By Meron Moges-Gerbi and Nicole Chavez, CNN Sexual assault and domestic violence injuries, like bruises, can be challenging to spot on darker skinned victims under the standard white light found in most exam rooms. New research shows using alternate light sources could help. Researchers at George Mason University, in partnership with Texas A&M University, analyzed
Continue ReadingBy SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving are just two games into figuring out how to be co-stars for Dallas. The Mavericks are behind schedule based on last season’s surge that sparked a deep playoff run. Dallas needs to win games while working out the kinks because the
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Garrett Tipton’s 20 points helped Bellarmine defeat Jacksonville 63-61 on Wednesday night. Tipton shot 7 for 16 (2 for 4 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free throw line for the Knights (14-16, 9-8 Atlantic Sun Conference). Peter Suder added nine points while going 3 of 11 and
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BEIJING (AP) — A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China’s far western Xinjiang region. It was 41 miles west of Murghob, Tajikistan and 12 miles deep, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The area is remote and lightly populated. China Earthquake Networks Center said the quake was 7.2 magnitude and
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– Un sismo de magnitud 6,8 sacudió Tayikistán este miércoles, reportó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El foco sísmico estuvo localizado a 20,5 km de profundidad y el epicentro se ubicó a 67,3 kilómetros al este de Murghob, en la región Gorno-Badakhshan. Noticia en desarrollo…
Continue Reading By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Charges are mounting against a “Dances With Wolves” actor who is accused of sexually abusing and trafficking Indigenous women and girls in the U.S. and Canada for decades. A grand jury in Nevada indicted Nathan Chasing Horse on Wednesday on 19 counts, expanding on previous charges
Continue Reading WEST POINT, N.Y. — Led by Ethan Brittain-Watts’ 16 points, the Boston University Terriers defeated the Army Black Knights 73-67 on Wednesday night. The Terriers improved to 14-16 with the win and the Black Knights fell to 15-15.
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Editor’s note: This story has been updated with relevant information. ASHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) On Tuesday night, the City of Ashland Board of Aldermen revealed its plan to install about 1,400 feet of sidewalk near a high school, a trail and other safety features for a cross walk would no longer be financially feasible. “Engineering costs
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Russell Westbrook has signed with the Los Angeles Clippers after he cleared waivers. The nine-time All-Star was waived by the Utah Jazz. The move keeps Westbrook in Los Angeles. He is from the area, was a standout at UCLA and played less than two seasons
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By Chris Isidore, CNN Norfolk Southern has agreed to give one of its unions the paid sick days it demanded for members in negotiations last year, and is in talks to grant sick days to its other unions as well. The announcement comes hours after the company’s chief financial officer, Mark George, told investors that
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By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford and Joe Sutton, CNN Brutal winter storms are expected to deliver snow, blizzard conditions or icing across strips of the US from California to the Northeast on Thursday, part of a multiday event that has already closed roads and caused numerous power outages — even as the Southeast basks in
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Los astrónomos utilizaron el telescopio espacial James Webb para retroceder en el tiempo hasta los primeros días del universo, y descubrieron algo inesperado. El observatorio espacial encontró seis galaxias inmensas que existieron entre 500 y 700 millones de años después de la gran explosión que creó el universo. Según un nuevo
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri Department of Corrections inmate has been charged with several felonies after allegedly stabbing a corrections officer at the Jefferson City Correctional Center in September. Aaron Stevens, 40, is charged with first-degree assault, second-degree attempted assault of a special victim, five counts of armed-criminal action, two counts of violence to
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — LSU wide receiver Malik Nabers is among at least 15 people who won’t face any charges following an arrest in New Orleans on a count of carrying an illegal weapon. News outlets report 19=year-old Nabers was arrested Monday night on Bourbon Street on one count of illegal carrying of a weapon.
Continue Reading DALLAS (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired Nikita Zaitsev and draft picks from the Ottawa Senators for future considerations. Chicago got a 2023 second-round pick and 2026 fourth in exchange for taking on the remainder of Zaitsev’s contract. The 31-year-old Russian defenseman is signed through next season at a salary cap hit of $4.5
Continue Reading By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Chiney Ogwumike has re-signed with the Los Angeles Sparks. The two-time WNBA All-Star enters her seventh season in the league and fourth with the Sparks. Los Angeles acquired Ogwumike before the 2019 season in a trade with Connecticut. She reunites with former Sun coach Curt Miller, who will take
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Missouri Department of Corrections inmate has been charged with three felonies after allegedly stabbing an employee at the Jefferson City Correctional Center in 2022. Ricky McGluen, 42, is charged with violence to a DOC employee, possession of a weapon at a correctional center and armed-criminal action. An arraignment is scheduled
Continue Reading By AMANCAI BIRABEN and JIM SALTER Associated Press PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A brutal winter storm closed interstate highways from Arizona to Wyoming Wednesday, trapped drivers in cars, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people and prompted the first blizzard warning in Southern California in decades — and the worst won’t be over
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By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Chad Loshbaugh and his seventh-grade son, Theo, were starting a historical tour for their winter break when they heard that former President Jimmy Carter had begun end-of-life care at home. So the father-son pair from Albany, New York, changed their itinerary and found themselves Wednesday on
Continue Reading By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister is urging the world’s nations as the anniversary of Russia’s invasion nears to prove they stand for the United Nations Charter and vote in favor of a U.N. resolution calling for a peace that ensures his war-ravaged country’s “sovereignty, independence, unity and
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