By AVERY OSEN Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Dajuan Harris was one point shy of a career high as he scored 17 points to help lift No. 3 Kansas over West Virginia 76-74. The stifling Jayhawk defense kept West Virginia from attempting a shot in the final 20 seconds. The Mountaineers’ Joe Toussaint traveled
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By AVERY OSEN Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Dajuan Harris was one point shy of a career high as he scored 17 points to help lift No. 3 Kansas over West Virginia 76-74. The stifling Jayhawk defense kept West Virginia from attempting a shot in the final 20 seconds. The Mountaineers’ Joe Toussaint traveled
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man who claimed a disgraced police detective helped convict him of a 1997 murder he didn’t commit will be released on parole in four months. KCUR reports that Brian Betts learned the news Friday and called his sister, Violet Martin, and their mother, Ellen Betts, to share. Martin
Continue Reading PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP) — Peter Uihlein and Talor Gooch are tied for the lead in LIV Golf’s opening event of its season in Mayakoba. Another shot behind is Charles Howell III. All three of them played college golf at Oklahoma State. Uihlein was the U.S. Amateur champion as a junior for the Cowboys
Continue Reading LORETTO, Pa. — Led by Delonnie Hunt’s 17 points, the Wagner Seahawks defeated the Saint Francis (PA) Red Flash 68-58 on Saturday night. The Seahawks are now 15-12 with the win and the Red Flash fell to 12-17.
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — ¿Quieres enviarle un beso a tu amante lejano? Un artilugio chino con cálidos y móviles “labios” de silicio parece tener la respuesta. El dispositivo, anunciado como una forma de permitir que las parejas de larga distancia compartan intimidad física “real”, ha causado revuelo entre los usuarios chinos de las
Continue Reading LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Oscar Tshiebwe had 22 points and 17 rebounds and Antonio Reeves scored 18 of his 21 points in the second half when Kentucky pulled away to beat Auburn 86-54 on Saturday for the Wildcats’ 20th win. Jacob Tobbin had 13 points and 12 rebounds, and Cason Wallace almost made it three
Continue Reading By The Associated Press BROOKINGS, S.D. — Led by Connor Vanover’s 14 points, the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles defeated the South Dakota State Jackrabbits 69-65. The Golden Eagles are now 27-4 on the season, while the Jackrabbits fell to 18-12.
Continue Reading MURFREESBORO, Tenn — Elias King scored 13 points off of the bench to help lead the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders over the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 63-49 on Saturday night. The Blue Raiders are now 18-11 on the season, while the Bulldogs dropped to 13-16.
Continue Reading By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bryan Rust scored the winning goal 1:16 into overtime to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues. Marcus Pettersson’s first goal of the season game on a wrist shot at 14:32 of the third period gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead.
Continue Reading By The Associated Press CULLOWHEE, N.C. — Led by Tre Jackson’s 22 points, the Western Carolina Catamounts defeated the VMI Keydets 85-66 in the regular season finale. The Catamounts improved to 17-14 with the victory and the Keydets fell to 7-24.
Continue Reading SPRINGFIELD A Missouri prosecutor plans to seek the death penalty against a man charged with fatally stabbing his girlfriend and her 13-year-old son in a New Year’s Eve 2020 attack that left two other children injured. Greene County Prosecutor Dan Patterson said in a legal filing that he intends to prove that 31-year-old Brandon King
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The final day of State Wrestling at Mizzou Arena consisted of wrestlers in the Class 4 boys, Class 3 boys and Class 2 girls going head-to-head for top-five awards. For the Class 4 boys, Hickman’s Hank Benter brought home his second state title and Rock Bridge’s Carter McAllister brought home his third.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Two people were killed and 11 others injured after a pickup truck crashed into a group of bicyclists Saturday morning in Arizona. The Goodyear Police Department said the pickup hit a large group of adult bicyclists just before 8 a.m. in suburban Phoenix. Police say a woman died at the site of
Continue Reading By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The creator of the Dilbert comic strip faced a backlash of cancellations Saturday while defending remarks describing people who are Black as members of “a hate group” from which white people should “get away.” Various media publishers across the U.S. denounced the comments by Dilbert creator Scott Adams as
Continue Reading EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Federal environmental authorities have ordered a temporary halt in the shipment of contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment earlier this month in eastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania state line. Region 5 administrator Debra Shore of the Environmental Protection Agency said Saturday the agency ordered Norfolk Southern
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By Aaron Pellish, CNN CNN, along with a group of other media organizations, has signed on to a letter calling for congressional leaders to grant access to security footage from inside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave Fox News’ Tucker Carlson access to the material earlier this month.
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials say about 12% of Mexicans suffer from malnutrition, a situation they blamed in part on consumption of junk food. Health officials told legislators the problem is more common in rural areas. The Health Department said Saturday the problem is often reflected in anemia, protein deficit and an imbalance in
Continue Reading By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett said critics of stock buybacks are “either an economic illiterate or a silver-tongued demagogue” or both, and all investors benefit from them as long as they are made at the right prices. Buffett used part of his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway
Continue ReadingSofía Benavides (CNN) — Esta semana en noticias de viajes: la mejor hora y día para reservar tus vuelos, nuevas cabinas de clase ejecutiva y de primera clase para Qantas y Air France, y la única mujer que vive en una isla poblada por delincuentes convictos. ¿Cuándo deberías reservar tus vuelos? Si has mirado vuelos
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