By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jarkel Joiner took over for No. 23 North Carolina State during a critical second-half stretch, matching his season high with 29 points to lead the Wolfpack past rival North Carolina 77-69 on Sunday. Joiner had 20 of his points after the break for the Wolfpack.
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — German Cup holder Leipzig has been drawn at home against 2021 champion Borussia Dortmund in the quarterfinals. Bayern Munich was handed a home game against last season’s beaten finalist Freiburg in Sunday’s draw which pitted Eintracht Frankfurt against Union Berlin in Frankfurt. Stuttgart travels to second-division club Nuremberg which is the only
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Cleveland Guardians manager Terry Francona is feeling much better these days. He has a rod in his left foot that bothers him when he wears his beloved flip-flops, but that’s a breeze compared with what he experienced in the past. The 63-year-old Francona says he
Continue Reading ORLANDO, Fla. — Landers Nolley II scored 18 points to lead Cincinnati and David Dejulius hit the game-winning layup with one second remaining as the Bearcats knocked off UCF 73-71. Nolley was 8 of 13 shooting for the Bearcats (18-10, 9-6 American Athletic Conference). Dejulius had 16 points, five rebounds and eight assists. His running
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By Dan Heching, CNN The BAFTA Film Awards took place at the Royal Festival Hall in London, England on Sunday. The German film “All Quiet on the Western Front” was the sweeping victor of the night, winning seven awards including best film and best director. “We’ve been blessed with so many nominations and winning this
Continue Reading OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Right winger Julien Gauthier has been traded to the Ottawa Senators by the New York Rangers for left winger Tyler Motte. Ottawa also gets a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2023 draft in the deal. The 27-year-old Motte returns for his second stint with the Rangers after playing nine regular-season and
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Meta is testing a new subscription service that would let Facebook and Instagram users pay for a verified account. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Verified on his social media accounts Sunday. Testing will begin in New Zealand and Australia this week and will roll out to other countries
Continue Reading By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Belzer, the longtime stand-up comedian who became one of TV’s most indelible detectives as John Munch in “Homicide: Life on the Street” and “Law & Order: SVU,” has died. He was 78. Belzer died Sunday at his home in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, in southern France, his
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Tottenham is up to fourth in the Premier League after beating West Ham 2-0. Second-half goals from Emerson Royal and substitute Son Heung-min saw Spurs move ahead of top four rival Newcastle. Son delivered the perfect response to being dropped after a poor run of form by coming off the bench to
Continue Reading By JEFF MARTIN and MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Dozens of well-wishers made the pilgrimage Sunday to The Carter Center in Atlanta, as prayers and memories of former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy were offered up at his small Baptist church in Plains, Georgia, a day after he entered hospice care. Among those paying
Continue Reading By LYNN BERRY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken says U.S. intelligence suggests China is considering providing arms and ammunition to Russia. He says such an involvement in the Kremlin’s war effort would be a “serious problem.” Blinken says he shared his concerns with China’s most senior foreign policy official when
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MIAMI, Fla. (KMIZ) The Mizzou softball team captured the Panther Invitational Championship with a 6-4 win over Pittsburgh on Sunday morning. With the win, the Tigers went 5-0 through three days of action. Head coach Larissa Anderson and company downed Butler, Pittsburgh and Florida International University on the three-day road trip. The weekend put MU
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — ¿Quién si no Lionel Messi? El argentino marcó este domingo el gol de la victoria del Paris Saint-Germain en los últimos minutos del partido, que sirvió para lograr una emocionante remontada ante el Lille (4-3). La mala noticia para el club parisino fue que Neymar fue retirado en camilla en el segundo
Continue Reading By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Dortmund captain Marco Reus has scored to help his team join Bayern Munich and Union Berlin at the top of the Bundesliga with a 4-1 win over visiting Hertha Berlin. All three have 43 points but Bayern’s goal difference is vastly superior. Reus effectively sealed
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By Melanie Johnson Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — A Soulard man is charging $1000 a night for visitors wanting to stay at his Airbnb apartment for Mardi Gras weekend. “It’s a little nerve wracking in some ways because you got a lot of people coming here and they
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By Holly Yan, CNN The church where Jimmy Carter taught Sunday school for decades marked his poignant absence this weekend as the former president receives end-of-life care. Carter, 98, has taught Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, since the 1980s. Not even a cancer diagnosis stopped him from teaching
Continue ReadingBy Mark Poulose Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — 10,000 Kansas Citians received a sneak peek at the new terminal at KCI on Saturday. The new $1.5B facility replaces the old terminals that opened in 1972, more than 50 years ago. “It’s worth the money they spent on it,”
Continue Reading By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Mackenzie Holmes scored 20 points and eight rebounds, Grace Berger added 14 points and 10 assists and No. 2 Indiana beat Purdue 83-60 to clinch a share of its first Big Ten regular-season title in 40 years. The Hoosiers have won 14 straight overall, 18
Continue Reading By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer GOODYEAR, Ariz. (AP) — Steven Kwan was a rookie surprise for the Cleveland Guardians in 2022. He batted .298 with 52 RBIs while helping the team win the AL Central title. Heading into his second big league season, Kwan doesn’t sound as if he is feeling any additional pressure
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Al líder de la oposición rusa, Alexey Navalny, le gusta una frase, “la Rusia maravillosa del futuro”, su forma abreviada de un país sin el presidente Vladimir Putin. No obstante, en el año que ha pasado desde la invasión a gran escala de Ucrania, Rusia ha vuelto a un pasado oscuro
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