By Lilit Marcus, CNN Most of the time, headlines about Afghanistan are ringed with tragedy: food shortages, orphaned children, and even executions. Since the Taliban took full control of the country in 2021, the humanitarian situation there has deteriorated, as economic and diplomatic isolation does little to alleviate strife caused by human rights abuses perpetrated
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AMES, Iowa (AP) — Ashley Joens scored 24 points, Emily Ryan had 12 points and eight assists and No. 22 Iowa State beat No. 17 Texas 66-61 on Monday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Joens completed a three-point play with 2:37 left to give Iowa State a 61-55 lead, but she missed two
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AMES, Iowa (AP) — Ashley Joens scored 24 points, Emily Ryan had 12 points and eight assists and No. 22 Iowa State beat No. 17 Texas 66-61 on Monday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Joens completed a three-point play with 2:37 left to give Iowa State a 61-55 lead, but she missed two
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By Zachary Cohen and Jeremy Herb, CNN The unidentified flying object shot down in Canadian airspace on Saturday appeared to be a “small, metallic balloon with a tethered payload below it,” according to what sources described as a Pentagon memo sent to lawmakers on Monday and obtained by CNN. The memo offers the first official
Continue Reading By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving isn’t interested in talking about what his long-term future could be with the Dallas Mavericks. And he doesn’t understand why people don’t think he can play well off the ball. He knows he gets a chance to prove that when playing with new All-Star
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A 14-year-old boy suffered serious injuries Monday afternoon after he hit a deer with the ATV he was driving in the 7300 block of Rock Valley Road in Cole County. A name for the teenager was not released. The crash occurred as the young man was on a private roadway when
Continue Reading By JACOB BENGE Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Mackenzie Holmes scored a career-high 33 points and Sara Scalia made six 3 pointers as No. 2 Indiana extended its winning streak to 12 games with an 83-59 win over No. 13 Ohio State. The Hoosiers shot 74% in the first half and never looked back,
Continue Reading SYDNEY (AP) — Olympic 800-meter finalist Peter Bol says his provisional doping suspension has been lifted after the A and B samples didn’t match. Usually testing of the B sample confirms the original adverse finding in doping cases. In a Twitter post, Bol says: “My provisional suspension has been lifted by Sport Integrity Australia.” Bol
Continue Reading By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday signed a bill into law that will ban both surgical and non-surgical gender-affirming treatments for transgender minors in the state. HB 1080 outlaws the prescription and administration of puberty-blocking medication in patients under the age of 18, as well as sex hormones and
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh and Sara Smart, CNN A suspect has died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after a mass shooting at Michigan State University that left three people dead and five others injured Monday evening, police said. “There is no longer a threat to campus,” Interim Deputy Chief Chris Rozman said. “We believe there
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Fox was hoping the matchup of two top teams in the Super Bowl and a close game would lead to a record night. Even though Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles came down to a field goal with 8 seconds remaining, Fox fell just short
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Fox was hoping the matchup of two top teams in the Super Bowl and a close game would lead to a record night. Even though Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles came down to a field goal with 8 seconds remaining, Fox fell just short
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Fox was hoping the matchup of two top teams in the Super Bowl and a close game would lead to a record night. Even though Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles came down to a field goal with 8 seconds remaining, Fox fell just short
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Columbia Board of Education member Katherine Sasser said she could no longer fulfill her role on the board at Monday night’s meeting.
Continue Reading ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Luis Rengifo went to salary arbitration with the Los Angeles Angels, requesting a raise from $730,000 to $2.3 million while the team argued for $2 million. The infielder set career bests last season with a .264 batting average, 17 homers and 52 RBIs. He walked 17 times in 511 plate
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Fox was hoping the matchup of two top teams in the Super Bowl and a close game would lead to a record night. Even though Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles came down to a field goal with 8 seconds remaining, Fox fell just short
Continue ReadingBy Celina Tebor and Sabrina Souza, CNN More than a year before a 14-year-old student took her own life after a TikTok video showed she was attacked by four other teenagers, another student at the same high school was physically assaulted after reporting threats being made against her to the school, a lawsuit alleges. 14-year-old
Continue Reading By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — One of Cambodia’s last free media outlets has ceased operations after Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered its closure for allegedly slandering his son in a story. The story said Hun Sen’s son, Lt. Gen. Hun Manet, had signed a donation on his father’s behalf for
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MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mexico Department of Public Safety announced in a Monday press release that a woman drove into Scooter’s Coffee on South Clark Street on Sunday. The department said responding personnel Betsy D Cline, 73, of Mexico, was attempting to leave and drove her 2004 Jeep forward and into the building. The business
Continue Reading By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials and analysts say cash-strapped Pakistan will impose billions in new taxes to help secure a massive bailout, but they warned the move could cause inflation to escalate. The grim outlook came as the impoverished nation prepares to impose taxes of 170 billion rupees in a bid
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