EL PASO, Texas — Jordan Walker scored 22 points to guide UAB to a 79-66 victory over UTEP. Walker shot 8 for 15 from the floor (4 for 7 from 3-point range) for the Blazers (19-8, 10-6 Conference USA). Ledarrius Brewer added 13 points and Ty Brewer scored 11. Ze’Rik Onyema led the Miners (12-14,
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By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency has aborted the launch of the first of its new flagship series H3 rockets, which was carrying an observation satellite also fitted with an experimental infrared sensor that could detect missile launches. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency livestream and TV footage showed white smoke
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By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN Justice Department prosecutors in Washington, DC, have taken over the corruption investigation into Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. State prosecutor Kent Schaffer, who is separately investigating Paxton, told CNN in an interview that the Justice Department notified him of the change. The yearslong corruption investigation had, until now, been under the
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Led by Aquan Smart’s 14 points, the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks defeated the Eastern Illinois Panthers 78-64 on Thursday night. The Redhawks improved to 14-14 with the victory and the Panthers fell to 9-19.
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors say a Southern California motorcycle club founder who killed three people in 1980 has been ordered to be released this week, after a terminal cancer diagnosis. Thomas Maniscalco has been incarcerated for nearly 40 years, after his 1994 conviction on three counts of second-degree murder with enhancements for being armed
Continue Reading By The Associated Press TULSA, Okla. — Led by Max Abmas’ 19 points, the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles defeated the North Dakota Fightin’ Hawks 73-70. The Golden Eagles are now 24-4 on the season, while the Fightin’ Hawks fell to 10-18.
Continue Reading By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott offered no hints about whether he might run for president in a rare primetime address. But he sounded like a practiced campaigner while calling immigration crackdowns, tougher criminal penalties and a humming economy a model for the rest of the
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Wallace and Ross Levitt, CNN The American Airlines pilots involved in a near-collision on a runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport last month will comply with a subpoena to testify before the National Transportation Safety Board, their union said. “The pilots intend to appear for their interviews in accordance with the subpoenas,”
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN A Denver city council member who uses a wheelchair faced a difficult situation this week when he participated in a political debate at a venue that did not have full accessibility, prompting him to drag himself onto its stage. Chris Hinds, who is running for reelection, said he has received apologies
Continue ReadingBy Andy Rose, CNN A Denver city council member who uses a wheelchair faced a difficult situation this week when he participated in a political debate at a venue that did not have full accessibility, prompting him to drag himself onto its stage. Chris Hinds, who is running for reelection, said he has received apologies
Continue Reading By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — China has come in for a grilling over its human rights record as a two-day hearing opened at the United Nations human rights office. Rights advocates on Wednesday raised issues like relocations from Tibet, COVID-19, reprisals against human rights defenders and a security law that crushed dissidents
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– Después de que Bruce Willis se retirara de la actuación en marzo de 2022 por un trastorno del habla llamado afasia, al actor de 67 años le diagnosticaron demencia frontotemporal, según anunció su familia este jueves. “Desde que anunciamos el diagnóstico de afasia de Bruce en la primavera de 2022, su condición
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Led by Grant Nelson’s 22 points, the North Dakota State Bison defeated the UMKC Kangaroos 69-58 on Thursday night. The Bison improved to 12-15 with the victory and the Kangaroos fell to 11-17.
Continue Reading By Brian Rokus and Jack Forrest, CNN The Arizona Court of Appeals has rejected Kari Lake’s challenge to the result of the Arizona gubernatorial election after she appealed an earlier ruling from the superior court. Lake had requested a declaration from the court that she — and not her opponent, Arizona’s Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs
Continue Reading By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hosts at Fox News had serious concerns about allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election being made by guests who were allies of former President Donald Trump, according to court filings in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network. “Sidney Powell is lying,”
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou women’s basketball team put up a much-needed win against Mississippi State on Thursday night. The Tigers topped the Bulldogs 75-62 at Mizzou Arena. MSU got out to an early lead against MU, but the Tigers stormed back in the second quarter to take a lead into the locker room. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A few schools in Mid-Missouri have canceled classes for Friday after snow fell on Thursday. The Higbee R-8 Schools, Westran R-1 Schools, the Bevier School District and St. Pius X have announced they will be closed on Friday. A full list can be viewed on our closings and delays page.
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By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Sara Smart and Amanda Watts, CNN The gunman who killed three Michigan State University students and critically wounded five others had a list of other targets, two handguns and plenty of ammunition when police found him on foot after the campus massacre, authorities revealed Thursday. After gunfire terrorized the East
Continue Reading By Kristin Fisher, CNN An Illinois-based club of amateur balloonists says one of its small balloons is “missing in action” after last reporting its location over Alaska on Saturday, the same day the US military shot down an unidentified object in the same region. While the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade (NIBBB) has not blamed
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A helicopter with a shooter will fly over a portion of the vast Gila Wilderness in southwestern New Mexico next week, searching for feral cows to kill. U.S. Forest Service managers approved the plan Thursday to protect sensitive spots in the nation’s first designated wilderness
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