associated Press LAFAYETTE, La. — Led by Jordan Brown’s 24 points, the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves 85-74 on Wednesday night. The Ragin’ Cajuns are now 22-7 on the season, while the Red Wolves dropped to 11-19.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press ABILENE, Texas — Led by AJ Cajuste’s 29 points, the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks defeated the Abilene Christian Wildcats 91-89 in double overtime. The Lumberjacks improved to 18-10 with the win and the Wildcats fell to 13-14.
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MADISON, Wisc. (AP) — Connor Essegian scored 17 points and Tyler Wahl had a double-double and Wisconsin beat Iowa 64-52 on Wednesday night. Though Wisconsin (16-11, 8-9) is still a game behind Iowa (17-11, 9-8) in the Big Ten standings, the Badgers would win the tiebreaker in the event of an even conference finish due
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The number of grants remaining has been corrected because of a source error. COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Downtown Community Improvement District reported it has received 13 applications from businesses asking for a security-camera grant introduced last month. The District has set aside $30,000 for the grant program and will reimburse each business
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By Sean Lyngaas, CNN A 28-year-old Russian man accused of developing and selling a hacking tool used to obtain the login information for tens of thousands of computers worldwide was arrested in the country of Georgia and extradited to the US, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Dariy Pankov is accused of advertising access to more
Continue Reading DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Tucker DeVries had 18 points in Drake’s 82-51 win against Illinois State on Wednesday night. DeVries shot 5 for 11 (2 for 8 from 3-point range) and 6 of 6 from the free throw line for the Bulldogs (24-6, 15-4 Missouri Valley Conference). Garrett Sturtz added 14 points while going
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