By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Notre Dame is promoting tight ends coach Gerard Parker to offensive coordinator and working to hire Wisconsin assistant Gino Guidugli as quarterbacks coach for the Fighting Irish, according to two people with knowledge of the decisions. The people spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares edged higher Thursday, cheered by a stronger than expected reading on U.S. retail sales that set off a rally on Wall Street. In the latest data on the regional economy, Japan’s trade deficit reached a record 3.497 trillion yen ($26.2 billion) in January. Imports
Continue Reading BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz won his first match of the year on Wednesday, beating Laslo Djere 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in the Argentina Open. The 19-year-old U.S. Open champion missed the Australian Open with a leg injury and ceded the No. 1 ranking to Novak Djokovic, who won the title in Melbourne. Alcaraz
Continue Reading By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 29 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the Houston Rockets 133-96. Lu Dort scored 15 points, Jalen Williams scored 13 points and Jaylen Williams added eight points and a season-high 16 rebounds for the Thunder. Oklahoma City posted its largest
Continue Reading By PHILLIP B. WILSON Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Buddy Hield made six 3-pointers in the second half and finished with 27 points to help the Indiana Pacers rally from a 24-point deficit after the first quarter and defeat the Chicago Bulls 117-113. Tyrese Haliburton banked in a 9-foot shot for a 113-112 lead in
Continue Reading By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — When the texts began coming in about a shooter at Michigan State University, training that many students started receiving as schoolchildren automatically kicked in. They ran. They found a place to hide. They locked and barricaded the doors. Then they waited as
Continue Reading By The Associated Press CHICAGO — Led by Courvoisier McCauley’s 26 points, the Indiana State Sycamores defeated the UIC Flames 79-60. The Sycamores moved to 19-9 with the victory and the Flames dropped to 10-18.
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN One of the largest universities in Texas is now reviewing its hiring procedures after one department closely scrutinized candidates over their knowledge of diversity, equity and inclusion, more commonly known as DEI. “We could see that this could be viewed as possibly exclusionary,” Texas Tech President Lawrence Schovanec
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By Frederik Pleitgen, Zahra Ullah, Claudia Otto and Rob Picheta, CNN Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed there is “no way” his country would send troops into Ukraine unless it is attacked, amid fears Russia’s close ally will help to facilitate a spring offensive by Moscow. “We are peaceful people. We know what war is
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By Hannah Rabinowitz and Holmes Lybrand, CNN An FBI agent testified Wednesday that a Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department officer told the leader of the Proud Boys that he might be arrested in the days before January 6, 2021. Agent Peter Dubrowski told a jury in the seditious conspiracy trial against five members of the
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PEORIA, Ill. — Led by Rienk Mast’s 11 points, the Bradley Braves defeated the Missouri State Bears 64-54 on Wednesday night. The Braves are now 20-8 with the victory and the Bears dropped to 14-13.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (AP) — One person was killed and three more were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a shopping mall in El Paso, Texas, adding to the dozens of people already killed this year in mass shootings across the United States. El Paso police said hours after the gunfire that two people had
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — La defensa de Genaro García Luna, exsecretario de Seguridad Pública de México, volvió a atacar este miércoles la credibilidad de los testigos que la Fiscalía presentó en el juicio por narcotráfico contra su cliente. En ese sentido, afirmó que quienes subieron al estrado solo quieren aprovecharse del sistema de justicia
Continue Reading By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Oakland Police Department has lost its seventh head of police in as many years over the alleged cover-up of an officer’s misconduct. The firing threatens to extend two decades of federal oversight, which is the longest of any police department in the country and
Continue Reading By KIMBERLY CHANDLER, LOLITA C. BALDOR and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A Black Hawk helicopter from the Tennessee National Guard crashed Wednesday in Alabama, killing two crew members, the Tennessee National Guard said. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of two Tennessee National Guardsmen, and our prayers are with their
Continue Reading TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — The main freeway in southern Arizona reopened in both directions Wednesday evening and officials said people living southeast of downtown Tucson could return home a day after a deadly crash sent acrid plumes into the desert sky and prompted evacuations. “The public may resume normal activities,” Arizona’s Department of Public Safety
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– La presidente de Perú, Dina Boluarte, se reunió este miércoles con los líderes de partidos políticos en Palacio de Gobierno para abordar la crisis política y social que atraviesa el país desde diciembre de 2022, así como también en el contexto internacional, según informó la Presidencia de ese país. Presidenta Boluarte
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California congresswoman Barbara Lee has filed paperwork to enter the race for the seat held by long-serving Sen. Dianne Feinstein. Lee would bring another Democrat and a nationally recognized Black woman to a growing field that includes two other members of the U.S. House. Lee
Continue Reading By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored 24 points and Monika Czinano had 19 as No. 7 Iowa defeated Wisconsin 91-61 on Wednesday night. McKenna Warnock added 16 points for the Hawkeyes (21-5, 13-2 Big Ten), who beat the Badgers (8-19, 3-12) for the 27th consecutive time. Iowa, which
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army has seized more than a half million fentanyl pills in a raid on what it calls the largest synthetic drug lab found to date. The army said Wednesday the lab was discovered in Culiacan, the capital of the northern state of Sinaloa. Sinaloa is home to the drug
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